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[grand snow]

well must not be if it lags behind. You can hopefully use this event script to update things after the brain changes the camera:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@3.1/api/Unity.Cinemachine.CinemachineBrainEvents.html#Unity_Cinemachine_CinemachineBrainEvents_BrainUpdatedEvent

[timber tide]

the camera on the player could be creating some problems too if it's being moved in fixed

try just playing with what cinemachine has first

[grand snow]

then move the UI positioning to late update or change the monobehaviour execution order: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-MonoManager.html

but as we all keep saying, the order is clearly wrong

Update() and FixedUpdate are often enough but you have a few things to juggle here

Id personally use the event i sent twice but im gonna sleep soon

[cosmic dagger]

you shouldn't mess with the script execution order. there isn't a need to . . .

[frigid sequoia]

It's normal that this method is blacked out if I just call it from the InvokeRepeating?

[fast copper]

How hard is it to make a decent basic inventory system?

[frigid sequoia]

A lot, look for one already made and import it

[cosmic dagger]

there is no way to rate "decent" as that means something different to everyone. a basic inventory system can be created from YouTube tutorials . . .

how hard it is to implement depends on your knowledge of C# and Unity . . .

[eternal needle]

this seems like something you realllly dont wanna do. you'll call this method every frame, in 1 second from now, and it will repeat every second. PER frame
also if you use nameof(method name here) itll probably show as being used

[fast copper]

i meant decent as in works and useable, and my knowledge is little but im going to try it i just wanted to know if its going to be hard and ngl it sounds like it is

[cosmic dagger]

you do understand that you're calling a new IRIModifyResources every frame in Update and repeating that every 1 seconds, multiplying the call every frame, right?

[frigid sequoia]

Isn't the whole point of InvokeRepeating to be used like that?

Then I just do it once?

[cosmic dagger]

no, the 3rd param repeatRate will repeat, as in, call the method every n seconds; in your case, every 1 second. this method would only be called once . . .

[frigid sequoia]

Like do I place that on Start?

[cosmic dagger]

i would check out the method in the Unity docs to see how it's used . . .

[frigid sequoia]

I did, I do not understand

[cosmic dagger]

the problem is there are sooooo many different inventory systems. each one you find will be made differently . . .

[frigid sequoia]

I just place it on start?

And it would repeat the call every second until I cancel it?

[slender nymph]

put a log in the method invoked by InvokeRepeating to see when it is called

[cosmic dagger]

then i would definitely try and understand the method before using it . . .

[slender nymph]

then you can try different ways of using InvokeRepeating to see which suits your needs best

[cosmic dagger]

what part about it confuses you? let's start there . . .

[fast copper]

I really like Resident evil inventory systems, i have a mug of coffee and a dream

[cosmic dagger]

eeek, that one is a doozy! you'll definitely need some basic C# knowledge when tackling that . . .

[frigid sequoia]

Like calls the method after X seconds then again every Y seconds. So.... that would make me think that if I place it on start, it would just do it once, and since it happens only in one frame it never comes to count up to a second at all

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[frigid sequoia]

And yes, I can blindly add prints and try for like half an hour to see how it exactly works, for sure, but it's always like way clearer if I ask people that already know the stuff, u know?

[cosmic dagger]

but you just said, "then again every Y seconds." if it calls it again every Y seconds, that would mean it keeps calling it again and again every Y seconds, right?

[slender nymph]

you can read the documentation and actually test things to see how they work, yes. and if that information is not sufficient asking clarifying questions instead of just straight up asking people to pretty much repeat the documentation is a good idea. but right now you're basically just asking people to repeat what the documentation says

[cosmic dagger]

that sounds like it repeats, as in, InvokeRepeating . . .

[frigid sequoia]

If your response to me asking "how does this work?" is "read the documentation" u are not really answering anything. That's like you asking the teacher and them just telling you to read the book, that's an awful teacher imo

But besides, that's not even what I asked in the first place

[slender nymph]

what part of "Invokes the method methodName in time seconds, then repeatedly every repeatRate seconds." is not clear?

[cosmic dagger]

also, the description says it invokes (calls/executes) the method in the time you specify (1 sec), and then repeatedly every n secs (1 sec) . . .

[frigid sequoia]

I asked if it's intended for a method that is called from an InvokeRepeating to be balcked out

[slender nymph]

you're not calling the method anywhere in your code, so yes.

the compiler has no idea that the string you are passing to InvokeRepeating has anything at all to do with the method in your code

[frigid sequoia]

Why does it even use a string instead of a method prompt?

Seems kinda weird

[cosmic dagger]

first i said read the docs because you never mentioned that you did and just tried using the method without understanding it

then i ask you to clarify what part confuses you so we can start from there

then i explained what each parameter does and how it works . . .

[slender nymph]

because it uses reflection rather than an Action. if you want something with better compile time checking, then write a coroutine instead

[frigid sequoia]

Well, I understand now, but I have read that before, and I didn't understood it at all

[cosmic dagger]

i was feeding you information the entire time to help explain what it does. never did i say, "read the book, and just figure it out . . ."

[frigid sequoia]

I usually do, but since I just want this to happen all the time pretty much regardless of anything InvokeRepeating seemed like the right way to do it

[cosmic dagger]

if you want it to occur constantly, use a Coroutine instead . . .

[frigid sequoia]

So in what case should I use the InvokeRepeating then?

[slender nymph]

When you want to use strings and reflection instead of a better option

[cosmic dagger]

you also asked if you should use it in Start and the docs show it being used in Start . . .

[frigid sequoia]

But why would I even ever want that???

[cosmic dagger]

this would be a case to use it, but since you have or need parameters for the method, coroutines is a better option, and you have more control over the flow of the coroutine . . .

[night mural]

consider it a relic of an earlier time. There's also stuff like https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/GameObject.SendMessage.html which, yeah don't ever use that! but someone thought it was a good idea a long time ago so it stays around

[frigid sequoia]

So this is a right way to use it or in this case should be more like.... making the Corourine loop indifently without stopping it?

Cause I always used it like that, and I realize now I might have been using it entirely wrong

Like that's intended to be always running on the background right?

This would be a better use of it???

[earnest wind]

Wait what

Are u calling the IEnumerator every frame??

[rich adder]

better alternatives are Time.time or Time.deltaTime timer

[frigid sequoia]

No. What? Just once, but never stopping it

[earnest wind]

Daleo, can i know what u are tying to make? What is this for?

[frigid sequoia]

I used to just clear it entirely after each iteration

[cosmic dagger]

If you want it to run forever, use a while loop . . .

[frigid sequoia]

As simple as adding a resource generation to the resource pool each second

[earnest wind]

But u dont need to make a loop? Just trigger the UI and data change when a resource gets generated

There is no need for loops

[void thicket]

Why the variable you check and variable you assign is different 🤔

[cosmic dagger]

The issue with this is you are checking one coroutine variable and then assigning a different one. Why are there two different coroutines?

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, ya, I am fucking dumb, I duplicated it

[frigid sequoia]

This script is precisely what is supposed to generate it???? Like I don't understand you

[strong wren]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@3.1/api/Unity.Cinemachine.CinemachineCore.html#Unity_Cinemachine_CinemachineCore_CameraUpdatedEvent Might be the ideal solution

[earnest wind]

Im sorry i think i didnt understand, wdym by adding resource generation, as in just changing a value and updating something based on it?

[frigid sequoia]

Like... you have 50 current health, and a maximum of 100, you regenerate 5 each second; a second passes, now you have 55....

[earnest wind]

Ah so this IS the function which regenerates?

[frigid sequoia]

Of course

[earnest wind]

Just use time.delta time

Would honestly be easier

[sand schooner]

I have a Sphere Collider on a game object as well as the game object having the tag "JumpPowerUp", and in my player controller I have a onCollisionEnter method. In that method I have: if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("JumpPowerUp") //Change scene but when my player bumps into the game object, the scene does not change. Any ideas?

[rich adder]

log the collision first, put log before the tag check

[void thicket]

Check if the event is called at all

[rich adder]

also why LoadAsync in a Synchronous method..

[sand schooner]

The event does get called, but its saying the colliders gameObject is the parent of the parent of the actual game object

[void thicket]

That's where you have Rigidbody?

[sand schooner]

The parent object has a rigidbody yeah

[rich adder]

what is saying what?

[sand schooner]

And the logs said the colision was with "Cube" whenever my player colides with "JumpPowerUp"

[void thicket]

That's not how Rigidbody should be set up

[sand schooner]

Would removeing the rigidbody from Cube solve it?

[rich adder]

if cube has the rigidbody then thats normal

child colliders become part of parent rigidbody

[void thicket]

What even is Cube there

Why everything is under it

[sonic osprey]

Does anyone know how to code with C#

[sand schooner]

Cube is pretty much the ground, it spins and the player has to stay on it

[sonic osprey]

and is willing to help me with my vr game

[rich adder]

stop crossposting

[sonic osprey]

Ok

[rich adder]

no need to spam all the channels

[sonic osprey]

):

kk

mb

[rich adder]

if you want to learn there are resources pinned

[sand schooner]

Looks like removing the rigidbody from cube fixed it, tbh not sure why cube has a rigidbody in the first place

[void thicket]

The physics platform is bit of pain to make but parenting is not a good way

[rich adder]

if it spins then you should keep it as rigidbody but rotate using the MoveRotation or angularVel

[void thicket]

You have to play with Math ™️

[sand schooner]

I tried to find a good way to make it work, and the best way I found is to have the player as a child of the cube, that way when the cube rotates, the player moves with the cube

but open to suggestions

[rich adder]

that only works okay if player is character controller not rigidbody

[sand schooner]

how do you mean?

