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[azure bridge]

so like my bunny character moves with the keys a and d but the animation is not the walking one its the resting one also do i just copy and paste my script here or

also its 2d game

[naive pawn]

so you have 2 parts, the movement and the animation

is the movement working fine?

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like an animation problem not a movement code problem

[azure bridge]

yes the movement not a problem it jumps and moves right and left

so its not script problem?

[wintry quarry]

#🏃┃animation for animation problems

[azure bridge]

oh thx

[wintry quarry]

Well if the animation is controlled via script it can definitely be a problem with the script, but it's also likely to be a problem with the animator setup

[azure bridge]

ill check it out ty

[plush sentinel]

hello

i would like a little help since ive bin stuck on my problem for 3 days and i dont find anything on google

[naive pawn]

!ask

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[plush sentinel]

so i want to import my character with clothes accessories and i dont know how i should set it all up, like how to export and import it right

[lethal meadow]

here?

[wintry quarry]

#🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[rich adder]

oh i was thinking infinite like a inifinte world, like super mario but you couldn't go backwards instead of like "open world" whereyou can revisit the older areas. I misunderstood the gametype though i think lol

[ornate aurora]

Yes it's essentially an infinite map

[rich adder]

Unity Arduino C# and Unamanged C++ structs

[rich adder]

thats why I was wondering if you were able to revisit the old areas

[verbal dome]

You could go with only saving the changes that the user has made. So you first generate the chunk from the seed and then load and apply the changes to it

[ornate aurora]

I heard about quadtrees. Is that useful here?

[vast kettle]

hello, how can i load a lightmap from a png file inside the unity editor and assign it to a scene?

[timber tide]

#archived-lighting

[heady mesa]

can anyone help me make a interact script

[rich adder]

whats wrong with the tutorials designed for this

[heady mesa]

I have looked at as many as i can and mine always never works even though i copy everything

[rich adder]

never works, is less likely . Seems you haven't it done the same then

you'd have to show what you tried for far and what isn't working exactly.

[heady mesa]

the OntriggerEnter and Ontrigger exit for when i walk up to an object just doesn't work

[rich adder]

if it doesnt work
A. you used the wrong methods for the physics type you're using
B. You're missing rigidbody somewhere etc.

[heady mesa]

also when i do type the same thing, the tutorials letters some up as different colors to mine, is that because i did something wrong?

[rich adder]

most likely your IDE is not configured

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[heady mesa]

okay ill try again, thanks!

[heady mesa]

sorry, do you recommend the visual studio via unity or manually installed and what version 2022 or 2019?

[rich adder]

that depends on how you installed your IDE

[heady mesa]

whats IDE?

[rich adder]

the thing you write code in

[swift crag]

"integrated development environment"

Which one are you even trying to use?

Show us a screenshot of your code editor

[heady mesa]

okay

[heady mesa]

this?

[rich adder]

is that vs 2019 or 2022

[swift crag]

The entire window.

you've cut off some parts

[heady mesa]

i think so, its just my file explorer one

that open automatically

[swift crag]

You are still cropping out the title bar.

It's clearly Visual Studio, at least

(people very frequently mix up Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, and I can't exactly blame them)

[heady mesa]

what should i use?

[hot laurel]

a better screnshoot

[rich adder]

follow the VS steps in the bot message

use whatever is installed already

[swift crag]

If you didn't manually download Visual Studio and run an installer, you want the "installed via unity hub" option

[heady mesa]

yea i never manually downloaded one, i jus had it.

[rich adder]

then more than likely you already have the workload part if thats installed through hub, you just need to link it in the External Tools part and possibly click Regen Project Files in that same page

You should see it in the guide

[heady mesa]

will it like interfere with my scripts now if i download a new one?

[rich adder]

not at all no

[swift crag]

Unity doesn't care about your IDE at all -- it compiles the code on its own.

[heady mesa]

ohr okay, so do i get this?

[rich adder]

you should already have that ideally(all new projects come with it) thats the least important step

linking it in External Tools is most important step

the package version there is more important for VSC which your not using here, it expects at least 2.0.20

[quick epoch]

hello guys could i ask a question real quick ? im not sure im in the right place here but im having a problem with the universalpipelinerender ... with the built it you could use the transparency with the Axis but this universal one i cant find where i can change it .... could someone give me a hand with this pleasE? its a 2d sprite game so im following a tutorial but my rendered is different

[rich adder]

probably more of a #archived-urp question

this is a coding channel

[heady mesa]

they were both locked, do i got to my external tools now?

[rich adder]

External Tools is a page inside your Unity editor Preferences, nothing to do with package manager

[quick epoch]

ty maTE i didnt know there was a channel for that im new here sorry and thanks

[swift crag]

okay, so that's definitely wrong

[rich adder]

ya now do it according to the guide

[swift crag]

and yes

follow the guide to configure this properly

[heady mesa]

which one do i change to?

[rich adder]

probably 2022

seems both might be configured

[heady mesa]

is that right?

[rich adder]

you dont need all those checked, the first two are fine and default

only check off first top 2, then click Regen Project Files (make sure VS is closed first)
then open a script from unity

You will have tons of unnecessary csproj/sln files otherwise

[heady mesa]

now my VS dont even load

[rich adder]

did you double click a script ?

[heady mesa]

ye

[rich adder]

wait a moment until the bottom bar says Done

[rich adder]

it says "Survival game" it clearly loaded something lol

[heady mesa]

in the bottom left it says ready

[rich adder]

go to View and open Solution Explorer

[swift crag]

You have no files open right now.

[heady mesa]

but shows nothing, that the thing

[daring heath]

i know i'm doing something dumb, but i'm trying to fix this:

public string enabledIfTrue; bool SpecialCondition = DialogueLua.GetVariable("" + enabledIfTrue).asBool;

where i need to get the public string value of enabledIfTrue to appear in the GetVariable

[rich adder]

try double clicking a script again, or open View -> Solution Explorer and click a file that way

[rich adder]

ok right click it and do Reload with dependencies

[slender nymph]

right click and reload with dependencies

[swift crag]

does something go wrong if you don't do this string concatenation?

[daring heath]

what's a string concatentation sorry? you mean if i just put enabledIfTrue in by itself?

[swift crag]

Yes

[heady mesa]

do i jus install this?

[swift crag]

"Foo" + "Bar" concatenates two strings

[daring heath]

yeah doesn't work either unfortunately

[rich adder]

seems you dont have the Unity Workload for 2022 .
Go back to Visual Studio Installer, find 2022 hit Modify make sure the Unity Workload is checked off and installed

[swift crag]

what does "doesn't work" mean?

compiler error?

runtime error? does nothing at all?

and is that second line of code from somewhere inside of a function?

or is it a field declaration just like the first line?

[daring heath]

as in, it doesn't seem to "get" whatever i put into the enabledIfTrue's inspector field. If I manually put the string in the place of enabledIfTrue in the script it works, but i want it to get the value from the inspector

[daring heath]

it's in Update i just put them together like this for display's sake

[heady mesa]

should i not download that VS that popped up?

[swift crag]

Share the entire script. I need to see what else is going on in it.

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[rich adder]

thats not VS, that is unrelated workload , its incorrectly detecting it as it doesnt know unitys context

[swift crag]

It's trying to install features that are used for an unrelated kind of work, yes.

[daring heath]

@swift crag here's everything relevant, thanks for checking it out

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class UniversalButtonDestroyer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public bool oneTimeUse;
    public string enabledIfTrue;
    //public GameObject button;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        bool IsInConvo = DialogueLua.GetVariable("IsInConvo").asBool;
        bool SpecialCondition = DialogueLua.GetVariable("" + enabledIfTrue).asBool;
        Button button = GetComponent<Button>();
        Image image = GetComponent<Image>();

        if (SpecialCondition == false)
        {
            button.interactable = false;
            image.enabled = false;
        }

[heady mesa]

okay so i got back to my VS then what?

[swift crag]

Perhaps you have more than one UniversalButtonDestroyer component in your scene.

[daring heath]

hmmm i don't, but would that be a problem if i did?

[swift crag]

You could check by searching the hierarchy for t:universalbuttondestroyer at runtime

[swift crag]

you could be configuring the wrong instance

[daring heath]

for example the "IsInConvo" works totally fine

[swift crag]

Right, because every single instance will have the same string there

[heady mesa]

nvm i can't even load up my scripts cuz it said i need to install?

[rich adder]

No not VS. I told you Visual Studio Installer, go to it, Find 2022. Hit MODIFY button then follow the steps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows#install-visual-studio-and-unity

[swift crag]

they said earlier that they did not manually install Visual Studio

would the installer still be available?

[swift crag]

But if you have five instances of this component in your scene, each one can have its own string in the enabledIfTrue field

[rich adder]

yeah it automatically installs it via that
VS doesn't install without the hub/installer as its how it updates too

[violet glacier]

Should I use MVC to separate UI from game logic? Is there a general way of separating them?

