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[trail heart]

Most tend to be

[inland cobalt]

If i have a collider referenced in a script as so:

    [SerializeField] private SphereCollider _grabTrigger;

How can i check for OnTriggerEnter on _grabTrigger, rather than the collider of the object the script is attached to?

[wintry quarry]

put a script on the object that has the Sphere collider on it with OnTriggerEnter

you can have that script call this one

or fire an event

or whatever

[inland cobalt]

Alright, thanks

[cerulean badger]

i've done a simple trigger zone script, that used to work perfectly playing the right music at the right places. But then I've removed the music and left an empty placeholder to avoid errors, so I put the music back and reconfigured everything as it was before, and its not working

using UnityEngine.Events;
using System.Collections;

public class ZoneTrigger : MonoBehaviour
{

    [SerializeField] private GameObject musica;
    bool TaTocando = false;

    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collider){
        if(TaTocando == false){
            TaTocando = true;
            musica.GetComponent<AudioSource>().Play();
        }
    }

    void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D collider){
        TaTocando = false;
        musica.GetComponent<AudioSource>().Stop();
    }
}

[polar acorn]

1. Put a Debug Log in OnTriggerEnter2D before the if. See if the collision is registering.
2. Change musica to be of type AudioSource and get rid of the GetComponents

[cerulean badger]

actually my problem is that all musics are playing at the same time when I play the game, but I'll do these both

oh I realized my autistic brain forgot to deactivate Play on Awake, sry for wasting ur time

but tysm for those tips btw, mainly the second

[mental palm]

well thats whats confusing me theres no line given

its just the error

[opaque mural]

So i recently started to make an project, its an indie game and i am also signed in IT school where i am learning C language and just a question. With which language should i make games?

[slender nymph]

if you're using unity then you'll use c#

[opaque mural]

Yes

[rich ice]

depends what engine you're using

[opaque mural]

Unity

Seems simple for me

[rich ice]

well, you'll be using c# then. like boxfriend said

[opaque mural]

Alright

The game is like about car building life simulator things like that, mainly about a car, like it has mechanisms of each part, condition of each part

I am worried about suspension i dunno how to do that

[slender nymph]

start by learning the basics of the engine before diving in and creating something

[forest summit]

why cant i apply .drag to a rigid body? unity said i had to use lineardamping instead but nothing works. Its supposed to apply to my character and slow them down. Are .drag and .lineardamping the same?

[slender nymph]

yes, it's literally just a rename

[rich ice]

are you using unity 6? (i think they just changed the naming of a few variables in the rigidbody, in unity 6)

[forest summit]

yeah ok

thank you thats what i first suspected

[violet glacier]

Hi, I'm making a 2d turn based game.

I need to have enemy information (lv, hp, atk, def, sprite, animation controller alive, etc.) somehow stored. I need to show the user the base information (base atk, def, animation, etc.) in the menu, and also show in battle (e.g. atk may be different than base atk based on buffs). What's the best way to store this data? Prefabs, scriptable objects, json?

I can provide more info if needed

[cerulean badger]

imo learning everything from a car's mechanics would be more difficult than programming the game itself lol

[opaque mural]

I am into car mechanics and i know how it works. Like i am not making the mechanics hyper realistic

[cerulean badger]

i think you should take a look at classes and dominate 100% of it to make data at this level

[rich ice]

maybe structs? seems like the simplest answer to me. although, im not 100% sure

[opaque mural]

For example the mechanics from My summer car indie game if you ever heard of it

[cerulean badger]

Your idea is really interesting. Could have a lot of minigames such as racing, contests, or just weird stuff at the streets like gta. The car mechanics stuff would even be somehow educative

[opaque mural]

Pretty much, my theme about the game is have one main car and you gotta rebuild it from strach literally from suspension to engine assembly whole

But not too much realistic

[cerulean badger]

there's smth similar to that in mobile but with pc instead of car

I think the name is PC Simulator 2

[opaque mural]

And when you fix the car and start driving the conditions of parts will wear down which requires maintenance of car

[cerulean badger]

you could try it to get inspiration

[opaque mural]

Yeah i played it before

First of all

I need to get the car into game

The model how i am gonna get it i don't know.

[cerulean badger]

yeah prepare to struggle a lot with modeling the pieces from the car lol

what im doing rn is saving money to hire a 2d artist as I suck at it

[opaque mural]

I will just get the car and engine and if i get it working i will model it piece by piece

I can send you an example of what i mean

In dms if you want

[cerulean badger]

dont worry i got it

[opaque mural]

Idk if links are allowed here

[cerulean badger]

my game is a 2d RPG with story and stuff

[opaque mural]

I will send an example of what i want

https://youtu.be/dUyCHW0ASFc?si=-13KrgA4xNxlsvGU

This is what i meant

[cerulean badger]

the story is about 2 orphan brothers that were adopted by a man with weird behaviour and want to know what happened with their parents

[opaque mural]

( a game from an driffent dev)

[opaque mural]

This was 11 years ago

That was made in unity

[cerulean badger]

oh i played smth like that in roblox

i forgot the name

[opaque mural]

My summer car

Great game from indie dev

So yeah i need to do similiar to that

But driffent car

Now I don't know how i am gonna import the sounds of idle rpm, and sounds of rpm as u give gas

[cerulean badger]

you can buy in the internet or download some free stuff, or hire someone to do the sounds, or do it by yourself

[opaque mural]

I already found sounds for temporary car

And 3d model of it

Now I dont know how i am actually gonna get the engine running

[cerulean badger]

idk, just study more about unity 3d physics or smth

[opaque mural]

Seems i will spend a lot of time im this server

[mystic lark]

Is there a method so i can create multiple clones\copy of my game object

[thorny basalt]

GameObject.Instantiate

Or is it Transform.Instantiate?

One of the 2.

[mystic lark]

thanks

[verbal dome]

It's actually UnityEngine.Object.Instantiate but both GameObject and Transform inherit from Object so anything works

[mystic lark]

ok

[verbal dome]

If you have a monobehaviour then you can just call Instantiate because MB is also an Object

[rich ice]

instantiate + for/foreach loop (or a while loop if you're feeling funky)

[willow shoal]

why its not working? error (5,43) and (5,65) does not implement interface member

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class pressclick1 : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler
{
    public GameObject HoverPanel;

    public void onPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        HoverPanel.SetActive(true);
    }
    public void onPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        HoverPanel.SetActive(false);
    }
}

unity 6 i using

[verbal dome]

Capitalization mistakes

[willow shoal]

oh

what wrong

[verbal dome]

You don't really even have to manually type in the method names. When you add an interface like , IPointerEnterHandler, you can use your IDE to auto create the needed methods

[willow shoal]

what IDE meen

Integrated development environment okey

[verbal dome]

Your code editor

Click on IPointerDownHandler and then click the 💡

[rich ice]

i've never used IPointerHandler before. is there any reason to use that instead of just using OnMouseEnter(and the other mouse functions)

[verbal dome]

OnMouseEnter works only with colliders IIRC

[north kiln]

It's how you write event code for UGUI.
OnMouse functions also don't work with the new input system so they're generally to be avoided

[rich ice]

oh right, completely forgot about that

[rich ice]

damn, i've never really worked with UI before (i will have to soon though, for a recent project )

atleast i know where to start now lol

[west radish]

@hollow zephyr no () after the method name

PlayGame()

[hollow zephyr]

public void PlayGame() {
SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex + 1);
}
}

[hollow zephyr]

ok thx

im getting this error now @west radish Assets\MainMenu.cs(8,9): error CS0103: The name 'SceneManager' does not exist in the current context

[north kiln]

Use your IDE to import the namespace

[hollow zephyr]

how

[hollow zephyr]

doesnt do that for me

can you just show me what to do if i press a button it takes me into the game

[north kiln]

Screenshot your IDE

[north kiln]

so what happens when you click the lightbulb?

Also that colour scheme is atrocious—maybe it's actually unconfigured still?

[hollow zephyr]

use expression body for method

[hollow zephyr]

its a theme i have

[north kiln]

It's weird to see the references listed but have no error underlining

[hollow zephyr]

can you just show me how to do this: press a button and takes me into the game

[north kiln]

You need to fix your IDE before continuing

[slender nymph]

pretty sure vs code does that by default

[north kiln]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[swift crag]

it can do some basic syntax highlighting, yes

even without working analysis

[slender nymph]

should've gone through this yesterday when you were instructed to: #💻┃unity-talk message

[north kiln]

It's the references that are throwing me off. Gah now it's even more difficult to know whether something's unconfigured

[hollow zephyr]

my unity is already linked to vs code

[slender nymph]

if that were the case then you'd be able to use the quick actions to add the correct using directive

[rich adder]

also just cause its opening it up, doesn't mean its "linked to unity"

[hollow zephyr]

i followed the directions

i set it up as my external editor

[rich adder]

if you don't have this

its not configured

[verbal dome]

That's not the only step

[hollow zephyr]

then what else am i missing

[slender nymph]

follow all of the instructions

[rich adder]

did you look at the link ?

