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[rich adder]

ah well its never too late to do it properly with !learn or the other resources pinned in this channel

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

they are more specific / tailored to learning c# and Unity + c# api

[junior ivy]

I don't like courses. 80% of this would be a time waste for me. I'm doing purely a code approach with algorithms.
I'm almost completely not dealing with scene objects and it's properties (bare minimum configuration, I'm not creating a game ;p)

[eager spindle]

Yep this works really well

[rich adder]

alright well best of luck, if you don't like courses its never too late to actually study the docs/manual.
whatever you doing, It might be quicker at first but you will spend more time fixing mistakes undoing bad patterns

[heavy knoll]

ooh ok

[eager spindle]

Which part are you trying to figure out now?

[heavy knoll]

just with how to do the sound playing when the object takes damage and gets destroyed

i think i figured out something though?

would this be a ok solution? AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(damageSFX, transform.position);

and the variable is public AudioClip damageSFX;

which is set in the inspector for each object

[eager spindle]

This works for now, you'll only need to change this code if you want to do volume sliders

I'm just gonna say in advance that this PlayClipAtPoint spawns a GameObject with an audio source. It returns that GameObject too

[heavy knoll]

is there a way to change the volume/pitch of a playclipatpoint?

[rich adder]

its very limited

[eager spindle]

Yep you can, since it returns the gameobject you can get the audio source component and change the volume from there

Oop nvm it doesn't return the gameobject

[heavy knoll]

ooh

[eager spindle]

You should probably add an audio source to your object

[rich adder]

creates a temporary audiosource

also if you do it often is pretty garbagey

much better you make a singleton

[eager spindle]

other people make an object pool of audio sources and a manager that lets you play the audio anytime

even lets you select the mixer(for when you want to adjust the volume slider)

[rich adder]

^ or a pool if you need localized 3d sounds instead of singleton sound manager script

[eager spindle]

I feel gaslit, I always thought PlayClipAtPoint returned the gameobject it created

[rich adder]

PlayClipAtPoint is a quick dirty solution, as soon as sound is done it destroys

hence the potential to make so much garbage

[heavy knoll]

ya i dont need localized 3d sounds just a normal sound that gets played

[rich adder]

SoundManager.Instance.PlaySound(yourSound) or enum whatever

[eager spindle]

you'll think about the problem when you encounter it in future 😃 aka when you have hundreds of sounds playing at the same time

pooling your audio objects will save you a lot of compute

[rich adder]

pooling is only needed if you need to spawn them as local 3D sounds emitting from their position

otherwise a Singleton suffice

[eager spindle]

to be fair you can make them 3d and teleport them to the location

or 2d and let it play

[rich adder]

but if you got multiple sounds at same time which one does your soundmanager singleton prioritize playing local 3d

[verbal dome]

What are you creating then if i may ask?

[rich adder]

I tried singleton for 3D sounds, had to use Instantiated pooled sound objects

[eager spindle]

every time you PlayGlobal it finds the first inactive GameObject in the pool and sets the values from there like if it's 2d or 3d

[rich adder]

idk what you mean "Global"

[eager spindle]

global sounds are 2d sounds

local sounds are 3d sounds

[rich adder]

I mean 3D sound . Singleton is kinda useless there

easier to spawn a SoundObject (sure use pooling)

[eager spindle]

You can PlayLocal(Vector3 position, enum sound) which teleports the object there

[heavy knoll]

How would i setup singletons for my sounds that i want to be played when my different objects take damage or get destroyed?

[rich adder]

IMO. I would register whatever makes sounds to the SoundManager then listen to specific events for specific sounds

[teal viper]

I only need one singleton. Not singletons

[junior ivy]

huge terrain generation based on a heightmap or possibly a binary file because images could be heavy very fast when increasing the size
the terrain will be split into chunks and they will have LoD changed based on a distance to the camera

I know there is a plugin for it but I will have to have 100% code control over it to customize it further

[verbal dome]

It has void return type tho 🤔

[verbal dome]

Neat. I have made similiar stuff

Unity is great for stuff like this IMO

[junior ivy]

One thing is sure. Godot is not 😄

[verbal dome]

What is the use case? Do you export the terrain and use it somewhere else?

[rich adder]

If you want to make it easier on yourself and not deal with events yet, and sound is global, put the AudioClip only on the gameobject then pass that to the sound manager when you want to play
eg

[SerializeField] AudioClip hitSoundFx;
void Hit(){
SoundManager.Instance.Play(hitSoundFx)```

[verbal dome]

@junior ivy Also have you looked at compute shaders for the terrain generation?

Or shaders in general

Or do you do it on the CPU

[scenic crystal]

please please please help me

[junior ivy]

yeah, that might be used as a level generator and reader
I'm having fun mostly, nothing specific

[rich adder]

so much wrong going on here lol

[scenic crystal]

i have attempted to debug for legit 30 mins

i am so lost

[rich adder]

first of all thats not how you write an IF statement, we don't use {} for the condition

[scenic crystal]

so what do you use?

[rich adder]

you use parenthesis ()

[scenic crystal]

i always thought it was {}

[junior ivy]

currently I think the cpu is enough because it's not* the infinite terrain but I'm aware of this, I started game dev wtih WebGPU and its WGSL shading language

[scenic crystal]

ohhhh

[rich adder]

is to Open a code block
{
}

[teal viper]

Should go over C# basics

It sounds like you didn't learn about C# at all

[rich adder]

check out the pathways on !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[scenic crystal]

me?

[rich adder]

esp junior programming

[teal viper]

You

[scenic crystal]

yeah i legit just started

its hard

[rich adder]

your IDE is already configured, you're 60% ahead of people who come here for help

[scenic crystal]

my ide is visual studio right?

[rich adder]

indeed

the red squiggles means its working pointing you to the syntax errors

[scenic crystal]

(
if{ Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape); }
{

 }

)

[rich adder]

no lol

[scenic crystal]

yes i noticed those

[scenic crystal]

what

[rich adder]

don't just guess. look at the basic if statment

[scenic crystal]

how

[rich adder]

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

[scenic crystal]

okok im looking

[rich adder]

also your comment in the code is misleading void is NOT a method

void is a Return type for the method

methods can also return objects, like int bool another script. etc.

[junior ivy]

I don't think game dev is the best way to learn programming 💀

[rich adder]

You can but its more to deal with it. Easier to do the basic c# courses then slowly dive into unity specific

[verbal dome]

For me it was the only motivation to learn programming

Probably not the easiest route though, depends on the person i guess

[rich adder]

ofc its fun to see stuff move around on screen

inspiring

[scenic crystal]

i got it

[rich adder]

learning on Console/Terminal might not be as stimulating

[scenic crystal]

which comment is that?

the one on the bottom ?

[rich adder]

the only comment that says "void is a function"

[scenic crystal]

//void is a function

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/void

[junior ivy]

I started programming with scraping google SERP with IP changer and hacking, better than a moving things in the screen tho :>D

[scenic crystal]

void Update()
{
if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) )
{

 }

}

wait whoops

[rich adder]

well yeah thats a different fulfillment ofc. the end result is the motivator

[rich adder]

thats correct

[verbal dome]

I started with Klik & Play which was a game making program that used a sort of "event sheet"
It helped me understand the logic without having to learn code

Similiar to gamemaker or multimedia fusion

[rich adder]

goddam im old... I remember that engine

i had it on my win98 machine lol

[verbal dome]

Same :D

[rich adder]

the examples were so funky lol

[verbal dome]

Oh god I vaguely remember there was some clown stuff or something horrifying with weird ass sounds and graphics

[rich adder]

haha yeah I think it was a whole sprite pack with those

omg nostalgia hitting hard

[heavy knoll]

wait im confused is that hitSoundFx variable with the serializefield supposed to be on my ResourceNode script? and the SoundManager.Instance.Play(hitSoundFx) is supposed to be under my DamageNode() Method in my resource node script also?

And then i make an empty game object called SoundManager and have the 2 audio sources on that?

[rich adder]

the sound itself should be on whatever you want that object to make specific sound, you dont need to put it there though esp if you have generic sounds not specific to certain objects

[rich adder]

yeah Damage method would call the SoundManager to play the sounds, or put the sound player on resource itself . Up to you

[heavy knoll]

for now im just reutilizing my footstep and dash sound effects but i eventually want unique rock cracking sounds or wood cracking sounds specific to each object

[rich adder]

that comes down to how you eventually identify type of sounds based on your item

[verbal dome]

For stuff like footsteps (or hit sounds), I'd have a component on each object that stores its "material type"

It could be an enum or a scriptableobject reference

And you'd use that to get the correct sound

I didnt really follow your convo tho so idk what the issue is

[rich adder]

yeah pretty good approach too. I think they want to play a sound when they drop a resource/break it

[verbal dome]

The same material type can be used to decide if hitting an object should spawn dust, sparks etc.

I use SO's

[acoustic sequoia]

I have a question about my input action. for some reason it's not working. logging everything doesn't give me any logs. nothing is firing. it's on the select button on my controller. i have my start button mapped and working, and i did the exact same set up and it's not working for select.

how can i debug this?

[rich adder]

just curious, do you run a switch to identify or is it like stored on SO the sound

I'm still trying to break free from enums because of giant switches

[verbal dome]

The component on each object has a direct reference to the SO

And the SO has a direct reference to a sound

(FMOD event in this case)

[rich adder]

ahh ok audioclip stored on so, makes sense

[heavy knoll]

im ngl i still dont think i understand the SoundManager.Instance.PlaySound(damageSFX); part

how do i get the SoundManager exist in the current context in my ResourceNode script

[rich adder]

was just an example but can clarify if you tell me what part you don't

[verbal dome]

I do still use enums for some things like "bullet hole type" and "debris type"

[heavy knoll]

cause rn its giving me an error when i put those lines in

[rich adder]

being a singleton you can access it without a reference

[verbal dome]

But those enums aren't going to be very large, maybe 10 items each, so it isnt that bad

[rich adder]

yeah I saw the codebase for GTA3 AI and had a switch of about 10 for states, i suddently didn't feel so bad for using about the same amount heh

[verbal dome]

Switch often gets compiled into a dictionary or some other lookup table, as far as i know

As long as the switch is large enough

[rich adder]

good to know 10ish is not so bad since that usually my max. but yeah at that point its just easier to probably use a Dictionary

[heavy knoll]

how do i make my sound manager with all the differnt sounds on it a singleton?