[grand snow]

I swear the most common issue here is people not having their ide setup correctly (usually vs)

[rich adder]

sure you can use MVC too if you want to

https://unity.com/how-to/build-modular-codebase-mvc-and-mvp-programming-patterns

[rich adder]

yeah its usually the most important step too

it would solve probably 70% of the questions / issues here

Quick Actions is godsent lol

[heady mesa]

what version is this?

[rich adder]

how can I tell anything if you cut off the titlebar

looks like VS 2019 .

[heady mesa]

i mean it a yt tut ss

hold up

[rich adder]

looks like shitty brackys code lol

that time.deltaTime on the mouse inputs is dead give away or maybe someone copied that bad code

[slender nymph]

also the colors shown there are just a theme

[rich adder]

those looks like VS2019 icons

[wintry quarry]

It's absolutely incredible how much staying power that Brackey's bug has had on the Unity tutorial space.

That bug will never die

[swift crag]

I divide mouse input by deltaTime four or five times to compensate

💥

[wintry quarry]

You can never be too safe.

[swift crag]

(for those unaware: mouse input is not a velocity; it's an absolute amount of movement. multiplying by deltaTime makes no sense!)

[heady mesa]

this is my origonal problem, i jus dk this tut as i said ealier dont work for OntriggerEnter adn exiy

[rich adder]

OnTrigger works fine if you have a rigidbody or CC

but you should really fix your IDE before anything..

[slender nymph]

ideally you wouldn't even be using trigger messages for interacting with objects so it seems like a poor tutorial anyway

[rich adder]

true that, nothing a simple Raycast or other type of Physics query wouldn't solve neater

[heady mesa]

what rigid body cuz i just copied scripts from tut, how do i learn scripting?

[rich adder]

use the pathways on !learn

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[rich adder]

this way its more structured

You wont be copying your "dream game" right away, its more about learning all the building blocks at your disposal before you build your house

[heady mesa]

w quote

btw i've installed 2022 now so what do i do now, will it work?

[rich adder]

You wont be making your first project the game you always wanted to make, its something you build up to

[rich adder]

2022 was installed already 🤔
did you do the Workload part

[hot laurel]

i wonder how many people trigged endless loop of updating view/model 😆

[heady mesa]

that whole time it was installing

[heady mesa]

and yes i did the workload

it was like 1.8 gb

[rich adder]

the Unity one yes ?

[heady mesa]

ye

[rich adder]

you tried opening a script/set it in unity while it was installing 2022 🤔

don't do that lol

easy way to corrupt your install

[heady mesa]

no no no , i waited first

[rich adder]

ok so you try reload the solution now

[heady mesa]

that right

[rich adder]

there we go

now you're coding like a pro , almost

[heady mesa]

whats the last step

[rich adder]

probably learn the basics before you do such complex systems like interactions

eg what does it mean to Get a Component etc.

yes you're using correct thingslike Raycast but do you know why? or what it is?

[heady mesa]

it tutorial

i just copied it

[rich adder]

I know but you're copying without understanding why you need that

copy and paste you wont learn anything

if you must copy and paste, learn why it is you need those

[heady mesa]

cuz i just dk it

and it dont work so idk how imma do it

[rich adder]

so learn

[heady mesa]

but how

that my issue

[swift crag]

and what other outcome could possibly happen?

quit mashing random code together and use the resources you've been pointed to already: #💻┃code-beginner message

[heady mesa]

im tryna make a radius when my test appears and disappears

[rich adder]

things like learn site, documentation and manual

[heady mesa]

cuz im so far away

[rich adder]

trifecta of success

[rich adder]

well you didnt give it distance

so your raycast is infinite

[heady mesa]

how do i give the distance

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

yes because even if you see the docs, would you even know how to read it? or use specific parameters without using a new signature?
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html

[heady mesa]

also is this a good movement script?

[rich adder]

lol its all collapsed

if its moving, its probably fine

[rich adder]

its fine..

I woudnt worry about that too much.

[heady mesa]

okay last thing lol jus to make sure, i do go down teh junior programmer pathway, i dont wanna waste my time lol

[rich adder]

yea

essentials wouldnt hurt either if you still dont know the editor

[slender nymph]

if you're new to the engine entirely then start with the essentials

[heady mesa]

ik most stuff its mostly scripting

[slender nymph]

okay then don't start with the essentials?

[heady mesa]

ok

thanks frrr

[cosmic dagger]

Wow, I had no idea this was what I was doing. I thought I was on to smth the whole time . . . 😄

[rich adder]

haha yeah I think I've used quite a few patterns that only after reading up on them I'm like wait a second...this seems familiar..

I think other .net frameworks are more strict with MVC and MVVM

[cosmic dagger]

It's like a copy, honestly, it's kinda creepy how close you csn get to smth else someone has done with no knowledge of it . . .

[rich adder]

I only learned a few years ago that I was abusing events and the pattern was called "observer" lol

[cosmic dagger]

True, I've always done a custom (but close) replica of the observer pattern . . .

For MVC, I'm actually testing out using a C# class/struct instead of a MonoBehaviour, so it's pure data. Hopefully, it'll be better for null checks, and using the modern conditional operators. Plus, it's pure data, not tied to a separate MonoBehaviour. I'll see if it works out . . .

The tutorial has an error. It uses the null-conditional operator on a MonoBehaviour to check if health is null before calling Increment and Decrement, which is incorrect. That will not correctly check for Unity's null . . .

[rich adder]

oh wow good catch lol

maybe it was meant regular class

nah wait that wouldn't make sense cause you couldn't put it on a object

well actually if you do Serializable it

and its a SerializeField, it should work as its own health

maybe they got lazy lol

nvm HealthPresenter having an instance of Health would probably be going against the whole mvc thing

[cosmic dagger]

Because you could turn the controller into a generic class with T being any stat, like Health, Stamina, Dexterity, and the different fields for those C# classes/structs would appear in the inspector for your controller . . .

[rich adder]

yeah idk someone got lazy to write if (health != null) for the rest lol

also they use early return pattern in the same method and then go into a nest if statement :\

   if (health == null)
            return;

        if (healthSlider !=null && health.MaxHealth != 0)```

when it could just be
if (health == null || healthSlider = null)
return;

weird inconsistencies lol

[astral falcon]

can make sense if there is more happening to health but not the slider, but could also cleaned up better for readability 😄

[cosmic dagger]

With Unity, HealthPresenter (the C/P) is the intermediary and observes the Health (Model) instead of the View, so it gets the data from Health by referencing it. Its fine since both MonoBehaviours are on the same object . . .

[rich adder]

yeah that makes sense now lol

[cosmic dagger]

Using a C# class/struct would remove having a second MonoBehaviour, but you're right, it would tie the data (Model) with the controller (Presenter) since they wouldn't be separate classes (layers) you csn access individually . . .

[robust harness]

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[cosmic dagger]

Just imagine having two classes for a bunch of Controllers. That's a lot . . .

[heady mesa]

hey guys, anyone know how i get this pop up menu for auto correct for my IDE?

[slender nymph]

if it is configured that should appear automatically when typing

unless you've intentionally turned that off in the settings

[heady mesa]

do i need a plugin or something because i don't get that pop up

[slender nymph]

no, it's a built in feature

[rich adder]

thats because you're trying to pass the type itself and not an instance of it

[slender nymph]

is that not the example image of what they want?

[rich adder]

oh I thought that was theirs lol

didnt we configure their ide earlier?

[slender nymph]

yeah which means it should be working just fine unless they've intentionally disabled intellisense

[rich adder]

lets hope not lol

[heady mesa]

There's does that

mine does this

[rich adder]

wtf how did you undo what we did before

#💻┃code-beginner message

Monobehaviour was green here

[heady mesa]

i didn't i installed it as you said

[rich adder]

wat

[heady mesa]

modified it on teh unity development

and laucnhed it

and now it like that

[rich adder]

wdym what did you touch since this

it was working fine

you must've done something

[heady mesa]

im doing the programmer tutorial that you showed me

since idrk how to script

[rich adder]

I understand, but did you not open your script through unity?

[heady mesa]

i did im making a different script

for a different game

that hes teaching me to make

[rich adder]

show your external tools page again in Unity and solution explorer in VS

if you did a new project maybe the Preferences didn't save..

[rich adder]

yup..

iirc you have to open and close unity a few times before it saves those

[heady mesa]

ohr okay

[rich adder]

Okay so back to doing what you did before, select it

and regen etc.

close unity a few times

[heady mesa]

so now if i just load it it will work?

[rich adder]

make sure it saves your setting

do it a few times until unity opens with it saved

[polar briar]

Is this auto fill thing already built into Unity

[heady mesa]

okay

thank you

[rich adder]

they already have it configured to do so , it comes from VS working with the Unity Workload . Its a VS feature called Intellisense

[polar briar]

I have to install it?

