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[steep rose]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Object-name.html

object.name returns the name of the current object

[placid oxide]

In what case you wouldn't know the name. If you just want to turn it into a string, just use
string name = yourobject.name.toString();

[languid spire]

name is already a string so why would you use ToString() ?

[hexed terrace]

you spawn the card at 0,0,0 , then set it as a child of grid.transform.. don't see anywhere where you are actually changing the position

[placid oxide]

I always put it just in case )))

[placid oxide]

weird thing is I get this

[past spindle]

I get error on name when I use
private string shapeClassF = object.name;

[languid spire]

omg object is the variable you want to get the name of

[placid oxide]

put your object name instead of "object"

[hexed terrace]

object is a reserved name, you can't use it willy nilly

[past spindle]

Ok, so my object and the class that I'm coding in share the same name. This appears to be a problem.

[placid oxide]

Wait, I know the problem, I get the position of the grid instead of the child

[hexed terrace]

share your !code (read bot msg 👇 )

[eternal falcon]

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[past spindle]

https://hatebin.com/iyvnkkfsce

The code I'm having issues with is in the bottom half

[steep rose]

what is the error you are receiving

[languid spire]

you do not have an object called Cube

[hexed terrace]

why wouldn't you just give us the line number?

[past spindle]

line 33
error: An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'Object.name'

[hexed terrace]

you haven't declared a var called Cube so you can't use it like that.

A class doesn't have a .name

[past spindle]

Cube is the name of the object that this code is attached to

[languid spire]

then that is gameObject not Cube

[hexed terrace]

code doesn't know the scene names of things.

[past spindle]

I tried gameObject.cube

[languid spire]

ffs gameObject.name

[past spindle]

Sorry thats what I meant

I've tried gameObject.name

[hexed terrace]

And?

That will give you the name of the Game Object this component is on

[spiral narwhal]

        private async Task DecreaseTimesEverySecond()
        {
            if (_activeStatusEffects.Count <= 0) return;

            await Task.Delay(1000);
            DecreaseTimeOfAll();
            await DecreaseTimesEverySecond();
        }

        private void DecreaseTimeOfAll()
        {
            Debug.Log("Is called"); // <-------------- HERE
            List<StatusEffect> runOutList = new();
            foreach (var pair in _activeStatusEffects)
            {
                _activeStatusEffects[pair.Key]--;
                if (_activeStatusEffects[pair.Key] <= 0) runOutList.Add(pair.Key);
            }

            runOutList.ForEach(statusEffect =>
            {
                _activeStatusEffects.Remove(statusEffect);
                OnStatusEffectLost?.Invoke(statusEffect);
            });

            Debug.Log("Not called"); // <-------------- HERE
        }

How is it possible that one statement is called and one is not

[hexed terrace]

An error

[spiral narwhal]

What do you mean

[rocky canyon]

an error, stopping code execution could cause that

[spiral narwhal]

Nope no errors

[rocky canyon]

oh,, u should avoid directly modifying the dictionary while iterating over it

[past spindle]

private string shapeClassF = GameObject.name;
Error: An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'Object.name'

[rocky canyon]

gameObject.name

GameObject is the base class

[hexed terrace]

gameObject.name not GameObject.name

[rocky canyon]

gameObject is this one

[languid spire]

will you please pay attention to what you are doing

[spiral narwhal]

I'm only modifying the value. I explicitly cache the removal

[rocky canyon]

no ur modifying the dictionary within the loop

also i see Remove too

[past spindle]

Hey chill out. I'm trying to wrap my head around this

[spiral narwhal]

Thats not the dictionary. That's the cached list. _activeStatusEffects is the dictionary

[past spindle]

I still get an error with the case fixed
Error:A field initializer cannot reference the non-static field, method, or property 'Component.gameObject'

[rocky canyon]

why not use a second foreach loop?

You are modifying the dictionary (_activeStatusEffects[pair.Key]-- and later Remove) while iterating through it. This is a common source of InvalidOperationException in C#. Modifying a collection directly while iterating it is not allowed, even if the modification happens in a deferred part of the loop.

[hexed terrace]

I can't remember now.. you may not be able to use gameObject outside of a method

[rocky canyon]

tbh im out of my skillset

[past spindle]

I was afraid of that

[rocky canyon]

like this?

[hexed terrace]

I guess.. you've clevely cropped it awkwardly 😛

[rocky canyon]

this works

i just assigned it above start

doesn't like that

i've been practicing my crop-game.. been learning from all the newcomers in here

[past spindle]

Actually, this is part of get set demonstration, so I may just work it into the set brackets if I can

[rocky canyon]

test it out.. u have ur IDE configured right?

shouldn't be trivial

[steep rose]

tall narrow columns of code is what you are looking for, I'll give your cropping skills a 7.5 out of 10

[wicked locust]

hi , how to change main light (directional light) shadow resolution URP from C# ?

[rocky canyon]

i think im confusing it w/ something else tho..
the example i shown was just b/c a field initializer cant be set like that b/c unity hasnt finished up the GameObject when initializers run

[steep rose]

actual photo cropping prodigy, that's what I like to see 10/10

[rocky canyon]

i think you have to get the graphics settings somehow first and then change the values

var urpAsset = GraphicsSettings.renderPipelineAsset as UniversalRenderPipelineAsset;
urpAsset.shadowAtlasResolution = newShadowResolution;

unsure of the casted var but its similar i know

and you'll need the UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal using statement for URP i believe

you can also do it per light

[burnt vapor]

Your cropping sucks

I can still read the code here

Downscale the resolution

[hexed terrace]

take a photo, from the other side of the room

[steep rose]

nah, more like this

[rocky canyon]

if i were making a pulse-width modulation simulation
it wouldn't work in Unity or any other game engine for that matter would it?
like a light blinking on an off at fast speeds isnt ever gonna appear dim would it?

i'd have to have my logic simulating the PWM.. and then probably still use the dutycycle clamped between 0 - 1 to have a faux type simulation of PWM

    void Start()
    {
        period = 1f / frequency;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float cycleTime = Time.time % period;
        bool pwmSignal = cycleTime < (dutyCycle * period);
        targetLight.intensity = Mathf.Clamp01(dutyCycle);
    }``` for example this is what i came up w/
will test shortly.. hopefully i've finally figured out **when** i can use modulo.. b/c besides this use-case i cant for the life of me wrap my head around it

[steep rose]

turning a light on and off in a game engine should not make it appear dimmer, you would have to somehow simulate the cutting off of AC voltage to create a dimming effect (if you want to simulate it of course, if not then just fake it 😁)

[rocky canyon]

thats how PWM is tho... soo for a light or a motor to run at half speed / half brightness.. u toggle the power on and off really fast

ya, thats y i'll have to do psuedo- stuff.. to make it appear dim by using a constant .5 value

but the code will be toggling a bool on and off half the time of the duty cycle

[steep rose]

well yes in real life, in a game engine they probably did not go that in depth 😅

[rocky canyon]

for just debugging purposes.. or i might make a little led light actually togggle on and off that fast just to see what it appears like 😄

[steep rose]

a game engine only knows if its off or on, I do not think it changes the intensity of it based off of that

[rocky canyon]

i'll do both side by side.. (the on and off going really fast is what im curious about)

i wonder if it'll stay off.. or if it just stay on

probably also depends on my frame-rate too

[steep rose]

are you making an oscilloscope in unity or are you just trying to simulate real life lighting?

[rocky canyon]

just playing around right now.. i work w/ real-life electronics.. and im just curious if i can find any interesting overlaps

oscilloscope would probably be easy enough

[steep rose]

neato burrito

ah now that I'm looking at it, it might work if you can actually get the percentages and the light pulsing fast enough

I'm now intrigued and if you get it to work, I would love to see how you did it.

[rocky canyon]

bool pwmSignal = cycleTime < (dutyCycle * period); this will get my pulse width.. (on/off)
im just gonna use the dutyCycle as its already a percentage basically..

soo as long as those two correspond to each other i can fake it

im just curious if i toggle a light on and off 6 times a second for example.. what it looks like 😄

my guess is if its an even interval it'll either stay off or stay on..

if its an odd interval it'll flicker.. (probably still not consistently)

[cosmic dagger]

oooh, i'm 'bout to try that . . .

[rocky canyon]

let us know!

[cosmic dagger]

with my understanding of PWM, you just set an interval for switching on/off correct?

[rocky canyon]

prettty much..

u have ur dutyCycle (how often it goes on and off)

in the cycle.. (the frequency?) idk lol

using UnityEngine;

public class PWMSimulation : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Light targetLight; 
    [Range(0, 1)] public float dutyCycle = 0.5f;
    public float frequency = 60f; // Set to 50 or 60 Hz

    private float period;

    void Start()
    {
        period = 1f / frequency;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float cycleTime = Time.time % period;
        bool pwmSignal = cycleTime < (dutyCycle * period);
        targetLight.intensity = Mathf.Clamp01(dutyCycle);
    }
}```

this may help visualize it

ur period would be how long it stays on or off depending on ur frequency
ur frequency is how long a cycle lasts
ur dutyCycle is how much of the cycle is it on for?

50 for Europe 60 for USA

tieing the light to either full on or full off using the pwmSignal is what i was talkin about being curious of the outcome

[cosmic dagger]

hmmm, i see . . .

