💻┃code-beginner

[rich adder]

ohh was just pointing out the instantiate function is static it can be called outside monobehavior

[inland cobalt]

oh right, if i dont inherit from monobehaviour though it says it doesn't exist in this context, is it under a specific namespace?

[rich adder]

yes its under UnityEngine namespace

[inland cobalt]

im using unity engine but Destroy and Instantiate are both not defined

Nevermind, i needed to do object.instantiate

im stupid, cheers

[rich adder]

You can also do UnityEngine.GameObject.Instantiate

[tardy inlet]

Does anyone know how to fix this error?

[burnt vapor]

Why are you writing in notepad?

Please properly share your !code and indicate what UIHandler.cs line 32 is

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[burnt vapor]

On top of that, take a good few minutes to wonder why you write code in notepad rather than using a proper editor like Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code or Jetbrains Rider. Notepad is not suitable for writng code in the slightest.

I really hope it was just for the picture

[tardy inlet]

This is UIHandler:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UIElements;

public class UIHandler : MonoBehaviour
{
   private VisualElement m_Healthbar;
   public static UIHandler instance { get; private set; }

   // UI dialogue window variables
   public float displayTime = 4.0f;
   private VisualElement m_NonPlayerDialogue;
   private float m_TimerDisplay;


   // Awake is called when the script instance is being loaded (in this situation, when the game scene loads)
   private void Awake()
   {
       instance = this;
   }

   // Start is called before the first frame update
   private void Start()
   {
       UIDocument uiDocument = GetComponent<UIDocument>();
       m_Healthbar = uiDocument.rootVisualElement.Q<VisualElement>("HealthBar");
       SetHealthValue(1.0f);


       m_NonPlayerDialogue = uiDocument.rootVisualElement.Q<VisualElement>("NPCDialogue");
       m_NonPlayerDialogue.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
       m_TimerDisplay = -1.0f;


   }



   private void Update()
   {
       if (m_TimerDisplay > 0)
       {
           m_TimerDisplay -= Time.deltaTime;
           if (m_TimerDisplay < 0)
           {
               m_NonPlayerDialogue.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
           }


       }
   }


   public void SetHealthValue(float percentage)
   {
       m_Healthbar.style.width = Length.Percent(100 * percentage);
   }
   
   
   public void DisplayDialogue()
   {
   m_NonPlayerDialogue.style.display = DisplayStyle.Flex;
   m_TimerDisplay = displayTime;
   }

}

and this is PopUpSystem:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using TMPro; 

public class PopUpSystem : MonoBehaviour
{
   public GameObject popUpBox; 
   public Animator animator;
   public TMP_Text popUpText;  // Corrected line

   public void PopUp(string text)
   {
       popUpBox.SetActive(true);
       popUpText.text = text;  // Set the text for TMP_Text
       animator.SetTrigger("pop");
   }
}

[tardy inlet]

apologies, I'm learning this for a tight deadline and this is what my school used

[burnt vapor]

General Unity help requires you to have a valid configured !ide to be helped. Perhaps look into downloading Visual Studio and configuring it. The configuration takes only a minute (excluding downloading)

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
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• :question: Other/None

[burnt vapor]

That said, what is line 32?

[barren vapor]

using notepad as code editor is crazy

[tardy inlet]

i believe it is cs m_TimerDisplay = -1.0f;

my bad

m_NonPlayerDialogue.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;

[rich adder]

scuffed

[tardy inlet]

gang i just need help with the pop up system 💔

[hot laurel]

proper IDE would tell you if the line 32 is the one you refers to, anyway your private VisualElement m_NonPlayerDialogue; is just null

this m_NonPlayerDialogue = uiDocument.rootVisualElement.Q<VisualElement>("NPCDialogue"); return null instead of proper VisualElement

[tardy inlet]

my bad, havent cleaned it up from what i was trying earlier

[hot laurel]

check if you dont mispelled NPCDialogue or if the element exist

[north kiln]

It's not okay to post here without using an IDE, as it's a waste of everyone's time--especially your own

[hot laurel]

and you didnt provide code for the 2nd error

[visual linden]

@tardy inlet ,
download Rider https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/
It's free with a personal license and has great Unity integration.

[tardy inlet]

Alright I'll try thay

[tardy inlet]

PopUpSystem pop = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("popUpBox").GetComponent<PopUpSystem>();

[hot laurel]

you didnt set tag for that GameObject then

[burnt vapor]

Despite the error not being IDE related I still strongly suggest you consider a better IDE

The fact your school even has you write in notepad is absolutely insane

[north kiln]

Better? That's not an IDE at all lol

[burnt vapor]

Like writing on a piece of paper

Well yeah, it's not even an IDE. Just get an IDE lol

[hot laurel]

well it wasnt on paper sheet so its still not that bad

[hot laurel]

add new tag "popUpBox" and assign it to the GameObject

[tardy inlet]

got it, thanks

also, I'm trying to get an animation to play when I press space bar. The box itself already plays the animation whilst the button and text do not.

[visual linden]

@tardy inlet , after you've installed Rider btw,
you'll need to set it as your default script editor in the Unity Preferences (shown here but, you'll want Rider instead of Visual Studio). After that, next time you open a script through Unity, it should open in Rider.
https://unity-connect-prd.storage.googleapis.com/20220608/learn/images/3e91fa0c-1f51-47f0-9c78-dcc3f2911812_image1.png

[tardy inlet]

alr, doing that now

[hot laurel]

hope thats not a school project which you get as homework and ask us to solve it

[carmine wasp]

Hello, i am new to Unity and Programming as a whole, i would need some help from someone a bit more experienced to set up a project, that i can work on with my school mates, i just cant figure it out😅 . If there is someone willing to help, please DM me, it would be very much appreciated

[grand snow]

next time send screenshots and not phone pics of your screen too 😐

[visual linden]

Whether it's a task from school, your own game project, or a task at work-
Isn't our job as developers to use whatever resources are out there to find answers to the problems we face? ;)

[grand snow]

Start with unity learn: https://learn.unity.com/pathway/unity-essentials

[tardy inlet]

nope its for a club thing

[hot laurel]

those warning may give you a hint

[carmine wasp]

I'm not that new, i would just need someone to help me set up collaborate or something, the coding i will figure out myself eventually. Tho any help is appreciated, so thank you!

[tardy inlet]

fixed the warnings which were that I named parameters in the enemy animator wrong, still no success with the pop up

[visual linden]

This might be helpful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IvXupmgl88

[burnt vapor]

Git has never failed anybody when it comes to collaboration. Combine it with Github and Github Desktop or another GUI application and you can very easily set up collaboration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dd7KRpKeaE

Also look up "Git LFS" for large file support when it comes to Unity.

[hexed terrace]

Just FYI (to help with learning/ searches/ etc) - the product called "Collaborate" does not exist any more (and was crap). "Unity Version Control" (originally known as PlasticSCM) has replaced it. But the majority of people use Git + GitHub/ GitLab

[visual linden]

Also please don't use Github Desktop 😅

[burnt vapor]

Citation needed

[hexed terrace]

Github Desktop is fine for beginners/ non-devs

(and more experienced people if that's what they're happy with)

[burnt vapor]

Yeah I can see more complex features being an issue, but it's a very stable and friendly visualizer for committing and pulling changes

Git Fork is something I think Halfspacer also mentioned a while ago which looks like a promising step in terms of GUI solutions

[hexed terrace]

I've mentioned it loads, which I originally found out about because of ... vertx or fogsight suggesting it years ago

[visual linden]

I'm a big fan of Fork, but you also have SourceTree

[hexed terrace]

SourceTree is to be avoided though 😄

Piece of shit that it is (or was when I last used it years ago)

[grand snow]

me who uses sourcetree every day 😐

[visual linden]

Visually it's decent though. (and I agree, switched from SourceTree because performance wise it was garbage).
But my main gripe with Github Desktop is how different it is from most other git clients out there, which makes it difficult for the rest of us to help beginners/non-devs when they run into issues

[grand snow]

tried git fork ages ago but had some weird problems that made me ditch it

[hexed terrace]

GHD is super simple though, it's easy enough to work out

[iron otter]

Hi, I am a bit confused, ... if he(refers to speaker in the tutorial) had to make a getter and a setter function public for clearCounter why did he just not make the field public? https://youtu.be/AmGSEH7QcDg?t=12457

    private ClearCounter clearCounter;

    public void SetClearCounter(ClearCounter clearCounter) {
        this.clearCounter = clearCounter;
    }

    public ClearCounter GetClearCounter() {
        return clearCounter;
    }```

[grand snow]

😐 java moment

[grand snow]

Its usually to let you change how the value is set or retrieved later alot easier but you should use a property instead.

[visual linden]

I would guess he intends to extent on the functionality later, perhaps add some kind of checks or additional functionalities to the getter or setter functions.

[iron otter]

I do know that but in this case he is not adding extra steps in reading or writing so wouldn't it just make sense to make the field public?

[grand snow]

tbh yes, if there is no good reason at this point i wouldn't bother or just do {get; set;}

[iron otter]

that could be a reason, right

[hexed terrace]

Encapsulation. Fields should never be public, they should only be changed by the class they are in.

Those also aren't properties (Getter/ setter), they're public methods

[iron otter]

does public Object field; and public Object Field { get; set; } make any difference?

[visual linden]

The explicit Get and Set functions also make it easier to spot where you're simply getting the value and where you're setting it.

[carmine wasp]

Is anyone okey with guiding me a bit through? I do have GitHub Desktop installed and a Repository set up, but how to i connect my unity project and make it available to others? Oh and another thing i need to consider, at home i can do and install everything i need, at school most downloads require an Admin verification.

[grand snow]

a property makes a get/set method behind the scenes for you. "Auto properties" can be good as you can do stuff like public int myInt {get; private set;}

[burnt vapor]

Because of encapsulation. Making the field public means anything can change it, whereas a method can give you more control over what is returned or set. For example, your method can have additional validation added, which ensures the value is set properly. Generally it's also a lot more clear what modifies the state of your class.