[slender nymph]

!ide 👇

[polar briar]

Wait nvm

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[polar briar]

Thx

[nova ivy]

hello! i'm having issues with an animation transition

it's oddly delayed for some reason

has exit time is unchecked, transition duration and offset are at 0

no empty frames at the beginning of the animation

don't really know where to go from here

[rich adder]

sounds more of a #🏃┃animation question no?

unless its code you want to share

[nova ivy]

it runs inside a coroutine if you think that could be relevant?

but other stuff also runs inside it and they work instantly so back at the beginning

[nova ivy]

take a look if you want let me know if there's any blaring mistakes

i'll try in the other channel

[rich adder]

oh jeez.you should really cache that player also use variables instead of very precise magic numbers, it puts meaning behind them

Triggers are pretty wonky, if the transition is too long iirc they repeat

[nova ivy]

it's just a concept project. first time using unity so i'm learning functionalities

but yes i should absolutely find a better way to reference that player lol

[rich adder]

if its runtime beside DI, you can just cache into a variable in Awake

[nova ivy]

what's DI, also will take that into account

don't really know the practical differences between Start and Awake either i just use whichever

[cold elbow]

is there a better way to handle null reference exceptions other than try and catch and if else

[wintry quarry]

try/catch is the worst way

[cold elbow]

why

[wintry quarry]

because it's extremely slow

and it hides actual programming errors that you need to fix

[cold elbow]

I guess is there any other way around if else statements

[wintry quarry]

Generally a NullReferenceException is a great thing

it tells you that you failed to set up or configure something about your scene or your data model

the best way to fix it is to make the thing not null

by properly setting things up

In the rare case where it's acceptable for a variable to actually be null, you just need to check if it's null before you use it.

[cold elbow]

you mean not acceptable?

[swift crag]

exceptions should be exceptional

[wintry quarry]

no I mean acceptable

I mean - the program is in a good state even if that thing is null

[swift crag]

I know that Python encourages you to just YOLO it

[cold elbow]

oh ok

[swift crag]

I've been getting rid of more and more "maybe null" variables

and factoring those out into separate components

[polar briar]

I got a maybe dumb question

2 actually

[rich adder]

Dependency Injection. Like if you spawned this object from something in the scene that could have reference to player, you "pass it " to the new spawned object. That is passing your Dependency or "injecting it" the term is a bit loose In Unity though.

Also Awake is basically constructor for gameobject, it runs regardless of gameobject (unless the whole thing is disabled). Start has a checkmark, if its disabled then it doesnt run

[cold elbow]

in our java programming class our professor was telling us about how excepetions are the best way to handle errors or at least better than if else

[polar briar]

1. Is there an “and” thing. Like if Boolean true do this and this.

[ripe shard]

he was referring to errors -> exceptions in general

[wintry quarry]

There's nobody who knows less about real life programming than college Java professors in my experience tbh 😆

[ripe shard]

he certainly didnt mean to use them for logic flow and fixing sloppy coding

[slender nymph]

you can put as many statements as you want within the block attached to your if statement. you're only restricted to one line if you don't attach a block scope to the if statement

[wintry quarry]

Are they also making you Eclipse IDE?

[nova ivy]

So for example, given that all these variables are GameObjects, they should all go in Awake?

[cold elbow]

yeah actually she did mention one thing about zero division and how its dumb to use exceptions for it

[cold elbow]

no netbeans

[wintry quarry]

even worse lol

[cold elbow]

bruh I hated that ide so much

[rich adder]

awake is a good way to cache something yes

[cold elbow]

I just used intellijide

[polar briar]

I need to find a way to get a shit ton of points or trace the cursers ray hits.

[rich adder]

whats the usecase

[polar briar]

I wanna make a baulders gate like movement system where you can drag a line from your player to make a path.

Specifically draw since actual placement during the movement is important

So you can make your char move In a straight efficient line or a long detour line

[wintry quarry]

just record each point the mouse is touching each frame in a list

then have your character follow the list of points

You could do every .1 seconds or something instead for performance reasons

[polar briar]

Okay that what I was kinda planning

But it’s the actual execution I need to figure out

Like what to type and stuff. So research time!

[astral falcon]

cant you use navmesh to get the path and then show the line accordingly?

[wintry quarry]

They don't want the fastest path to a point

they want the character to follow the path the mouse traced out

[astral falcon]

ah okay, thought they gonna track just start (character) to end (mouse pos) and then let them walk there, my bad

[wintry quarry]

you probably still want to have navmesh involved though - to handle pathfinding to the mouse points, because the mouse may trace out a path that goes through a wall for example

[astral falcon]

Just was thinking of the mentioned baldurs gate movement, where you just set the destination, not the path itself. But something to clarify by the questioning person

[polar briar]

I was going to nav mesh to each point. The game is ran in “frames” (for lack of a better name). So you move 1M a frame. So I need to stop the nav mesh or freeze the player mid run

(Think yomi hustle X BG3)

[astral falcon]

Ah, so you need specific distance points your player can "use" to move?

[polar briar]

Kinda. I’m having it so you draw the line and then as the frames advance you run it, unable to stop. Risk and reward type thing

[wintry quarry]

Sure. This is going to be little more than just keeping a list of the points and a cursor into the current point you are navigating to. Once you reach one point you start navigating to the next one, etc.

[astral falcon]

I am sure, you can split up the found path into some "sub"paths and go from there. But as you said, that really sounds like a prototyping thing to test what works for you

[polar briar]

My plan was to do the point thing ever second, then seperste it into segments that are each 1M total

Sigh I am realizing this project is a bit big scope for a first every game. But motivation is motivation

[astral falcon]

Think of systems, not the whole game and things get smaller.

[rich adder]

one piece at a time

[polar briar]

Hence why I’m starting on movement and not the combat or the environment shit

Or the… online comparability

I do plan on having about 300~ abilities in the game but again, that’s an issue for later

[astral falcon]

Just keep in mind, its your first game so even if you fail, you gain knowledge. And if you dont fail, congratz. Just look at it as research for your career path rather then trying to be the next AAA title. Be proud of smaller achievements like learning navmesh in this case and other things, that will come up while you realize, what you need for the systems you want to include.

[polar briar]

I pray this isn’t a AAA game.

🤮

[astral falcon]

Back in the days when I wasy ounger, AAA was good 😄

[polar briar]

I hope it’s a functioning shit show

[polar briar]

The days of 2010s

[astral falcon]

more like before 2000s childchood 😄

[polar briar]

I think what I need to learn first is. Raycasting. Navmesh. And saving points

[polar briar]

Oh the 1900s

[astral falcon]

Sounds like a plan 🙂

[polar briar]

Quarter of a decade ago damn

[astral falcon]

So, time for me to get some sleep, getting late here 😄 Best of luck for you and have fun learning and researching! 🙂

[cold elbow]

Ive been having this error show up on my console since I started my project before I even started coding anything

Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.ViewSwitcher.OnDisable () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy/Editor/ViewSwitcher.cs:205)
Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.PlasticWindow.ClosePlastic (Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.PlasticWindow window) (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy/Editor/PlasticWindow.cs:1096)
Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.PlasticWindow.OnDisable () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy/Editor/PlasticWindow.cs:283)```

[rich adder]

this is a known bug. apparently not yet fixed

you can remove the VC package and restart unity

if you use unity VC idk then lol

[tired junco]

Hey, im having an issue with this rotation handling im calling in fixed update which results in a jitter effect of the whole character

[wintry quarry]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://paste.mod.gg/, https://hastebin.skyra.pw/ , https://paste.ofcode.org/ , https://paste.myst.rs/

📃 Inline Code

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

[wintry quarry]

and share the full script as we're missing context here such as where is this running

[tired junco]

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

[wintry quarry]

Where and when does this HandleKeyoardMovement get called

Is it in Update?

[tired junco]

fixed update

but the camera jitter does only appear if i call HandleRotation method

[wintry quarry]

ok well I would say a few possible issues here:

1. Your use of transform.eulerAngles.y in several places. Euler angles cannot be isolated individually from a Transform and expected to be relied upon for game logic
2. Potential lack of interpolation on the Rigidbody

[vapid ledge]

is there a simple way to dynamically resize text to fit inside a gameobject? i'm trying to make a function that, given a gameobject (with a child tmp_text), maximises the size of the text whilst not letting it get bigger than the size of the object itself

[wintry quarry]

TextMeshPro has an "auto size" feature

[vapid ledge]

i have tried that

it doesnt seem to account for the length of the text string itself

or some other variable i'm probably missing

[wintry quarry]

#📲┃ui-ux

[vapid ledge]

oh ok

ty

[charred lake]

Any chance someone can help me with this script? As far as I know this is all right, but after the objects are assigned it doesn't seem like the script effects anything

[rich adder]

gameobject that started this coroutine is either disabled, destroyed or you have timescale at 0

debug.log your EventStarter before Wait see if it even enters the Coroutine

[cosmic dagger]

So nothing activates/deactivates (turns off or on)?

