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[static cedar]

Impulse should be a separate method imo.

But yeah.

[cosmic dagger]

it moves a little every frame until it reaches the amount of jump after 1 second . . .

you want it to reach the amount of jump during that one frame, hence, using Impulse ForceMode . . .

[naive pawn]

force is time dependant (F = ma = mv/t), impulse, aka momentum, is not (P = mv)

[nova kite]

playerRB.AddForce(Vector3.up, ForceMode mode = ForceMode.Impulse * jump);

it says i cant multiply it now

so how do i add the jump

[teal viper]

This syntax doesn't make sense. Take a moment to analyze what you're trying to do here.

[static cedar]

You can make your own enum flag.

[Flags]
public enum F {
   FlagOne = 1 << 0
   FlagTwo = 1 << 1
   FlagOneAndTwo = FlagOne | FlagTwo
}

1 << n basically means shift this bit to the left.
0b000000000000000000000000000001 also works to explicitly lay out the bits but that's wonky.
Enums inherit int by default, which has 32 bits.

[rich adder]

this is all types of wrong lol

when passing a value you don't use = in the signature

[nova kite]

oh my god🤣

see no idea how to read the documentation

i thought you are creating a local variable just for that

[rich adder]

thats just c# basics nothing to do with docs

[wispy coral]

huh, well i dont understand a single thing, ill have to take a tutorial for me to understand better and actually apply this

[nova kite]

or an object of ForceMode

[nova kite]

exactly

that's what i saw and copied

[wispy coral]

thanks either way!

[gentle bone]

no you didnt... do you see the comma in between

[nova kite]

i did put a comma

[naive pawn]

you copied a declaration
you need to write a call

separate things

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/named-and-optional-arguments
anyway

its important you learn these c# basics

[nova kite]

i know how to pass arguments haha it's the same in cpp

[naive pawn]

the declaration tells you how to call it, it doesn't show how to call it

[static cedar]

When the docs say that, it just means that's the default value of that.

[naive pawn]

then why did you add a parameter declaration and an assignment

[rich adder]

then why are you using the declaration of a method instead of just passing value

[nova kite]

i thought it's different here idk😭

[static cedar]

The parameter arguments when used are in the same order as usual.

[naive pawn]

it isn't

[nova kite]

so where do you see that

[rich adder]

Unity is just showing you how the method was declared in their codebase

[naive pawn]

here

[nova kite]

i meant to reply to this

[naive pawn]

ah

[nova kite]

how do you see what you need to write

if the doc is not showing you that

[rich adder]

are we going in circles here

[gentle bone]

do you drive a car without looking once in the manual... thats how you use unity without using the docs...

[nova kite]

but the doc is not telling you how to write the thing

[gentle bone]

yes it is... just scrolling down

[naive pawn]

public void AddForce(Vector3 force, ForceMode mode = ForceMode.Force)
there's a parameter list that specifies Vector3 force and ForceMode mode, and mode has a default (=) of ForceMode.Force
when you want to set a mode yourself, ignore the default
so you pass a Vector3 and a ForceMode

[rich adder]

the doc expect you some basic knowledge of how to use the c# code properly

[naive pawn]

yes, because c# does

[static cedar]

You can use paramName = ... to specify which argument you meant.
AddForce(Vector.Up * jump, ForceMode = ForceMode.Impulse);
This is valid code.
This feature exists when you want to leave the other default arguments as is.

[gentle bone]

you even have an example in the docs..

[naive pawn]

i know how docs work, yes.

[static cedar]

But otherwise, you can omit and pass the arguments in order.

[naive pawn]

this doesn't work

ForceMode is the type, not the parameter name

[gentle bone]

oh sry was the wrong... msg sould be for barkov..

[naive pawn]

(also up is in camelCase)

[nova kite]

the example in the doc showed me Input.GetButton and then i clicked it and it said not to use that

[static cedar]

I forgot this is Unity.

[nova kite]

and then i got lost haha

[static cedar]

Oh it's mode.

[naive pawn]

that is irrelevant lmao

[static cedar]

I thought the param is ForceMode.

[rich adder]

huh where does it say not to use it

[nova kite]

Note: This API is part of the legacy Input class, and not recommended for new projects. The documentation is provided here to support legacy projects that use the old Input Manager and Input class. For new projects you should use the newer and Input System Package. (read more).

[static cedar]

You can use paramName = ... to specify which argument you meant.
AddForce(Vector.up * jump, mode = ForceMode.Impulse);
This is valid code.
This feature exists when you want to leave the other default arguments as is.
Ok fixed.

[naive pawn]

yeah that's correct but you can ignore it for now
you have bigger fish to fry

[rich adder]

ohh sure, Input class is being phased out no big deal

[teal viper]

It doesn't because it's obvious for anyone that knows C# basics(or even C++ basics).

[rich adder]

you can still use it

[nova kite]

idk i just saw not recommended and was like alright then

[naive pawn]

c#, c++, and many others are part of the c family, they share a lot of basic syntax features

including method calls and declarations

[rich adder]

iss tru

[nova kite]

but it's more than that it's the names

[naive pawn]

it isn't

[nova kite]

Impulse for exapmple is not part of the c# language

[gentle bone]

theres even a 2nd example with what you would have needed..

[naive pawn]

that doesn't matter

it's just a value you pass of some given type

[teal viper]

The syntax doesn't change

[rich adder]

all it changes are the types declared

[static cedar]

I think the only thing I can say is.

Get used to it.

[naive pawn]

the basic syntax for method declarations and method calls is identical in c, c++, c#, java, and probably some others

[rich adder]

learn how to seperate Unity API with just normal C#

Unity is just an API

[nova kite]

OH!

[naive pawn]

there's some differences with modifiers, generics/templates, defaults, and named params, but the core of it really is just the same

[nova kite]

WAIT

[rich adder]

doesnt change anything how C# works

[nova kite]

i think i got it

[rich adder]

specific unity things are anything inheriting UnityEngine usually like Monobehaviour

[nova kite]

ForceMode mode = ForceMode.Force
basically means that the second part of that code after the comma you need to write the mode you want from ForceMode but with a dot

[static cedar]

I've tried C. Define is amazing imo.

[naive pawn]

no, that's not what that means

[static cedar]

To a degree that I think it would be cool if C# have it.

[nova kite]

ffs

[naive pawn]

it requires a ForceMode type, which is an enum, so you have to get a member of that enum

you could also cast some other value to ForceMode

[nova kite]

ohh and that's where preknowledge comes from

cuz you gotta know that you do that with a dot

okay i see

[naive pawn]

iirc (ForceMode)0 would also be a valid ForceMode value, it'd be equivalent to ForceMode.Force

[nova kite]

because it's ordered?

[naive pawn]

you just need some value of the given type

[gentle bone]

you write that forcemode with a dot.. cause its an enum you call.. Forcemode. variable

[nova kite]

like an array?

[static cedar]

I think just 0 is valid.

[naive pawn]

yeah enums are inherently ordered

[rich adder]

unless you specify the values, they start from 0 ye

[nova kite]

yes now the thing clicked in my brain

[gentle bone]

if it would be another parameter you would call that ...

[naive pawn]

(you don't call it)

[static cedar]

Enums are an int.
Where some of its value is named.

[naive pawn]

(enums are an integral type, not necessarily int)

[nova kite]

you see what this thing is a class enum etc and then treat it accordingly with knowledge you have about the language

[gentle bone]

yeah correct sry, my english/german sometime meses up^^

[teal viper]

the ForceMode mode = ForceMode.Force in declaration is a default parameter. Meaning that if you don't pass in anything at that position, it would be the default value.
This is the same in C++ iirc.

[naive pawn]

you can't use anything unity provides without knowing how to use the thing it's building on
you can't use the unity editor without knowing how to use a GUI
you can't use unity apis without knowing how to use c#

[nova kite]

i figured it out

void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
    {
        playerRB.AddForce(Vector3.up, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }
}

but how do i add the jump to it because it wont let me multiply the value by the jump vlaue

[rich adder]

wdym.. its always direction * forceAmount

[static cedar]

Wild.

[rich adder]

the same thing you did for movement..

[static cedar]

Vector3.up * jump, ForceMode.impulse

[nova kite]

damn it i tried doing that earlier but not now after i fixed the second part lol

okay that makes sense

[static cedar]

Brainfart moment.

[nova kite]

🥲🥲

[static cedar]

Where did you think you should be multiplying earlier?