[rocky canyon]

light go brrrrrr?

i have low expectations of something cool happening tho

[rocky canyon]

b/c this is technically how it'd work in real life..

either sends full power.. or no power.. (but the dutyCycle would cause it to be dim if it wasnt a full 100% duty cycle)

[deft zephyr]

    public SpriteRenderer screen;
    public Sprite defaultSprite, lookUp, lookDown, defaultLookUp, defaultLookDown;
    [Header("Sprite position")]
    public Vector2 offset;
    public float smoothSpeed;
    private Vector2 currentOffset;
    [Header("Wheel rotation")]
    public GameObject wheel;
    public float rotateSpeed;
    private float lastVelocity;
    void Update()
    {
        float delta = Time.deltaTime;
        flipScreen();
        rotateWheel();
        screenChanges();
    }
    private void screenChanges()
    {
        screen.sprite=lookUp;
    }```

Any idea why my screen sprite doesn't change to the lookUp sprite, despite assigning the correct reference and the function running?

[rocky canyon]

@cosmic dagger @steep rose
it almost does something..

The white light is my pseudo-signal (0-1)
the green light is the PWM signal (on or off)

inconsistent

[steep rose]

you need to make the pulses really fast for the PWM signal as that is what happens in real life, it should not be noticable

but it looks good so far

[rocky canyon]

ya, thast the point.. it is really fast.. just doesnt render it like that
the green light is technically turning itself on and off 60 times a second in that clip

thats y i figured it wuldnt work.. (the white light is the fake pwm) but still runs the code before converting it to a static value

[silk night]

i mean... how many frames does your monitor display?

[rocky canyon]

10,000 fps

lol.. ya, i was just curious of what the outcome would be..

didnt ever expect the actual PWM to be readible

[silk night]

not your unity, your monitor 😄

you wont see it blinking past your refresh rate

[rocky canyon]

my refresh rate is 240

still not good enuff tho

[rocky canyon]

ya, just kinda stutters around 😭

ohh well.. live and learn

[steep rose]

well to make it exactly realistic you need a monitor with a refresh rate of the speed of light

which is not possible

the closest you could probably get is a refresh rate of maybe 500 to 1000 hertz to make it look pretty good

[silk night]

uhh one is a speed, the other a rate, explain 😄

[rocky canyon]

for visuals i'll just use the actual dutyCycle variable..

good enough

next step is to code in the voltage

[deft zephyr]

Surely this isn't that hard

[rocky canyon]

so voltage can also play a role

[rocky canyon]

are there animations on the screen object?

[steep rose]

temporal rate is the rate of time which and the definition of speed is the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate. so you could probably transfer rate to speed but you get what I mean 😅

[deft zephyr]

Oh shit I forgot to remove the animator

Thanks

[rocky canyon]

so in fact: it isnt that hard 🙂

[rocky canyon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/10dpc12/would_it_be_possible_to_simulate_speed_of_light/ got me off on a tangent

could probably get pretty close to simulating the speed of sound..

for example, a rocket ship taking off in the background

[wicked locust]

my unity version is 2022.1 and URP version is 13.1.8
It's like can't change the shadows resolution , is that read only

urpAsset.mainLightShadowmapResolution

[rocky canyon]

i always have trouble getting URP assets

[rocky canyon]

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Rendering;
using UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal;

public class ShadowResolutionAdjuster : MonoBehaviour
{
    public enum ShadowResolution
    {
        Low = 256,
        Medium = 512,
        High = 1024,
        VeryHigh = 2048,
        Ultra = 4096
    }

    public enum CascadeCount
    {
        One = 1,
        Two = 2,
        Four = 4
    }

    public ShadowResolution shadowResolution = ShadowResolution.High;
    public CascadeCount cascadeCount = CascadeCount.Four;

    private UniversalRenderPipelineAsset urpAsset;

    void Start() // get the urpAsset in start
    {
        urpAsset = GraphicsSettings.defaultRenderPipeline as UniversalRenderPipelineAsset;
    }

    void OnValidate() // could swap out to do it wherever you want
    {
        if (urpAsset != null)
        {
            urpAsset.mainLightShadowmapResolution = (int)shadowResolution;
            urpAsset.shadowCascadeCount = (int)cascadeCount;
        }
    }
}```

[radiant meteor]

i have a few scripts that only exist one per scene, like gui/hud stuff, could i reference them in a static variable in a main manager script so it's easier on myself so i can just reference it once instead of multiple times?

or is it bad practice

as a get private set of course

[rocky canyon]

i load all my canvas's and UI before the game starts.. and keep them in a DDOL object.. so they can remain persistent

[hexed terrace]

this is a code channel, and that doesn't look like a code question. Delete from here, post in the correct channel (prob #💻┃unity-talk ) and give some actual details of wtf you're talking about so you can actually get help

[rocky canyon]

even if u assign something to a static variable.. if it only exists in a single scene.. as soon as u load into a new scene that reference isnt gonnna be the same is it?

[rocky canyon]

ya, i didnt come across this.. it must be different versions

[wicked locust]

i thinking i need update the unity

[rocky canyon]

ya mine doesn't have that same issue

[rocky canyon]

show where u assign the urpAsset

[wicked locust]

what your unity version ?

[rocky canyon]

im using unity6lts

[wicked locust]

So I need to update.

[rocky canyon]

i mean.. i wouldnt necessarily say that.

    void Start() // get the urpAsset in start
    {
        urpAsset = GraphicsSettings.defaultRenderPipeline as UniversalRenderPipelineAsset;
    }``` are u assigning it similar to this?

[wicked locust]

yeah

[radiant meteor]

yeah, but say, if i create a new scene and put a bunch of keycards, i'm gonna have to go to every keycard and reference it to the hud script that shows the keycards you have, or link the player's stamina and health to the their respective hud scripts, every time i create a new level/scene i would have to reference a bunch of things again, when i could reference everything just once

[rocky canyon]

is ur Universal RP asset up-to-date

[rocky canyon]

i simply load up everything that im gonna need to be across- scenes in its own scene Bootloader.. then i load and unload my other scenes additively..

that way everything i need remains accessible

[rocky canyon]

i've seen it done w/ a singleton gamemanager too.. could load everything you need as you come to them.. (move them to a DDOL object)

[rocky canyon]

ya, i see some threads in unity discussions saying that updating the RP fixed it for them but again, not 💯 sure

[rocky canyon]

ya, it must have been changed since that one

i'll do some digging in the mean-time to see if i can't figure out how to do it w/ the older version

[radiant meteor]

ok wow i didnt know i could have two scenes on at once

[rocky canyon]

ya, i didnt either until about the 2nd year of learning unity

game-changer

SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync(_targetScene,LoadSceneMode.Additive); this is how i load in my new scenes

[radiant meteor]

so the canvas with all the UI/HUD stuff stays there, how would i put the prefabs in the main scene while they stay referenced to those in that scene?

[queen adder]

Nvm

[radiant meteor]

yeah it doesnt seem to allow cross scene referencing

[rocky canyon]

you can't even reference scene items in a prefab.. regardless of what scene its in..
for referencing in general.. u can reference from one scene to another (when they're both loaded) it acts a single scene

when u instantiate a prefab u then have to assign the references.. or have them w/ the prefab already

[cosmic dagger]

you can use OnBecameVisible and OnBecameInvisible . . .

[rocky canyon]

i keep all my UI in that boot scene i shown earlier..
if i need to assign references later on i have references to them in my gamemanager (which is also in that same scene)..
i just dont enable them until they're needed

but thats just my take on it..
not necessarily right or wrong..
now i'll step bak and let perhaps some better coders/game designers chime in 😄

[rocky canyon]

amazing that i'm still learning little behaviours like this 👀

[cosmic dagger]

true, there is always something new (to you) around the corner . . .

[radiant meteor]

so should i make a singleton with static references to the bootloader scene's scripts?

i'm not sure on how to access their values mid-game

[rocky canyon]

yourGameManager.instance.YourReference
yourGameManager.instance.DoSomething();
Etc

https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/ check this out if u want to consider using a singleton or two

down towards the bottom is how i use mine, Master Singleton i guess.. it holds all the references to everything i need
for the complete game, AudioManager, PlayerManager, UIManager, etc.. the singleton is just a way for me to have those references easily accessible w/o need to find them, and assign them.. they're just there from the getgo

[quiet dagger]

hello! i have a problem installing unity hub can someone help me i have had this for 30 min and i have already restarted my computer

[rich adder]

wait till it fails (if it does) then check logs

also not a code question #💻┃unity-talk

[hexed terrace]

this is a code channel.. for code questions.

[wintry quarry]

https://unity.huh.how/unity-hub/editor-installation-issues

[radiant meteor]

alright, so as long as i use the singleton for referencing it should be fine, if i make a function that everyone uses and change it later, that would be a pain to change, while references are just "its this script", boom, done

then again, if i change something in the script itself, its the same problem

[rocky canyon]

ii say try it out start simple.. set up a function or two and then see if it works for you for now

[valid vector]

i followed a tutorial for animations and im getting this

im sure i didnt miss anything

[cosmic dagger]

did you rename the script?

[valid vector]

no

[cosmic dagger]

or the name of the class?

[valid vector]

no

[polar acorn]

You have a component on an object that refers to a script that either no longer exists or was renamed. You'll need to look through all of your objects manually, it can't actually tell what object it's on (since that would require the component to exist to read that property from)

[cosmic dagger]

was the current script deleted?

[valid vector]

no

[steep rose]

what is the error right above the warning

[spiral narwhal]

Does anyone have an idea why updating this image's fill amount is so jiggery?
For more context, this only happens in the game view, in the scene view it looks fine.

Code:

        private void LateUpdate()
        {
            if (!_isRunning) return;

            _borderImage.fillAmount = Mathf.Lerp(1f, 0f, _elapsedTime / _targetDurationTime);

            _elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;

            if (_elapsedTime < _targetDurationTime) return;
            ResetDuration();
        }

[stuck palm]

how can I change the target of an animation channel programmatically in code? I have some bones that are named incorrectly, so the animations don't work. if I change the bone names though other names don't work. can I programmatically change channel targets in a script?