[rich adder]

You create a singleton

https://unity.huh.how/references/singletons
https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/

[heavy knoll]

so this would be the correct singleton setup for what im trying to do? https://paste.ofcode.org/bnMec7eGrnhWhkpPLDwt5H

[charred spoke]

I suggest you read the link again

[heavy knoll]

oh i didnt realize i needed to add the whole other part i thought it was just generally recommended

[charred spoke]

You don’t need to but it is highly recommended in order to have a better dev experience in the future

[rich adder]

the if statement checks if instance already exists its just for precautions

[heavy knoll]

would this be better? https://paste.ofcode.org/bqH3CtVWwSsXQC5mcQLrW8

and is that PlaySound method correctly added?

[rich adder]

look ok

[charred spoke]

I would still add the Dont destroy on load part

I do know why you are avoiding just implementing it like in the link provided

What is there is the standard go-to singleton implementation for Unity

[heavy knoll]

oh whoops i missed that part at the top mb

[heavy knoll]

why does this have an error at the bottom with the AudioSource.PlayOneShot(clip); https://paste.ofcode.org/MDdjmvwmcqtwhUJNALDvpS

how do i get it to work with this scripts calling?

[verbal dome]

AudioSource is a type. You can't call a non-static method directly on a type. You need a reference to an audiosource and call it onthat

[rich adder]

you need a reference to the component AudioSource

[heavy knoll]

oops forgot to add the other part for destroysfx https://paste.ofcode.org/HMRhC6XEuWt2GvU8MRLWvV

[heavy knoll]

im confused isn't that already what im doing with the audio clip that im sending in from the other script with the SoundManager.Instance.PlaySound(damageSFX);

or should i change the AudioSource to a AudioClip type also?

[rich adder]

AudioClip and AudioSource are not the same thing

AudioSource is the Radio, AudioClip is the song

[heavy knoll]

why does it show this though when its talking about the implementations?

[rich adder]

looks fine to me

audioSource is the variable for the AudioSource component

eg
[SerializeField] AudioSource audioSource

[heavy knoll]

im so confused

if im making an AudioSource somewhere else and just using that

[verbal dome]

AudioSource is the type
audioSource is the instance of that type

[heavy knoll]

and not just using the AudioClip isn't that defeating the purpose of what im trying to do?

[verbal dome]

What exactly are you trying to do

Maybe you want to create an AudioSource instance that your sound manager uses to play sounds?

[heavy knoll]

just have sounds that can be changed based on which object type it is in the inspector

so if i have glass i can use a glass hit and glass break sound

[verbal dome]

Btw you have Destroy(this); in the singleton's Awake

It's better to do Destroy(gameObject) otherwise it just destroys the component and leaves an empty gameobject

[heavy knoll]

ok

i also want to be able to change the pitch and volume of each sound

so i can randomize the pitch when i hit something

[verbal dome]

Unity's audio API seems pretty weak. Why can't you pass the pitch as parameter to the method 🤦‍♂️

You need to create an audio source anyway

And if you want different pitch for each sound, each one needs its own audio source

As far as i know

[heavy knoll]

where would i create the audio source on so i dont have to have an audio source component on each breakable object in my world?

just on my SoundManager and then somehow activate that from my script

depending on which one is referenced in the inspector of my ResourceNode script

[verbal dome]

Ideally your soundmanager would manage a pool of audio sources

[heavy knoll]

ok

[verbal dome]

But for now, you could just do this when you want to play a sound:
-Instantiate a gameobject (var go = new GameObject())
-Add an audio source to it with AddComponent
-Set the audio source's clip, pitch, etc. values you want.
-Play the audio source
-Use Destroy(audioClip.length) or something similair to destroy the audiosource's gameobject after time

[heavy knoll]

am i still able to do that, while being able to refernce which sound is being played from the inspector? Because i want each object to be able to have different sounds

[verbal dome]

Yes, you can just expand your current PlaySound method

Pass in the audioclip as a parameter, and optionally pitch and volume floats if you want

Then let the PlaySound method handle the rest

[verbal dome]

^Which is this

[heavy knoll]

does that go in its own script on my soundmanager empty game object?

[verbal dome]

As I said, you can do it in the PlaySound method

[heavy knoll]

so i just leave everything the same way i have it right now with the singleton and audioclips referenced on my other script and just add that in the PlaySound() method?

[verbal dome]

If you need the audio be positional (3D, panned based on position) then you need to set the audio gameobject's position and probably some settings on the audiosource too

[verbal dome]

I dont know much about your other stuff, but you can probably keep it as it is, yeah.

[heavy knoll]

like this stuff in the inspector can stay as it is with getting a reference to the audio clip

and then passing that audio clip in the play sound method like this?

[verbal dome]

Yes, stop stressing about that 😄

[heavy knoll]

public void PlaySound(AudioClip clip)
{

}

oki

[heavy knoll]

how do i do the second step of adding an audio source with add component?

[verbal dome]

You search "unity addcomponent" on google and pick the first result which should be the documentation page for AddComponent

Then you read it and look at the examples to figure out how to use it

Try it!

I deliberately left out the code for that so that you learn to look things up

It's very important in game development

[heavy knoll]

is this correct so far
public void PlaySound(AudioClip clip)
{
var go = new GameObject();
go.AddComponent<AudioSource>();
}

[verbal dome]

Almost - you want to get the reference to the audiosource you added

[heavy knoll]

oki, honestly that's the part i struggle with the most

like i get what i see when i look it up

[verbal dome]

AddComponent returns the newly added component, do you understand what that means?

[heavy knoll]

but just cant seem to figure out how to use it in my current context

[real grail]

I would recommend you becouse you are still learning how to code to not use var as a variable so you can learn and know witch variable actually is. Becouse var can be any variable depending on the contex.

[verbal dome]

The examples on the doc page also show how to get the reference of the added component

[heavy knoll]

uhh not exactly

is this correct
public void PlaySound(AudioClip clip)
{
var go = new GameObject();
AudioSource audioSource = go.AddComponent<AudioSource>();
}

[rich adder]

the idea was grabbing the audioclip from the Object itself, the soundmaneger can do the rest

public class SoundManager : MonoBehaviour{
    public static SoundManager Instance { get; private set; }
    [SerializeField] AudioSource audioSource;
    private void Awake(){
        if (Instance != null)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            return;
        }
        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
        Instance = this;
    }
    public void PlaySound(AudioClip clip, float pitch = 1, float volume = 1){
        audioSource.pitch = pitch;
        audioSource.volume = volume;
        audioSource.clip = clip;
        audioSource.Play();
        //or audioSource.PlayOneShot(clip)
    }
}```

[verbal dome]

Yes looks good so far

[verbal dome]

This would be a lot less painful if you took some beginner C# course

You can find links to those in this channel's pins

[heavy knoll]

I know a bit of the basics, i just get confused when trying to apply it to different things

like im pretty sure that the line is just Making an AudioSource Variable naming it audioSource and than setting it to the AudioSource Component that was just added to the new gameobject that was made. hopefully that's correct lol

[heavy knoll]

what is the audioSource variable that i put into the serializeField though?

that's what im mainly confused about

[rich adder]

the audiosource thats on the Singleton object

but its a monobehaviour so you can link components in the inspector

you can also use multiple audiosources for different purposes

eg
[SerializeField] AudioSource sfxAudioSource;
[SerializeField] AudioSource musicAudioSource;
etc.

[heavy knoll]

so i just make an empty audioSource component on the SoundManager game object? and that gets filled with the audioclip which is selected by the other script?

[rich adder]

there is no set way to do it, its all about trial and error with what works best for you

[real grail]

I wouldnt usually put AudioSorce on SoundManager radher the Audio Listener and on the objects that produce the sound i would put audio source.

[rich adder]

yes if you link it correctly yes

[rich adder]

I only put audiosource on a separate gaemobject if I need 3D audio

if its a global sound / 2D no reason to use multiple AudioSources all over the place

[heavy knoll]

What is the DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject); part you added doing?

[rich adder]

prevents the gameobject from being destroyed between scenes

[verbal dome]

They wanted to randomize the pitch for each sound so i think they need multiple sources no?

[heavy knoll]

ok cool

[rich adder]

when you call PlaySound you can pass a random.range value to pitch

public void PlaySound(AudioClip clip, float pitch = 1, float volume = 1){
    audioSource.pitch = pitch;
    audioSource.volume = volume;
    audioSource.clip = clip;
    audioSource.Play();
    //or audioSource.PlayOneShot(clip)
}
//other script

void Method(){
    SoundManager.Instance.PlaySound(clip, Random.Range(0.4f, 1f));
}```

[verbal dome]

Yeah but wouldnt that cancel previous sounds

[rich adder]

iirc if you do PlayOneShot it should play okay each one without interrupt

[verbal dome]

And changing audioSource.pitch doesn't affect the previously playing sound's pitch?

[rich adder]

it shouldn't if already played the one shot with those settings no? I did not 100 % test it though lol

my sounds were to short to notice

[verbal dome]

Idk at all, havent used these in years

[rich adder]

op can

[verbal dome]

I guess you could start with navarone's example and see how it goes

[heavy knoll]

so its better to use PlayOneShot if i dont want to cut off the last sound with the new sound and have them overlap?

[rich adder]

yea

[heavy knoll]

i remove the audioSource.clip = clip; and audioSource.Play(); and replace that with the PlayOneShot right?

[rich adder]

ya

[heavy knoll]

ok cool

im ngl i cant really tell either if the pitch of the last sound is getting overridden by the new sounds randomized pitch either lol

i mean it sounds fine the way it is i think lol

[rich adder]

the only way you can know for sure is playing a really long sound the first time at specific pitch then play another right after with another pitch

[heavy knoll]

ok

[rich adder]

but iirc it should just have whatever setting it was at the moment of invoke

[charred spoke]

PlayOneShot essentially creates a new AudioSource under the hood

[rich adder]

does it? isn't that PlayClipAtPoint
why does it need to create another AudioSource from audioSource ref

[heavy knoll]

i could always test with an ambient track i added ig

[verbal dome]

I know that PlayClipAtPoint does create a new one, not sure if PlayOneShot does

Maybe it does

[rich adder]

yeah if while you play the first time track you try play again with another pitch see if the first one switches

[heavy knoll]

ooh yup it does override the sound lol

[rich adder]

would seem odd if it did but it can make sense if its agnostic to the current AudioSource to be able to overlap sounds

[verbal dome]

It's just insane to me that each clip needs its own audio source

[heavy knoll]

it sounds so funny with the ambient track

[rich adder]

oh darn

[heavy knoll]

i played the ambient track

then played the rock hit sound

and it changed the ambient track to the pitch of the rock hit

[rich adder]

bummer

so its still in the audiosource while plays the clip

now i'm curious how this AudioSource is able to play multiple sounds at once without interrupt on ... i guess a new audiosource can make sense..but wow that would be resource heavy no?