[nova kite]

We don’t talk about that

🤣

[static cedar]

[rich adder]

forcemode 😉

seen it

[nova kite]

Damn it🤣🤣

[naive pawn]

do you know vector math

[nova kite]

Heck no

I found out what Vector is 2 weeks ago lol

When I watched a data structure course on YouTube

We aren’t getting to data structures until the final semester

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/scripting-vectors.html

[nova kite]

Wth😭

Is this what they teach in discrete math

[static cedar]

Given the confusion earlier, I think Grade 8 physics would have helped a bit for vector math?
Isn't the first topic is about vectors are units with a direction and magnitude?

[nova kite]

My high school didn’t teach physics lmao

I never learned physics

[static cedar]

And the most common expressions are X and Y...

[static cedar]

Damn.

[nova kite]

I’m gonna take the one required class next semester

Of physics

[static cedar]

As long as you're in a scientific field, you should have physics in college anyways right?

Ah ok.

[nova kite]

Yup

I didn’t wanna take it along with calc2

Cuz that’s gonna be a nightmare I heard

[static cedar]

Weak, I almost failed Calc2.

[nova kite]

🥲🥲

Our calc1 processor let us use our phones and any calculator we want during the exams lmao

It was on a pc too

And all multiple choice

Ridiculous 🤣

[static cedar]

Idk, I legit have pre calculus have the same topic as Calc2. But our teacher decided to spam the most obscure trig and algebra properties along with it.

[nova kite]

Woah you did integrals in pre calc??

[static cedar]

The topic is called anti derivatives.

[nova kite]

Yea

Isn’t it the same

Integrals

[static cedar]

Yeah pretty much.

[nova kite]

We started it a bit in calc1 and I hate it

So much

[static cedar]

We only went through the basic essentials. Didn't go ham with trig identities back then.

Did Ur teacher forced you to memories trig identities?

[nova kite]

Nope he let us have formulas luckily🥲

I’d have failed if not

Formulas is all I need

[static cedar]

Double angle, half angle, cos to sin.
sin^2() + cos^2() = 1?

Not even scratching it.

[nova kite]

Holy shit you remember

I can not memorize that shit

[static cedar]

Real.

I went through Calc3 while forgetting trigonometry substitution from Calc2. I am TOTALLY managing this.

[nova kite]

Hahaha I’ve been told 3 is easier idek what they teach there

[static cedar]

Basically, algebra, but with derivatives of y.

Also there's a shit ton of formulas.

[nova kite]

Oh my god

Istg if they don’t allow formulas

For this semester I emailed all the professors and asked if they allow formulas lmao

[static cedar]

You have a formula for each case.
And there's a lot of cases and you have to YOLO it sometimes.

[nova kite]

Damn that sounds fun hahah

Getting your GPA killed by yoloing it

[wispy coral]

how can i add a force in an angle? cant seem to be able to

[nova kite]

using UnityEngine;

public class CameraFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform player;
    public Vector3 positionOffset;
    public Quaternion rotationOffset;

    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.position = player.position + positionOffset;
        transform.rotation = player.rotation + rotationOffset;   
    }
}

why does this not work;-;

[naive pawn]

what's your current code?

[naive pawn]

define "doesn't work"

"doesn't work" can mean a lot of things, it doesn't really give us any info

[nova kite]

this sorry

doesnt compile

it says i cant add the rotationOffset

[naive pawn]

well, read the error

yeah

[nova kite]

why haha

[naive pawn]

you can't add quaternions like that

[wispy coral]

void OnSprint()
{
    //If on air be able to dash one time
    if(isAbleToDash && !isOnGround)
    {
        //zoom
        rb.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward *dashForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
        isAbleToDash = false;
    }
}```

[naive pawn]

do you even need a rotation offset though

[nova kite]

yea

[wispy coral]

im trying to dash on direction of the camera

[nova kite]

so it looks kinda down at it

[naive pawn]

ok, how exactly does this, not go in the direction you want it to?

[wispy coral]

well atleast on the angle it is at

[naive pawn]

it'll go in the direction of the GO it's on, is this script on the camera?

[wispy coral]

no its not

so what should i do in that case?

[naive pawn]

also do you want to dash up when you're pointing up? or just the direction of yaw

[wispy coral]

direction of yaw in general

[naive pawn]

then you probably wouldn't use the camera direction

[wispy coral]

huh, how so?

[naive pawn]

since then you'd be dashing into the air or the ground along with the pitch of the camera as well

[static cedar]

(ax + by + c)dx = (ax + by + c)dy
That's a linear equation. Check if the inner equation if they are parallel or intersecting and substitute them respectively.

y'' + y' + y = 0
That's a second order linear differential equation. Let y = e^rx and substitute, solve for the constants r. There are cases each and the answer varies if they're complex, two r values, or just one.

y' + P(X)y = Q(X)
That's a first order differential equation. Use Bernoulli's equation.

x dy = y dx
That's a separable equation, move the values to the other side and integrate normally.

[naive pawn]

what's your camera/player setup

[wispy coral]

ohh ok

[tacit compass]

i dont konw if this would be related to unity but i for sm reason i cant boot up my vscode to start a new project:

error message:

Failed to find dotnet from path with "which dotnet".
Cannot find .NET SDK installation from PATH environment. C# DevKit extension would not work without a proper installation of the .NET SDK accessible through PATH environment. Rebooting might be necessary in some cases. Check the PATH environment logged in the C# DevKit logging window. In some cases, it could be affected how VS code was started.
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:~/.dotnet/tools
Using local .NET runtime at "/Users/xin/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime/.dotnet/8.0.11~arm64~aspnetcore/dotnet"
.NET server started and IPC established in 982ms
Completed Spawn .NET server (1675ms)
Starting Initialize template service...
Completed Initialize template service (15270ms)
Starting Initialize template service...
Completed Initialize template service (155354ms)```

[wispy coral]

wdym?

the whole code?

or the interactions between the two

[nova kite]

what the hell am i looking at XD

[naive pawn]

no, just a description please lol

[wispy coral]

oohhhh ok

[nova kite]

that looks horrendous

[naive pawn]

like, is the camera a child of the player or anything? do both pitch, or just the camera?

[naive pawn]

also, how exactly does that code not work?

[static cedar]

Yeah there's just too many. Good luck when you have to deal with them.

[nova kite]

calc3 is in bachlor's

[static cedar]

Yep.

[nova kite]

pain

[wispy coral]

turn ** camera** up down, turn player left right, camera is child of the player

[naive pawn]

so the player is yawing and the camera is pitching, yeah?

[naive pawn]

@wispy coral also this

[cosmic dagger]

camera code following an object should be in LateUpdate. the camera is trying to set its position during the same frame the object is moving to its position. there is no guarantee the object Update will run before the camera Update, therefore, placing positioning code in LateUpdate will ensure Update has been called for all GameObjects . . .

[nova kite]

that's true

how did you know that?

i really suck at searching stuff lol

[wispy coral]

well i want to dash forwards and in the direction im looking at up down and i cant seem to add force at an angle or the direction i want

[nova kite]

i searched camera follow unity and the guy is doing it in the update field

[naive pawn]

give an actual description of the problem please, you aren't really giving any info to work with

[cosmic dagger]

practice, trial and error, and i like to read . . .

[wispy coral]

im sorry

but its not the code that isnt working its just that i cant figure out how to get it to "dash" where the camera is looking at

but i can try detailing the problem more

[naive pawn]

i mean.. that's how you do it

[wispy coral]

what?

so ive been doing it correctly this whole time

[naive pawn]

the code you showed is how you'd do it

[wispy coral]

god damn it

[naive pawn]

yeah so what's the actual issue lol

[wispy coral]

it was just going forwards not up or down

[naive pawn]

i mean this would be subject to linear drag, if you want a consistent speed you might want to use a different approach

[naive pawn]

so... do you want it to?

[wispy coral]

exactly

im actually so sorry

[naive pawn]

you said you just wanted it to go in the direction of yaw 🤨

[wispy coral]

to be honest i cant differentiate yaw pitch and roll

[naive pawn]

if you want it to be subject to pitch too, then take the camera's forward direction instead of the player's, since the player doesn't pitch

[nova kite]

using UnityEngine;

public class CameraFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform player;
    public Vector3 positionOffset;
    public Quaternion rotationOffset;

    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void LateUpdate()
    {
        transform.position = player.position + positionOffset;
        transform.rotation = player.rotation * rotationOffset;   
    }
}

the solution is to just replace the addition with multiplication???

[naive pawn]

yaw is horizontal rotation
pitch is vertical rotation

[static cedar]

The solution I've seen in a YouTube tutorial for dash is to set the velocity every frame for the period of the dash.