[charred lake]

Correct

[rich adder]

put log on each step see where it fails

[charred lake]

I'm new new chief, how do I do that?

[rich adder]

Debug.Log("step 1");
etc.

above each Wait for seconds

[charred lake]

I've never had to debug. Where, how, what? (I apologize)

[cosmic dagger]

they explained where. they said place this line of code (they provided the line of code in their message) above each wait for seconds . . .

[charred lake]

AH

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html
should probably be the first function you ever used in Unity

[charred lake]

Forgive me, but I'm so lost, this right?

[rich adder]

no why didnt you copy how I wrote it lol

[charred lake]

It doesn't recognize it

[rich adder]

wdym?

[cosmic dagger]

how does it not recognize it? does it tell you that? just wondering what you mean . . .

[rich adder]

Debug.Log("step 1");
yield return new WaitForSeconds(2);
Debug.Log("step 2");
etc..```

[charred lake]

Apparently it was being picky, its fine now

Uno momento

[cosmic dagger]

also, as they mentioned, place that line of code above each WaitForSeconds, not just the first one . . .

[charred lake]

Right

👍🏾 ?

[rich adder]

yeah looks fine. maybe you can even put a step 4 under the last WaitForSeconds

save it. then run the code again, check the console tab

[charred lake]

Thank you

One moment

[rich adder]

ok so its working

[cosmic dagger]

it does work!

[charred lake]

And that's what's confusing me

[rich adder]

so are sure you referenced the correct objects you are lookking to disable / enable

[cosmic dagger]

so, the question is: what do you expect to happen that does not?

[slender nymph]

did you do something silly like drag prefabs into the slots in the inspector?

[rich adder]

hehe yeah that would be bad

[cosmic dagger]

make sure you dragged the correct GameObjects in each slot. check if they are activated/deactivated during runtime . . .

[cosmic dagger]

this was my initial thought . . .

[charred lake]

Huh?

[slender nymph]

what part of the question do you not understand?
also your screenshot shows you allegedly did not do that anyway so 🤷‍♂️

[cosmic dagger]

we can't see where these GameObjects are. they look like UI GameObjects; are they in the scene view or off-screen?

[inland cobalt]

        public static Collider GetCollisionOnUpdate(Rigidbody self, float maxDistance = Mathf.Infinity)
        {
            float distancePerFrame = self.linearVelocity.magnitude * Time.fixedDeltaTime;
            Ray ray = new(self.position, self.transform.forward);