[verbal dome]

Yeah thats what i expected

So you do need to create a new audio source if you need a different pitch

[rich adder]

yea noticeable if the sound is going too long

you can go with Instantiating them too but imo you should pool them but idk if your exp level can handle pooling rn lol

worry about it later if perfomance is really an issue

[heavy knoll]

is it normal to not see anything in the AudioResource spot? while a sound it playing

i thought i saw which one was selected before but now it doesn't show anything in the audiosource

[rich adder]

I think that only happens when you do audioclip.clip = no ?

[heavy knoll]

ohhh your right

ya

that makes sense

[rich adder]

everything I knew about 1 shot is now shattered lol

[heavy knoll]

xd rip

[charred spoke]

My bad it just takes up a voice channel which is why we do not use it

[rich adder]

ahhh ok makes sense

wows thinking it had some type of shit behind the C++ code

thought it was some type of queue or async

[heavy knoll]

do you think it's better to just have the new sound override the last sound by doing the other method instead of overriding the pitch with the oneShot?

[rich adder]

new sound also overrides previous sound?

I think if the sound is short enough you probably wont notice the last sound changed pitch to new pitch but thats wonky and not good for long sounds.

btw you can also just have multiple audiosources and split where you play specific sounds types

[charred spoke]

Buuut I know think that changing the settings of the source doing the one shots changes all playing one shots

[verbal dome]

Yeah that was my point

[rich adder]

yea that makes sense now. I never noticed cause my sounds were to short

[charred spoke]

And that is the second reason we do not use it

[rich adder]

Haven't used methods like that in a while. I use 3D sounds so I'm stuck with pooled objects

[verbal dome]

Does unity have any new audio API in the works?

[heavy knoll]

oo ok

[verbal dome]

Or available

[rich adder]

isn't unity audio just abstracted Fmod ?

[verbal dome]

I remember reading them reworking the audio so that they aren't dependent on FMOD anymore or something

[heavy knoll]

well thx so much for the help guys, i think i got everything the way i want it to be for now, i appreciate all the help a ton!

[verbal dome]

(Unity uses ancient FMOD under the hood)

[rich adder]

maybe they add more advanced fmod features..

or just use Wwise

[verbal dome]

Oh yeah there was this https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.audio.dspgraph@0.1/manual/index.html

DSP graph

Seems dead though

[rich adder]

gonna be in preview forever

job system compatible 👀

[charred spoke]

It’s confirmed dead afik

[modern oxide]

Two questions:

1: How do I spawn a prefab on my mouse position? I have it spawning just cant get it to go to my mouse

using UnityEngine;

public class MouseSystem : MonoBehaviour
{

    [SerializeField] private LayerMask MouseLayer;

    private void Update()
    {
        Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit, float.MaxValue, MouseLayer);
        transform.position = raycastHit.point;
    }

    
}

2: Is there a way to get and spawn prefabs without them being in the scene?

[floral estuary]

1. Your code looks like it should work, is there another collider it's hitting maybe? IS it moving at all? Have you printed the value of the raycastHit.point?

2. Can you define what you mean by "in the scene"? Do you mean without them being in the hierarchy? If so, you can do something like

public GameObject myPrefab which will give you a field to drop into, and then later var myNewlySpawnedObject = Instantiate(myPrefab)

[rich adder]

does ur raycast actually hit a collider?

if you only want it at the mouse position use ScreenToWorld instead

[floral estuary]

ah, you probably nailed it on that one. That ray has to have something to hit if you use a ray

[rich adder]

btw are you using a prospective or ortho camera ?

[modern oxide]

mb I didn't elaborate one the 1st question. That is for my mouse pointer, that works, I was wondering how I could add to it so it could actually work with spawning the thing I want where I want. Here's my spawning portion in my other script

  if (mouseSystem != null && mouseSystem.activeSelf && mouseSystemScript != null && mouseSystemScript.enabled && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0))
  {
      Debug.Log("Landing");
      Instantiate(Rocket, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
  }

the other script is to big for me to send through discord

[rich adder]

instantiate takes a position, instead of vector3.zero you pass the position you want

[floral estuary]

well you're spawning it at new Vector3(0, 0, 0)

in your update before you were setting transform.position to the mouse position. Here get it the same way but replace that new vector with it

[modern oxide]

uh. I think I know how to do that

[floral estuary]

You have everything you need at this point, you just gotta put it together now ^_^

[modern oxide]

So, would I pass the transform from MouseSystem to Landing System? and if so how?

[rich adder]

make a reference

[modern oxide]

Yeah but it doesn't take transforms. I need vector3, and i cant convert transform to Vector3

[median anchor]

Transform has 3 Vector3 properties though, and position is the one you want. So while transform is not a Vector3, transform.position is

[modern oxide]

ok I kinda got it. however im not sure how to resolve this

 void Start()
 {
     mouseRef = GetComponent<MouseSystem>().mouse;
 }

[median anchor]

It looks like you are missing a component, it's not attached to the object you are trying to get it from

[modern oxide]

the script im trying to pull the data from

using UnityEngine;

public class MouseSystem : MonoBehaviour
{

    [SerializeField] private LayerMask MouseLayer;
    public Transform mouse;

    public void Update()
    {
        Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit, float.MaxValue, MouseLayer);
        mouse.position = raycastHit.point;
    }

    
}

whoops hold on

and this is the gameobject its attached too

[median anchor]

GetComponent tries to get the component from the object the script is attached to. So since you are trying to use GetComponent in a script called LandingSystem, that's the object it will look for

You can use a reference, like: [SerializeField] private GameObject myMouseObject; and then use mouseRef = myMouseObject.GetComponent<MouseSystem>().mouse; in that LandingSystem script

You should probably look into how referencing other scripts and objects in Unity work, it solves the vast majority of issues beginners have

[modern oxide]

so this is what i've got, ther error has gone, but it just doesn't work.

private Transform mouseRef;
[SerializeField] private GameObject MouseSystem;


void Start()
{
    mouseRef = MouseSystem.GetComponent<MouseSystem>().mouse;
}

[median anchor]

Did you drag the object to the slot in the inspector? (by the way, you can reference the script directly to avoid GetComponents, so [SerializeField] private MouseSystem myMouseSystemScript would work fine too

Well, if it's not throwing an error the problem might be somewhere else in the logic then, I can't take a look at it now, but if no one helps you I'll be back in a couple of hours

[verbal dome]

Do some debugging, like Debug.Logging the object that your raycast hits

If it even hits anything, that is. It could be null

Also make sure that you aren't mixing 2D and 3D physics, they can't interact.
Use Physics2D with Collider2D, and Physics with Collider (3D).

[modern oxide]

it is

[verbal dome]

It is?

Seems to be working now?

[median anchor]

@modern oxide You are still spawning at the zero coordinates, aren't you? Instantiate(Rocket, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity); that is your issue

[modern oxide]

No my problem is that its not spawning at the mouse, I know its tracking fine due too the green dot

[modern oxide]

Instantiate(Rocket, mouseRef.position, Quaternion.identity);

[verbal dome]

Are you sure you saved

If yes, show me what components the rocket has

[modern oxide]

the rocket is simple

[verbal dome]

I'm guessing your animator is modifying its position

[modern oxide]

ughhhhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

5 hours

Now just gotta figure out how to make them land and actually stand upright and not clip

[magic panther]

Here's the main function: https://hastebin.com/share/faziqewusi.csharp
Does anyone know an alternative to Application.dataPath? It works no problem when I run my project in Unity, but in the Build it seems to not do it's job.
I utilize the function in the link all over my project to access xml config files and image registries, like background layers. Speaking of, here's the two main functions that seem most broken (as in any calls to them in the build result in an error and the asset not returning): https://hastebin.com/share/izepacajil.csharp
This might just be a problem with the two functions. The issue blocks any further works on the project, it's pretty bad.

[junior ivy]

I have a weird problem. This code causes a huge white border in my game

using TMPro;
using UnityEngine;

public class DebugInfo : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        GameObject g_Canvas = new GameObject("Canvas");
        Canvas c_Canvas = g_Canvas.AddComponent<Canvas>();
        c_Canvas.renderMode = RenderMode.ScreenSpaceOverlay;

        GameObject g_Text = new GameObject("TestText");
        g_Text.transform.SetParent(g_Canvas.transform);

        TextMeshProUGUI c_Text = g_Text.AddComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
        c_Text.text = "Hello World!";

        RectTransform rectTransform = g_Text.GetComponent<RectTransform>();
        rectTransform.sizeDelta = new Vector2(300, 50);
    }
}

If I comment the Start method, white border disappears.

[magic panther]

If someone knows, please ping me upon reply

[teal viper]

That's the canvas border gizmo. You can disable it in gizmos.

[teal viper]

What is the actual issue? You jump from saying that dataPath is not working to suspecting some code, but never mention the actual issue and/or how you confirm it. Btw, dataPath works differently in the build. Refer to the docs:
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Application-dataPath.html

[severe onyx]

something Ive been wondering about for the longest time now, is there a better way to do this?

[teal viper]

Do what?
Construct a color?🤨

[severe onyx]

set only an individual value of a color

[teal viper]

Ah, swizzle the color channels? You could just reassign them via temporary variables, but that would be more code than just constructing a new color. You could implement Swizzling like in hlsl via extension methods I guess.

[severe onyx]

I cant directly change r.color.a but it's the only field I wanna change

[teal viper]

you can set an individual value with:

color.g = gValue;

What is r in your code?

[severe onyx]

A SpriteRenderer

[teal viper]

Aah. Well, you can't assign it directly, because color is a value type property

[teal viper]

You could do it like this:

var c = r.color;
c.g = gValue;
r.color = c;

But obviously it would be more code than just constructing a new color.

