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[obsidian plaza]

ur movement shouldnt even be here

[gentle herald]

the movement shouldn't, be in the camera?

[obsidian plaza]

not the character movement

i mean idk i dont do 3d

[gentle herald]

Welp time to make a character

[obsidian plaza]

thought there was one..

[gentle herald]

I was trying to avoid it bc I'm too lazy to have to model a character

[obsidian plaza]

friend lets try to code pong without the ai first

[earnest wind]

why when i try to change values in anything

[gentle herald]

I'VE MADE PONG IN SCRATCH

[earnest wind]

it unchecks

[obsidian plaza]

do it in unity then

[gentle herald]

No, I refuse

I'm like it little fucking kid

[obsidian plaza]

what

[gentle herald]

I just wanna get to the fun stuff

[polar acorn]

That's the thing - learning how to do stuff is the fun part

[gentle herald]

Only reason for this game is bc I wanna make it vr, but first I'm making it pc

reason for it being vr, to force my parents to buy me a quest

[obsidian plaza]

and u can do it with ai and asking everyone in here to fix the code without learning

[gentle herald]

OFC

how did I not think of that before

Oh god am I fucked

Welp I'm gonna go make the character

any recommendations on a character maker?

[obsidian plaza]

lol

[echo crater]

Do you know why it counts 1 two times ?

[obsidian plaza]

brother google how to screenshot

[echo crater]

I don't have discord on pc

[obsidian plaza]

where do u set jump to 0?

[analog elbow]

I'm in the middle of a refactor, and in so I've renamed my old classes and started rewriting them. In my IDE I can set those old classes to no longer compile but Unity seems to override that. I still need to reference them until the refactor is done but they are throwing errors now due to the new code so I can't test. Any way to set them to not compile without changing them to text files or something?

[echo crater]

In the update method, when isGrounded=true

With physics raycast

[obsidian plaza]

so is the code detecting midair jumps?

[echo crater]

Yes, for now, I want for it to count to 2, for double jump. I can make it work if I set maxJump to 1, but I want to be able to set maxJump to two, I just need to make the jumpCount be 1,2,3 and not 1,1,2

I don't know why that happens

[obsidian plaza]

its probably being set to 0 the frame after u jump

or

actually

when is jump performed done?

just perform the jump after the check

[echo crater]

I think this is the problem, but no idea how to fix it.

Does it really matter when jump performed is being done ? If the check is in the update, isn't it being checked every frame ?

[obsidian plaza]

yes

[obsidian plaza]

it matters about when in the frame its happening

i cant remember exactly how update works rn idk

[lucid quiver]

i would use a delay buffer for the check but idk the context of your code so idk if it will work

[echo crater]

Yeah... It's fixed now, I just had to move the isGrounded check to the jump performed instead in the update. Thanks a lot!
Sometimes I forget that update works frame by frame, maybe if I had the check in fixedUpdate it would work, but it works like this aswell

[obsidian plaza]

awesome

[obsidian plaza]

maybe if u had the check in lateupdate* probably not fixed

but yea

[echo crater]

Honestly, I thinking fixedUpdate and lateUpdate wouldn't work either way, because one is frame independent and the other comes after the update, and jump_performed is it's own method, so I don't if it does it's thing before or after the update, but it seems like it does before the update

[languid spire]

You know Unity docs has this wonderful chart which explains exactly when things fire, perhaps you should look at it

[mighty compass]

    void moveTowardsClosestBuilding(){
        if (currentObjectFocus == null){
            allObjects = UnityEngine.Object.FindObjectsOfType<GameObject>();
            float prevDist = 0;
            float dist = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i<allObjects.Length; i++){
                dist = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, allObjects[i].transform.position);

                buildingProperties = allObjects[i].GetComponent<BuildingProperties>();

                if (buildingProperties != null){
                    if (dist <= prevDist || prevDist == 0){
                        prevDist = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, allObjects[i].transform.position);
                        currentObjectFocus = allObjects[i];
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (currentObjectFocus != null){
            pointToMoveTowards = currentObjectFocus.transform.position;
            directionOfTravel = pointToMoveTowards - transform.position;
            directionOfTravel.Normalize();
            // Movement
            distanceToCurrentBuildingObject = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, currentObjectFocus.transform.position);

            if (distanceToCurrentBuildingObject > 4){
                transform.Translate(directionOfTravel.x * speed * Time.deltaTime, directionOfTravel.y * speed * Time.deltaTime, directionOfTravel.z * speed * Time.deltaTime, Space.World);
            }
        }
    }

