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[thin stream]

https://paste.mod.gg/yafbajcdjdne/0 @rich adder

[split ginkgo]

but i think i will get @rich adder 's Suggestion

[rich adder]

playerPrefabs

show the inspector

[thin stream]

ooh wait

[rich adder]

so its empty

no wonder it returns null

[cosmic dagger]

Not sure what this means, but you're just suppose to use the channel that fits your issue or query . . .

[thin stream]

do i need to add it add every scene?

i mean the code?

[rich adder]

unless you put it on a DDOL

[split ginkgo]

ik just every single channel doesn't only help with programing

and thats theonly thing i need

[thin stream]

so also at the charachter selection scen and select level scene?

[cosmic dagger]

If you only need programming help, then use the programming (scripting) channel(s) . . .

[rich adder]

if you dont want to put GameManager in every scene and fill every scene with the same prefabs, you'd need GameManager filled and then use DontDestoyOnLoad on it so it stays between scene changes

[thin stream]

Alright but i gonna do oldskool way just put it on every scene way easier for me

[rich adder]

ok

[thin stream]

hmm @rich adder ?

[rich adder]

you're showing me a video without any context

what do you expect here

[thin stream]

they double spawn

[rich adder]

I see that

[thin stream]

but wanted to only get one

[rich adder]

so make it get one?

[thin stream]

how?

i added the prefabs and then this happend

[rich adder]

do you have two of them now?

PlayerManager

[thin stream]

nowp only 1

[rich adder]

so then look careful whats happening

You see whats already in the scene vs whats being spawned by line 22?

[thin stream]

yea this line : GameObject player = Instantiate(playerPrefabs[CharachterIndex], lastCheckPointPos, Quaternion.identity);

its normal the mean intention to spawn 1 so thats good enough

[rich adder]

yes that would be the spawning line

exactly its doing what you coded it to do

now it doesnt error so its working

[thin stream]

yep but how come their are 2?

[rich adder]

you didn't notice whats inside the scene before you hit play?

[thin stream]

:oo waitt

ty for remind to check that i was focussing on the console

but how do i add the function DDOL

where to?

to charachter Selection? or?

[rich adder]

why do you want to add DDOL now? thought you wanted to keep a manager on each scene

[thin stream]

cause the selection menu is not working yet

yea but thing is if i add manager each scene they spawn also and that is not the intention

look wait

i gonna show what i mean

[rich adder]

so why dont u just remove the player on each scene since they are spawned by Player Manager

game manager being DDOL make no difference in your current issue

[thin stream]

is that possible?

[rich adder]

whats possible?

[rich adder]

what did you do ?

[thin stream]

but the thing is on that menu their no players only the charachters

[thin stream]

nothing

[rich adder]

so ? who cares.. you're only saving the index

[honest vault]

Where do I ask if I want to join someone on a project or smthn

[rich adder]

as long as the index matches selection to the one saved in PlayerPrefab

[thin stream]

Okayy

[rich adder]

the Player Manager just needs to have the same list order / amount. The only difference now is Player is Spawned in, so anything in the scene doesnt have direct reference to the player that was in the scene when it started.
You'd need to inject or FindByTag or Component or singleton

[rich adder]

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[thin stream]

Aight let me try

nowp

[rich adder]

what did you do..

also you should provide that info without me having to ask.. its kinda of. waste of time having to extract info eevery time

[thin stream]

The errors are just screen overlays i dont have rn, but the charachter selection dont work like you see

[edgy sand]

I have returned! After changing my grid over to a set of images I'm trying to get the specific image hit to put my card object into. This is the snippit of code that I'm using for PointerUp

public void OnPointerUp(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    if (currentState == 2)
    {
        GameObject hit = eventData.pointerCurrentRaycast.gameObject;
        GridCell cell = hit.GetComponent<GridCell>();

        if (cell != null)
        {
            Vector2 targetPos = cell.gridIndex;
            if (gridManager.AddObjectToGrid(gameObject, targetPos))
            {
                if (handManager != null)
                {
                    handManager.cardsInHand.Remove(gameObject);
                    handManager.UpdateHandVisuals();
                }
                else
                {
                    Debug.LogWarning("HandManager not found!");
                }

                Destroy(gameObject);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogWarning("GridCell not found on the hit object or its parents!");
        }