#💻┃code-beginner message

[hollow zephyr]

yes

[verbal dome]

Did you also open the link and did you also read the whole page

Or did you just look at it

It has about ~5 steps

[hollow zephyr]

followed instructions on the entire page

[rich adder]

okay do this, close VSCode, go to Unity Preferences -> External Tools, click Regen Project files button. Double click script from unity once more, wait a few mins till it loads

check Output tab for any errors

[hollow zephyr]

theres no regen project files button

[rich adder]

then you didn't do ALL the steps

[hollow zephyr]

bro im literally in external tools

i found it

[verbal dome]

Show the package you installed in unity

[hollow zephyr]

nvm

[rich adder]

you manually linked VScode didnt u

make sure its the one that shows the version

[hollow zephyr]

yea thats what it shows

[rich adder]

ok so do the rest as instructed

[hollow zephyr]

still gives me this:
Assets\MainMenu.cs(8,9): error CS0103: The name 'SceneManager' does not exist in the current context

[rich adder]

fix that error first, IDE doesnt configure well with compile errors

[slender nymph]

and do you see the error in vs code?

[hollow zephyr]

nope

[slender nymph]

congrats! you've not configured vs code!

[rich adder]

comment it out for now, fix IDE first

[hollow zephyr]

ok but i dont even know what to fix

i set it up as external tool

[rich adder]

mate, I been telling you

close VSCode and do the regen thing,
Its either gonna work or show you .NET SDK error

[verbal dome]

"comment it out" means add a // at the start of the line to disable it

[hollow zephyr]

i know that

[rich adder]

also yeah make sure no compile error

[hollow zephyr]

what is it supposed to do when i press regen

[rich adder]

nothing visually you will see. Make sure VSCode was closed now open script again

should be loading bar at bottom

[hollow zephyr]

ok i opened it

should i uncomment it out

it gave me the error when i uncommented it

[rich adder]

which error

[hollow zephyr]

i got a .NET error tho in my vs code

[rich adder]

ok there you go

[hollow zephyr]

the .net core sdk cannot be located

[rich adder]

I told you was either going to work or give .net sdk error

so download it now

restart PC after install , and do the regen thing again

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0

maybe 9 works too but idk yet

[hollow zephyr]

i just install it and run the .exe without doing anything else right?

[rich adder]

yeah just install it, then restart pc (this is important)

use default folders if possible

[hollow zephyr]

ok

wait but i need to comment out and close VScode and then i do regen and then open VScode and uncomment

[rich adder]

if you mean comment out the current line that gives error yes, you should not be trying to configure IDE with a compile errors.
Restart, open unity Preferences, Regen, open script again, wait till bottom bar hopefully says "Assembly CSharp"

[hollow zephyr]

i started seeing the error in vscode now

[verbal dome]

Nice, try the light bulb now

[hollow zephyr]

its telling me to add Debugger Display

[rich adder]

thats weird you tried doing Quick Fix ?

[hollow zephyr]

quick fix tells me to add Unity scene management

it removes the error when i do scene management

[rich adder]

the namespace ?

yes

[hollow zephyr]

yea

[rich adder]

good

you're finally set

[hollow zephyr]

wait but even when i press one of my buttons it doesn't take me to the main virtual environment

like the main scene

i think my script is maybe incorrect

[rich adder]

well now we can look at script issue lol.

idk the setup tho , I just got here when i smelled unconfigured VSC

[hollow zephyr]

i created a Button TMP and im trying to attach the script in the field on the On Click

[rich adder]

and is the script on a gameobject ?

[verbal dome]

See anything in the console after you click the button?

[hollow zephyr]

nvm im attaching the Gameobject which has the script

[rich adder]

make sure you drag that one, not the one from the Project view

[hollow zephyr]

ok but my cursor is getting locked again for some reason

i did it

even tho i put cursor lock on None

[slender nymph]

are you certain that line of code is running?

[rich adder]

did you put visible to true?

[hollow zephyr]

where

no i haven't done that

[rich adder]

check if that function runs at all first

check that with log, n make sure you don't have something else overriding it again

some character controllers put it in the Update method with a check

[hollow zephyr]

i cant check if the function works because I can't press the button

because my mouse just disappears when i click the button

im pretty sure the problem is the visible not on true

[rich adder]

well it has to be both VISIBLE and unlocked/confined

[hollow zephyr]

what do i search my files for

to put it to visible

[rich adder]

Cursor class

I sent the property yesterday

Cursor.visible =

[hollow zephyr]

i found the Cursor.lockState one

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Cursor-visible.html

you need both, no point in unlocking if you can't see it

[hollow zephyr]

i found a bunch of Cursor.visible

Cursor.visible = !lockState;

[rich adder]

you sould ideally only handle this stuff in 1 class only

that can work sure

maybe you can do Cursor.visible = Cursor.CursorLockMode!= CursorLockMode.hidden also

but looks like you got variable for it anyway

[hollow zephyr]

i found a Cursor.visible = true;

and Cursor.visible = false;

private void ToggleSettings()
{
if (_panelCanvasGroup.alpha == 0)
{
ToggleSettingsPanel(true);
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
Cursor.visible = true;
}
else
{
ToggleSettingsPanel(false);
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
Cursor.visible = false;
}
}

[rich adder]

ok well try not to spread that function all over the place

handle it in 1 class so you avoid confusion / unexpected values

[hollow zephyr]

so there will be a void Cursor?

[rich adder]

no like a singleton class or something that just has Cursor locking and unlocking function

some type of GameSettings script or something

[hollow zephyr]

is it not this:
private static void LockCursor(bool lockState)
{
Cursor.lockState = lockState ? CursorLockMode.Locked : CursorLockMode.None;
Cursor.visible = !lockState;
}

[rich adder]

sure

[hollow zephyr]

what do i do then

[hollow zephyr]

this?

[hollow zephyr]

this i meant

[rich adder]

delete all the functions in scripts that have cursor settings besides this function

[rich adder]

the one you got is fine

now you just call this function when you have to

[hollow zephyr]

i dont think i can do that

theres a bunch of Cursor

[rich adder]

you dont want that though..

keep it in 1 script so you don't confuse the values

just the ones that do =

[hollow zephyr]

but then wont i have to reassign everything again

[rich adder]

whats there to reassign? cursor is a static

[hollow zephyr]

so like for example this:
void Start()
{
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
}

i just delete this as a whole?

[rich adder]

yes ofcourse why would you need this to automatically just change the lockstate and not even touch visibility ?
now you have that function you can call LockCursor

[trim moon]

guys am i allowed to send videos here?

[rich adder]

mp4s

but you should attach a question to the video 😛

[trim moon]

Here is the game i made

[rich adder]

if you want to showcase work it goes in #1180170818983051344

[trim moon]

oh ok

[hollow zephyr]

how about this:
if (Cursor.lockState != CursorLockMode.Locked) return;

[rich adder]

no you don't touch that because its a BOOL check not assignment, some logic needs it then you dont remove that

[trim moon]

but i wanted to ask what should i try and learn next

and if this is good

i am using unity for maybe 2 weeks now

[rich adder]

add more features or do another project thats easy enough

for former, probably best ask #archived-game-design

[hollow zephyr]

what about this whole thing

private void ToggleSettings()
{
if (_panelCanvasGroup.alpha == 0)
{
ToggleSettingsPanel(true);
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
Cursor.visible = true;
}
else
{
ToggleSettingsPanel(false);
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
Cursor.visible = false;
}
}

    /// <summary>
    ///     Toggle the settings panel on or off
    /// </summary>
    public void ToggleSettingsPanel(bool value)
    {
        if (value)
        {
            // Fade in the settings panel
            ActivatePanel();
            FadeInSettingsPanel();

            // Check if the alpha of the appearance canvas is at its maximum
            const float MAX_ALPHA = 1;
            if (_uiAppearanceSettings.GetCurrentActiveAppearance().GetCanvasGroup().alpha >= MAX_ALPHA)
                // If true, fade out the current appearance canvas
                _uiAppearanceSettings.FadeOutCurrentAppearance();

            // Set the cursor lock state to none
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
        }
        else
        {
            // Fade out the settings panel
            _fadeCanvas.OnCurrentFadeCompleted += DeactivatePanel;
            FadeOutSettingsPanel();

            // Check if there is an active Convai NPC
            if (ConvaiNPCManager.Instance.GetActiveConvaiNPC() != null)
                // If true, fade in the current appearance canvas
                _uiAppearanceSettings.FadeInCurrentAppearance();

            // Set the cursor lock state to locked
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

            // Save values when the settings panel is closed
            UISaveLoadSystem.Instance.SaveValues();
        }
    }

[rich adder]

please use links for large code

[trim moon]

ok thanks for advice <#

❤️

[rich adder]

like I said anything that has assignment must GO

[hollow zephyr]

so just delete the entire void thing

[rich adder]

you see how its spread out too many places setting it

[hollow zephyr]

so this entire thing goes to trash:
private void ToggleSettings()
{
if (_panelCanvasGroup.alpha == 0)
{
ToggleSettingsPanel(true);
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
Cursor.visible = true;
}
else
{
ToggleSettingsPanel(false);
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
Cursor.visible = false;
}
}

[rich adder]

correct

but you have to replace it if you still want to use ToggleSettingsPanel

[green tusk]

What is a good way to go about dealing damage to a specific clone of an Instantiated prefab? Is there an easy way to make a game object identify itself?