    void destroyBuilding(){
        if (currentObjectFocus != null){
            if (distanceToCurrentBuildingObject <= 4){
                buildingProperties.buildingHealth -= attackDamage;
            }
        }
    }
}
``` For some strange reason when the enemy gets within attacking distance of building, crashes and says no instance is assigned to the line where the building takes damage in destroyBuilding()

I am quite sure there is an instance assigned

[languid spire]

so buildingProperties is null

[obsidian plaza]

nah unity must be wrong

hes sure

[mighty compass]

lol

[languid spire]

debug it and find out instead of just assuming you are right

[mighty compass]

it would only be null if the building blck is destroyed in it's script before the last call of that function

which shouldnt happen, because the currentObjectFocus is a reference to that same object, so if it was destroyeed, the function wouldnt execute anyways

ill just debug it

[languid spire]

not at all

buildingProperties = allObjects[i].GetComponent<BuildingProperties>();

if allObjects[i] does not have the component it will be null

[mighty compass]

that part of the script only executes if the currentObjectFocus is null

so if the block was destroyed and it was finding a new block

[obsidian plaza]

y not debug

hard to have a convo

[olive galleon]

Isn't there a term name for when one script only does one thing? I can't recall it

[lucid quiver]

ya

[mighty compass]

yeah ill debug, a bit confusing to look at my code xD

[languid spire]

well that's the only code you shared which sets that variable

[mighty compass]

not documenting it very well at the moment because im just trying to pump out funcionality lol

[mighty compass]

Thankyou for your help, ill try debugging it now haha

[echo crater]

Even tho I already fixed my code this would help a lot, but I can't find it, can you send me a link ?

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/execution-order.html

[echo crater]

Thanks ! Really helpful, might even print it so it's always next to me xd

[languid spire]

imprint it into your brain, it will save you hours of heartache

[mighty compass]

Bro you wer atully correct hahha, it was that line causing issues

veteran

[languid spire]

why am I not surprised?

[mighty compass]

lol

[errant rock]

hi all I'm new to unity, I've got collisions but keep falling through the world, I've watched a bunch of vids and tried loads of different things to fix it but I can't figure out how.

https://www.kapwing.com/videos/67708a508cec1114751d04e6

[obsidian plaza]

is there a rigidbody on ur player

[errant rock]

idk

[lucid quiver]

he is falling so i assume he has rigidbody on player

[lucid quiver]

u need an actual plane to stand on

make a terrain object

[north kiln]

This has been cross-posted from #💻┃unity-talk

[foggy osprey]

Hey, I'm stuck on the Unity lobby service idéa where you add a scroll view to list all the lobbies. I'm wondering if somebody could possibly help me with that?

[mystic lark]

why isnt this scoreIncriment++ working do i need return value or smt its my first time working with coliders

[obsidian plaza]

what r u expecting to happen

r u looking in the inspector

and the value doesnt increase?

[mystic lark]

to add 1 when it colides

[wintry quarry]

What makes you think it's not working

[mystic lark]

yea

[obsidian plaza]

so ur just watching the inspector

ok

[wintry quarry]

Add Debug.Log to make sure the code is actually running

[mystic lark]

inspector

[mystic lark]

i did it is

[wintry quarry]

Show us

[obsidian plaza]

show the inspector of the object with this script

[wintry quarry]

You're looking at the inspector for the wrong object then

[obsidian plaza]

and show the inspector of an object its colliding with

[obsidian plaza]

i mean there could be other reasons

[wintry quarry]

I don't see debug.log in your code

[obsidian plaza]

wait what

so the code is logging

but value isnt going up

[mystic lark]

well i delited it let me put it again

[wintry quarry]

Where is this log? It's not in the code you showed

And which object is the script on

[mystic lark]

the ball

see i added debug and every time the ball colides it prits one

nut doesnt incriment

[obsidian plaza]

lol

[wintry quarry]

You're literally printing 1

[obsidian plaza]

Debug.Log(scoreIncriment) maybe

[wintry quarry]

What else would it print

[mystic lark]

u dont understand i dont want to print one i want to add 1 every time the ball colides to scoreIncrismen variable

[obsidian plaza]

r u fr

[wintry quarry]

If you don't want to print 1 why did you print 1

Print the actual value of the variable

I understand what you're trying to do

[mystic lark]

i dint understan u sorry wait sec

[wintry quarry]

You need to debug your code, which is what I'm helping you with

[mystic lark]

it dubgs 1 but in the inpector it doesnt change

and it shuld be like 1 then 2 the3 exc

[obsidian plaza]

do u set scoreIncriment to 0 anywhere else?

[mystic lark]

no

shuld i set it to 0?

[obsidian plaza]

nah

[wintry quarry]

Is there more than one ball

Is the ball getting destroyed

Is the scene getting reloaded

Etc

[mystic lark]

no and no

[obsidian plaza]

cursed project i think

start over

get a priest

[wintry quarry]

Show us the full script

[mystic lark]

lmao

[wintry quarry]

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[mystic lark]

wait

[wintry quarry]

Also set the variable to Private

There's no reason it should be public and you might have other scripts changing it by accident

[obsidian plaza]

show all ur objects as well

[wintry quarry]

You have a compile error

And again please don't use screenshots.

[wintry quarry]

My recommendation is this to rule out any other scripts changing the value

[mystic lark]

its my text meshpro id dint need it

[obsidian plaza]

comment it out then

[mystic lark]

ok

[mystic lark]

i deleted it

[mystic lark]

Got it working thanks there was one thing schanging it value or smt

[wintry quarry]

Yep, another script was doing it right?

This is why public variables are a bad idea

[mystic lark]

yea i set it to public so i can get it to another script

[mystic lark]

i know geters and seter and stuff i need to learn more

[glossy blaze]

whats serialze field for?

[earnest wind]

Show it in inspector while its private

[mystic lark]

why wont this work i have the tag ball on the object but i dont know why it isnt taging

[swift crag]

The documentation talks about the meaning of "serialization" a bit

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

[ripe shard]

Tags only exist on gameobjects

[swift crag]

When a field is serialized, Unity will:

• show it in the inspector
• save the value in the scene (or in a prefab)

Serialized fields are used to configure your components. You can give different enemies a different amount of health, for example

Public fields get serialized automatically, but you have to explicitly tell Unity that you want to serialize a private field

So, fields that only have meaningful data while the game is running should not be serialized

[mystic lark]

So how would i do osmething only when the object colides with a certan object and not the oher. And i know about layers but it wont work for me

[swift crag]

well, look at what Collision2D gives you

have you looked at the documentation for that class?

[mystic lark]

Well as far as i know (COlision2D collision is the object i colide with)

[mystic lark]

Wdym?

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Collision2D.html

[ripe shard]

Read the documentation!

[swift crag]

One nuisance about the names...

rigidbody is the thing you banged into

otherRigidbody is your own rigidbody

how silly

[ripe shard]

it would be confusing no matter the name

[swift crag]

I'd have settled for ownRigidbody or something

[ripe shard]

but that presupposes ownership

[swift crag]

a collision occurs between two things, one of which is notified about the collision

that's enough of a "self" for me

[ripe shard]

But what if both are

[mystic lark]

Ohh i got it working

[swift crag]

one is notified at a time :p

[ripe shard]

yes but you can’t make it not confusing

[mystic lark]

i thoutgh its a variable

but colider and collision isnt same

you know what i mean

anyway thanks

[swift crag]

ah, yes, people mix up the two pretty often

[ripe shard]

you still have to know which is the ‘owner’ and which is the ‘other’

[swift crag]

Collider2D is a kind of component. Collision2D is an object with some information in it

[swift crag]

the owner is the one being told about the collision

I presume it doesn't pass the exact same values to both sides of a collision. That would be a nightmare. You'd have to check whether the thing you hit is rigidbody or otherRigidbody

[ripe shard]

Some would assume it’s the one sending/causing the message

[swift crag]

"the other rigidbody" explicitly sounds like it's referring to...well, the other one

[ripe shard]

there is just no way to solve that kind of situation with names

[swift crag]

and the other is obviously not ourselves

i think it's significantly better than the current naming

[ripe shard]

and nothing here is ‘obvious’

[swift crag]

yes, because the names suck 😛

otherRigidbody is a mental speedbump every time I see it

[ripe shard]

well, just telling you that other people see things differently

[stuck seal]

can give some advice? im following a tutorial but ran into a problem that googling and chatgpt isnt helping on, when my character touches a wall, he starts jittering all over the screen and flipping upside down, can you check my rigidbody/collider/controller and see if you can spot whats wrong? 🙂 thank you so much

AI said that I dont need a rigidbody on a character controller on the same object, but i dont see where in character controller it would deal with collisions otherwise...?

[rich adder]

you should not mix rigidbody with a character controller

[stuck seal]

okay! so it was right, but i dont see where i would find a collision then...

when i turn off rigidbody it stops detecting if i hit the wall

[rich adder]

character controller is collider and controller

rigidbody needs a collider

[stuck seal]

so i need neither my collider NOR my rigid then since i have my character controller

right?

[rich adder]

you pick whiever controller you want to use

[stuck seal]

so then... why can i not detect collisions then..?

[rich adder]

detect which collision?

[stuck seal]

i have an OnCollisionEnter with my blocks around my character so that when he hits them they change color and a log is printed

but with JUST character controller, nothing happens

something only prints and detects a hit when i have both sphere and rigidbody on

[rich adder]

OnCollisionEnter will not work with CC but there is also a replacement

[stuck seal]

oooooooohhhhh

[rich adder]

or more reliable you use physics casts

[stuck seal]

in C# its called physics casts?

oh i see the doc

oncontrollercolliderhit!

[rich adder]

physics casts are unity specific functions in the Physics class for example

raycasts and alike

[stuck seal]

hmm, thats a bit over my head

so am i editing my C# code to use OnControllerColliderHit?

[rich adder]

if you want CC replacement for OnCollisionEnter

CC works with triggers only besides that

[rich adder]

You already have Basic Rigidbody Push script that uses that function already

[stuck seal]

so.. i wont lie.. now im even more confused then

im looking up all this other documentation and youre giving me physics stuff to look up, but i really just dont understand what i need to do to fix this problem