Additionally, the methods can have their own accessibility modified. For example, the get method can be public but the set method can be private. This way you can expose the value to other classes, but these can not set the value. It's that extra bit of clarity.

You can also just make the field public. What gets and sets the value then, though? The state becomes unclear and you can't very it is correct unless you do this each time you access it.

That said, one very good alternatives is properties. These work by basically combining the get and set method into an inline solution and acts as a field, much like the methods. You can specify a getter and a setter, or limit it with just a getter if you are not allowed to set the value (because it's fetched elsewhere).

Fun fact: Properties are just methods in disguise in the end. The convenient part is that you can always be sure the type you get and set match the type of the property.

[burnt vapor]

Yes. One is a field, one is a property. Note a property does not hold a value, but rather C# uses a backing field which you don't see. So technically property Field secretly has a backing field _field where it gets or sets the value. This behaviour can be modified by updating either the get or set method.

This wasn't always the case in C#. A while ago you had to explicitly specify the getter and setter, and even the backing field. It's all syntactic sugar.

[iron otter]

so at the end if you don't have any validation for setting or extra steps for reading, making methods for the property just makes it easier to debug and read the code right?

[burnt vapor]

And, like I said, it's just a more convenient way to specify get and set methods

[burnt vapor]

Just making properties is more convenient

It only makes sense if you expose or validate data, though. You can make general private fields that store data, but if you allow other classes to access it you should definitely pur a property in front of it, for example.

Take a look at this: https://sharplab.io/#v2:D4AQTAjAsAUCDMACciDCiDetE8d3CyEADIgGID2FmiA5gKYAuA3IgM5OsC+sXQA=
This is what the code actually does. It's a bit confusing due to the syntax, but notice the code I wrote (left) just unwraps into a bigger property with a "secret" backing field behind it.

[iron otter]

got it thanks

[grand snow]

this is not #💻┃code-beginner stuff anymore

[burnt vapor]

It doesn't really matter what it is

The point was explaining how a property works

Just the JIT bit is unrelated (removed now)

[grand snow]

which is out of scope of their initial query

[burnt vapor]

It's not, this is how a property works and why it's different from a field

[hexed terrace]

convo/ explanation was pretty much over - no point really complaining about it

[visual linden]

Well, the explanation was over, which is why the additional technical explanations risk creating confusion.

[iron otter]

I understand it though

[burnt vapor]

I'm fine with explaining it more in a thread if you're really interested. I doubt it helps much but understanding the underlying logic (and also how things used to be) is nice as an extra since C# has a lot of special syntax to make things easier

[iron otter]

coming from python, C(never used it but I can understand C code) and TS, CS indeed have some extra syntax

[burnt vapor]

You can generally take your code into sharplab and see what it turns decompiled C# into. That's basically the code without any of the extra syntactic sugar as it's called.

[iron otter]

okay

[hot laurel]

or use JetBrains dotPeek to directly view your assembly .dll so you can see the c# code and corresponding IL code

[iron otter]

I use VSCode and I like it, I also use it for all the languages I use

[hot laurel]

its a tool to view assemblies, not IDE

[iron otter]

oh nevermind

[burnt vapor]

I chat in the C# Discord a lot and they always recommend LinqPad. Definitely worth a look

[hot laurel]

gonna check

[fluid mantle]

Good day, I'm new and wanted to try this Unity game developer app any advice,course,path should i do to improve over-time. from the basics

[hot laurel]

its good tool but serve different purpose, can't view directly the assembly but can reference it and use in queries then view its IL code

with dotPeek i can directly see the assembly as C# and IL code or low-lvl C# also it refresh auto

like so

[burnt vapor]

Tbh I haven't tried Linqpad enough yet to know what it can do

Dotpeek is paid tho

Oh it's free

[hexed terrace]

this is a code channel, delete and ask in #📲┃ui-ux

[tardy inlet]

My bad.

[hot laurel]

and include inspector view of how those missing in build elements are assigned

and where they are placed in Assets

[willow shoal]

how to fix error? "Random" and "range"

public class randommusic : MonoBehaviour
{
    public AudioSource audioSource;
    public AudioClip[] mySounds;
    private AudioClip activeSound;
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.M))
        {
            activeSound = mySounds[Random, Range(0, mySounds.Length)];
            audioSource.PlayOneShot(activeSound);
        }
    }
}

[tardy inlet]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using TMPro; 

public class PopUpSystem : MonoBehaviour
{
   public GameObject popUpBox; 
   public Animator animator;
   public TMP_Text popUpText;  // Corrected line

   public void PopUp(string text)
   {
       popUpBox.SetActive(true);
       popUpText.text = text;  // Set the text for TMP_Text
       animator.SetTrigger("pop");
   }
}

I've switched my TMP 2D Text to 3D now, and now "Object reference is not set to an instance of the object." The line specifically is

 popUpText.text = text;  // Set the text for TMP_Text

[visual linden]

It's Random.Range Range is a method in the Random class.
activeSound = mySounds[Random.Range(0, mySounds.Length)];

[willow shoal]

thanks

[hexed terrace]

reassign it..

[visual linden]

I think they meant they re-assigned the reference from a TMP 3d text component to a 2D Text one.

Oh no wait

You're right

[hexed terrace]

I've just helped them in #📲┃ui-ux - the UI TMP was deleted, and a 3D TMP created.

There's no code issue here

[tardy inlet]

Same error, now in this script:
https://paste.mod.gg/ydzpxlhbwlky/0
Line exactly is:

            PopUpSystem pop = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("popUpBox").GetComponent<PopUpSystem>();

I don't see the issue

[hot laurel]

so did u tag the object in inspector?

press on this and screnshoot the inspector top bar or whole

[tardy inlet]

yup

[hot laurel]

u have there the component?

[visual linden]

There's only two references on that line that could be null, so if it's not the tagged gameobject, I'm guessing the gameobject is missing the PopUpSystem script?

Other possibility is you've tagged multiple gameobjects with the popUpBox tag, and FindGameObjectWithTag will get the first one it finds.

[tardy inlet]

everything else is untagged too.

[hexed terrace]

If that object is permanently in the scene, then doing Find is pointless (and silly). Expose the reference and assign it

[grand snow]

yea stop using a tag its not helping you out...

[timber tide]

Woah woah woah. This is a tag-free zone

[hot laurel]

you should debug it, first target the gameobject and check if its null if its not then the problem is with component itself

anyway keep searching for tag and component for static gameObject looks bad

[visual linden]

Great opportunity to try out the debugger in Rider ;)

[hot laurel]

debug logs all the way

[timber tide]

I wish there was some middle ground for debugging update loops

either spam your console, or continuously step through it

[visual linden]

Conditional breakpoints 😋

[timber tide]

oh yeah true. Effort though

[tardy inlet]

I do need to head off for today but I’ll continue trying tomorrow, thank you for all the help even though i was difficult to work with lol

[dense dagger]

Does the runtime Scroll View support touch input (scroll on drag) on mobile?
If so how can I activate it?

[hexed terrace]

yes - dont need to do anything special

[timber tide]

I would expect mouse controls to translate into touch pretty easily

otherwise just register touch points as pointer events

[dense dagger]

Yeah same - and it is not working 😦

Only the scroll wheel works

[hexed terrace]

you need an active event system in the scene

[dense dagger]

Is there a documentation?

[hexed terrace]

yes

[dense dagger]

Would you be so kind and point me to it? I´ve been looking for ages how I can do this drag scroll

[hexed terrace]

google -> unity scroll view with touch

[timber tide]

some google posts actually a little dated. I actually see people saying to do what I mentioned, but the new input system I believe changed it all up

[dense dagger]

Yeah that is why I am struggling

[hexed terrace]

so... you're using the new input system?

[dense dagger]

Yeah

[hexed terrace]

That's rather important information you should have shared with your original question.

[dense dagger]

[timber tide]

Make a basic scroll rect and try that. If that doesnt work then I'm sure it's event system related or controller

or perhaps the scroll view doesnt work with touch scroll still (but I assume that incorporates the scroll rect anyway so idk)

[dense dagger]

Ill figure something out aight aight

[timber tide]

Also try getting it to work with mouse control first if you havent

[frigid sequoia]

I have been thinking about why migth it be and... could it be that 2D colliders don't detect collisions from outside their plane? Like this comming from the camera towards the background, so maybe is that?

Or did I just make the biggest made up in history?

[verbal dome]

2D Colliders? But you are using 3D Raycast here

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, I am, I need the raycast to come from a different plane than the rest of game

[dark spade]

I have a question about Collisions for 3D.

I am trying to keep track of all of the objects the player capsule is colliding with (for example, the floor and a wall) by storing the Collision object given in OnCollisionEnter(). However, the length of my Collision list Never goes past 1, without calling OnCollisionExit(), when it should be 2 due to colliding with both the ground and a wall object.

I suspect what is happening is that Unity is using the same Collision object and just changing its values instead of passing a new Collision object. Am I right in this assumption or is this something else?

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics-reuseCollisionCallbacks.html
pretty sure thats the setting
you might wanna just use one of the overlap functions though instead like OverlapCapsuleNonAlloc

[timber tide]

potentially, may just dupe the object/grab the data in a custom struct and store it (still, I wouldnt do it this way cause ordering is ambiguous)

[verbal dome]

So the raycast is supposed to hit a 3D collider?

[frigid sequoia]

I mean... pretty sure this is the only case I would need it to be 3D, can I not make it work for 2D?

[verbal dome]

Make what work? I'm missing a lot of context here

[frigid sequoia]

2D game, I want to do a drag and drop over some sprites, and the typical way of doing that is by a raycast to tell what I am hovering over

[verbal dome]

Could you use this?
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics2D.OverlapPoint.html

[frigid sequoia]

I could laso kinda just... make an empty collider that follows the map possition to do that I guess...