[hollow zephyr]

how about this:
public void ToggleSettingsPanel(bool value)
{
if (value)
{
// Fade in the settings panel
ActivatePanel();
FadeInSettingsPanel();

            // Check if the alpha of the appearance canvas is at its maximum
            const float MAX_ALPHA = 1;
            if (_uiAppearanceSettings.GetCurrentActiveAppearance().GetCanvasGroup().alpha >= MAX_ALPHA)
                // If true, fade out the current appearance canvas
                _uiAppearanceSettings.FadeOutCurrentAppearance();

            // Set the cursor lock state to none
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
        }
        else
        {
            // Fade out the settings panel
            _fadeCanvas.OnCurrentFadeCompleted += DeactivatePanel;
            FadeOutSettingsPanel();

            // Check if there is an active Convai NPC
            if (ConvaiNPCManager.Instance.GetActiveConvaiNPC() != null)
                // If true, fade in the current appearance canvas
                _uiAppearanceSettings.FadeInCurrentAppearance();

            // Set the cursor lock state to locked
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

[rich adder]

like I said besides the first static function you shown, anywhere that has = must be removed, notify LOCK or UNLOCK either use Events to invoke or Call the static function there directly

[polar acorn]

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[hollow zephyr]

ok i deleted everything needed

now what do i do

theres just this left

        {
            Cursor.lockState = lockState ? CursorLockMode.Locked : CursorLockMode.None;
            Cursor.visible = !lockState;
        }```

[polar acorn]

What about it

[rich adder]

so whenever you need it locked/unlocked call this function

[hollow zephyr]

i need to unlock the cursor

so i can click the buttons

[rich adder]

so call the function

[polar acorn]

So call that function to toggle lock state

[rich adder]

going to have to kinda use common sense here lol

you literally made this function for lock/unlock. What else did you think you needed to do

[hollow zephyr]

i dont have it

[hollow zephyr]

unlock it

its locked rn

how do i unlock

[rich adder]

take a guess

[polar acorn]

Well, you made a function that flips the lock state

[rich adder]

have you called a function before no ?

[polar acorn]

so if it's locked, and you want it to flip

you should probably

call that function

[hollow zephyr]

CursorLockMode.Unlocked?

[hollow zephyr]

no

[rich adder]

no you're not touching the ENUM directly anymore..

[polar acorn]

Why did you show us this code if you're not gonna use it

[rich adder]

your code is literally full of functions everywhere.

[hollow zephyr]

i probably have called a function but just dont know whats the term for it

[rich adder]

ok lol now you know

to call static function you must precede the function with the Class name it belongs to

since statics belong to classes and not instances (object created from class)

[hollow zephyr]

do i need to do this?

[rich adder]

No I said that before lol

stick to what you have

[hollow zephyr]

what do i change in this code

        {
            Cursor.lockState = lockState ? CursorLockMode.Locked : CursorLockMode.None;
            Cursor.visible = !lockState;

[rich adder]

you don't touch that anymore

you just CALL(USE) the function now when you need to lock and unlock

[hot laurel]

the name is misleading, its more like toggle

[hollow zephyr]

ok so I want to unlock the cursor now what would i do

[polar acorn]

What isn't working about it

why would you need to change it

[rich adder]

call the function and call it with the appropriate bool

[verbal dome]

It's not really a toggle

You provide it the lockstate you want to have

Perhaps you guys misread this part Cursor.visible = !lockState

[rich adder]

more of a setter than traditional flip/toggle yes

[hollow zephyr]

Assets\Convai\Scripts\Runtime\UI\SettingsPanel\UISettingsPanel.cs(51,59): error CS0103: The name 'ToggleSettings' does not exist in the current context

[polar acorn]

Ah, fair

[polar acorn]

What is ToggleSettings

[hot laurel]

ok ok 2 state cursor setter

[rich adder]

literally no context here. What is on line 51

show code

[hollow zephyr]

ConvaiInputManager.Instance.toggleSettings += ToggleSettings;

thats line 51

[polar acorn]

What is ToggleSettings

[hollow zephyr]

i did the quick fix

it fixed it

[rich adder]

ok so its working now?

[hollow zephyr]

i pressed the button but it just brings me back to the position im standing in

how do i make it so that the main menu disappears

ill watch a video

[rich adder]

make it do that lol wdym how . You're the one with the code, we did not write it

you should create an event

[hot laurel]

what kind of video?

[polar acorn]

!learn

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[rich adder]

make a static event you can Invoke from the LockCursor function

any script that needs to know, can listen to this function

[hollow zephyr]

basically theres this. When i press the button, i want the menu to disappear so i can go inside the environment

[rich adder]

eg activating UI panels n shit

[rich adder]

yes you need to Tell it to do that. Either Set Active to false called directly (method) or event once again

event is the cleanest

[hollow zephyr]

how do i find where i need to do that

[rich adder]

thats up to you to create.. thats what development is, youre creating the system..

[hot laurel]

!learn

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[hollow zephyr]

no i mean like i need to create it inside the script?

[rich adder]

if you had an event, then you can easily "react" from other scripts, EG a script that deals with Panels

[hollow zephyr]

like the script i attached to the main menu

the gameobject

[rich adder]

it needs to be on A script, its up to you how you organize it.. Ideally you should learn how to sepearte them into different managers..
UIManager, etc.

you have to try to make 1 script do specific things..

UIManager only deals with Panels, UI menus etc.

this way you know where to find something eeasily

[hollow zephyr]

https://paste.mod.gg/erybxskzzziq/0

like this?

[rich adder]

you arent gonna learn well if you use AI..

this literally has compile errors too

[hollow zephyr]

so i have to create a new script

[rich adder]

this works but then you need to create many scripts when you can have 1 deal with just UI

[hollow zephyr]

can u just make me the script

for this only

like pressing the button closes the menu

[polar acorn]

You've said this like twelve times already

Do you actually intend on learning anything or letting us make your project for you one script at a time

[hollow zephyr]

im almost done with my project

im crying rn

😭

[rich adder]

me writing you the script wont teach you anything just as you not learned anything so far hence why you're stuck

you're skipping rock on water through different systems with no exp and expect everything to just work, not realistic

[golden oxide]

hello can someone explain to me why i cant see the newsoft in the package manager or the asset store how do i download it

[rich adder]

you need to type the package name directly

com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json

add by name

[slender nymph]

https://github.com/applejag/Newtonsoft.Json-for-Unity/wiki/Install-official-via-UPM

[rich adder]

don't ask me why Unity didnt add those startup / quick setup instructions in docs

[golden oxide]

ok thank you that worked what a round about way of doing things. is their any think else i need worry about

dependences and or quirks ?

[rich adder]

na

[golden oxide]

i dont need to delete json utility's

[rich adder]

nah

[golden oxide]

ok thank you very much

[rich adder]

they belong in different namespaces / assemblies they dont even see each other

[golden oxide]

ok thanks

[hollow zephyr]

what does this error mean:
Scene with build index: 6 couldn't be loaded because it has not been added to the build settings.
To add a scene to the build settings use the menu File->Build Settings...
UnityEngine.SceneManagement.SceneManager:LoadScene (int)
MainMenu:PlayGame () (at Assets/MainMenu.cs:9)
UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update ()

[slender nymph]

did you bother reading it?

[hollow zephyr]

yes

[slender nymph]

and what was not clear?

[hollow zephyr]

i need to do something with build settings

i think its telling me to add a scene

so that it can go there when i press a button?