i think youre speaking way above my level

sadly

[rich adder]

As I said you can either replace your OnCollisionEnter function with the one I sent that is for CC only, OR use the Physics class to use for example a cast, to detect whatever it is you're detecting

[stuck seal]

new settings using your method suggestion

still nothing sadly

deleted rigidbody and went with CC

[rich adder]

where did you put this script on

[stuck seal]

all the surrounding cubes i can run into,

[rich adder]

thats wrong, thats why is not working

script goes on CC

because its a CC function

hence the name

[stuck seal]

the cube is the thing im going to make reset the character though

and each cube i hit would do something different

so what would i attach to the cube

okay cool, so now i print out everything the player touches

which is another thing ill prob do later

for footsteps or whatnot

[rich adder]

can just make the script detect the cube and from there you get whatever function from it

you can access whatever components you might add on Cubes

[stuck seal]

is that the more common way to do it? track what the player touches and update things as it goes?

what if i like, shot something though or hit it with an arrow

[rich adder]

depends on what it is ofc, most of the time the player is doing the detections for interactions or whatever components

each script you add is a component , cleaner to have a script handle specific features and nothing else

[stuck seal]

hmmm, well i got now to print out whatever my main character is on at every second

thank you 🙂

but still when things hit my cube it doesnt do anything aha

to any script i attach to the cube

[rich adder]

you have to replace whatever logic you had in the previous OnCollisionEnter to the new function

what do you want it to do OnCollision with Cubes?

[stuck seal]

simply i just want it to print something to the log, i just want it to be able to detect, from there i can probably figure things out

but the cube will just not. detect. anything.

[rich adder]

why would the cube detect anything ?

[stuck seal]

because thats the homework assignment im trying to follow....

[rich adder]

what is the assignment because sounds like you ain't following the instructions correctly then

[stuck seal]

okay, cool man

thanks for your help

[wispy coral]

is there a way to make rigid bodies go up stairs? if i add a character controller it flies up to space so idk how to do it

[rich adder]

make the stairs ramp shaped collider or switch to cc

you cant mix rb with cc

[wispy coral]

alrighty got it

[frosty hound]

This was answered 3 days ago?
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[wispy coral]

oops sorry completely forgot

[real hearth]

I've got a system to place Building objects on a planet; they're not allowed to overlap so at the moment I give them all colliders and the one I am trying to place has a ColliderChecker script which just has a bool which is true if it's colliding and false otherwise. I feel like there might be a better way though?
(Also if I want to place buildings instantly, does OnCollisionEnter fire immediately, or with some delay? E.g. placing buildings for an AI or placing them procedurally at the start of the game)
Thanks

[hot lily]

For a semi realistic shooting game (ie not CSGO kind of arcade), should I do hitscan or use actual projectiles for gunfire?

For instance simulating tank gun fire like War Thunder

[echo ruin]

Depends on if you want the impact to be instant or after a delay depending on distance

[ripe shard]

You may want to have a look at Physics.OverlapBox/Sphere methods.

[real hearth]

Would something like OverlapSphere and then check if the array isn't empty be a good approach?

[ripe shard]

Yes

It’s not wrong to use scripts with OnTrigger callbacks, just more spread out and annoying to deal with. Sometimes unavoidable.

Trigger callbacks fire on the next physics frame.

In placement systems you often have to do some trickery to have all the triggers fire correctly and in a way you want them.

[real hearth]

Makes sense, thanks!

[hot lily]

After delay

[echo ruin]

Then I’d suggest pooling some actual projectiles

[hot lily]

Right

Fuck I've been led in circles by AI, should've just stuck with what I knew

[burnt vapor]

This is not what AI is for

You should not ask it on what is best

[hot lily]

As I now realized in the hard way, yes

[burnt vapor]

If you're a beginner programmer you should not even touch AI

Learn by doing, ask actual people for help

[ripe shard]

hehe, you get in trouble asking people for what’s best too, just on a larger scale. Everyone should aim to be able to recognize for themselves what’s best. But that seems to be a lost art. #tutorialculture

[robust condor]

Not even senior devs know what is "best", or they wouldn't need to rewrite software and refactor all the time

[naive pawn]

the trick is there generally is not a "best"

[echo ruin]

Some AI can be good to ask for guidance. Not specifically what’s the best approach, but more “What are the pros and cons using X over Z” and then determine yourself

[robust condor]

Ask the AI "what are my options" and it will show you a pro/con list and you can evaluate yourself

[pliant robin]

whats the best way to learn all the unity syntax

not rlly syntax but the operations and stuff like that

[echo ruin]

“Best way” will differ from person to person, so you’re likely to get a generic answer that wont be tailored for anyone

[robust condor]

@pliant robinBy developing and keep making games

You only deep dive when you run into problems

[pliant robin]

yes but im about as beginner as they come

[robust condor]

Do some of the unity tutorials

[naive pawn]

unity doesnt have any specific syntax

learn c# syntax, and unity apis

[echo ruin]

Ask “What are are some simple ways to move an object in a 2D Unity game using components and scripts?”
It will give you basic, advanced, and more alternative operations. Then you put a promt like “Can you give me some simple tasks to implement movement by script in a 2D Unity game?”.

That’s an efficient way to be specific and also let the AI help you learn

[pliant robin]

thats a rlly good idea

[naive pawn]

i don't think that first one will be very consistent, or even useful, in the long term

genais hallucinate, that's their entire thing
use it to your advantage, asking it to generate ideas, not answers

[echo ruin]

As unintuitive as it sounds, you can become good at making prompts, just like you can become “good at googling”

[naive pawn]

but you can't control the ai being good at giving truthful answers

[echo ruin]

The tool doesn’t do the work for you, you learn how to properly implement the tool.

[robust condor]

@naive pawnI have had great success at code generation, you just have to review it, and make tests

[naive pawn]

honestly movement in games just boils down change position, change velocity, or change acceleration

[echo ruin]

That’s true. But you test and try what it gives.

[naive pawn]

and you expect beginners to be able to do the "review" and "test" part?

[naive pawn]

probably not a good route for beginners

[robust condor]

@naive pawnNo, they should ask "explain this code step by step" etc. and run it and see if it works

[naive pawn]

i don't deny that genais are tools; but they're tools that kinda masquerade as doing more than they really do
that's a pitfall for beginners

[naive pawn]

and that's how you get hallucinations

and just because code works does not mean it's good code

[robust condor]

Not really, depend what AI you use, some are good at breaking it down

[echo ruin]

Probably not. If you use it to do your homework, you wont learn anything. If you use it to help teach you, it can be an amazing tool. It’s tempting to have it be the first option

[naive pawn]

gen ais hallucinate. that's what they're designed to do.

[robust condor]

Not always

[naive pawn]

no that's literally how LLMs work

[robust condor]

Mm not really, they pull from a knowledge base and when they cant find the knowledge they make it up, kinda lika humans do

[naive pawn]

it can be. you can't force someone to utilize it as a tool
you can treat it the same as "doing homework" and a beginner still wouldn't learn much

[naive pawn]

genAIs don't have a knowledge base, they have a language model and they make up sentences that sound plausible. sometimes they're right, but they aren't designed to be

[robust condor]

No, the knowledge base is the trained data

[echo ruin]

Hence it’s about how you use the tool that determine whether it will be a good tool or not.. as with anything, really

[robust condor]

Gen AI does not read documents on the fly from somewhere

[hot lily]

I did a similar about "should I do hitscan for my bullet system or just good ol trajectory with rigidbody physics"
Which it does say if the bullets are fast then I should do hitscan, but it just didn't say you can do ccd

(which to be fair the bullets would do sth like 1000m/s, but probably lower in reality)

[naive pawn]

genAIs make it much easier to misuse the tool and take the answer at face value

my point is; tools can be misused. genAI is very easy to misuse. you have to already have a certain level of experience to use it well. and beginners don't have that experience.

other tools don't make up lies while you're using it

[robust condor]

I used AI to write 700 tests because I could not be bothered to do it, I just reviewed the code, so it's not hallucinating it

[naive pawn]

it is hallucinating. that's how they work

sometimes the hallucinations are right

fwiw, the general consensus throughout every support server and platform ive seen, including this one, is to not recommend genAI because of its pitfalls.

[robust condor]

It's a tool, it's about how you use it

I don't trust a PR by a junior dev either

Without reviewing

[eager spindle]

it's a "tool" that misleads people and beginners can't tell if it's hallucinating useful code

[naive pawn]

and do you think a beginner will be able to accurately review

[eager spindle]

don't recommend genAI to learners

[naive pawn]

it's only a useful tool when you know how to look past the hallucinations and how to verify answers correctly
that's not what a beginner is

[hot lily]

Never trust anything 100% is what I get from the AI

[eager spindle]

we have been on this many times already

[hot lily]

Although I am using the AI pretty much "don't trust the AI too much and you should research with it as a semi guideline"

[cloud matrix]

in my 3d movement after i let go of a key, it slides that direction for like a split second more, any way to fix it?

[obsidian plaza]

ai has helped so much for me especially in creating math equations and also for complicated c# docs

[eager spindle]

It's because of the way input manager works. Use Input.GetAxisRaw instead

Works exactly the same as Input.GetAxis without the smoothing

[naive pawn]

bold guess..

[cloud matrix]

thanks

[naive pawn]

damn

that couldve been a lot of things

[eager spindle]

because someone else has had the same problem as you

[cloud matrix]

nah i havent tried yet im saying thanks in advance 😭

[eager spindle]

so it gives you the equation that person has made

[naive pawn]

lmao

[obsidian plaza]

nah

[naive pawn]

for future reference, you need to provide quite a bit more info to get a meaningful answer

[eager spindle]

I've had that problem a few times already

[obsidian plaza]

it can definitely do math

[naive pawn]

because it uses python for math

[obsidian plaza]