[rich adder]

if player is rigidbody you should not use parenting between two rbs

as mentioned you have to do a bit of math between both velocities and whatnot

[void thicket]

Unity hierarchy and physics simulation world works separately

You need something like https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/movement/moving-the-ground/

[sand schooner]

interesting

[strong wren]

I didn't look at the actual problem you were trying to solve, but saw the CM related execution order discussion and figured it could be helpful.

[mellow zenith]

ive just started game development and am working on a dummy game but its not working is someone able to help me
Im trying to make a building system similar to Hay Day or Clash of Clans and I have a tilemap and grid, but I cant figure out how to move/place objects

[sand schooner]

also thank you @void thicket and @rich adder

[rich adder]

what is not working

[mellow zenith]

I am not able to move the object around

it only places at 0,0

[rich adder]

show code

[mellow zenith]

in here?

[rich adder]

yea ⏬

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[mellow zenith]

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

im not sure if i have linked everything correctly in unity I believe thats the problem because i followed a tutorial

[rich adder]

the Event system part is kinda strange since this is a Tilemap not UI

unless you were supposed to put physics raycaster

can you send tuto link

[mellow zenith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFpmJtO0NT4&list=PL0FALXGqi7wJSZxRGD63S9jVWT9v5znJm&index=18

idk if I have to do isometric bc thats what she did, but I want to have my game 3d so i used rectangular tilemap

[rich adder]

Oh seems like its probably to not place something when clicking on UI

[mellow zenith]

thats what i was thinking

but my button is on a canvas

is a canvas UI?

[rich adder]

yes

[mellow zenith]

maybe i cant move it because the whole screen is UI

maybe i should follow this video instead?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0emsAHIBjU

[rich adder]

its possible, you can just place logs and see whats happening

[mellow zenith]

yeah ive done a ton of debugging

[rich adder]

if you're doing 3D maybe this is better, this is probably custom grid though tilemap dont work in 3D only Grid component

also are you using Orthographic or Perspective

Perspective is better to use Plane or ScreenToRay instead of ScreenToPoint

[mellow zenith]

Erm where do i check sorry

im pretty sure Prospective

[rich adder]

on the camera

[mellow zenith]

of right yeah Prospective

so you would recomend Prospective?

[rich adder]

read this https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint

[rich adder]

if you want depth you use Perspective, if not you use Ortho

they both have their own look

3D Ortho comes out to something like Hades

[void thicket]

Perspective view*

[mellow zenith]

YAYYY i got something working

[frigid sequoia]

What would be the best way to... make an entity begin the cast of an spell onto a target, but if midway, the target moves out of range, or dies, the cast is canceled early?

I could do a Coroutine and stop it if any of those cases happen, but... checking that every frame seems kinda like not the best choice...

[rich adder]

have event invoked when enemy dies or out of range react by stopping the cast whatever that is ,Stop coroutine or bool in update?

[mellow zenith]

can you help again 😭

I got the mouse position in the game represented by a sphere but cant get CellToWorld working

[rich adder]

CellToWorld?

[mellow zenith]

determining what cell is selected

[mellow zenith]

at 9:15 of this video

[rich adder]

did you write rest of code the same

what exactly isn't working

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, I have an script that manages like all the skills and which they should be using, then one separate script for each skill on it's own. I am thinking I could make the specific skill just send back a order to the manager to tell it that it's casting something that needs X seconds and needs X target and once the casting time is finished it could send a proper confirmation to the skill to send the actual effect, or cancel it before hand, cause checking the Update of just the manager is way better than for each different skill

The issue I see there is that I couldn't really tell later on wtf it's supposed to be casting, since pretty much all casts would use the same

So probably supermessy if I want to add visuals for it later

[mellow zenith]

well i need to pay if I want to access his prefabs and game objects so i made my own to show what cell the curser is on but its not showing anything

[night mural]

it sounds like you should have a casting system a la WoW which allows for interrupts and stuff

[frigid sequoia]

Well I had in mind that players could indeed interrupt

Not for enemies though

[mellow zenith]

NVM

i got it

[night mural]

while the cast is active, it's totally reasonable to check for invalidation every frame (but also up to you how you want to do that specifically, like WoW lets you finish the cast even if they go out of range and does an extra, more generous range check at that point)

especially so if you want to let players interrupt, since you want immediate feedback for something like that

[frigid sequoia]

I can check for whatever it is that is casting to be in range without much issue

The issue comes when I do it on the update on the skill itself

Since it would mean I am doing it simultaneously for every casteable skill, no matter if they are even being casted

[night mural]

no, i wouldn't do that

[frigid sequoia]

If I can avoid it I would rather not have an update for those

[night mural]

you'd want each unit to be able to do a cast, which would be for a particular skill, but they should only have one cast active at once

one update running for the current cast

(per unit)

[frigid sequoia]

The Update of the AbilityManager just straight up stops early if it's casting something, meaning anything under there would not be even considered, since it's casting something already

[night mural]

so only one unit can cast something at once?

or this is on every unit?

[frigid sequoia]

That's on all of them

[night mural]

I guess I'm not seeing the issue then

[frigid sequoia]

The issue is where the fuck do I check for the "target is no longer valid" to stop a cast early

[night mural]

probably what you want to do is replace the IsCasting boolean with some kind of 'Current cast' data structure which references the active skill, current time, etc. and can be interrupted by this, instead of trying to have each skill manage itself

[frigid sequoia]

That.... would kinda mean I need to do a superclass for all casteable abilities, so I can pair them together

[timber tide]

check every frame

well, fixed probably better

[night mural]

nah, you just need an interface with a Tick method and you've already back to where unity has you

you don't have to do it that way, you could alternately just reference the monobehavior that is the 'current' skill

since it sounds like monobehavior is already a 'superclass' that all your abilities derive from

[frigid sequoia]

Then how I get data like... how long it takes or how much range it has?

I kinda need that to do the checks

[night mural]

you could read it off the monobehavior or have some kind of Validate method that you pass the relevant data into

maybe the Tick method of a skill accepts parameters

[frigid sequoia]

I cannot see that, can you provide an example?

[night mural]

I'm not sure that would help since your approach of just handling everything in the tick for the ability seems like it would be ok

[night mural]

like I think what you want to do is just change this code from doing nothing when a skill is being cast to checking if the cast is still valid and cancelling it if not (or some skill script, since this one looks mostly focused on basic attacks)

[timber tide]

public class SpellSO: ScriptableObject
{
  [field: SerializeField] public int Damage { get; private set } = 1
  [field: SerializeField] public float CastTime { get; private set } = 1
}

public class Spell: Monobehaviour
{
  [field: SerializeField] public SpellSO { get; private set }
  
  public void Initialize(SpellSO spellSO)
  {
    SpellSO = spellSO;
  }

  public bool Cast(Vector3 point)
  {
    //If we want to use a cast time that can be interupted the easiest way is to just
    //let the manager access the SO/Data and grab the cast time directly then coroutine
    //on the manager and if it succeeds then we Cast()
  }
}

Few ways I can think of doing it but the comment probably easiest

I don't think there should be any sequencing local to the Spell

https://paste.mod.gg/inxqppblndae/0
And that would be for the player

Actually dont like the coroutine idea

[frigid sequoia]

Ok, so here what I did, and think it should kinda work? But surely it will not, but I am way too tired to debug it now, so it's gonna be tomorrow to see if it actually does the job

[icy sluice]

does anyone have a code for RCS?
or a way to calculate force required to NOT flip vehicle when thrusters are not directly under center of mass

[west lynx]

I just did the delete of shame... looked at how the old code worked and decided to remake it from scratch better was so far into the version of how I wanted to build my code then realized that no matter how I hammered it, it was just never going to work like I wanted... so I finally decided to pull the plug and bulk deleted 2 days of work on it and will build it from the old version piece by piece rather than trying to start from scratch 😭

@icy sluice
ultimately any thrust not pointed directly AT the center of mass is just applying a torque (as well as pushing the mass) to it so if its flipping it over you have to counter that torque with other thrusters that add up to the desired anti-torque value

[icy sluice]

im trying to calculate uneven placement of thrust without giving torque to a rocket

[frigid sequoia]

In fact, now in bed, I am just noticing I am setting the time since last cast to 0 both at the beggining and at the end, and I am not sure what would be more correct, but surely not both at the same time. AND I am not even deducing the cost of the abilty from the pool. I keep forgetting even the most basic of stuff, great me

[west lynx]

right. you have to break each thruster down into its pushing and torque components you can do sin/cos with the angles or the dot product from the thruster angle (normalized) and the direction to the COM. (normalized) it will be from 0 to 1 0 means its pure torque, 1 means its pure thrust. just do this calculation for every thruster you have. if you end up with uneven torque values (meaning it will try to flip) you can see how adding a new thruster will change it if you calculate it as you go

[icy sluice]

im moving to #⚛️┃physics

[buoyant finch]

https://paste.ofcode.org/g2dAAQSBufP3RiYPTGjG2W hello everyone so I basically wanted to make my player move grid based I tried this but it doesn't work pls help

[slender nymph]

be more specific than "it doesn't work"

[buoyant finch]

it doesn't work means that the player doesn't move a fixed speed it has a variable speed and doesn't necessarily align to the next tile of the grid

[untold shore]

Hey, quick problem I'm having. I have a script in which my variable is supposed to change by checking another script (both are bools, so just checking if they should change to false/true), but even if the other is true when the new script is called on. Both scripts related are in this paste of code, being separated with ///. https://paste.ofcode.org/pP26Fg6c2Na9nv7w5mJrhn
The thing that I want to change is "SpecialCardScriptCelestialBond", which continuously says false even after the other script is called. Any ideas? Please @ me if you respond, thanks!