[queen adder]

@normal tapir

[agile oracle]

i've seen some videos that recommend not using transitions to avoid having a messy complex web of states for your animations. if you were making a 3d game and have animations that you'll be using for stuff like combat, would this be a good idea?

[slender nymph]

that sounds like a question for the #🏃┃animation channel

[agile oracle]

i was considering it, but this would take it from using the editor to a code-based approach which is why i asked it here. if it's more suited for #🏃┃animation then i'll move it there

[lofty sequoia]

I'm trying to lerp the z-axis from 500 to 0 on a rect transform that is under a horizontal layout group. Is there a way I can only manipulate the z-axis so it doesn't think I'm trying to change the x and y position?

...
  float zDepth = Mathf.Lerp(500, 0, t);
  var newPos = new Vector3(startPosition.x, startPosition.y, zDepth);

this seems to be setting the x and y to 0

[queen adder]

everyone spawns in when someone else asks a question lmao

[slender nymph]

you can't assign to just a single axis. but so long as you have the current anchoredPosition3D and are also assigning to the anchoredPosition3D rather than its transform.position or something, then that would work just fine

[valid vector]

its those errors from before that refuse to leave

[rich adder]

you have to select it and show the stack trace, it will tell you which function is calling that . Show the script

[valid vector]

just highlighted the object

[rich adder]

idc about the object, you have the select the error and look at the bottom of it

its split in 2

[slender nymph]

does this object even have an Animation component? or does it perhaps have an Animator

[rich adder]

they want animator for sure, thats what they have

they were told earlier which component they should be using

[lofty sequoia]

Using rect.anchoredPosition3D.x, rect.anchoredPosition3D.y produces the same result, I think it's a conflict with the parent HorizontalLayoutGroup readjusting after the x or y value is touched even though it should be the same.

[queen adder]

may somebody please help me with this issue

[rich adder]

what are you expecting to happen? what is happening instead

[queen adder]

the ball is running away and i expect to not?

[rich adder]

break its legs

jk ofc . are you setting the rigidbody to be locked?

parenting wont work well with dynamic rigidbodies

[polar acorn]

Did you put an Animation component on this object since the last time we told you there wasn't one

or perhaps changing the type to the correct one as we had already stated

[steep rose]

you should 100% use an animator component over an animation component, the animation component is legacy anyway

[polar acorn]

They actually are, but they don't seem to recognize that the words "Animator" and "Animation" are not the same word because they keep putting Animation in code

[queen adder]

i need the ball to bounce so why would i lock it

[rich adder]

then you need a better way to stick the rb position according to the pivot holding pos

parenting wont work for dynamic rb

[queen adder]

but the ball is running and the holding code isnt being executed.

[valid vector]

yeah but what is that

i have an animator component

[polar acorn]

So, why is your code still trying to get an Animation

[valid vector]

i dont think it is

[polar acorn]

Did you save and clear the console before trying to run it again?

[valid vector]

yes

this is an entire new script

the errors just stayed

[rich adder]

so you didn't clear the console

[valid vector]

i can do that?

how

[rich adder]

the button marked clear?

[valid vector]

oh

[polar acorn]

Did you remove the old one?

[valid vector]

yes

laso this came back

also the animation isnt playing

so im thinking its correlated

[polar acorn]

So, again, you have a component on an object that refers to a script that was deleted or renamed

[valid vector]

oh

my model is made of multible objects

one of those might have the thing

ok i checked and its not

[stone zealot]

yo im trying to do the unity starter course i input the asset but they are purple so im wonding if the asset are just broken or what template i use?

[valid vector]

did you import just the model?

or the textures too?

[swift elbow]

thats a pipeline issue, and fairly common, there are lots of tutorials on how to fix that

[polar acorn]

It means you're using a shader that is not compatible with your current render pipeline

[slender nymph]

not a code question. but you've downloaded an asset not made for your render pipeline. you are probably using urp so just upgrade the materials
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/urp/upgrading-your-shaders.html

[valid vector]

ok back to this

no

i cant find anything that does

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of the object that had your previous script on it

[valid vector]

ok wait the warning is gone

but its still not animating

[valid vector]

i removed something

but it fixed it

but didnt fix the animations

[polar acorn]

Put a log in your script when you set the trigger, make sure it is running at all

[valid vector]

doesnt look very animated

[polar acorn]

Okay, so the log is running, which means the trigger is getting set. Is your animator actually using that trigger

[valid vector]

yeah but the idle animation isnt playing either

[polar acorn]

Are you waiting for the Idle animation to end?

[valid vector]

what

no the idle animation isnt playing

no animations are playing

[strong wren]

Keep the animator window open in play mode with the animator gameobject selected to see what is going on

[polar acorn]

Your transition is waiting for the animation to end before checking the condition. It'll only transition into Run when the animation ends while the condition is true

[valid vector]

this is what it looks like when the game is running

[slender nymph]

are you even using this animator controller on your animator component?

[valid vector]

yes

[polar acorn]

Show a screenshot of the inspector of this object

[polar acorn]

okay, now, doubleclick that PineappleZombie controller from this screen

[valid vector]

it goes to the already opened animator

[polar acorn]

Can you show a screenshot of the full unity window, while the game is playing, with the console window visible, and with the object that isn't animating selected?

[polar acorn]

Did you actually assign animation clips to the states in the animator?

[valid vector]

yes

[polar acorn]

Okay, so everything checks out. Does the animation clip actually contain an animation for this mesh?

[valid vector]

yep

[polar acorn]

Well, that shows that it has an animation, is it an animation for this mesh?

[valid vector]

oh

[polar acorn]

You should be able to change which mesh this is applied to, I think you right click on it?

[valid vector]

right click on what

[polar acorn]

On the preview window

I'm not sure where the option is, but I know there's a way to change the display model

[valid vector]

it just spins the model

right clicking the model

i changed the model

it doesnt work with the animation

[polar acorn]

So then the animation is not set up for this model

[valid vector]

so how do i set it up

[polar acorn]

How did you set it up for the previous model?

[valid vector]

thats the default unity model

[polar acorn]

So where did you get the animation

[valid vector]

mixamo

https://www.mixamo.com/#/?page=1&query=zombie

[polar acorn]

Does your mesh have a Mixamo rig

[valid vector]

no it has my rig

because its multible meshes

and mixamo rigs are for one mesh models

[polar acorn]

So that would be why you can't use it

Animations don't just magically apply to any model, you have to rig it

This is no longer a code question, but you'll need to use an animation for this object's rig, or change the rig

[foggy crypt]

Is there any way to use more than one object from an array in one line?

[toxic yacht]

like a one line iterator? or as in access a few specific indices? What context are you trying to do that in?

[foggy crypt]

I want all the objects in that array to go inactive in the same time, and I dont want to repeat the same line for each one of them.
So I want to make it happen in 1 exact line of code to optimize the code

[frosty hound]

That's not optimizing

[polar acorn]

https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_foreach_loop.php

[frosty hound]

Make a for loop and turn them off

[sour fulcrum]

I'm using a third person character controller off the asset store that handles camera rotation from the mouse, Before I dive deep into it's code, Is it relatively easy to feed a similar kind of input result from a controller instead? Just curious if I even need to change how the charactercontroller processes input

i assume it's going to be relatively similar values right? Just maybe better controller support has a few more niche features to handle it better?

[toxic yacht]

using a for loop is what you'd want to do. Just to clarify, fewer lines of code doesn't necessarily mean that it's optimized. Things like one line iterators are just quality of life features that are still just doing a for loop.

[foggy crypt]

Thanks, that worked

[toxic yacht]

depends on how the controller is made, but I believe stick input is normalized, normally wasd input direction is normalized so it'll be pretty easy to add controller support there. Mouse input is normally gotten as a delta, so dropping in stick input you might need to tweak the sensitivity. Beyond that there's unity's input system, which I'd imagine the controller supports https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.11/manual/index.html.

[radiant meteor]

whats the best/most reliable/used way to store a game's save data?

[teal viper]

Reliable in what sense?

[rocky canyon]

i use JSON.. and JsonUtility not a competitive, multiplayer, nor any other type of game that i have to worry about cheating/exploiting

[radiant meteor]

no problems when saving/loading, not easy to modify it outside of the game, and not unnecessarily complex

[rocky canyon]

welp, my solutions out

[teal viper]

There wouldn't be problem during saving/ loading with any method if it's implemented correctly.
You can only guarantee non modifyiability if you save on the cloud that the user doesn't has access to. Saving in binary and maybe encrypting can make it more difficult for the user to modify a file on their device.

[radiant meteor]

well, my game has a score system, so not being able to cheat is definitely a must

seems like json utility

[rocky canyon]

ya, the cloud or a database is gonna be about the only way someone couldnt cheat if they really wanted to..

theres definitely ways to store it locally tho, and to be clever about where and how u store the score

[teal viper]

Json utility is just a way to serialize the data a text. This is probably the very easy for the user to modify, as it's intended to be modified.

[radiant meteor]

oh wait i read that wrong lol

i meant JSON

[rocky canyon]

JSON is easily modify tho.. ^

[radiant meteor]

alright, for now i'll do JSON, i'll figure out a server to send the json files to later when the game is more fleshed out and competitive

for now its just a college project

[rocky canyon]

just learned something.. you can use a password/string/key + hashing and salting to give urself a little bit of security..
the normal user isn't gonna go thru the trouble to change the score.. ur game would know if its been tampered with..
just learned this soo im not 100 percent sure but it seems promising

[naive pawn]

you could also do what piratesoftware did

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Vy05aDKqQ

[steep rose]

haha that's a pretty clever way of detecting cheats

[rocky canyon]

ya, something like that is what i meant by this ^
def out of hte box solutions ppl wouldnt ever suspect

then add some mechanics int he game to troll the player.. and checkmate 😄

[eternal needle]

yea for one day until people realize to also just modify the 2nd value. then suddenly theres a cheater issue again and nothing is achieved, other than adding unnecessary complexity

[eternal needle]

a lot of the "game dev advice" shorts ive seen from this guy has been awful advice tbh. its mostly content farming and all he does is present these seemingly simple solutions. since its a short he ofc doesnt include the part where it doesnt work in the real world

[naive pawn]

the issue is never cheating, the issue is normal players having to compete with cheaters
this is just a way of detecting and segregating them 🤷

(i don't think this is really the place to discuss this though)

[radiant meteor]

should i create a different save file for preferences (mouse sensibility, vsync, etc.) that is separate from game progress (levels beaten, weapons obtained, etc.)?