its probably the best at math over anything

[naive pawn]

not genAI

[eager spindle]

It's nice that this input smoothing comes right out the box but I dont need it

[cloud matrix]

ohh alr mb

[robust condor]

@eager spindleSome AI can learn by reading actual code then apply it, I tested this throughly where the AI was not able to undertand a library API by itself before I fed it custom docs

[cloud matrix]

it worked cheers

[eager spindle]

🎊

[cloud matrix]

im mkaing a google doc of the very few scripts ive successfully made so i dont gotta struggle w this in the future

[eager spindle]

❌

I'll just speak from personal experience, I had to implement playfab backend in a project recently

[naive pawn]

there's a lot of things that could give that effect though

[eager spindle]

Playfab's story: it's a backend service providing User Auth, data storage and other things

[robust condor]

@eager spindle

[eager spindle]

It got bought over by Microsoft in 2018, and Microsoft deleted all the docs and moved it to their own page

[cloud matrix]

is ai even that reliable for scripting?

[eager spindle]

no

[cloud matrix]

i rememebr i used to use it and i had to tell it to fix its code so much

[naive pawn]

is ai reliable
no

[eager spindle]

This doesn't solve the original problem, input.getaxis's value doesn't go to 0 immediately. Input.getaxisraw does though

[eager spindle]

All AIs kept giving me old API instead of the new one even though I had specifically mentioned it

It was completely useless

[naive pawn]

it does solve the problem in a way
there's way too little info to actually say for sure

[eager spindle]

The thing is I, a human programmer, already have the context needed to solve the problem

[robust condor]

@eager spindleIt could have run out of context length

[eager spindle]

AI does not

[robust condor]

AI doesn't know everything it's not e god

[eager spindle]

AI doesn't know the intricacies of Input GetAxis Vs Input GetAxisRaw

[naive pawn]

GetAxisRaw removes the smoothing towards the input as well
so if they wanted that, but an immediate stop, that would work

[eager spindle]

You don't have to be a god to know these basic things

[naive pawn]

i, also a human programmer, don't. where are you getting this context?

[grim leaf]

Anyone knows how to make a child position independent from Parent Position? I have my player prefab with an extra camera for respawning (when the player dies the camera switches to one looking at the map from the sky). The problem is that i have to put the spect camera as a child of the player or i cannot add it in the serialized field of my player's code (bc it is a prefab) and doing that the camera moves with the player... I need its position to be fixed. Any ideas?

[robust condor]

Also there is less code in game dev to train on that web dev, much less

@eager spindleNo, you need experience

[eager spindle]

You can't, that's just how transforms work

You can make a camera controller scirpt

[naive pawn]

just make it not a child
a child object inherits its parents position/rotation/scale, that's the whole point of the hierarchy

[eager spindle]

Also if you make the camera a child of the player, if the player rotates then the camera will rotate too

[grim leaf]

ye i tried but then i cannot put it here

[eager spindle]

Depending on your game that might not be desireable

[grim leaf]

ye actually

[naive pawn]

what is that? what's the context here?

[eager spindle]

Not exactly sure what you mean by you can't drag it in

Also those are all prefabs

[naive pawn]

ah, prefabs.

of course

there was a link for this

[eager spindle]

Unity huh how?

[naive pawn]

i think so yeah

[naive pawn]

https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[grim leaf]

I need to assign the spect camera to switch between the two

[naive pawn]

that is not applicable context lmao

[grim leaf]

Tyy

[grim leaf]

wdym?

[naive pawn]

that doesn't give me any useful info to solve your problem

you're getting more specific

i need a broader view

[grim leaf]

oh mbmb

alr one sec

[naive pawn]

but this should tell you the majority of what you need to know from here

[eager spindle]

Tell us a few things.
• is this screenshot taken in prefab view?
• What's the type of SpectatorCamera?

[grim leaf]

alr lemme see this first

[eager spindle]

also I'll make this very convenient: you can get the main camera by using Camera.main

[austere ice]

need advice

is it possible to make a command prompt like things (not a console dev or smth like that, but a things that similar to a CLI in linux) in a platformer game?

[eager spindle]

yes

lethal company made one

[grim leaf]

Yeah it's taken from the player's prefab and the SpectatorCamera is a GameObject, so i can call the function SetActive() on it

[austere ice]

so, what should i learn to make something like that?

[eager spindle]

as long as you know how to use TextMeshProUGUI and TMP_Input you can definitely do it

if you'd like to I can make a tutorial on it

it'll take a while before it comes out though

[austere ice]

fr?

[cloud matrix]

https://pastebin.com/nnBitsHQ

Why is the numbers changing to random ahh numbers

[obsidian plaza]

whats random? the run speed

its being set to 12 properly like ur code says from what i can see

[lucid quiver]

check if u have initialized them somewhere in script

[cloud matrix]

ohh i forgot to change the ones under too nvm sorry

also in the crouch feature is there a way to make it smoothyl come up instead of just snap back to the default scale

is there a variable i could use or sum

[lucid quiver]

i use a delay buffer to smooth things like that but there are tons of ways u could do it using a smoothing function dedicated for player movement

but for small changes like this its probably easier to use a delay buffer

[cloud matrix]

ohh alr

thank u

[lucid quiver]

also i am assuming ur talking about the full collider being restored to default position and not just the animation

[cloud matrix]

yeah yeah

[austere ice]

really?? I've been stuck here. I have a final semester assignment (group assignment) to make a game. My friend wants to make a 2d platformer game with a cyber security theme, the goal is to educate the players (students). He wants to combine a command prompt like thing into 2d platformer like i say earlier. But we have zero experience in unity.

[tough tartan]

been following this video and i need this for my final project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPGnpV1Y1c&list=PLGUw8UNswJEOv8c5ZcoHarbON6mIEUFBC&index=2 around 13:55 in the video and i got these errors

[obsidian plaza]

are we waiting for the errors

[tough tartan]

slow laptop sorry

[obsidian plaza]

show your script

basically whats happening at least with the top 2 is that there are 2 namespaces that have the same definition

so you need to clarify to the code

about which one you want

[tough tartan]

player interact

[obsidian plaza]

oh wait

you have 2 scripts called PlayerInteract?

and 2 scripts called PlayerUI

[tough tartan]

player ui

[tough tartan]

how?

oh it duplicated it when i transferred into a folder

[obsidian plaza]

yea

its helpful to learn to read the error messages btw..

[tough tartan]

thank u thank u

[tough tartan]

do u know why it keeps duplicating whenever i save the file?

[obsidian plaza]

is the name inside unity different than PlayerUI/PlayerInteract?

[tough tartan]

no

[cloud matrix]

how i play an animation when im walking

[obsidian plaza]

lol

[obsidian plaza]

make a new script and copy everything inside the old script over, but not copy the public class line at the top

[tough tartan]

i fixed it

[obsidian plaza]

k cool

[tough tartan]

if i have a unity file connected to the cloud is there a way for me to download it on a different device since it isnt showing up on that devices unity hub but is connected to cloud

[burnt vapor]

This is a coding channel #🔎┃find-a-channel

[lucid quiver]

So I updated to the new version of unity recently and while working on a project I noticed that Cursor.lockState=CursorLockMode.Locked and Cursor.visible=false both take an initial click on the game window to get focus everytime I enter play mode, even while on Play Focused. I found this to be a "new feature" of the unity version but i was wondering if there was a way to bypass this since everytime i even pause the screen, it takes an extra mouse click after unpausing to refocus.

[hearty trout]

how to I make my player not collide with enemy during dash

[lucid quiver]

do u want them to not collide during just the dash? or just never collide at all?

[vocal orchid]

Why the coroutine is stopping?

[hearty trout]

only during the dash

[obsidian plaza]

what

[lucid quiver]

u can try rigidbody.detectCollisions=false

[hearty trout]

so like

if(other.gameObject.CompareTag("enemy"){

then that?

[obsidian plaza]

where are you executing StopSpawn?

[vocal orchid]

In an event

[obsidian plaza]

so the event is happening then the coroutine is stopping? or wdym

[lucid quiver]

other.gameObject.GetComponent<RigidBody>().detectCollisions=false;

[lucid quiver]

but remember u have to turn it back on after the dash or else it wont detect collisions again

[hearty trout]

then i will make it true after set amount of time so like i put under it 5 -= time.deltatime if 5 = 0 set it to true? for example

[vocal orchid]

Yeah, because the log is working but the function "StopCoroutine(SpawnEnemy1())" not working

[lucid quiver]

also remeber that doing this might cause the enemy to fall through the ground since collisions are being turned off

[obsidian plaza]

probably because its starting again since you have it to start inside the coroutine

what you need to do is set it as a variable

or make an if check before starting again

[hearty trout]

oh

thats a bit of a pickel

[vocal orchid]

Ok

[lucid quiver]

a remidy for that is to also turn the gravity to 0 temporarily

and turn it back when ur reseting the collider

[hearty trout]

got it so like

rb.gravity = 0

and after the timer

[lucid quiver]

yes

[hearty trout]

rb.gravity = 1

ty

[lucid quiver]

yes

[lucid quiver]

if anyone has any has any solution for this I would really appreciate it, its really annoying to have to click on the screen everytime

[lucid quiver]

for Rigidody2d its gravityScale which is directly the scale but for Rigidbody (3d) its rb.useGravity =false cuz its a boolean

[ivory bobcat]

Are you using the escape key to pause?

[lucid quiver]

yes

[ivory bobcat]

You'll get unwanted behavior in the Editor as escape key removes focus on the app in the Unity Editor

It's not anything new.

This has always been a thing.

Use a different button for testing in the Editor

[lucid quiver]

damn it didnt cause me trouble in the past .. but maybe that was because i use it as an input from the input manager

this shouldnt be a problem in build tho right?

[ivory bobcat]

Yes, it'll not be a problem with the builds

[lucid quiver]

okay ty

[grand snow]

I think ESC always has unlocked the mouse in editor

[lucid quiver]

yes but even after i replaced ESC with some other key it still requires the initial click to focus the first time when u play which i dont remember being the case

I could be wrong tho so idk

[swift crag]

This is another editor-only behavior

[obsidian plaza]

they know but its about saving time

[steep rose]

you would be "saving" a very minuscule amount of time

[hearty trout]

What the line of code to cancel ALL collisios cause rigidbody2d.detectCollisions = false aint working it just says error

[burnt vapor]