[coral junco]

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[dreamy wren]

Can someone help please? I want to make it so when I press M my charecter stops moving in all directions for a set amount of time then can move again https://paste.ofcode.org/mU7nWjiBvTeW99ASY79C9X

[earnest bear]

Hello,
I have a very very strange problem.
I am using the default Unity character controller, and moving it with the "Move" function.
I am having a problem that, even if I pass a Vector3.zero to "Move", if the player is in certain positions, he starts to move a little and after a couple of minutes you can definitely see it moved
I am sure the problem comes from the Move function because if I don't call it, there is no movement. I tried passing a Vector3.zero but it still moves.
If that helps, the CharacterController has a parent GO that never moves, just for organization purpose.

Has anyone encountered anything like that? At first it looked like a float error, but it doesn't make sense?

[mellow zenith]

@rich adder THANK U FOR HELPING ❤️

[ivory bobcat]

Seeing the code would make things easier. Maybe log the value before moving.

I'm assuming you're passing a value that you believe is zero but isn't.

[earnest bear]

The code is very simple and I am sure it is correct.
I used a debugger breakpoint, the value is zero
I even changed the code to controller.Move(Vector3.zero) and moved the player using the editor gizmos, same problem.
Commenting the Move fixes the problem
The change is very small but adds over time, that's why I thought it was some floating point error problem
I will share the code later if it can help, but it is very simple, I get the player input as a vector2 and us it in the Move

[verbal dome]

What other components does the character have?

[ivory bobcat]

Unless the vector zero has been arithmetically acquired, it would simply be a vector of zeros without any floating point errors.

Does commenting the line out and moving the object with Gizmo still reproduce the unwanted behavior?

[buoyant finch]

hello can someone pls help me in making a grid based movement for my player https://paste.ofcode.org/g2dAAQSBufP3RiYPTGjG2W so I tried this but it doesn't work like the player doesn't align to the tile and has variable speed upon moving
btw each tile is 12*12

[verbal dome]

You left out some important code, like what are you setting targetPosition to

[foggy crypt]

Hello. I have this problem with Animator Transitions.
When the player turns to the right, and turns back to Idle State - The position of the camera is a little off.
Like the animation did not complete or something.

Here's the video for more context

[buoyant finch]

I didn't understand mind explaining clearly

[verbal dome]

Where are you changing targetPosition

[buoyant finch]

In 4th line

[verbal dome]

You are setting it to its own position. How would that make it move?

[buoyant finch]

Hmm ok so what do I set it to then?

[verbal dome]

To the position you want to move to, obviously

Where did this code come from? Do you understand what it does?

[buoyant finch]

yeah I saw a website on lerp

not on targetPosition seeing it just now

thx a lot

[verbal dome]

If you want grid based movement, you should not do whatever you are doing in HandleInput.
A key press should set your targetPosition to a position on the grid

And I see nothing related to a grid here. You can use the Grid component or an array

[buoyant finch]

I saw many videos and in it only lerp was used

[verbal dome]

Lerp has nothing to do with grids

It just lets you smooth the movement between grid cells

[buoyant finch]

oh ok thx a lot for guiding me

[soft creek]

Hi i have a porble, i don't have any audio source and i receive an message, what i can do for the mesage desapear? Thanks

[verbal dome]

It's not saying audio source, read again

Type t:audiolistener in the hierarchy search to find them quickly

[soft creek]

oh, thanks 😅

[buoyant sentinel]

guys, why does it look like this?

the black dots on the thing

[fickle plume]

Corrupted. Restart editor and PC perhaps

Maybe need driver update too

[buoyant sentinel]

all my drivers are up to date

[fickle plume]

@buoyant sentinel Also not a code question #💻┃unity-talk

[verbal dome]

Unity went into braille mode lol

[buoyant sentinel]

sorry

i am new here

[broken lintel]

need some help with my dialogue system, for some reason, once the dialogue is done, I can't close the dialogue box. I'm such a noob <.< been stuck on this for so long

[ivory bobcat]

This is the coding channel, you'd provide any necessary code with your question.

[broken lintel]

DialogueUI: https://paste.ofcode.org/SKmyFbVcytJmUNZyNxrsZD

DialogueObject: https://paste.ofcode.org/qWVXLJc8GkgxKQiZLRmuzX

Response: https://paste.ofcode.org/i8YiGu5LGiwf6BGYafVRbf

ResponseHandler: https://paste.ofcode.org/k5h9BXnprTueD6uxN9GAnC

[ivory bobcat]

Where do you attempt to close the dialogue box?

I'm assuming line 52 of the dialogue ui script

[broken lintel]

yea

[stuck field]

ResponseHandler > Line 90: Calls dialogueUI.CloseDialogueBox()

If the response object is null

[keen owl]

Set it to false once the dialogue is finished

[stuck field]

Pretty sure it's because there is no option that takes you, as, it closes in "OnPickedResponse" if the next dialogue is null

Meaning at the end, your method would need another option "Close" and, they click that, no more dialogue after that (returns null, so it closes)

Although you do that when no responses are there as well

[broken lintel]

oh, I get it now :0

[stuck field]

tempResponseButtons.Count > 0

But that's the response box

So I'd say, yeah, just add a reponse "Close" that has no more valid dialogue after it

[broken lintel]

oki

thanks!

[stuck field]

np

[tiny wind]

my console keeps saying theres a null reference in line 69, but I dont see anything wrong here, or Im not seeing what is wrong here, can anyone jhel

[verbal dome]

I see like 4 things that could be null on that line

Although the first two would throw an error on the previous line

[tiny wind]

please do tell

[tawdry nymph]

you are calling methods that could also be null somewhere

if you click the error there might be more lines

[verbal dome]

Melee component and components

[ivory bobcat]

Anything before a dot operator (member access operator) could potentially be a null and throwing those errors

[tiny wind]

using UnityEngine;

public class Melee : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private float speed;
    private float direction;
    private bool hit;
    private float lifetime;

    private Animator anim;
    private BoxCollider2D boxCollider;

    private void Awake()
    {
        anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
        boxCollider = GetComponent<BoxCollider2D>();
    }
    private void Update()
    {
        if (hit) return;
        float movementSpeed = speed * Time.deltaTime * direction;
        transform.Translate(movementSpeed, 0, 0);

        lifetime += Time.deltaTime;
        if (lifetime > 1) gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }
    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        hit = true;
        boxCollider.enabled = false;
        anim.SetTrigger("hit");

        if (collision.tag == "Enemy")
            collision.GetComponent<Health>().TakeDamage(2);
    }
    public void SetDirection(float _direction)
    {
        lifetime = 0;
        direction = _direction;
        gameObject.SetActive(true);
        hit = false;
        boxCollider.enabled = true;

        float localScaleX = transform.localScale.x;
        if (Mathf.Sign(localScaleX) != _direction)
            localScaleX = -localScaleX;

        transform.localScale = new Vector3(localScaleX, transform.localScale.y, transform.localScale.z);
    }
    private void Deactivate()
    {
        gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }
}

this is the Melee and Components is just a [Serializedfield] Transform

[verbal dome]

This doesn't prove that slashes[FindSlash()] has a Melee component.
It also doesn't prove that components is assigned

[ivory bobcat]

With A.b.c.e.f, characters A to e can be null and throw an exception

[ivory bobcat]

Just debug each of the four possible null references on line 69

[tiny wind]

oh wait no I see it now

FindSlash is missing a thing

idk how to describe it but I know whats missing

thanks yall

okay nvm it did not fix it

dammit

[ivory bobcat]

Have you figured out what was null? (far more important than trying random things)

To figure out what was null, log the parts before using them. An example: cs Debug.Log($"A: {A}"); Debug.Log($"b: {A.b}"); Debug.Log($"c: {A.b.c}"); Debug.Log($"e: {A.b.c.e}"); A.b.c.e.f = ... //NRE thrown

If any were blank, they would be the null

[narrow tinsel]

I am new, is there easy way to save something that I did when the game was started (tweaking some
values)

[ivory bobcat]

You could probably write it on disk or if in the Editor, to some Scriptable Object instance.

[charred spoke]

You can copy the component

[narrow tinsel]

ou thx

[tiny wind]

I found out the rpoblem, its working now, thanks
If you wanted to know, it was supposed to say slash[FindSlash()] not slashes[FindSlash()]
thats what I get for uncaringly doing ctrl c and ctrl v ig lmao

unrelated but how do you type like this?

[verbal dome]

Put `` on each side

[tiny wind]

slash[FindSlash()

ahh

thxx

[tropic dust]

Why can't I import things into nor play this animation?

[tawdry nymph]

it needs to be in an animation controller which is assigned to an animator on a scene object in order to play it

[tropic dust]

can you walk me through that I'm pretty new lol

[tawdry nymph]

first you add an animator component to the gameobject you want to animate

that gameobject also needs to have a sprite renderer in this case since you're trying to animate a sprite

[tropic dust]

mhm

[tawdry nymph]

you then create a new animationController asset

and assign it to the animator component

then open the animationcontroller (double click) and drag the animation into it

[hard lodge]

does this wok on gui? becaus it doesent even print. Any idea?

[astral falcon]

MouseDown on what?

[hard lodge]

on a gui

[astral falcon]

GUI in terms of OnGUI() or a Canvas UI?