[naive pawn]

yeah i do that too

isn't subject to drag, feels more like a dash in my experience

[static cedar]

Yep.

[naive pawn]

(though it should be setting the velocity every physics tick, not every frame)

[static cedar]

Do you store the velocity before dash and reapply after?

[wispy coral]

got it, never really understood the concepts of those axis

[naive pawn]

so you'd use camera.transform.forward with AddForce instead

[naive pawn]

no, so you can redirect right after the dash
i have stiff controls

[wispy coral]

so now im using that but its now dashing in the default forward position

nvm i dont even know where its dashing now

[naive pawn]

did you do both the changes?

if you just make it AddForce, it'll be using world coords

[wispy coral]

ok got it i didnt see the other thing

im definitely sleep deprived

its like 3 am where im at

[naive pawn]

get some rest lol

[wispy coral]

so information is not getting trough rn

[wispy coral]

ill do that right after finishing this

its just too fun

[naive pawn]

relatable

[wispy coral]

i do have a question tho, i had to use relative force to move my player but why not there?

[naive pawn]

AddForceRelative is relative to the rigidbody's rotation, which isn't pitching
you can get the same effect with AddForce by using transform.forward instead of Vector3.forward, for the transform that the rigidbody is on
that would still not be pitching, but now you can control what it's relative to by changing what transform is used

[wispy coral]

oooooh got it ok

[cosmic dagger]

the problem here is rotationOffset; it's a Quaternion. you don't manually set or alter a quaternion. (it doesn't behave how you think it does.) use a euler angle, Vector3 that represents a rotation to use as an offset . . .

[nova kite]

I tried using the Euler and it compiled but then when I typed in the rotation offset of where I put the camera in the scene 9.something it messed up the entire offset

And btw i searched on google and found nothing about that solution, the only reason I know to use the Euler thing is ChatGPT but people tell me always to not use that

So idk what to do

[subtle hedge]

can i update or create a prefab during run time ?

[teal viper]

No.

[frail hawk]

what are you trying to do.

[subtle hedge]

modify a boat and letting the player play with that modified boat in the next scene

[astral falcon]

Do you want to keep the changes through multiple runtime starts? So save it? A prefab is just some kind of blueprint for a gameobject, that you can spawn out of. What you are doing with that instance (hence the method instantiate) is totally runtime bound. So if you want to save it, you need to create a system that saves and loads your customisation. If its just for one shot play runtimes, you can just keep the boat changes with DontDestroyOnLoad between scenes

A preafb cant be changed in runtime, just in editor. ONly the instances can be altered

[rich egret]

using UnityEngine;

public class CameraFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
private Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0f, 0f, -10f);
private float smoothTime = 0.25f;
private Vector3 velocity = Vector3.zero;

[SerializeField] private Transform target;

private void Update()
{
    Vector3 targetPosition = target.position + offset;
    transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, targetPosition, ref velocity, smoothTime);
}

}

why doesnt the camera is not following the player?

[stark rune]

im trying to make a script where you have to collect fuel to power the generator. the generator works the first time i collect the fuel but the second time i click on the fuel the bar doesnt apear or the fuel counter doesnt increase

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/kujopabidu.csharp

[naive pawn]

please don't crosspost

[stark rune]

mb bro

[naive pawn]

have you added the script to the camera and set the reference correctly?

also use LateUpdate for camera updates

[frail wind]

how do i make variable for tag?
public TagUnitType BadGuy;

i want to make when player collide with gameObject that has "BadGuy" tag, die but i don't know what variable type i should add

[naive pawn]

tags are just strings

[frail wind]

let me test it out

[frail wind]

am i have to type the tags name for it to work?

[naive pawn]

yeah, how would it know what tag you want otherwise

[frail wind]

it didn't work

 {
     if (collision.gameObject == badGuyTag)
     {

     }
 }```

the error say "Operator '==' cannot be applied to operands of type 'GameObject' and 'string'"

[naive pawn]

yeah think about what you're trying to say there

you're asking if a gameobject is equal to a tag

that's not gonna happen, they're completely different things

a gameobject has a tag, so you would compare the tags

and there's a handy method for that, CompareTag

[frail wind]

oh how about tag with tag?

like string with string

[naive pawn]

yeah that'd work

[frail wind]

let me try

[naive pawn]

huh apparently there's a TagHandle type to avoid string comparisons

give that a go, maybe

[frail wind]

ok

i bring the new later

[flat sphinx]

oh thats cool

i was about to whine how its ass that youre forced to compare with raw strings

[swift crag]

that's why I don't use tags for very much :p

[still elm]

will "scoreTable = ScoreTable.Instance;" work if the gameobjct with the singleton is deactivated?

[languid spire]

yes

[still elm]

this is correctly setup right?

with singleton

[languid spire]

no

[still elm]

no?

[languid spire]

no!

[still elm]

What am I missing?

[languid spire]

2 things, think about how code runs

[rough lynx]

I mean it looks fine to me

[still elm]

is it th static ScoreTable declaration?

[wintry quarry]

the DDOL bit probably wants to be inside the else

[languid spire]

no, it's your awake method

[still elm]

I can't see the issue

enlighten me

[languid spire]

do you think code stops executing just because you called Destroy?

[rough lynx]

Oh yeah that's the worst bit

[still elm]

no code will still run, but It said on a site gamedev somethnig you should detroy to only have one singleton

[pulsar forum]

Destroy and then return

[languid spire]

so what happens after you call Destroy?

[wintry quarry]

It also doesn't have a good reason to be public

[rough lynx]

You should but personally I would get rid of Instance != this BTW since there's no scenario where the singleton will call awake again

[rough lynx]

That was in response to this

[still elm]

oh ok

[still elm]

it will continue forever?

🙃 idk

[wintry quarry]

Not forever... just until the end of the function

[languid spire]

what line of code executes after you call Destroy?

[still elm]

Don'tdestroyonload

[languid spire]

right and what did you just do with this in Destroy?

[still elm]

destroy it

[languid spire]

exactly so you want to DontDestroyOnLoad an object you just destroyed?

[still elm]

oh

no I do not

[languid spire]

no you do not

[rough lynx]

lol

[still elm]

so it should be in the else statement?

[echo ruin]

Wouldn’t it only destroy itself if there’s already an instance of it?

[rough lynx]

That's what is wanted

[languid spire]

yes

[still elm]

the void awake?

[still elm]

okay thanks 😄

so I should be able to call this using:

in another script

right?

[languid spire]

yes

[still elm]

even if it is deactivated

[languid spire]

yes

[rough lynx]

BTW you might want to change the script execution order for singletons

Sometimes I've had to set them to run awake before other scripts

(Assuming you try to refer to it in awake)

[languid spire]

Only if you also use Awake in other scripts, Start will always run after Awake

[rough lynx]

I need to use start more icl

Awake is always my goto

[languid spire]

You have to be careful with Awake. they run in different frames and Awake will run on an inactive object whereas Start wil not

[still elm]

It seems to work, but the score seems to only sow in Scene view and not in game view haha. So I have to troubleshoot taht

[still elm]

can I get the awake method to run again after a new entry has been added?

because it seems to not update the scores until after I restart the game

so I assume that is the issue

https://pastequest.com/?220a6fa8d0eb98f4#CCV6PaEsPFrhp9DqthygDcUjUrUc5A9iMg3SCB2LubCL

Merry Christmas btw

[swift crag]

I was going to comment that this is wrong, because the documentation clearly states:

Unity calls Awake when an enabled script instance is being loaded.

...but the documentation is lying

specifically, Awake runs even on a disabled behaviour

It won't run if the game object is deactivated, however

[still elm]

steve is this true that she is saying?

[languid spire]

highscores is a local variable to the awake method, of course it will not survive outside of that

[languid spire]

that is correct, also what I said, Awake always runs, Start does not

[still elm]

oh ok

[trim swan]

Okayy so i got this problem (big shocker)
I have tried solving it but I do not know where to look, or what I need to change.
There are 2 NPCs (one a prefab and another a dragged and dropped copy of that prefab,) one named carl, and the other lenny. Both with a trigger that displays their own icon, and hint text (such as "press 'E' to do a thing")
However in the screenshots below, it updates (not based on the first loaded, my mistake) all at the same time
https://pastequest.com/?c1bc281ff309d6e9#G13e4cXSNkwj1XMoRF6w5YA5m6pxB1hEgfPWPLiawf26
Hopefully this is an actual issue and not me being stupid (again[again{again|again|}])

if i need to share additional info please tell me. imgoing insaene

OKAY SOOOO I serialized a gameobject variable in diatrig, put a random game object into lenny, and another into carl.
I set it to log the name of the object, and lenny logged the name of his.
But carl... CARL LOGGED LENNY'S GAME OBJECT
LENNY'S OBJECT WAS "Floor" AND CARL'S WAS "Player"
FLOOR GOT LOGGED TWICE GRAAHHHH im so close to losing it

[cosmic quail]

what does "updates all at the same time" mean

[trim swan]

im trying to make the icon appear above the NPC appear when i enter its trigger, but it makes every icon appear instead

[cosmic quail]

i guess it's because of Dialog.storyIsProceeding? what is that?