        // Transition to state 0
        TransitionToState0();
    }
}
```and it's throwing this error (image 1) however the grid cell script is attached to my box prefab (image 2)

[rich adder]

no shit.. But without you saying what you did or didn't do this just a waste of time

[thin stream]

I just added the player Manager to everyscene. but yea like you see no works

[rich adder]

why did you add it to character selection scene?

obviously you spawning a player on awake in the character selection sceene makes no sense

so there is absolutely no reason to even have player manager there

[thin stream]

maybe it would work but it doesnt & now i know why bcs it doesnt have to be there, but yea the button need to select the charachter but the thing is it doesnt

[rich adder]

start by Debugging hit.name

[thin stream]

do i need to add it to : https://paste.mod.gg/lbogjzllcgqg/1 | https://paste.mod.gg/spxvattwwguz/2

[rich adder]

things don't start working just cause.. thats not how it works

[thin stream]

agree

[rich adder]

you can't just guess your way through things, you have to be deliberate in what you do..

[rich adder]

you sent the same exact code twice

[thin stream]

not really but i know what i do, it just these tiny things that doesnt work like i wanted to, or if im struggle with o wait https://paste.mod.gg/spxvattwwguz/1

[rich adder]

have no idea why you keep sending the same script over and over

[thin stream]

huh

[rich adder]

why do you keep sending PlayerManager

I already know what it does.

[thin stream]

the thing is it is because it was on the samelink

[rich adder]

I get it they're in different tabs

[thin stream]

indeed

[rich adder]

no idea how those relate to what the issue is

do you even know what half your code is doing?

[thin stream]

yep

[rich adder]

well if you did how come you don't know where the problem is ?

[thin stream]

thats just the problem, everything is alright in my codes but when i press play it doesnt work

[rich adder]

"it doesnt work"

what does that even mean

if you think everything is alright in the code, why do you keep insiting its the code and sending me code?

[thin stream]

the game etc does work only the character selection menu doesnt oh maybe here i have to look

[rich adder]

im gonna say this one more time... if the Value of the skin / character is just a index. Why are you putting Player Mnagaer in the character selection screen?

[thin stream]

nvm i will look it out of my own, player manager is not anymore in it

[rich adder]

very simple :

1. either player manager can exist in all scenes but not spawn player in AWAKE but use an explicit method, possibly listening for scene changes / reading specific scene name
2. Playermanager only exists in play scenes and nothing more.

[thin stream]

ok

[edgy sand]

ok so for my thing, hit.name returns "Image"

[rich adder]

so what is gameobject Image in your scene hierarchy

[edgy sand]

by name alone, nothing

however what I'm trying to hit is an image, it doesn't have the name image though

ope

wait

[rich adder]

show your hierarchy of canvas rq

Do you have an image as a cursor ? it could be hitting itself

[edgy sand]

found it, and the problem does make sense

let me try something real quick

ok figured it out, now to find the solution. I'm trying to drag and drop an image onto another image (probably stupid I know) and it's hitting the upper image, the card

is the best solution just turn off raycast target on all of my card images?

[rich adder]

you have to disable the raycast target while grabbing the image

i find easier to also just use Canvas group for that as well

[edgy sand]

I actually am using multiple canvases

[rich adder]

canvas group is just used to group elements

but also helps easily disable raycast target on it and its children

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/CanvasGroup-blocksRaycasts.html

[edgy sand]

hmm so do I put that in a script on the canvas?

and then just call it when I pick up the card?

because I do have on hovers

[rich adder]

nah just put that on the item you want to disable

so any draggable item

[edgy sand]

for reference this is the heirarchy of a card

(centerimage was previously just Image)

[rich adder]

each card have their own canvas?

[edgy sand]

yup

[rich adder]

whys that

[edgy sand]

at the time it seemed like the simplest way to handle everything, and also what a tutorial recommended

[rich adder]

so if you spawn 50 cards you have 50 canvases , thats a lot of canvases

[edgy sand]

I'm quite new so I don't know everything possible

[edgy sand]

most at one time would be 10 most likely

[rich adder]

I would keep a Card canvas but not have one nested in each prefab

[edgy sand]

actually I guess 21 canvases would be the max possible, forgot about player 2

[rich adder]

each canvas per card might complicate what you're doing even further

UI is very picky

[edgy sand]

I figured that out lol, my last post here was to figure out how to interact with non-ui elements and had to recode a bunch of stuff

[thin stream]

@rich adder see now its working well it was just something with a spellingmistake

[rich adder]

what? which spelling mistake

[edgy sand]

can you elaborate on this a little when you get the chance?

[rich adder]

like just keep the Card Canvas in the scene itself, then all cards can just be spawned as child of that canvas

[thin stream]

SelectedCharachter & CharcterSelected

in player & charachter selection script

[edgy sand]

btw dylan you're misspelling character

[rich adder]

are you talking about the PlayerPrefes key?

[edgy sand]

it's hurting my soul lol

[thin stream]

yea at the line of: CharachterIndex = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Selected Charachter", 0); instead of this CharachterIndex = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("SelectedCharacter", 0); that was the mistake

[rich adder]

hmm it should still return 0 if the key isnt found

it would not throw a null reference

video you showed, you still had error on line 22 because the one on char selection screen didnt have its fields populated like the other scene

[thin stream]

but also in charachter script was it this : PlayerPrefs.SetInt("SelectedCharacter", selectedCharachter); instead of PlayerPrefs.SetInt("SelectedCharacter", selectedCharachter); so yeah idk something small i guess but found it thats important

[rich adder]

also another reason not to use string like this and use a const / static key

[thin stream]

indeed

now i can go further with the progress 🙂

[edgy sand]

small update before I inevitably come back later: got the canvasgroup to work to disable the raycast blocking, now the cards at least attempt to go to the right spot (numbers are wrong, gotta fix those) and all I have to do is turn the raycast blocking back on after I drop it down and it doesn't go in the right spot

[earnest wind]

how can i make so that if parent has different scale than (1,1,1) the children with rigidbody act normal?

because when they fall and rotate they kinda become bigger/smaller?

[rich ice]

dont

[void thicket]

By not having parent with non uniform scale

[earnest wind]

so what do i do

im making a text system and i want to be able to scale the parent and it scales the whole text

im gonna have to recalculate letter positions and all?? 😵

[void thicket]

Why would your text system involve rigidbody

[earnest wind]

cause its nice to have rigidbody for all letters

[void thicket]

What

[rich ice]

[earnest wind]

what

its my own 3d text system

[void thicket]

That doesn’t explain anything

[void thicket]

And they are going to interact with physics?

[earnest wind]

yes

they already do, and it works well

[void thicket]

Then you’d do this

[earnest wind]

but once u scale the parent, it all breaks down

[earnest wind]

so there is no other way?

[rich ice]

im incredibly confused by what you're doing. but, try one of these

[void thicket]

Well you are dealing with physics, and your letters gonna have own rigidbody, so give them good individual location

And scale

[earnest wind]

maybe it would be possible to first instantiate in the parent, and then unparent it, so that it already keeps all the scale, rotations?

[earnest wind]

im making a text system from scratch

[void thicket]

That sounds eww but if it works for you

[earnest wind]

😭 i mean, it would be easier so i dont have to calculate since i already have 3 variables for each letter like width, and offset x/y

okay i will try and see if i could scale up each individual letter instead of the parent, and calculate it so its all together centered

[hot harbor]

why does the var on the left hand side not get garbage collected if monobehaviour is destroyed? I thought gc takes care of this

Or is this a renderTexture only kind of thing

[brave compass]

Because RenderTexture is a UnityEngine.Object, which means it exists as a native Unity object as well. When the C# class gets garbage collected, which it will, the native object will not. Not until Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets is called, which happens automatically on scene loads.

[hot harbor]

Are unityEngine.Object classes not considered C# classes?

Maybe I'm confusing the meaning

[void thicket]

You can see that finally block manually releases the resource, and the problem is that part is being called or not

Afaik it should be called if enumerator is properly disposed

[timber tide]

I dont understand this. What if you stop the coroutine, will the object not be garbage colelcted?

[hot harbor]

This is my confusion as well

[timber tide]

Does unity not check for unused dependencies when these objects are destroyed

[hot harbor]

This is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eKi6NKri6I

[void thicket]

Its native resource may remain since Release is not called

[brave compass]

Classes that inherit UnityEngine.Object have two representations, managed and native. Both reference each other. The native object can be destroyed without the managed class being garbage collected, like when you keep a reference to a game object even though it's destroyed. Similarly, the managed class instance can be garbage collected, but the native object still exists in memory.

[timber tide]

Is that intended? It's not like the texture exists on the scene, so how else would you actually reference it?

[hot harbor]

So when I have a nullreference exception due to destroyed gameObject, it actually is keeping a reference to the "managed class" so to speak?

Also where can I learn more about this type of quirks, or do I have to trip and fall before encountering them

[brave compass]

The managed class instance will be garbage collected, but Unity doesn't automatically destroy the native object when this happens. It defers checking for unused assets for later because it's an expensive operation. You can force it by calling Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets(), which Unity will also call when you load a new scene.

[void thicket]

Yes you have reference to the managed object in that case. Unity just treat it as null, but that’s fake null.

[brave compass]

Yes, Unity is faking a NullReferenceException in that scenario. You're still referencing a valid C# object, because it's not possible to "destroy" a C# object that is still referenced. That's just not something the runtime is capable of. So Unity does the next best thing and throws a NullReferenceException if you attempt to access anything on a GameObject class reference which has been destroyed.