[verbal dome]

To directly check what is on your cursor

(Ortho or perspective camera?)

[dark spade]

The reason I wanted to keep track of the colliders it too know if the player is standing on a platform that isn't too steep, meaning that jumping is enabled. Would using something like OverlapCapsuleNonAlloc do this better, or is there another way I am not aware of?

[frigid sequoia]

Mmmm...., I guess I could yeah. I was gonna use that to determine the area where it was allowed to be dragged

[visual linden]

I think overlap sphere is more common, but yes, doing an overlap check is one of the more common solutions in general.

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.CapsuleCastNonAlloc.html or https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.CapsuleCast.html
you can cast downwards, then use the RaycastHit to get the normal

you'll likely be casting downwards anyways if you're manually handling gravity

for a player, you should also manually handle gravity

[visual linden]

Raycasting risks missing ledges though, only drawback

[verbal dome]

Sphere/CapsuleCast also gives a smooth average of the hit normal

Where raycast does obviously not since it's just a single point

[eternal needle]

i didnt link to the raycast docs even

[visual linden]

Hah, indeed you did not. My bad ;)

[verbal dome]

Why do you need an extra raycast for the normal?

[visual linden]

I didn't know it returned the avg hit normal. That's pretty neat

[eternal needle]

you dont, i wrote RaycastHit which the method gives back

[verbal dome]

🤦‍♂️ oops

[eternal needle]

i feel i wrote that message clearly 😅

[timber tide]

I actually like the multiple collider idea

[visual linden]

Do we all collectively need a refill on our coffee?

[timber tide]

I would just overlap around your character to check all colliders, but use the additional colliders for information

[dark spade]

Could doing multiple raycasts in a circular shape around the capsule help mitigate this, or is it computationally expensive to do and not worth the trouble.

[eternal needle]

the method i linked is literally a capsule cast, its not a line

its as if you moved the capsule in a line

[timber tide]

someone make me a 3D collider cast API call so I can stop whining about how box2D has it and not physx API

[verbal dome]

I might add that you can just use a SphereCast if all you do is cast downwards

Instead of CapsuleCast

CapsuleCast is very useful in custom movement though

[dark spade]

Would I want to make the cast just a smidge smaller than the original to not catch anything it is touchning from the side?

[verbal dome]

Assuming your character is an upwards pointing capsule, that is

[eternal needle]

i like capsule cast because you can just directly provide the parameters and know that the area covered is your exact capsule. Then any cast distance is how far you want to check for ground. With spherecast you need additional logic, like if your sphere starts in the middle of the capsule it has to move a certain amount to actually leave the capsule

[eternal needle]

you could, but ideally your player shouldnt be exactly in objects anyways

[dark spade]

Good point lol

Should I just stick with the normal SphereCast or the SphereCastNonAlloc? If the non alloc, what would be a good size for the results? I'm not sure how many to expect...

[eternal needle]

also if your casts start inside an object, it wont detect the object

Notes: CapsuleCast will not detect colliders for which the capsule overlaps the collider

NonAlloc is always better, if this is for the ground you could really just assign like 10 as the array size.

[dense dagger]

works pretty well right?

[eternal needle]

Though idk if you really need the non alloc version since you dont specifically need a list. Just the first result

[late badger]

Hello, I'm having a problem with my Audimanager script, I want it to delete one of the "Audio" gameobjects which it does but the audio disappears?

How do I paste my code in here I always forget

[hexed terrace]

when developing for mobile, use the device simulator

[hexed terrace]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

[dense dagger]

works even better now xd

[hexed terrace]

the audio will stop if it's on the deleted object, obviously! 😄

[winter creek]

Hello, i need to format my TimeDeltatime from "XX,XXX" to "XX:XXX"
i have find that : ToString("0.000").Replace(',', ':');
Its the best way to do that ? i do that in Update() its ok for performance ?

[late badger]

I mean one of the Audios are still there but it doesnt play even tho it is set to play on awake

[hexed terrace]

"Audios" isn't clear on what you mean

[late badger]

Audio source

[hexed terrace]

has it been enabled?
was it enabled earlier than you think and therefore already played it's sound?

[late badger]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class AudioManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    private static AudioManager instance;

    void Awake()
    {
        if (instance != null && instance != this)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            return;
        }

        instance = this;
        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
    }
}

[late badger]

Yes it's enabled

its loop too sorry 😭

its just background music

[hexed terrace]

that code isn't relevant

[late badger]

It's the only one I have on it

[hexed terrace]

all that does is create a singleton of the AudioManager.. nothing else.

It's definitely not managing anything

[late badger]

Yeah and deleting it aint it? It's supposed to make sure only one is in the entire game

[hexed terrace]

it's deleting any gameobjects with this component on..

delete from here and ask in #📱┃mobile - build errors aren't usually code issues.

[fiery elk]

alright thanks.

[late badger]

Well shit how would I check it then?

Like how would I check if there are more than one of these scripts in the scene

[grand snow]

search for a type

[hexed terrace]

t:AudioManager

[late badger]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class AudioManager : MonoBehaviour
{

    int ScriptAmount;
    private void Awake()
    {
        var Scripts = FindObjectsOfType<AudioManager>();
        foreach (var obj in Scripts)
        {
            ScriptAmount++;
        }
        if(ScriptAmount > 1)
        {
            Destroy(Scripts[1]);
        }
       DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
    }
}

Like that?

I think it works now 😅

[hexed terrace]

what... how did you get "change the code" from "search for the type" with a screenshot of the hierarchy search..

[late badger]

Idk 🤷‍♂️

It works tho lol

[hexed terrace]

a needless change ..

[tender stag]

how can i access the TargetScene which is outside the static method

note that i cant make a singleton reference to the Bootstrapper since the Initialize will run before Awake

[polar acorn]

Through an instance of Bootstrapper

[tender stag]

i cant

[polar acorn]

Then you cannot access TargetScene

[tender stag]

there has to be some way

[polar acorn]

No, there isn't.

It's a member of an instance of Bootstrapper

If there is no instance, there is no TargetScene

I cannot tell you what breed my dog is, because I do not have a dog

[tender stag]

- Now Awake() and OnEnable() are invoked on MonoBehaviours.
- Then AfterSceneLoad callback is invoked. Here objects of the scene are considered fully loaded and setup. Active objects can be found with FindObjectsByType.```

i can use AfterSceneLoad

[grand snow]

issue is you need to offload to an instance sooner to access the serialized variables
or stop using Init on load

[tender stag]

yeah now awake will run before the initialize

i can use the AfterSceneLoad instead of BeforeSceneLoad

[grand snow]

why not use Awake only then?

[tender stag]

what

[grand snow]

wasnt the problem you wanted to access instance fields from a static function?

you do you

[tender stag]

i cant just use awake

do you know how the RuntimeInitializeOnLoadMethod attribute works?

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

[grand snow]

i do

[red igloo]

Hey so I decided to make a first person horror game where you can look around with the mouse and to move around you have to click in the direction you want to go the movement isn't really restricted you can go where ever you want as long as there are walls blocking areas etc. I already have the mouse movement down so how can I implement this feature?

I cant really find anyone talking about it nor videos

[polar acorn]

So, just normal first person movement, except you hold the mouse button to go forward instead of W?

[crystal fulcrum]

on mouse click: apply forward motion

[tender stag]

thats a bunch of bullshit then

since my console is printing out 2 then 1

[polar acorn]

Is this object already present and active in the scene before it starts, or is it spawned in?

[tender stag]

right im loading this scene again

so it goes awake, then initialize, then awake again

[marble hemlock]

im reading the documentation but im not really understanding
what's the difference between OnTrigger and OnCollision?

i get that i can set something to be a trigger in their collider component but whats the difference between their usage?

[polar acorn]

One involves interaction with a trigger collider, and the other checks for a solid collider

Triggers do not physically "exist". An object can move through them freely

[rocky canyon]

one bumps into a wall..
one walks thru it.. (say a motion sensor)

[marble hemlock]

AH

[rocky canyon]

both sends a CollisionMessage.. its just how the rigidbody interacts with it

[marble hemlock]

i see
thanks

[polar acorn]

Actually, only a collider sends a Collision message. Triggers only send "This is the trigger you hit" while a collider has the full collision object, including things like relative velocity, angle, and hit point

[rocky canyon]

@marble hemlock ☝️

[marble hemlock]

one is for overlapping and one is to track hits like if it were a rigidbody

[rocky canyon]

ya sorta.. like here this is a "Toxic Waste Pit"

its a trigger.. my player can walk across the toxic waste.. but once it enters that trigger i start dealing damage

if i wanted to detect when i collided with a wall.. i'd use a Non-Trigger collider.. (so u cant pass thru it)

[marble hemlock]

i see
i know what i must do

once again thank you both 🫡

[rocky canyon]

best of luck

[flint light]

how do i make instances of a gameobject with prefabs? my current code is

    void transformCube(GameObject gameObject, Vector2Int location, Vector2Int size, Material material)
    {
        GameObject go = GameObject.Instantiate(gameObject, new Vector3(location.x, location.y, 0), Quaternion.identity);

        go.GetComponent<Transform>().localScale = new Vector3(size.x, 1, size.y);
        go.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material = material;
    }

and i call it with
transformCube(Resources.Load<GameObject>("Prefabs/testCube"), coordinate, new Vector2Int(1, 1), Resources.Load<Material>("Prefabs/Red"));
but it just ends up creating gameobjects with no prefabs like this:

i tried with both a .fbx file and .prefab file and neither worked

[rich adder]

bad idea to use gameObject

[flint light]

what's wrong with it and what's the alternatives ?

[rich adder]

what is testCube prefab look like

[flint light]

just this

[rich adder]

unity already assigns gameObject to a property on the Component

idk if it might be confusing that somehow

[flint light]

its imported like this for some reason

but ya thats the mesh

[swift crag]

That is correct.