[trim swan]

variable that checks if I have pressed E to enter dialog mode. (another variable gets flipped inside diatrig, but it flips storyisproceeding in diamang. all part of my plan, honest)
it just freezes player and makes the icon(s) disappear so far

[cosmic dagger]

what is DiaTrig and DiaMang?

[trim swan]

diatrig is the box around the NPC that checks if the player is inside and lets you enter dialog mode.
diamang is supposed to handle the text inside dialog mode

mang means manager like how calc means calculator

new slang

diamang works fine, its (most probably) more of an issue with diatrig and the npc prefab

[trim swan]

I'm stupid

playerInRange was static

[naive pawn]

"mang" in thai means bug 🙃

[sterile radish]

hi, i'm trying to make a doodle jump clone and im spawning objects on top of platforms. below is the code for where im spawning the objects but the objects appear inside of the platforms instead of on top of them, why is this?

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/dagahodiwu.pgsql

[trim swan]

what about adding an offset value to this in your Vector3 spawnPosition?
, playformSizeY + 0.5f,
also, you dont have to fill in the last value (Z) in a 2D game, replace that Vector3 with a Vector2 if theres no need for the 3rd value

[sterile radish]

hi, sorry, i should've probably mentioned that i have 2 objects in my game. a jetpack and a spring (which is smaller than the jetpack). playformSizeY + 0.5f only fixes the jetpack's position but not the spring, thank you for the help though!

[naive pawn]

you're setting the position of the object to the top of the platform, but the position of the object is not the bottom of object

seems like your pivot is in the center, so you're putting the center of the object at the top of the platform

either offset another half of the object y size, or set the pivot of the sprite at the bottom and offset your collider accordingly

also you still have a repeated spawnedPlatform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().bounds.size, you can put that in a variable

variables and functions help to reduce repetition, utilize that aspect

- float platformSizeX = spawnedPlatform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().bounds.size.x / 2;
- float platformSizeY = spawnedPlatform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().bounds.size.y / 2;
+ Vector2 platformSize = spawnedPlatform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().bounds.size / 2;

  Vector3 spawnPosition = spawnedPlatform.transform.position + new Vector3(
-   Random.Range(-platformSizeX, platformSizeX),
+   Random.Range(-platformSize.x, platformSize.x),
-   platformSizeY,
+   platformSize.y,
    0
  );

[wispy coral]

are you able to move an object with a rigid body with a characterController and still be able to use the physics?

i seem to be unable to use physics when moving with a character controller

[green flame]

Hello! I have created this function:

    public void AddUIDocumentStyle(string gameobject_name, string element_id, string property, dynamic value)
    {
        UIDocument uiDocument = GameObject.Find(gameobject_name).GetComponent<UIDocument>();
        var visualElement = uiDocument.rootVisualElement.Q<VisualElement>(element_id);
        visualElement.style[property] = value;
    }

And Unity throw me the error "Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'IStyle'"

Someone has an idea ? ^^

[hasty dragon]

how do i get the distance between 2 transforms?

[polar acorn]

It seems visualElement.style is not a collection, so you can't use [] notation to access an element of it

[naive pawn]

as far as ive heard, no, they both try to control the transform

[naive pawn]

Vector3.Distance

[wispy coral]

dang, so instead how can i limit the max velocity of a rigid body?

[naive pawn]

just... set the max velocity?

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-maxLinearVelocity.html

[green flame]

Ty for ur answer! I'm really a newby with C#, how to dynamicly change visualElement.style.$my_var = X ?

[wispy coral]

huh, thanks! gotta read docs more

[naive pawn]

you typically don't

[green flame]

😭

[naive pawn]

few languages have that feature tbh, where dot and bracket notation are interchangeable

[swift crag]

the dynamic keyword is very scary there

[naive pawn]

i can only think of js
even in python it's not the default behavior

[swift crag]

Why do you need to do this?

Are you trying to save and load styles?

[green flame]

To have a generic function and use it where I need (less code)

No, changing/adding

[swift crag]

in that case, simply do not do this

directly reference the property you care about

Searching for a game object by name also seems very weird

[green flame]

In C# for each property I need to create a function.. ?

[swift crag]

No, you just...use the property, directly

i don't see any reason to have a function here at all

You can write a function to find a UIDocument by name, I guess

[naive pawn]

maybe just have the utility method return visualElement
but i'd advise not to hide Find inside a utility method that presumably would be used quite a bit

[swift crag]

the entire thing smells like a bad idea to me

[green flame]

Not repeating each time the first 2 line + If I need to do something betwen change etc.. it's better to centrilize the function

[swift crag]

you're trying to find a random object by name, then set a property by name

[naive pawn]

"by name" is kind of a bad idea in general

it's much easier to mess up, compared to direct references

[swift crag]

names are brittle

[cosmic charm]

apparently @swift crag knows everything ...

[rich egret]

someone have good Jump code for 2d game?

[cosmic charm]

I will be like this one day ...

[rich egret]

    {
        if (isFrozen) return;

        rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce);
    }```

Its my current code

[swift crag]

step 1: yell at the computer for years and years

[naive pawn]

i'd probably just have a utility method for that visualElement line
have a UIDocument (or its owning GameObject) as an explicit reference, go through the method to get visualElement, set its style explicitly

[swift crag]

This seems okay to me

it instantly sets your Y velocity to jumpForce

[alpine shore]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/rolling-balls-sci-fi-pack-free-297168

I downloaded this asset but it is turning pink
I figured that it is only compatible to built-in pipeline, I didn't make changes to pipelines and I couldn't get it working by changing it from project settings

Anyone has any idea?

[cosmic charm]

@swift crag for sure does 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[naive pawn]

this seems fine, are you having issues with it?

[swift crag]

What template did you use to create this project?

[naive pawn]

tip: don't spam ping random people

[swift crag]

I'm guessing it's a 3D URP project

yes, it can be a nuisance :p

although I'm already here so it doesn't actually matter

[alpine shore]

3d ui the basic one

[hasty dragon]

how do i make a rigidbody look at something

[naive pawn]

not a code question, try #💻┃unity-talk or one of the Graphics channels

[hasty dragon]

i remember a function called lookat or something

[alpine shore]

oh sorry my bad

[alpine shore]

I should change the whole template to fix it or can I switch?

[polar acorn]

If my_var is a variable on style, then just like that but without the $

[naive pawn]

that's on transform, use MoveRotation

[hasty dragon]

and if i want it to just look at it on the z rotation

what do i do

[naive pawn]

(or set the rotation directly)

[naive pawn]

well then do that

Rigidbody.rotation is also a quaternion you can modify

[green flame]

Ty! I'll do like this then, but just a last question, is it possible to "add" a function inside GameObject class directly ? So I can just do something like "mygameobject.GetVisualElement("MyID")" instead of declaring in each scripts the "Utils utils;" ?

[naive pawn]

use SetFromToRotation or SetLookRotation, perhaps

[naive pawn]

...this question sounds like you're just missing a core feature of c#

...just use static methods?

[green flame]

Of course, I'm a newby x)

[naive pawn]

you don't need a component or a class instance for utility methods that are just input->output

[hasty dragon]

i know but what do i do after rb.rotation, i want to plug in 2 transform and make on look at the other

[naive pawn]

yeah your question doesn't really make sense lol. im just kinda guessing what you want

[naive pawn]

but only yawing, correct?

[swift crag]

you shouldn't recreate your project from scratch, no

[hasty dragon]

yes

[swift crag]

Show me a screenshot of the "Graphics" section of the Project Settings window.

[green flame]

Ok so the whole "application" share all static class. I code for years 100% in JS so yes, the behavior of C# isnt intuitive for me atm but ty each day I learn new things 😄

[naive pawn]

wait did you mean rotating around y here?

[alpine shore]

I changed it to none, it worked but everything else became pink
I am talking about normal cubes even

[naive pawn]

rolling to look at something doesn't really make sense

[swift crag]

Do not change this. You'll be breaking the rest of your materials

[hasty dragon]

object look at other objet, how

[naive pawn]

you gotta work with me here...