Share the error

[lucid quiver]

rigidbody2d doesnt have detectCollisions

if ur using 2d then u have to get a referrence to the collider

for example

BoxCollider2D collider=GetComponent<BoxCollider2D>();
collider.enabled=false;

[lucid quiver]

detectCollisions is only for 3d Rigidbodies

[hearty trout]

oh ok

[lucid quiver]

there is another method to do it using Physics2D.IgnoreCollisions() but you would have to set up layer masks for that

[hearty trout]

ty

[lucid quiver]

also are u not using autcomplete in ur editor?

[burnt vapor]

Please configure your editor if you are having this issue. !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
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• :question: Other/None

[lucid quiver]

wdym? i am pretty sure ridigbody2d doesnt have detectCollisions function

[burnt vapor]

That's not what I said

If a user has to resort to checking the Unity console for missing signatures, it is a very good indication of a misconfigured editor

Because with a configured editor they would receive help before having to resort to compiling to trigger errors

It doesn't suddenly add the signature, if that's what you thought I meant

[lucid quiver]

[gentle herald]

Any recommendations on good character creators for 3d games

[steep rose]

blender

[serene barn]

anyone knows a good inventory system tutorial or documentation?

[lucid quiver]

i was just gonna say isnt it just blender?

wdym character creator?

[wintry quarry]

"inventory system" is extremely broad. Every game has unique requirements for such a thing, and they are large and complex. So it's best to first list out your requirements and then tackle each thing one by one.

[swift crag]

Yeah, inventories are up there with "ability system" and "quest system"

This is a valid inventory system

public class Inventory {
  public bool hasGun;
}

somebody, PLEASE! get this man a gun

[lucid quiver]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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[obsidian plaza]

yea im not helping this person lol they are fully writing their game w ai and asking in here for help constantly

[lucid quiver]

ya just invest some time into learning blender man, it will help out in the long run

[obsidian plaza]

or just dont code in 3d cause 2d is superior

[rich adder]

this is a code channel

[lucid quiver]

just a quick question, is box cast better for ground check? i am used to just doing a raycast but I read on a thread that box cast is sometimes better

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics2D.OverlapBox.html

[swift crag]

A boxcast will more reliably find very spotty ground, I suppose

[verbal dome]

Raycast can go through a small hole

[swift crag]

imagine standing on a bunch of thin vertical slats

[verbal dome]

Sphere/Circlecast gives good smooth normals

If you need the surface direction, that is

[timber tide]

Usually in 2D I just use the collider methods and make a bunch of them for detection

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Collider2D.GetContacts.html

stuff like that

[lucid quiver]

okay for the current project i just need a good enough check for a lumpy terrain so i am just gonna use boxcast

[lucid quiver]

i used to do that too but racasting was much more convinient so i switched to it, also i am coding in 3d so i think this method covers all the bases

[swift crag]

oh, right, this is 3D

I forgot that "boxcast" is a thing in both 2D and 3D

[hot laurel]

Hello, does anyone have comprehensive and detailed notes on the Asset Pipeline V2 that they could share? Most available resources seem outdated, inconsistent, or contradictory. The Unity documentation provides limited detail and is fragmented across multiple topics, making it difficult to understand the process step by step.
I’ve attempted to gather the information myself but lack access to the source code, and the stack trace offers little useful insight. Any in-depth resources would be greatly appreciated.
Anything would be good as long as it aligns with current execution of the Asset Pipeline.
For context, I’ve already reviewed Unity documentation across several versions, blog posts, and Unity Talks on YouTube about this topic.

[swift crag]

hm, is there something you're looking for in particular?

pages like https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AssetDatabaseCustomizingWorkflow.html seem pretty comprehensive

[hot laurel]

I am seeking detailed information about the Asset Pipeline, specifically what occurs step by step from the beginning of a refresh to its completion. I am currently developing tools for my game and need a deeper understanding to avoid potential issues with Unity's systems. The list of questions would be very long, so i would appericate if there is anyone who already dug in it deep and want to share his notes.

[hot laurel]

its just high overview and missing few steps

[swift crag]

this is just the order of operations, yes

there are more details on the specifics on the page..

[hot laurel]

im aware of that "For context, I’ve already reviewed Unity documentation across several versions, blog posts, and Unity Talks on YouTube about this topic."

[swift crag]

What sorts of questions do you have?

[hot laurel]

The list of questions would be very long, i will post it here after some time.

[swift crag]

You should come up with something concrete, yes.

[hot laurel]

I dont have simply one or few questions. Thats why i simply asked if someone have in-depth notes about this topic and would like to share with some begginer fellow. Also i like informations which are backed by some tests/ code/ stack trace, just something that proves it is right so there is no need to dig in to it again. So i expected that when i start spamming with questions i will simply receive links to docs or responses how someone feel or guess how it may work like. I would appericate if someone with in-depth knowledge of this topic DM me, so it will be possibble to avoid spamming this chat with people who are here to judge.

[swift crag]

People are going to be much less likely to help you if you ask for a very nebulous, possibly unbounded amount of information.

it's the same reason people are told "don't ask to ask"

[hot laurel]

indeed, thats why i asked about some in-depth notes of someone who already had to dig in to this topic.

so the question part would be skipped

[naive pawn]

So i expected that when i start spamming with questions i will simply receive links to docs or responses how someone feel or guess how it may work like.
you'll get links to docs or other resources when they're relevant. existing community resources are generally better than a single person's response
if you're getting opinions about how things supposedly work, that's just bad support, and this server is active enough to discourage that.

you won't know until you actually start asking. https://dontasktoask.com

[rocky canyon]

make a thread.. keep referring people to it.. every answer may get answered eventually..

[swift crag]

The "in-depth notes" would be the existing documentation

[rocky canyon]

or i'd ask 1 at a time to not overwhelm ppl

[swift crag]

I doubt that anyone has a secret encyclopedia they're hiding from the internet

Until you start giving us some context and asking pointed questions, I can't tell you much more than that

[naive pawn]

i mean "in-depth notes" can go a few different ways, right

• it's from the author/maintainer - in which case, those notes are docs.
• it's from a user, and the notes are public - in which case, those notes are docs, but separately hosted
• it's from a user, and the notes are private - there's no guarantee of accuracy.

[swift crag]

I am also studying the importer system, because I am writing a number of tools that involve asset postprocessing (including some that I'm planning to publish!)

[severe onyx]

if I have a list of objects of a class how do I check of which type of inherited class any given entry is?

like, let's say I wanna list a bunch of "weapons" but I need to know if an individual weapon is of class axe : weapon or sword : weapon

[verbal dome]

You could use GetType(), but if you need to directly check a type then it probably means you can do it in a better way

Like using enums as weapon type identifiers, or making the child weapon class override the functionality of the weapon (or use an interface)

In what context do you need to know the type? What are you trying to implement?

[severe onyx]

I'm trying to pull from a pool of possible drops

the pool includes all classes that are dropable, but what happens on drop depends on the exact type of drop

[lucid quiver]

I assume the super classes are made by you, then u can just add GetType() method in the classes to indicate what they are.

[severe onyx]

I guess I could try going for overriding a method now that I think about it

[naive pawn]

you might want to just have a method for that that's called indiscriminantly, to make use of polymorphism

[swift crag]

spooky

[severe onyx]

ok this is all a bit much to process at once so Ill dig into it and see what I can make work

but thanks for the input

[swift crag]

is is very handy for downcasting

although I always get suspicious when I have to downcast

[lucid quiver]

i fell like this is too complicated for what little functionality she needed, wouldnt it just be better to add a getter method to the parent classes?

[naive pawn]

appropriately
yeah idk about that...

[timber tide]

is works fine

[lucid quiver]

i mean ... as long as she understands all the code its fine ig ..

[severe onyx]

rn Im thinking, there's an abstract method in the parent that I always gotta call when I want to make use of it - so I may as well have all children set an Enum to a value that represents their sub class so I can easily check for that later in code?

[naive pawn]

if you already have the class hierarchy, why not utilize the parent

polymorphism is a thing

[lucid quiver]

exactly

[naive pawn]

typically, when you have a class structure like that and you want to implement behaviors that each child has slightly differently, you implement it on each child instead of having a centralized switch-case
the point of the hierarchy is to not have that centralized thing

[timber tide]

if everything is passed as something like an Item, you probably need to use Is assuming the behaviour splits somewhere in the derived classes such that Item -> Weapon has a method Attack(IEntity target)

But maybe something like a Use(IEntity entity) method could solve all and just not implement it in another Item type that is not Weapon

[severe onyx]

it's a drop, but there's a bunch of different types of drop (like health, an upgrade, or an unlock) that cause fundamentally different things to happen on pickup

I guess I should move from calling the pickup function on my Handler class to calling it on the object itself, so I can do another override

huh

that's neat

[lucid quiver]

u can just return an enum and put it in a switch case

[severe onyx]

yeah that was kinda my first idea

Ill keep experimenting a little

[naive pawn]

compare

void doAll(List<Parent> children) {
  foreach (Parent child in children) {
    if (child is A) {
      /* A logic */
    } else if (child is B) {
      /* B logic */
    } else if (child is C) {
      /* C logic */
    } else {
      Debug.Error("forgot something");
    }
  }
}
```vs```cs
class A : Parent { void doThing() { /* A logic */ } }
class B : Parent { void doThing() { /* B logic */ } }
class C : Parent { void doThing() { /* C logic */ } }