            // Based on estimated position next physics update, check if there is a collider there
            UnityEngine.Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit, Math.Min(distancePerFrame, maxDistance));
            return hit.collider;
        }```
Anyone know what im doing wrong here? I'm trying to predict whether a collision will occur or not in the next physics update, and will return the collider that it hits (which will end up being null if there is none), except it never seems to return the collider when i would expect it to

```cs
Debug.DrawRay(ray.origin, self.linearVelocity * distancePerFrame, Color.green, Time.fixedDeltaTime);

I've added this for debugging, and it looks as expected, so i have no clue what im doing wrong

[rich adder]

you realizing that charSirDummy and charLadyDummy are already enabled, what sense would it be to set them as active again

[charred lake]

Sorry, "prefabs" isn't something I'm yet familliar with

[charred lake]

One on screen one off screen

[slender nymph]

then you should perhaps take a step back from what you are doing and go through the unity essentials pathway on the !learn site so you can learn how the editor works instead of just fumbling along blindly

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[rich adder]

they start Active, why are you setting Active = true in code ?

perhaps you wanted to HIDE them ?

or you're just misunderstanding what SetActive does

its not gonna magically make them appear if they're offscreen

[charred lake]

I've been receiving assistance from various people who ahve said multiple conflicting things, I appreciate it

[cosmic dagger]

isn't your distance too short? you don't need to multiply by fixedDeltaTime . . .

[rich adder]

you still haven't told us What you expected to happen from the script running

"but after the objects are assigned it doesn't seem like the script effects anything"
is unclear on the issue, since we proved the script is running correct

[charred lake]

Apologies, let me explain

[inland cobalt]

Surely i do though? If i want to work out where my object is going to be next frame, do i not need to work out its velocity; per second and then multiply that by the time between updates, which is by default 50hz. Linear velocity is just units per second isnt it? I'm guessing metres

[charred lake]

I've set up an animation for the Lady off screen to come on screen, which works. As well as an animation for the Sir on screen to fade in, which works.

I'm merely trying to delay their activation so they don't all playout at once

And I've fixed it

[rich adder]

so start with them DISABLED prior to running game

[charred lake]

Yeah I pressed the wrong button

[inland cobalt]

anyone?

[charred lake]

Mayhaps I shoulda worked on this when I got a proper sleep

Thank you all very much for your assistance though

The debugging will definetly be helpful. I've been lucky up till now that I haven't needed it, but it'll be good to know👍🏾

[rich adder]

yes debugging will be most of your time developing lol its a good way to confirm facts rather than assumptions

[cosmic dagger]

no. FixedUpdate runs at a fixed rate, not a variable rate like Update . . .

[inland cobalt]

No i know that. But isn't it still correct for my code? I want to check that for the next time a physics update occurs, that i will collide, therefore im casting a ray in the direction of my velocity, with the length of how far it will get in that period, to check if it hits a collider

Sorry i realised i probably used the word frame when i shouldn't, i'm just talking about physics here, not rendering

[tender wren]

I am having trouble understanding why scriptable objects are used the way they are.

I read the docs for them and noted in other tutorials it should be used as a data container, but the data shouldn't be changed.

Additionally, other uses for it have scriptable object is communicate through events?

If I wanted to use a scriptable object for a global variable to reference through events, should that variable never change?

Anyone have a video that explains them with an example that makes sense.

[polar acorn]

Scriptable objects let you define a cluster of variables and store them in a file you reference from multiple places

[near wadi]

I cannot seem to find the code to align center the Button

        if (GUILayout.Button("Select Output Folder", GUILayout.MaxWidth(250)))
        {
            baker.SelectOutputFolder();
        }

[tender wren]

So for clarity, should those stored file variables be adjusted during runtime or not?

[cosmic dagger]

no, you just need the distance value. it's frame-rate independent; that is why you don't need to multiply values by fixedDeltaTime . . .

[polar acorn]

You should avoid changing them. They behave differently in the editor as they do in a build if you change them at runtime

[near wadi]

can't you change them, but have to write them out to a save file..

[rich adder]

are you doing editor code? probably better off in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[cosmic dagger]

the problem is, you can mutate the values of an SO during runtime, but it must be an instance of the original SO. because of how SOs work (under the hood) they behave differently in the editor than during a build. this causes a LOT of confusion when first working with them . . .

[inland cobalt]

That did indeed fix it thanks, I'm still not sure exactly why though. I was fairly confident i needed fixedDeltaTime. is linearVelocity not per second?

[polar acorn]

Think like, a TCG card. Every Grizzly Bears is a 1G 2/2 Creature with no abilities. This never changes. If you play a Grizzly Bears and then buff it with Giant Growth, it doesn't change the file that says "Grizzly Bears is a 1G 2/2 Creature with no abilities", you are just changing this Grizzly Bear

[rich adder]

try cs GUILayout.BeginHorizontal(); GUILayout.FlexibleSpace(); if (GUILayout.Button("Centered Button", GUILayout.Width(250), GUILayout.Height(50))) { Debug.Log("Button clicked!"); } GUILayout.FlexibleSpace(); GUILayout.EndHorizontal();

[inland cobalt]

Wait no, it didn't fix it. It's triggering too early. We are definitely on the same page here right? I need to check per fixedUpdate, not per second, so im 99% sure i need fixedUpdate

[near wadi]

Thank you 🙂 that is very helpful

[rich adder]

did it work? been a while since i touched the old school GUI lol I'm tooling with UIToolkit now

[cosmic dagger]

check your length and your debug. it may be too long now since it was shortened by fixedDeltaTime . . .

[near wadi]

It did! for the button you included. now i have to tinker a bit to include the other buttons, as they would all want to be on the same line if i put the

   GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
   GUILayout.FlexibleSpace();

above all of them. It proves the concept though, and know i understand the Syntax a bit better

[inland cobalt]

too long because it was shortened, Huh? That's fine, my ray debug looks exactly as i would expect, that's why i dont understand where the problem's coming from. I feel like you're not really reading what im asking

[hot laurel]

The Asset SO is a serialized ScriptableObject instance:

In Editor: Mutable and savable as a standalone file. Changes are serialized and saved via the AssetDatabase and Unity's serialization system.
In Build: Read-only. Runtime values can change but cannot be saved back, as it is part of the build.
On scene reload, the ScriptableObject resets to its original state.
To Save Runtime Changes: Use external files or systems that are not included in the build.

[cosmic dagger]

you pinged the wrong person . . .

[hot laurel]

its clarification, so its bound to your post for follow up

[hot laurel]

He said that it was short because of the * fixedDeltaTime(0.02 by default), you deleted it so now its too long and it triggers too fast

[inland cobalt]

But the point is i want it to check for the position it is the next physics update, the behaviour i have right now for the debug line with the fixedDeltaTime in looks as i would expect, i dont want to check where it will be in a second

For more context the reason im doing this is because i want physics based rotation control in my game, but i dont want my character to spin out when hitting something, so i am constraining rotation when i suspect i will hit something

        if (PhysicsUtils.WillCollideOnUpdate(rb, out _)) rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotation;
        else rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.None;

[hot laurel]

I didn't say its wrong, i clarified you reading misunderstanding of someone else post. The formula is good it follows the physic one s = v * t. But you estimate the position just after 1 fixed frame, which is the equivalent of position after 0.02s (20ms) (human reaction time is 250ms for comparision).

just estimate the position after 50 frames

[inland cobalt]

im not trying to get a human to be able to respond to it, im trying to prevent rotational forces being applied to the player when they collide with another object when that collision is inevitable, which will be if you have the velocity to collide with an object by the next physics update

[hot laurel]

it wasn't the point

20 ms estimations are usless

[inland cobalt]

how come? i dont want it to constrain rotation any longer than it has to

[hot laurel]

just increase the frame value, thats the solution, explaining it is effortless

[inland cobalt]

But if im checking every single fixed update if it will collide next update, surely its going to check for a collision before it collides no matter what, and by checking the position next frame, every single frame, it's always checking at the latest possible time

[hot laurel]

do math with real numbers, and you will understand how the distance ray looks just for 1 frame, 1 frame is equivalent of 0.02, put the numbers, calculate

like this, not in code block to don't copy paste

[rocky canyon]

what IDE are u using?

[hot laurel]

nvim

[cosmic dagger]

Maybe your confusion comes from seeing the distance as a measurement per frame or per second

First, when dealing with movement in FixedUpdate, since it's frame-rate independent, you don't multiply by deltaTime (we already know this)

Second, the distance is a measurement of space, not time; i.e., 1 is 1 unit, 10 is 10 units (a unit is one grid space in the scene). It's independent of time. Multiplying by fixedDeltaTime will only change the measurement of distance in space, not on a per frame or per second basis . . .

[inland cobalt]

Late response sorry. I feel like we're going around in circles here. But that is what i want i get what you're trying to tell me but i don't see how that's helpful, as its limiting my rotation before i want it to

[plain imp]

Input System Newbie:
I've been adapting the Smartfox Shooter demo which has walk, run, jump etc all set up.
It has the Input System - Custom Character Controller - Animator already in place.

I'm now trying to add dance animations for my not-shooter game.
I've gotten a key working to toggle dancing on and off but I think it's not switching the boolean Dance.

To keep the UI simple for now, I've made an Animator layer that (I think) can progress from one animation dance loop to the next to the next as long as Dance == true.

I think the boolean Dance isn't activating when my key press toggles it on, although I can see that it's activating the reset of the other booleans. Maybe it's getting switched of by the other functions which check the move/jump functions.

Also the two original layers have a blue line under them but my new third dance layer doesn't.

I'll experiment with adding my Dance == false rule to the other layer, but any advice would be welcome.

[cosmic dagger]

i'm unsure about your issue, i just wanted to point out a piece of your code: dance = dance ? false : true;

it seems you want to flip its value, if that is true, you can simplify it with dance = !dance;; it's more readable and shows your intent more clearly . . .

[plain imp]

Thank you. I'm working on understanding this demo's controller logic, so I can add my own additional animations.

1. Having dance anims on a separate Animator layer is preferable b/c their walk/run/jump graph is a web with every state connecting to every other state.
2. The logic seems to be:
   (for example) Tap shift to toggle run on - update RunForward bool on Animator to true - send animation change to SF2X multiplayer network - Animator changes state to RunForward b/c that bool is true.

I can see the bool changes for their walk/run/jump in Animator. Now I'm figuring out how to add my dance animations correctly.

https://docs2x.smartfoxserver.com/ExamplesUnity/shooter

[near wadi]

Useful for me as a beginner programmer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMrYv9nNQGI&list=PLNoRsahkiuzV_OgO9QmIuCy7nr__RGzBS

i put it here because it covers concepts that are used all the time. it is Not Editor Scripting specific.

[keen owl]

Don’t think that’s a code question but you just layer another sprite

[compact monolith]

yeah but after i did that, it collided with another object

[keen owl]

Oh I thought you were talking about the holes on top. You would probably use a tag based approach to have some colliders ignore other colliders maybe

[compact monolith]

not "unity collider", i'm talking about the holes in the board

[keen owl]

You just said it collided with another object, did you mean overlap?

[inland canopy]

!collab

[eternal falcon]

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[tiny wind]

hi, im new iin coding, what does this meaan?

[frail hawk]

show some of the code maybe

[tough plinth]

Hello Everyone, having trouble with the script below:

So I need to rotate Instantiated object by 90 degrees on X axis, but it says that it can't convert void to Unity.GameEngine.Quaternion

Tried using variable, didn't work

[frail hawk]

rotation probably instead Rotate

[tough plinth]

Yeah, that what I was here for the first time, but as I said, it spawns that object below 90 degrees on X axis

[astral falcon]

Rotate is a method, not a quaternion, which it expects

You are instantiating whatToSpawn (bad namings btw) and you set it to the position of the whatObject and then you Rotate the target object with nothing. Thats your code currently doing

It does not make sense at all, because your instance created is not parent of your whatObject, so you rotate it but nothing happens to your instance

[tough plinth]

How do I rotate with something?

[frail hawk]

do you wan to have the same rotation as an gameobject at that time

[astral falcon]

[frail hawk]

or will the rotation always be the same

orr do you want the initial rotation of the prefab

[tough plinth]

So it should take the position of main object, and then when it spawns, rotate it by 90 degrees on X

So it will look not straight, instead, it will look up

Because if I leave with rotation, it will look straight

Just need to rotate bit a bit

[frail hawk]

Quaternion.Euler(90, 0, 0); try this

[astral falcon]

Thats not taking into account the whatObject rotation tho

[frail hawk]

he did not say that anywhere

he only said the position of the main object

[astral falcon]

Ah my bad, it was just position, true

[tough plinth]

Ah

Thank you, it worked!!

ty guys

[frail hawk]

you are welcome

you could also just have the prefab rotate 90 degress on x before instantiating and then simply use Quaternion.identity

[tough plinth]

Oh, and @astral falcon, you said namings were bad, was it because it was hard to understand what they mean?

Renaming to:
confettiVfx
plrBody

Is more solid and understandable?

[astral falcon]

depends on what you gonna do with that method. But if its a specific object, "whatToSpawn" and "whatObject" does not explain anything about your setup. Just imagine explaining it to someone else. its like calling everything "this" and "that" 😉

[tough plinth]

That's something like, keeping the original rotation after copying?

[frail hawk]

yes

[tough plinth]

Oh I got it, thanks

[tiny wind]

my character wont move anymore after I put the animations, pls help

im just using the code from the tutorial im watching

[frail hawk]

post it as code , it is easier to inspect

also do you have any error messages in the console

[tiny wind]

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] private float speed;
private Rigidbody2D body;
private Animator anim;
private bool grounded;

private void Awake()
{   
    //Grabs references for rigidbody and animator from game object.
    body = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
}

private void Update()
{
    float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
    body.velocity = new Vector2(horizontalInput * speed, body.velocity.y);

    //Flip player when facing left-right.
    if (horizontalInput > 0.01f)
        transform.localScale = Vector3.one;
    else if (horizontalInput < -0.01f)
        transform.localScale = new Vector3(-2, 2, 2);

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space) && grounded)
        Jump();

    //sets animation parameters
    anim.SetBool("RUN", horizontalInput != 0);
    anim.SetBool("GROUNDED", grounded);
}

private void Jump()
{
    body.velocity = new Vector2(body.velocity.x, speed);
    anim.SetTrigger("jump");
    grounded = false;
}

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Ground")
        grounded = true;
}

}

[tiny wind]

i did, but it cleared out

[frail hawk]

line 32 looks weird to me

[frail hawk]

what tutorial is it that you are following

[hot laurel]

by wont move you mean the animation stops but the character itself still move on the plane? or animation and character doesnt move at all?

[frail hawk]

i assume it is this: #💻┃code-beginner message

that is why i asked which tutorial they are following, maybe just a simple typo

[tiny wind]

the animation is animating but the character isnt moving

[tiny wind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf8LOFNnils&list=PLgOEwFbvGm5o8hayFB6skAfa8Z-mw4dPV&index=2

[frail hawk]

he used lower case "run"

same for "grounded"

[tiny wind]

i have it in uppercase because the parameter's name on mine is RUN, same for GROUNDED

[frail hawk]

do you still have any errors

[tiny wind]

on the console, no

[hot laurel]

transform.localScale = new Vector3(-2, 2, 2); this doesn't look right

comment the if with that line out

and check if its working

[frail hawk]

wha is the value of speed in your inspector

[tiny wind]

10

[hot laurel]

fix line 26 to transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);

dont see anything else wrong

[tiny wind]

nothing happened

also, i just noticed, it also isnt falling even with gravity

[burnt vapor]

Scale has nothing to do with gravity anyway

Can you log body.velocity?

https://unity.huh.how/debugging/logging

Loks, check what it is. I assume that it is constantly 0 or a weird value

[hot laurel]

and show inspector screnshoot of the character with uncolappsed rigidbody2d

[burnt vapor]

Are there errors in the Unity console?

[tiny wind]

one just showed up

[burnt vapor]

So this script is probably not even attached, or something else isn't

Click the message, it will point to the missing component

Assuming it's this script, add it

[tiny wind]

its not doing anything when i click it

[burnt vapor]

It should point you to the missing referenced script in the inspector

[burnt vapor]

Regardless, I can see the script is included here so that's probably not the issue anyway

[hot laurel]

the Component looks ok, thought you freeze one of axis by mistake but no. You can Debug.Log(horizontalInput) right after you assign value to it

[burnt vapor]

Does the scene play with no errors?

[tiny wind]

no but something new happened

the running animation now plays when I press trhe arrow keys

but im still not moving or falling

and the character now flips depending on the direction (which was a problem i was trying to solve earlier but ig its fixed now)

[hot laurel]

yeah that the line you fixed

and its reacting to input so you doesnt need to debug the horizontal input anymore

[burnt vapor]

Like I said, debug the velocity

[hot laurel]

i think its still may be line 26 fault, the flipping x axis may collide with physic system

[frail hawk]

unlikely

[burnt vapor]

Apart from it still being as lot of guesswork due to lack of debugging results, this is very unlikely to be the issue

[burnt vapor]

info will also show the velocity btw

[hot laurel]

it alreeady affected animator and physics when it was scaled up, now its just flipped on x axis, thats from where that guess coming from

few debug.log would solve it easy

[burnt vapor]

If it has anything to do with flipping then the unflipped variant would not have any issues

Again, bunch of guessing while there is no actual proof of anything so this is pointless

[hot laurel]

i guess he just pressing in one direction

[burnt vapor]

You guess huh

[feral moon]

The object that the code is linked to should become invisible when another object taken from the scene is visible.

Can you help me with writing this code? Because mine don't work out.

[toxic pine]

i got this on the triggerenter of my object to move the camera up but nothing happens: if (other.gameObject.tag == "trig")
{
Debug.Log("itsworking butnot");
camera1.transform.position += new Vector3(0, (float)cameramove, 0);

       // Camcontroller.moveup = true;
    }

i get the debug message

but the camera doesnt move

[burnt vapor]

Then cameramove is likely 0f

I suggest you debug what it returns

https://unity.huh.how/debugging/logging

[frail hawk]

do you really want += or does it have to be =

cause you are only doing this in one frame.

[toxic pine]

+= i want it to move up and not at a certain place

[frail hawk]

then you would have to do that in the update or maybe in a coroutine.

rn you are doing this in the OnTriggerEnter

[toxic pine]

its okay if it happens once i dont want it to keep happening

[burnt vapor]

I thought it wasn't moving at all?

So does it move but only slightly or not at all?

[toxic pine]

its not moving but its suppose to

[burnt vapor]

What does cameramove return then?

[toxic pine]

it returns 1

[burnt vapor]

1 is not much

Does Y of camera1.transform.position change then?

[toxic pine]

not at all

[burnt vapor]

How did you debug it?

Show the code

[toxic pine]

f (other.gameObject.tag == "trig")
{
Debug.Log("itsworking butnot");
camera1.transform.position += new Vector3(0, (float)cameramove, 0);
Debug.Log(cameramove);
// Camcontroller.moveup = true;
}

[burnt vapor]

What does it log when you do Debug.Log((float)cameramove);?

Alternatively log camera1.transform.position before you add cameramove

I don't see how this doesn't properly mutate the value

[verbal dome]

Something else could be modifying the camera pos

[toxic pine]

stil 1

[verbal dome]

Like cinemachine, a script, or even an animator

[burnt vapor]

Yes, then it's probably being reset if you're certain it's being added

[toxic pine]

could be cinemachine but its a normal camera

[burnt vapor]

You see cameramove is a valid value that would update the position, and the code looks correct.

What you can also do is log camera1.transform.position in an update function to see what it returns each frame

If correct it will show the new value, then go back to the previous value

[toxic pine]

alr ill see

i maybe know why

the object the script is on is a prefab

and i made the camera a prefab

and the position of the prefab changes instead of the camera in the sccene

bc in the debug its shows its moving up

could that be it?

[tiny wind]

I just got back, how exactly do I do this? i still dont get how to log

[burnt vapor]

See the link I added with this message

[verbal dome]

If your camera variable is referencing a prefab then yes that's definitely it

[toxic pine]

how can i fix that bc i cant asign the in scene camera to camera1

[verbal dome]

I suppose you are Instantiate-ing the camera somewhere? That method returns the instantiated object. You can store that reference

[toxic pine]

rn i just have the camera in the scene from the start

but how can i store an instantiated object?

[verbal dome]

You need some way to get a reference to it

[verbal dome]

By assigning it to a variable with ... = Instantiate(...)

[toxic pine]

ah

its worksss!!!!!

[toxic pine]

thank you

[toxic pine]

thanks for the help

[tiny wind]

i dont think im doiung this right because its saying all compiler errors must be fixed before entering playmode

[languid spire]

screenshot your console

[languid spire]

I think the first error is pretty obvious

[tiny wind]

this showed up after i tried to debug

[willow shoal]

Hi

[languid spire]

ok so show me line 21 of the PlayerMovement script

[tiny wind]