[hasty dragon]

ok sorry

[naive pawn]

you're saying it should only yaw and not pitch, correct?

[hasty dragon]

i just wanaa update the orientation on the update method

[naive pawn]

z rotation is irrelevant to "look at thing"

[hasty dragon]

so its immediate

[swift crag]

You'll need to convert the materials in that asset pack to be URP-compatible. There's a conversion tool you can try -- have a look here https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/urp/features/rp-converter.html

This is not a code question, so if you have more questions, they should go in #💻┃unity-talk .

(you'll just want Material Upgrade)

[alpine shore]

ok ty, will try it

[wispy coral]

how can i set a variable that i can change during an action or something but then set it back to how it was after that action?

i remember that i saw how to do it on a course but i completely forgot

[naive pawn]

@hasty dragon answer my question please

[hasty dragon]

i just found what i was looking for, it was transform.lookat

[naive pawn]

no don't use that with rigidbodies

[hasty dragon]

yeah i figured

[naive pawn]

just store it somewhere and restore its value
if you need to store multiple times then use a stack

[hasty dragon]

thanks for your help

[naive pawn]

bro just answer the question lmao

[wispy coral]

thanks

[naive pawn]

with FromToRotation/SetFromToRotation

• fromDirection would be the position of your object
• toDirection would be the position of the target, projected onto the plane that your object is on (or just set x/z equal to the object's x/z)
  with LookRotation/SetLookRotation
• forward/view would be the position of the target, projected onto the plane that your object is on (or just set x/z, as described above)

the projection only applies if you don't want pitching, which is why i asked

if you want help you actually have to give information for us to help with

[hasty dragon]

idk what both mean 😭

[naive pawn]

ok then say so lmao
yaw is horizontal rotation
pitch is vertical rotation

do you want make the rigidbody also rotate vertically

[swift crag]

pitch - up-down - X axis - red
yaw - left-right - Y axis - green
roll - tilting - Z axis - blue

[naive pawn]

needs a "forwards" arrow

also isn't unity right-handed

[steep rose]

what?

right handed?

[naive pawn]

yeah isn't unity's coordinate system right-handed

[iron hull]

Heya, just curious -

If a condition has multiple statements, does it keep evaluating them regardless of if it has a guaranteed outcome?
Ie

if (false && true && true) - would this stop after the first false? or would it keep going and checking the other two regardless of outcome
I want to assume yes but i'd just like to double check

[steep rose]

I have never heard of that before

[naive pawn]

oh wait no it's left handed

[zenith cypress]

Unity uses left-handed

[steep rose]

pretend the pitch arrow is the forward direction 😅

[naive pawn]

i think the pitch arrow is in the wrong direction

[steep rose]

how

[naive pawn]

it should be going the opposite direction

[steep rose]

thats not right

[naive pawn]

they short-circuit and don't check the other conditions

this is a behavior of &&/|| as operators, not conditions as a whole

[iron hull]

Gotcha, thanks!

[naive pawn]

it's going in the negative rotation direction

[naive pawn]

ah ok

[rich egret]

its not working lol

[naive pawn]

then the z-rotation is in the wrong direction

[tardy whale]

it would stop if || unstead &&

[naive pawn]

how exactly isn't it working?

[steep rose]

its just a representation of what axes are to make them more clear

kind of a nitpick at that point

[naive pawn]

if it was || it'd check the first 2

[junior ether]

If I spawn more prefabs (bullets) how can I Individually move them how can I deal with that?

[naive pawn]

i mean.. yes that's what it is

rotations have a positive and negative direction

[naive pawn]

each bullet would have its own rigidbody or a script that handles that

they don't interfere with each other

[steep rose]

correct, this representation is simple to just show them. All I'm saying is it isn't a big deal

[naive pawn]

the gun wouldn't be moving the bullet manually

im not saying it is, im just pointing it out lol

[tardy whale]

why the first 2 and not the first 1

[naive pawn]

|| short-circuits on true, not false
&& short-circuits on false

[rich egret]

idk the character is not jumping

but the function is called

[tardy whale]

oh right mb

[naive pawn]

have you tried debugging? is the method being called? is the guard clause being triggered?

[junior ether]

I tried like this
in the Shoot script

private void OnFire(InputValue inputValue)
{
    if(inputValue.isPressed == true)
    {
        Debug.Log("FIRE!");
        Bullet = Instantiate(BulletPrefab, Gun.transform.position, PlayerAim.AimTransform.rotation);
        Bullet.name = BulletPrefab.name;

        InitialMousePosition = PlayerCrosshair.GetMousePosition();


        BulletTravel.ActivateBullet(Bullet,InitialMousePosition);
    }
}

and in the BulletTravel script

private float distance;
public void ActivateBullet(GameObject Bullet,Vector3 InitialMousePosition)
{
    StartCoroutine(Travel(Bullet,InitialMousePosition));
}

IEnumerator Travel(GameObject Bullet, Vector3 InitialMousePosition)
{
    distance = 0.1f;
    while (distance < 0.40f && Bullet != null)
    {
        Bullet.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(Bullet.transform.position, InitialMousePosition, distance);
        distance += 0.01f;
        if (distance > 0.40f || Bullet.transform.position == InitialMousePosition)
        {
            Destroy(Bullet);
        }
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.02f);
    }
    if (Bullet != null)
    {
        Destroy(Bullet);
    }
}

but it says

to this line

BulletTravel.ActivateBullet(Bullet,InitialMousePosition);

why?

[naive pawn]

BulletTravel is null, i guess

[junior ether]

BulletTravel is the script thats in the bulletprefab

how can it be null if 2 lines above I Instantiate the bullet prefab

😭

im not really getting the hang of this

[robust condor]

Is it possible to get all the assets in an addressable asset group?

[naive pawn]

don't use PascalCase for variables, that's just confusing lol

[junior ether]

oh ok

[naive pawn]

how's that related

what even is BulletTravel

[junior ether]

is the script inside the bullet prefab

[naive pawn]

you haven't shown how it's defined, and you're mixing cases so i don't even know if it's a type or a variable

[junior ether]

BulletTravel should make the bullet move when spawned

[naive pawn]

is it a variable or a class

[junior ether]

class

[naive pawn]

so ActivateBullet is a static method on that class?

[junior ether]

yes

[naive pawn]

so can there only be 1 bullet at a time?

because that's kinda what static implies

[junior ether]

umm not really

[naive pawn]

yeah so static doesn't really make sense here

wait i didn't read the full snippet

ActivateBullet is not a static method there

why would you say it was 🤨

[junior ether]

i was confuse too sorry

[naive pawn]

....BulletTravel is a variable, isn't it

[junior ether]

no its a full script

[naive pawn]

you've just named it the same thing as the class because you're using PascalCase where you should be using camelCase

[naive pawn]

then BulletTravel.ActivateBullet wouldn't be valid

you have it as a variable and you have not set it

[junior ether]

I used this

[SerializeField] private BulletTravel BulletTravel;

[naive pawn]

exactly, it's a variable there

but that doesn't really make sense

if BulletTravel is on each bullet, why should it take a specific gameobject for a random bullet?

[junior ether]

oh

[naive pawn]

why would it be managed centrally?

[junior ether]

ugh Im trying to make the bullet just move after it is being spawned

but i guess its not right

[naive pawn]

ActivateBullet and Travel just need to take in initialMousePosition, since it would just be moving the bullet that the component is on

[naive pawn]

and then you would trigger ActivateBullet on the bullet that youve created, not some random detached BulletTravel

i think you need to step back and think about the flow of logic here

[junior ether]

so I creat the bullet

which is Bullet

and I want to somehow call the script thats in the bullet to make it move after being spawned

[naive pawn]

actually first off go and fix your casing so you aren't shadowing random stuff and confusing classes with variables

that's doing you no favors

[junior ether]

so how to use cases corect

wich case for class and which for variable

camel case for variables?

[swift crag]

yeah

[junior ether]

ight

[rich egret]

Hi someone know why my character is not jumping? (Jump function i called)
https://pastequest.com/?120efa8841aacc1b#8QdtHLptwgmfTZ2fvctFQwAE9sk3agpzR5zr5akN8vwx

[naive pawn]

you're resetting the velocity in FixedUpdate

[swift crag]

the default force mode for AddForce is meant to be a continuous force

[naive pawn]

you need to preserve the y velocity

[swift crag]

i.e. you call it every FixedUpdate -- do this instead

rb.AddForce(Vector2.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);

you were also using the current X velocity for some reason

don't do that; just apply a force straight up

Also, yes, the more pressing problem was that you immediately set your own velocity, which completely overrides the force you added

[junior ether]

can i get the script component of a game object?