[severe onyx]

yeah it's a pain

leads to long, unsightly lines

[teal viper]

Code is not supposed to be beautiful.
Just clear and readable.

[nimble plinth]

@fickle plume how do I make a model?

[fickle plume]

@nimble plinth Don't @ people not in conversation with you. This is a code channel. And is this a Unity related question even?

[nimble plinth]

My fault

Yea

It it's

Cuz it's 3d

Modeling

And I wanna 3d model

[fickle plume]

@nimble plinth If you want to model in Unity, read pinned messages in #🛠️┃probuilder for resources.

[nimble plinth]

Thanks

[teal viper]

Might be better to learn a proper 3d modelling software, like Blender.
Next time, if you're not sure where to ask, ask in #💻┃unity-talk

[magic panther]

Sorry, my bad. The issue is that textures and tiles grabbed with these methods don't work. On the left is the game run in Unity, on the right is the built one. Last pic could also be useful

[teal viper]

The reason this does not work is because files in the build are packaged into a binary assets pack. Your XML file(if included in the build at all) would be in this packaged binary file, so you can't load it with a FileSteam like that. You could put it in Resources folder and load the same way you do load your other assets, but honestly, that's a pretty outdated way to load assets and is generally a bad practice.

And honestly, I can't see the appeal of using an xml for something like that anyway.

A simple scriptable object(or even a monobehaviour) with an array of tiles would be way easier to work with.

[magic panther]

Do you know a video that explains this?

or something like that, I haven't really worked with scriptable objects

[teal viper]

The docs/manual explains it pretty well. Other than that, just google or search on youtube. I don't have a list of tutorial links saved on my pc, if that's what you're implying. 😅

[swift crag]

Basically, none of the raw files you put into your Assets folder make it into the game

Unity interprets them as specific kinds of Unity assets and lets you access those

[languid spire]

unless they go into the Assets/StreamIngAssets folder and how you access them depends on your target platform

[swift crag]

indeed!

[magic panther]

How do I decide what should go in the StreamlngAssets folder?

Because I already use a Resources one

[swift crag]

StreamingAssets is used for files that must be directly copied into the build folder

one intended use is for movie files

[magic panther]

Based on these, which files should I move there?

the xml files?

[teal viper]

If you want these files to be freely accessible and modifiable by players, then yes.

[magic panther]

that's one thing. But will this fix at least a bit of this problem?

And is there a way to do this without making them accessible and modifiable to players?

[teal viper]

It should. I've never used StreamingAssets myself, so can't say for sure.

[teal viper]

Yes, as I explained earlier. Resources folder, a direct reference to the xml assets, or don't use xml at all.

[magic panther]

I'll try the resources folder first. Thanks again for the help

[swift crag]

If I really needed to include an XML document, and I didn't explicitly need to have the file on-disk, I would reference a TextAsset

The Resources folder will also let you access a TextAsset. It's special because you can load assets by name.

(and thus every single thing in a Resources folder always gets included in a build)

[magic panther]

By the way, is there something wrong with xml files? Should I not use them in the full game once this prototype is finished?

I chose these because they seemed the most straightforward to use

[teal viper]

Nothing wrong with it. I just think you're doing more work with it compared to other methods.

At least in unity. If it was a homebrew engine, tailored for one specific game, it might be fine.

In unity we have Scriptable objects for storing arbitrary data.

[swift crag]

I keep most of my configuration data in ScriptableObject assets

I get to directly reference these assets where I need them

[magic panther]

Does that work for bigger games as well?

[swift crag]

I mean I hope it does 🍀

[teal viper]

Sure, why not.

[swift crag]

An XML/JSON/YAML/etc. document doesn't give you that same certainty.

[magic panther]

The scriptable objects are looking great from what you're saying. I'll use them for the full thing

[teal viper]

Some may be using an xml under the hood, but they would probably be serializing/deserializing them automatically into a scriptable object at editing time.

[swift crag]

that sounds mildly scary

[teal viper]

I don't have concrete examples in unity, but I've worked on an unreal game that does that. But I believe it was mainly due to the fact that it was developed in a custom engine before moving to unreal.

[weak talon]

in unity editor game looks like first image
but when i build the project and open it, it looks like poo like second image
not sure why its doing this probably something lighting related but if anyone has a fix can you please help me

[teal viper]

They had all kind of weird authoring tools.

[runic lance]

there's one advantage to their XML/resources approach, because it's always loading only the necessary assets at the time
this would require more effort with scriptable objects probably

this is something that addressables solves nicely

[teal viper]

Indeed. That might be one reason, though addressables adress that I think.

[runic lance]

this was an actual issue that I had in a bigger game 🙃

[teal viper]

Make sure you're using the same quality level in the build as in the editor.

[tulip scroll]

Can anyone recommend a complete tutorial on YouTube that teaches how to program in Unity?

[teal viper]

google.com

[teal viper]

Don't be lazy and do your own research. That's the first step to learning programming properly.

[magic panther]

In the build version physics are completely messed up. Running a dev build shows no errors, though.

In Unity everything works properly once again

[teal viper]

One common cause is your physics/movement being frame rate dependent. Build usually has different frame rate compared to the editor.

[magic panther]

Not like that. Moveing left and right works just fine, but instead of jumping, the player starts a jump, stops after like 5 frames and stays midair, able to move left and right

I'll record it once I figure out how to run a build in windowed mode

[teal viper]

Well, then it's the jumping logic that is the issue. You'd need to share the code.

[magic panther]

    private void Jump(float height) {
        velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(2 * playerVariants.gravity * height);

        ParticleSystem jumpParticlesInstance = SpawnSimpleParticle(jumpParticles1, Vec3ToVec2(bottomColliderPosition), true);

        ParticleSystem.ForceOverLifetimeModule forceOverLifetime = jumpParticlesInstance.forceOverLifetime;

        forceOverLifetime.enabled = true;

        forceOverLifetime.x = velocity.x / 5f;