[hot harbor]

wow that's actually shocking new info for me

[brave compass]

Unity is also overriding the obj == null check to return true for destroyed instances, because again, C# objects that are still referenced somewhere cannot be destroyed.

[swift crag]

I was really baffled by that for a while

[timber tide]

I guess this is more of a special case too because of having to release the texture so ok it does make sense. I wouldn't be creating them inside of the coroutine anyway

[brave compass]

The screenshot you shared isn't really talking about this, btw. It's referring to the fact that a finally block in a coroutine will not be called if the coroutine is stopped early. So even though the coroutine attempts to do the right thing and release the texture, it will be unable to.

[void thicket]

It’d be kinda same thing if it was a game object that you wanted destroy when coroutine ends

[timber tide]

Yeah, the async operation is actually way different in that it still runs which is a behaviour you usually don't want from gameobject routines

[hot harbor]

I see!

[hot harbor]

the speaker said that this was one of the reasons to use Coroutines over async because of the unmanaged stopping time

[swift crag]

and this is because stopping a coroutine early is as simple as...stopping!

you just stop calling MoveNext() on the enumerator object

[hot harbor]

I was reading some of the unity forums about when to use Coroutines, and one of the answers I found was that "if you have to stop a coroutine you don't need one", and now I'm slightly more confused about when to even use async

[void thicket]

Disposing IEnumerator should call whatever in finally I believe, but Unity might just not doing that

[timber tide]

I mean, I always stop coroutine/tweens when I want to stop it mid-way from lerping to its location

[void thicket]

You can cancel async task, but it can be bit more tedious

[swift crag]

Oh, interesting, I didn't know that.

[wintry dew]

Hello, I would like to ask if there is a better way to find a collision between a CharacterController and a Sphere Collider, because this won't work when I test it out!

[hot harbor]

Also had an animator component specific question: I wanted to check for animation completion after playing an animation in a coroutine, but I think that the animator only starts playing on the next frame(from what I've tested so far), so I can't sequentially do

_animator.Play(animation);
// My working solution is to yield return null to wait a frame before checking but that seems hacky
if (_animator is playing) {
  check animCompletion // I have to check specifically what animation is being played or else this does not work
}

[timber tide]

I usually just rely on the statemachine I make and not what the animator is currently doing

[void thicket]

CC has separate event for it since it doesn’t really “collide” https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/CharacterController.OnControllerColliderHit.html

[wintry dew]

hmm so do i need a rigidbody for the sphere?

only if i want to push it ig

[void thicket]

You put rigidbody for whatever dynamic physics body

[wintry dew]

is there way to make trigger happen without an active Move() being called?

[void thicket]

Maybe look into StateMachineBehavior because it’s useful when you want to do something bound to specific mecanim state
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/StateMachineBehaviours.html

[wintry dew]

alright

oh mb

[void thicket]

You can also use trigger events instead of collision

But in what case you can’t call Move

[wintry dew]

i just mean if the character is falling onto it

wait ig theres auto gravity move being called so

yeah ig it works i just dont want it to be buggy

Would the script have to be on the characterController or on the sphere if i were to detect a hit?

[void thicket]

I think it needs to be with CC but you can test

[hot harbor]

Thank you! Will do

[drowsy helm]

Is it more common to use git or the build in unity vc?

[barren plume]

Im trying to create my own game through unity itd be like a 2d platformer basically a cheaper version of undertale with a different theme Ive never used unity how cooked am I

[timber tide]

have you made flabby birb yet

[teal viper]

If you need a specific ratio number, you'll need to research on your own. Both are being used.

[atomic hatch]

I need to swap parent of my weapons between a few different bones on my characters rig.

Is it true that the only way to find these bones is a runtime search?
I read that i cannot serialize Transforms

[toxic frigate]

hello everyone, i have some code here:

float scroll = Input.GetAxis("Mouse ScrollWheel");
if (scroll != 0)
            {
                Debug.Log("scrolled");
                Vector3 scrollPos = transform.position;
                scrollPos.y -= scroll * scrollSpeed * 100f * Time.deltaTime;
                scrollPos.y = Mathf.Clamp(scrollPos.y, minY, maxY);
                transform.position = scrollPos;
            }

which should move the camera up and down when scrolled, however there is zero change, the debug log is printed and the scrollSpeed is set to 300 but it still doesnt work, anyone know why?

[summer thorn]

Are structs just PODs?

[teal viper]

Of course you can. You can serialize references to unity objects, and transform is a unity object.

[void thicket]

Parent Of the Day?

[teal viper]

Depends on what you mean by that.

[steep hollow]

how do make a bool in a code and say if its true do a thing in another code?

do i*

[teal viper]

Either you reset the position elsewhere, or clamping is preventing it from going any further.

[teal viper]

If statements. I suggest going over the C# basics. There are plenty of resources online.

[steep hollow]

i know the f statement i meant from script to script sry.

[summer thorn]

Hash table of key-value pairs and nothing else at all

[ivory bobcat]

Reference the other script and make the bool a property where you'd call a method from the other script when the value changes

[steep hollow]

how do i reference it?

is it like how i reference commponents?

[ivory bobcat]

Go over the basics from !learn

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[steep hollow]

ok

[teal viper]

That's a very weird comparison. Structs are almost the same as classes, aside from a few limitations, like missing inheritance and such, due to being value types as opposed to reference types.

Structs can have methods and properties if that's what you're asking.

[void thicket]

How can POD mean Dictionary

[teal viper]

I guess what they meant is "plain old data" or something

[summer thorn]

How is that different to a hash table mapping keys to values?
If I can only write

MyStruct.LogHi()
int X = MyStruct.MyConstant

Then that's literally just a dictionary

What can a struct do that a dictionary can't or vice versa?

[slender nymph]

struct is how you define a value type object. dictionaries are collections of key value pairs, they really aren't the same at all

[void thicket]

Nothing is being hashed there

[teal viper]

Ok, then according to your logic, a class is also a dictionary, no? I really don't get the question

[void thicket]

Let me guess, Python

[summer thorn]

A class is a dictionary ||with additional functionality like inheritance and allowing instances to be created||

[summer thorn]

Then it's just a key value mapping?

I don't see any difference, what can a struct do that a dictionary can't?

[summer thorn]

You say they aren't the same so can you give an example of how they differ?

[teal viper]

Structs also have instances.
So according to you, everything is a dictionary?😅

[slender nymph]

a struct is not a dictionary in exactly the same way that a class is not a dictionary. class is just how you define a reference type, struct is how you define a value type and dictionary is a specific class that contains a collection of key value pairs

[tawdry quest]

what am i reading

[teal viper]

If you refer to a dictionary as a collection of variables, then basically everything in programming is a dictionary

[void thicket]

No hash, value type, can have different types of fields, not dynamically sized

And much more

[summer thorn]

Actually everything is in lua
But are you saying a struct is just a dictionary that can be instantiated/deep cloned with new?

[slender nymph]

lua is a silly language where everything is a table for no reason. c# is not the same at all

[void thicket]

okay it was Lua, not Python

[summer thorn]

Thanks for this, but what do you mean by value type? Can dictionaries not be typed in c#?

[void thicket]

Value type basically means it is copied when you assigned to different variable, while reference type variables refers to same instance

int is value type for starter

[teal viper]

No. I'm saying that they are completely different data types.
There's an actual physical difference in how they are laid out in memory. Structs are defined at compile time. You can't add new members to the struct at runtime, because it's a contiguous block of memory. Dictionaries are not a contiguous block of memory. I don't know how exactly they work under the hood, but it's probably 2 arrays with keys and values. So they are potentially placed randomly in memory. You can add elements to the dictionary at runtime.

[summer thorn]

Oh I see, is string value type then? If so, would that mean assigning it to another variable and mutating one wouldn't cause a mutation in the other?

[slender nymph]

strings are reference types but they are immutable

[summer thorn]

You can't add new members to the struct at runtime
This is what I was looking for at the start

[void thicket]

String is immutable reference type. It’s not copied but you cannot mutate it

[summer thorn]

You get the idea though.. but thanks for actually explaining the differences in the end

[teal viper]

Ok, then you should've asked that instead of something confusing like "how are they different from dictionaries"

[void thicket]

Vector3 is value type if that helps

[atomic hatch]

okay I guess its just Scriptable objects wont allow transforms. I was hoping that I could just set the target bone

Transform activeBone;
Transform sheathedBone;

but Ill have to do that in a factory design pattern instead.

[teal viper]

Here's a tip on when learning a new language: go through it's basics in the documentation. Don't try to apply what you know wbout Lua to other languages. Especially, if you don't know how Lua works under the hood.

[teal viper]

It's not like SOs don't allow it. You just can't reference objects in the scene(or in a prefab) from outside the scene. SOs exist outside the scene.

You can assign a transform of a prefab root to a scriptable object. It's not gonna help in your case though.

[wanton epoch]

Would any one have a tutorial on any chance about how to do enemy pathfinding and player detection for a 2d platformer? Most gudies im watching arent that good or are top down.

[drifting cosmos]

a platfomer would be pretty easy i think

[wanton epoch]

Im pretty new to unity and C# so im learning things as im going. Im trying to do my first enemy and the last things Im missing are:

1. Pathfinding where I can draw a custom path for them to follow left and right.