still tryna figure out how to use debug.log

[languid spire]

And what does the first error message say?

this has nothing to do with Debug.Log. It is absolutely basic C# syntax

[burnt vapor]

Did you try? This should be fine

I don't see how the link is unclear, it explains it properly

And like Steve said, this is basic c#

Actually, take a step back because your editor is nog configured

So configure it first, and then continue with the issue

Because it's obvious the editor is not helping

[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)
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[tiny wind]

i just started using unity 12 hours ago, theyre all pretty hard for me to understand rn lmao

[languid spire]

you can read can you not?

[burnt vapor]

Properly configure VSCode first. I suggest you switch to Visual Studio or Rider however

[tiny wind]

ight

[near wadi]

Junior Programmer Pathway on the !learning site is a good start

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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[burnt vapor]

It can't even detect a missing semicolon so if you have trouble writing code you should definitely get the extra help

[languid spire]

end of line 21

if the error message is not understandable then learning C# basics is an absolute necessity

[tiny wind]

its working now, i missed a semicolon

[languid spire]

yes, exactly what the error message told you

[burnt vapor]

Please stop trying to fix issues and just configure your editor

I am very aware of the issues, that wasn't the point of configuring it. You are going to have a hard time yourself

[near wadi]

they are going to laugh when they finally configure it, and watch it start auto-completing code for them

[tough plinth]

Hello!
So I've encountered a problem with music (SFX) not playing when player collects collectible object.

Script works fine, with VFX (explosion) being played, but for some reason music is not.

Any thoughts?

[hexed terrace]

you play the audio and then immediately destroy the game object

[tough plinth]

So, it doesn't have time to fully play?

[hexed terrace]

how can it? It no longer exists when you destroy it..

[tough plinth]

Yeah, I agree

Fresh look helps a lot

Thank you!

[cinder schooner]

you should call destroy like this, Destroy(gameObject, Audio.clip.length);

[hexed terrace]

That's a good way to delay the destroy, but not the only thing that will need doing for this. The visual will still be present until the clip finishes, and that needs to disappear straight away.

[cinder schooner]

but if it is a particle effect, you would just call play once and not make it loop

or stop it once you know it should stop. e.g. delay

[hexed terrace]

yes, so making it disappear straight away

[willow shoal]

Is there another script/option in unity than animator.Play("StateName");? like play.this.animation ? i have a lot of animation and i need just add for inspector my animation. I have to do it faster

every time type ur animation in script is boring : / i just need add for inspector my animation

just this

[tough plinth]

So. Another question.

How do I tell the script which one I want it to play?

Since you can't rename them, what's the option?

[burnt vapor]

Why do you have 2?

[verbal dome]

Make serialized fields and drag them into different slots

[willow shoal]

ooo

[tough plinth]

1. For Win SFX
2. For Collecting SFX

[burnt vapor]

Can't you just use 1 and use AudioSource.PlayOneShot?

That is assuming you have two separate audio sources because you want to avoid cancelling eachother. This would fix it.

[tough plinth]

Wait wait. I'm completely confused.

If there is a problem with using 2 same components in Unity, how do people manage to play multiple audio on a single GameObject?

[burnt vapor]

There's not, I am just suggesting a simpler alternative if this is the reason yo have two audio sources

It is perfectly possible to have multiple channels. PlayOneShot has its own limitations

But if you want to simply be able to play sounds without them cancelling eachother out, you can have a single channel and use this method

But to answer your question, generally you'd make a sort of manager that maintains the audio sources and balances sounds between them. Specifically by using specific channel groups

Don't make a source for every single sound, make them for a category in that case

[tough plinth]

Is it beginner friendly?

[burnt vapor]

I guess

Alternatively just use GetComponents in a script to get all audio sources and use one of the returned instances

[tough plinth]

So the idea is just to play a sound when player collects an object, but the thing is that player body is already using one of the AudioSources, so that's the problem

[burnt vapor]

Yes so PlayOneShot would fix this

AudioSource.PlayOneShot does not cancel clips that are already being played by AudioSource.PlayOneShot and AudioSource.Play.
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayOneShot.html

[tough plinth]

Also, what about Empty GameObject with Box Collider? Since empty GameObject is actually nothing and does not Collide, you can make lots of them and use like a hitboxes?

The problem with Destroy() as said

Even with PlayOneShot(), sound doesn't have enough time to play

[hexed terrace]

so think about it logically..

You want to:

• hide visual
• play sound
• destroy after sound has finished

[burnt vapor]

I didn't see the chat about destroying it

Yeah considering it's more or less a fire and forget thing, you can't check if it finished

[tough plinth]

I think I will just make it to send a signal to play that sound on the Player model

So it doesn't destroy with the sound

[hexed terrace]

no, it shouldn't be on the player.. it has nothing to do with the player

[tough plinth]

Play sound on the player model?

Instead of particle?

[hexed terrace]

I literally just said do not do that

[tough plinth]

Alright I won't

[burnt vapor]

You could, but it just couples a sound on the player which has nothing to do with the actual player

So you really should not

[hexed terrace]

Collectable parent should be an empty gameobject, with the components on it.. the visual should be a child of this.
collect -> disable visual + play sound -> destroy parent when sfx finished

[tough plinth]

Maybe I can try with Get components ()?

[hexed terrace]

🤔

[tough plinth]

How do I check if SFX is finished?

[hexed terrace]

you need a longer memory

[tough plinth]

Thanks for a tip

Uh, it does the thing but. Collectible is no longer destroy..

Nvm, I fixed it.

Thank you guys for your help! @hexed terrace @burnt vapor @cinder schooner

[cinder schooner]

Thanks!

[azure bridge]

hello im doing a score UI where the player collects things and the score updates, the score is changing but its not displaying in the screen i need bit of help

[leaden pasture]

How are you currently updating the UI?

[burnt vapor]

If you want help then please share the relevant code and point out where the issue could be

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[azure bridge]

using UnityEngine;
using TMPro;
public class ScoreManager : MonoBehaviour
{
public TextMeshProUGUI scoreText;
private int score = 0;

   public void AddScore(int points)
{
    score += points;
    UpdateScoreText();
}

private void UpdateScoreText()
{
scoreText.text = "Score: " + score.ToString();
}
}

[leaden pasture]

Huh. That looks right. Do you get any errors or anything in the console when you run it?

Though actually I'm not sure if you can access the text from TextMeshProUGUI itself. I tend to use TMP_Text anytime I want to edit the text. Don't quote me on that though (I don't think I've ever tried accessing it through the UGUI type) but could possibly be that

[burnt vapor]

Please debug if UpdateScoreText is called at all. Breakpoints or logging will do

https://unity.huh.how/debugging

Also check for errors in the console, which could prevent compilation of newer code

[frail wind]

guy i'm using this very simple player running code

 {
     playerSpeed *= 2f;
 }
 if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift))
 {
     playerSpeed /= 2f;
 }```
it kinda work when holding the key but i feel like this code gonna going to break any time soon. do you think this code is ok?

[azure bridge]

yep its being called and no errors in console

[azure bridge]

nope

im frying my brain

i tried everything

[leaden pasture]

Huh. And the score Text variable is assigned to the correct one right? (I've had it before when I've spent ages tryna work out why my text isn't showing and it turns out I had the TMP_Text variable set to an invisible component 😭)

[azure bridge]

this my first game i have no clue what im doing icl

[burnt vapor]

Now add Debug.Log("", scoreText) and click the console message that appears

Does it point to the correct component?

And also, is this the component actually written to the UI?

[leaden pasture]

Looks good to me. A couple potential things though:

If there's ever a case where somehow it registers like the get key up twice but get key down only once or something (seems unlikely but it could potentially happen if Input is ever switched off for whatever reason), then it could end up with the walk and run speed both doubling or whatever. I would recommend setting it to specific values

I would also suggest using the new input system. Not necessary but it's definitely useful for adding and changing bindings if you ever wanna do that in the future (plus if you use PlayerInput components you can much more easily pause the game with anything not tied to deltaTime by switching them all off)

[burnt vapor]

This works, assuming you don't change speed elsewhere. It breaks as soon as playerSpeed is mutated anywhere else

[leaden pasture]

Ah lol very fair tbh. What does your score Text component look like? Is the colour set up right (eg the alpha not being 0) and does it display the text if you enter it manually?

[burnt vapor]

Instead, set up a system of decimal speeds and get the average from them

So base speed 1, then sprint speed 2, final speed is 2

When anything mutates player speed, apply this list of modification, and use the final result as the speed

For example, slimy floor slows you down with 0.75

List is now base 1, add sprinting 2, remove slimy floor 0.75

Final speed is now 1.5

[burnt vapor]

Also, what is its not displaying in the screen?

Is there no visual indication of text at all, or is there text but it doesn't update?

[tough tartan]

https://youtu.be/6Ai0xg6xTUk?si=tiFtvSInPkJHFYRX i follow this tut and my enemy is somehow at the speed of light

I even increase mass and decrease speed

[languid spire]

please do not post photos, use screenshots

[languid spire]

And your code? This is a !code channel after all

[eternal falcon]

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[tough tartan]

enemy follow script

[languid spire]

read the bot message

[tough tartan]

normal follow script

ok

https://paste.ofcode.org/anmBfqwcj6ASm7ytiS5Ruv

followscript

https://paste.ofcode.org/37agSn5vvzzTnRLaRpVAXCw

enemyfollow

[languid spire]

firstly why are you using SetDestination EVERY frame?

[tough tartan]

whatthe tutorial said

[languid spire]

wrong

if that is what the tutorial did, it is crap, find a better one

[tough tartan]

how would i fix that?

[languid spire]

think about it.
irl, if you have to go to several places at what point of your journey do you decide where to go?

[tough tartan]

start

[languid spire]

exactly, not 200 times per second

[leaden pasture]

I'd argue that it's not quite so simple in this case as the AI is moving to the player, which would theoretically be moving so you would have to call SetDestination at other points to move to where the player now is. But yeah ideally using something other than Update because that's probably not very preformant

[tough tartan]

hes still zoomiung off at the speed of light

[languid spire]

also, if this code

transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(this.transform.position, targetObj.position, 10 * Time.deltaTime);

is from a tutorial, bin the tutorial because it is a waste of space and find another one

[leaden pasture]

Also what object is your followscript on?

[tough tartan]

the enemy

[burnt vapor]

@azure bridge?

I swear this whole day has been people asking something and then just disappearing without a solution

[leaden pasture]