        jumpBuffer.Clear();
    }
```It's just the top line.
Here's the full code, most of it is just variables at the beginning: https://hastebin.com/share/wubigijude.csharp

I think I'm creating more problems than there initially were

[teal viper]

1. Why the heck is it a particle system?
2. Share long snipets of !code via a paste site:

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[magic panther]

Yeah for some reason when pasting the hastebin link it also pasted in the contents as text

the particle system is just for effects

nothing to do with physics

[teal viper]

Oh, didn't notice that.

[weak talon]

how can i change it to the same

[teal viper]

It's very hard to follow your code.
Honestly, I don't see how you're moving the player in that code. You're only using the velocity to move the particles.

[teal viper]

In the quality settings you can set the default level for each platform.

[weak talon]

if this is it they are the same yet it still happens

[teal viper]

Yeah. They seem to be the same. Then the issue is something else.

[weak talon]

shouldi try putting all of them to something higher or what cause they are the same both editor and build quality

[weak talon]

yeah idk its a bit weird

[teal viper]

Yeah. Try setting them to ultra just for a test.

[weak talon]

alright i get back to you

[teal viper]

I don't see a rigidbody used in that script at all.

[weak talon]

ok yeah thanks apparantely that fixed it
now the build quality looks the same as unity editor
i dont know why it was different though before but atleast it is working on ultra
thank yo uso much

[teal viper]

I think your editor was using ultra. You can see it highlighted compared to other options:
#💻┃code-beginner message

[magic panther]

yes

[teal viper]

So I'm not sure how your player is moved.

Or jumping for that matter

[winged dune]

So I have these few lines in a function of mine:

        // Load the UXML slot template for individual characters
        VisualTreeAsset slotTemplate = Resources.Load<VisualTreeAsset>("UI/CharacterSlot"); // Adjust file path/name as needed
        if (slotTemplate == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("CharacterSlot template not found in Resources/UI folder.");
            return;
        }

        // Clone the template for the slot
        VisualElement characterSlot = slotTemplate.CloneTree();
        Debug.Log(characterSlot);

And the attached image is the hiarchy I'm working with. I don't understand why the debug message shows that the width of the cloned element becomes NaN instead of its set value.

[verbal dome]

Checklinearoffset and alignlinearoffset are not in the script you shared.

I only see them getting called

Did you leave out the part that actually moves your character..?

[magic panther]

No, I forgot to add these two:

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

[teal viper]

Goddamit, I've no clue how you came up with an idea to name a method that actually moves your object Offset()

I'm sorry, but I'll just have to pass on your question. That code is unreadable and almost undebuggable.

[magic panther]

Yeah

Started with sticking to walls, now the configs won't load properly and there's more stuff stemming from all that

might need to start over the project

[teal viper]

I'd recommend looking up some sample code from other people projects or tutorials(unity learn could be a good source for that) to get an idea of how similar features are implemented.
As well as maybe ask for a code review before your code is beyond redemption.

[magic panther]

where can I ask for a code review?

[teal viper]

Here. Though maybe keep it a bit specific instead of sharing your whole project code.

[cosmic dagger]

Why is everything virtual and protected?

[teal viper]

You could for example, describe the overall logic/idea behind your code. And ask if it's okay. Followup questions might follow.

[cosmic dagger]

Honestly, I'm not sure what this script's purpose is? The name of the class and methods inside don't relate or tell me what it's supposed to do . . .

[magic panther]

It was meant to be a default class for every object in the game. I don't know how else to do that.

[trim moon]

hey friends

anyone understands how does third person camera works?

[cosmic dagger]

From my experience, you don't need a base class for all objects. It's bad to have an inheritance chain for all objects. Utilize composition over inheritance

Also, gameObject is already the base class for all GameObjects in Unity . . .

[trim moon]

i have made everything how i would like but my camera just looks glitchy when i move it around

[magic panther]

I mean I need a few functions that can be called at any moment

I thought a Utils singleton, like my CameraManager (CameraManager.Instance.ShakeCamera and so on), but I feel a weird disgust towards the .Instance part. But that's just me

[wintry quarry]

We understand how third person cameras work.
We don't necessarily know how your camera works.

If you have a code problem, feel free to explain it and share your code.

[trim moon]

i have a screen record of how my camera looks like i can send that and i can send you my code

[cosmic dagger]

You can use static classes/methods, extension methods, or interfaces to accomplish that. It gives you more modularity and separation than tying a base class to everything . . .

[magic panther]

In case you need to know, I spoke with my teammates and we're remaking the prototype

[trim moon]

so this is a script i have on main camera

and this is how it looks like\

it looks like it is not syncronized with player

[minor radish]

Can someone help me with this ? I'm following a tutorial and when I tape spawnPipe in start unity tell me that it's not asigned so what should I do

[winged dune]

Uhh... anyone?

[cosmic dagger]

It's best to post the error message for us to see because we don't know what is not assigned, and make sure you followed the tutorial correctly. It says it's not assigned, right? Did you assign it? If not, check the tutorial and look when they assign it . . .

[teal viper]

Maybe ask in #🧰┃ui-toolkit

[winged dune]

okay

[cosmic dagger]

You'll find better help in #🧰┃ui-toolkit

[minor radish]

Here it is

[trim moon]

can you help me with a camera problem friend?

[steep rose]

put the function Spawnpipe outside the Update function

you probably should configure your !ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[arctic wren]

Anyone know why the jumping feels higher each time I jump?

[languid spire]

post your !code correctly and someone might

[eternal falcon]

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[arctic wren]

aight, I figured out the issue.

I wasn't resetting the vector

[minor radish]

Thank you for you're reply

[solemn python]

How I properly implement github with a unity project? I keep getting file too large warning even though i aleady put in ignore and attribute files.

[swift crag]

You've already created a commit with the entire Library folder stuffed into it

Adding a .gitignore afterwards (or even adding it after staging your entire project) won't help. .gitignore only stops you from staging new files.

[solemn python]

I created a repo inside a unity project, dragged in both files and then ran "git add ." and git commit

[swift crag]

That means you put the .gitignore in the wrong place. Where did you place it?

It should be in the root of your project

[solemn python]

directly inside the project folder

[swift crag]

That filename is wrong

It must be exactly .gitignore

You have gitignore.txt

[solemn python]

oh

[swift crag]

The same goes for gitattributes.txt

it should be .gitattributes

[solemn python]

undoing the commit will allow me to use those ignores right?

ok i think it works now, only 65 changes

[swift crag]

I'm not sure what "Undo commit" does in Github Desktop

if it creates a commit to revert an older commit, then that will not help

tbh I'd just delete the .git folder and set it up again

[solemn python]

It worked i think, only 65 changes and now i can push

[swift crag]

the Desktop GUI doesn't let you do much

[swift crag]

oh, interesting -- maybe it recognizes that you didn't push that commit yet

If you've already pushed the commit to the remote repo, then just throwing out the commit is problematic (your history now doesn't match the server's history)

[solemn python]

git is annoying when it doesnt work xd

[floral estuary]

git always works lol

it just sometimes doesn't work the way you want XD

[solemn python]

I decided to create a game with friend (godot) and every time there was a conflict he would just press the force push button

xD

[floral estuary]

"revert changes in commit" does that, I'm not sure what undo does

[lapis veldt]

Hello. I've made a caracter movement script and everything works fine, except the character cannot jump. I am using the "new" input system

void Update()
    {
        MovePlayer();
        SprintPlayer();
        if (IsGrounded())
        {
            JumpPlayer();
        }
    }
void JumpPlayer()
    {
        if (IsGrounded() && canJump)
        {
            canJump = false; // Prevent double jumps
            rb.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
            StartCoroutine(ResetJumpCooldown());
        }
    }
IEnumerator ResetJumpCooldown()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.2f); // Cooldown duration (adjust as needed)
        canJump = true; // Reset the ability to jump
        Debug.Log("Jump cooldown reset, can jump again!");
    }
    
    // Helper function to determine if the player is on the ground
    bool IsGrounded()
    {
        return Physics.CheckSphere(transform.position + Vector3.down * 0.5f, 0.1f); 
    }

this is what I am using for jump mechanic

[swift crag]

Ah! Then yes, that's a different operation

[floral estuary]

is JumpPlayer running?

[swift crag]

[car crashing sounds]

[floral estuary]

been there lol

[lapis veldt]

it's not leaving the ground

[floral estuary]

but is the code running? you should use Debug.Log to see if that function is going off anywhere

At current, you're running JumpPlayer() every frame the player is grounded, it doesn't seem to be using the new input system at all, or any input system really, unless you're hooking it externally

[flat sphinx]

if it was git bash you could just git rm * && git add .

[floral estuary]

you should also make sure canJump is true when the script starts, otherwise there will never be anything to turn it true

[swift crag]

yeag

Then amend

[lapis veldt]

the method works without the condition

I have that condition because I want it to jump only once

[swift crag]

well..you'd want git rm --cached (:

git rm would remove the files from the working tree. bye-bye project

[solemn python]

using UnityEngine;
using Unity.Cinemachine;
using System;

public class FreeLookRightClick : MonoBehaviour
{
    public CinemachineInputAxisController axisController;
    Vector2 mousepos;
    void Update()
    {


        // Save and restore mouse postion when exiting look around

        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
        {
            axisController.enabled = true;
            mousepos = Input.mousePosition;
            print(mousepos);
            Cursor.visible = false;
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
        }

        if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(1))
        {
            print("released");
            axisController.enabled = false;
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
            Cursor.visible = true;
            Cursor.SetCursor(null, mousepos, CursorMode.Auto);
        }
    }
}

does any1 know how can i fix it so that when I release the right button and it unlocks the cursor, that it snaps back to where it was originally locked?

[mint lion]

short answer = no. long answer = the input system can do it but it's usage is limited (https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.11/manual/Mouse.html). you could just hide/show the cursor but then it won't be locked to the screen and could move onto another screen. one option is to do it all yourself and don't use the Cursor class.

[wintry quarry]

For cursor warping support you will need to use the New Input System

[solemn python]

how can i do that

[mint lion]

do what?

[wintry quarry]

Do what

Install it, read the instructions, look up and read the documentation on Cursor Warping.

[mint lion]

if you want to do your own cursor then research 'software cursor' or 'custom cursor'

[solemn python]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.11/manual/index.html - is it this? I cant find anything about cursor warping

[pseudo dirge]

Hi, just want to ask some experienced guys for some advice. I have just started my journey in game development, I have basic programming concepts, but I am still not very familiar with the principles of oop and basic api unity. I start with small projects, but my friend suggested to create a merge game like marge mansion, can you tell me if I should take on this project, or continue to create games on a couple of gameplay mechanics to learn how to use unity and learn how to program?

[languid spire]

Start small and !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[mint lion]

the link i gave above

[solemn python]

ty

[white kite]

Hello, I have a little problem, in my Unity game I'm trying to make a pause menu.
I managed to do it without any problem, but my only problem is that my turret can still shoots in the pause menu. I've already tried several things, and I managed to make it not move in pause menu, but the problem is that now it just can't shoot at all, so I'm desperate since I'm really not good at programming...

Here's the code of my player/turret :
https://hastebin.com/share/oveqekixah.java

And here's the code of my pause menu :
https://hastebin.com/share/uxaheyahah.csharp

[wintry quarry]

At the bottom of this page
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.11/manual/Mouse.html

[solemn python]

yeah i got it now

works

[languid spire]