[naive pawn]

probably
importing/exporting preferences would be much easier since you could just override the whole preferences file

[eternal needle]

i just wanted to bring it up because a lot of his advice is aimed at beginners and is wildly misleading or just wrong. i wont go too in depth, mainly cause i dont wanna go through his channel again, but it really just feels like hes trying to seem cool instead of presenting correct information.

[steep rose]

well yes, but all I was saying is it was clever.

[formal escarp]

Hey guys i have some code where if the player dies they respawn on their last checkpoint, but my problem is the rest of the scene stays the same, but i want to make it so the enemies go back to their original place. How can i go about this?

[eternal needle]

i find it easier having these things separate. it might not apply to your case, but having a giant save file can get annoying if you need to load all the game data just to adjust something like vsync.

[teal viper]

The easiest way would be to just reload the scene.

[eternal needle]

you could just load the scene, using the scene manager, and then place the player at wherever this checkpoint is. otherwise everything that can be reset will need some functionality to record their initial position/rotation and be notified when they need to reset

[formal escarp]

But if i do that, the player would too go back to their "starting" point instead of their last checkpoint no?

The checkpoints are in the same level. Let´s say i have checkpoint 1,2,3 in the same scene.

[teal viper]

You'll need to persist that data outside of the scene.

[eternal needle]

maybe remove the player from the scene, so they arent spawning with the scene in the first place. or have some way to reference the player when the scene starts and move them to the correct checkpoint after its loaded. some object (probably in DDOL) should keep track of which checkpoint you're at

[formal escarp]

man that sounds complex but ill try

[teal viper]

Resetting all the objects to their initial positions might be even more complex(or rather tedious).

[sour fulcrum]

Is there a way to get Input.GetAxis without having a virtual axis setup in the input manager? / exclusively through code?

[teal viper]

Wdym? Without the setup, there's no "axis". If you mean querying a key press, then sure, that's possible with just GetKey/Up/Down/Pressed or whatever the correct API was.

[sour fulcrum]

I kinda want a press but i don't think I can

working on a package i use between projects and wanted to get some controller inputs that are buttons but axis based without having to re-do the input manager stuff on every project

eg. dpad and l2/r2

👀

[zenith cypress]

If you use the new input system you could define the entire binding in code via a binding string.

[teal viper]

You can probably save the input manager setup as a preference and load it in the new project. Check the context menu in the input manager.

[zenith cypress]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.11/manual/Actions.html#creating-actions-in-code example

[sour fulcrum]

Tyty.

[fierce plume]

im just starting coding and im lost on how i make it so the jump only happens once im using

idk why it formatted like that

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)) { Debug.Log("SpaceBar pressed"); rb.AddForce(Vector3.up * JumpForce); }

thats better

[naive pawn]

use 3 backticks for a codeblock

GetKey checks if the key is currently being pressed

use GetKeyPressed so it's only triggered on the frame that it's pressed

[fierce plume]

ohhh thanks

[coral bear]

you'll wanna use GetKeyDown

GetKey will make it print every frame it's held down

[mint echo]

I'm making a game in which the player can craft spells, and they can choose a base spell form and an auxillary effect (so many possible combinations when i end up adding more aux effects in the future). when the player casts the spell, I was originally going to spawn in the spell object and attach the chosen aux effect script to the projectile at runtime, but after being suggested to use prefabs this might be what I'm lookiung for, but I;m still confused about them. from my understanding, i can create a prefab for each base spell form, but creating a prefab for each base spell form/aux effect combo seems completely unnecessary, which is why i was originally going to attach the aux effect script at runtime. how can i attach a specific script to a prefab?

or could I make prefabs of each base spell form, and when the player crafts their spell, i use their chose spell form prefab and add their aux effect script and make that a new prefab for their completed spell?

[teal viper]

A complex/composite system like that is often implemented with Scriptable objects and runtime objects that combine different behavior and data using composition pattern. It's not really something simple for a beginner.

[mint echo]

gotta start somewhere. i would have asked this in #archived-code-general but since im relatively new to unity and when i did ask in that channel earlier i was suggested to maybe use prefabs. ive done some reading on it and am trying to figure out if prefabs are what im looking for. thats why im askiung about them here since it seems prefabs are a basic part of unity

or is this not the right channel to be asking about understanding prefabs? if its not ill move my question to the correct channel

[quick oasis]

im trying to use a tilemap that can be destroyed by a gameobject as it moves through the tilemap, but for some reason it just stops when it collides and doesn't destroy anything. so far this is my code for the tilemap:

public class DestructibleTiles : MonoBehaviour
{
public Tilemap destructibletilemap;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
destructibletilemap = GetComponent<Tilemap>();
}

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

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{

    if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("CanBreakWall"))
    {
        foreach (ContactPoint2D hit in collision.contacts)
        {
            Vector2 hposition = new Vector2(
                hit.point.x - 0.01f * hit.normal.x,
                hit.point.y - 0.01f * hit.normal.y
            );

            Vector3Int cellPosition = destructibletilemap.WorldToCell(hposition);

            // Destroy the tile immediately
            if (destructibletilemap.HasTile(cellPosition))
            {
                destructibletilemap.SetTile(cellPosition, null);

            }
        }
    }
}

}

[naive pawn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[naive pawn]

have you tried debugging those conditions and such

[quick oasis]

yes, i just did. It just isn't setting the tiles to null for some reason.

it just keeps outputting the same coordinates

[vale chasm]

How can i optimize/combine these into one?
Files removed, added to #💻┃code-beginner message

[ivory bobcat]

Use the links as suggested from the Large !code blocks section

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[vale chasm]

https://github.com/NFLD99/FluffumsPackages/tree/main/Editor

[cosmic dagger]

yes, it would be a combination of prefabs with ScriptableObjects (SOs). instead of adding a script at runtime, you would assign an SO asset to a variable on the base spell (instantiated prefab). that SO will have the data and logic for the aux effect. that's the gist of it . . .

[mint echo]

ok thank you very much

[cosmic dagger]

what's this? just use a paste site to post the code and send us the link . . .

[vale chasm]

github, a standard used code host, way better than any paste site

[cosmic dagger]

i know. it use it myself, but the page goes to a 404 . . .

[naive pawn]

yeah i think you mightve linked a private repo

[vale chasm]

no?

[naive pawn]

yep that's a private repo

[cosmic dagger]

well, it's not working for us, so we can't help without the code . . .

[vale chasm]

https://uploads.nfld99.com/ShareX/OZA8f9qddE.png

try a ctrl f5

[sick jay]

Is the best way to store a variable that never changes and is used by multiple scripts in a script with others like it that initializes them as public readonly static variables? What I'm using is a maxInteractDistance for the player(distance a raycast travels when player clicks a button). Or should i just make private readonly variables with the same number in each script that needs it?

Actually in this case I should just put both actions in the same script so it doesn't matter

[timber tide]

You can do a property like

public float MaxInteractDistance
{
    get
    {
        return maxInteractDistance;
    }
}

[SerializeField] private readonly float maxInteractDistance = 5;

Also similar

public float MaxInteractDistance => maxInteractDistance;
[SerializeField] private readonly float maxInteractDistance = 5;```

Or even similar

[field: SerializeField] public float MaxInteractDistance { get; } = 5;```
Edit: Forgot you only want readonly ;p

This is assuming only the player cares for this InteractDistance, and that if needed you pass the player reference with this property. Now, if say more than just the player uses this value, then you can consider some static value in a utility class assuming it never changes and everything abides by it.

[sick jay]

Thank you!

Would this code work properly based on how i explain it in the green text? (assume the methods for PickupObject, MoveObject, and DropObject function as intended)

[timber tide]

Sure, if you want to take input in update that would work

[sick jay]

would it be better to take it somewhere else? What would be the best way to check if an object is grabbed

[timber tide]

If you're not interested reading into Unity's "new" standard input system then doing it in update is fine, but since this all has to deal with buttons I would make each button press an event with its own logic checking.

[sick jay]

I did most of the input stuff in that already using a tutorial, its very confusing for a beginner

I will try to add this code to it

[timber tide]

Yeah, event though there's cleaner ways to do this stuff, just getting it work with what you know is probably best for now

[radiant meteor]

i put my canvas with my all my hud objects in another scene that plays with the main scene since it will stay throught other scenes, with a singleton to handle references, but it just does not want to reference anything

should i have the singleton in DontDestroyOnLoad instead of the "canvas" scene?

[timber tide]

What I do is have a load scene with all my singletons at the start of my game so this way I can flag them as DontDestroyOnLoad immediately

[radiant meteor]

putting it in dontdestroyonload didnt change anything

[timber tide]

Well, check that the singleton is the one that is loading first before referencing it. I'd also debug the first script that references it and make sure the singleton itself is not null

[radiant meteor]

i've changed so the scripts themselves gave the reference to the singleton, no changes

[timber tide]

How's the script looking like for the singleton being instantiated

[radiant meteor]

is that the problem? i have to instantiate it? he already exists as an object i put there myself and gets every reference from the respective scripts in awake

[timber tide]

Right, if it's already on the scene then you've already have an instance instantiated but wondering if you're setting the instance correctly.