OnMouseDown expects a collider to be present tho: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseDown.html

[fickle plume]

@upper yoke #🖼️┃2d-tools

[upper yoke]

Ah sure thanks

[cunning hornet]

Hi! Imma attach a video down below. So ,everything was fine until i added a animator to my weapon script. In the video , when i pick up the weapon ,( when i didn t have the animator in the script) it would pick up the weapon at my camera view and i could shoot ,relaod etc. Now , i can still shoot, reload , but , the weapon with the idle animation is all the way up , as you can see in the video. I ve no ideea how to make it so that i can pick up the weapon , have the idle annimation and still be at my camera view

[rocky canyon]

bro.. the sound fx got me 💀

[rocky canyon]

if u have any animation on the transform its gonna overwrite anything else u got going on..

its best to animate the gun within a container.. (outter gameobject wrapper).. that way all the animations are relative to that object..

for example reload animation would be red.. (within the green object)
the green object wouldn't be animated.. (for example it'd be rotated up and down for when u look up and down)
the green can rotate w/o affecting the animation of the red.. and the red can animate w/o affecting the transform of the green

also not sure ive ever seen someone rotate the actual capsule up and down when looking in a particular direction..

that would also follow similar guidelines

[cunning hornet]

Ooh okay

thanks a lot

[rocky canyon]

no prob.. good luck 👍

[buoyant finch]

You can also rotate it in an animation clip

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats' how u'd do "Recoil" for example

but it still applies. (do this within a wrapper object)

• Gun Object
  • Actual Graphics <-- animate this

[desert plinth]

Will my code not work if I use an "obsolete" function / variable?

[rocky canyon]

possibly. but unity/ide will complain about it until ur not

like rb.velocity still works..
altho u should be using rb.linearVelocity by now (if ur using newer versions)

[desert plinth]

I see. But the issue I'm having is that I'm trying to change the emission rate and start speed of a particle system. If I use the outdated versions of the variables, VS gives me no errors, but if I write it like this:

ParticleSystem.MainModule main = new ParticleSystem.MainModule();
main.startSpeed = Mathf.Sqrt(speed);
ParticleSystem.EmissionModule emission = new ParticleSystem.EmissionModule();
emission.rateOverTime = Mathf.Sqrt(speed);

particle.main = main;
particle.emission = emission;

... which is the "proper", "newer" and not outdated way, VS gives me the errors you can see in the image.
It just says that the attributes are read only. Is there another way to change the attributes that isn't outdated?

[rocky canyon]

oh particle systems and similar systems are always changin stuff 😩

[rocky canyon]

unity6?

[desert plinth]

Yes, Unity 6.

[rocky canyon]

i'll probably have to go hands-on to see..
sources are always radically different on these types of things

[verbal dome]

I can't read german but you aren't supposed to assign a value to .main

It never was like that

And I doubt it has changed

[swift crag]

You never assign to it, yes

[rocky canyon]

doesn't the {get;} mean its read-only?

[swift crag]

the particle system modules are a bit funny!

[rocky canyon]

yea they are..

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[desert plinth]

Yeah, I figured.

[swift crag]

one sec, I talked about this just a few day sago

#💻┃code-beginner message

Starting from here

[verbal dome]

Yeah they are structs and I guess they just work as a "handle" to the actual data

[swift crag]

Correct. The struct is just a way to interact with the particle system.

It doesn't actually contain the data

[rocky canyon]

ya, i hate dealing w/ particles/postprocessing/materials etc

i always have to fiddle with it til i get it workin

[swift crag]

is it mean to say S K I L L I S S UE

dammit, messed it up

[rocky canyon]

lmao.. irony

[swift crag]

😭

[desert plinth]

Well. The intended use works. With the outdated variables.

[rocky canyon]

mean and factual

[desert plinth]

But I don't mind, as long as it works.

[swift crag]

where are you getting any of this from?

[rocky canyon]

problem would be upgrading to a version that DOESN'T respect the obsolete stuff

[swift crag]

constructing your own main module struct makes no sense. there is no particle system it's associated with

[earnest bear]

If I comment the Move, and move the player with gizmos, there is no problem.
In the screen, you can see the vector is really zero
The second screen, is before the function call
The third is after stepping in the Move function
It moves slightly and it absolutely makes no sense

[desert plinth]

Idk, when VS told me that that is the new way to change it.

[swift crag]

If the character controller has a minimum move distance of 0, then it will attempt to perform depenetration even if you give it a movement vector of zero

[swift crag]

that's just telling you the correct way to set the start speed property

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem-main.html

See here for an example.

[rocky canyon]

lol.. "depenetration" added to my lexicon

[swift crag]

It is a bit of a non-conventional workflow. You get a struct, modify it, and then...don't assign it!

[earnest bear]

That would be ok for me, if it wasn't moving the player, each frame, forever

[desert plinth]

Ah. Got it. So kinda like reference data types in Java?

[earnest bear]

And always to the left, lol

[swift crag]

It has reference-type behaviors, despite being a value type. how wacky!

[grand snow]

Hooray for native code wrappers

[swift crag]

I wonder if there's another collider that the controller is banging into

[desert plinth]

Okay, I see. Thanks a lot!

[rocky canyon]

is the VFX graph any easier to work w/

modify via classes

[earnest bear]

It isn't, near it there is only the floor

But, the charactercontroller is a child of a non moving gameobject
And I discovered now that if I put the character controller in the root of the scene, this problems disappears.
What could it be?!

[serene barn]

Hello, so I'm stuck on a 3d input system and I'm getting now where following a tutorial on yt. So if possible I would like some help.

Im new and I don't know a lot of it

spent hours trying to get it to work by it has fallen to the floor real quick

I gotten rid of it, rather just start from scratch

Basically the goal right now. Move the character and have it pick up or Move an object

[grand snow]

Good solution! I'm glad they account for this and let you update things manually

[serene barn]

yea, and if possible (you dont have to do it) can we do a screen share. I have troubles following word for word.

unity invoke system, yes.

[grand snow]

Please make a thread my guys

No one makes threads here 😭

[left sail]

hello ! I would like to know why when I play I spawn with the car under the map, and when I move forward it controls my character instead of the car

[tawdry nymph]

how does your car spawn and how does the player move?

[astral falcon]

So much information missing (the channel is called code)

[left sail]

ah well that jsp I would like to understand x)

[astral falcon]

did you WRITE any code?

[left sail]

no I don't know how to CODE

[astral falcon]

then !learn is your place before coming here.

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[astral falcon]

These channels are meant to be for devs bringing their code and getting help with it. Not to teach you how to code in general

[left sail]

except that I asked for help the other time no one complained

[astral falcon]

Well, feel free to stick to your attitude.

[left sail]

Anyway, do you know why it does that?

[tawdry nymph]

not without any scripts

[left sail]

wait

[earnest bear]

Is it possible? How?

[tawdry nymph]

yeah, lets move to a thread

[left sail]

yes

[tawdry nymph]

hello ! I would like to know why when I

[earnest bear]

Character controller moving when passing a Vector3.zero to Move

[pure drift]

does anybody know why my scene looks like this when i play it works all fine

[astral falcon]

top right of your scene view, swithc between orthographic and perspective and PLEASE go through the unity learn tutorials first...

you should at least know the UI of the software you are using

[pure drift]

yep i should do that thank you though for the answer

[lament harness]

how do you remove anti aliasing in unity 6

i cant find it in project settings

[serene barn]

so how would I check if player is on the ground, and then have them jump from the ground and only from the ground

[rocky canyon]

if its Built-InRenderPipeline it'll be just below where the URP asset would be

[lament harness]

ty

[serene barn]

Can someone help me make an ground check?

or tell me how to

[rocky canyon]

explain urself a bit more..
3d, 2d.. side scroller/platformer/ fps?
capsule or box? etc

[serene barn]

3d sorry

box

[rocky canyon]

capsule are usually best colliders for a character.. jus sayin

[serene barn]

im just starting with this

[lament harness]

hi, is there any tutorial you can recommend for me to begin coding a 2d game in unity
I just started and i need to make a game for a school project

[rocky canyon]

theres many methods u can use..
Raycasts
SphereCasts(etc)
OverlapSphere

[rocky canyon]

i always tell ppl to try FlappyBird or AngryBirds first

those are the two most simple

[lament harness]

okay

ty ill try following a tutorial on that

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃unity-talk message

theres some links for them in my github readme

[astral falcon]

please do not cross post

[serene barn]

So I got ray casting to work and to detect the ground but I'm not happy with the results as the capsule keeps tipping over. Is there any other solution with ray casting I can use?

[timber tide]

clarify what you mean by tipping over

[serene barn]

Like gravity decides to tip it over

[timber tide]

are you using any unity* physics

[rich adder]

what does that have to do with raycast?

if you have a rigidbody, you have to lock your rigidbody rotation constraint

[serene barn]

That's what I probably forgot

[last edge]

question, so i have a gun and bullet script it successfully collides and destroy when attacking enemies yet it phases through walls and platforms.

how can i get the bullet to destroy on impact? (i set the bullet as destroy on collision yet it is not detecting the terrain.

any guesses on what im doing wrong? (they are also on the same layers)

i also tried to add in a collider2D to my objects as well

[swift crag]

Does your bullet have a Rigidbody2D on it?

[last edge]

yes

[humble quarry]

hey guys, i want to get into procedural animation sometime in the future, how advanced is it?

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages/collision-matrix-2d

If it's non-kinematic, then it should be able to collide with anything

[last edge]

yeah thats the weird part i never had this issue before lol it usually just run into everything for me

[swift crag]

It's a kinematic rigidbody.

That means that it will not produce collision messages when it strikes a collider without a rigidbody

(or a collider with another kinematic rigidbody)

You can use a separate trigger collider. This will let you receive messages when you hit any collider

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages/trigger-matrix-2d

[last edge]

gotcha ty

fixed

but now new issue lol how do i make my bullet so that it doesnt send enemies and objects flying upon contact?