that code looks fine, gonna need to see the gamemanager code as well

[white kite]

Thank you for looking ! And here is my game manager code :
https://hastebin.com/share/nejihaxodo.csharp

[mint lion]

move FpsCap into it's own file or move the code in FpsCap.Start() into GameManager.Start()

either set break points and see what's going on or add several Debug.Log() statements

[languid spire]

Dont see anything obviously wrong. I would log the InstanceId of gameManager and pauseMenu here

void Update()
    {
        if (gameManager.gameOver == true || pauseMenu.isPaused == true)
                return;
            Movement();
            FireMissile();
    }

[brisk oasis]

Can someone help me plzzzzz

Can someone help me plzzzzz?

[steep rose]

sure

!ask

[eternal falcon]

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[brisk oasis]

I'm making a top down online fighting game, but I want the weapon to rotate to the mouse of its owner

[white kite]

But if I put that in my game manager, how will he know what Movement and FireMissile are if the code for those things are not in that script ?

[brisk oasis]

How can I make it?

[languid spire]

I said to log the instanceid's in that code, not move it

[white kite]

Oh ok, I wasn't sure I understood, thank you !

[languid spire]

It's just a sanity check to make sure you are really looking at the objects you think you are

Debug.Log($"Game Manager {gameManager.GetInstanceId()} {gameManager.gameOver}", gameManager.gameObject);

[steep rose]

If you are a beginner I would refrain from doing multiplayer games, but you could just get the mouseposition and just get the direction from the mouseposition to the player and with that just rotate the weapon to that direction.

I don't know how to use the new input system so that's why I linked the old input systems documentation (there is probably something similar in the new one).

[brisk oasis]

Thank you for your advice, I'll search how to get the position of the mouse and rotate the weapon

[steep rose]

The documentation I linked shows you how to get the mouses position using the old input system, so that should be a start.

[rocky canyon]

make sure that u convert the mouse position to world-space

[steep rose]

yup I totally forgot

[still elm]

I used a dontdestroyonLoad for my highScoreTable in my game which normally is being shown on the main menu to display the scores of player. I implemented the dontdestroy so I could access the addHighScoreEntry method, which I have added as a compnent to a gameobject with text and templete for entries. ( I followed a yt vid for the highscore table). However, when using the dontdestroyonload, the highscore table is visable in the game scene and I can add entries to it since it is loaded. Is there a way I can hide the scoretable when the game scene is runnning or should I use another way to access methods of the scoretable gameobject?

thanks in advance for anything that help 😄

[swift crag]

deactivate the game object if you don't want it to be rendered

[still elm]

Can I still accesse the methods in it?

[swift crag]

Sure

Disabling a behaviour just means Unity won't send some messages to it, like Update

[still elm]

Would you suggest a separate script like a sceneManger or how would I implement it?

[swift crag]

(and deactivating a game object disables all of the behaviours on it)

[swift crag]

It sounds like you should separate the thing that stores high scores from the thing that displays high scores

The tracker always exists. The display only sometimes exists.

[still elm]

I probobly should

[magic panther]

Anything wrong with applying Singleton to interactable objects? Like, I need a special cursor for my game, and obviously it's preferred if there's just one, so would there be something wrong with adding a static Instance to the Crosshair class? Interactable as in it plays a big part in the game

[swift crag]

The only consideration for making something a singleton is whether exactly one instance (no more, no less) exists at all times

I'm not sure why you'd want to access a crosshair statically, though

[magic panther]

How else could I do that? Finding it by tag name each time I need it feels wrong

[swift crag]

I'm just wondering why you need access to it.

Do different objects need to change its color when you hover over them?

[mighty compass]

Hey guys I want to add ragdoll physics to my game, I’m sortof wanting the character to perform an action such as swinging a sword, but they can be knocked around during the animation by enemies, or if they run too fast into an object, where should I start

[magic panther]

Objects need to access it's position, some other properties, set input buffers and all that

it's a mouse only game

[mighty compass]

And I was thinking of making damage based off the velocity of the weapon when it collides with enemy object

I also want my character ragdoll to be able to trip if they run too fast into a curb or something hahaha

[swift crag]

input buffers..?

[near wadi]

@pulsar birch i think you may also have to configure your !ide based on that limited screenshot from the other room

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[prime goblet]

also @pulsar birch why don't you declare variable "p" as Vector2?

[magic panther]

Just, all sorts of stuff

[near wadi]

i was wondering the same ^^

[pulsar birch]

im making a flappy bird game just to learn basics and i dont know where a lot of things go. this is what its doing and i don't know how to fix it

dont mind the terrible art

[prime goblet]

without any other code i dont know what your issue is

[pulsar birch]

hold on

[prime goblet]

your code snippet only shows you trying to cast float as an int

[minor reef]

can you help me real fast

[pulsar birch]

out of everyone you could ask i am the worst one

[prime goblet]

i think you should do timer + (1 * Time.deltaTime)

lemme look at the rest

[minor reef]

I meant sunny

[prime goblet]

just ask your question

[burnt vapor]

Don't ping random users. Ask your question and people that are able to help wiill help. #📖┃code-of-conduct

[prime goblet]

do not direct people

[burnt vapor]

What's the issue?

[pulsar birch]

@burnt vapor this

[prime goblet]

you could try implementing a spacing variable and making sure that the distance between pipes is that spacing

if thats ur issue

[burnt vapor]

A screenshot doesn't say anything

What is there to fix?

[prime goblet]

i think their problem is with how close the pipes are

[magic panther]

What other way could this be done

[burnt vapor]

I don't feel like doing guessworking

[minor reef]

How do I make the ui look like the bottom right photo

[pulsar birch]

my issue is the spacing and the fact that it doesnt have random placement on the Y axis (i think its the Y sorry if im incorrect)

[burnt vapor]

This is a coding channel. #📲┃ui-ux

[minor reef]

this is coding

but like

still

[prime goblet]

your code doesnt implement random spacing on the Y axis i think

[magic panther]

Because by what you and Fen are saying I feel like this is a very awkward way to do this

[prime goblet]

!ide

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[near wadi]

the two ^^ indicates it was referring to the message Two up from mine, which was from someone else 🙂 i was not addressing your comment

[pulsar birch]

the thing i i dont know how to make it random

[magic panther]

alright, mb

[pulsar birch]

or where to place the code to make it random

[burnt vapor]

What are you talking about? You are asking how to make Visual Studio look like Jetbrains Rider? This has nothing to do with actual coding

[prime goblet]

you could set the Y offset to Mathf.random and some range

[prime goblet]

stop

[alpine fjord]

Math.Random

[pulsar birch]

and i also need a scale of what the Y can be equal to to make sure it doesnt completelt disappear offscreen

[minor reef]

ohhh

mb

[prime goblet]

!ide

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[prime goblet]

look here

[minor reef]

thx

[burnt vapor]

If this is a question on how to set up your editor, then follow the links. Idk what you mean with making it look like the bottom right window

[prime goblet]

they wanted their ide to show code like the bottom right window

[burnt vapor]

But please feel free to clarify if this is an actual coding question

[minor reef]

It's okay I got it!

[burnt vapor]

The editor on the bottom right window is not configured either, so idk where you got that idea from 😉

[burnt vapor]

It would help if you properly shared the code using a paste site 👇 . The last screenshot is cut off

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[minor reef]

I don;t have the same options

[pulsar birch]

i included a 3rd photo containing the rest i thought?

[minor reef]

no external tools

[burnt vapor]

You need to follow the steps by the bot, and it will become available

[pulsar birch]

here

[burnt vapor]

Especially installing the workload, then setting the external editor.

[burnt vapor]

If this is about the Y spacing, then note I don't see the Y position being modified at all

Just the pipes moving left

[pulsar birch]

hold on

[minor reef]

It's the first step

[pulsar birch]

heres the script that continuously spawns them

[prime goblet]

lets say the default Y position for the bottom pipes is 0, you could set pipe.transform.position = new Vector2(x, Random.Range(0f, 10f)) (pseudocode)

[burnt vapor]

Installed through Unity Hub or did you install Visual Studio manually?

[minor reef]

unity hub

[pulsar birch]

what does the f mean next to the 0 and 10?

[prime goblet]

use #💻┃unity-talk or something this isnt a code question

[alpine fjord]

Means the number is a float.

[prime goblet]

float, it has to be a float or it wont be inclusive

[burnt vapor]

This is a coding concept and therefore valid for this channel, you don't have to tell me what's valid in this case

[pulsar birch]

alright

where do i put the line of code though?

[prime goblet]

you could use an integer, and then -1, 11 which would give values from 0 to 10

[prime goblet]

up to you, wherever you instantiate new pipes i suppose

[burnt vapor]

Instantiate takes a position parameter. You set it to transform.position, but you can also add * Vector2.Up * Random.Range(...) here to offset it with a random "Up", or Y value

Use that for randomization

What ends up happening is that you set it to a random Y value based on the value passed in the Random check, and this is basically added to the Transform's Vector value through multiplication

[pulsar birch]

do i put it in between transform position and transform rotation or..?

[burnt vapor]

Essentially a bunch of compact code, you can also write a variable before instantiating which might be more readable

So if that's confusing, maybe do this instead

[burnt vapor]

No, you update the second parameter with this multiplication

The random range indicates the offset of the pipes, try it

[prime goblet]

you do

use the tabs

[minor reef]

im dumb

[prime goblet]

make sure you have the visual studio plugin installed

i think that's default

[minor reef]

it is installed

still no work

[burnt vapor]

You're better off installing Visual Studio manually rather than through Unity. It's a lot less work

[minor reef]

kk

brb

[pulsar birch]

and what do you mean when you say "parameter"

[minor reef]

I mean'

[prime goblet]

everything within the brackets is a paremeter

[minor reef]

okay

be back soon

[pulsar birch]

ohh ok

[burnt vapor]

It's technically an argument, but it means values passed into methods

[prime goblet]

Instantiate(param1, param2, param3)

[burnt vapor]

You pass arguments into method parameters

[pulsar birch]

so like this?

[burnt vapor]

No, now you just multiply the result of Instantiate

You update the second parameter, not the return value

[prime goblet]

you have to put those vector math inside the position parameter

Instantiate(pipe, transform.position * Vector2.Up * Random.Range(0f, 5f), transform.rotation)

[burnt vapor]

If this is confusion, perhaps it might be a good idea to do c# tutorials before undertaking actual Unity. It's not a good idea to take on a Unity project without any C# experience

[pulsar birch]

im sorry for being stupid when it comes to this but i dont know what return value even means

[prime goblet]

!learn perhaps? (i didn't mean that sarcastically i was doing the command for the link below)

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[pulsar birch]

i was following a C# tutorial and it did this

[burnt vapor]

Programming is a big thing, you should not do both the Unity framework and the C# language

Especially because Unity is massively different when it comes to how C# works

[prime goblet]

try learning c# from -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/

it's very beginner friendly

[burnt vapor]

I would advice you check the pinned posts for tutorials

Vertx listed a good intro to c#

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/tutorials/

[pulsar birch]

So is it this?

[prime goblet]

ignore "what's new"

[mighty compass]

            objectPropertiesRef.buildingType = "Wall";```

Attempting to access a script component on an object that I am creating during runtime, and change one of the script components properties.

Not entirely sure how to do that on unity

[north kiln]

Why are you using Component on the left? Use the actual type you care about

[molten robin]

How would I go about using Mathf.Lerp in this situation? I want the distance to interpolate smoothly

        float calculatedDistance = Mathf.Clamp(camDistance + Mouse.current.scroll.y.ReadValue() * -1f * Time.deltaTime, 4f, 15f);
        camDistance = Mathf.Lerp(camDistance, calculatedDistance, camDistanceSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

[north kiln]

Why would you multiply scroll.y by Time.deltaTime—it's instantaneous input, if you scrolled 3 units on one frame that's the distance you scrolled, not that scaled by the time it took for the frame to render

[molten robin]

Oh you're right, that makes no sense