And flagging DontDestroy*

[timber tide]

Have you tried that yet? I assure you it fixes a lot of execution ordering problems which may be related

Otherwise, if you are instantiating it directly on the scene it's being referenced on, you may run into dependencies executing first which would reference something not loaded yet. You can fix this by going into the project settings and manually changing the execution ordering on scripts if you want to do it that way.

Other than that, I can't really help without seeing anything

[static cedar]

Encountering this bug right after i opened the project.

Seems to taking literally forever.

[radiant meteor]

how do i tell it what components to reference?

like, how do i tell it that the player is x from scene 1, while also telling it that the main hud is y from scene 2?

its basically the same problem

i need the references to tell it what to reference, but if i had the references anyway then there's no point in doing this

[static cedar]

Ok, i deleted all of my scripts. (Put them in a zip first obviously).

Ok i unzipped it, and the infinitely long "awaiting for unity's code to finish executing" is back.

[radiant meteor]

i've done so many different things, i've created scripts to give references forwards, backwards, sideways, i've made new ones with the references i need from each scene, playing before the rest of the scripts but after the singleton, nothing, not a single changed result

this is making me rip my hair out of my head, and its really late, i'm going to sleep

i'll definitely realize i'm stupid by tomorrow

[faint osprey]

im trying to make a simple rope swing at the moment using rigid body distance joints but its not behaving as expected ``` void Start()
{
m_CanGrapple = true;
CharacterMovement.StartGrapple += ReadyToGrapple;

    m_grappleJoint = player.AddComponent<DistanceJoint2D>();
    m_grappleJoint.enabled = false;
    m_grappleJoint.autoConfigureDistance = false;
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if(m_isSwinging)
    {
        player.GetComponent<LineRenderer>().SetPosition(0, player.transform.position);
        m_grappleJoint.connectedAnchor = gameObject.transform.position;
        m_grappleJoint.distance = Vector2.Distance(player.transform.position, transform.position);
        m_grappleJoint.autoConfigureConnectedAnchor = false;
    }
}```

this is what ive got so far if anyones got any ideas to make it better that would be nice

[real thunder]

okay so basically I have an IEnumerator DoRegen()
so if I am doing that

healingRoutine = DoRegen();
StartCoroutine(healingRoutine);```
I assume that while the coroutine is running, that healingRoutine is occupied with that coroutine, and when it yield breaks it becomes null, right?
I am doing that to be able to check if it's not null to see if the coroutine is running, feel like it's more elegant than making a bool, does that makes sense?

[north kiln]

There is no mechanism to automatically make something null

Only UnityEngine.Object does that, and it's not really null, it's fake (and awful)

[real thunder]

also how do I make a big box around the code like above

[north kiln]

If you want to use it to track the state of the coroutine you would have to set it to null manually

[north kiln]

Three backticks

[real thunder]

added the string I forgot

[naive pawn]

would probably be better to set the coroutine in case you want to stop it later

[real thunder]

I can stop it using that var tho

StopCoroutine accepts either string or IEnumerator or Coroutine

[naive pawn]

oh, true

[real thunder]

string sounds pretty clunky but I am not sure what is better IEnumerator or Coroutine

[naive pawn]

welp that aside, storing the coroutine kinda makes more sense imo

it's more clearly a coroutine rather than a random enumerator

[real thunder]

I just went with IEnumerator because I am clueless and it was mentioned earlier than a Coroutine

to my shame I have no clear understanding what they are

just the work principle

do I have to use bool to check if coroutine working?

[slender sinew]

just set the variable to null inside the coroutine once it's done

[naive pawn]

you do use bools

x == null is a bool

[real thunder]

Yeah I know

I ofc meant an outside variable

Nullifying the coroutine variable makes sense tho, I would rather do that

[willow shoal]

using System.Collections;

public class gravitych : MonoBehaviour
{
    public bool gravitySwitch;
     void Update()
     {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(Keycode.Space)) //Detect if player press G key. You can learn more at Unity Input. If you want
        {    
            gravitySwitch = !gravitySwitch;
            if (gravitySwitch)
            {
                Physics.gravity = new Vector3(0, 9.81, 0); //Invert
            }
            else If(!gravitySwitch)
            {
                Physics.gravity = new Vector3(0, -9.81, 0); //Default unity
            }
            
        }
     }
}

how to fix error cs1002; expected 16,36

somethink is wrong with "else If(!gravitySwitch)"

[real thunder]

there is less than 36 strings tho

[willow shoal]

so what i should add

[real thunder]

yeah... it's "If"

I mean

big I

should be "i"

where do you code?

[fickle plume]

You need to setup your !ide then it will tell you exactly what's wrong.

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[willow shoal]

i will check

this

thx

[fringe plover]

I like how you didnt give us proper explanation whats wrong and how u call it, didnt use ` symbol to make code look preety, and didnt even tell what are types are those values.

[lunar hollow]

Are there any ways to load Anim files at Runtime? As in, you have a path to a .anim file and you can apply that .anim file to an Animator

[languid spire]

I dont think you can load a .anim by itself however you can wrap one in an asset bundle and load it that way

[lunar hollow]

And you can save asset bundles to a file?

[languid spire]

of course, that is what they are for

[lunar hollow]

Nice

thanks

[sand swift]

why is my code greyed out / fadedout?

[languid spire]

bug in latest version of VS

[sand swift]

but is render only or affects the code?

[languid spire]

only affects what you see on the screen

@sand swift this may help
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Private-Unity-messages-incorrectly-marke/10779025

[verbal dome]

What is "hertz value", how are you getting it

[quick oasis]

can somebody help me with my destructible tilemap code? it doesn't seem to be working even though it keeps printing the same coordinates

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{

   if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("CanBreakWall"))
   {

       foreach (ContactPoint2D hit in collision.contacts)
       {
           Debug.Log("collision at " + "" + hit.point.x + " " +hit.point.y);

           Vector2 hposition = new Vector2(
               hit.point.x - 0.01f * hit.normal.x,
               hit.point.y - 0.01f * hit.normal.y
           );

           Vector3Int cellPosition = destructibletilemap.WorldToCell(hposition);

           // Destroy the tile immediately

               destructibletilemap.SetTile(cellPosition, null);

           
       }
   }

}

so i added this and somehow it keeps not existing

if (destructibletilemap.HasTile(cellPosition))
{
destructibletilemap.SetTile(cellPosition, null);
}
else
{
Debug.Log("doesn't exist somehow");
}

[rancid tinsel]

have you tried debugging the cellPosition? maybe something is going wrong there

Debug.Log($"Cell Position: {cellPosition}");

before the if ofc

[quick oasis]

it seems to be working fine

it gives me {-37, 42, 0)

[rancid tinsel]

how does the tilemap check if it HasTile?

does it check in children? in a dictionary?

[quick oasis]

im not sure

ill go read up

ok all it does is if there is a tile at the position, it returns true

[rancid tinsel]

yeah but I mean how does it check

it has to keep track of what tiles exist in some way

[quick oasis]

i dont know

[rich adder]

thats a unity built in function

[rancid tinsel]

ah

[quick oasis]

ok yeah im not making any custom functions

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Tilemaps.Tilemap.HasTile.html

its just here

[rich adder]

I would make the vector3 a field then use OnDrawGizmos/ Gizmos.DrawSphere, and draw where the point is

[rancid tinsel]

what are you using for populating the tilemap?

as in what method?

[quick oasis]

what is ondrawgizmos / gizmos.drawsphere?

[rich adder]

google things you do not know

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnDrawGizmos.html

[quick oasis]

ok

idk what you mean by what method

like i used

a paint tool

and a box tool

[rich adder]

are you sure you painted them in the correct tilemap ?

[quick oasis]

yes

should i be using serializefield rather than public for accessing it in my code

[rich adder]

doesn't matter

as long as you linked the correct tilemap

[quick oasis]

i want it to be able to destroy all walls + floor

just like to start out

[rich adder]

is the on collision message actually firing?

[quick oasis]

yes

do ineed to do something with my tilemap

[rich adder]

ok so draw the gizmos and see whats happening visually

[quick oasis]

like use an effector or make it a dynamic body

ok

[rich adder]

if the collision is firing there are only 2 possibles,
the position is wrong or that tilemap doesn't have any tiles

[quick oasis]

foreach (ContactPoint2D hit in collision.contacts)
{
Debug.Log("collision at " + "" + hit.point.x + " " +hit.point.y);

 Vector2 hposition = new Vector2(
     hit.point.x - 0.01f * hit.normal.x,
     hit.point.y - 0.01f * hit.normal.y
 );

i mean this is the position code

ill do the gizmo thing tho

[rich adder]

You'd have to make cellPosition a field not a local variable

then pass that in the Gizmos.DrawSphere method (as shown in docs example this goes in the OnDrawGizmos method also Gizmos must be enabled in your scene/game view)

[quick oasis]

for some reason its only making 1 sphere

but regardless shouldn't it be deleting it and moving on

[rich adder]

yeah just realized you had a loop. You'd have to make a small list of vector3s and add them in for each

[quick oasis]

what kind of list

its throwing an error when i try to use arraylist

[rich adder]

List<Vector3> points = new();

then you would put them in a loop for gizmos

[quick oasis]

would i use points.count for the length of the list

like when looping through

[rich adder]

yea for a for loop, or use foreach

[quick oasis]

it is now making 2

[rich adder]

can you show your current code?
also I'd make those radius smaller like 0.12 or .15

[quick oasis]

like the whole thjing?