2. Player detection where if the player gets in range they will attack.

3. The attack of my enemy is long range so I have to figure out how to do the projectile and put the animation on the projectile n stuff.

[drifting cosmos]

you can use a grid like the one you would use for your tiles and move according to those tiles

[wanton epoch]

never heard of that. Im currently trying to use something called A* pathfinder

[drifting cosmos]

that might be more complex than neccessary

can your enemies go up or jump or anything

[wanton epoch]

I have it set in my code that if an enemy comes across a wall (and its jump force allows it), they will jump and continue walking.

I just havent figured out so how to draw my left and right custom paths for each enemy that I want

[drifting cosmos]

idk how it works but have a range that if the enemy is in it will take the neccessary steps to get to the player

[wanton epoch]

yea i thought about keeping them stationnary until they see the player but i kinda want them to have "patrol paths" where they just go back n forth in

[drifting cosmos]

well if they chase your character to a different area would those paths work

or would they go back

[wanton epoch]

I would it set so that as soon as they see an enemy, they leave theri path and 100% focus the enemy and chase him

like it will override their paths

[drifting cosmos]

yeah will they chase forever or when you get out of range will they stop? or go back?

[wanton epoch]

forever

[barren plume]

Yes

[drifting cosmos]

idk how it A* works is it manual drawing

[wanton epoch]

nope Ai pathfinding

but I can write a custom ai script

[drifting cosmos]

idk i guess set 2 points maybe with in a range and then have it set to go to point a and when it reaches go to point b and so forth when not in chase

[wanton epoch]

yea I guess that could work

ill try that out

[barren plume]

Do you use microsoft for coding or is that the noobie platform or does it matter

And also what languages are valid in unity

[barren plume]

True

[late burrow]

can i make static indexer property

[teal viper]

Depends on what you mean by that

[late burrow]

or perhaps i show off issue i want to deal with

this is what i tend to use for most classes i use now if i do array stuff in them thing is serializing it duplicates names, both for dictionary and thing it holds inside, that why i wanted make my sub class accessible by indexer so i wont have need for dictionary

    {
        public static Dictionary<string, class2> easyaccesstoclass2;
        public class class2
        {
            public string name;
        }
        void add(string name)
        {
            easyaccesstoclass2.Add(name, new class2 { name = name });
        }
    }```

[rich ice]

remember to put cs after the ``` when posting !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.

[teal viper]

It's really hard to understand your message without any punctuation. Not sure what you're trying to say.
Also not sure what the purpose of this code is.

[late burrow]

i want access sub class by string without dictionary

back to simplified messages

[teal viper]

Well, the only other way to do that is reflection. But either way, I wouldn't do that.

[void thicket]

Yeah, no, there is no static indexer

[stray thorn]

guys i have this muzzle flash and all and when i turn my player around the muzzle keeps facing the exact same rotation idk how to fix ik it looks bad but im still testing

https://paste.mod.gg/sqbtwyajmaew/0 heres the code

[rich adder]

i think simulation space supposed to be World

[stray thorn]

still dosent work

i did this same script on another script and it worked well but this time i rotated my gun 180 degrees to it faces away from the cam and had to rotate the gun tip so it dosent shoot bullets at me u think that might be the problem?

another project*

[rich adder]

check gunTip rotation is probably wrong

[stray thorn]

its 180 but when i change it it starts shooting bullets straight back at me instead of away

[rich adder]

whats it look like in the scene gizmo though in local space mode?

[void thicket]

Why you using rotation for one but localRotation for the other

[stray thorn]

idk im trying to fix it it dosent wanna work

[wanton epoch]

I would love some people's suggestion on the issues I am encountering for my enemy script.

1. I cant for the life of me figure out how to make it so that my enemy goes back and forth for his path. He goes in the direction of the point but when he reaches it, he just continues walking in that direction and not go back to the original path.

2. My sprite isnt flipping for the direction my enemy is walking along is path.

3. I want to make it so that, if the enemy is going along his path, it will play their walking animation, the problem is that it spams the walking animation non-stop.

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

[drifting cosmos]

if (moveDirection.x > 0 && !isFacingRight || moveDirection.x < 0 && isFacingRight) 2 facing rights?

[wanton epoch]

huh, maybe i did do 2 lefts. let me try to fix that

[wanton epoch]

uhh so i changed my line too:

and my enemy is just freaking out going left and right while walking to the right

which Ig is an upgrade from jsut consistenly looking left

[drifting cosmos]

well in patrol or whatever wouldnt you only flip when it swaps objective

and in chase subtract player position from enemy position and if its negative or whatever go a certain way

idk how the map on unity works tho

[wanton epoch]

hmm maybe that is true. But the problem is that, in the picture you can see, the first point is the left one and the second one is the final one. Its moving to the second one while looking to the left. Also, the issue is that it doesnt go back to the first one, it just keeps going right.

I have these 2 problems to fix and its killing me

[drifting cosmos]

inverse your code and it should work

[wanton epoch]

sure let me try

[drifting cosmos]

if its facing the wrong way

[wanton epoch]

WAIT IM DUMB AF

I KNOW WHY ITS INVERSED

i set the isFacingRight = true as the base value

when my sprite is originally facing left.

god im dumb

welp that only leaves my not going back n forth issue

[drifting cosmos]

ok

so does your game have levels

[wanton epoch]

yes 3

1. for the first leve

2. for the transition level

3. for the final level with the boss

[drifting cosmos]

is it possible the walk code still runs if theres no objective

[wanton epoch]

let me tryu

my path is just a dot

yep he does

[drifting cosmos]

well if hes not chasing the player or patrolling why would he

[wanton epoch]

that is very true ig i didnt test that.

[drifting cosmos]

what if

you place the objective to the left

you sure he wont just go right

[wanton epoch]

huh?

[drifting cosmos]

well has it been following the path at all

[wanton epoch]

it seems not, it just seems to walk to the right infinetly

[drifting cosmos]

or just going right on start

[wanton epoch]

let me try with no path

with no point, he just stands still

as soon as I assign a point, he just starts walking right

no matter what

[drifting cosmos]

well you need to compare the enemys position to the objective point

i think you just start run and it keeps running

[wanton epoch]

Yea ill have to try that. ill do that now.

[ruby python]

Mornin' all,

Having something of an issue which is confusing the p*ss out of me.

I'm trying to grab something from an object pool, but for some reason it just won't grab the object and I can't see why (this exact same script works absolutely fine in another project I was playing with just yesterday). So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what I'm missing.

using UnityEngine;

public class TunnelManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    float tunnelOffset;
    [SerializeField] ObjectPoolManager tunnelObjectPoolManager;

    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        tunnelOffset = 20;
        GameObject newTunnelSection = tunnelObjectPoolManager.GetPooledObject();
        newTunnelSection.transform.position = new Vector3(0, 0, tunnelOffset);
    }
}

This is what's calling the object.

And this is the object pool script.

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

And here is everything populated as it should be.

So I'm very confused. (Probably missing something really obvious, but could someone take a look and point me in the right direction please?

[drifting cosmos]

why do you need to get the object

[ruby python]

Okay, now I'm really confused, the debug here is saying the count for PooledObjectList is 0, but in the inspector is fully populated. Absolutely baffled. lol.

[drifting cosmos]

isnt it set to 0

[ruby python]

Because the obejcts need to spawn/despawn constantly

[drifting cosmos]

i thought you enabled and disabled them in an object pool

like you create a set number and then disable them all and enable and disable when you need to

[ruby python]

Yes you do, that's the idea, but for some reason it's not finding anything in the list in the object pool object.

The 0 that you can see in the console is a Debug for "pooledObjectList.count" but it's returning 0 (saying there are no entries in the list. But on the right in the inspector, the list has 15 entires as it should.

[drifting cosmos]

yeah im not sure i can help you maybe set it in the inspector

or is it idk

[ruby python]

It all gets setup on start. It's really confusing because like I said I was using the exact script/system yesterday. I literally copied/pasted the script into this project. lol.

[drifting cosmos]

hmm are you creating an instance of them on start

[ruby python]

Yeah, they get created (look at the pic, left side hierarchy, they're all there), then they get added to the list.

[drifting cosmos]

can you get an instance of a disabled object?

thats all ive got i dont know if you can like compare this project and your other one

[ruby python]

That's why they get put in the list. Reference the list, tell it to turn on that object. I know it works, I was using it for bullets yesterday.

[void thicket]

Either script execution order or you’re referencing something else

How are you ensuring which Start is called first

[ruby python]

I'm using Awake on the script that calls the GetPooledObject() method.

Also tried OnEnable

[void thicket]

That would make thing definitely fail

You’d want pool manager’s initialization to be called first not the other way

[ruby python]

Pool manager uses Start(), the 'spawning' script uses Awake

[void thicket]

Swap that

Are you aware that Awake is called first

[ruby python]

Honestly I thought Start was called first. lol.

But I have tried with OnEnable too (for the spawning script) and still failed.

[void thicket]

OnEnable is called earlier than Start too

[ruby python]

Okay, well yeah, that fixed it. silly spud.

[void thicket]

Good to read through https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/execution-order.html

[ruby python]

Yeah, for some reason I'd got it in my head that Start() was first, even though I do (or did) actually know otherwise. lol.

[ruby python]

Sooooo, another teeny issue that's bugging me.

    private void Update()
    {
        curveChangeCountDown -= Time.deltaTime;

        if (curveChangeCountDown <= 0)
        {
            currentXBend = tunnelCurveMaterial.GetFloat("_xStrength");