[slender nymph]

yes, you're trying to load the scene at index 6 but there isn't one there

[hollow zephyr]

what do i do in build settings

[rich adder]

if you plan on going to a scene , it needs to be in the Build

[rich adder]

add the scene

[hollow zephyr]

ok i added it

build?

or build and run

[rich adder]

it just needs to be added to switch scenes in Editor

you dont have to build now, only if you want to test it without unity

[hollow zephyr]

it still gives me the error even tho i added the MMSE scene

[rich adder]

cause you don't have a scene at index 6

[hollow zephyr]

how do i put mmse at 6

[rich adder]

why do you want to put at 6 lol just use 5 in the script.

[hollow zephyr]

i dont even know where unity got 6 from

[rich adder]

you literally wrote it in the SceneManager Load function..

[hollow zephyr]

is it cuz i did buildIndex + 1

SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex + 1);

[rich adder]

so its not Unity that did it lol

scripts dont magically do things

[hollow zephyr]

should i just delete the + 1

[rich adder]

are you trying to reload the same scene or the next scene?

[hollow zephyr]

same scene

[rich adder]

then yea.

+1 moves to next scene

should be obvious

[hollow zephyr]

bro im literally pressing the button and its not taking me to the scene

i watched a video and for him it just took him into the scene when he pressed Play

[polar acorn]

It means the scene with build index 6 couldn't be loaded, because it has not been added to the build settings.

To add a scene to the build settings use the menu File-> Build Settings

[rich adder]

did you check console for messages ? did put log just incase ?

[hollow zephyr]

it took me to the same scene but it didn't get rid of the panel

took me to the scene i wanted

why doesn't it get rid of the panel

[rich adder]

the scene already starts with panel on or you have statics not resetting

[polar acorn]

What code have you written that hides the panel

[hollow zephyr]

none

[polar acorn]

Then why would you expect the panel to be hidden

[hollow zephyr]

i just have this:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class MainMenu : MonoBehaviour
{
public void PlayGame() {
SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex);
}
}

[polar acorn]

1. !code. You've been told this already.
2. this reloads the current scene. Is the scene reloading?

[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.

[hollow zephyr]

yea when i press a button it takes me back to the same place as i was when i pressed Play

[rich adder]

that doesn't answer the question of Why would you expect panel to hide if there is no code set to do so.

[hollow zephyr]

idk

[polar acorn]

Okay, so the code is working exactly as expected

[hollow zephyr]

im dumb

[polar acorn]

it's reloading the scene

[hollow zephyr]

yes

[polar acorn]

Then what's the problem

[hollow zephyr]

just need to figure out the code to hide the panel

would it be gameObject.SetActive(false)

[rich adder]

break down the problem into smaller ones

gameObject may or may not be correct, we don't know where you plan on using this

but thats the function to hide gameobjects

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/GameObject.SetActive.html

[hollow zephyr]

hows this look

https://paste.mod.gg/ltsokxvouqxk/0

MainMenu is the game object btw with the panel and buttons

[rich adder]

its bad

[hollow zephyr]

what to fix

[rich adder]

MainMenu is a script

not a gameobject

[hollow zephyr]

its a gameobject and script

[hot laurel]

A Component

[rich adder]

then use the function to disable gameobjects

[polar acorn]

What even is this

Why do you have a function whose entire purpose is to throw an exception

[hollow zephyr]

how

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[slender nymph]

lol they just used the quick actions to add that instead of spelling the method name correctly

[hollow zephyr]

imma pick up on this tomorrow i gotta sleep

[polar acorn]

I am aware, but I'm trying to ask leading questions to convince them to learn why they are doing what they are doing

As I have tried for several days now

Someday it'll work

[slender nymph]

i mean, they refuse to just go learn the basics. i doubt they'll learn anything from this

[rich adder]

"just this one time"

[hollow zephyr]

can u say inappropriate stuff in this server

or nah

just rly wanna say something

ive been wanting to say it for rly long

[rich adder]

check the #📖┃code-of-conduct if you're confused. Try your luck

[polar acorn]

Go for it. Either it's allowed and you're fine, or it's not allowed and then you won't be on this server to have us do your homework for you. Win-win

[hollow zephyr]

yea i doubt its allowed

its js something rly funny

its a joke

that u may or may not find funny

i can dm u with ur permission

anyone want me to dm them

i know @rich adder wants it

[polar acorn]

I doubt anybody does

[north scroll]

whats the difference between a Ray and a Raycast? is there a use case I should be using for each? Im trying to move the player based on screen input and not sure if there's a difference between the 2

[rich adder]

Ray is a math concept, just an infinite line with direction, RayCast is a physics cast using that line for example as direction

[slender nymph]

the Ray struct just holds data, particularly a starting point and direction. a Raycast is a physics query that takes data like origin, direction, distance, etc to query the current state of the physics engine to find out if there is a collider in the path desired

[acoustic belfry]

hey i have this script wich technically works fine, but for an strange reason Unity says somethings odd, i mean, it works, but it advises me that a part of the script is empty, what this means?

using UnityEngine;

public class rifle_bullet_script : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int riflebulletdamage = 5;
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        EnemyBase enemy = collision.GetComponent<EnemyBase>();
        if (enemy);
        {
            enemy.TakeDamage(riflebulletdamage);
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
}

[timber tide]

if (enemy);

[acoustic belfry]

whats wrong in it

that is innecessary?

or smt like that?

[wintry quarry]

it advises me that a part of the script is empty

wdym by this

[timber tide]

semi colons denote seperation of code, but you're going into a statement here

[wintry quarry]

ah yep that's it

get rid of that semicolon

[acoustic belfry]

i already posted the advise

[acoustic belfry]

oh, ok

thx, it always bugged my brain that...advise? i mean cuz, the script still works, its just like a...recommendation?

[timber tide]

It's valid code

just not what you expect

[wintry quarry]

no the script will not work properly if the object doesn't have that component

it's only working because the component is there

you're getting lucky

[acoustic belfry]

o h

[wintry quarry]

it will be an error if GetComponent returns null

basically your if statement is not doing anything at all

[echo ruin]

Hmm. Does (enemy) not imply EnemyBase is a bool?

I wasn’t aware that you could do it like that

[wintry quarry]

It can be implicitly converted to a bool

All UnityEngine.Object - derived types can

It works the same as if (enemy != null)

[echo ruin]

Yeah that’s how I usually do it

[tawny grove]

is there a way to change like the actual unity icons you can set within the scene in script? like these things

[echo ruin]

Tmyk

[rich adder]

anything you can do in editor usually has an Editor function for it yes

[tawny grove]

so through this? https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Editor.html ill look into it, thanks

[verbal dome]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/creating-custom-gizmos-for-development-2019-2#

This seems to cover drawing custom icons in OnDrawGizmos

[tawny grove]

oh no i meant like if i have it already set to the green diamond icon, later during runtime being able to set it to a different icon

[rich adder]

that one I think you need reflection for

[verbal dome]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/EditorGUIUtility.SetIconForObject.html

[rich adder]

oh nicce

[verbal dome]

To find that, I just went to the editor source reference (https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/tree/ac359b9f2cf4048acb91530f81ca5d78966aeec7/Editor)
And searched for "Select Icon" 🤷‍♂️

[tawny grove]

oh that is perfect! thank you.

[rich adder]

nice. for some reason google brought me to this weird forum post
.GetMethod("SetIconForObject",

https://discussions.unity.com/t/editor-script-to-set-icons-impossible/508314/7

[tawny grove]

couldnt find it just from searching online, didnt know that existed

[verbal dome]

Maybe it was internal back then so you had to use reflection

That's 11 years old

[rich adder]

glad they added it then 😅

[crisp olive]

Looking for a quick chat with someone who uses blender

I don’t want all my problems solved I just want a push in the right direction so I can continue to make this stupid idea I have

[wintry quarry]

!blender

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[crisp olive]

This is going to be harder than I thought

Wait for the coding part can you tell a 3d model what color to be?

Like make this entire object this color through code?

[wintry quarry]

You can set the color on the material, if the material supports such a thing, sure

[crisp olive]

This is my first time using 3d so I’m trying to break it down into the most logical way for what I’m trying to accomplish

I think I know what to do, I guess I’ll keep trying till I get the result I’m looking for

[wintry quarry]

What are you trying to do

[crisp olive]

I’m trying to rotate an object with 3 sides

[wintry quarry]

A triangle?

[crisp olive]

That would be 3 different animations or can I use code to go through the frames of animation

[wintry quarry]

You're honestly all over the place with your questions

[crisp olive]

A tetrahedron

[wintry quarry]

I suggest focusing on one thing at a time

What does Blender and colors have to do with rotating an object?

In what way do you want to rotate the thing?

And why does its shape matter to the way you want to rotate it?