[rich adder]

this isn't a prefab just a prefab mesh

[swift crag]

The main asset is a model prefab.

When you drag testCube into the scene, you get a prefab instance

[flint light]

this?

[swift crag]

"Cube" is a Mesh. It's a sub-asset.

[rich adder]

the test cube on the right is now a prefab yes

thats where you can attach components on

[trail bloom]

is there someone who can check my code? I am having a trouble about playerprefs

[swift crag]

You've created another prefab, also named "testCube"

[rich adder]

🔻

[eternal falcon]

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[swift crag]

Note that the prefab you created does not look like a prefab variant to me

[trail bloom]

idk what is that mean

[rich adder]

its in english bro

read it. posting code instructions

[swift crag]

A prefab variant lets you create a prefab that is based off of another prefab.

So you can create your own prefab (call it "Cool Cube", idk) that is based off of another prefab (the one you got by importing "testCube.fbx", producing an asset called "testCube")

[flint light]

so the code is fine its just my prefabs are messed up?

[swift crag]

Here is an example.

I created the variant by right-clicking the "Skyscraper" asset and then going to Create > Prefab Variant

[rich adder]

you're spawning a model yes, that does nothing but spawn empty gameobject with that mesh

no components

[swift crag]

this doesn't make sense

[flint light]

the issue is there is no mesh ;-;

[swift crag]

an empty game object can't "have a mesh"

[rich adder]

oh i guess it doesnt add the mesh renderer

[swift crag]

You have two assets that share the same name of "testCube"

This is not allowed when using Resources.Load

[rich adder]

idk I dont spawn that way I use like a sane person fields

[flint light]

ohh i get it

[swift crag]

I'm not sure which asset it's finding here

It sounds to me like it's finding your testCube prefab (the one on the right), which has nothing in it

[rich adder]

just link the prefab in the inspector as a field and be done with it

Resources is ugly anyway, for a few objects is okay but you start putting everything in that one big file it gets ugly and slow quick for no benefit

[lament harness]

how do i add to my script so that i can check if there is a certain script on the game object im currently on
because im currently trying to use my shooting script to check whether the gameobject is an enemy or player

[swift crag]

One thing that's a bit odd to me is that there is no prefab sub-asset. Notice how I have a sub-asset like this -- you don't have that in your screenshot

[rich adder]

GetComponent or TryGetComponent

[flint light]

oke maybe i should try import it again

[flint light]

how can i do that

[swift crag]

If you drag the model prefab into the scene, do you see anything?

[flint light]

im generating a random number of cubes

[swift crag]

or is it an empty-looking game object?

[rich adder]

make a field [SerializeField] GameObject myThing and drag and drop the prefab there
or make it whatever type you want, ideally you dont really want just "GameObject"
I use Transform is no components on it

[flint light]

yea both versions worked

[swift crag]

Ah, that's just because I had "Preserve Hierarchy" enabled

[flint light]

oh i see thank you ill try that too

[swift crag]

actually..isn't that the cube, right there?

it's just very small

[flint light]

the mesh is way larger

[swift crag]

check the model prefab's scale (:

[100, 100, 100]

[flint light]

the model doesnt even have a prefab as a component

or a

anything

[swift crag]

You just dragged it into the scene.

[lament harness]

yea i got the component for enemy
enemy = GetComponent<Enemy>();

now how do i make it so it checks if thats attatched to it?

[swift crag]

That is a model prefab.

[rich adder]

yup. strings get messy, if you ever change your asset name your whole system is busted. Direct reference in inspector, don't have that issue. Something to keep in mind

[flint light]

ohh oe

[swift crag]

The default Blender export settings cause Unity to import things at 1/100th size, so the prefab gets a 100x scale to offset this

If you then set the local scale of your object to a small value, it will become...small!

[rich adder]

you want to grab the enemy from the player ?

[flint light]

scale is 100 100 100 its this right?

[swift crag]

Correct.

The "natural size" of the mesh winds up being 1cm for every unit in Blender

rather than 1m for every unit

[rich adder]

unless your game is like grid/data based... either triggers/collisions or Physics class queries like raycast you then "grab" the collider/gameobject of what you want to check components on then do the thing

[lament harness]

ok so i have a shooting script i use for both player and enemies,
In the shooting script i got the component from enemies
and i wanna check if its an enemy, then ill play EnemyShooting()
right now im using a bool to do this but i wanna make it auto check what it is, depending on if it has an enemy script attatched to the game object

[flint light]

im even more confused now i can change the object's prefab in the hierarchy and it works

[swift crag]

What does "change the object's prefab in the hierarchy" mean?

[flint light]

through this thing

[swift crag]

ah, yes

[flint light]

if i just replace it with the prefab it works perfectly

[swift crag]

This completely replaces the object with a prefab

[flint light]

ohh okay

[swift crag]

And the prefab has a scale of [100,100,100]

[rich adder]

you want the shooting script to alterante between a bool if its enemy or player?
why even bother with the bool then? you make it generic enough where it doesn't matter who its own they both do "Shooting" and Damage to Health

[swift crag]

Get rid of the line of code that sets the local scale and you should see cubes appearing properly

I often set up my own prefabs like this:

• Root (has components on it)
  • Model (the model prefab)

that way, I can manipulate the model however I want (or even swap it out entirely)

[lament harness]

its already alternating between bool if its a player or enemy and plays its respective functions
The player function shoots on holding mouse button 1
and the enemy function shoots when it gets to a vicinity

instead of using a bool i wanna make it check what script it has on it and if its the enemy script, then play the enemy function

[rich adder]

I mean GetComponent and check against a Type, but you're just doing the same thing as the bool.. ? why does this shooting script need to distinguish between the two makes no sense to me. it can be generic enough where they both pass their own data on how to shoot

I used to do the same but its redundant. No point on doing
if(enemy)
ShootAsEnemy()
else
ShootAsPlayer()

You can just have Shoot(mydata1, mydata2)
if(hit is health) etc.

[atomic holly]

Hello
I want to put a delay after a push my key to open a escape menu.
But, when I clicked one time on my key, I can't reclose my UI because delayToActiveState stay true. I don't understand why ?
My script is on a GameManager and not on a script that be potentially disable

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

public class EchapButtons : MonoBehaviour
{
    private InputAction escapeAction;
    private float escapeValue;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject optionsMenu;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject UIMenu;
    private bool isOptionsMenuOpen = false;
    private bool delayToActiveState = false;

    private void Start()
    {
        escapeAction = InputSystem.actions.FindAction("Echap");
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        escapeValue = escapeAction.ReadValue<float>();
        if (escapeValue == 1f && !delayToActiveState)
        {
            Debug.Log("EchapButtons pressed");
            if (isOptionsMenuOpen)
            {
                StartCoroutine(DelayToActiveState());
                Time.timeScale = 1;
                optionsMenu.SetActive(false);
                isOptionsMenuOpen = false;
                PlayerVisionController.instance.SetVisionActive(true);
            }
            else
            {
                StartCoroutine(DelayToActiveState());
                Time.timeScale = 0;
                optionsMenu.SetActive(true);
                isOptionsMenuOpen = true;
                PlayerVisionController.instance.SetVisionActive(false);
            }

        }     
    }

    private IEnumerator DelayToActiveState()
    {
        delayToActiveState = true;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
        delayToActiveState = false;
    }

[rich adder]

that yield dont work when timescale is 0

well

if you use WaitForSecondsRealtime it works fine
not if the gameobject is disabled ofc*

[swift crag]

Indeed. It takes an infinite amount of time for 0.5 seconds to pass in-game (:

[atomic holly]

Nice it works

Thanks 👍

[rich adder]

btw what makes enemy function so different than player ?

don't they both do Damage to a Health component ?

[lament harness]

because player shooting requires input, while enemy is auto within a range

[rich adder]

they both have input if you think about it

[lament harness]

yea ikwym but im shit at coding so idk what else to do

[rich adder]

send your current class

this way also know how you plan on grabbing the other to do damage

[lament harness]

my damage is not even on the shooting script, i put it in playerbullet script because i havent made a damage system for hurting players yet

[rich adder]