[rich adder]

increase their mass or make bullet a trigger

[last edge]

ty ty

[strong sorrel]

I'm coding an volume slider for my game. What should the range be for the audio mixers? 0dB -80dB? is there a formula i should use?

[rich adder]

if you want to use a UI slider you'd have to use Log10 iirc

I think its Mathf.Log10(sliderValue) * 20;

[strong sorrel]

is that with a slider set to 0-100? or 0-1

[rich adder]

I think 0-1

havent used Slider in ages, i usually use Image component set to Slider mode lol

[strong sorrel]

haha okay perf

[strong sorrel]

how do you set an image to slider mode?

[rich adder]

you need to put a sprite, i usually use a white box like 2x2 or 4x4 etc.

then it stretches as big as you need and looks crisper than slider

ofc you can use circular sprites and all that too

[lean lichen]

how do I set a integer to be a specific number when I start the game? I want WeaponHealth to start at 100

[grand snow]

public int WeaponHealth = 100;
this is c# basics...

[rich adder]

note that anything changed here will not change once its serialized in the inspector , because its exposed public and inspector takes precedence of value once initialized

so in the future if you want it to start at 200 you need to do that in the inspector, unless the script is reset thru inspector or deleted and added again

[serene barn]

private void Jump_started(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
    Debug.Log("I've Tried to Jump. ");
   
    Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position, -Vector3.up);

    Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Vector3.down * playerHeight, Color.red);

    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
    {
        if (hit.collider.tag == "ground")
        {
            float height_above_ground = hit.distance - 0.5f;


            if (height_above_ground > 3)
            {
                input.CharMov.Disable();
            }
            else if (height_above_ground < 1)
            {
                input.CharMov.Enable();
                playerBody.AddForce(Vector2.up * jumpPower);
            }
        }
    }
}

is there any better way of doing this?

[rich adder]

what is "doing this "? what do you want to do and what isn't working

why did you use -Vector3.up with Ray but Vector3.down for DrawRay..

weird inconsistency there

[serene barn]

thats is what im wondering

is there a better way to keep the player to the ground to prevent endless jumping

[rich adder]

I mean it works the same it just weird

[rich adder]

yes use a boolean

isGrounded = Physics.Raycast(etc..

[hot laurel]

and layermasks insted of tags

[sand sonnet]

If i want to make a mobile game, what should i choose when making a new project (This is a clicker game btw)

[serene barn]

you think i know this?

[rich adder]

well now you do

[serene barn]

im kinda done going down that rabbit hole

[rich adder]

eh 10 shit videos can do more harm than good

[hot laurel]

its not rabbit hole

[serene barn]

i've been down the video hole for weeks on end before and im not going back

[sand sonnet]

cant find it on the unity list...

[hot laurel]

rabbit hole would be using dissasembler to read managed .dll IL code to see how it works

[rich adder]

seems you're trying to run before knowing how to crawl

[serene barn]

no no no, i know how to crawl, i just keep crawling with out a chance of learning how to walk

[rocky canyon]

anything you're learning about is a rabbit hole...

if u dont wanna go down it.. then shouldn't expect to learn whats at the bottom

[serene barn]

they also just thrown everything i had known out the window

[rocky canyon]

no.. its still important.. maybe not for the exact thing ur currently doing..

but no knowledge is a waste

[rich adder]

exactly so learn by taking baby steps, you want to use a raycast without knowing anything about it, check things like docs and related threads on it

[lean lichen]

im learning this from scratch i'm normally a python coder...

[rich adder]

suggest you check the c# basics courses pinned here

[open folio]

The type or namespace name 'CanvasScaler' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

i get this error even though i imported using UnityEngine.UI

anyone know the fix?

[serene barn]

I've never used ray cast before, so im down to learn. Reading is gonna slow down the learning process

[sand sonnet]

Should i choose 2D Mobile when wanting to make a game for mobile (clicker game)

[lean lichen]

nah i'd win (im doing this very thing)

[rich adder]

how would it make sense to add " " to a number ?
the other ones are properly initialized what made you think to also add equality check in initializer? ==

you're not on a good start

[hot laurel]

well reading and understanding what you want to use basicly save your time

[serene barn]

I don't learn well when I read. I get lost and confused on what they mean.

[visual linden]

Let's remember that everyone learns differently and in different paces,
and try not to be too rude or dismissive

[swift crag]

then you need to deal with that problem

[lean lichen]

brother chill let me cook

[rich adder]

there are also videos on this a specific topic

[swift crag]

you need to be able to look at new information and learn from it

[rich adder]

I'm just letting you know refusing to learning the bare essentials and coming here asking basic c# questions constantly is against #📖┃code-of-conduct

[sand sonnet]

@edgy sinew ur saying that if i want to make a mobile clicker game, you want me to do Universal 3D?

oh ok, so it woul dbe the right choice. Sorry dont want to mess anything up lol.

[visual linden]

Universal 2D is probably what you want. But these are presets regardless and just sets up some packages and editor layouts for you. You can easily start with Universal 3D and do 2D, or vice versa, if you're somewhat at all familiar with Unity.

[swift crag]

The important difference is that the 2D template will set your project up with a special 2D renderer, which supports things like 2D lights.

(at least, it will in newer versions of Unity -- I forget when that was introduced)

[sand sonnet]

yeah i have just finished the essentials program which i suggest everyone does as its really helpful

[rich adder]

still debatable if BiRP might be more lightweight for mobile than 2DURP

[sand sonnet]

oh yeah, and you can rename projects after you start one as ive got 0 clue on what the name should be

[lean lichen]

ive asked a single question?

anyways im still learning

[sand sonnet]

have you done the unity essientals?

[rich adder]

I get it, I'm just telling you for future mate. Those are basic c# questions you can avoid by just doing the c# courses first

[lean lichen]

ive made a game before in unity im just forgetful as all hell

[grand snow]

i've found urp is better as being able to use simple lit is already better in some situations

[sand sonnet]

true, just had a read of both of them, but from what ive read urp sounds better right?

[rocky canyon]

I build 2D sometimes but i'm more comfortable in a 3D workspace..
so I just use a 3D template and add in 2D components as needed

[rich adder]

makes size slightly bigger and also adds PostProcessing out the box which might be unwanted

[sand sonnet]

oh haha thats fair enough lol

[rocky canyon]

just another possibility

[rich adder]

urp is the newer pipeline it has more features yes, idk better is a matter of needs

[sand sonnet]

hm yeah, i think the hardest part is choosing what the game should be about and like how to get started as once you get started your kind of on a role really.

[visual linden]

It adds 1mb in upscalers,
but Post Processing is stripped if you don't use it.
( I recently did a comparison in Unity 6 for AppClip and Instant Apps )

[grand snow]

I encountered a lovelly bug with addressables and shader stripping forcing me to change some projects from URP to BIR (shaders in addressables would strip fully even if used 😦 )

[rich adder]

hmm i need to test again with newer ones then, it added about 10 mb extra stuff for me idk how but that was a year or two ago tbh

it also tanked my FPS for some reason for the urp renderers

[sand sonnet]

well because its newer i think im going to go with it. Do you know if theres any tutorials about clicker games 2D? (Thanls for everyones help BTW)

[rocky canyon]

oh yea.. thats def the harder part...
best to brainstorm for a while..
keep notes and make sure you have a pretty good idea of what u want before u start
you'll have an easier time knowing what to do first, next, and so on..
and also when searching up mechanics, logics, etc..

easier to search for things directly

[rich adder]

I'm sure theres plenty of them, its the easiest form of game you could make

[sand sonnet]

yeah thats true lol but good for a beginner anyway!

[rich adder]

yea! though personally I would go with something inbetween like Flappy Burd and alike

[rocky canyon]

fun fact: all unity games are "technically" 3D 🙂

[rich adder]

physics are funn to play with

[sand sonnet]

@rich adder if you type up Business Empire Richman, thats the sort of game im going to base it off of

[rich adder]

yeah those seem more involved

[visual linden]

Sounds like a fun concept though

[rocky canyon]

thats a business/economy simulator basically

[sand sonnet]

yeah but i know where to go if i need any help

[sand sonnet]

yeah, im expanding it (hoepfully)

[verbal dome]

I watched that game's trailer and it has an AI generated voice aah

[rocky canyon]

Idle game basically

[rich adder]

had gamearts that use AI generated images tho

[rocky canyon]

just found this guy.. but it may be something useful

https://www.youtube.com/@OdooclassVideos/videos

[rich adder]

this new trend needs to die

[visual linden]

Trend? Oh buddy

[sand sonnet]

oo thank you will defo have a look

[rich adder]

half the Steam games now have AI Generated images as their banner art

[rocky canyon]

hopefully we're all contributing to making this stuff stop..
I instantly "Do Not Recommend" and dislike anything that uses AI voice-over

[visual linden]

I know, its awful
Sadly I doubt there's any rolling this back

[rich adder]

yeah the flood waters have been open

[rocky canyon]

oh there is...

but u have to fight with ur wallet.. rather than ur words

[rich adder]

ban AI movement

lol

[rocky canyon]

foreach (garbage in AI_Dumpster) {credibility--;}

[rich adder]

error: stackoverflow

[swift crag]

Yummy!!! Slop!!!

[rocky canyon]

i miss when AI voices sounded like computers

[swift crag]

more slop please!!

[rich adder]

Hi, I am microsoft Sam.

[serene barn]

i really can't get this, i got a layer mask and a if statement checking if the player is less then or equal to 1 but that is where i got stuck

[swift crag]

what does "checking if the player is less than or equal to 1" mean?