[magic panther]

What can I replace GlobalFunctions.Instance with here? Right now this code won't work unless a GlobalFunctions object is created, but what I'd really need here is a way to have these functions be accessible without the need for an instance.
GlobalFunctions -> https://hastebin.com/share/cibedipino.csharp
Crosshair (Use case: line 33) -> https://hastebin.com/share/uqatozobuc.csharp

[north kiln]

these functions can just be static, you don't need a singleton

as the function is self-contained

No need for a scriptable object either

[magic panther]

Just a Script file with these functions set as static?

[swift crag]

Yes. A static method is not associated with a specific object instance (just like any other static member)

[mighty compass]

I figured it out

[modern oxide]

How do I get my asset that I spawn in game to snap to the ground instead of clipping half way through it?

[swift crag]

If the model's origin is in the wrong place, I'd suggest parenting it to an empty object

Adjust its position so that it lines up with the gorund

Also make sure the rotation and scale look right when the parent has those set to default values

(no rotation, 1 scale)

[modern oxide]

got it thanks!

[proper needle]

how do i call a button

i forgot what the command was

[swift crag]

that's a bit vague..."call a button"?

do you have a Unity UI button that you want to click via a script?

[proper needle]

yeah thats what i meant

[swift crag]

hm, I thought there was a nice Click() method!

The less enjoyable alternative is just calling OnSubmit directly

It needs a BaseEventData. It doesn't require any actual information, so you could just pass it a new one

BaseEventData data = new(EventSystem.current);
button.OnSubmit(data);

Manually calling OnSubmit is equivalent to hitting "enter" with it selected

grumble grumble! it's private!

You could also call OnPointerClick, but that wants more complex event data (that includes which mouse button was used)

[proper needle]

my teacher taught me how to use one of the methods, but I forgot everything

we made a button variable i think

[swift crag]

are you sure you aren't trying to respond to a button being clicked, though?

[proper needle]

then we made like an on button press void or smth

[swift crag]

i.e. run a method when the button is clicked

[proper needle]

that's what im trying to do

[swift crag]

I thought you were looking for a way to trigger a button press from a script

In that case, you just need to add a listener to the onClick event

[proper needle]

that was what i wanted

[proper needle]

oh

[swift crag]

Any method that takes no arguments and returns void will fit in there

button.AddListener(SomeMethod);

[proper needle]

imma dm my teacher as well, but i'll try this

[swift crag]

see https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEvent.AddListener.html

[sterile radish]

hello, im making a doodle jump clone and i want to know how im supposed to spawn platforms that have springs on them + other different types fo platforms? right now i'm only spawning one type of platform which is the very basic one that does nothing

heres a ref of what im looking for for clarity. right now in my game, im only spawning the basic paltform types (the green ones)

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

[nova kite]

The Unity tutorial straight up told me to use ChatGPT🤣

Looks pretty good tho

If I wanted to read about each function in this code where would I do that? Is there an official Unity documentation?

[alpine fjord]

!docs

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[nova kite]

How do I find a specific function there? For example transform.rotate

[zenith cypress]

There is a search bar

[nova kite]

It found all of this😵‍💫

Is it important to know everything about a certain function?

[west radish]

Important, no. But it never hurts to familiarise yourself with them to see what something is able to do

[nova kite]

And it’s just a matter of remembering?

[west radish]

I wouldn't think of it as an exercise to make sure you remember everything you read

You might stumble across something that you realise could work to help you do something in your game

[nova kite]

Hmm, how do you find what you need in the documentation? I searched “jump” for example and it doesn’t seem to show the results I’m looking for

[west radish]

That'll be done with a rigidbody that gives physics to an object

[nova kite]

Yes but I meant just as an example, to see if I could find answers in the documentation

It only gave me things for 2D

[quartz wedge]

Programming API's/documentation is important be able to read but It's not going to tell you how to implement something (there are guides and tutorials for that) but what the documentation does do is provide you with a list of methods (for Unity in this case) and as a developer, you can look up these methods and see how they work and what parameters/overloads they take. For example, if you're making a jump mechanic and you want to use the "AddForce()" method that the Rigidbody provides, the documentation will show you how to use it

[west radish]

I find it's about breaking down a problem in a way that could help you find something in the docs. It's hard to explain.

Take jumping. Taking it down to the simplest form, that's like a bunch of force has suddenly pushed you into the air. Searching jump doesn't give anything, but the more technical "force" will. And AddForce sounds like what jumping is if you didn't describe it with the word jump

And you want to use addforce, so you can see what allows you to do that, and now you have the knowledge of what rigidbody would be used for

[nova kite]

Ohh I see, so basically you can’t directly learn from the documentation it’s just like a collection of functions

I wouldn’t think of it as a force so that’s tricky, like if you asked me what jumping would mean to me in the most basic form I’d say that it’s the y value changing

So how do you initially know what words to look for? You just search the problem you try to solve on google?

[west radish]

Experience plays a part, it takes time to get a feel for how to break down your goal into the steps you can create

[nova kite]

That’s true, I always hear that coding is about breaking a problem into steps and first making a logic map of solving the problem

I’ll try and work on that

[steep rose]

google and documentation

[quartz wedge]

This largely come down to experience but searching problems can help a great deal. You don't have to memorise the whole API but having a good understanding of what the problem is can help. Programming in a nutshell is just solving problems, so being able to break down and understand the problem you are trying to solve is half the battle

[nova kite]

The Unity guide broke the code into steps pretty well

[steep rose]

documentation is not supposed to be used as google where you search "jump" and it will tell you how to do such thing, it's only purpose it to inform you on its API and components/tools that you can use

[nova kite]

I see, so you need to specifically know the tool’s name and the documentation is to explain how to use that tool

[steep rose]

you don't need to know the tools name specifically, you can search for all of the tools it provides in it and search for something you can use.

yes it should tell you how to use that tool, or what it does at least

[nova kite]

I see that makes sense then, that’s why I couldn’t learn from documentation and gave up before haha I used it wrong

[quartz wedge]

Documentation is essentially just a list of methods/functions that Unity (in this example) have created. Unity has exposed a collection of methods that you can use in order to create your own systems. An example would be if you wanted to make an interaction system for your game, you can use a Raycast. The Raycast is something that has been implemented and exposed by Unity, hence you can read how it works in their API/documentation

[nova kite]

I tried SFML and it was so difficult 🥲

[steep rose]

If you would like to know how something is done, for example a jump, you would look on google or youtube

[nova kite]

Ohh I see it’s a showcase of their library

[quartz wedge]

Exactly

[steep rose]

That's what documentation is really

[nova kite]

Hopefully they specify for which Unity version it is😅

[quartz wedge]

It's describing how you as a programmer would interact with their API/engine

[quartz wedge]

It should be kept up to date for the most part, if there is anything that had changed, the documentation should reflect that or they will mark a particular function/method as "deprecated" if they want you to use another alternative

[steep rose]

The API and Manual does show which version of unity you are currently browsing on, it is not really needed to tell you what version of unity you are on unless there would be some breaking changes to the component (usually it is just some deprecated stuff and or renamed things)

for instance, unity 6 renamed RB.velocity to RB.linearvelocity, both are the exact same function exept for the name change

[nova kite]

Well for example I noticed that “Mouse” is not an Object anymore when following a YouTube tutorial and trying to detect a mouse click

It was Input.Mouse something and it was marked as an error on my end

[steep rose]

Mouse? That is not an object afaik, you would do Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1) or Input.GetKeyDown(Keycode.Mouse1)

[nova kite]

Yup! That’s what worked for me afterwards, and then I just abandoned the video because following it was so confusing with the outdated changes🥲

[quartz wedge]

When working with the input system, I recommend working with their new input system (I guess standard now?) over their legacy input system, it is a bit different but It is a better system and It's also what Unity recommends

[nova kite]

Ohh that explains it, they made a new system for it

[steep rose]

I never learned it lol

[steep rose]

the old system still works, it is not deprecated yet

[nova kite]

Hmm maybe it was a mistake on my end then

[quartz wedge]

It's not deprecated, both work but when working with the legacy system you would usually do something like "Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)"

You would also need to wrap that in some sort of conditional(if) statement

For example:

[nova kite]

Oh wait what I saw in the video was
“Mouse.current.leftButton.wasPressedThisFrame”

And then it didn’t detect what Mouse is

[quartz wedge]

if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
  //Left-click pressed
}

[nova kite]

Yup that’s what he did in the video but with the line that I wrote, and it didn’t work but the one you wrote did

[slender nymph]

this is how you manually poll the mouse using the "new" Input System. if you are not using that and don't have the package installed, then naturally that would not work

[nova kite]

Ohh, you need to install something else for that

[nova kite]

This looks easier lol

[slender nymph]

if you aren't using Unity 6, yes. it is installed by default in unity 6

[nova kite]

Oh I am using Unity 6

[slender nymph]

then you either uninstalled the package, or your IDE is not configured so you didn't automatically add the using directive when attempting to use the Mouse class

[nova kite]

Funnily enough the guy in the video wasn’t using 6 lol

[slender nymph]

the input system has existed for years, it is not exclusive to unity 6

[nova kite]

Wait so which is the new one🤣

[quartz wedge]

He may have had the package installed though, as you could install it in previous versions of Unity

[frosty hound]

It's the "newest" one, but it's hardly new.

At this point it's the standard, and the Input.GetKeyDown method of input is the old one.

[nova kite]

Ohh hold on is that the
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

Because that also gave me an error

[slender nymph]

the input system. the one the video was probably teaching you about. it's just "new" in that it is more recent than the legacy Input class. but it's still like 6 years old at this point

[nova kite]

Huh, so maybe mine wasn’t installed automatically

[frosty hound]

Check your package manager to see if it's installed

[slender nymph]

unless you are using a project that was created in a version before the first Unity 6 LTS (though there were several preview versions that had it installed too, i just dont' know the specific patch number that did it) then it was installed automatically.

[nova kite]

These are all the ones I have

Looks like I do have the new one

[slender nymph]

https://screenshot.help
also it's there in the screenshot

[quartz wedge]

You could also go to your preferences > Player and see what input system is ticked, you have an option of "new, legacy or both". I'm not sure if Unity 6 is different as I've not upgraded but I know there is an option in the preferences to choose which input system you use

[steep rose]

I believe it is on both by default

[quartz wedge]

Ah, that's fine then

[slender nymph]

this does not indicate whether the package is actually installed

and that setting also does not affect compilation

[nova kite]

Is there even any benefit from using the new one because visually I understand the old one better

[quartz wedge]

True, I just thought of it as an option to try if it turns out the package is already installed

[slender nymph]

you can use whichever you prefer, but the input system is a more robust and extendable way to get input. it handles different input devices better, it is much easier to remap controls, and you can write cleaner code with it if you go with the event based approach rather than polling the input manually

[steep rose]

you can use the old or the new one, all they do is supply inputs so either or will be good

but yes what box said

[nova kite]

I see, I’ll just stick to the old one for now since I’m just learning how everything works haha

[steep rose]

That's fine

[quartz wedge]