void doAll(List<Parent> children) {
  foreach (Parent child in children) {
    child.doThing();
  }
}

there's no risk of forgetting an implementation when you add a new object type, and each child is responsible for its own logic

[severe onyx]

I just need to move where code happens for that to work, yeah

I was kinda stuck on having it all happen centrally but it really doesnt need to be

[naive pawn]

you as the helper need to be more observant when someone is posing an xyquestion
you're answering their question, but not their problem
that's what i mean when i said it's not quite appropriate

[severe onyx]

I think, anyways

folks, I appreciate all the input

it can be a bit overwhelming but ultimately I should either be able to decide which suggestions help me or clarify further if Im unsure

that's my responsibility as the one asking

imho

[naive pawn]

if you're going to do the free work, then maybe put some effort into it 🤷
if you're too tired to do a good job, go get some rest

LMAO

yeah no

[ivory bobcat]

Take it to DMs please..

[naive pawn]

did you read the xyproblem website?

answering the question, when it's an xyproblem, is not very productive
there's been an entire convo about this exact topic a few days ago lmao 😂
the consensus is not gonna change

[misty pecan]

can anyone help me with problem its probably pretty easy to fix but i cant find anything online

[naive pawn]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

:mag: Search the internet for your question!
:book: Use the API Scripting Reference and User Manual and this troubleshooting site for commonly posted issues.
:wrench: Attempt to debug your issue.
:thought_balloon: Find an appropriate channel by reading the name and description in #🔎┃find-a-channel
:grey_question: And don't ask to ask, ask a full question illustrating with screenshots if needed.
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[naive pawn]

specifically that last point

noone can help you when you don't tell anyone what you need help with

[misty pecan]

i have an animation that just makes the players scale jump up and down for a jump, but having it enabled means i cant flip my character when hes walking either left or right

[naive pawn]

like the assumption that a beginner is asking about their actual problem, rather than an attempted solution?

[lucid quiver]

why cant u flip your character?

[naive pawn]

you sure this is a code question? is this about your animator controller setup?

you need to reread https://xyproblem.info lmao

im not gonna engage in that any further

[misty pecan]

possibly but i have no idea how its messing with my character flipping

[lucid quiver]

if its the scale of player sprite thats increasing and decreasig then thats not animation its just code, but it would be helpful if u could post ur code for player sprite flipping

[obsidian plaza]

trying to debug.log an error and i cant figure it out.. basically i have an array of sprite renderers but im going to their gameobject to find their image component. One of the obbjects is reporting not to have an image component, but when I look for that gameObject, it looks like it does

[ivory bobcat]

How to post !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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[obsidian plaza]

its like 7 lines

and the rest of the screenshot is helpful

[naive pawn]

post them separately, it's a pain to read/copy/reference

[obsidian plaza]

https://paste.ofcode.org/bfmFynapB46jf3WiacWm9k

[naive pawn]

thank you

have you tried debugging just box[i].name to see if it's the right object

[obsidian plaza]

they are all called box

lol

[naive pawn]

that doesn't guarantee that you dragged the right one in, or if it's changed at runtime

[slender nymph]

Use the context parameter for Debug.Log so you can click the log and have the relevant object highlighted

[obsidian plaza]

its logging from a manager script thats accessing the array though

[ivory bobcat]

Debug.Log($".. name stuff..", box[i]);

[obsidian plaza]

so it doesnt know what box[i] is does it

[obsidian plaza]

oh ok let me try this

[ivory bobcat]

Selecting the message should highlight the object in the scene

[obsidian plaza]

gotcha i forget debug.log has these things

[sharp abyss]

How can I prevent the stutter effect that happens when weapons get in between limbs?I dont want them to get through.I know I can make weapons trigger but I want them to collide.

[obsidian plaza]

o yeah that already showed me something thank you

probably misclicked one of the 240 times

[ivory bobcat]

This is the code channel, is this code related? If so, you may want to provide code.

[lucid quiver]

what exactly do u mean by stutter ? like camera stutter? this just looks like couple of ragdolls could u provide more context?

[sharp abyss]

yeah youre right

[lucid quiver]

so just to clarify u want to stop the camera stutter? or the ragdoll from shaking

[sharp abyss]

I mean the thing happens when the weapon collides with other player

[sharp abyss]

ragdoll shake

[lucid quiver]

well ragdolls are notriously difficult to control but u could post the code here so people can check for any bugs

[sharp abyss]

I only have a balance script about the ragdolls

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class balance : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float targetRotation;
    Rigidbody2D rb;
    public float force;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        rb = gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();    
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        rb.MoveRotation(Mathf.LerpAngle(rb.rotation, targetRotation, force * Time.deltaTime)); 
    }
}

its on every limb

[lucid quiver]

the stutter seems to happen when the stick gets in the neck joint so u could try making the collider wider

[sharp abyss]

it happens on every joint I think

[sharp abyss]

what did you mean by wider?

[lucid quiver]

like make it so that the the stick stop slightly before reaching the joints

make the colliders slightly bigger than the the limbs themselves

[sharp abyss]

I will try

no it didnt work

[lucid quiver]

well they are ragdolls so there isnt really much else i can suggest

[sharp abyss]

I tried also making swords heavier so it pushes the characters but didnt work

[severe onyx]

oh that's interesting

Im not entirely sure yet of all the needs I will have for the child classes, hence I cant say yet if this is viable for me

[burnt vapor]

Use pattern matching. The is syntax returns true if x is y where y can be the same class or an inherited instance.
Alternatively, consider using an enum to define the weapon if you have it under a specific group. There are multiple ways here.

[severe onyx]

rn Im running into the issue that unlike the class without any inheritances I cant actually fill in a List of the class on a ScriptableObject in the inspector anymore

[burnt vapor]

Note GetType return the actual weapon type and if you compare this against an inherited type, it will not return true since the types are different

I'd say an interface IFireable would be better here in which case it would implement the fire method, but that's my 2 cents.

You know, in case you have a weapon that doesn't fire for some reason

IWeapon might be more suited for an actor which purpose is being a weapon, but more as an indication that it can be wielded

That's my thought process, just wanted to share

Yeah, for example

[severe onyx]

this is my actual use case btw

[burnt vapor]

Sounds more like an abstract class might suit this if it's a general group like that, but interfaces can also work

[severe onyx]

there's a manager who, like, creates pickupable objects that get filled with some reward. and I realised that instead of telling the manager what to do specifically with which type of pickupable (generate some random values on spawn, increment certain values on pickup) I can just tell the class itself that it was spawned or picked up and have all the different functionality happen in the override of the child

that's my solution as of now, anyways

still very much WIP

but the resulting code already looks a lot cleaner lmao

next thing to tackle will be how to create a pool from which to randomly choose a drop to spawn; as outlined earlier my previous solution of creating an SO that I just fill with values manually is not viable anymore, sadly

[burnt vapor]

You could use a weight system

It allows for rarity, but it depends on your use cases

[spark sinew]

hi y'all if I have a wireframe cube that I want to not display and display again, how should I do this ? Do I need to update all the time that I do not want to display it in the update part ?

(and also how do I not display it?)

[lucid quiver]

u can just turn on and off the mesh rendered when needed

turning it off will make the object invisible

to do this u need to get the reference for the connected mesh rendered

and then do rendered.enabled=false;

and make it true when u want it again

[spark sinew]

ok thanks

also, another thing, when I get position updates once in a while to display an object, how can I make the motion smoother? are there some functions that can smooth the path of someting when you specify positions in an asynchronous way ?

I am using a lidar that gives position updates every about 0.15 s (but this also changes slightly), and is not very smooth

[swift crag]

There's no out-of-the-box interpolator component, but you could certainly use something like Vector3.SmoothDamp to smoothly move towards a target position

[grand snow]

Catching up on this, if your drops are scriptable objects then what's stopping this from working?

[severe onyx]

they're not

I had a scriptable object that was basically just a list of drops

[grand snow]

How do you define/configure a drop?

[cedar prairie]

So i am making a little test game about going down a hill and because it has a rigid body and the floor has no friction the object gains speed. However this causes the object to have massive amounts of jitter after a certain point

[grand snow]

messed with surface properties and drag values?

if drag/mass is semi realistic it should act in a similar way

[cedar prairie]

But think is it also glitches and jumps in the air randomly

[jade musk]

Guys am 100% new to unity, can someone help me understand the basics?

I want to make 3d games

but I do NOT know how to do anything

[grand snow]

use animator states + transitions to do the animation changes

[grand snow]

if it gets to some crazy high velocity then that explains it. it shouldnt if it has a big mass with drag and the floor/it has non 0 friction

something wrong with them? did you disable exit time, set the conditions and change the transition time? enabling the transitions to be interrupted may help too.

[solar juniper]

Exit Time is for all Transitions disabled.
Conditions were set.

The script i provided earlier, it uses a Joystick. When the Joystick is dragged, the Player moves.
That does work, but it does not play the Walking Animation. It just sticks with the Idle Animation.

[grand snow]

check in edit mode if the condition is changing and is stable (remains true consistently) and if the transitions are setup correctly. Not much else that can be wrong.

you can see in the UI when it transitions and what anim is playing in edit mode so should be easy to figure out

[lucid quiver]

can u show the idle->walk transition inspeactor?