its like doing a Move method
If you have

Move(){
moveInputs = GetAxis
rb.velocity = moveInputs * speed;```
now you're locked into a move method that only works with Get player moveinputs ?? 
instead  you can make it take any Vector2..
```cs
Move(Vector2 moveInputs ){
rb.velocity = moveInputs * speed;```
and your enemy, bot, or even simple moving objects passes its own v2 as auto

[lament harness]

i see

i probably just did it very ineffectively cus i copied and pasted some code from playershoot() to make my enemy shooting

[rich adder]

send the script, they can probably be made more modular so you dont even need to bother doing bool thing or component check which is essentially the same thing..

[lament harness]

i did the component check thingy now, i did if (enemy== null) {playerinputs()}

[lament harness]

{
    shotCounter -= Time.deltaTime;

    if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
    {
        if (shotCounter <= 0)
        {
            Shoot();
            shotCounter = shootingCooldown;
        }
    }
    //Holding down Left Mouse Button
    if (Input.GetButton("Fire1"))
    {

        if (shotCounter <= 0)
        {
            Shoot();
            shotCounter = shootingCooldown;
        }
    }
}

void EnemyShoot()
{
    shotCounter -= Time.deltaTime;
    if (shotCounter <= 0)
    {
        Shoot();
        shotCounter = shootingCooldown;
    }

} ```

[rich adder]

yeah.. basically you wrote the same thing 3 times

[lament harness]

i know

💀

[rich adder]

no problem, in coding we try to avoid this

DRY - Dont Repeat Yourself

[lament harness]

how would I have made it more efficient,

do i put shotCounter -= Time.deltaTime;
if (shotCounter <= 0)
{
Shoot();
shotCounter = shootingCooldown;

all in another function and just call it?

[rich adder]

with a few bools you can make this modular

[rich ice]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

void HandleShooting(bool shouldShoot)
{
    shotCounter -= Time.deltaTime;

    if (shouldShoot && shotCounter <= 0)
    {
        Shoot();
        shotCounter = shootingCooldown;
    }
}```

bool isFiring = Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1") || Input.GetButton("Fire1");
shootingScript.HandleShooting(isFiring);

in enemy
bool aiWantsToShoot = true; // some condition you set on your own shootingScript.HandleShooting(aiWantsToShoot);

[lament harness]

yea

fair enough

[void dawn]

What do I do ?

I tried making a first person camera but for some weird reason it won't look left and right

[rich adder]

are we supposed use crystal balls and this video alone to tell anyhing thats going on ?

use a bit of common sense

[void dawn]

Sorry

I'm new

What do you need

[slender nymph]

see #854851968446365696 for what to include when asking for help

[void dawn]

Ok I will post a screenshot of my code here

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[slender nymph]

make sure the particle system isn't being instantiated as a child of hte object being destroyed

[severe nymph]

Well sorry im just trying to attach the code with pastemodgg
But no, the particle system isnt a child, for some reason the projectale doesnt get deleted for the duration the the explosion is supposed to last and the explosion itself isnt deleted at all(Which i am guessing is something i messed up with references)

here is the code
https://paste.mod.gg/basic/viewer/afhboevthshd/0

[slender nymph]

so for starters, you should use ParticleSystem as the type for your prefab reference, then you won't need to instantiate as a GameObject only to turn around and GetComponent, Instantiate would return the ParticleSystem on the instantiated object so you'd just then call Play and Destroy.
however, the only way the object with this component on it would not be destroyed is if there were some exception being thrown before Destroy is called in OnCollisionEnter2D

oh and when using paste.mod.gg you don't need to (and shouldn't) click that Basic button before copying the link because that shares it without syntax highlighting. just click save and copy the link in your browser

[void dawn]

` using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("Movement Settings")]
public float moveSpeed = 6f;
public float jumpForce = 8f;
public float gravity = 20f;
public float airControl = 0.3f;
public float friction = 6f;
public float maxSpeed = 15f;

private CharacterController controller;
private Vector3 velocity;
private bool isGrounded;

private void Start()
{
    controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
}

private void Update()
{
    HandleMovement();
    ApplyGravity();
    controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);
}

void HandleMovement()
{
    isGrounded = controller.isGrounded;

    Vector3 input = new Vector3(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical")).normalized;
    Vector3 moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(input);

    if (isGrounded)
    {
        velocity = moveDirection * moveSpeed;

        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
            velocity.y = jumpForce;

        ApplyFriction();
    }
    else
    {
        AirControl(moveDirection);
    }
}

void ApplyGravity()
{
    if (!isGrounded)
        velocity.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
}

void ApplyFriction()
{
    if (velocity.magnitude > 0)
        velocity *= (1 - friction * Time.deltaTime);
}

void AirControl(Vector3 moveDirection)
{
    velocity += moveDirection * airControl;
    velocity = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(velocity, maxSpeed);
}

} `

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[swift crag]

that doesn't mean you should paste the entire thing into discord..

[severe nymph]

Thank you boxfriend, i'll come back in a minute with the new version

Alright now i think im encountering the problem you mentioned earlier with the ps being a child of the gameobject, how do i avoid that tho
https://paste.mod.gg/lhzegxpqfgcs/0

[slender nymph]

you've changed the parameters for the Instantiate call, you are now using the overload that specifies a parent object instead of the one that specifies a position and rotation without a parent

[severe nymph]

Thank you made, now it works perfectly, you are absolutely fantastic

Actually no, it doesn't work as well as i thought, i think the class is destroyed before the timer for the ps destroy is finished so none of the ps instances is actually destroyed. Do you have any recomendations how i can separate them

[slender nymph]

that's not how that works

[severe nymph]

nope my bad

i was destorying the ps component and not it's game object

that's why the scene was filled with empty objects

Still, thanks a lot mate

[compact stag]

guys! question, what causes this type mismatch error? this is my script

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class KillCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Counter sphere;
    [SerializeField] GameObject sph;
    public Text CounterText;

    private void Start() {
        sph = GameObject.Find("Box");
        sphere = sph.GetComponent<Counter>();
    }
    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision) {
        Destroy(gameObject);
        sphere.count--;
        CounterText.text = "Score: " + sphere.count--;

    }
}

i really dont know why this happens, and it happens quite often, my main theory was because i had it assigned somewhere else but i think thats hard to be true

[slender nymph]

you're either trying to drag an object that has no Text component on it or you are trying to drag a scene object into a prefab

[astral falcon]

That usually happens when you change the type in code after assigning a previous object. Imagine it was typeof(GameObject) and now its text but you dragged the Gameobject first. You have to reassign it when you change the type in your class

@compact stag forgot to tag

[compact stag]

yeah, so, it is a prefab

dragging a scene object into a prefab doesnt work? why is that?

[slender nymph]

assets like prefabs cannot reference scene objects because while the assets always exist, the scenes are not always loaded

[astral falcon]

Because prefab is just a blueprint of something you can copy into runtime

[slender nymph]

pass the reference at runtime when you instantiate the prefab https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[compact stag]

oh! alright, thank you

thank you guys!!

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel

[tame thorn]

oh okay

i moved it to the art-asset-workflow channel, is that the right one?

[fervent escarp]

is it better to make a custom friction system or just settle down with unity's physics system?

[astral falcon]

So much information missing. Depends on your situation. What speaks against the physics system? What is your goal?

[fervent escarp]

for me, the friction aka. "angular damping" as unity calls it is very slippery and im thinking about making my own one to not use some ridiculous values for speed and damping

[astral falcon]

If you dont need the rest of the system or can work within that and expand, why not. I mean you just answered your own question. Either you are using it wrong or its not working for your situation.

[fervent escarp]

fair enough

[keen dew]

Unity calls friction "friction". Angular damping is something else.

So if you've been trying to add friction with angular damping then that explains why it doesn't feel right

[swift crag]

friction is applied when objects are touching each other; linear and angular damping cause a rigidbody to constantly lose linear or angular velocity

[errant shore]

Hey! I'm having an issue with Visual Studio as a beginner. I'm starting my first project, and when I write code like gameObject, it doesn't show any color or suggestions. Like when I type Game... nothing more appears. I tried all of this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows but still nothing
(maybe it doesnt matter but : the visual studio editor in package manager shows an lock)

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/ide-configuration/visual-studio

[errant shore]

whad

[slender nymph]

read the page

[errant shore]

I only need the 2d and 3d core right?

[slender nymph]

huh?

[errant shore]

this

yk

[rich adder]

yes

[errant shore]

ok thanks

[rich adder]

also you should keep VS in english if you ever have errors or issues much easier to get help

[slender nymph]

typically you would refer to a workload using its title, not two random bits of info in its description

[errant shore]

oook think I'll change

[errant shore]

i dont understand high englisch

TooSmart

wait chatgpt help

[slender nymph]

use a translator if you do not understand english. but understanding that referring to something by random bits of its description is illogical should be common sense

[errant shore]

oh my gawd i understand

yes that makes sense

thanks

do you guys ever made some games?

[rocky canyon]

nope, i use unity as a screensaver

[errant shore]

i mean like

games

on steam

yk

[stone heron]

I use unity to do my dishes

[woeful carbon]

anyone know how you would go about scripting spacing between multiple companion AI's that would follow you around

[rocky canyon]

lol.. i've not published to steam..

but its on my bucket list

[slender nymph]

jesus christ, please finish a thought before sending the message

[errant shore]

soryy

im young

[slender nymph]

#📖┃code-of-conduct

[errant shore]

I will write correctly now.

[stone heron]

r u using navigation agents?

[rocky canyon]

have a chain-gang..

first AI -> target is player
second AI -> target is first AI
etc

should work right out of the box w/ the appropriate Stopping Distances

[woeful carbon]

I dont think so

[stone heron]

what are you using

[errant shore]

I installed everything new, followed the steps and it's still not working

[slender nymph]

if only that page had a list of steps you could take if you were experiencing issues
i guess since you didn't read it you'll never know 🤷‍♂️

[woeful carbon]

I just wrote some code that has them follow the player and it works fine but they overlap with each other and I dont want that