I think both scripts are attempting to do the same using different methods (one using the navMesh and one using transform) so then the movement from both kinda add onto each other if you're using both

[languid spire]

very common in the yoof, attention spans of the proverbial knat

[leaden pasture]

Judging from a quick glance at the tutorial anyways

[tough tartan]

the enemy follow script doesnt have aspects of moving the enemy only locating the player tho?

[burnt vapor]

Which is a shame because today is one of the few days where I actually have extra patience for everything

[leaden pasture]

From what I can tell, the follow script is updating the enemies position every frame to move towards the player

Which is what the navAgent stuff is also doing

[languid spire]

good plan, 3rd of Jan is a good day to do it, means I DON'T have to do it for the next 365

[tough tartan]

so what would i need to do to fix

[leaden pasture]

Presumably remove the follow script and just keep the nav agent one on the enemy

[swift crag]

you should first figure out what you're actually trying to do here

[leaden pasture]

The enemy follow one

[swift crag]

Does the enemy slide directly towards the player, or does the enemy use the navmesh to navigate towards the player?

You probably don't want to be doing both

[tough tartan]

ok ok thank you

it worked

hes slow as hell which is good

[frail wind]

guy what does this error mean?

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.ViewSwitcher.OnDisable () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy/Editor/ViewSwitcher.cs:205)
Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.PlasticWindow.ClosePlastic (Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.PlasticWindow window) (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy/Editor/PlasticWindow.cs:1096)
Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.PlasticWindow.OnDisable () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy/Editor/PlasticWindow.cs:283)
UnityEditor.GenericMenu:CatchMenu(Object, String[], Int32)

[swift crag]

the Version Control package is throwing up again

[wintry quarry]

It means there's a bug in the PLasticSCM / Version Control client package

[frail wind]

how do i fix it?

[wintry quarry]

You don't fix it. Unity needs to fix it

[swift crag]

are you actually using Unity Version Control?

if not, you can remove the package

[tough tartan]

lets say i make multiple enemies, would i need to do anything or can i just duplicate this enemy?

[swift crag]

[tough tartan]

good advice

[swift crag]

but -- as a rule, if the enemies aren't fighting over a shared resource, duplicating them will work just fine

[languid spire]

if in doubt actually read the error message, this 'Unity.PlasticSCM.Editor.' tells you where and what and that it is not under your control

[swift crag]

So it would break if you did something ridiculous like this

[frail wind]

the only thing i Rember before this error happen is i spam on the undo history tap

[swift crag]

...actually, I'd have some trouble writing an example

[frail wind]

maybe i'm clicking to much

[languid spire]

you do realize you are making a game not playing one?

[frail wind]

i know

but i'm trying to undeleted an object

[languid spire]

so you do thing with consequence not just 'spam a function'

[frail wind]

which it doesn't work so spam on it

then the error come

[languid spire]

no, wrong, this is NOT a game

[frail wind]

ok i reset the unity now everything fine

[swift crag]

this is a pretty weird response

mashing undo should never cause the editor to malfunction. it should behave exactly correctly.

[languid spire]

if you want to do game dev, or any kind of dev for that matter, you must realize that every single keypress you do matters and so you must know what it does BEFORE you do it

[frail wind]

ok understand

[queen adder]

if i use == operator on class with the overload for that operator, which overload is chosen, left hand side or right hand side?

[languid spire]

rofl, only if undo has been implemented correctly which, in the case of Unity, it never is

[swift crag]

It generally is

except when the Version Control package becomes involved, apparently

[wintry quarry]

What do you mean by that exactly? "left hand side or right hand side"?

[languid spire]

no, 90% of Unity functions and Assets do not implement undo correctly

[swift crag]

Foo x = new();
Bar y = new();

if (x == y) {

}

Who wins?

[queen adder]

Yeah this, Foo and Bar both overload ==

[wintry quarry]

well that depends

what do the overloads look like

which types do they take?

and what's the relationship between Foo and Bar? Is there a conversaion operator between them? Is one a derived class of the other?

[queen adder]

Is there any documentation link to the exact rule for that?

[wintry quarry]

I mean it will pick whichever one it can coerce the types into

I assume you didn't define it as:

public static bool operator== (Foo obj1, object obj2)```

presumably you did

public static bool operator== (Foo obj1, Foo obj2)```

[queen adder]

maybe it is better for me to just look at the exact rule for it but i haven't found it on google

[wintry quarry]

Basically the question doesn't have enough information

we need to see the type definitions in question

but it doens't work any differently than any other function in terms of overload resolution afaik

same as:

public void MyFunction(Foo f) {}
public void MyFunction(Bar b) {}```

[queen adder]

suppose both of the overload have the same type, which one is selected

[wintry quarry]

it will be a compile error

assuming the types are not related

if one type is a child of the other then the parent class one will be chosen

[hard mist]

Hey there, i have a question.

I have a public float variable named motor_torgue with value of 20f. I would like to change this value in my game menu (on other scene) via input field method. How can i do that please?

[wintry quarry]

because the parent cannot be coerced into the child automatically

[queen adder]

Uhh nvm i only get more confused instead of getting the answer. I better off reading ecma c# specification

[wintry quarry]

set up a listener for the input field that sets your variable

[hard mist]

Okay, will try. thanks!

[wintry quarry]

public void OnTorqueFieldChanged(string input) {
  if (float.TryParse(input, out float parsed)) {
    motor_torque = parsed;
  }
}```
For example

[swift crag]

so, first, at least one parameter of the operator method must be your type. You can't do this:

    public class Foo
    {
        public static bool operator ==(object lhs, object rhs)
        {
            return true;
        }
    }

second, the order of the arguments matters. If you do this:

    public class Bar
    {
        public static bool operator ==(Bar lhs, object rhs)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

then the compiler will not find it if you do this:

if (foo == bar)

It only knows about an overload that takes a Bar on the left-hand side.

[leaden pasture]

What Praetor said & I would recommend changing the input field settings. Can't remember exactly what it is but you can change what it accepts as input, and you should be able to confine it to only numbers iirc. Should prevent the player trying to input anything that wouldn't parse

[swift crag]

third: the compiler will pick the most specific overload possible. If Bar derives from Foo and both Foo and Bar define an equality operator with themselves on the left side, then this will pick Bar's method:

if (bar == foo)

If there is no most specific method, you'll get a compile error

[hard mist]

Thanks for the additional info. I am learning how to use input fileds right now at all and i will try your suggestion.

[azure bridge]

sorry was eatingim back

let m try

[burnt vapor]

Good 😠

[swift crag]

did you bring enough to share with the class

[echo copper]

may i ask you a question?

[burnt vapor]

You can ask the whole class the question 🫴 https://dontasktoask.com/

Assuming it's coding related, of course

[echo copper]

ok, just a habit

Well, when my body have 0 degrees z rotation, i give him velocity 75, 0, 0. How to do, if your object have another z rotation (not a 0) it will be given another velocity. As an example: if my object has z rotation = 0, it will get velocity 75, 0, 0, but when it will have x rotation = 90, it will get velocity 0, 75, 0

[swift crag]

are you trying to fire a projectile?

you're describing this a bit weirdly

[wintry quarry]

rotate the velocity vector by the object's rotation

[swift crag]

yeah, just multiply the rotation with the vector

Vector3 rotated = transform.rotation * original;

e.g.

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 localVelocity = new(75, 0, 0);
Vector3 rotatedVelocity = theObject.transform.rotation * localVelocity;```

(beat me to it)

or the more "formal" way:

Vector3 localVelocity = new(75, 0, 0);
Vector3 rotatedVelocity = theObject.transform.TransformDirection(localVelocity);```

[swift crag]

you'd want TransformDirection

zap

[wintry quarry]

🙂

(The difference is TransformVector would modify the vector magnitude if the object is scaled)

[echo copper]

ow, okay... im a rookie in unity, sry...

[azure bridge]

@burnt vapor i did the debug thing what am i supposed to check i dont understand

in the console it writes score: 1 when i get it

[azure bridge]

its invisible i cant see nothing of the text

[swift crag]

This stuff isn't obvious at first glance :p

[azure bridge]

it does but only in the scene

[swift crag]

My main concern was how you were asking about a really fussy detail (exact rotation angles) instead of thinking of the bigger picture (shooting a projectile in the direction you're facing)

[echo copper]

i thought it will be work with sin and cos

[swift crag]

You can do that too

But I do almost no triginometry in my code

You've got lots of methods in the Vector3 and Quaternion types

Check this out, for example...

[leaden pasture]

Oh weird. So you can see it in scene View but not game view? What do your anchors look like on your object?

[echo copper]

i tried cos and sin, but it gave me a lot of errors

[azure bridge]

this?

[swift crag]

Vector3 flattened = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(entity.transform.forward, Vector3.up);
yaw = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.forward, flattened, Vector3.up);

Vector3 rotated = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-yaw, Vector3.up) * entity.transform.forward;
pitch = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.forward, rotated, Vector3.right);

Given an entity's look direction, I can recover the pitch and yaw needed to get that exact direction.

I use this when the player takes control of an entity

No trig!

[echo copper]

thanks, gonna learn it... it's really nice of you

[leaden pasture]

Yeah. I'm not entirely sure but with a quick glance, it looks like your text element will be being positioned out of the screen with the current anchors. If you switch it to be the centre of the screen (click the anchor, then alt+shift click the centre one should automatically position it as well), does the updating score text show then?

[azure bridge]

it disappears now LOL

[leaden pasture]

It may also end up positioned weirdly based on your canvas UI Scale Mode. I tend to set it to Scale with Screen Size, set the reference resolution to whatever my display resolution is, then get it to match height over width

[leaden pasture]

Oh wait what. As in just the game view or scene view as well?

[azure bridge]

every

it doesnt disappear but like

it goes somewhere to ofar

i think

mny braincells are disappearing

[leaden pasture]

Ohhh right hmm

[azure bridge]

u can see it in scene (i f i dont anchor it like that)

[leaden pasture]

So it's anchored in the middle with a position of 0,0,0 right? What's your current game view display resolution at?

[swift crag]

so close to fhqwhgads

[leaden pasture]

Oh wait are you trying to get it to show screen space or world space?

[swift crag]

Is this attached to a Canvas?

if so, is that Canvas in "Screen Space - Overlay" mode?

[azure bridge]

@leaden pasture i want it to be shown anchored at the camera like if the player moves the score doesnt

[burnt vapor]

It might not even render at all then

[azure bridge]

yes it is

[swift crag]

In that case, the apparent position in the scene does not matter