[lucid quiver]

here u see the param name is "isMoving"

here u have put it as "IsMoving"

change the case

it should work

or wait

[solar juniper]

I dont understand, they are both in upper case?

[lucid quiver]

my bad it is IsMoving

[lucid quiver]

ya sorry i am on phone so i couldnt see it properly

[solar juniper]

all good

[lucid quiver]

did u debug and check if the param is actully becoming true when ur walking?

[winter wadi]

I’m struggling with Unity Animator and transitions. I’ve set up the Movement animation with a Blend Tree for Idle and Run, but I can’t figure out how to properly set the transitions and parameters between Charge, Hang, Jump, and Wall Slide animations. I would really appreciate any help

[solar juniper]

Got the same issue since yesterday.
Do you have a code that triggers those Animations?

[winter wadi]

yeah but its not about the code idk which conditions or parameters i need to use

newbie

[lucid quiver]

u can just create a parameter and then trigger it from script when the corresponding action is executed

[flint crane]

yo so my first person camera is only going up and down? whats wrong with my script?

(it is a .cs file not .txt)

[lucid quiver]

transform.localEulerAngles = Vector3.right * cameraVerticalRotation; well ur just telling it to move up and down

so thats what it is doing

[solar juniper]

Its not becoming true, thats why i think the line of the script is not being executed

[flint crane]

ah shit

[lucid quiver]

this needs to be

cameraHorizontalRotation+=inputX;
transform.localEulerAngles =Vector3.up * cameraHorizontalRotation + Vector3.right * cameraVerticalRotation;```

[lucid quiver]

if u could provide a video of what exactly is happening then that will be helpful

[balmy hearth]

So i have the Problem that when i shoot at the player he is losing damage but i see his health and mine at the same time

[robust condor]

Has anyone calculated how many months you wasted waiting on compilations on script edits?

My project isn't even big yet and it takes a solid 1 minute

[frosty hound]

Buy HotReload and never have to wait again

At least until Unity 7 addresses it.

[timber tide]

This is why I never save my scripts

also kinda bogus that by default it'll recompile if you're running the game in the editor

like who wants that

[robust condor]

Can I not set it to compile only when I hit play button?

[frosty hound]

You can turn off auto refresh yes
https://discussions.unity.com/t/can-i-stop-auto-compile-after-edit-create-or-remove-a-script/878449/2

[robust condor]

If hot reload is so good, why is this feature not in Unity 6

[timber tide]

gotta remember though the editor won't update if it's dependent on that script

[frosty hound]

Not sure how that is a question. It's good because someone saw a need and addressed it with their own asset.

[strong wren]

It is, but it isn't very easy to use

[robust condor]

@strong wrenThe asset?

What is hard about it?

[strong wren]

Unity's version of code hot reloading. Making sure your project survives Unity's attempt to serialize all state and restore it takes some effort

[robust condor]

Oh, I might buy this asset if I can tab back into unity without having to wait 1 minute per ctrl+s

[lucid quiver]

is it bad to use the old input system of unity? like does it affect the project in anyway? I wanna shift to the new system but it seems too much work to change everything if there is not gonna be any objective change whatsoever

[frosty hound]

It doesn't affect the project in any way, no.

[strong wren]

I hear input latency is lower on the new input system backend on mobile.

[frosty hound]

If you're hoping to handle multiple input types, or various parts in your game that require different controls (driving vs flying vs walking etc, or even for handling UI), the new system is much easier.

But games were made with the old system successfully

[timber tide]

old system is fine and works right out of the box.

can't be arsed dealing with events when I just want to pump out some game for a jam

[lucid quiver]

this feel stupid to ask but can i still use different actionmaps while having part of my code in the old input system?

[frosty hound]

You can use both, yep

But you will still need to handle the state of the game with the old system, so you're not reading inputs when you don't need them (vs the current system that just lets you toggle entire maps on and off)

[lucid quiver]

right got it

its probably better to convert it anyway cuz unity keeps depricating stuff

how old is the old input system exactly?

[frosty hound]

It's the original system

The current system has been out for 5 years maybe? I forget

[lucid quiver]

hmm i will switch up just cuz it seems more convenient for the long run

[ripe shard]

April 2020 was 1.0, before that it was in preview for approx. 1 year

[lucid quiver]

ya so about 5 years approx

[ripe shard]

I would have guessed it is older 🙃

[rich adder]

Messages mode is pretty quick, at least comes with benefits of new input system

[ocean loom]

how can i make the players shooting raycast ignore the player collider, but the enemy raycast not ignore the player collider? Also im not sure why but my enemy isnt following the player. can someone help?

[rich adder]

use LayerMask, put player in the layermask Player, make enemy only hit Player, make player ray only Hit Enemy Layers

don't forget you have to put the gameobject with the collider to that layer

[ocean loom]

how do i make it only specific to a layer

because im pretty sure i tried something like that and it wasnt working

[rich adder]

Raycast should have parameter for Layermask, that specifies which layers get hit

[ocean loom]

ahh ok, Thank you so much

[solar juniper]

@lucid quiver after 4 Hours i have solved the issue with the Animator.
CC: @winter wadi

Solution: The GameObject that has the Animator Component, make sure this Animator Component "Avatar" field is set with an Animation Avatar.

[lucid quiver]

i have no idea what u said but i am glad it works now

[solar juniper]

this can not be None

Thank you so much for helping tho

[lucid quiver]

i dont think i set that other than while making the animation clips ... let me check tho

[ocean loom]

I have done what you said, yet my player collider is still blocking my own player and my enemy cant detect the player, am i doing something wrong.

[lucid quiver]

up mine is set to none and it still works, pretty sure whatever u fixed this had nothing to do with it

[ocean loom]

i have also set this.

[grand snow]

avatars are for skinned meshes only#

[ocean loom]

and vice versa

[grand snow]

there is a setting for raycasts to hit things they begin inside of I think 🤔

[ocean loom]

thats what im trying to avoid 😭

[lucid quiver]

pretty sure if u add a layermask it shuldnt be a problem

[grand snow]

if its a capsule collider you can move the start to be the radius + some small value?

[ocean loom]

it is a capsule collider

is that the problem?

[lucid quiver]

use this overloaded version Physics.Raycast(startPos,direction,magnitude,layermask)

all the positions need to be vec3

[grand snow]

Nah that just makes it easier to do what I suggested:

Vector3 dir = (end - start).normalized;
start += (radius + 0.01f) * dir;

or fix layer masking if they are seperate

[ocean loom]

guys im really new to this, i have no idea what any of this means 😭

RaycastHit2D ray = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, Player.transform.position - transform.position, PlayerLayer);

this is what i have

[ocean loom]

player layer is the layer masl

mask8

[lucid quiver]

is the enemy layer put into portable layer?

[ocean loom]

yah

[lucid quiver]

dont do this this will obviously trigger if it hits playercollider

[ocean loom]

oh.

[lucid quiver]

try this

bool hit=Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, Player.transform.position - transform.position, PortableLayer);

hit should be true if it hits

[ocean loom]

ok Thank You!

[lucid quiver]

Okay so how do i manually set the magnitude of gravity in 3d? is there even a way or do i have to implement my own physics system for that?

[grand snow]

isnt it something you can change in the physics settings?

the speed anyway

[lucid quiver]

no for 3d its just useGravity checkbox

[naive pawn]

set it in the project settings

[grand snow]

the "gravity constant" should be set as -9.81 y in physics 3d settings

[lucid quiver]

can i access it from script?

[naive pawn]

yes https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics-gravity.html

[lucid quiver]

ty !

[solar juniper]

I am using Animations from Mixamo

[lucid quiver]

is it 3d?

[solar juniper]

yes

[lucid quiver]

okay then that is needed

i thought it was 2d

[solar juniper]

had to make it to Humanoid

[cosmic dagger]

Try #🏃┃animation

[solar juniper]

Oh sry my bad, i am new to this server

ty

[cosmic dagger]

No problem, if you're doing animation, you'll get better help there instead of a coding channel . . .

[solar juniper]

yeah, at first i tought it was a coding problem

[lucid quiver]

is it possible to change the gravity for a particular object only? or is that only possbile for 2d

[sterile radish]

hi im making a mini golf type game and i want to add bouncers, does anyone know how i can give these bouncers behaviours similar to that of pinball bouncers?

[lucid quiver]

what exactly do u mean by bouncers?

[naive pawn]

uh is that even possible in 2d?

or do you mean just the scale?