[naive pawn]

yes, GetComponent

[junior ether]

ok but how is the component name the scripts name?

[naive pawn]

...what?

you set it

that's kinda how c# works

the actual name of the file isn't important here, what's important is the name of the class

though with your case, you could just make bullet typed as BulletTravel instead of GameObject, then the value you get back from Instantiate would be the BulletTravel you could call Activate on

[wispy coral]

how can i remove the maxLinearVelocity on an rb?

[junior ether]

i did the camel case and tried like this

[naive pawn]

you can't, it's a property of the class

do you mean removing the restriction?

[wispy coral]

exactly that sorry

[naive pawn]

probably set it to infinity

[wispy coral]

alright

[naive pawn]

btw the == true is unnecessary

[junior ether]

ok

[naive pawn]

also bullet could probably be a local variable instsead of a class variable

[naive pawn]

and also this

im pretty sure bullet.name = bulletPrefab.name is unnecessary, it'll already have that name

[languid spire]

no it wont, it will have (clone) appended

[naive pawn]

ah, right

[junior ether]

heck yess it works now

i understand it now

thx man for the help

[rich egret]

@naive pawn @swift crag Thank you!

[midnight jolt]

if (!pair.Value.Element)
{
    Button compound = Instantiate(compoundButton);
    compound.gameObject.SetActive(true);
    compound.name = pair.Key;
    compound.transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>().text = pair.Key;
    compound.transform.SetParent(content.transform);
    compound.transform.position = new Vector2(0, y);
    y = y + 40;
}```

The position of the instantiated object should be 0, 0 (initial y value = 0)
Meanwhile the button in question:

like what

[wispy coral]

is there a way to set a rigid bodies max velocity on select axis? tried just setting a max speed but moving while in the air made it impossible to fall

[naive pawn]

i think you'd just have to clamp it yourself for that level of control

every fixedupdate

[wispy coral]

dang it, how might i be able to do that

[frigid plinth]

hello every one
i am wondring how can i check if unity and cs code are working together cz i feel like they aren't

[wispy coral]

with mathf?

[naive pawn]

yeah

[wispy coral]

math is too much for me

[swift crag]

here's the general way to do it!

[naive pawn]

unity runs on cs, it can't "not work together"
if there's something not working related to code then it's an issue of the code

[naive pawn]

there's literally no math involved

[wispy coral]

but its with the mathf thing no?

[frigid plinth]

idk it doesn't auto complete more than half the stuff

[naive pawn]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[frigid plinth]

thx

[naive pawn]

it does the math for you, you don't have to do any

[swift crag]

Vector3 targetAxis = Vector3.up;

Vector3 original = rb.velocity;

Vector3 aligned = Vector3.Project(original, targetAxis);
Vector3 remainder = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(original, targetAxis);

aligned = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(aligned, 10);

Vector3 result = aligned + remainder;

[wispy coral]

alright i see

[swift crag]

Take the original vector. Split it into two pieces:

• The part that lines up with your axis
• The part that doesn't

Do whatever you want to those two parts, then put them back together

[naive pawn]

now that, that's math

[swift crag]

This works for any direction, not just cardinal directions

[wispy coral]

thanks so much fr

[swift crag]

I try to avoid touching specific vector components whenever I can

so that my code winds up working even if gravity is going, say, 30 degrees to the left

and the player is spinning like a top

[naive pawn]

[SerializeField] Vector3 maxSpeeds;
Rigidbody rigidbody;

void FixedUpdate() {
  Vector3 vel = rigidbody.linearVelocity;
  vel.x = Mathf.Clamp(vel.x, -maxSpeed.x, maxSpeed.x);
  // repeat for y & z
  rigidbody.linearVelocity = vel;
}

[swift crag]

The Vector3 and Quaternion methods can be really nice

I almost never do triginometry

[naive pawn]

this is like, the basic way to do it

just as an example

[wispy coral]

thanks also

[naive pawn]

i'd recommend a general solution like fen's

[wispy coral]

ill try both and see which one works better for me and which one i truly understand

[naive pawn]

i can't say i recommend fen's directly since it's too late for me to understand any math lmao

[midnight jolt]

oh hi fen

[wispy coral]

lmao get some rest

same thing as before

[naive pawn]

(something like this would work fine for like, vertical axis only, given that the rb doesn't rotate and have wonky handling in that case)

[wispy coral]

i see, ill note it down

[naive pawn]

a similar idea would be fine for horizontal only, with the same restriction

[wispy coral]

got it

honestly physics based movement is just so cool but its too much work

some parts are simpler

other

not so much

[unborn urchin]

how come when using Unity netcore, if I start an instance of the game as the host, and then move to the top left corner, and on my clone of the game I join as a client, itll spawn the character in where the host left off but there is only one player on the screen? shouldn't there be two?

[wintry quarry]

#archived-networking

[wispy coral]

does impulse force mode apply force everytime or just once when using update

[nova kite]

using UnityEngine;

public class CameraFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform player;
    public Vector3 positionOffset;
    public Vector3 rotationOffset;

    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void LateUpdate()
    {
        transform.position = player.position + positionOffset;
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(rotationOffset) * player.rotation;
    }
}

this code looks correct right?

hey molt haha

[wispy coral]

wassup

[nova kite]

just woke up straight into coding lol

[wispy coral]

thats great same thing here

[mystic sinew]

use addon , more easier

[nova kite]

what is addon?

[mystic sinew]

https://assetstore.unity.com/add-ons?srsltid=AfmBOorpdD7KLTgdbSRN8CV8iKg0uFCwkbKQuQ4FsUxg5_m7A8x1k5I3

[nova kite]

ohh

wait for camera follow?

[slender nymph]

obligatory: use cinemachine

[mystic sinew]

i use cinemachine for 2D , but i dont have how it works in 3D

[steep rose]

cinemachine would be good but you can easily make one via scripts

[nova kite]

i was trying to via a script but it doesnt really work

the rotation calculation messed it up

i want to achieve it via script so i learn too haha

wait nvm it does work i just had to put different numbers for some reason

i thought i could just copy paste the offset from where i positioned the camera already in the scene behind the player

[robust condor]

Is there a difference in DontDestroyOnLoad(this) and DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject)?

[rich egret]

Someone know why i cant jump?

    {
        if (IsGrounded()) 
        {
            rb.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            highestJumpY = transform.position.y;
            isJumping = true;  // Mark as jumping
            animator.SetBool("IsJumping", true);
        }
    }

    private bool IsGrounded()
    {
        return Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, groundCheckRadius, groundLayer);
    }```

[swift crag]

What is groundLayer?

[mystic sinew]

this works only for the object which has the scrpit , but you can acsess from any object to another with using game object

[swift crag]

You should add a few log statements to check if Jump is running at all and if IsGrounded is returning true

[rich egret]

This is the layer I defined so that the player can recognize the ground

[swift crag]

okay, but what is the variable's type?

how did you declare it?

[rich egret]

idk bro its script from google

@swift crag there is the full script
https://pastequest.com/?f3fd1eee215ad041#3RQQT61eXdtYYqUPrNNhRd1ri48LW9MwrbD9rgDiE4DB

[wispy coral]

how can i make counter movement with a rigidbody so i dont go slip and sliding when ever i release WASD

[unborn urchin]

can someone help me understand where this error is coming from

im guessing something here is wrong for my player prefab?