Yes, the newer one is much more flexible, it is a bit more complicated in some areas because you need to do some extra steps with actions maps and it is event-based but this means that it is a lot more powerful. For example, you could have multiple set of controls/actions (UI controls, gameplay controls as separate "control schemes")

[nova kite]

I only understood half of this😅😅 I don’t have much context for many terms haha

[steep rose]

I have not even learned the new one yet and it's mainly to do with laziness but there are improvements with the new one over the old one

[quartz wedge]

It also is geared up for different input types (mouse, keyboard, gamepad, haptic devices, AR/VR devices) and it handles re-mapping of input, so It's definitely something worth learning but if you are completely new then it may make sense to stick with the legacy until you need something specific that the other input system has

[nova kite]

Ohh so it’s good for like multi platform

[quartz wedge]

Yes

[nova kite]

Like if you want to convert a game for multiple devices

I see

Thank you for the help and explanations guys🙏🏻🙏🏻

[sterile radish]

hello, im making a doodle jump clone and i want to know how im supposed to spawn platforms that have springs on them + other different types fo platforms? right now i'm only spawning one type of platform which is the very basic one that does nothing

heres a ref of what im looking for for clarity. right now in my game, im only spawning the basic paltform types (the green ones)

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

[naive pawn]

doodlejump probably just randomly spawns them with different weights

and probably takes into account score/height

[sterile radish]

wdym by different weights?

[naive pawn]

suppose you have a box with 2 blue balls and 8 red balls
if you pick one at random, you have a 2/10 chance to get blue, or 8/10 to get red
so you could say that blue has a weight of 2 (or 0.2) and red has a weight of 8 (or 0.8)

that affects how common or rare each type of platform is

you obviously wouldn't want equal amounts of every platform

step back from the code for now; code is how you do it, but first you'll have to decide what you want to do
start designing what types you want to have, how common you want each type to be, and how that changes depending on score

once you have a good idea (doesn't have to be a complete idea) of what you want, start coding it up, and if it's not complete or not to your liking, go back to tweaking the design

[sterile radish]

that's really good advice, thank you!

[heavy knoll]

Anyone know if its better to split up different aspects of my player into different scripts? Like if i wanted to add a player pickup should that be in its own script and then the player inventory be in another script and interact be in its own script? Also how should i go about doing raycasts for different things using the same key? I wanna have a pickup system that casts a raycast and picks up the item when i press E, and also use E for an interact raycast that will see if i interacted with any interactable objects like crafting benching and light switches? Can that all be done from just one singular raycast?

[cosmic dagger]

definitely split behaviours (actions) into separate scripts. that's unity's strong point; it known as composition (over inheritance) . . .

basically, to create specific objects in your game, you want to build them by adding components to the GameObject. those components are individual behaviour that make up what the object is and does . . .

it's a component-based approach using composition . . .

[teal viper]

Depends. I wouldn't put pickup logic in a different script. Maybe in a non MonoBehaviour class if I have some kind of actions system and pickup logic being one of the actions.
Inventory, perhaps. Although, again, I'd rather use a plain class for it.
Think of the class - does it need any of the MonoBehaviour functionality? If yes, then it can be a separate component.

[teal viper]

Regarding the interactions, I'd implement them on the interactable object. So that interacting with a pick-up object would I initiate pick-up, interacting with a crafting station would initiate crafting, etc...

So yes, the raycasting logic on the player would be the same, regardless of the interactable object.

[heavy knoll]

So i'd have like a script on my Items and on that script there would be a function called pickup or something and i would call that from another script with my raycast?

and same thing with my crafting benches and stuff? like a script on the crafting bench with its functionality and then a function for Opening or closing the crafting bench which is called from the raycast also?

[teal viper]

Yes. A function called Interact declared on a base class or an interface.

[cosmic dagger]

ideally, an item (GameObject) that is interactable would have a script that implements an IInteractable interface. you'd have a separate script handle the raycast that checks for the interface. if an object is found, you call the Interact or Use (whatever method) you choose to call it

each script with the IInteractable interface must implement that method, and will have its own code . . .

[teal viper]

Think of what the player is doing. It just initiates an interaction with an object, regardless of what that object is. It doesn't need to know anything about it. Now the interaction itself depends on the type of the object, so it can be implemented on that object.

[cosmic dagger]

the Interact method implemented on a light switch script will have code to flip the switch (turning it off or on) . . .

the Interact method implemented on a crafting table will initiate crafting mode and pop-up the crafting menu and possibly open the player inventory, etc . . .

[heavy knoll]

Ok cool so i guess its pretty much the same thing as Unreal's blueprint interface system, i used that a little bit and it seems pretty similar.
So to make sure i got this right, I'd just have like a script on my player that is called PlayerInteract or something, and that will have a method on it to shoot a raycast when i press a key. And in the raycast it will check if it hits an object with the IInteractable interface and if it does it will call the Interact or Use method on the gameObject that was hit?

[teal viper]

It's a common way to implement interactions regardless of the engine or programming language

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, the raycast can check for GameObjects on the Interactable layer. if found, get the IInteractable interface from the returned (hit) GameObject and call the Interact method . . .

[teal viper]

I personally prefer to have a CharacterController kind of class implementing this and quite a bit more functionality, but it really depends on your project. In my case it makes sense, because I'm working on a sort of crpg game similar to Neverwinter nights, so there would be a lot of core functionality that all characters and their variations would have.

In a more modular game where you'd want to enable disable core functionality like interaction and such, it might make sense to separate it into a separate script.

[heavy knoll]

Ok, well thanks for the help guys! ill be back again if i get stuck on something with it, but i should be good to just lookup stuff about interfaces within unity now to see exactly how to do it

[teal viper]

Interfaces are not really a unity thing. It's a C# feature(and many other languages have something similar).

[heavy knoll]

yea im still kinda a beginner to learning programming with an actual coding language in general, i tried doing unity a while ago and kinda lost motivation and then switched to unreal and blueprints, but now I'm back to unity and actually more motivated now to get better with it

felt like i just wasn't really learning the core concepts well not learning with an actual coding language and it felt like a waste of time lol

[sour cape]

trying to play a video in unity but the quality looks much worse than the source file, anyone know how to make it perfect?

[wispy coral]

do yall know if theres a good course for procedurally generated stuff in unity?

[charred spoke]

The internet is filled with tutorials on procedurally generating stuff

[teal viper]

1. It's not really related to coding.
2. You'll need to provide some more info on your setup.

[sour cape]

yeh sorry, its just the videoplayer component, i thought someone might know off hand if its capable of playing good quality video at high frame rate(1920x1080 mp4)

[bold pebble]

Whats a good youtuber to learn c sharp off?

[teal viper]

It should be able to play whatever resolution it is at reasonable frame rate(think same as any other video player on your PC or the target platform).

[swift elbow]

free code camp has a good 4 hour beginner course

[bold pebble]

Ok thanks.

[sour cape]

yeh i thought that too but its not the case

[teal viper]

It is the case. If it doesn't work for you, you'll need to share more info/context on your setup, as I said earlier.

At the very least take a screenshot of your video player component

Where does it output the video to?

Take a screenshot of the video clip asset inspector as well.

[burnt vapor]

For random spawning I suggest you update your prefab into a list or array of gameobjects that define the platform gameobjects to Instantiate.

Then just randomly pick one with a weight system

As for detecting what platform you land on, check collision when landing on them and use pattern matching to pick the type of platform you land on. For this I suggest you either use a tag, or you create an interface that specifies a property to be implemented representing the identity.

Next, another interface that represents the action to visualize when jumping on them. For example, the spring expands. The reason you also want to use an interface is because pattern matching is very easy and it works with GetComponent.

Lastly, the breakable platforms should be a trigger instead, so falling is not interrupted.

[misty timber]

Hi guys i am an absolute Beginner and faced to an issue i don't get. I opend a new 2d projekt to test a bit around i created an canvas , as a child i created an image. I moved an png file for the Backgroud . And yesterday it worked fine i saw the image in game and scene view . Today i played around with some buttons and hooks and then i lost my background only on scenview. I can see the borders and a black diagonal line . I csn move the image and i see that it moves in game view. Icreated a complete new 2d projekt and have still the same issue. I asked chat gpt for troubleshoot my problem but all tasks are correct. Any thoughts?

[feral verge]

so i having problem with movement, but all works except it's little bit slippery who knows why is that:

[burnt vapor]

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[eternal falcon]

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[feral verge]

ok that was embarrassing, I placed a little bit down capsule and ray cast works for now👍

[tiny vault]

Im about to go insane. I've wrote a script that displays an interact Icon when you're near a Interactable object, specifically doors, however it's only at some of the doors it will correctly displaye " Press E to interact " once you're close, even though they have the exact same settings and components( at least i think so). Any ideas ?

[keen dew]

You'll have to show the script

[tiny vault]

Sure, but doesn't the fact that it's the exact same scripts that are attatched, and only one is working means that it's not a script or code issue `? sorry if it's a stupid question, but im new to game developing

[keen dew]

There is something different in those two cases and seeing what the script does would give hints at what to check next. It's impossible to guess what might be wrong just by looking at two identical screenshots

[tiny vault]

Makes sense. here is the script that each Door is inheriting from, and ther door script

[keen dew]

Does pressing E still work even if it doesn't show the text?

[tiny vault]

Yeah. E will still make you interact, the icon just doesn't show

[keen dew]

Oh I see, it's because this script is on multiple doors and each of them refer to the same text object

So each of them run on each frame and only the last one that runs gets applied in the end

I'm trying to think of the best way to handle it

[tiny vault]

okay thank you so much!!

[keen dew]

Maybe not the best way but this would fix it. Make a new script on the interact icon object that has this:

private bool itemInRange = false;

public void ShowText()
{
    itemInRange = true;
}

void LateUpdate()
{
    gameObject.setActive(itemInRange);
    itemInRange = false;
}

and then in the door script call ShowText when in range:

if(IsInsideInteractArea())
{
    interactIcon.ShowText();
}

(change the type of interactIcon to the new script)

That way the door scripts don't cancel each other out

[dense anchor]

I'm trying to make a dash ability but character is won't dashing.

{
    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D _rb;
    [SerializeField] private InputActionReference _dash; 

    [SerializeField] private Movement _moveScript;

    [SerializeField] private float _dashspeed;
    [SerializeField] private float _dashduration;
    [SerializeField] private float _dashcooldown;
    [SerializeField] public bool _isDashing = false;
    [SerializeField] private bool _canDash = true;


    void OnEnable()
    {
        _dash.action.started += DashAb;
    }

    public void DashAb(InputAction.CallbackContext context) {
        if (context.performed && _canDash) {
            StartCoroutine(DashCoroutine());

        }
    }

    private IEnumerator DashCoroutine() {
        _canDash = false;
        _isDashing = true;
        float _dashDir = _moveScript._movedirection.x;

        _rb.linearVelocity = new Vector2(_dashDir * _dashspeed, _rb.linearVelocityY);

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(_dashduration);

        _rb.linearVelocity = new Vector2(0f, _rb.linearVelocityY);
        _isDashing = false;

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(_dashcooldown);

        _canDash = true;
    }

}```