[stone heron]

oh

[rich ice]

just tell it to stop if it's close enough

[stone heron]

well i would make them collide with each other first

but if u want more than that they will have to check for other agents and make sure they are not too close

and if so move away

[rich ice]

vector.distance between the companion and the player. if the companion is close enough then just stop the movement code

[stone heron]

its not the player its each other

[woeful carbon]

would I use nav mesh agents to accomplish this?

[stone heron]

unless u want pathfinding no

collision is the easy solution

having the script also maintain distances between them is slightly harder but not too hard

just a trigger that adds/removes nearby ones to a list and then it adds velocity based on the closeness or something

[woeful carbon]

I dont necessarily care if they collide into each other per se but like when I stop moving I want them to spread out instead of being in one clump, so would the trigger with the list work best for that

[rich adder]

pretty much any formations type algorithm will probably help you out, iterate and spread em

[rocky canyon]

thats one of the most common problems for AI crowds..

best of luck

Ai Grouping.. Spacing.. etc

[stone heron]

its not really a code-beginner issue tbh

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VWpFk7wEEM

[stone heron]

theres a lot of ways to go about it and it highly depends on the behaviour u want

[rocky canyon]

just start going down the rabbit hole 🐰

[cold mist]

hey guys, sorry for interrupting. But should i follow the "Create Dark Souls in Unity" series? i'm a beginer in unity but not coding.

[rocky canyon]

if thats the type of game you're wanting to make then sure..

[cold mist]

idk if you guys ever heard of this series

[rich adder]

I would start with Essentials and then Programmer pathway

[rocky canyon]

whether u succeed or fail.. its gonna expose u to the things u need to learn about for that genre

[cold mist]

mostly for learning

[stone heron]

as long as the tutorial is up to date

and not really bad

idk anything about it

ive never watched it and I would assume most ppl haven't so its really just

is it gonna teach u what u wanna learn

following tutorials can be good for learning, giving you tools for when you go and make your own game

[cold mist]

@rocky canyon @rich adder thanks for the heads up

[rich adder]

dont sleep on the Unity learn site it has really good content

[cold mist]

i won't

[rich adder]

unity youtube channel also been resuming posting good tutorials for their new packages

[stone heron]

I think a lot of people use tutorials to fasttrack their way into the features they want and while that's fine you really want to be learning how to make any feature not just the ones people make tutorials for

[errant shore]

it wooorks : D thank you for everything

[cold mist]

but i checked a few days ago and it had an error

ill do the dark souls series until its up again

[rich adder]

you mean the Essentials ?

[cold mist]

yeah

[rich adder]

cause the link changed and they havent redirected it yet

[cold mist]

or am i in the wrong place perhaps

[cold mist]

do you know where can i get it tho?

[stone heron]

guess those programmers need to "learn" how to make a link work properly

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/pathway/unity-essentials

[cold mist]

thanks

welp

[rich adder]

its working for me

[stone heron]

same

[rich adder]

try clicking to "explore our learning pathways" and click it again

[cold mist]

same problem

[rich adder]

try clearing browser cache

[woeful carbon]

thanks

[swift crag]

seems okay for me too

(safari)

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCGBMmMOFw&list=PLFt_AvWsXl0fnA91TcmkRyhhixX9CO3Lw&ab_channel=SebastianLague

for learning i recommend going thru this as a crash course.. to get exposure to things you'll build upon the farther in ur journey you go

really helped me out at the start

towards the end when he starts building a game u can continue thru that or branch off to ur genre
and always keep Google and the Unity Docs bookmarked

[cold mist]

8 years old tho, Do you think thats gonna be a problem?

[swift crag]

I was recently following a tutorial on writing a lit shader from scratch

The tutorial appears to have been created for Unity...4 or 5

Worked great

[cold mist]

@rich adder ty

it worked

[slender nymph]

most likely the only problems you'll run into are things being deprecated, but the error messages for those tell you what to use instead

alternatively, you could just use the same unity version used in the course then just transfer that knowledge to newer versions after completing the course

[rocky canyon]

no.. he basically covers the fundamentals.. (in an abstract way at first)
theres nothing really that has changed since then..

even w/ older (specific) type tutorials.. most of those can be followed too..
there may be some UI changes.. (menus in different places)..
but as for the code and functions.. they tend to stay the same..
and if you end up using a function thats outdated.. the IDE will tell you its Deprecated and offer you alternatives..

but thats rare..

[rocky canyon]

just stay away from tutorials that use Javascript lol

[cold mist]

alrighty

[swift crag]

javascript, you mean

[rocky canyon]

or Monoscript.. if its in c# u good lol

[swift crag]

or, god forbid

BOO

[errant shore]

Question isn't there a console tab anymore? Can't add it

[rocky canyon]

yesh.. thats what i meant lol

[swift crag]

you can open it from the Window menu up top

[cold mist]

i'm gonna use the playlist as a starter

[rocky canyon]

thanks for having my back

[cold mist]

then i'm gonna go to essentials

then i'm going to do my own thing

or atleast try

thanks for the tips

[swift crag]

if you find a unity tutorial written in Java, you have discovered some kind of evil wizard

[rocky canyon]

lol.. facts

[rocky canyon]

the first few episodes are the most important ones imo

c# structure.. how to add code to ur gameobjects, etc

[errant shore]

thanks thanks I tried to add it at the right mid not on the windows tab lol

[cold mist]

can you even code in java on unity?

[rocky canyon]

theres all types of plug-ins

but c# is its what it runs

[swift crag]

Well..

[rich adder]

c# is pretty much java

[rocky canyon]

eww

[swift crag]

Oh noooooooooooo

Oh, this is for Android, I guess

[rocky canyon]

mmhmm

[swift crag]

That would make sense for writing glue code

[slender nymph]

yeah it supports java in the same way it supports c++, as native plugins (but only for android in the case of java)

[rocky canyon]

the only code ive ever heard of being used with unity is Python..

and thats b/c of machine learning

[cold mist]

i'm kind of new to programming languages cus i always programmed in built-in languages on engines like gd-script and gml

[swift crag]

i remember seeing a package that lets you write editor tools in Python for some reason

but yeah -- Unity is all about C#

Pretty damn good choice

[rich adder]

pythony languages pretty ugly

[rocky canyon]

if you've used gd-script then u shouldn't have much of a problem transitioning into c# and unity

[slender nymph]

that's finally being deprecated in 6.1 (or maybe after)

[cold mist]

i kinda already started the dark souls series

i got to ep 10

[rocky canyon]

who says u can't do more than one?

8. lol

[rich adder]

but are you *learning * or just copying and pasting someone's code

[rocky canyon]

i always have 4 projects open..

i like to use my PC as a bedroom warmer

[swift crag]

I had five open earlier

it was a bit silly

[rich adder]

flexin dat gpu

[rocky canyon]

tbh i always have atleast 3..
no flex or anything

and i've yet to have a processing problem..

[cold mist]

and it was like: gd script you make eggs.
c# you make the fire, the pan and THEN you make the eggs

[rocky canyon]

as long as there's only 1 that im actively working on the other instances doesn't seem to hurt anything

[cold mist]

copying and asking chatgpt what each thing do

LOL

[swift crag]

uh oh

[cold mist]

was that a bad idea

[rocky canyon]

be careful with search-salad chatbots

just do ur research..

[cold mist]

mostly the basics

not everything on chatgpt

[rocky canyon]

if u have half a brain.. you'll be fine using it to talk-out concepts.. and learning and exposing urself to new ideas and features

[hot laurel]

i wouldnt trust a word from chatgpt

always ask for sources

[rich adder]

sadly next gen gonna be so "AI" bound they will have 0 critical thinking abilities

[rocky canyon]

next gen? lol...

[hot laurel]

well thats good, no competition

[rocky canyon]

heck ya 💪

[cold mist]

ok

no chatgpt/AI bots as a resource

i do need a replacement

is there any kind of document?

like the godot one

that helped me a bunch

[rich adder]

!docs

[eternal falcon]

Documentation

Get the most out of Unity Editor by accessing our documentation!

💻 API

📖 Manual

[rocky canyon]

theres always mixed opinions.. I say AI is a really good tool..
just don't blindly let it do all the work for you..

and if you do.. don't expect help here.. you'll get shut down quick once someone realizes its AI code..

and we're all getting pretty good at that 😉

[rich adder]

so much information in these its actually pretty wild

[rich adder]

good to bounce conversations with nothing much more

[rocky canyon]

^ brainstorming ++

[hot laurel]

(delete AI comments, nobody will know that its AI code then)

until you doesnt know what it does, then you are busted

[rocky canyon]

lol.. it has tells

trust.. lol

[swift crag]

Let's delve into the intricacies of AI-generated code!

[cold mist]

i was using it to answer some questions, not write code

[swift crag]

[very loud explosion sound]

[cold mist]

in like "what does private void do in unity?" or sum

[rich adder]

yeah but you don't 100% know if what its telling you its true

[rocky canyon]

wellness check @ Fens place..

^ this is the underlining problem..

[rich adder]

it tries to prioritize appeasing your keywords rather than giving you correct knowledge

[cold mist]

yeah, using the documents is more of a smart move than asking an AI bot that just spit mixed info lol

[rocky canyon]

its transcended into an ass-kissing machine

lmao

[rich adder]

Unity tried to tie AI with their own Docs and it was pretty miserable

nothing can replace your own experience and knowledge gained

[rocky canyon]

100% agree...
you learn sooo much more from trials and errors

[rich adder]

ML training can to but the data its trained on isnt verified or accurate

[cold mist]

that was where i learned the most in godot

when i tried to do my own thing

and failing

then fixing

then failing

then fixing

[rocky canyon]

ahh, the Rinse and Repeat of game-dev

you're forgetting the table flip tho

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[hot laurel]

all good until you dont wipeout 4k hours project

[rich adder]

you have to break through that just by expanding your knowledge on other things and take a break let problem marinate

[swift crag]

I'm not really sure how I'd tell someone to start learning Unity

I picked it up after a solid 8 years of general programming

[cold mist]

most of it was like a roller coaster tbh

[rocky canyon]

i came from Art background.. wasn't that hard tbh

i found that trying to make Exactly what i wanted to make was my best recipe

[cold mist]

"im the worst, i'm never fixing this" to "yep, im the best programmer there is"

[cold mist]

!docs

[eternal falcon]

Documentation

Get the most out of Unity Editor by accessing our documentation!

💻 API

📖 Manual

[errant shore]

guys coding is like learning vocabs right?

hard vocabs

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Resources/blob/main/101/readme.md
heres a github page i made a while back.. it has links to the Unity Manuals/Docs/ its Youtube channel
a few tutorial series.. and my favorite GameAssets page.. might be something u could benefit from

b/c its Legacy Doodoo

use TextMeshPro

[rich adder]