[rich adder]

wdym less or equal to 1?

[serene barn]

idk my brain is cooked

[rich adder]

show what you wrote

[serene barn]

it should probably be equal to 1

[swift crag]

Okay, so step back and describe what you want to do

No code: just what the game is going to do

[rocky canyon]

u only need a raycast with a length of (long enough to reach the ground)
if it hits anything in the ground Layer ur grounded..

[rich adder]

Im hoping you actually use a layermask and not a layer int..

[serene barn]

 private void Jump_started(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
 {
     LayerMask ground = LayerMask.GetMask("ground");
     if (player.transform.position.y <= ground)
     {
         
     }
 }

[rich adder]

oh jeez.

put the layermask IN the raycast

[swift crag]

no, hold up

I want Mixity to first explain what they want to make the game do

[serene barn]

all im doing is checking if the player is on the ground (or on any flat ground surfaces) and allowing them to jump. if they're not on the ground they continue to fall till they hit ground

[rich adder]

"how to overcomplicate a ground check with jump 101 " lol

[serene barn]

that is all i do

[swift crag]

So, the game lets you jump when you are on the ground

[serene barn]

yes

or any flat surface

[rich adder]

isGrounded = Physics.Raycast(etc..

[swift crag]

So, you need a way to decide if the player is on the ground.

There are several ways to do that. One of them is to shoot a ray downwards and see if it hits anything.

[true owl]

why don't you use

  if (isGrounded) {
    // jump physics code
}
}```

[serene barn]

input system

[true owl]

someone correct me if im wrong but isnt the new input system the standard now

[rich adder]

that doesnt change the fact you still need a Grounded type bool

[serene barn]

i will just not right now

[swift crag]

A raycast needs several bits of information:

• Where does it start from?
• Which way does it go?
• How far should it go?
• What can it hit?

You need to figure out all of these things before you can perform one.

[rocky canyon]

[SerializeField] LayerMask groundLayer; <-- can assign in inspector

  // get position to start raycast
    Vector3 rayOrigin = transform.position;
    rayOrigin.y += characterController.height / 2;

    // set distance raycast will travel
    float rayLength = characterController.height / 2 + 0.2f;

    // check if raycast hits or misses
    if (Physics.Raycast(rayOrigin, Vector3.down, out RaycastHit hitInfo, rayLength, groundLayer))
    {
        // we hit something in the ground layermask
        // we can assume we're grounded
        // we can use hitInfo for details about the hit
    }
    else
    {
        //not grounded
    }

[rich adder]

they got raycast code already they just wrote extra stuff

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

ah i was busy typing, thnky

[true owl]

is a good way of checking if the player is dead from falling down a hole, to just make a big trigger under the stage or is there a better way?

[rich adder]

also would probably put the raycast in Update with a bool so you can use that bool in jump method. @serene barn

[verbal dome]

That's pretty common, yeah

[rocky canyon]

if the hole is X deep.. u can just check if players Y position is less than that

or a death trigger at the bottom..

[true owl]

i guess that's true, i just thought of it myself so i was wondering if that's the standard

[rich adder]

if you have a level with different heights trigger is great, otherwise even position Y check is ok

[true owl]

yeah diff heights in the level

i think i'll use the trigger

[rich adder]

yeah go for trigger

[true owl]

alr 👍

[verbal dome]

Probably want to add a Y check anyway in case something goes wrong and you fall down where there's no trigger

[swift crag]

It's a decent idea to include a "kill plane"

[serene barn]

playersetting?

[rocky canyon]

^ lol facts

[swift crag]

A last resort that shouldn't ever be needed.

But you might as well make your game break more gracefully.

[serene barn]

still dont get it

[swift crag]

Bonus points if you prompt the player to submit a bug report (:

[rich adder]

which part dont you get?

[serene barn]

playersetting

[rich adder]

they just stored it in a diff script

you can just use that variable there instead from same script

[serene barn]

this makes a bit of sense

[rocky canyon]

exactly.. playerSettings would be just a class that stores settings

[rich adder]

ah yeah its good idea especially for saving movement speeds and such later, meant to say class lol

[rocky canyon]

i changed it.. u can ignore the playersettings part..

its just a Layermask

as seen in the vid i just sent

[serene barn]

reading fens post

[rocky canyon]

layermask just makes it easier to deal with...
if u didnt have it, it could collide w/ anything with a collider

including the player..

[serene barn]

float rayLength = characterController.height / 2 + 0.2f;

dumb questing but what is the importance of this line

[rich adder]

layers is so you're not dealing with tags on everything.

[rocky canyon]

that would mean u'd have to check to make sure what u actually hit was the ground..

the layermask just makes it automatic.. (if ground is the only thing in layermask ground is the only thing the raycast would detect)

[rocky canyon]

it takes /half my height of my player and adds just a tiny bit to it

so it only reaches a little farther out from the collider

[serene barn]

so how do u find the height of the player?

[visual linden]

characterController.height

[rich adder]

though personally I'd go for an overlap or spherecast to match the bottom half of the collider

if you are standing on an edge it might incorrectly say its Not grounded

[rocky canyon]

^ this works too.. thats fair..

[swift crag]

You want to fire the ray from a little above the player's feet

Otherwise, it might start below the floor

[serene barn]

is this an acual thing that i didnt know or is this an variable

[rich adder]

its a property of the character controller component

but I think you are use Rigidbody

[visual linden]

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

[rich adder]

so you have to tap into the collider

[serene barn]

should i use the character controller instead of ridig body

[hushed root]

Hi, i was practising with the frog plataformer in unity and made a box collider to check if i am on the ground so it can jump, the problem its that when i collide from above with the collectibles the collider takes its as if it isGrounded and let me jump again, i want it to only have one jump.

[rich adder]

thats a million dollar question

there is no right answer

they both have their pros and cons @serene barn

[sand sonnet]

Do you think doing documentation is a really important aspect to the game?

[rocky canyon]

once u figure out (1) ray. u could always add more to improve the accuracy..
but as was said way way earlier..

theres more than 1 way to do ground detection..
SphereCasts, OverlapSphere, A basic trigger, etc etc

[rich adder]

um yeah games used to come with detailed manuals..what the fuck happened...

games tripled in price and we dont even get a cd anymore let alone a manual

[rocky canyon]

i still have dozens of PS1 manuals 💪

[rich adder]

you need to use layers and exlcude that layer from trigger

layer-based collision matrix and such

OR just use a physics query which lets you already filter out layers

[sand sonnet]

so how would you suggest i even start the game, firstly im guessing i need to make the main page right?

[hushed root]

thanks tho how do i exclude a layer from the trigger
i found exclude layer but it does not appear the layer in which the apples are.

[serene barn]

now time to figure out where to keep the always update code

[rich adder]

well youd put the collectibles into their own Layers first

also the ground check collider needs its own layer too

the collider that does ur ground check and do Exclude layers but tbh I never used that since its new and have used the collision matrix and did it globally

[rich adder]

always update code ?

[sand sonnet]

right ok so you would suggest to design the main screen first?

[swift crag]

Start with the gameplay.

You want to start poking at that core gameplay loop as soon as possible

what do you do in the game? start with that

notably, you don't fire up a game for the menu (:

(you can spend/waste 20 hours on a cool menu system later, like me!)

[sand sonnet]

right ok, so would anyone be willing to help me get started, like im guessing the square should fill up the entire display only a part of it?

[rancid tinsel]

if I want to have a check if an actual job was found, would it make more sense to make this return a bool instead of void?

[rocky canyon]

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_977

heres a little raycast toy script i made a while back.. kinda helps visualize whats happening..
with local - world spaces, layermasks or no layermasks, detecting triggers or not..
debuging and caching the object hit.. as well as some gizmos being drawn..

[rancid tinsel]

*the check would be outside the method

[rich adder]

why not return the job ?

[swift crag]

I'd expect a bool to tell me whether or not it managed to start the job

also, "No job found" is a pretty misleading error

you gave it null!

[rancid tinsel]

hmm i actually dont know why lol, i guess it achieves the same thing i just for some reason thought a bool (successful/unsuccessful) was more appropriate in this case

[rich adder]

both are good

[swift crag]

(also, this will lose your paused job if you start three jobs in a row)

[true owl]

using Unity.Cinemachine;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerCameraSettings : MonoBehaviour
{
    CinemachinePositionComposer cinemachinePositionComposer;
    [SerializeField] float cameraOffset = 0.13f;
    [SerializeField] GameObject cameraObject;
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Awake()
    {

        cinemachinePositionComposer = cameraObject.GetComponent<CinemachinePositionComposer>();

    }
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Vector2 screenPosition = cinemachinePositionComposer.Composition.ScreenPosition;
        cinemachinePositionComposer.Composition.ScreenPosition = new Vector2(transform.localScale.x > 0 ? cameraOffset : -cameraOffset, screenPosition.y);
    }
}

what's wrong with this

it says my line with the Vector2 screenPosition = cinemachinePositionComposer.Composition.ScreenPosition;

is null

[rich adder]

idk whats it supposed to do

[rancid tinsel]

dont worry they wont be that hardworking 🤣 good catch tho

[true owl]

wait

one second im still writing sorry

[visual linden]

You could also return the job in an Out parameter. That might make it convenient code-wise depending on how you're using it.

[rich adder]

best of both worlds

[swift crag]

i should point out that no job is being created in that method

you give it a job and it runs it

[rancid tinsel]

i thought it would be better as a warning as its easier to see, and its meant to signal that something is likely not properly filled out in the inspector

[true owl]

nvm

[polar acorn]

If by "says the line is null" you mean "Throws a NullReferenceException", then either cinemachinePositionComposer or cinemachinePositionComposer.Composition is null

[true owl]

i fixed it thx

[sand sonnet]

should i do these with him or just take notes on what hes saying?