            currentYBend = tunnelCurveMaterial.GetFloat("_yStrength");

            currentXBend = Mathf.MoveTowards(currentXBend, xBend, lerpSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
            tunnelCurveMaterial.SetFloat("_xStrength", currentXBend);

            currentYBend = Mathf.MoveTowards(currentYBend, yBend, lerpSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
            tunnelCurveMaterial.SetFloat("_yStrength", currentYBend);

            xBend = UnityEngine.Random.Range(-3f, 3f);
            yBend = UnityEngine.Random.Range(-3f, 3f);

            Debug.Log(xBend);
            Debug.Log(yBend);

            timeToChangeCurve = UnityEngine.Random.Range(3f, 5f);
            curveChangeCountDown = timeToChangeCurve;
        }
    }

Would someone be able to give me a clue as to why my MoveTowards operations aren't moving smoothly and just 'snapping' to their new positions please? 😕

[novel nymph]

I am confused on how to fix this, also, I am pretty sure I got the multiplication part wrong

[cosmic dagger]

There is a dot (.) between EnemyAi and sightange. Is this supposed to be a method or are you trying to access the sightRange field of EnemyAi?

The error states that sightRange does not exist. Did you create the field (You have to define it before you can use it?

[novel nymph]

I did that because the sightRange is located in my EnemyAI file

[cosmic dagger]

But you're accessing it like a method, and it seems like you're trying to use it as a method at the same time. This is very confusing. You need to explain what you are trying to do . . .

Are you doing this inside of another method?

[novel nymph]

I want to make it so the EnemyAi's sightRange, a circle around the Enemy, becomes half of its original size when you press Left Ctrl.

[cosmic dagger]

You need to:

• Check for input
• If correct input, call a method that halves the size . . .

Typically, input is checked in Update. I'd start from there . . .

[novel nymph]

I have this, but I am confused on how to add the sightrange from my EnemyAI

[cosmic dagger]

You need an instance of (reference to) EnemyAi in order to access its sightRange field . . .

[echo ruin]

You make a reference to the EnemyAI first, use the reference.method (if it returns a float) if you want to make a float

[cosmic dagger]

Also, I would increase/decrease its size by half instead of subtracting 0.5. What if some have a range of 2, 3, or 4?

[novel nymph]

I believe I got it to connect to the original variable from my seperate script but I cant figure out how to multiply it

[strong wren]

Dot instead of arrow to access references

[cosmic dagger]

Even so, it's suppose to be an assignment; so it's still a bit confusing . . .

[strong wren]

Quick scroll through http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/c-sharp-tutorials would really help

[cosmic dagger]

It seems you're having trouble with syntax and basic understanding of C#. I would look at a tutorial first . . .

[echo ruin]

Are you trying to change the sight range of an enemy AI here?

As in, does the EnemyAI class contain a sightRange float?

[novel nymph]

yes

[echo ruin]

Then you'd access it like this for example

    public EnemyAI enemyAI;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftControl))
        {
            enemyAI.sightRange = .5f;
        }
    }```

[static cedar]

Just curious, is there any way to get the normal force that occured during collisions between two colliders?

[novel nymph]

Think I got it working, thx

[cosmic dagger]

You can if using an OnCollisionXXX method . . .

[static cedar]

Couldn't find it directly, but i did find ContactPoint(2D).normalImpulse.

[cosmic dagger]

Just look at Collision from the docs. It has impulse and relativeVelocity . . .

One is the total impulse. The other is the (size) velocity of the collision. You can normalize either to get the direction (you may need to invert it to get the outgoing normal . . .

I haven't tested either myself . . .

[static cedar]

Interesting that Collsion2D doesn't have that. It still has relativeVelocity though. I was focusing on 2D, and looking through Collider2D if there's another way other than the message.

[cosmic dagger]

Oh, 2D always has different stuff than 3D . . .

[static cedar]

Why can't they be the same.

[cosmic dagger]

Facts . . .

[timber tide]

Box2D vs Nividia physx

[teal viper]

You really need to go learn C# basics. You're "inventing" non existent syntax...

[bright zodiac]

-> is a valid syntax in c# for raw pointers

but I see what you mean 👍

[pure sapphire]

any1 know how to make it so when the player starts moving the walk animation starts and the moment he stops the idle one, i keep having the issue of the player still being in the walk animation for 0.2s after i stop moving and more or less the same for the idle animation when walking

[slender nymph]

#🏃┃animation
but it just sounds like you've got exit time on your animation when you don't want any

[pure sapphire]

nope, its something code related from what i see

[slender nymph]

then show relevant code

but 10 times out of 10 that description points to an issue with your animator controller setup

[pure sapphire]

hmmmm, ima double check and see if i can do some fixes there then rq

oh yeah i forgot to reduce transition times lol thx for the help

[fleet venture]

why does it jiggle like this when i click, i dont see anything in my code that could be causing it.

public class RotationTransform : MonoBehaviour, IPointerDownHandler
{
    private bool _dragging;
    private Vector3 _original;
    private Quaternion _originalRotation;
    private Camera _mainCamera;
    private Transform _effectedObject;

    private void Start()
    {
        _effectedObject = transform.parent.parent;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0) && _dragging) _dragging = false;
        if (!_dragging) return;
        var mousePosition = _mainCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
        _effectedObject.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, _originalRotation.eulerAngles.z + Vector2.Angle(_original - transform.parent.position, mousePosition - transform.parent.position));
        transform.parent.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, -_effectedObject.rotation.z);
    }

    private void Awake()
    {
        _mainCamera = Camera.main;
    }

    public void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        _dragging = true;
        _original = _mainCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
        _originalRotation = _effectedObject.rotation;
    }
}```

oh wait

its getting replaced

completely

thats weird

maybe thats the issue

[fleet venture]

i have indeed fixed it now

[fleet venture]

NVM its not fixed T-T

i just thought it was

thats painful

the jiggle issue its fixed but now it just doesnt work while rotating

ok i fixed it and i dont know how

[sterile radish]

hi, in my game, i have a list of all of the upgrades the player has bought. im currently trying to make a save sytem that saves this list and also the levels for each of the upgrades. i have tried but have failed because i don't think json can save monobehaviours (boughtupgrades list is a list of monobehaviour classes) how would i go on about saving the boughtupgrades list?
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/pixolibese.pgsql

[teal viper]

Save simple data. If you have a limited number of upgrades you can even represent(identify) them with an enum or int.

You don't want to save all the data of a monobehaviour(if that was even possible). You'll waste a lot of storage on stuff that doesn't matter(doesn't need to be saved) at all.

[sterile radish]

sorry, i don't really understand this. how would i save the upgrades as simple data? should i just make an array of ints with the upgrade levels and just use that?

[rich adder]

make a regular struct / class that contains the values

[fleet granite]

hiya, having some issues with highlighting for unity classes in vscode. yes, i've looked online. yes, i've seen https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/other/unity . i've reinstalled vscode, updated .NET, nothing is working

i've used unity a few times before, but this is a new device. never had this happen before.

[rich adder]

close VSC regen project files. open script again

[fleet granite]

i've done that

😭

[rich adder]

just do it, then open VSC and show the Output window in VSC

[rich adder]

can you show the bottom bar

[rich adder]

yeah something is missing.. it Should at least say Projects: .. Show you have all the appropriate stuff installed

see how mine says Projects: Assembly-CSharp

[brave helm]

Lets say im trying to make a game, what is the best way to learn? ive tried following the unity tutorials but stopped halfway through cause i wasnt learning the features i want. Let say i want to make a door open and close with an interaction, where and how would i learn that?

[rich adder]

You break it down to all the small moving parts you can learn separately, then put them back together as you want them

most features share the same base knowledge

if you know how to break down interactions, it doesn't matter if its a door or picking up an object

making a door, if you think about the smaller parts needed.. First thing would come to mind for me is, tracking the state of the door itself first with isOpen bool or similar.

build up your objects from their very basic functionalities

[brave helm]

That makes sense

[rich adder]

yeah most problems are just compounded smaller problems

[brave helm]

is there a good way i can learn the diffrent bools and functions?

[rich adder]

well most of that isn't even related to Unity, I would suggest you learn that way

like plain c# (check out pins in this channel its a good start)

[fleet granite]

sorry, was dealing with a roommate
by appropriate stuff installed, do you mean extensions?

[rich adder]

vsc extensions, unity packages, external tool page in unity

[rocky canyon]

#1253440741322133545 message check out sebastian league's playlist

[brave helm]

alright thanks

[rocky canyon]

if ur just wanting to know what functiosn and stuff to use where and when

that just comes with tme and experience..

best to look up stuff from google and finde the link leading to the documetatiopn

[brave helm]

i found the .net documentation, maybe ill follow a tutorial off of youtube then break down every function

[sterile radish]

hi, im trying to save a dictionary in my game using json. i made a list of a class that holds a string key and a value pair. when saving, i stitch these values to the dictionary and when im loading i overwrite the dictionary with the saved values. however it's not getting written to the json file. why is this?
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/hibolalayi.csharp

[rich adder]

go to command line type in dotnet --list-sdks

screenshot the output

[fleet granite]

9.0.200

just 9.0.200

[rich adder]

you only shown us part of the whole picture..

also unity cant serialize dictionaries

[sterile radish]

here's the playerdata and KeyValue class
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/uriwasujes.pgsql

[rich adder]

hmm go back to VSC again and select c# devkit under the Output tab

[slender nymph]

is it just the list that isn't being included in the json? because if so, that's due to KeyValue not being marked as serializable