[rich adder]

yes use a code pasting share site from below

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[quick oasis]

https://paste.ofcode.org/V7qPmrfadhStxRpFWqSvDd

[rich adder]

oh you know what, i know what it is..

your slight offset you added

[quick oasis]

what

whats wrong with it

should i removei t

[rich adder]

well its making it not work lol

[quick oasis]

ok

ill get rid of it

[rich adder]

just do cellPosition = destructibletilemap.WorldToCell(hit.point);

that offset always struck me odd since i saw it lol

[quick oasis]

still isnt working

doing the same thing

[rich adder]

did you write hit.point?

[quick oasis]

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[quick oasis]

https://paste.ofcode.org/3aU2emNmJLj87rXtFasLBEk

[calm yarrow]

how do i make my flipping first person camera look left and right

[wintry quarry]

Usually for a first person camera you actually just rotate the player itself, and the camera is a child

[calm yarrow]

idk how to do that

[rich adder]

thats odd. I tried it and it works for me

[quick oasis]

are all my settings correct?

ill show

[wintry quarry]

Any basic first person character controller tutorial will go over it

[rich adder]

You might be running the OnCollision on the wrong gameobject

since you are checking tag CanBreakWall and your tilemap is tagged as Wall

how do you enable/move the other object that hits it? show that code too and inspector for gameobject. (Btw you can submit multiple screenshots in one message no need for this vertical madness)

[calm yarrow]

okay thanks

[quick oasis]

ok

public class purplemove : MonoBehaviour
{
// Start is called before the first frame update

public Rigidbody2D rb;
void Start()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    rb.velocity = new Vector2(30, 0);
}

}

yeah and the spirte image was the only good one i could find

[rich adder]

try this real quick

 Vector2 hposition = new Vector2(
                hit.point.x + 0.5f,
                hit.point.y + 0.5f
            );
            cellPosition = destructibletilemap.WorldToCell(hposition);```

[quick oasis]

doing the exact same thing

wait

1 sec

ok so ist destroying a single tile

it was doing something similar earlier too

[rich adder]

if you want this to pass through you probably want it to be a trigger btw

ig then the issue comes where you cannot get contact points

[quick oasis]

how do i delete then if the trigger is in teh ball

like how will the tilemap know

if i do on trigger enter will it detect

like from the non-trigger object

[rich adder]

yes

the flying object should be trigger

[rancid tinsel]

any idea what might be happening?

[quick oasis]

how do i get all points of overlap with the trigger

[rich adder]

thats the tricky part

so IMO you're better off using the appropriate physics queries and forget this rigidbody and MB signals

something like OverlapBox or Boxcast

Overlap probably better

[rich adder]

love how you cut the log right before the error

[rancid tinsel]

sorry, the log returned 0

added dataList[index] to the log and now the debug line throws the error

[rich adder]

dataList is probably empty*

are you sure you linked the correct one?

[short hazel]

The array is empty if it throws for index 0

Log its length

[rancid tinsel]

https://hatebin.com/vuwrzjikjf

the length is logged correctly (currently at 2)

so the array is definitely not empty

[rich adder]

btw should usually pass the second parameter for logs like ("log", this)
this would tell you which exact object is calling the log

[short hazel]

The array is empty on the prefab, seeing how the Inspector says it's modified. If you Instantiate this via code, make sure you applied the changes to the original prefab!

[rancid tinsel]

could you explain what you mean? I don't get it

[rancid tinsel]

it's a static prefab in the scene

as in, it doesn't get instantiated

not actually static i need to be careful with my wording

[rich adder]

Debug.Log has a second context parameter for the gameobject it applies to

[rancid tinsel]

oh, had no idea thanks

[rich adder]

try to always pass that so you have assurance which object is exactly calling the logs

[rancid tinsel]

i always did it manually instead but this is cleaner

[rich adder]

SFX manager?

[rancid tinsel]

wdym?

ohhh, the object the script is on

yeah it's already in the scene

the only "moving" it could be doing is DDOL but I don't think that should cause any issues

ok i changed it like this and while in awake the dataList.Length is populated, when debugging it again its 0

really weird - I'll have to see if there is anything interacting with the UISoundManager but there shouldn't be

[rich adder]

this is why its wise not to make everything public

not saying its the issue but its one less thing to worry about being modified elsewhere somehow

[rancid tinsel]

yeah I get that

I think I can actually make the array private in this case

but the same thing happens

also to be clear the array is still populated in the inspector at all times

[rich adder]

make it [SerializeField] private, save and see anything else errors

[languid spire]

then you are calling PlaySound on the wrong object

[rancid tinsel]

i just did, same issue ocurred

[rancid tinsel]

that should be irrelevant - I'm calling it via buttons anyway

[languid spire]

how can it be irrelevant?

[rancid tinsel]

it plays the sound on the audio source thats on the same object as the script

[languid spire]

using the datalist on the same object

[rancid tinsel]

also its a singleton so its the only one in the scene

[languid spire]

Log InstanceId in Awake and in PlaySound

[rancid tinsel]

like this?

[languid spire]

yes

[rancid tinsel]

they're different but how?

[languid spire]

see, 2 different objects

you are calling PlaySound on a prefab

[rancid tinsel]

oh I see what you mean

wait but that's so weird - so I have to assign the buttons at runtime or what?

[rich adder]

for sanity check the Logs in PlaySound should have the context added to Log..

I didn't say it for my health

Debug.Log("stuff", this)

[rancid tinsel]

where do I see the "this" part in the log?

oh wait

im an idiot

[rich adder]

click it and it should highlight the script/component

where is the code question?

[rancid tinsel]

its not highlighting anything for me on neither message (awake or the logerror)

but it does say what method called it

on what script

[rich adder]

doesnt - instance ID mean the gameobject was spawned and not part of scene already?

[rancid tinsel]

I think what's happening is that it is a prefab in the hierarchyu

[languid spire]

no, just means runtime, + is an asset

[rancid tinsel]

and in playmode it turns into a normal gameobject?

thats why the instanceID is different?

[languid spire]

no

your UI buttons are referencing the prefab not the gameObject in the scene

[rancid tinsel]

wtf you're right

but I have no idea how that could have happened

wait so let's say I assigned the object to the buttons, but then I changed a part of the script and let it compiled - would that cause this?

[stiff pollen]

hello, I tried to learn some scripting but I think something is wrong with mine. I saw in few tutorial that the MonoBehaviour will be in green but mine is not and when I tried to type GameObject it just doesn't work. anyone know how to fix this?

[rancid tinsel]

because aside from that I have no idea - I just assigned them the same way I did before except now it works

[cosmic quail]

!ide

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

Select one:

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• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
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[languid spire]

no

[stiff pollen]

I just need to update?

[languid spire]

@rancid tinsel It is maybe possible that you created the prefab AFTER assigning the UI buttons

[rancid tinsel]

that's impossible since that prefab was made days ago, and was one of the first things in this scene

I'm genuinely scratching my head at how they could have been assigned to the prefab

maybe instead of dragging I used the dropdown menu

and that selects the prefab rather than gameobject?

[frail hawk]

your intellisense function is missing.

[rancid tinsel]

iirc the dropdown looks through assets right?

[languid spire]

yes, that could be it

[stiff pollen]

how can I get the intellisense?

[frail hawk]

in the preferences choose Visual studio. this is the most common problem.

it might have other reasons why it is not working but try this first

[stiff pollen]

ooh yeah I just followed this one and it works

thank you

[rancid tinsel]

either way thanks for the help!

[stiff pollen]

why it doesn't auto enabled and most of beginner tutorial didn't mention anything about this

[frail hawk]

it is auto enabled

[steep rose]

you always have to configure your ide

[frail hawk]

you might have installed unity and Vs seperately

[stiff pollen]

I installed it via Unity Hub

but anyway it has been resolved so thank you

[past spindle]

Shouldn't the input field be editable when you first put it in your scene? I know for everything else you need coding, but I thought you could click on it and edit the text before that.

[keen dew]

#📲┃ui-ux but yes

[woven summit]

How can I make it so my camera is like this:

Camera Width = 600
Camera Height = 240
Camera X = floor(player.x/600)*600
Camera Y = floor(player.y/240)*240

in 2d

[lunar hollow]

What does Win32 IO returned 14 mean?

[vale chasm]

any ideas?

[runic lance]

what do you want to do exactly?

[vale chasm]

optimize/combine them
Scrips so you don't have to scroll
https://github.com/NFLD99/FluffumsPackages/tree/main/Editor

[runic lance]

🤷‍♂️

please explain your use cases, what do you want do optimize, why you want to optimize, what do you want to combine, why do you want to combine, what have you already tried... otherwise it's too vague and no one can help you

[vale chasm]

Use case: they are for organizing the stuff I use in my scenes
Reason for optimizing: because everything should be optimized
What to combine: everything
Why combine: so it's more organized
What I have tried: putting it all in one file, but I suck with C#

[rich adder]

show the complete error

[lunar hollow]

Well thats the complete error from the Exception.

[rich adder]

screenshot the error

[lunar hollow]

Well i cant, this only happens in my build

[slender sinew]

I am going to be honest, the most that anyone could tell you is to "put them in one file if you want them to be in one file"... there is no trick to copy pasting code from one place to another. Not sure what you need help with.

you are probably missing some fundamentals, in which case you should learn the very very basics (what are classes, what are methods) before trying to optimize anything

[vale chasm]

Probably should, it's been ~10 yet since I've used c# at all, was more just asking if the janky code I have could be optimized

[slender sinew]

unless you are running into actual performance issues, I wouldn't worry about it. Everything you sent is code that only runs in the editor, and most of it only runs when you click a menu item. The code seems fine for that purpose, not much you can optimize

[north merlin]

is this the correct syntax volumeProfile.GetComponent<ColorAdjustments>().postExposure.value = amount;

[rich adder]

pretty sure you need a tryGet

 if(vol.profile.TryGet(out ColorAdjustments ca ))
        {
            ca.postExposure.value = amount
        }```

VolumeComponent actually inherits from ScriptableObject so GetComponent would not work (components are attached to gameobjects)

[supple wasp]

Hi, can you help me with this code? According to this code, the player is automatically detected and this happens.