[crisp olive]

Left and right with button presses

It’s a game mechanic I have

[wintry quarry]

left and right aren't meaningful descriptions of a rotation

something like "clockwise around the world y axis" would be a meaningful way to describe a rotation, for example

[crisp olive]

3 colors I wanna rotate between

[wintry quarry]

Now I can't tell if you're talking about physical rotation, or changing colors

[crisp olive]

Do color all 3 faces in blender then animate 3 diffrent animations or can I use 1 animation and cycle through frames with code?

Can I dm you a photo of the thing

[wintry quarry]

Why can't you just put it here

or in a thread

[crisp olive]

I don’t want my idea taken

I got the code to work for the basic part I just need the artwork to match up

I guess it doesn’t matter what I do, you can make something work multiple ways I just wanted to know the best way about doing it

The hardest part about being a beginner is being lost in the sauce

[wintry quarry]

You haven't actually explained clearly what you want to do yet

This is the number one thing I feel beginners struggle with - just stating in a clear sentence what they are trying to accomplish

[crisp olive]

Imagine a tetrahedron split into 2 I wanna rotate the top that has 3 colors with a button and rotate the bottom that also has 3 colors with a different bottom, one color at a time can be used

[wintry quarry]

I don't understand the color part at all, other than the fact that the different faces of the object have different colors

Sounds like you would just have two different objects

and rotate them independently

[crisp olive]

Okay yes sorry

I want that

[wintry quarry]

you can rotate an object by setting the rotation on its Transform, or its localRotation, or by calling Rotate on it

the exact code depends on the exact nature of how you want to rotate the thing, and when

[crisp olive]

So no need to animate in blender I can do all that with code?

[wintry quarry]

You can do anything in code

[crisp olive]

I’m used to 2d

This is great news

[wintry quarry]

You can do anything in 2D with code too

2D really isn't all that different

[crisp olive]

3d rotation is animation

[wintry quarry]

I don't understand what you mean by that

[crisp olive]

I just assumed wrong

[wintry quarry]

Yes it sounds like you have some weird assumptions about things

[crisp olive]

It’s okay you did great and answered my question I appreciate your time sorry for the riddles

[wispy grotto]

Hi, question from someone new to C# (and honestly OOP) in general. I'm trying to make a simple program where players can draw lines between nodes on the screen. The images should clarify what I mean to some extent. My issue is that I don't know how where I should write what the player is doing. I can kind of imagine dividing it into three classes, but then where do I program the actual state machine? A separate class?

[astral falcon]

If you are not familiar with basic structure of coding, you might wanna look into some tutorials/books first. You already mentioned specific keywords you can look up, as this would be the start of a very long conversation teaching you basics you can read about yourself 🙂

[wispy grotto]

I googled it

Couldn't find anything

Obviously I could dive deep into the rabbit hole, but that's not very motivating if my only goal is to find where I should put the state machine right?

[astral falcon]

Sounds like you are fighting with more than just "where to put the statemachine". thats no offense but you seem to be overwhelmed already by "what the player is doing". So I suggest going to some unity tutorials from !learn and figure out, how things are done more commonly and go from there

[eternal falcon]

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[wispy grotto]

I'm asking a very simple question.

[astral falcon]

Okay, state machine in a separate class? For the whole game flow, yes, separate class. Simple answer

[wispy grotto]

Thanks. That's all I need. Could have saved me the AI helpdesk automated response.

[violet glacier]

Is it possible to have only one static class script in one scene?

[astral falcon]

Singleton you mean?

[violet glacier]

thanks I'll look into it

[burnt vapor]

An easy way is singletons as twentacle mentioned: https://unity.huh.how/references/singletons

[violet glacier]

It seems that singletons can be accessed anywhere, including across scenes. But I need static class for a single scene

[burnt vapor]

As in a single static instance for each scene?

Same thing, but generally you should make a provider that handles providing instances. Ask the provider for an instance, and it checks if it made an instance for that scene before

Should also make sure to invalidate instances when the scene gets unloaded

This applies in general. You should always have a single provider providing instances

[violet glacier]

Thanks!

[clever idol]

Whats the difference between Time.fixedDeltaTime and Time.DeltaTime?

[cerulean badger]

is there a list of the basics that I can check and learn? I cant find a list at anywhere and I'd want to have defined what I need to learn (dont need a specific order tho)

[frosty hound]

You can run through !learn and there are other beginner tutorials pinned to this channel as well

[eternal falcon]

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[cerulean badger]

seems really interesting, ty

[night raptor]

One is fixed the other is not 🤷‍♂️

[echo ruin]

Does any of you know if lists .AddRange() can have for more than two conditions?

I want to merge these two

units.AddRange(unitPool.GetComponentsInChildren<MovementBehaviourTroop>().Where(units => !(units.movementStates.currentState == MovementState.Dead)));
units.AddRange(unitPool.GetComponentsInChildren<MovementBehaviourTroop>().Where(unit => !units.Contains(unit)));

First one checks that nobody with the state MovementState.Dead is added to the list, the second one makes sure the same object doesn't get added twice.
I can't seem to get the syntax right to merge them

[astral falcon]

why not just use foreach?

[echo ruin]

Becasue I run this

    public void UpdateList()
    {
        units.RemoveAll(unit => (unit.movementStates.currentState == MovementState.Dead));

        units.AddRange(unitPool.GetComponentsInChildren<MovementBehaviourTroop>().Where(unit => !units.Contains(unit)));
    }```

To update a list, and removing an object from a list that is being iterated in a foreach loop will throw errors

[astral falcon]

Or https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.linq.enumerable.union?view=net-9.0

[zinc pewter]

what happens if I use a constructor in a monobehaviour?

public class TestPlayer : MonoBehaviour {
  
  public string name;
  public static TestPlayer Instance { get; private set; }

  public TestPlayer() {
    Instance = this;    
  }
}

[astral falcon]

Log your onenable method and see 😉

[night raptor]

doesn't that exclude the duplicates on both collections (includes only one)? That might or might not be desirable but worth knowing

[visual linden]

The constructor is likely to get called during both runtime and outside due to the fact that the class instantiation (and thus constructor call) doesn't only happen at runtime (in most cases).
I can't think of a single reason why you'd ever use the constructor with a monobehaviour.

[astral falcon]

int[] ints1 = { 5, 3, 9, 7, 5, 9, 3, 7 };
int[] ints2 = { 8, 3, 6, 4, 4, 9, 1, 0 };

IEnumerable<int> union = ints1.Union(ints2);

foreach (int num in union)
{
    Console.Write("{0} ", num);
}

/*
 This code produces the following output:

 5 3 9 7 8 6 4 1 0
*/
``` this example from the docs says, it includes duplicates but keeps only one

[astral falcon]

Wasnt that the question here? Exclude if it already contains?

[night raptor]

Yeah, that's what I thought. Likely uses some sort of hashtable to achieve that so might not be optimal way to combine collections if the duplicates are non issue to begin with. If the duplicates must be excluded, then it makes sense

[burnt vapor]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.linq.enumerable.concat?view=net-9.0
Note that this combines the two lists. If you want to avoid duplicates, you will have to use an aggregate or make the items distinct between each other in some way

[astral falcon]

So Union merges and removed duplicates 😄 confused

[burnt vapor]

The real answer would be to just apply a proper filter before you add the units

I never heard of Union. If it does that then that's a better approach, yes

[echo ruin]

I could honestly just try a for loop

Since it can work with a dynamic size as opposed to foreach

[burnt vapor]

I would make an IEnumerable method that returns the units you want to add to the list, and put all of it in there

[burnt vapor]

I don't understand this code though. You add units not matching the state and then you just add the rest anyway? What's the point?

If the point is to order based on that state then just use OrderBy

[astral falcon]

Linq will be your friend one day 😄

[night raptor]

Union is one of the set operations (and sets don't allow duplicates to begin with right?)

[echo ruin]

I want to remove objects with certain conditions, and update the list (check if other elements check the criteria) but without duplicating the ones not in the list, since AddRange will create duplicates

[echo ruin]

Both AddRange and Where is LINQ afaik

[burnt vapor]

AddRange is a List method. Where is a LINQ method

[echo ruin]

Also found an answer. I can literally just use &&

[astral falcon]

😄 Okay, you do you

[burnt vapor]

I think you are trying to fix the wrong issue, though

Perhaps you should look into equality in your classes, and make sure adding duplicate classes is not possible in general

If your List is not allowed to have duplicates, use a Hashmap. Also override equality checks on classes so you can accurately compare against other classes to ensure it's not the same

[rich ice]

    public void conditionalSort(List<object> objects)
    {
        foreach (Object obj in objects)
        {
            if(obj.name == "CoolName")
            {
                objects.Remove(obj);
            }
        }
    }

haven't read chat so i may be missing something. but, wouldn't something like this work?

you would just have to change the if to whatever you need

[echo ruin]

Yeah. I'm also removing objects, which is not a good in a foreach loop

[rich ice]

oh right, good point.

[astral falcon]

You can also compare things with union, just saying 😉

[rich ice]

    public void conditionalSort(List<object> objects)
    {
        List<object> objectsTemp = new();

        foreach (Object obj in objects)
        {
            if(obj.name == "CoolName")
            {
                objectsTemp.Add(obj);
            }
        }

        objects = objectsTemp;
    }

could use a temporary list to fix that

then use union to remove any duplicates

[astral falcon]

Or just chain .Where().Union(Where())

so many ways to do it, you decide 😄

[languid spire]

please tell me you don't think this is a good idea

[swift crag]

that is precisely how you're intended to use LINQ, so it seems at least tolerable

[swift crag]

Your first anonymous function's argument is named units, not unit

This is preventing you from accessing units inside of the anonymous function

[burnt vapor]

I mean the approach is generally fine, but they should just add proper distinction between the objects instead of implementing some obscure filtering system

[swift crag]

It does feel more than a little weird to reference units whilst in the middle of units.AddRange, though

[burnt vapor]

Not to mention Hashtables would be much faster over a list

At least, from the context these collections are always unique

If not then you can't do this

[swift crag]

a HashSet would make uniqueness checking faster, yes, at the cost of not having an order

[echo ruin]

I might change a lot on the run

[swift crag]

which is probably fine here

[echo ruin]

This is just a practice project to better myself and trying stuff out

Mainly familiarizing myself with List<T>

[echo ruin]

https://puu.sh/KmlVl/f52c7acbea.png

unit is the item, units is the List

[swift crag]

that line of code is making me upset

[echo ruin]

Okay

[swift crag]

😛

[final kestrel]

https://hastebin.com/share/ququwexoyu.java
Hi. I managed to do this. Rotate my camera on X and player Y because thats how my playerController handles mouse movement. My issue is that, when slerping, the camera does not looks at the target precisely. It is as if with offset. Just like in the picture. Doesnt it have to look directly at the center of the cube?

[swift crag]

It's so long

unitPool.GetComponentsInChildren<MovementBehaviourTroop>() is also alarming me a bit

[echo ruin]

I think I've asked questions 2 or 3 times in here and it's generally disencouraging

[swift crag]

Sorry, I shouldn't be jabbing at people immediately

The rest of the logic seems fine now -- you're filtering out all units that are already in the list, removing all units that are dead, and then adding all of the results to the list

[astral falcon]

for readability, I would never do it. I was just funnily showing, that there are so many ways you could achieve the same outcome and it depends on the questioning persons needs.

[echo ruin]

I like that there are many ways to approach it. I appreciate the help. I know I make a lot of spaghetti, but as for my question, I was genuinely just curious if it was possible to add multiple conditions in .Where(), as a part of troubleshooting updating a list where objects don't get added multiple times to the same list

I could jump on to a different solution. I want to understand the roadblock first. Why it does what it does

[swift crag]

and yes, you can write an arbitrarily complex predicate

You just can't throw two or more predicates into the Where function

[echo ruin]

As in what I just did?

[astral falcon]

reminds me of mysql queries, which I hated either, when they got longer and longer 😄 But for debugging and filtering, why not as long as you clean up code afterwards

[swift crag]

A "predicate" is a function that takes an item and returns a bool.

You can make that function very complicated

bool NumberPredicate(int x) {
  if (x == 3)
    return false;
  if (x == 6)
    return true;
  return x % 2 == 1;
}

var sequence = numbers.Where(NumberPredicate);

I'm unclear what you were trying to do that resulted in a syntax error

[echo ruin]

Did I say it threw an error?

[swift crag]

I can't seem to get the syntax right to merge them

I presumed you had tried to do something and gotten a compiler error.

[echo ruin]

I didn't understand the syntax of the language well enough to make one line of code do what those two lines of code both meant to do

[swift crag]

ah, okay, that makes sense

[echo ruin]

The line I have now, as terrible as it may look, works as intended

[swift crag]

Note that you can write a local function like I did here, instead of using an anonymous function

This can be a good idea for longer conditions.

[swift crag]

NumberPredicate does not exist outside of the function that it's declared inside of

[echo ruin]

I will eventually try out different ways to do different things

But sitting down to work with and manipulate Lists specifically kinda defeats the purpose of me using ways that don't use lists

So I understand the need to respond to my question by asking me why I don't use a different approach

[swift crag]

Hash sets could actually be inappropriate here, too.

I would expect newly-selected units to appear at the end of a list, rather than appearing at random places amongst the existing units

(which is what you'd probably observe with a hash set)

[echo ruin]

I had planned to incorporate hashsets into this practice project by assigning objects uniquie IDs, but I know I will get disencouraged by having too many balls in the air at the same time. I'm still a beginner

[swift crag]

You don't have to do anything special to make that possible.

I was about to say that any reference type can be used in a hashset, since they all have a default hashcode implementation, but it looks like you can just stick any struct type you want in, too

But yes, no need to juggle too many plates

You should focus on writing code that is easy to understand, even if it's a little more verbose than it could be

(and a little less efficient)

Especially when you're a beginner, gamedev can feel like bailing water out of a sinking ship: the project inevitably gets more and more complicated until you're unable to make any forward progress

so, best to keep the complexity low!

[final kestrel]

Could this be because my playerCamera object is sitting on my player as child with an offset?

[swift crag]

targetRotation is a world-space rotation, whilst initialRotation is a local-space rotation

If you want to convert it to a local-space rotation for the player camera, you can do...

Quaternion.Inverse(playerCamera.parent.rotation) * targetRotation

Also, I'm not a huge fan of this...

//playerCamera angles
    targetEuler.y = initialRotation.eulerAngles.y;
    targetEuler.z = initialRotation.eulerAngles.z;

Fussing with components of euler angles tends to cause surprises

Euler angles can abruptly flip by 90 or 180 degrees

I would suggest just flattening the direction you're trying to look in

Vector3 direction = // ...
direction = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(direction, Vector3.up);

in this case you could've also just done direction.y = 0;

If the player's body can get tilted to the side, then you'd want to use Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(direction, playerController.transform.up)

which would work for any orientation

[proven matrix]

I am trying to create a log in system using playfab and get this error and dont know how to fix it

[deft ridge]

how you you handle two-player controller input using the old input system? I'm making a two player fighting game, and i want it so that one controller controls one character (obviously lol) but I can't figure out how to get Unity to tell the difference between the two controllers or which mapping is correct for the second player

[proven matrix]

I am following a tutiroal and they dont seem to have that error despite me following everything

[astral falcon]

Seems like you are missing the OnError method somewhere or calling it on something that does not have it. But as long as you dont show the script, noone can help you. We dont know the tutorial and certainly wont watch it to help you there, so give some effort in your description including !code to help us help you