[rich adder]

KeyValue is not serializable

[fleet granite]

quite a few failures here

[rich adder]

try deleting all the .sln and .proj in your root project (close VSC while at it)

then go back to unity, only check the top two checkboxes in External Tools

Regen project files again and open script from unity

[fleet granite]

still nothing unfortunately, same output for the devkit

[rich adder]

I would try

1. A new different project for test
2. Use Visual Studio / Rider and see if those work

[rocky canyon]

is it possible permissions/firewall issues?

[rich adder]

im confused why its trying to use dotnet 8.0.13 but they showed they have .net sdk 9.0

[rocky canyon]

can u go in and manually uninstall the 8?

[fleet granite]

8 isn't installed afaik, i haven't done so myself
fresh windows install from around two days ago

[rocky canyon]

dont mind me.. im just brainstorm/spitballin

[rich adder]

You can do
dotnet --info in command line
it will show everything installed related to .net

[fleet granite]

no problem at all

[rocky canyon]

also i cnat remember if beign signed in matters at all

[fleet granite]

creating a new project atm, will test once it's open

[rich adder]

you got a lot of earlier version of .net I wonder if its causing conflicts

[rocky canyon]

oh im behind

[fleet granite]

does .net persist through a new windows installation? through the windows reset that is

[rich adder]

9.0 gang!

[rocky canyon]

if its a reset probably

not

[rich adder]

depends if you did Upgrade it did

[fleet granite]

same happened in a new project btw

[rich adder]

yeah Ima guess/suspect something borked going on with your runtimes causing conflicts

[fleet granite]

all else fails i'll work with visual studio for now but i'm gonna have to hold in the vomit

thanks for trying to help though man

[rich adder]

that works too

np. If you feel up to it, do a clean wipe of all .NET then just install 9

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/additional-tools/uninstall-tool-overview?pivots=os-windows

[fleet granite]

i have time so i'll probably do that

ty

[brave helm]

Hello for some reason unknow to me i cannot apply this image to my background panel.

[slender nymph]

Sprite Mode Multiple
also not a code question

[brave helm]

oops

[polar loom]

Wrong thing

[magic panther]

https://hastebin.com/share/nopotakoqu.csharp
In the following code, in the Update function, I'm using a Vector2.Lerp to smoothly move the position marker object into the targetPosition. The problem is it always goes a little bit further than it should. I tested that by setting it's position to the targetPosition, and it worked perfectly. Does someone know how a lerp can overshoot? How do I prevent

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp

idk about overshoot tho...if anything it should never reach full val.
either way lerp is still done wrong

[ruby python]

Evenin' all,

I was just wondering if anyone knew if the following was possible (and where to look to help figure out how to do it if it is)

Player is controlling a turret and doing pew pew things. I'm using image 'planes' for my environment with textures applied (see pic for context).

in the image there are some buildings and at the moment, my bullet impacts are pretty much all the same size etc. I was just wondering if it would be possible to sort of sample a depth map (I have one for the image) and adjust the size of the bullet impacts accordingly (ie, brighter the sampled pixel is, the larger the bullet impact?

Also for further context, short video

https://streamable.com/yduf2m

[wintry quarry]

The whoile thing is one image?

but yeah - absokutely not a problem - you can read the pixels of the texture and do whatever you'd like with it

[rich adder]

ngl thought that plane was a 3d model lol

[ruby python]

It's a single image, mapped to 3 'plane' objects and sorry @rich adder the plane is a model. It's just the environment that's an image.

[ruby python]

Would you happen to have any suggestions of resources to look at, or what to search for? 😕

[wintry quarry]

What part are you struggling with?

[ruby python]

I actually think I have some code that reads the pixels in an image from an old level generation script and throws them into a Vector2 array, so that shouldn';t be in issue.

At the moment, I'm not sure how to read the pixel value and then apply that to the scale of the impact object. (Mainly how to 'normalise' the value because it would read as an rgba?)

[wintry quarry]

normalizing a float would just be value / maxPossibleValue

You can also use a remap function here: https://discussions.unity.com/t/re-map-a-number-from-one-range-to-another/465623

to essentially map the depth from the texture into the hole size you want

[ruby python]

Yeah, but what I'm struggling to get my head around is taking a Color32 (or color) and converting that (I think) into a 0-1 value. Not sure if I'm making sense.

[wintry quarry]

again use a remap function or just do the simple division mentioned above to "normalize" it

the depth would be stored in one of the color channels

[ruby python]

Oh wait, as it's greyscale I'd only need to read one of the rgb values and normalise that.

[wintry quarry]

and the color channels are just numbers

yes

[ruby python]

Thank you. Sorry. lol. saying/typing it out loud helps so much. lol.

[primal cliff]

I'm getting this error when I need to call GameStateManager, I check the hierarchy and for some reason upon loading my project the GameState object (containing the GameStateManager) is being destroyed despite nothing in the code doing that, what could be happening?

[rich adder]

show code

[primal cliff]

all of it? it doesn't specify from where it's coming from

[rich adder]

anything that is trying to access GameStateManager

does GameStateManager have any scripts on it?

[primal cliff]

this is in my title screen's code which is where I get the error, this is all I do to interact with it

[rich adder]

you might be able to just put a log inside the OnDestroy and it should show who called it through stack

[primal cliff]

my object is called GameState and the script is GameStateManager

[rich adder]

try this #💻┃code-beginner message

[primal cliff]

how would I check who called it?

[rich adder]

most likely though if you have Level switching, its probably being destroyed for scene change and something else is still trying to access it still

[primal cliff]

I do have level switching, but it gets destroyed even without me trying it

it's destroyed as soon as I click play

[rich adder]

thats how scene switching works

[rich adder]

the call stack

[primal cliff]

I'll be honest I have no idea what that is

the other thing I noticed is that it disappears from my DontDestroyOnLoad in the hierarchy now, when previously it didn't

but src (for sound source) still is there

[rich adder]

show more of the setup

[rich adder]

just shows who originally calls a method

[primal cliff]

I have this script attached to both GameState and src

[rich adder]

thats why

you literally coded the second object to destroy itself if it has the same script

[primal cliff]

so src sees that there is another object in DontDestroyOnLoad (which would be gamestate) and deletes it?

I think I get it, I had this script before where src was the only object which had this script

[rich adder]

its the second object saying
"Oh there is already an Instance of this class , delete my entire gameobject"

since its the same script and not different class singleton/instance

[primal cliff]

how should I go about coding it then? my guess is to check for a gameobject of the same name as the one the script is attached to, and only destroy that

[old karma]

got a question that i was looking for some context to.

so i see a simple coroutine but it's using while(true) and i have no idea what is "true" in this context
here's the example code

[SerializeField] private float delay;

private void Start()
{
    StartCoroutine(Routine);
}

private IEnumerator Routine()
{
    while(true)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);

        DoSomething();
    }
}

can anyone tell me what is "true" in this case? is it the coroutine running or is it the game object being enabled or? im usually specific about these kind of things, but this is the first time i noticed this one, so it's bothering me that i dont know 😅

[wintry quarry]

true is just true

it's the literal value true

[runic lance]

it's simply the value "true", it's a loop that runs forever

[wintry quarry]

like:

bool x = true;
bool y = false;```

bool can be true or false

[old karma]

yeah but... what is true in this case?

[wintry quarry]

nothing is true

you're asking like if I typed 1 and you said "but what is 1?"

1 is a value

true is a value

[primal cliff]

while loops run if the condition is true, until it isn't true anymore, it's just like saying "the condition is true, so keep running"

[old karma]

AAH! ok i see. yeah, i just wanted to know what was determining the condition. so i this case, the corutine is running so that's the "true" here.

[rich adder]

coding what ?

[primal cliff]

the DontDestroy script

so that it only destroys duplicates of the game object it's attached to

[rich adder]

DontDestroy desnt do anything but not destroy an object and its children through scene changes

it has nothing to do with actually destroying objects

that is your singleton pattern Instance check doing that

[rich adder]

the condition is you wrote true. so its always true..

[primal cliff]

I'm finally understanding why I shouldn't copy code that I don't understand what it does

[rich adder]

very true

[primal cliff]

fixed it now, thanks for the sage advice

[old karma]

ah. ok i think i understand now

[rich adder]

not using a variable basically means keep this loop running without any exiting conditions (assuming you don't stop the actual coroutine in this context)

if you used a variable, then you could control how long the loop runs, if it runs at all (condition being false and loop is skipped)

[old karma]

yeah, im just going to put a bool to it. i was hoping i can get by without doing much and giving it a stop function. but i'll just add a bool and a coroutine variable because i need a way to start and stop it

[rich adder]

If you have a coroutine variable you don't really need a bool

unless you have more code before/after, and want the while loop to be skipped/done according to a condition

[old karma]

actually, i was just instantiating some sparkles at a frequency and just letting them destroy themself after a duration.
but... now that i think about it... can't i just use the special effects thing(forgot the name of it) to spawn the sprite?

[rich adder]

the particle System or VFX Graph

[old karma]

particle system

[rich adder]

yeah it pretty much what its for

[old karma]

yeah... i'll use this time to play with it

[rich adder]

you can do a lot with it

not the most performant compared to the new VFX graph, but the upside is its simple to use in comparison and can also interact with unity physics colliders

[old karma]

hmm.. well i would like to go after whatever is more performant

so i'll look at the VFX graph and see what that's about

but coroutines are pretty easy to understand though

[rich adder]

Its usually a non-issue unless you're spawning literally thousands of effects a second