[visual linden]

I missed that, wopsie

[true owl]

i put the object in the inspector while the thing was running

[swift crag]

It's what I was expecting after hearing them ask about returning a bool (:

[rich adder]

[swift crag]

but yes -- I do enjoy myself a Try* method

My current procgen system is littered with stuff like

public abstract bool TryGetPosition(out Vector3 result);

If it fails, false is returned

[rancid tinsel]

oh yeah true so you wouldnt really return the job as it would always be not null

[swift crag]

I may replace that with a "result type" at some point

either "okay, here's the answer" or "error, die"

then I could chain them together

shit, i'm inventing monads

monoids? in the subcategory of endofunctors? in my codebase...?

[visual linden]

Do love a nice results object though

[swift crag]

yeah, I'm looking around for a good way to do that right now

C# has...some pattern matching

[hushed root]

It worked, thanks

[swift crag]

Inheritance is a tempting way to do this, but it often winds up shooting you in the foot

most obviously if you ever wind up wanting an item that does two things

[mystic lark]

Hi im still learning C# and unity and i have this script of a bow im trying to make but i have no idea how do i make the arrow fly the arrow spawns but when i hold the right click and click the left click it doesnt go any suggestions?

[visual linden]

When I need flexibility in code, I usually tend to end up with something like this.

[sand sonnet]

So just wondering, how would I make a loading screen?
Like when you load up a game, how would I design that?

[swift crag]

All of that downcasting starts feeling icky

[sand sonnet]

No I mean, how would I add it onto the unity project

[swift crag]

I keep running into it when coming up with inventory systems, though

[visual linden]

I've only ever turned to scriptable objects when I've had really boring content tasks, like creating new item or skill variants- there, scriptable objects can be useful as a non-coder alternative that lets you offload the work to designers or interns.
But nowadays I'd expect this stuff to live online somewhere and not in the project.

[sand sonnet]

Oh what how to add photoshop files onto a project?

[visual linden]

Nah, do it in closed scopes,
let's you easily composite variants without unexpected behaviours.

[dreamy wren]

Can someone help please? I want to make it so when I press M my charecter stops moving in all directions for a set amount of time then can move again https://paste.ofcode.org/mU7nWjiBvTeW99ASY79C9X

no when i did it if i was moving I would stay moving in that direction

[rich adder]

so you just undid everything and wrote the same code?

why would someone waste time helping again

[visual linden]

What, I'm not allowed to procrastinate from working on my own stuff?

[dreamy wren]

Im newer so if you dont want to help im not forcing you

[rich adder]

never said its forced, just a waste

[slender nymph]

ew if you're gonna use the input manager, you should at least be using keycodes rather than strings if you're working with keys directly rather than buttons/axes

[rich adder]

would've been easier to just state what was not working with the newer solution then we could've gone from there 🤷‍♂️

[visual linden]

Helping is Optional
Being kind is Mandatory
😇

[slender nymph]

and spoonfeeding is apparently compulsory

[rich adder]

events is not exactly beginner topic

[dreamy wren]

If that makes it easier then yes, how do I switch?

[visual linden]

There's also
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/setting-up-the-input-system-u6

[rich adder]

how to overcomplicate a simple boolean check 101

[dreamy wren]

Will it help even if im doing a 2d style?

[visual linden]

It's just inputs at the end of the day, but I think what Vengeful was getting at was that if you're going to learn one of them anyway, it might as well be the newer system that'll serve you well knowing in the future.

[hot laurel]

store items as ScriptableObjects and implement interfaces for functionalities, so you can have base items and their wariants easy to configure 🙂

[sand sonnet]

wait so how do i make different kind of like pages, im guessing i can link them up from buttons

[visual linden]

That sounds like a great question for #📲┃ui-ux :D

[slender nymph]

technically you wouldn't even need to do that if you reference the input actions directly which can be pretty convenient for some

[sand sonnet]

you should make a document of anything you know haha

[dreamy wren]

Ok i will, thank you all who helped

[sand sonnet]

done it lol

[slender nymph]

just FYI, there's also documentation pinned in #🖱️┃input-system if you want to learn how to use it, including some info regarding migrating from the old input manager

[mystic lark]

hlp

[small shale]

im a beginner and I made this script to make the player move left and right using a tutorial. But it doesn't seem to work, any solutions?
Image

ill try it!

[slender nymph]

a velocity of 1 will move, if it isn't moving at all then something else is wrong

[small shale]

yall are some much more welcoming that the ue5 discord they all bully me lol

[slender nymph]

and a velocity of 100 is way too fast

[small shale]

okay

where would i put that in the code?

ok

yeah i think you found the issue nothing is coming thrpough.

[sand sonnet]

Vengeful you any good with ui

oh lol as i just wanna get this one thing done lol and i cant find it on the tutorial or its not really on the chapters

[small shale]

so what should i do from this point (sorry to interuptt danny) because i dont really know C# as i JUST started and I cant seem to fix the problem

all im trying to do is make it so you move

left and right

in a 2d space

that it lol

wasd

the video said it will be automatic in the settings input as wasd if you do the move code or whatever

ill look at that

hey vengeful! Im not sure if you will see this but I have been troubleshooting for a while and I dont understand how to fix this still I managed to call the input through the info on the website you sent but I dont know how to make it so I can use those inputs in the code later, any help?

[lament harness]

can someone explain to me what GetComponent<> Means i foudn definitions online but idk what it means

[small shale]

i literally started 2 hours ago but doesnt it literally mean you like calling the component

youre like "getting" it

[slender nymph]

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

Retrieves a reference to a component of the specified type, by providing the component type as a type parameter to the generic method.

[lament harness]

yo i need a dumbed down definition bro

[slender nymph]

you should start by learning the basics of the engine if that is not clear. there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel and the junior programmer pathway on the unity !learn site will teach you how to use c# with unity

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[small shale]

oops i forgot lmao

hold yp

[lament harness]

yea im learning it rn and i came across this

[small shale]

i mean its basically the same screenshot i had earlier but ill send anyways

[slender nymph]

if whatever source you are learning from is not explaining what it does then you need to use a better source

[lament harness]

ok i get that kinda, but what does accessing it do

[small shale]

it allows you to do stuff to the object you are calling like move it but you would need more code for that (i think i know what im talking about)

[slender nymph]

the same thing as accessing any reference

[lament harness]

yea

nice one

[lament harness]

are u here to be helpful or show ur ego

[lean sandal]

Hey there everyone I just have a basic question here I want to learn more about.

Say for example I’m moving a player or object.

What’s the difference in using

transform.translate vs. transform.position

[slender nymph]

this is part of the bare minimum you need to already understand by the time you start using unity. stop crying about not being spoonfed information and go make an effort to actually learn

[lament harness]

yea i havent started making anything so

im trying to learn

the bare min

before starting

isnt that how it works?

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message

[lean sandal]

Theef i highly recommend you get on udemy.com and find you some good basic courses to take.

So they basically both do the same thing?

[small shale]

and is this meant to print something in the colsole when you hold the w key?

[slender nymph]

neither of those are actually very good for moving objects as they both effectively teleport it with assigning transform.position being more explicitly teleporting to a specific position while Translate teleports it in a specified direction

[lean sandal]

Oh okay thank you both so much!

So one is more accurate

Basically

[slender nymph]

no, there is no difference in "accuracy", the difference is whether you specify a desired position or desired direction

[lean sandal]

Okay that makes sense 🙂

So whats better to use for player movement for example? And why

[small shale]

so uhhh i put that somewhere and it still doesnt work where do you suggest i put it in the code

[slender nymph]

using a Rigidbody or CharacterController would be better as both of those have methods to move while respecting collisions

[small shale]

its in there already

i pretty sure lemme check

oop 🫢 its not connected to the player how do i do that again

wait

the entire thing should work now

i just fixed it lol

i cant believe i forgot that lol

[slender nymph]

using the AddComponent menu. but it sounds like you should go through the beginner pathways on the unity !learn site if that was something you overlooked

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[lean sandal]

Its always nice to find the mistake you made in your code thats part of making you better I think especially when starting out 🙂 gives you a skill or inspecting it and learning the language or how to operate the editor etc

I rlly have so much to learn 😭

[small shale]

YAYYY it worked

[true owl]

    Vector2 startPosition;
    [SerializeField] GameObject deathBox;
    Animator animator;
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        startPosition = transform.position;
        animator = deathBox.GetComponent<Animator>();
    }

    /* if we've collided with the death box, ie, fallen off the stage
     reset player back to start position */
    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("DeathBox"))
        {

            Debug.Log("respawn");
            animator.SetTrigger("dies");
            StartCoroutine("ResetTriggerCoroutine");
        }
    }

    IEnumerator ResetTriggerCoroutine()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
        animator.ResetTrigger("dies");
        transform.position = startPosition;
    }

is there a way to make it so I don't need a coroutine and once that animation is done, it just does the respawn instantly?

[slender nymph]

use an animation event

[true owl]

👍

[severe onyx]

Im using this bit of code to show a little damage number on an enemy that's hit by an attack

            dmg.rectT.anchoredPosition = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(d.transform.position) + new Vector3(Random.Range(25f, -25f), Random.Range(25f, -25f));

but it seems to break when the game is running in a resolution other than 1920x1080. is this an issue with the code or with the UI panel Im anchoring the number to?

these are the canvas settings, for reference - although if it's not the code I suppose I shall take this to #📲┃ui-ux

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle.html ive had good luck using this method

[severe onyx]

interesting

how would I translate the enemy's position to the screen point for the second parameter?