[rancid badger]

hi everyone, anyone has experience with dotween?

using UnityEngine;
using DG.Tweening;

public class PauseController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private GameObject pausePanel;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject blockingPanel;
    [SerializeField] private float animationDuration = 0.5f;
    private bool isPaused = false;
    private RectTransform pausePanelRect;
    private Vector3 originalScale;

    void Start()
    {
        pausePanelRect = pausePanel.GetComponent<RectTransform>();
        originalScale = pausePanelRect.localScale;
        pausePanelRect.localScale = Vector3.zero;
        pausePanel.SetActive(false);
        blockingPanel.SetActive(false);
    }

    public void OnPauseButtonPressed()
    {
        isPaused = true;
        Time.timeScale = 0f;
        pausePanel.SetActive(true);
        blockingPanel.SetActive(true);
        pausePanelRect.DOScale(originalScale, animationDuration)
            .SetEase(Ease.OutBack)
            .SetUpdate(true)
            .OnComplete(() =>
            {
                Time.timeScale = 0f;
            });
    }

    public void OnCloseButtonPressed()
    {
        isPaused = false;
        pausePanelRect.DOScale(Vector3.zero, animationDuration)
            .SetEase(Ease.InBack)
            .SetUpdate(true)
            .OnComplete(() =>
            {
                pausePanel.SetActive(false);
                blockingPanel.SetActive(false);
                Time.timeScale = 1f;
            });
    }
}

the first time i enter in play mode, i click pause button, time scale goes to 0, but nothing shows then if i press again pause button the pause panel shows without animation, then if i unpause and pause again, everything works as it should

i also tried to call init method in start but it doesnt help

[frigid plinth]

can't find the option of the "quiz script" in the function list even though the script is added to the canvas as a component

[swift crag]

Show the inspector for the "quizCanvas" object

[swift crag]

This indicates that Unity is having a problem importing your script

Do you have any errors in the console right now?

hit "Clear" to remove anything that isn't a compile error

[frigid plinth]

CS0246 this bad boy who won't leave me alone

[swift crag]

screenshot the entire error message

(i do not remember that error code)

[swift crag]

Is your code editor not showing you any errors right now?

If so, you need to fix that first.

[slender nymph]

make sure your !IDE is configured so you don't make silly spelling mistakes like that

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

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[frigid plinth]

I TRIED LIKE 1000 TIMES ALREADY IT JUST DON'T WANNA WORK

mb all caps

[swift crag]

Screenshot your entire code editor window for me.

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/ide-configuration/visual-studio-code#if-you-are-experiencing-issues

wait, it's configured

fix that error

[languid spire]

do you not see sprite is underlined?

[frigid plinth]

im following a tut on udemy and for the guy it just worked

[swift crag]

no, it did not

not the way you wrote it!

[languid spire]

he spelt it correctly

[slender nymph]

because the guy in the tutorial spelled it correctly

[frigid plinth]

im sure im missing somthing

[frigid plinth]

ah i see

[slender nymph]

yes, you're missing the correct spelling

[swift crag]

C# doesn't care if you wrote Sprote or sprite or Psrite

none of these are exactly Sprite

[frigid plinth]

i seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[swift crag]

Generally, type names are PascalCased

[frigid plinth]

I'm so grateful for u guys
this is actually life saving for me

on g

[slender nymph]

and before anyone points out "int, string, float" etc not being PascalCase, those aren't actually the type names, those are aliases

[rancid badger]

anyone?

[mystic sinew]

look dm

[robust condor]

I'm trying to load my UI toolkit from addressables: Addressables.LoadAssetAsync<VisualTreeAsset>(assetAddress + ".uxml"); ... but it can't find it, also tried without the .uxml. I also tried having simplified names etc. but it just can't find it

And the report says it's in there

[slender nymph]

#📦┃addressables

[robust condor]

Is ded

[slender nymph]

not how discord works. ask your question in the appropriate channel and when someone who is familiar with the topic sees it they can answer it. otherwise you're just creating noise in unrelated channels and your question ends up getting drown out by other questions

[swift crag]

you don't want me trying to answer your addressable questions in here 😄

(i will do a terrible job)

[austere osprey]

alright so i'm trying to make a 2d gun that has a massive recoil that knocks the player backwards when you fire it, and the vertical knockback is completely fine but for some reason there is no horizontal knockback at all, it is super weird
the code is here https://hastebin.com/share/dasaxisopo.csharp

[mighty compass]

I thought they were camel case

Or all lower case

I guess just primitives are

[slender nymph]

you're very likely overwriting the force applied in your component that handles movement by assigning velocity based on input. if you want knockback to work you either need to temporarily stop assigning the velocity or use forces to move the player

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[swift crag]

indeed, the proper name for float would be System.Single, for example

[mighty compass]

HIH

HUH

why

[swift crag]

convenience, I suppose

[mighty compass]

What is the purpose of abstracting a primitive data type to the same thing with a dif name lol

[swift crag]

why do we give multiple names to things?

[mighty compass]

Just sounds like purposely reducing performance

[austere osprey]

what, you mean that the current code will not knock the player back horizontally if my player movement script uses velocity to change its position?

[swift crag]

this has zero bearing on performance

[slender nymph]

it's just a global alias so you don't need the System using directive in every single file

[mighty compass]

Instead of just using a native primitive type, it has to search for the module, then load the module and use it

[swift crag]

what

[slender nymph]

right, if you are assigning the velocity each frame then your knockback force is just being overwritten because you are just directly assigning the velocity instead

[swift crag]

you're just making this up

[austere osprey]

ughhh is there an alternative to forces when it comes to these kinds of knockbacks?

[mighty compass]

Nevermind lol, I have no idea what this system. Stuff is

[fierce saddle]

hi guys

[swift crag]

One option is to store a separate "knockback velocity"

[fierce saddle]

HAPPY christmas everyone

[swift crag]

Sum it up with your desired velocity, and have it quickly return to zero over time

[slender nymph]

System is just a namespace . . .

[austere osprey]

aight i'll try that

[mighty compass]

Ah

[slender nymph]

and System.Single is a struct called Single that is within the System namespace. float is just an alias for that. much like Applied_Algorithms is an alias for you, if i were to say "tell Applied_Algorithms about namespaces" it would be clear I was referring to you, but that's not your actual name, just like float isn't System.Single's actual name
you can also set up your own local aliases with a using directive, it has no impact on performance, it just allows you to refer to a type using a different name. this is a common solution when attempting to use the Random class when both the UnityEngine and System using directives exist in a file.

you can also add global aliases in C# 10 the same way (but just adding the global modifier) but unity doesn't support that yet

[swift crag]

i can't wait to see what kinds of insane problems people manage to cause with that

[slender nymph]

global using var = System.Dynamic;

[swift crag]

fortunately that doesn't exist

[scarlet hull]

how can i do X animation when state is 4

[swift crag]

dynamic just means System.Object with special treatment

[swift crag]

You can't check for equality with a float parameter

If you want a bunch of numbered states, consider using an int parameter

[scarlet hull]

i just have basic anims

[swift crag]

you should be using a blend tree for things like this

[scarlet hull]

i dont get it how can manage greater/lesser with things like this

[scarlet hull]

whats that

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-BlendTree.html

It lets you pick from many animations based on one or two parameters.

and in 3D (or whenever you're doing bone animation, really), it smoothly blends between the animations

[scarlet hull]

alight ill check it out

thanks

[mighty compass]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[forest summit]

How would i go about applying force to an object through the direction of a raycast? currently i have a script that applies the force in the "normal" of the object but it doesnt have the physics i want

[swift crag]

presumably you already know the direction of the raycast!

Perhaps you're asking how to apply the force at a specific point on the object, instead of its center of mass?

There's a method for that -- https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddForceAtPosition.html

that'll make an object tip over if you push on its top, for example

[swift crag]

now add two parameters for "X movement" and "Y movement"

and pick them in the blend tree's inspector

(you're just using "state" twice at the moment)

[scarlet hull]

wont that try and use two animations at the same time? both X and Y

[swift crag]

A 2D blend tree uses two parameters to decide which animation to play

It blends between them based on how close they are to the parameter values

[scarlet hull]

ah i see

[forest summit]

oh thats much simpler than I thought it would be

appreciate it

this is the current code that i have

RaycastHit ray;
Physics.Raycast(fpsCam.transform.position, fpsCam.transform.forward, out ray, 5f);
ray.rigidbody.AddForceAtPosition(-ray.normal * hitForce, ray.point, ForceMode.Impulse);

its still seems to apply force at the normal

[swift crag]

well, yes, you're using -ray.normal as the force direction

[forest summit]

or atleast not at the point of the raycast

ah

[swift crag]

don't do that

[forest summit]

lmao

sorry i didnt see that

[swift crag]

also, your code doesn't check if the raycast missed

Ray ray = new Ray(fpsCam.transform.position, fpsCam.transform.forward);

if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out var hit, 5f)) {
  // ... 
}

I like to construct a separate Ray to declutter the raycast call

and you can declare the RaycastHit variable as you call the method

[forest summit]

i see

thank you

[swift crag]

you also need to check if the thing you hit has a rigidbody

it might just be a static collider

(by "Static collider" here I mean any collider that isn't attached to a rigidbody)

[scarlet hull]

i decided to use 1D system

[swift crag]

I guess that...kind of works

But why not just use a 2D blend tree? You have an X direction and a Y direction

this seems like a very obvious place to use two parameters

[scarlet hull]

i find this more simple and easy to use

im not animating anything big

althou

still thats it? do i need to do anything more

for some reason animation still isnt working correctly

[polar acorn]

Do you ever set the animator parameter anywhere?