[old karma]

ah, i dont think i'll have a case where i go near 200

[wintry quarry]

VFX graph is a really good thing to learn regardless

[old karma]

yeah, im going to look and see what it's about

[fleet venture]

is there a way to like, breakpoint a y position

i have a ui thing thats like moving down very fast and i dont know why

i have no idea whats moving it

[rich adder]

start disabling objects / scripts and see which one stops it from doing that

[fleet venture]

oh ok

BRUH WHY DOES IT HAVE A RIGIDBODY

[rich adder]

lul

[fleet venture]

i dont even remember ever adding that

[rich adder]

UI should never have colliders or rigidbodies

[fleet venture]

probably did that on accident

ye i know

that makes no sense

lmao

it had gravity hahaha

[rich adder]

nicee

[fleet venture]

whats this btw

i sometimes get it

no idea what it means

i get it whenever i start the game

[rich adder]

check the stack trace maybe?

[fleet venture]

idk how to see that in unity

[rich adder]

select the error it should show you at the bottom

[fleet venture]

oh

there is nothing more

only the line that shows in the error itself

there isnt like an actual stack trace

[rich adder]

could be a bug in some asset or unity itself

[fleet venture]

i could try restarting unity i guess

[rich adder]

thats the first step yes

if it doesnt work you can try deleting library folder and do a full refresh

I think artifact might have something to do with it

[polar loom]

Does anyone here make fps games and I’m not asking to make one I’m just asking for help

[slender nymph]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

:mag: Search the internet for your question!
:book: Use the API Scripting Reference and User Manual and this troubleshooting site for commonly posted issues.
:wrench: Attempt to debug your issue.
:thought_balloon: Find an appropriate channel by reading the name and description in #🔎┃find-a-channel
:grey_question: And don't ask to ask, ask a full question illustrating with screenshots if needed.
-# For more posting guidelines, go to #854851968446365696

[polar loom]

It’s a script

Can I send a photo

[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.

[polar loom]

Can’t send the code rn

I’ll send a photo

And the error

[slender nymph]

a photo of what?

[polar loom]

The script

And the error

[slender nymph]

jesus

https://screenshot.help

[polar loom]

I know how

[slender nymph]

and code posting guidelines are here: #💻┃code-beginner message

[polar loom]

I’m just letting you know

But can you help

[slender nymph]

i refuse to even attempt to read your shitty photos of your screen

[polar loom]

This isn’t helping so not tryna be a toxic Karen but I will speak to mod for not helping or even trying

[slender nymph]

oh of course. in that case here's how you can fix it

[polar loom]

That’s now how I sent it

You can actually see the words in mine

[slender nymph]

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

[polar loom]

I’m not using discord on my computer rn

I KNOW HOW TO SS

[slender nymph]

we've already been over not making "you" problems other people's problems

[polar loom]

IM JUST NOT RN CAUSE DISCORD TAKE TO LONG O. THE COMP

[slender nymph]

don't make it difficult to help you or else nobody will want to help you. i've given you information on how to correctly share your code to follow the guidelines of this server so you should maybe consider following those guidelines if you want help in this server

[polar loom]

Bro you can see the words stop lying it’s only some pixels and plus your mot even trying to help you can see the words your just choosing not to help

And your being a dick about it

[slender nymph]

you're absolutely correct that i'm choosing not to help, and that is purely because you refuse to share your code or errors in any form that makes it easy to read. i'm not going to read your shitty phone photos

[polar loom]

I showed the error

And the code

[slender nymph]

great, then if you don't intend to share them correctly you can wait for someone who has the patience to deal with reading your shitty photographs

[polar loom]

Bro stop being a dick about it I just want help

I’m sorry I don’t have a iPhone 16

And my comp is slow

[slender nymph]

or you could share the information following the guidelines of this server which have been provided to you and maybe you'll have better luck getting help

[polar loom]

I can’t fix that in two secs

Wtv

Your a dick

Anyone please help I can’t send an Ss on computer rn so please understand my circumstances

Click on the photos to see full image

[rich ice]

if you cant send a screen shot, why dont you just send the !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.

[polar loom]

Computer gone take forever

I’ll try it’s wtv

Ion even wanna work on it anymore

[slender nymph]

wait till you learn that before you can even get help here you have to configure your !IDE lmao

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[ruby current]

If you can't even send a code from your computer. How are you manage to make a game on it.

[polar loom]

I can’t take an Ss rn

That’s what I’m saying

I’m getting it worked on soon

[slender nymph]

so you didn't even bother reading the information about posting code correclty then if you think screenshots of code are how to share it

[rich adder]

!screenshots

[eternal falcon]

No

Be mindful, if someone requests your code as text, don't send a screenshot!

[grand snow]

"plz help me with my code you can hardly read in this shit photo"

[polar loom]

Yeah fuck this server

I just want help

[grand snow]

Provide us with the info in a decent format so we can help you properly

[polar loom]

I’m new

[rich adder]

ta ta 👋

[polar loom]

I don’t have a good computer

[grand snow]

if you send the code AS TEXT i can read it pleasently and even test it out!

[polar loom]

I just started

[rich adder]

no shit

does that means you don't use common manners?

[polar loom]

Ion even wanna work on the game anymore

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

public class Gun : MonoBehaviour {

[Header("References")]
[SerializeField] GunData gunData;

    float timeSinceLastShot;[]


private void Start()
{
    PlayerShoot.shootInput += Shoot;
}
private bool CanShoot() => !gunData.reloading && timeSinceLastShot > 1f / (gunData.fireRate / 60f);

private void Shoot()
{
    if (gunData.currentAmmo > 0) {
    {
        if (CanShoot())
        {
            if (Physics.Raycast(transform,position, transform.forward, out RaycastHit hitInfo, gunData.maxDistance))
            {
                Debug.Log(hitInfo.transform.name);
            }

            gunData.currentAmmo--;
            timeSinceLastShot = 0;
            OnGunShot();


            }
        }
    }

    private void Update(){
        timeSinceLastShot += Time.deltaTime

;

        throw new NotImplementedException();

}

}
}

Happy

[rich ice]

no

!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.

[ruby current]

[polar loom]

JUST COPY THE DAMN TEXT

[rich adder]

at this point this has to be a troll..

either way. blocked , Im moving on

goodluck guys

[slender nymph]

how about instead of throwing a fit like a toddler, you take a step back. calm down. then come back and read the information presented to you so that you can share your code correctly.

[polar loom]

I did what yall told me and I was wrong

[slender nymph]

no you didn't

[polar loom]

I don’t know what to do

How do I code block

[slender nymph]

man if only you had been pointed out how to share code correctly like 5 different times

[polar loom]

It just gives a https

[grand snow]

` <- dis guy

[polar loom]

Give me a damn minute

[polar loom]

https://paste.mod.gg/

[rich adder]

this statement cant get any more true by the minute xD

[slender nymph]

i sure can't wait for them to post code just to not receive help because they don't have a configured IDE

[rich ice]

[polar acorn]

Yes that is a website you could use

[polar loom]

Ok

Just making sure

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

That’s the code

For my coding app

[slender nymph]

great, now go configure your !IDE like you've already been told since that is a prerequisite for getting hlep

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[rich ice]

[polar loom]

I use VS Code

[rich adder]

float timeSinceLastShot;[]

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[polar acorn]

So is there a reason you've literally just told the code to throw an exception in update

[polar loom]

huh

[slender nymph]

that's not even the error they are trying to fix at the moment lol

[polar acorn]

Yeah the more I look at it the worse it is

[polar loom]

oh mb let me send the error

[polar acorn]

This needs a configured !ide to fix all of the problems

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[polar acorn]

If this isn't lit up in red underlines like a christmas tree you need to set up your IDE

[verbal dome]

Everybody knows your error and how to fix it, just configure the IDE first.

[slender nymph]

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

[polar loom]

I use VS Code

[lethal smelt]

I use notepad

[slender nymph]

in that case
#💻┃code-beginner message

[polar acorn]

We know

[grand snow]

follow these instructions to set it up correctly as it should give you help but its not rn:
https://on.unity.com/vscode

[polar acorn]

configure it using the linked instructions

then look at what's underlined in red and fix it

[polar loom]

I’m sorry I’m new and I’m trying my best with tuts

But there is no new tuts

Anymore

[rich adder]

the link they sent is literally the tutorial

[grand snow]

thats okay but please do as we say and correct your vs code so it can help you out more

[polar loom]

How do I what’s the error yall seen

Idk

[slender nymph]

configure your IDE before receiving help. it is a requirement

[lethal smelt]

I'm starting to think he doing this on purpose yall

[polar loom]

It is configured

[polar loom]

I’m not

[polar acorn]

Which means you absolutely, 100%, need to configure your IDE. If you aren't getting autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and error underlining, you will not learn anything

[rich adder]

ya think?

[polar loom]

Idk

[lethal smelt]

99.9% sure yea

[polar acorn]

Okay, so what's the first thing in your script that's underlined in red

[rich ice]

[polar loom]

There ain’t nothing spelled wrong? Or is it just code wrong?

[polar acorn]

What's the first thing in your script that's underlined in red

start there

[polar loom]

Ion see nthng

[rich ice]

did you follow EVERY step in the set-up guide

[polar loom]

Doing it now

[grand snow]

👏

[polar acorn]

Then you have not configured your IDE

And it would be best to stop pretending you have

follow the instructions

get the syntax highlighting

[polar loom]

I didn’t know

I’m not pretending

[polar acorn]

Then, and only then, can you solve your problems

[grand snow]

look they dont know any better so we had to tell them (but they didnt trust us)

[polar loom]

So will it underline wrong code?

[grand snow]

YES

[polar loom]

Ok

[grand snow]

red squiggle like in word or g docs

[lethal smelt]

it write code for you too

big bonus

[polar loom]

Nice I used chat gpt but for this code I did it myself

In the past