[lucid quiver]

no i mean in 2d each rigidbody 2d component has its own gravity scale

[polar acorn]

Probably your best bet would be AddExplosionForce, which emenates in a sphere from a specifed location. If it comes from the center of the bumper, it'll push the ball away from the center

[naive pawn]

....so you do mean just the scale

[lucid quiver]

ya

[naive pawn]

yeah i don't think there's an equivalent to that, you could disable gravity and do it yourself

[polar acorn]

For a 3D rigidbody, you'll need to add force manually

[lucid quiver]

welp

[naive pawn]

in fixedupdate, addforce Physics.gravity * scale

[polar acorn]

If you want less gravity, add for up. If you want more, add force down

or disable gravity and add it yourself entirely

[lucid quiver]

ya i got it

ty

[grand snow]

well adjust based on the fixed time scale cus i presume gravity is m/s

[naive pawn]

depending on the force mode, time is already factored in

for gravity you'd use force, which does factor time

[sterile radish]

sorry wrong reply

[sterile radish]

i should've probably mentioned that this is a 2D top-down game sorry, do you know if there is a 2D equivalent to this because i am getting an error and in the unity docs their example code has a 3D rigidbody

[lucid quiver]

u can just do addforce

oncollisionenter2d

and make ForceMode.Impulse

[sterile radish]

but what direction would i add the force?

[lucid quiver]

for that again i need to know what exactly u mean by bouncers

[grand snow]

something like this? (great drawing i know)

[sterile radish]

drawing coincedence lol

but basically the white circle (the golf ball) collides with the purple ball (the bouncer) and it gets bounced back by some force and into some direction

[grand snow]

You can get the dir from ball to bumper and push it the opposite way

[lucid quiver]

well if its a circle u need the reflection angle too

[grand snow]

im simplifying it but yea if you really want to be accurate you want the actual normal of where it hit

dont see much difference though 🤔

[lucid quiver]

if u want to be able to control where the ball goes then yes u need to be physics specific

[lucid quiver]

if u just reverse the direction of velocity it will always go in the opposite direction

[grand snow]

then you can get the dir when it hits and do some random 2d rot like +/- 5 deg?

[lucid quiver]

i wouldnt do this but u can do it for simplicitie's sake

[sterile radish]

how can i rotate it's dir vector?

[lucid quiver]

how do u even calculate if it +5 or -5? is it random?

[grand snow]

float range = 5f;
float randomDeg = Random.Range(-range, range);
dir = Quaterion.Euler(0f, 0f, randomDeg) * dir;

something like this? The concept is to rotate the dir by some small random amount.

[lucid quiver]

ya but the reflection is random

what u ideally want is a raycast reflection

[grand snow]

idea is there random or not

[mighty compass]

Guys i really need help organizing my project

[shell sorrel]

so get the reflect vector then add a small random amount to it

[mighty compass]

I have created enemy object, player object, tree object, and I'm having troubles choosing where to put logic. This is eventually going to be a client -> server game, and right now a low of objects are checking for the raycasts of the player, which I think is the correct thing to do, but Im just not sure how I could send player input to the game objects, or server to be processed.

Like if there are multiple players, how would I put the logic in my project to be checking for their raycasts on all objects within the game

would I create an array of the players and their raycasts or something? or a list?

Also is this the correct thread to ask that question in?

[sage peak]

Hey guys, Can someone help me with a code? I spent all day trying to fix it and I just remembered that this server is a thing

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

public class TextNumberThirst : MonoBehaviour
{
    public TextMeshProUGUI counterText;  // Reference to the TMP Text UI element
    public int counter = 100;  // Initial Hunger value

    // This method will allow other scripts to add points to the counter
    public void AddToCounter(int pointsToAdd)
    {
        counter += pointsToAdd;
        UpdateCounterText();  // Update the text display when the counter changes

        // Check if the counter exceeds 100
        if (counter > 100)
        {
            SwitchToScene(5); // Switch to Scene 5 when hunger exceeds 100
        }

        // Check if the counter is lower than or equal to -1
        if (counter <= -1)
        {
            SwitchToScene(6); // Switch to Scene 6 when hunger drops below 0
        }
    }

    void Start()
    {
        // Start the countdown process to decrease hunger over time
        StartCoroutine(Countdown());
    }

    IEnumerator Countdown()
    {
        // The countdown process that decreases hunger over time
        while (counter > -1)
        {
            counter -= 1;
            UpdateCounterText();
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.06f);
        }

        // Switch to Scene 6 if the counter drops below 0
        if (counter <= -1)
        {
            SwitchToScene(6);
        }
    }

    // Method to update the TMP Text display with the current counter value
    void UpdateCounterText()
    {
        counterText.text = counter.ToString();
    }

    // Method to switch scenes by index
    void SwitchToScene(int sceneIndex)
    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(sceneIndex);
    }
}

Heres the script, for some reason the TMP doesnt change to -1, and it still switches to Scene 6

Yes I used gpt

[rich adder]

can't see the scripts like this, send through links !code
also screenshot inspector for player gameobject and enemy

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
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```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[lucid quiver]

sorry i got distracted

 RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position,directionVector);
 if (hit){
  Vector2 reflectedVec=Vector2.Reflect(directionVector,hit.normal);
 }
        

if u want to reflect it

the direction of relfection is reflectedVec

[sterile radish]

all good! ^ ^ thank you, i've figured it out now. thank you for all your help!

[sage peak]

Please chat, help a brother out here

[grand snow]

while (counter > -1) means it stops before -1 so at 0.

[naive pawn]

what's the problem

[sage peak]

So what shall I do? Change it to 0?

[naive pawn]

it stops when counter is no longer more than -1. after the loop, counter will be -1

[grand snow]

oh shit yea how did i miss that 😐

[rich adder]

no shit, this is the most overconvoluted broken code I've seen this month

[grand snow]

i blame bad ai code for my mistake

[sage peak]

The scene changes even if the score isn't even low. (There are things that add up to the number)

[naive pawn]

"when counter drops below 0"
compares against -1
truly, remarkable quality code

[sage peak]

Unfortunately currently it's the only way 🤣

[grand snow]

rando scene changes happening in the add/remove hunger functions is pretty bad too

[sage peak]

The thing is, I have another code that's litteraly the same, and it works perfectly

[naive pawn]

i mean you're reducing hunger by 1 every 60ms
that's 16.67 per second
your other checks say 100 is the max
so it'll drain in, at most, 6 seconds

[sage peak]

I think it's some other code blocking this one, but where is it.... 🤷🤷🤷

[grand snow]

add breakpoints to the scene changes to see why it happens (use a debugger)

[sage peak]

Yeah, there are items that you press to regain the points

[nocturne kayak]

Hey, is there any way to debug draw a plane?

[grand snow]

Gizmos can draw a mesh solid/wire so maybe that?

[rich adder]

nobuilt in way but you can use DrawLine

[shell sorrel]

gizmos and handles can both do it

[shell sorrel]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Gizmos.html

is no plane, but you could use a thin cube, or i would just use DrawMesh and create the mesh in code

[rocky canyon]

with 4 lines

[shell sorrel]

a plane is just 2 triangles

[rich adder]

found this also https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-debug-drawing-plane/72450/3

[shell sorrel]

handles are more complicated but also can be nice if you want it to be interactive

[grand snow]

Actually cant you use DrawCube with one axis at size 0?

[still umbra]

Can someone help me fix my rigidbody controller, I am on Unity 6 and whenever I release WASD it takes at least a second until my player stops moving. My movedirection is being printed in the bottom left and it seems like its the problem as its taking a long time to update only if I had held any directional key for a little bit already.

This is my code also https://paste.mod.gg/vzgevvygjwzo/0

[grand snow]

check the axis settings as it wont reset to 0 instantly unless you change it

[rocky canyon]

are u getting Inputs in FixedUpdate?

[rich adder]

You can probably use Raw

[rocky canyon]

ya, use Raw input see if it helps

[still umbra]

Thanks ill try it right now

[rocky canyon]

ur movement runs in fixed.. i wouldn't imagine the delay between fixed updates are long enough for it to be that noticeable (updating the speed)

[acoustic belfry]

hi, for a weird reason when i click near the player, the bullets are shot with a lower speed, how i can fix this?

{
    Vector3 mouseposition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
    Vector3 shootDirection = (mouseposition - transform.position).normalized;

    GameObject riflebullet = Instantiate(rifle_bullet, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
    riflebullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().linearVelocity = new Vector2(shootDirection.x, shootDirection.y) * rifle_bulletspeed;

}```

[rocky canyon]

u can make physics a bit more snappier by lowering the fixed timestep.. but try the raw first

[still umbra]

yeah changing it to raw fixed it thanks

[rocky canyon]

when i read it i instantly assumed ur vector wasn't normalized

then i read the code.. and now idk

[rich adder]

put the mousePosition.z at 0

[acoustic belfry]

like this?

 {
     Vector3 mouseposition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
     mouseposition.z = 0;
     Vector3 shootDirection = (mouseposition - transform.position).normalized;

     GameObject riflebullet = Instantiate(rifle_bullet, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
     riflebullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().linearVelocity = new Vector2(shootDirection.x, shootDirection.y) * rifle_bulletspeed;

 }```

[rich adder]

assuming your player pos is at z 0

[acoustic belfry]

holy cannolli you're a genius

that brain emoji was deserved

[acoustic belfry]

it is