How was it to be able to pass a code that I can't put so much?

[rich adder]

haven't you been here long enough to know how to share code?

[supple wasp]

No, it's just that I have another account that I always see and that's why I don't remember.

[rich adder]

use link sites in !code

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[heavy knoll]

Anyone know how i can make my character less slippery and more responsive? i tried adding ground drag to make my player less slippery but when i add ground drag and increase player speed my character moves way too fast in the air .And if i set my drag to be some value while in the air, my player falls really slowly

[steep rose]

you would want to limit air speed as well by limiting the velocity (X and Z only) of which your character moves, you could do this for character controllers or rigidbodies which I'm assuming you are using

[heavy knoll]

so its fine to make my player less slippery and still fast by upping my ground drag and player speed?

also do you know how to go about limiting the x and z velocity in the air? i can send my code if that helps
https://hatebin.com/yghdazlazm

[steep rose]

that will do quite the opposite of what you want, also it seems you have a SpeedControl function which should do exactly what you want to do, And the inconsistency of movement is most likely you are modifying the RB drag from its original value (I believe it is 1) and is messing with things a bit.

[heavy knoll]

hmm, i tried making my rb drag just 1 but my player keeps sliding for a little bit after i let go of my move key

[steep rose]

ah do you have a physics material on your player?

[heavy knoll]

i have a no friction material on my player, but i think i added that to fix another problem where the player would get stuck to walls if they walk against them or jump into them

although i just took it off

and i still seem to slide a tiny bit when i let go of my move key

[rich adder]

you need to play around with drag

or make your own deceleration with addforce to counter your movement

[supple wasp]

https://hatebin.com/rajrjzhuod I don't know if this leads to the code I posted but here it is

I'm going to tell you the context of this code

[rich adder]

whats happening vs what you expect to happen

[supple wasp]

!code

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[steep rose]

If you attach a physics material to your collider with such settings it will act like that collider is always sliding on ice, if you go down that route you have 2 options, 1 is to make your own friction, 2 make another collider solely for walls with said physics material on it, but I would recommend instead ignoring input by using a raycast and check if that hits and if it does check if you are off the ground, and the surface it just hit is a wall either by using layermask's or calculating the angle between the hit.normal and Vector3.up.

[heavy knoll]

oooh alr

[supple wasp]

https://hastebin.com/share/aqivazivuz.csharp Now it's done, well, the code according to what it does is that the code detects the player by his name in the game object but it doesn't do it

[steep rose]

Also when you removed the physics material and it still slides a little bit, do you mean the rigidbody is sliding to decelerate and to come to a stop shortly after (after input) or do you mean if you let go of input it acts like it is sliding on ice and never stops?

[heavy knoll]

just sliding to decelerate and come to a stop shortly after input was released

what im going for ig is just a more snappy/responsive movement feeling

where the movement basically comes to a spot the instant i let go of my move key

i just tried a game demo and the movement felt rlly nice it in compared to the one i was working on, so im kinda trying to change it to match that a lil bit

and the movement in that game was pretty snappy and stopped when the movement key was released, at least i think that's how it works

[steep rose]

if you want really snappy movement, consider directly modifying the velocity of the rigidbody

you could use velocity change from add force as well, although I do not know the type of movement it could create

[heavy knoll]

ok, thx ill see how that works

[supple wasp]

It tells me this when it is supposed to detect it just like that

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

[rich adder]

botonSalirCarro Gameobject isn't found so you cannot GetComponent on it

screenshot the hierarchy

[rich adder]

that doesn't say Hierarchy at the top of the tab now does it?

[supple wasp]

This is the player's gameobject private

[rich adder]

what? can you just like screenshot the whole inspector at least.

[rich adder]

okay and which object has this scripts

already see whats wrong anyway

[supple wasp]

is that the one marked in blue

[rich adder]

in the script you're using Find by name to get Button on the same gameobject?

thats strange to do, use a serialized reference

also GameObject.Find doesn't work with disabled objects anyway so another reason not to use it

link them in the inspector like you did for the public ones. make it public or even better keep them private and expose in inspector by using [SerializeField] attribute before private

[heavy knoll]

Anyone nkow how to go about implementing a slight camera tilt left and right when moving left and right? I tried looking up some resources on it, and the only thing i could rlly find, was ppl using a DOTween asset to make it smoothly tilt. Is there a simple way to achieve this without an asset?

[rocky canyon]

Dedicated Container for the camera,
transform.rotation = Quaternion. Slerp/Lerp

[heavy knoll]

do you know how i can link that up to my movement?

and should that be in a new script on my camera holder?

[rocky canyon]

just use input

[heavy knoll]

or in my already made camera move script

[rocky canyon]

mines not linked to my movement other than uses its movementSpeed to increase the tilt when running

[heavy knoll]

so i should just have it in this script?

[rocky canyon]

i wouldnt..

the whole point of the dedicated container is u can tilt it w/ actually changing the way ur cameras rotate left and right

Player

• Camera Look <-- left right-->
  • Camera Tilt

[heavy knoll]

so just make another script on the camera holder? this is how my stuff is organized atm

[rocky canyon]

is cameraholder what rotates the camera?

if so.. it would go

• Camera Holder
  • Camera Tilter
    • Player Cam

[heavy knoll]

oh, yea i think it is. I have my player look script on my player, and that controls the camera holder

[rocky canyon]

this setup would work for u then

then u tilt the Camera Tilter

[heavy knoll]

ok nice

[cerulean bear]

If I know C# syntax and just finished editor essentials what course would you guys recommend I take next so that I can make a game in 2d

[rich adder]

Junior Programming

[proper bobcat]

I wouldn't even recommend another course. I'd say just get in there with a really small scope and finish something. Google every small step you don't know

[cosmic dagger]

you're hoping for a lot on that last part . . .

[vale karma]

weird interaction with this 1/10 placement issue... any ideas? taken from codemonkey

https://paste.ofcode.org/VehsdCyer7QZbCdVSYWnHf

[rocky canyon]

im guessing ur pickup and drop key is the same key..

and im also guessing that when u press it it spaz's tf out

drop,pickup,drop,pickup,drop

check ur if statements and think thru the logic. (unless im wrong) idk this codemonkey specific

[vale karma]

Thats what im trying @rocky canyon . It seems straightforward, I dont click once it gets stuck, also, it happens more frequent on the first placement interaction, so it may have to do with the default setting i have no f'in idea. continuing forward lol

if the player spams, (which they will discover), it could cause alot of bugs down the road. I dont want stuff layering on top of a bug if it has to be fixed down the road. Its getting too cumbersome to ignore now

[rocky canyon]

whats the rest of the logic.. whats the input stuff that calls things like public void Grab(Transform grabPoint)

[rocky canyon]

thats pretty easy to solve w/ a cooldown timer

[vale karma]

wouldnt that be a bandaid fix though? Since it could happen more often on the first placement interaction I dont think itd fix the issue

Ive tried swapping placement of different interactions, Ive dealt with this for about 3 - 5 months now haha. I commented on the vid a bit ago its long now DX

[rocky canyon]

oh sure, for that one issue.. but any mechanic that can quickly be used can benefit a bit from a cooldown.. even some of the most perfectly coded mechanics could go haywire w/o atleast a miniscule one

[vale karma]

of course i ask and then i fix it, it still has the symptoms of the rotation. shoot now im just curious what is overriding that issue. dundunDUNNNN

[vale karma]

If its on top i send it back XD

[hushed rain]

Hi, I'm having an issue with my code rn can anyone help? Basically I'm making a dash mechanic but the FOV isn't getting reset right. During the dash I want the FOV to be 123 then reset to 103 after the dash ends. But now the second I press the dash key my FOV goes to 123 then immediately back to 103

[vale karma]

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[hushed rain]

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

[vale karma]

so far just skimming it looks like this is all just residing in one frame

could be helpful to use a Coroutine until the timer reaches 0... its kind of hard to read for me im not used to diagnosing code

try debug logs in the important code to see when and what changes during that frame

[hushed rain]

yea so i was trouble shooting earlier and i was using debug logs and it worked fine in the console but it doesnt work ingame

[queen adder]

if i override a method in a class, does other class that inherit the class will also have the override method ?

[hushed rain]

basically i just put a debug log in dash method saying "fov set to 123" and another in the reset dash method saying "fov set to 103" it was timed correctly in the console but the timing is still all off ingamme

[languid spire]

rather than logging literals why not log values like fov and dashDuration

[hushed rain]

how would that help though?

[languid spire]

because it would tell you what is actually being used rather than what you assume is being used

[hushed rain]

is this what you mean?
Debug.Log("set fov to" + dashFov);

[languid spire]

that and more, log all variables which have an effect on your logic

[hushed rain]

i dont think i have a variable for the normal fov

[languid spire]

sure you do, cam.fieldOfView

you hardcode the 103 so that cannot be a problem

[hushed rain]

wait how can i not find 103 in my code at all

i even remember setting it to 103 specifically

[languid spire]

line 93

[hushed rain]

im blind asf mb

i dont understand why this isnt working as intended, the reset dash method is set correctly and then i invoke my reset dash method immediately after dash duration ends

which i set in my inspector do be way longer than its supposed to be just to see its effect

it has no effect, its like it just ignores the invoke and resets when it wants to

[languid spire]

did you log dashDuration?

[hushed rain]

no? i thought i wouldnt need to log it at all as its explicitly set in the inspector

[languid spire]

do not assume

[hushed rain]

ok fair enough

so where should i log it?