[eternal falcon]

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[final kestrel]

When I tried to set them to 0 by hand it indeed flips the rotation I do not inted to. But I thought making sure they are restored would not cause an issue. It works fine as well. Just that I'm slightly missing the lookTarget's center now

[frigid sapphire]

Is there a way to disable mouse collision on a gameobject? I have some text over a button and it's making me unable to click the button

[swift crag]

You can uncheck "Raycast Target" on the text component. It's in the "Extra Settings" section

[frigid sapphire]

Tysm will try that

[swift crag]

I try to do that for anything that isn't supposed to be interactive

[swift crag]

#💻┃code-beginner message this is your main problem right now

you are calculating a world-space rotation

[final kestrel]

All right. I will look into it. Thanks.

[frigid sapphire]

Unchecked and it's still blocking clicks

[swift crag]

okay, add a Canvas Group and uncheck "Blocks Raycasts"

I couldn't remember if turning off Raycast Target was sufficient or not

[tender stag]

i got this method in my LobbyManager

[frigid sapphire]

Add it in the text? If so then I added it and still not letting clicks through

[swift crag]

On the same object as the text, yes

In that case, there must be something else getting in the way

[tender stag]

and in my other script i need to listen to it or subscribe

to still have the LobbyEnter_t

and be able to use it

how do i do that?

[swift crag]

If you are using the old input manager (so, you aren't explicitly using the new input system), you can look at the EventSystem's inspector to see what the mouse is currently hovering over

you'll see that info in the preview pane at the bottom

which might be collapsed

[tender stag]

and this isnt working

[swift crag]

HandleLobbyJoinSuccess is a method.

you're trying to treat it like it's a UnityEvent or something

[tender stag]

oh yeah shit

[swift crag]

Perhaps you meant to subscribe to LobbyManagerEvents.LobbyJoinSuccess ?

But that takes no arguments

[frigid sapphire]

Don't think theres anything

Oh wait seems like the text is not blocking clicks but its the actual text box

[swift crag]

Is this an input field?

I'm not sure what "actual text box" means here

[frigid sapphire]

Its a tmp text

[swift crag]

You'll need to show us what you're doing (ideally in #📲┃ui-ux , since this is not a code problem)

[final kestrel]

I converted it as you said still looking at it with slight offset like this.

[swift crag]

I don't really know what I'm looking at here

[final kestrel]

Ah sorry. The block on the ground is my lookTarget. And you can see my crosshair. When the slerp is done shouldnt I be looking at the center?

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

This is how the code looks now

[swift crag]

so you're rotating both the player's body (around the Y axis) and the player's camera (around its X axis)?

[final kestrel]

Yes

Thats how my mouseLook works.

I wanted it to look natural thats why I did it that way

[swift crag]

This can be a bit tricky. You have to decompose a rotation into two different pieces.

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);

Here's how I did that in my game.

[final kestrel]

also playerCamera is sitting at my player object with x 0.25 and y 0.75

[swift crag]

I first find the yaw.

[final kestrel]

so its with an offset

[swift crag]

Then I use that to adjust the forward vector so that I can figure out how much up-and-down angle it has

[frigid sapphire]

I fixed it, turns out im stupid I forgot my main script holder is an empty game object with a text box and it had collisions on

[swift crag]

Quaternion turnRot = Quaternion.AngleAxis(yaw, Vector3.up);
Quaternion lookRot = turnRot * Quaternion.AngleAxis(pitch, Vector3.right);

here's how I compute the rotations later on

If you want a local rotation for the camera, lookRot would not have turnRot multiplied into it

[swift crag]

I really do not like manipulating individual euler angles, and this approach avoids that entirely

[swift crag]

the X offset is odd -- that means the camera is off to the right

unless everything is rotated weirdly and local +X is actually the direction you are facing

[final kestrel]

Wait why is it .25 on the x. Damn

Okay after resetting it to 0 it looks fine now

It was sitting wrong at my player

I'll still take a look at how you've done it in your game. Gotta study signed angle and project on plane first though. Now my main issue is to clamp the axis so i dont turn 180 degrees upwards.

Thanks a lot for the help!

[swift crag]

np!

you can use Mathf.Clamp for that

[swift crag]

The Vector3 methods are very useful. I almost never have to do any triginometry.

[final kestrel]

Yes I already have my upper and lower look limit decided on my playerControls. But clamping it seems tricky to me while slerping!

When I try to use the same values it does weird stuff 😄 but again I havent taken a look into it completely yet!

[final kestrel]

Yeah I love methods! Gotta understand them first though. Also math is not my strong suit. Dealing with 3 numbers (vectors) is kind of complicating things for me haha.

[runic crypt]

hello, so i want to add lights to my 2d urp project but whenever I add a point light or spotlight, it doesnt affect the scene. the only thing that affects the scene is my global light. Am I doing something wrong?

[wintry quarry]

You need to use 2D lights

point lights and spotlights are 3D lights

Also this is a #archived-lighting question not code

[storm cloud]

Hello, does anyone know how I can reset the camera view in "Scene" ? :c

[rich adder]

click the white cube by the gizmos

[storm cloud]

Omg

I feel dumb, Thank you xD

[proven matrix]

those anyone know why i cant move the email and password to the input fields in the inspector?

[swift crag]

Input Field is the legacy UI component

[rich adder]

most likely mismatch of types

[swift crag]

you'd want TMP_InputField

[proven matrix]

wym

[rich adder]

eg TMP vs legacy Text/Input

[swift crag]

round peg, square hole

[proven matrix]

so what would i change it to

[rich adder]

scroll up

#💻┃code-beginner message

[proven matrix]

do i change these?

[rich adder]

correct

[proven matrix]

those produce errors tho

[rich adder]

yes have your IDE correct it

ctrl + .

[proven matrix]

fixed it thanks #

[true owl]

Hey all, I'm running into an issue where only sometimes the jump modifier second case is triggered (the one where it cuts the jump short if the key is released)
https://paste.mod.gg/qoantzeyuykz/0

Apparently I'm supposed to be using the new input manager methods but it's a little confusing. I am still using the new input manager for most of the stuff but

[wanton hearth]

After upgrading to Unity 6 and Visual Studio 2022 recently, VS has started adding namespaces to scripts automatically. But the namespaces aren't even necessary (they are greyed out seeing how they are unsued). Causes a bunch of errors when I remove some unneeded packages from my proj.

Is this a feature or a bug?

[umbral bough]

Hi, I am using the this script to generate fonts at runtime.
It works fine, except for the fact I can't figure out how to include special symbols etc.
When I am using the Font Asset Creator, I can simply select Extended ASCII(or something else), and it will work fine.
However, the function for creating fonts doesn't appear to be having any parameters(such as CharacterSet), so I don't know what to do.
Thanks in advance!

[grand snow]

Tmp can dynamically add at runtime anyway

[brave compass]

It's likely adding the namespace when you choose a type from the IntelliSense suggestions. If you realize it's actually not the type you want and erase it, the using directive will still be there, now unused.

This can happen even if you only write your using directives manually. I would suggest you find the shortcut to remove unused directives and memorize it.

[umbral bough]

huh?

[wanton hearth]

OK thanks, that must be it. Don't remember it happening with VS 2019, so there must be a setting somewhere

[strong wren]

Undoing instead of erasing accidental suggestions should also get rid of the using

[cosmic dagger]

you're checking GetKeyUp in FixedUpdate which runs at fixed intervals (fixed frame rate). this is bad as it will miss inputs that happen in-between calls (the fixed time FixedUpdate is called). the documentation also suggests to call this method in Update . . .

[true owl]

oh

[grand snow]

I'm confused about what the issue is. Do you want to load a font at runtime?
Or are you still configuring it in editor?

[true owl]

okay thx

i'll work on tweaking it

[cosmic dagger]

they're generating fonts at runtime but it doesn't include special characters. they want to figure how to do that . . .

[grand snow]

If it's dynamic mode it will do it itself

Ofc if the font supports the symbols

[cosmic dagger]

when generating the font from the editor, there is an option for this. i believe they want to have that ability during runtime . . .

[umbral bough]

I want to load a system font, it works fine but it's missing symbols, here's the same command shown w terminal and unity font

[swift crag]

oh, I see -- the script uses TMP_FontAsset.CreateFontAsset to generate the asset

the rest is just there to help you find a font by name

[grand snow]

Can you verify this font file actually has it?

[umbral bough]

I can tell you that making a font asset within unity with that same font works fine

[grand snow]

And often fonts can have many versions for different weights and stuff

[umbral bough]

I am generating the font from Courier Prime Code during runtime too

[runic lance]

there's a TryAddCharacters in the TMP_FontAsset class, maybe that's useful?

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.textmeshpro@2.0/api/TMPro.TMP_FontAsset.html#TMPro_TMP_FontAsset_TryAddCharacters_System_String_

dammit, perfect timing :p

that seems relevant

[grand snow]

It should work either way

[umbral bough]

that's interesting, will take a look

in the meantime, I also found this
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Font.CreateDynamicFontFromOSFont.html

it could make my current implementation cross platform+simplify the workflow

[grand snow]

But is that tmp?

[umbral bough]

I am generating the tmp asset from a font asset

[grand snow]

I swear tmp fonts could source from the os already if you set it too

Yea but the function above is for the old text

[umbral bough]

I mean idk, it could work, just gotta figure this part out

[grand snow]

You can't mix the old text/font with text mesh pro stuff, 99% sure.

[umbral bough]

hmm, I looked into this and it has a string param, I am not sure how I'd add all the extended ascii characters etc. that way

[swift crag]

I’d guess you just shove in a bunch of characters

[runic lance]

but do you really need to specify the characters? can't you use the dynamic generation as rob suggested?