[scarlet hull]

i can see that state is being changed but

character is only going upwards

[mighty compass]

Can I write my own server in c++ that interprets data from unity cient and sends it over a network?

[polar acorn]

Why are you using a 1D Blend Tree for two dimensional movement?

[swift crag]

You can do whatever you want outside of Unity

[mighty compass]

Im just wondering how I would get output from unity into a different file

from a unity client

[scarlet hull]

if both can work why not?

[swift crag]

you can beat nails with a wrench

but it's not a great experience

[polar acorn]

It's going to be blending animations based on the value between your defined endpoints, and you're probably getting incorrect blending leading the animation not playing

[mighty compass]

I just heard there's a lot of networking issues with unity's built in networking, so I wanted to make my own

[scarlet hull]

alight then ill use 2d

[polar acorn]

Then the code becomes incredibly simple. You just pass the X and Y inputs into the animator

[mighty compass]

Im just wondering how I can output to a file in unity

[polar acorn]

Same way you would in C#, you can use all System.IO functionality you want in Unity

[mighty compass]

oh lol, thanks

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/visualstudio/csharp/language-compilers/read-write-text-file

[swift crag]

A lot of stuff is just "however you'd normally do it"

The main differences are when you want to interact with Unity objects

(e.g. you must be on the main thread)

[mighty compass]

I always think theres some specia way to do things in unity, but sometimes there isnt

[swift crag]

unity has much less power over your code than you might think!

I used to be stuck in that line of thinking

notably, I thought that it somehow turned my references into null with Magic Powers

(no, that's just a custom equality operator on UnityEngine.Object

[mighty compass]

it just sets them to null?

lol im not experienced enough in unity to understand that xdD

Ive written a few client and server programs in python, I think I should be able to do this i c++

[polar acorn]

Your blend tree appears to use the state parameter that doesn't exist

[scarlet hull]

is this

how it supposed to be

[polar acorn]

If those are the parameters you want to use for X and Y

[mighty compass]

I'm wondering if should make the server literally just a separate program, then make some logic in unity that searches for it's ip address and port, so the server logic is completely separate from the unity project. Doe that sound like a normal thing to do? lol

[polar acorn]

X and Y are not floats

[scarlet hull]

where can i change that?

[polar acorn]

You should consider reading the error messages

[mighty compass]

Im just wondering how I would do additional checking of the gamestate on the server

[polar acorn]

Where you made the parameters

[swift crag]

When you destroy a Unity object, it starts comparing equal to null. This makes it look like Unity has somehow reached in and overwritten your variables

[scarlet hull]

i did actually but i am sending these because i do not know how to fix those

[mighty compass]

oh weird haha

[scarlet hull]

i have it in script and this animator window

summoned as float in the script

[mighty compass]

oh my bad I just saw the networking thread

[scarlet hull]

i fixed it

[swift crag]

You created the "X" and "Y" parameters as integer parameters, not float parameters.

They look identical in the parameter list, which is a nuisance

[scarlet hull]

yeah i did

but animation is still not working

character is only playing upwards walk animation

[polar acorn]

Do you ever actually transition into the blend tree in the animator

[scarlet hull]

like this right

[polar acorn]

Walk up is your entry state, and nothing ever exits it

So why would you expect it to ever do anything else

[swift crag]

Transitions out of the Entry state are only considered when you start the animator

or when you go into Exit

notably, this means you are stuck in "walk up" forever

also, if you leave Blend Tree for any reason, you'll never get back, ever

[scarlet hull]

so i need to connect up anim to blend tree right?

and thats it

[polar acorn]

Why do you have both?

Doesn't the blend tree handle your directional animations?

[scarlet hull]

i got it

deleted others

thanks for the help

[mighty compass]

        if (doorToggled == false){
            doorToggled = true;
        } else {
            doorToggled = false;
        }

        if (doorToggled){
            float currentRot = 0;

            // Set adjusted correct angles.
            if (currentRotEuler.y <= 90 && currentRotEuler.y >= 0){
                currentRot = 180;
            } else if (currentRotEuler.y <= 180 && currentRotEuler.y >= 90) {
                currentRot = 270;
            } else if (currentRotEuler.y <= 270 && currentRotEuler.y >= 180) {
                currentRot = 360;
            } else if (currentRotEuler.y <= 360 && currentRotEuler.y >= 270) {
                currentRot = 90;
            }
                transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, currentRot, 0);

        } else {
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, currentRotEuler.y, 0);
        }
    }``` why door no move

[teal viper]

Debug it. Add logs in every if and else statement and print out the condition related variables to see if the code executes how you expect.

[mighty compass]

kk thanks!

do I have to have the transform.rotation within an update?

the method is called within an update in another script already

[plucky kernel]

I have an issue that I'm really unsure about how to solve. This is for a school project and I'm still very new to Unity. The project is that you drive a car around a terrain and pass through Waypoints, where the goal is to not run out of time. Every time you pass through a Waypoint, that Waypoint moves itself to a random position and 10 seconds gets added to the timer.

I have a spawn manager script, WaypointSpawnManager, that I've realized is unnecessary, but anyway, it spawns Waypoints by calling the WaypointScript's Spawn method. This method instantiates a new Waypoint ten times. This Waypoint is a prefab that I have dragged out and hidden in the game somewhere, and it has a component of itself and the GameObject that houses my Timer script. These Waypoints have an OnTriggerEnter method, where each time the player collides with one, the Waypoint in collision moves to a random position and adds 10 seconds to its Timer component, which is the one, singular Timer GameObject in my scene.

My issue is that the collided Waypoint randomly moves to a position like it should, but 10, 20, or 30 seconds is added to the timer, nothing more, nothing less and I'm very unsure as to why
WaypointScript hastebin link: https://hastebin.com/share/opemapibix.csharp

Forgot to mention that for debugging, I'm not sure how I would fully debug this, so I've driven my car slowly to see if it was colliding with the same Waypoint multiple times. It still randomly added either of those times. I've checked the coordinates of each Waypoint to see if it was colliding with another Waypoint when it randomly changes its position, but it's too fast for me to check that

[teal viper]

If you want the logic to run on every frame, yes. But if it's called from a method that is called from update, then it's basically the same. Unless there's some condition along the way that prevents it from running every frame.

[teal viper]

The most basic way to debug something in unity is to use Debug.Log to log something in the console. In your case you can put a debug log in the OnTriggerEnter method and log this object and the one colliding with it. That would help confirm that the issue is with the collisions and not somewhere else in your code.
Refer to the documentation yo learn how to use Debug.Log.

[plucky kernel]

alright, thank you

omg it's how the free car asset I downloaded was put together. The waypoint detects one, two, or all of its SportCar prefab, Body GameObject, or its own Collider GameObject. Body is a child of SportCar and Collider is a child of Body. Do you know how I should deal with that so only one...thing...is being detected for collision? I have no clue what to do with something like that. Are there any kind of images that I should send as well?

[untold shore]

Hey, I know there is a lot of people saying "GetComponent" is really bad since time spent loading, what are other methods that you can use? Example, trying to get my script to look into another script to find a value, what would you use for that?

[plucky kernel]

we had to choose free assets or model our own (I can't do the modelling option) for the project

[frosty hound]

You would use GetComponent.

[untold shore]

Ohhh okay. Thank you!

[teal viper]

The simplest way I can think of is to deactivate the waypoint immediately after the first collision. This way it wouldn't collide with anything else. I think.

[plucky kernel]

I think I can think of a way about how to do that, thanks!

[wispy coral]

how can i make a rigid body go up damn stairs

[wintry quarry]

use a ramp shaped collider instead of stair shaped collider

[wispy coral]

if i used probuilder how can i change the mesh collider?

[wintry quarry]

use a different mesh for the collider

As always, you can freely assign the mesh that MeshCollider uses.

[wispy coral]

didnt know, thanks!

[untold shore]

Thank you!!!!

[waxen pendant]

why is renderer and collider bounds.max not giving the top point on the mesh or collider?

Vector3 topPoint = GetComponent<Renderer>().bounds.max;
Debug.DrawRay(topPoint, transform.up * 100f, Color.yellow);

[wintry quarry]

because bounds is an AABB

and not the actual collider itself

[waxen pendant]

is there any way to get the point without calculations

[wintry quarry]

https://i.sstatic.net/ghfru.gif

[wintry quarry]

Put an empty GameObject there

and use its position