[rocky canyon]

i use it for mouse cursor positioning

and seems to work well w/ scaling

theres a WorldToScreen function i think

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Camera.WorldToScreenPoint.html maybe something like this

instead of using AnchorPosition you end up only needing to use localPosition

[grand snow]

if the canvas is in overlay mode you can do world to screen and set .position on the rect transform.

[rocky canyon]

ya, i sorta just tinker around w/ screen stuff until it works correctly 😅

[severe onyx]

isnt that what I was already doing in the code I posted

[grand snow]

dunno i didnt check it 😆

[grand snow]

no don't set anchored position, .position

[rocky canyon]

i also had problems using anchoredPosition w/ scaling

so thats why i ended up using the RectTransformUtility funciton

[severe onyx]

still of the RectTransform or just of the general transform?

[rocky canyon]

no clue how i got there.. it was a multi-step process for sure lol

[grand snow]

well rect transform inherits position from transform so yes set .position on your rect transform

[rocky canyon]

it really helped me to debug my values too..

[severe onyx]

this seems to have improved things, but Ill have to test again tomorrow with a screen with a real, physically higher resolution

but it behaves consistently now no matter what resolution I set the unity game window to at least

god I hate UI stuff sometimes

[grand snow]

It will always work because .position is the global position and for overlay canvases that is pixel

[swift crag]

Correct.

It's pretty straightforward for an overlay canvas.

[grand snow]

other canvas render modes are different so there you have to fudge more but overlay its all good 😄

[severe onyx]

I cant really tell you how Ive arrived at using the anchoredPosition ngl

[rocky canyon]

you may also need to tweak ur offset as well.. depending on how much scaling ur wanting to allow on ur screen

[swift crag]

For other canvas modes, you'd just need to transform back from world space to the appropriate local space

[severe onyx]

Im sure I had some reason at the time

maybe I WAS using a different canvas mode at the time

[swift crag]

(or...just set the position property of the RectTransform anyway)

[severe onyx]

but it's definitely overlay now

[swift crag]

since that is, indeed, a world-space position

[grand snow]

awesome. ive done ui stuff a lot so i know a lot of the quirks

[severe onyx]

ty for the help, I may or may not show up again tomorrow after testing on my desktop

this has been bugging me so long and I kept thinking "I should really post on the discord about this" and just never did lol

[rocky canyon]

lol.. my UI system is held together with hopes and dreams..

[severe onyx]

duct tape and a lot of spit over here

[grand snow]

🎵 Field of Hopes and Dreams

[rocky canyon]

as long as i don't touch it anymore it'll continue to work >8)

[severe onyx]

Im just doing one last round of cleanup before building a demo I wanna show my friends

which is equally exciting and terrifying lol. but very glad to have this thorn in my side sorted out (hopefully)

[swift crag]

If you haven't already, you should give these two pages a read:

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@2.0/manual/UIBasicLayout.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@2.0/manual/UIAutoLayout.html

UI is much nicer when it's not developed via trial and error (:

[grand snow]

when trying to make layouts work, often you need to add a layout element to override stuff that comes from image or tmp text

[swift crag]

for auto layout, yeah

plus layout groups all the way down

[grand snow]

unity moans like "noo dont use a content size fitter here bad" but it works 😐

[swift crag]

the secret is that you don't have to use content size fitters there

just put more layout groups in!

let the layout system do its job!

[grand snow]

yea thats true it will size that from the preferred height/width too

[swift crag]

every object needs to understand how much space it needs

if it has children of varying sizes, then it should have a layout group so that it can ask its children how much space they want

if it doesn't, it should have a layout element that explicitly tells it how much space it needs

content size fitters only belong where you don't have a parent that cares about your size

e.g. on the content object of a scroll view, or on the very top level of a floating window

[severe onyx]

will check it out, thanks! I have a bullet point on my to do list that's basically "go down the UI rabbit hole" but it hasnt felt worth it yet since Im only working with placeholders rn

[swift crag]

Unity has managed to engineer the UI system so that auto layout is impossible to use by default

Layout groups are set to force expand their children and to not control child size

Every single preset object (e.g. the Button) implodes when subjected to automatic layout

(because they don't have layout groups)

[grand snow]

yea there are probably times i could do it properly.
Tbh id rather swap to the new way and use flex 🙂

[swift crag]

the Button object doesn't understand how much space its child Text object needs

therefore it turns into a ridiculous 1x1 pixel

[grand snow]

i think im just used to the bullshit

[swift crag]

it's nice to create a UI and know that it's going to work right

instead of randomly hitting it with a hammer and force-updating the layout 30 times per frame

[grand snow]

some game i work on has some animating bars that open with layout groups inside (masked) and that has to be forced to update

[fringe plover]

Why
UnityEngine.UI.LayoutRebuilder.MarkLayoutForRebuild(layout);
doesnt return null object reference exception if layout is null?

[severe onyx]

cant that be solved with a content size fitter

[swift crag]

Sort of

You get a UI that only sometimes works

If the parent of the button cares about the button's size, the objects have to update in exactly the right order

You should just put a vertical or horizontal layout group on the button (either works)

then set it to control child size and not to force expand the children

Content Size Fitter should be used when your parent does not try to control your own size

for example, in a scroll view, you have a "Content" object that's moved around

the Content object can get really big, but the scroll view doesn't change in size

so the Content object needs a ContentSizeFitter on it

[fast copper]

im i able to send large scripts in if so do i just send the file?

[swift crag]

!code

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[swift crag]

Use a paste site.

[fast copper]

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

The issue is ive used NavMeshComponents for my enemy script which is outdated and wont work with current unity, is there a way around this that isnt go back to a old release. I wrote the code from a tutorial i was following ill link it if wanted. (ignore my code notes and now that I see it all there isn't a lot of script)

[swift crag]

Just use the "AI Navigation" package.

AFAIK it's just a continuation of that original NavMeshComponents repository

[fast copper]

Is it on github?

[slender nymph]

it's in the package manager

[swift crag]

It is found in the Unity Registry section of the package manager.

(it's not even one of those weird invisible packages)

[fast copper]

ohh okay thank you

[sand schooner]

Hello, so I have a game object which is just a 3d cube. It spins and rotates slowly randomly. I have another game object called power up that I want to spawn on one of the cube faces randomly, and it can spawn anywhere on the cube face. Then every 10 seconds move it to another random face, and random location on that face. Any recommendations on the best way to go about this?

[timber tide]

what do you mean on the face

like texture related or another 3D object

[sand schooner]

face as in the cube has 6 sides (faces)

[timber tide]

if it's a 3D object, just define a bunch of empty gameobject as points you can reference

or do math

[old bolt]

Hello can someone explain to me why this give a error:

    {
        PlayerControls = new PlayerControls();
        PlayerControls.Enable();

        PlayerControls.PlayerActions.Enable();
        PlayerControls.PlayerActions.SetCallbacks(this);
    }

    private void OnDisable()
    {
        PlayerControls.PlayerActions.Disable();
        PlayerControls.PlayerActions.RemoveCallbacks(this);
    }

Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
Error    CS0120    An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'PlayerControls.PlayerActions.Enable()'    Assembly-CSharp    F:\dev\3D project\Assets\Scripts\PlayerLocomotionInput.cs    15    Active
Error    CS0120    An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'PlayerControls.PlayerActions.SetCallbacks(PlayerControls.IPlayerActions)'    Assembly-CSharp    F:\dev\3D project\Assets\Scripts\PlayerLocomotionInput.cs    16    Active
Error    CS0120    An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'PlayerControls.PlayerActions.Disable()'    Assembly-CSharp    F:\dev\3D project\Assets\Scripts\PlayerLocomotionInput.cs    21    Active
Error    CS0120    An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'PlayerControls.PlayerActions.RemoveCallbacks(PlayerControls.IPlayerActions)'    Assembly-CSharp    F:\dev\3D project\Assets\Scripts\PlayerLocomotionInput.cs    22    Active```

[north kiln]

!code

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[sand schooner]

would that work since the cube is always spinning/rotating?

[north kiln]

The game objects would be parented

[sand schooner]

yeah the cube is the parent of the power up object

So you reccoment having a bunch of game objects all of the cube that are inactive, then randomly pick one to be active?

[north kiln]

why do you have a field called PlayerControls and a class named PlayerControls, it makes it very hard to know what the code is doing
PlayerControls = new PlayerControls();

[old bolt]

PlayerControls is C# script made by the input system

[north kiln]

I'd recommend doing the maths. Which is simply choosing a random rotation for the 6 faces, an offset to the depth of the face, and two random offsets for where on that face.
Then use that as a local position

[north kiln]

yes, and PlayerControls also seems to be a field/property you've made

[sand schooner]

So something like this?

[north kiln]

That's the very verbose and hard to work with version of what I said, yeah lol

[old bolt]

i guess but thats not the problem is it ?

[sand schooner]

makes sense, since ai wrote it haha

[north kiln]

Hard to tell, you've only sent one method. I would guess because you've named your field the same as the class you're abusing it in a way that's caused the errors

[old bolt]

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

Thats the whole script

[north kiln]

I would start by renaming your PlayerControls property to anything else, so it's differenciated completely from the class Unity generated

[sand schooner]

tbh the lots of game object solution sounds simpler. The code I posted is causing the game object to spawn super far from the cube

[north kiln]

It's certainly simpler if you don't put in the effort to write and understand code yourself

[old bolt]

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

I updated the scrript but now i get even more errors it seems?