you came here to ask about text no?

also not really code question

[rocky canyon]

no.. they're two different types of components

[cold mist]

will definitely check it out

[rocky canyon]

you can use the same Font

but you'll need to generate a TMP font atlas

Window >

[stone heron]

idk but you should not

[cold mist]

alr ill go to bed, @rocky canyon @rich adder thanks again. I'm genuinely grateful

[cold mist]

i won't dw 😂

[stone heron]

nah

[cold mist]

everytime i hear someone talk abt javascript is always something bad

[stone heron]

learning the keywords is pretty easy comparatively

the hard part is syntax and problem solving

[stone heron]

javascript has nothing to do with java, strangely

[cold mist]

really?

[hot laurel]

no way

[cold mist]

what are they really

[stone heron]

yep

[rocky canyon]

ya, two different scripting langauges

[hot laurel]

its not like script of java?

[cold mist]

are both of them a language?

[hot laurel]

a javascript

[rocky canyon]

javascript is used mainly for web-dev

[stone heron]

javascript is a scripting language named after java for literally no reason

well

no GOOD reason

the only thing they share is like

c-like syntax and a name

they are totally different types of languages

made by (I think) totally different people

heres a probably more accurate answer

[swift crag]

iirc the name was chosen because Java was hip and trendy at the time

[stone heron]

but yeah they have about as much in common as c# and python

errr well idk

pythons syntax is different

[rich adder]

Oracle owns Javascript technically

[swift crag]

the proper name is ECMAScript

[stone heron]

the biggest thing they have in common is that they both suck and should be avoided whenever possible

in favor of better options

[swift crag]

at least, that's the name of the standard

[stone heron]

honestly both of them are fine but have better alternatives... people hate javascript because of its type weirdness but I didn't mind using it for simple web stuff

[hot laurel]

you dont have other options for in-browser scripting tho

[rich adder]

JS is pretty much the way until webassembly gets standard

[stone heron]

typescript is an option ive been told

[rich adder]

if you enjoy c# and type-safety at least use typescript

[teal viper]

There's also flutter or whatever it's called

[hot laurel]

then everyone use as any type

[stone heron]

what

[hot laurel]

people who use ts to get static types tend to use as any type

making it usless

[stone heron]

ive never used it

but that sounds like user error

you also can make web games in unity without typing a single line of javascript! so theres that

[hot laurel]

it solve errors

[swift crag]

Typescript lets you gradually adopt proper static types

[stone heron]

dont ask me how that works

[wooden nacelle]

https://youtu.be/7_Sdzum4Q3Q?t=11195
Can someone tell me how can this be made. how can i manage blocks in the grid like in the video. I am trying to create a grid and make them fall in it and then snap to the position. But it isn't working well. Can someone help me with what i should be doing here.

[swift crag]

you start out with a giant mess of "any" and then gradually introduce actual types

[hot laurel]

until there its error and you back to use any

[stone heron]

• what is your approach
• what is your problem

[swift crag]

i mean

if you have zero interest in writing working code, then yes, you can do the obviously wrong thing

[stone heron]

if you want an overview thats fine, but if you are running into issues we can't guarantee our ideas would work for u either

[rocky canyon]

looks like bit of gravity or downwards force.. + it lerps left or right depending on which is closer..

not sure how the rest of it works.. lol its def more complex than it looks

[stone heron]

theres also snapping and stuff

also the blocks are finding an open position

[rocky canyon]

ya, ths what i meant by the lerping part.. it instantly starts lerping left or right as it falls.. so that way when it gets to teh destination and snaps its not so abrupt

[stone heron]

which is probably non-trivial

def not a "code beginner" project if u want those exact features

[swift crag]

my grad school's data structures class used Tetris as one of the homework assignments

[stone heron]

you basically have to make tetris ya

just unity physics and colliders wont cut it

not if you want something consistent

[rocky canyon]

its def just tetris at heart

all the features and mechanics of tetris are at play there

with mouse control rather than keyboard control

tetris + inventory management 😉

[stone heron]

resident evil

[north kiln]

It seems to have no physics at all, it's just interpolating between the point before a move was taken and after

[stone heron]

they fall

[north kiln]

it just happens to be that the position after is down

[stone heron]

if that counts

[swift crag]

Yeah, I would absolutely not want to try to smash this together with actual physics

[rocky canyon]

the grid is the real star 😉

[stone heron]

"physics on a grid"

[swift crag]

You want to be able to ask "can this piece fit into this space?"

the rest naturally comes from that, really

[rocky canyon]

nightmare fuel

[swift crag]

can it fit one space down?

repeat until it can't

[stone heron]

simple really (/j)

[cosmic dagger]

This is what I don't understand. Utilizing AI with their docs makes sense. This would avoid looking through tons of pages to find the right document or term. It's a closed loop of their own code; I'm shocked it turned out poorly . . .

[wooden nacelle]

Hey! I was just trying to create a grid and snap the position of the block to it and then apply gravity to make it fall. But it wasn't working. So i used chatgpt and now i m totally lost. Can you please tell me like an approach for how should i be doing this. Idk what should i do tbh.

[stone heron]

can you be more specific than "not working"

but again as others said you probably dont want to be using rigidbody physics

[rocky canyon]

u were on the right track..

[rich adder]

Yeah you would think so, I was basically giving somehow worse results than gpt did at the time.. Maybe it has improved but I haven't touched it since a year or so they made it pretty much paid / so I didn't bother trying again. Apparently now you can drop items fields in the chatbot like normal inspector and you can ask it to do stuff with it, something along those lines

[swift crag]

Physics colliders are useful when you can't easily decide "is X interacting with Y?"

[rocky canyon]

grid creation
piece movement
piece placement

[swift crag]

If you're on a grid, you probably don't have that problem

[stone heron]

my guess is that looking at the docs isn't enough for an AI and gpt has way more data in general

[swift crag]

LLMs require an absolutely catastrophic amount of data, yes

(that's the secret sauce)

[stone heron]

idk what they fed it or how it works but I feel like data + time is king

[swift crag]

that's also why we've...run out of data

[stone heron]

nothing else is really worth much

[rich adder]

at most they can feed it Disussions.unity.com but nothing gpt doesnt have either

[ripe shard]

soon XLLMs

[wooden nacelle]

By not working is like the blocks weren't snapping right to the position in the grid. They would just snap in between the grids like on the boundaries of the cells.

[swift crag]

finally

wrong answers, at scale

[stone heron]

cant wait to clock in at the data collection pod every morning

[rocky canyon]

possibly could have fixed that w/ offsets..

[swift crag]

well, that's unfair: that's what you'd get if you trained it on Stack Exchange comments

[rich adder]

or american size
"Extra Large Big Ass Language Model"

[rocky canyon]

ur piece was probably snapping to the Intersection of grid lines.. and not the spaces between them

[wooden nacelle]

Yeah probably

[stone heron]

gpt has also seen every reddit post and tutorial and article about unity and every single other post and tutorial about every single other engine and language and api and...

[wooden nacelle]

I will check it

[ripe shard]

also interesting that LLMs cant figure out if a yt video is suitable for advertising and everyone has to self-censor words that are harmless when taken in context.

[swift crag]

Remember that you need to unalive the child process

[ripe shard]

i smell a fast food meme here

XLLM <-- actually looks like a superbowl

[rocky canyon]

1040 😉.. my GPU is a MMLXXX-TI >8)

[ripe shard]

more like 5090Ti

[wooden nacelle]

Can you tell me how should I making those blocks stop falling? Currently i am using colliders and rigidbodies for their movement. I m turning on and off their "isTrigger" option and "gravity scale". And to stop them from falling down i am using an edge collider at the bottom of the scene so that they don't fall

[rocky canyon]

they should use their Grid Coordinates to stop moving..
if(pieceWasPlaced && cantFallAnyFarther){snap to nearest grid coordinate}

not totally sure how u'd do the detection of other pieces tho..

msot likely checking if that coord is occupied by a section of another piece?

[ripe shard]

also fun, openAI beat microsoft at the worst poduct naming olympiad

[swift crag]

microsoft 365 (good luck)

[wooden nacelle]

I see i see i will try this 😔 hopefully i don't end up quitting this time again.

[ripe shard]

o3-mini

[rocky canyon]

i'll see if i can't find some specifics on how its actually done

[swift crag]

that sounds like an AWS tier

[swift crag]

I would define each piece as a list of positions

[rocky canyon]

^ so im on the right track i guess

[swift crag]

You can write methods that check if a piece fits onto the game board

either by checking all of the other pieces, or by just having a 2D array of bools for occupancy

in the latter case, you'd write methods to tag a bunch of positions as filled/empty

(based on the position and shape of a piece)

[rocky canyon]

snapping and downwards movement would be the first thing i tackled.. and once thats sorted the rest would be the home-stretch

[frigid sequoia]

Ok so.... it was the 2D collider that I mentioned this afternoon. It works with a 3d collider, but.... now the transform is making the Z axis be literally on top of the camera? Is that transform relative to the camera somehow?

I want it to be like the actual world Z 0 axis no matter where the camera is

How do I tell it that?

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint

[frigid sequoia]

I read these and I am always left with more questions than answers....

I guess I could pass it the distance of the Raycast to detect the object

I don't need the plane

[rocky canyon]

transform.position = new Vector3(mouseWorldPosition.x, mouseWorldPosition.y, DesiredZPosition);

after the screen to world conversion just set the position of it's Z manually..

or whatever axis ur working with..

[north kiln]

That wouldn't work in a perspective camera though

[rocky canyon]

ah tru.. i use raycast for perspective.. i thought he was refering to a 2d project tho. mb

[north kiln]

Who knows, might be

[rocky canyon]

waiting for confirmation 🙂 lol

[north kiln]

I'm sure they can figure it out, they have been given loads of options

[rocky canyon]

always helps to debug the values if ur learning ur way around the ScreenToWorld or WorldToScreen stuff..
really helps validating yourself to see whats getting outputted before doing anything extra with it..

maybe not this much tho.. rofl

[frigid sequoia]

I eneded up just doing this

[rocky canyon]

yup, thats fine too. (keeping it where it already is on the Z)

[nimble apex]

    [SerializeField] private contentType[] spawningElement; //in type
    private Dictionary<GameObject,contentType> allGameObjects = new();

        int count = 0;
        foreach (KeyValuePair<GameObject, contentType> element in allGameObjects)
        {
            if (spawningElement[count] == contentType.Subtitle)
            {
                count++;
                continue;
            }

            if (element.Value == spawningElement[count])
            {
                RebuildContent();