[languid spire]

just before you use it

[hushed rain]

when i log my reset dash to the normal fov do i just type cam.fieldOfView

[languid spire]

yes, before and after changing it

[flint iris]

If you override a method in a base class, the derived classes will not automatically inherit the override method. However, they will inherit the method itself, and if the derived class does not override it, the base class's version of the method will be called.

[hushed rain]

my 3 debug logs rn are
("set fov to " cam.fieldOfView) in ResetDash()
("set fov to " dashFov) in Dash()
(dashDuration) in Start()

[languid spire]

did I not say 'just before you use it'?

[hushed rain]

sorry i kind of didnt understand what u meant by "just before you use it"

[languid spire]

and you should log cam.fieldOfView in both Dash and ResetDash
here

Invoke(nameof(ResetDash), dashDuration);

is where you use it, log before

[hushed rain]

ohh i interpreted "before" as in the whole method

[languid spire]

the only time the value of dashDuration is important is when you call Invoke so logging it anywhere else would be useless

[vale karma]

steve steve, gentle now

[hushed rain]

so ill have 2 logs in dash()?

[languid spire]

4 preferably, the number of logs is irrelevant

[hushed rain]

what is the 4th one

[languid spire]

1. Cam fov before changing
2. value to change by
3. Cam fov after changing
4. dashDuration

[hushed rain]

what is "value to change by"

[queen adder]

uhh so if the derived class does not override the method, then it will call the override method in base class ?

[flint iris]

Yeah you are right

[queen adder]

Okay thanks

[languid spire]

dashFov. The value you change the fov by

[hushed rain]

but isnt the cam fov after changing the dashFov?

[languid spire]

that is what it should be, yes. So check that it actually is

[hushed rain]

how would i write that debug log?

[languid spire]

you already have it ("set fov to " dashFov) in Dash()

[hushed rain]

then arent the 2 debug logs the same

[languid spire]

the result should be the same, yes

[hushed rain]

the result, but how about how you write the log what should the log for "value to change by" look like (sorry if this is a dumb question)

[fringe plover]

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[languid spire]

Debug.Log(dashFov);

[hushed rain]

isnt the only difference adding "set fov to"?

[sick jay]

I'm going to have a bunch of objects with scripts that need to reference a "controller" script and want to know the best way to do it.
I have objects that when you look at them, it will display information as text on the screen. I have a script that will do this called DisplayObjectProperties that will be attached to a UI controller gameobject in the scene. Each object will have an ObjectProperties script attached that calls the DisplayObjectProperties script. What is the best way to reference the script? I currently have a line in the ObjectProperties script:

Is this the best way to reference it so that its the same one on every object with this script? (NonMenuUI is the controller gameobject)

[languid spire]

I dont think you are understanding the debugging process at all

1. Log the current value of the variable I am going to change
2. Log the value of the variable I am using for the change
3. Change the value of the variable to change with the variable to change by
4. Log the value of the changed variable after the change

[fringe plover]

I dont know whats wrong, but the version and download text breaks in build
https://hatebin.com/ialbcgqqwc - Manager
https://hatebin.com/ifoduouaqs - Download script and version check
It says "Download" and ver text is empty (like in case if Global.buildState was set to noBuild)
I did debug in in build trough player log, build state is set to upToDate, i have no idea whats wrong, but it does launch game when i click download button

[hushed rain]

regarding the 3rd one how should that look like

[languid spire]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[hushed rain]

im sorry but i completely dont understand the 3rd one and this is my current debug log with missing stuff

Invoke(nameof(DelayedDashForce), 0.025f);

    Debug.Log(dashDuration);

    Invoke(nameof(ResetDash), dashDuration);
    Debug.Log(fov);
    Debug.Log(dashFov);
    Debug.Log("set fov to" + dashFov);
    Debug.Log("")

[languid spire]

Dash()
Debug.Log($"Changing Camera FOV from {cam.fieldOfView} using {dashFov}")'
cam.fieldOfView = dashFov;

Debug.Log($"Start Reset using {dashDuration}");
Invoke(nameof(ResetDash), dashDuration);
Debug.Log($"Camera FOV is {cam.fieldOfView}");

ResetDash()
Debug.Log($"Camera FOV was {cam.fieldOfView}");
cam.fieldOfView = 103;
Debug.Log($"Camera FOV is now {cam.fieldOfView}");

[real thunder]

What I am doing:
I got slots on my player where different stuff out of a couple of varians can be, and that's an enum like this

    {
        none = 0, shield = 1, superShield = 2, magnet = 3
    }```
and I got a pickupable item prefab which can be any of those
it got a big enum with all possible player stuff incoded into it
so while I picking it up it... a big silly switct thingie, here is the part if it

```          case Pickupable.pickType.shield:
              playerUnlocks.thingie = PlayerUnlocks.thingieType.shield;
              break;
          case Pickupable.pickType.superShield:
               playerUnlocks.thingie = PlayerUnlocks.thingieType.superShield;
              break;
          case Pickupable.pickType.magnet:
              playerUnlocks.thingie = PlayerUnlocks.thingieType.magnet;
              break;```
How would you do that but better?

this item can also be an armor, or boots, or something like that

[fringe plover]

anyone?

[hushed rain]

its just giving errors

i dont understand what you are trying to write

[languid spire]

what is giving errors

please don't tell me you just copy/pasted that

[hushed rain]

no i didnt

ok i think i know what you mean in the reset dash

you are writing to explain right? not actual code

[languid spire]

no, this is actual code

[hushed rain]

oh i just pasted a line in and it gave no errors

i think we write logs differently

thats why i didnt understand

what is the dollar sign doing there?

[fringe plover]

allows youto add values in {}

[languid spire]

it is saying to use string interpolation so the {} syntax in the string can be used

[hushed rain]

what does that do and why do you need it

[languid spire]

so you can display variable values in your log output

[hushed rain]

cant you just write Debug.Log("Start Reset using " + dashDuration)

[languid spire]

same result, using string interpolation is neater and cleaner

[sick jay]

how do i reference whether or not there was a RaycastHit in the if statement? I want the raycast to be done on Update so I can reference it in another script

[hushed rain]

ohh ok thats why i was confused cuz i learned it this way

[languid spire]

and now you have learned how to do it properly

[hushed rain]

Debug.Log(Camera FOV is now {cam.fieldOfView}"); this code is to say fov 123 --> fov 103 right?

im getting an error

[sick jay]

decided to go with if(hit.collider != null)

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html

Returns
bool Returns true if the ray intersects with a Collider, otherwise false.
it directly tells you if it hit anything

[languid spire]

I missed a couple of $"

[hushed rain]

i tried to fix it

is it supposed to be like this? Debug.Log($"Camera FOV is now {cam.fieldOfView}");

[languid spire]

yes

[sick jay]

doing if(hit) wasn't working on its own but i realized the hit itself isnt a bool

the Physics.Raycast() is the bool

the hit is the object it hits

[eternal needle]

the method returns a bool, hit is type RaycastHit. you need to store the result of the raycast in a bool

bool rayHit = Physics.Raycast...

[hushed rain]

where should this line be in the dash method incase its relevant

Debug.Log($"Changing Camera FOV from {cam.fieldOfView} using {dashFov}")'
cam.fieldOfView = dashFov;

[sick jay]

would it be better to do this or just keep it what i did? it wouldnt get a hit if there were no collider anyway

[languid spire]

Do you not recognise your own code? I included YOUR code for reference

[eternal needle]

im not sure if theres any negatives with doing what you wrote, but logically it makes more sense to do what i said

[fringe plover]

then there will be (almost) no way to check if there is no hit

You need to record the result from Physics.Raycast or put it in if, so, it will automaticaly use result from it:

  if (Physics.Raycast...)
  {
    // Do Thing
  }

[hushed rain]

i dont know where i should put this line of code, i originally only had 1 line of code there, do i just put it above the Debug.Log($"Start Reset using {dashDuration}");

[sick jay]

Thank you. Originally i had the raycast in the if statement, but its nested in another if statement and only activates if you mouse click. im writing another script that shows information on an object when you look at it and for that it needs to be always raycasting instead, which is why i moved it

[fringe plover]

Okay, np

[languid spire]

look, I wrote

Debug.Log($"Changing Camera FOV from {cam.fieldOfView} using {dashFov}")'
cam.fieldOfView = dashFov;

the second line there is YOUR code, so my line (the first) goes immediately above yours

[sick jay]

I was going to have it do a different raycast in the other script but i realized it would be better to do one raycast from one script to be able to do a lot of different stuff rather than a bunch of constant raycasts from different objects

[hushed rain]

ohhh mb man i understand now

ive added all the logs already

[languid spire]

so run it and screenshot the console output

[languid spire]

OK, so that tells us the FOV is being changed somewhere else

[hushed rain]

how do you deduce that just from the console

we added 5 logs no? so 5 outputs

[languid spire]

look at the 4th log statement, that should read 123 not 103

[hushed rain]

ohh yea

[hushed rain]

i know you shouldnt give me a direct answer for my problems but can you give me maybe a hint as to which few lines could be giving me the problme

[languid spire]

none of the code you posted. That is all working exactly as intended. You need to search in your code base for where else you set the FOV

[hushed rain]

code base as in other scripts that could be overriding this?

[languid spire]

that is what code base means, yes

[hushed rain]

ok thanks

!code

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[hushed rain]

the only other script that affects the fov is my wallrun script

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

[languid spire]

well, there is your problem then

{
        CheckWall();

        if(CanWallRun())
        {
            if (wallLeft)
            {
                StartWallRun();
            }
            else if (wallRight)
            {
                StartWallRun();
            }
            else
            {
                StopWallRun();
            }
        }
        else
        {
            StopWallRun();
        }
            
    }

[hushed rain]

what is the second StopWallRun() for?