[umbral bough]

I also found this option AtlasPopulationMode, and it has something called DynamicOS, could that be what rob was referring to in the msg I replied to?

[umbral bough]

I can, I just need characters to work, don't care what way as long as it doesn't tank the performance too much

[grand snow]

I've used dynamic fonts and that function just add some ahead of time. It still adds characters not present later.

If they never show then let's presume the font doesn't have em

[umbral bough]

ok, let me try to generate the font asset with that and see if it works

[grand snow]

In edit mode the texture in the font will update so you can see what it has added

[loud vault]

Something about my game's resolution is off. In windowed mode the game looks good, but in full screen the edges are jagged
Another thing is that to take a pic of the jagged graphics I had to take a pic with my phone, because if I take a screenshot it looks like in the windowed version
Maybe it has something to do with the monitor resolution settings?

[slender nymph]

not a code question, and this just looks like aliasing

[loud vault]

Maybe something about how unity handle the resolution? Because I don't get why the aliasing wouldn't work on full screen

[slender nymph]

no, i mean the effect you are seeing is called aliasing. you need to use some sort of anti aliasing if you don't have it enabled to prevent that

[loud vault]

I don't get why the anti-aliasing wouldn't work on full screen*

[slender nymph]

have you even confirmed if AA is enabled?

[loud vault]

Yes

If I take a screenshot of the game in full screen, the screenshot is not jagged even tho the gameplay is

[umbral bough]

Ok, so I've been trying to get the AtlasPopulationMode to work but I couldn't.
It would just tell me that it couldn't resolve the atlasPopulationMode:, so I tried to look at the api for the latest tmp version(since I'm using unity 6), and that led me to this function being outdated and saying that I should use this instead, but that gave me the exact same error and it's not even compatible with the TMP_FontAsset from what I can tell so I am lost to say the least.
Any clues as to what I'm supposed to do?
Also, should I make a thread to stop spamming the main chat?

[grand snow]

Tmp dynamic font

[true owl]

https://paste.mod.gg/bennowykbduz/0
Not sure why but whever i move i get some crazy values for my y veloicity

[slender nymph]

those are incredibly small values, it's just in scientific notation. those values are so small they are effectively 0

[true owl]

interesting

do you mind taking a look at this

       if (Mathf.Abs(rb.linearVelocityY) < jumpPeakThreshold && Mathf.Abs(rb.linearVelocityY) > Mathf.Epsilon)
        {
            Debug.Log("float a bit...");
            Debug.Log(rb.linearVelocityY);
            setGravityScale(gravityScale * gravityHangTimeMult);
        }

[slender nymph]

why

[true owl]

i wanted it to kinda have a little float near the apex of the jump

but it seems to always run even if im just on the ground

[slender nymph]

check your conditions and also consider checking if you are also grounded

[true owl]

grounded is a good idea

[cosmic dagger]

if it happens while you're grounded, then check and make sure you're not . . .

[cosmic dagger]

also, no reason to calculate the absolute value of the same variable twice. cache and reuse it . . .

[true owl]

that's true

mb

[cosmic dagger]

another note: your methods are both camelCase and PascalCase, which is confusing when reading the code. i'd stay consistent with one style. prefer PascalCase, especially, since all your methods except for 2 are not

you commented these are used for getters and setters. this is what properties are used for

// Old code
    void setGravityScale(float value)
    {
        rb.gravityScale = value;
    }

    float getGravityScale()
    {
        return rb.gravityScale;
    }

// New code
    public float GravityScale
    {
        get => rb.gravityScale;
        set => rb.gravityScale = value;
    }

you can do the same to create the IsJumping property . . .

[naive pawn]

do you even need GravityScale there
you could just use rb.gravityScale
the original wasn't exposing it to outside classes or anything

[true owl]

i just thought it'd be nicer to reference it using getter and setter

for readability honestly

[naive pawn]

are you from java

[true owl]

i kinda code all

[swift crag]

It is reasonable if your user doesn't have a reference to the rigidbody

[true owl]

i did my first 2 years in java tho lol

[slender nymph]

if that's the case, then use the property but make it private instead

[wintry quarry]

Properties were created to free us from the tyranny of writing accessor methods

[swift crag]

(but yes, use a property)

[true owl]

i guess that's true

[naive pawn]

getters/setters in that way is kind of java-specific

[true owl]

lol u got me

[naive pawn]

(maybe c++ too? i didn't really get that far)

[true owl]

alright i'll just access it using the property

[naive pawn]

the concept still holds, it's just written/used differently

[cosmic dagger]

i was only showing that using a property is better and easier to do, especially for readability and to save time. they can easily make it private, if needed . . .

[true owl]

i really hate the PascalCase

[naive pawn]

but if you don't actually need to expose rb.gravityScale, i'd recommend just using that directly

[true owl]

especially for methods it ticks me off so hard

[wintry quarry]

I came from a Java background too and had the same feeling, but eventually got used to it. Now the Java way looks weird to me.

[true owl]

sure will refactor

[slender nymph]

well get used to it because it's the standard in c#. public properties, methods, and types are all PascalCase (public fields too, but ideally you'd use a property rather than a public field)

[true owl]

😔

[slender nymph]

it's just unity decided not to follow the standard for properties in their engine code for whatever reason

[true owl]

thats why im using it, but... I'll always look down on it lol

anyways thanks all for help

[naive pawn]

you'll get used to it
it helps with uniformity with built-in methods
if you're familiar with something else, not being comfortable with the new pattern is pretty normal
but you aren't working alone alone here, you have to work with the standard library, unity's library, and any other 3rd party libs you might use
once you do get used to it, the uniformity will help in the long run

also be prepared to get stuck with it if you go use something else after using unity

[cosmic dagger]

haha. since i learned coding with C# it makes more sense to me. i like differentiating methods, properties, and events from variables . . .

[true owl]

this does not bode well as my job uses spring boot haha

[cosmic dagger]

especially, when looking through dot notation, you can see what should only be exposed for you to access . . .

[naive pawn]

well different languages have different structures
for example, in languages where functions are first-class citizens (eg c, js, py), it might make less sense to distinguish variables and functions

[naive pawn]

all i can say is, good luck lmao

[still elm]

I have made a DDOL singleton for my settingsmenu, so that it can be used in more than one scene. The issue arises when I change back to the scene where the object originally is from. How do I solve the issues with this?

[naive pawn]

The issue
what issue exactly?

[swift crag]

yes, complete the thought :p

I presume the issue is that there are now two menus

[cosmic dagger]

a took a look at C++ and people use a few different styles (standards) for their coding. i guess it's different between the old and the new style . . . 🤷‍♀️

[swift crag]

Consider having the menu check if an instance already exists and destroying itself if that happens

Alternatively, use [RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod] to instantiate a menu prefab as the game starts

[cosmic dagger]

your DDOL should have a check that removes itself if an instance of it(self) already exists . . .

[swift crag]

(you can pull the menu prefab out of a Resources folder)

[still elm]

So. I don't exactly know what is causing the issue. But when go back to the original scene were the DDOL singelton pattern is on I can't press the options menu to open the settings. The settingscanvas is a gameobject being a DDOL singleton. The settingscanvas is supposed to have be activated/deactivated on button press.

[swift crag]

Oh, I know what you're doing

so the canvas lives in scene A

something else in that scene has a reference to the canavs

This is fine until you exit scene A and then return later

The object in the scene still references the canvas that lives in scene A

not the canvas that has been moved to the DontDestroyOnLoad scene

If that's the case -- don't store any direct references to the canvas. I presume you made it a globally-accessible singleton, so just reference it that way!

[still elm]

oh

I will try.

[still elm]

Thank you, this worked. However I noticed now that when I play the game after going back to the menu again since starting the game. the game is freezed

🤔

[swift crag]

perhaps you are forgetting to reset your timescale

e.g. if you set it to 0 when pausing

[still elm]

oh

I wish I had your brain

why did I not think of this

[swift crag]

because you hadn't run into the problem before 😛

you'll want to start thinking about state that can survive from one play session to the next

anything static is a prime suspect

[trim moon]

hi guys i have a question, when i am making a movement script should i use character contoller?

[still elm]

Is this a viable method to solve it? if so should I do timescale = 1 before or after loading the scene

[trim moon]

i mean everything is working fine without it but i see that people is using it often

[swift crag]

hm, yeah, there are two ways of doing it

one: whoever set it to 0 should set it back to 1 before they give up control
two: whoever needs it to be 1 should set it to 1 when they take control

[still elm]

oh, wait maybe I should set it in Main menu when I press plau

[swift crag]

The second one is a better idea, IMO

It's proactive: I need this to be correct, so I will make it correct

rather than trying to catch every place you could forget to reset the timescale

You could also consider having a singleton game controller that constantly decides the timescale

[slender nymph]

the order of these two operations does not matter (assuming you are referring to within the same method) as the scene isn't actually loaded immediately upon calling LoadScene, it's queued to load in the next frame

[still elm]

ah ok

good to know

[still elm]

ah, and that would be DDOL too or just a singeton pattern?

[swift crag]

Those are two separate concepts

You do often throw singleton objects into the DontDestroyOnLoad scene, though.

My GameController bootstraps my entire game. It loads itself from Resources as the game starts