            }

            count++;
        }```

u think it can be more neat?

[slender nymph]

if that is the entirety of the loop then you can just remove the first if statement entirely

wait nevermind, ignore that. it doesn't take into account that both if statements can be true

you could make it slightly less repetitive by incrementing count at the start of the loop (you'd need to start it at -1 instead of 0 to keep the same logic), then your first if statement only needs to continue instead of incrementing then continuing

[slender nymph]

what is the actual purpose of this anyway? it seems like you are relying on the dictionary's elements to be ordered in the same way as your array, but if that were the case it would be pure coincidence because dictionaries do not have a guaranteed order

[nimble apex]

the script i was doing is a base system of all dialogs and large sums of UI that will use in future, it controls all the elements inside the UI , text, input fields , pics all sorts of thing

right now, the script acts as a spawner for elements inside the UI

its fairly simple, there will be an enum

    public enum contentType
    {
        Text,
        Password,
        Account,
        InputField,
        Phone
    }```
u populate the enum array and tell the UI which element to spawn

then it will spawn the element from top to bottom

    public void RebuildContent()
    {
        foreach (GameObject element in allGameObjects.Keys)
        {
            if (element == null)
            {
                continue;
            }

            DestroyImmediate(element.gameObject);
        }

        allGameObjects.Clear();

        if (hasSubTitle)
        {
            GameObject spawnedObj = Instantiate(prefabs[0], transform);
            allGameObjects.Add(spawnedObj);
        }

        foreach (contentType element in spawningElement)
        {
            GameObject spawnedObj = Instantiate(prefabs[(int)element], transform);
            allGameObjects.Add(spawnedObj,element);
        }
    }```

right now, i can guarantee the sequence because the dictionary is populated one by one based on the enum array

[slender nymph]

that still does not guarantee the dictionary's order. it is not ordered in a specific way. just because you add the elements in a specific order does not mean they are ordered that way in the dictionary

[nimble apex]

damn

i guess out of coincidence it really can spawn things out correctly lol

[slender nymph]

this whole setup has me confused tbh. why are you using gameobjects as keys to the dictionary to get an enum?

where does that even get populated?

[obsidian citrus]

How do you get the code blocks in discord

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[rocky canyon]

don't the newer .NET actually order dictionaries?

[rocky canyon]

i tried not to question it too hard lol and glossed over it

[obsidian citrus]

‘’’cs
//test
‘’’

[slender nymph]

there is an OrderedDictionary type, but Dictionary is not ordered

[obsidian citrus]

That didn’t work

[nimble apex]

lemme modify it a bit lol

[rocky canyon]

` not ‘

[slender nymph]

that's because those characters were not `

[nimble apex]

maybe it will make more sense after this

ty👍

[rocky canyon]

ohhh that makes sense

[obsidian citrus]

//code

i got it

thanks

[rocky canyon]

im trying to think when i just wouldnt use a List instead i've not ran into a reason to consider dictionaries yet tbh

[frigid sequoia]

Okay, so I am able to move the dragged item inside the area that I want it to move in, but I got 2 issues. 1 that moving the cursor way too fast, let's the item object behind since it didn't got time to update to the boundaries of the allowed area within that single frame. And 2, if I am to move the cursor outside the drag area while holding the item and then move inside again, it would inmediatly snap from the previous position to the new one

I would want to make it so if I am outside the draggeable area, the object just moves as close a possible to the cursor within the draggeable area. How could I achieve that?

[slender nymph]

show your current code so we can see how you are accomplishing this

[frigid sequoia]

https://pastecode.io/s/zv1gyyt7

How can I get the closest point within a boundary to a another point?

That would pretty much solve it

I remember having something for that, but not sure what was the method....

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Bounds.ClosestPoint.html

[frigid sequoia]

Oka, got that

[hearty pollen]

when my blorb bird falls past y level -15 the game over sfx stops playing.
LogicScript:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class LogicScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int playerScore;
    public Text scoreText;
    public GameObject gameOverScreen;
    private bool gameIsOver = true;
    public AudioSource wingFlapSFX;
    public AudioSource gameOverSFX;

    [ContextMenu("Increase Score")]
    public void addScore(int scoreToAdd) 
    {
        if (gameIsOver == true)
        {
        playerScore = playerScore + scoreToAdd;
        scoreText.text = playerScore.ToString();
        }
    }

    public void restartGame()
    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().name);
    }

    public void gameOver()
    {
        gameOverScreen.SetActive(true);
        gameIsOver = false;
        gameOverSFX.Play();
    }
}

BirdScript:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class BirdScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody2D myRigidbody;
    public float flapStrength;
    public LogicScript logic;
    public bool birdIsAlive = true;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        logic = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Logic").GetComponent<LogicScript>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) && birdIsAlive) 
        {
            myRigidbody.velocity = Vector2.up * flapStrength;
            logic.wingFlapSFX.Play();
        }
        
        if (transform.position.y > 15 || transform.position.y < -15)
        {
            logic.gameOver();
        }
    }
    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        logic.gameOver();
        birdIsAlive = false;
    }
}

[rich adder]

its because you're calling gameover every frame

Play keeps starting over the sound

if (birdIsAlive && (transform.position.y > 15 || transform.position.y < -15))
        {
            logic.gameOver();
            birdIsAlive = false;
        }```

[frigid sequoia]

I cannot combine like a bunch of simple-shaped colliders into one single collider component, right? I would have to a custom mesh for it, correct?

[charred spoke]

You can have multiple collider components on a single object

[slender nymph]

you're using 2d, right? that has the composite collider component

[frigid sequoia]

I kinda had to make colliders 3d so they would dettect Raycast from the camera...

[slender nymph]

that is not necessary in the slightest. you can use a physics raycaster 2d instead of the physics raycaster on the camera

assuming you are referring to event system raycasting. if you are raycasting yourself then you're just using the wrong physics class

[frigid sequoia]

Like... the camera would send a raycast from the Z-Y plane towards the X-Y plane and am not sure how to handle those connecting

[slender nymph]

what?

how are you performing these raycasts?

[frigid sequoia]

From the camera through the cursor towards a world point in the plane (at Z=0, which is basically where the whole game is)

[slender nymph]

i asked how

[frigid sequoia]

What do you mean how? A Raycast from the camera towards whenever the cursor is

What else can I say?

[slender nymph]

i dunno, maybe show some fucking code because we are in the code channel and i asked how you accomplished something you are apparently doing in code?

but the answer is the one i already gave and that is you are using the incorrect physics class, you should be raycasting using Physics2D with 2d colliders

and if you're just casting a ray directly into the z axis from an orthographic camera then you don't even need a raycast, you can use an overlappoint

[frigid sequoia]

I did pass it already... There you go...

https://pastecode.io/s/zv1gyyt7

[slender nymph]

ah yes, i should just assume that this is related to something you asked about 4 hours ago and then go and find that myself instead of you just sharing the code when requested. how silly of me

[frigid sequoia]

No, you should not, but you should not get mad either

[slender nymph]

anyway, i already gave you the answer so we're done here

[frigid sequoia]

So... basically does the same but works only with 2D... Why do we have two versions of that again?

[slender nymph]

2d physics and 3d physics are entirely separate. 3d physics uses PhysX, 2d uses Box2D. they are completely different physics engines so they need to be interacted with separately

[frigid sequoia]

I still find hard to assimilate that Raycast are actually part of the physics

So... do I send a 2D Raycast from the camera through the cursor or it's better to use overlaping point?

[slender nymph]

raycasts are physics queries, they are spatial lookup methods built into the related physics engine to query the current physics scene for colliders in specific areas. that is all they do so they must be heavily tied to the physics engine

and an overlap point is sufficient if you just want to get what the cursor is over. use a raycast if you need to check in a specific direction

[frigid sequoia]

But overlaping point would only work if the camera is especifically ortographic, right? Since it returns basically the same result than sending a perpendicular raycast

[slender nymph]

pretty much, yes. although it probably does work with a perspective camera too because 2d physics is still only in the XY plane

[frigid sequoia]

Kk, thxs

[floral thorn]

Just use raycast, not overlap. It's much more reliable for what you're trying to do assuming your box2d colliders are accurate

[frigid sequoia]

So I could use 2D colliders now, and... I use composite to combine them?

[slender nymph]

It's much more reliable for what you're trying to do
citation needed.
if they are just checking what the cursor is on top of they do not need a direction to check, so a raycast is unnecessary

[floral thorn]

Are you one of those people that split hairs over 0.0000002 ms?

[slender nymph]

at no point have i said anything about performance. you claimed that a raycast is more reliable which has nothing to do with performance and is obviously not true since they both work. but one doesn't require you to pass an unnecessary direction to the method

[floral thorn]

You're just weirdly angry and confrentational in a discord help form lol

especiall CODE BEGINNER

[slender nymph]

and this conversation is useless since you're apparently incredibly opinionated about raycasts so i'm just going to block you 🤷‍♂️

[floral thorn]

Lol alright, block me, anyways...

@frigid sequoia Boxfriend is trying to "one up" you over pointless stuff, both solutions will work, it's just about what makes more sense and is more easily grasped by you conceptually

it's beginner code, it's meant to work, not be the best lol

[north kiln]

You were the one one-upping with your just use X suggestion

boxfriend had a whole convo and you came in to offer a pointless change that you couldn't justify

[floral thorn]

I'm not one upping, I'm providing forward direction, just use it as in just try it, it will most likely do exactly what they were trying to do

I came in and dude cussing at the other

that's not helpful or friendly

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, I do get that sometimes I am recommended to use a unnecesarily convoluted way just cause it's the right way, even though a way simpler but not as efficient or accurate method would have work perfectly, but I mean, I wanna learn the RIGHT way to do it

I just feel that you are sometimes dropping stuff that I am like extremely confused about knowing this is specifically begginer level. You cannot expect me to know the whole coding api