Before I tried learning

[lethal smelt]

tip

try not to use ai too much

[polar loom]

Yeah I didn’t for this one

[lethal smelt]

especially if ur new to this

only way to learn is by making mistakes

[polar loom]

Ok

I swear I’m not trolling I’m just extremely slow

When it comes to coding

[grand snow]

we all saw the errors in your code cus we have been doing this for years but you will learn that too

we also all rely on our IDE to help us out which is why its good to get it working

[polar loom]

Ok

I’m doing the external tools

Rn

Turning it on

Is that it?

[rich adder]

its not done until it underlines red, otherwise no need to keep spamming plz

https://unity.huh.how/ide-configuration/visual-studio-code#if-you-are-experiencing-issues

[polar loom]

Ok question

[grand snow]

close vs code then re open it by double clicking a script file in the unity editor. Hopefully this time it opens correctly

[polar loom]

In the package manager if it says “Unlock” “Remove” and on the image it just shows remove do I click “Unlock”

I did it

[lethal smelt]

💥

[polar loom]

Let’s see! Ima restart the editor

Uhhh I restarted the editor and nothing happened

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/ide-configuration/visual-studio-code#if-you-are-experiencing-issues

[polar loom]

Thanks

[polar loom]

Guys it’s talking about there not being a net sdk do I install it

[rich adder]

you did not read the link sent did ya

oh well

[cosmic dagger]

If it's not there, but it's talking about it; you prolly need it . . .

[polar loom]

Ok

[scarlet hull]

why is this lamp not here

its here in game mode not in scene

collider and everything works

i can touch it

[wintry quarry]

It's probably not in view of the camera

[scarlet hull]

but sprite is not rendering

[wintry quarry]

Or it's behind other stuff

[scarlet hull]

i have it on a higher layer

[wintry quarry]

Show what you have

Also

Wrong channel

Not a code question

[void thicket]

Check Z

[scarlet hull]

and where must i ask it?

how big of a mistake from me to accidentally ask unity ??? question in the unity CODING channel

i hope the big unity gods out there save my soul

truly i am sorry

my sins shall be never forgotten

i shall bear them and stand strong

thank you mr.PraetorBlue for pointing my sin out

[west radish]

You aren't in trouble or anything

Keeping channels focused on their own topic is for everyones benefit

[faint agate]

Hello, I have this script that auto scrolls since im using keyboard to scroll. I dont want the auto scroll to happen on the last button going onto the next off screen but the button before the last one, so it starts auto scrolls on the one before last . Ive been trying for awhile
https://pastecode.io/s/rtt44h96

[gray pawn]

I been following a tutorial and i noticed the words on my side weren't highlighted in color is that ok or no?

[slender nymph]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[thorn holly]

It means your ide isn’t configured, follow the instructions above

[west radish]

That's a very very heavy script to read, it's going to be real tough for anyone to figure out what part deals with what, especially with how unfocused it is

The problem sounds like you just need to ignore the first and last iteration in a for loop

for(int i = 1; i < foo.count - 1; i++) something like this

[fierce plume]

heyyy guysss i need some simple help so If I wanted to change the position of a game object but didn't know how to get the name in order to change the game objects position what would you tell me

[slender nymph]

learn how to correctly get a reference to the object instead of relying on its name

[fierce plume]

oh how do I do that

[slender nymph]

did you know that blue text indicates a link

[fierce plume]

oh nope

thanks

[west radish]

For something called a hyperlink, it sure doesn't move around a whole lot

[gray pawn]

how'd you do that?

[slender nymph]

it's a markdown link

[gray pawn]

quite handy

[lavish magnet]

Yes are yiu still here? Like the split model visibly looks split but together like small cracks are visible

[night raptor]

I’m (it’s almost 4 am here so I’ll go get some sleep now). Generally you would keep two versions of the model, one with only one mesh and the second one made of parts. Only when you want the model to crumble apart/explode/whatever you would switch to the multi part model.

[worthy veldt]

I want to make a bool toggle in editor that will show other variable, ex: "IsCutAble" bool will show things to be filled, like energy needed, cut wood prefab, yield amount etc.

I made one, but essentially unused because i only have 1 processing activity. now that i look into it, search result shows codes using editor or gui but there's none in my script.

[rich ice]

you mean something like this?

also, anything that involves the editor typically goes in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[worthy veldt]

i do remember making it myself with simple lines, perhaps i do use 3rd party tool but not editor extension

but yes i found what i want in the github, ill use it for now. ill stumble upon my own code eventually, it should be here somewhere

[frigid sequoia]

If I use GetComponent and there are a bunch of the component I am looking for, it does always return the same one or one random?

[frosty hound]

It's not a guaranteed thing I don't think?

[rich ice]

isn't it the top one first?

oh nvm.
according to a random guy on stack overflow its the top one first
although according to the docs

Note: GetComponent returns only the first matching component found on the GameObject on which it is called, and the order that the components are checked is not defined. Therefore, if there are more than one of the specified type that could match, and you need to find a specific one, you should use Component.GetComponents and check the list of components returned to identify the one you want.

[faint agate]

was this advice for me?

[frigid sequoia]

I want to do a thing where characters get a typical absorb shield that takes X amount of damage before breaking, but they also can stack. Like... shield 1 for 100 for 5 secs and then shield 2 for 150 for 3 secs for example. These are managed by a status effect script that attaches to the object for each shield and basically says "while this is on the char it has +X shield, when expires, remove -X from shield if possible and remove this script". So I have to have a reference to who casted the shield (to attribute to them the damage mitigation) and when the shield takes damage I have to know which one did (which I think should be either the top one or the one with less time remaining, not sure) so I don't remove shield value comming from another shield

[wintry quarry]

Use an actual Stack. Don't rely on the hierarchy in Unity

Or List or whatever

[frigid sequoia]

I could have a List of all current shield type scripts on the target on the health manager, yeah

And whenever the shield takes damage attribute that damage to whichever shield on the list has the less time reamaining, I think it makes sense

Maybe even better use a Dictionary

[frigid sequoia]

Is this gonna do the thing that I expect it to do or did I mess it up?

I am not quite sure I understood the example and it's kinda messy to check for myself

[cosmic dagger]

You can a small script to check if it works . . .

• create a MonoBehaviour script
• create a c# class with a Duration field (on the same script)
• add a list of the c# class to the MonoBehaviour script
• add a CompareTo method to the c# class (this will compare the duration)
• implement IComparable<InsertClassName> on c# class
• from the inspector (of the MonoBehaviour script), add 3-4 items (instances) to the list
• set random duration for each instance: 1, 2, 3, 4 (out of order)
• call List.Sort in Start of MonoBehaviour script
• check the list from the inspector to see if the order correctly changed

[frigid sequoia]

I am not sure I undertands that

I have not really used a IComparable before

[brazen narwhal]

anyone here familiar with gm2 and unity? I need to transform a gms2 script to c#

[cosmic dagger]

It's all there in steps. you can search it to see an example of what to do . . .

Which part are yuo stuck on?

[frigid sequoia]

Why even add the IComparable? Isn't that basically creating 4 objects with a test script and see if they get ordered right with that?

[lapis yew]

Well, you still need to order the list right

Or use Where() to pick the right one

[cosmic dagger]

No, instead of creating a custom sort delegate (like your image above), you create a CompareTo method inside the class you want to sort . . .

It's easier to have your compare (Sort) method in the class in case it changes and to have more control over it . . .

[lapis yew]

It looks to me like Daleo wants to pick 1 item that has the less of x. Seems like you don't need to sort the list, instead use Where() to locate the correct one

Unless there's a meaning to actually sorting the list

[cosmic dagger]

They want to order the list from least to greatest . . .

[cosmic dagger]

Just show me what you have so far (from the steps I listed above) . . .

[frigid sequoia]

Give me a sec, I am setting some other thing

[last owl]

I need a way to add an objects vector3 position to a list/array when it is created, then after it moves somewhere else and is destroyed, that specific vector3 value is removed from the list/array. Basically I don't want a new object being spawned in the same spot as another object has until that first object is destroyed.

[cosmic dagger]

When the object is instantiated, add its position to the list. When it is destroyed, remove it from the list. The script that manages the object instantiation can have access to this list or use events to add/remove position when created and destroyed . . .

[last owl]

so I have a general "enemy" script attached to every enemy object that is instantiated, how do I keep track of which specific spawn position is tied to which specific instantiated enemy object since the enemies current position when destroyed will be different

[edgy tangle]

Why don’t you just make the spawn position into a member variable of the enemy then? And add each enemy to a list on instantiation. When instantiating a new enemy, it first checks the active enemies’ “Spawn Position” property and is prohibited from spawning at the same position as one held by an existing enemy

Otherwise you could use a dictionary to have a key/value pair (enemy, spawn position), or create a custom struct or class to wrap the two together.

Or use tuples

In any case, you either make the spawn position a member variable or you couple it together in some sort of other wrapper.

Member variable would probably be easiest, because then you can have the enemy register itself (and its spawn position) either to a static dictionary or to some other mediator class, and then also unregister itself.

[shell orchid]

for some reason when i go to right click it only works with E but i dont see anyway to fix https://pastebin.com/AzsFmiit

[last owl]

When you say "member variable" do you just mean a general variable declared outside of a function? How would I store each instantiated enemies vector3 coordinates if its not an array/list?

[ancient halo]

i'm having a small problem with entity spawning
i have an entity prefab and i Instantiate it in this way
but i get an expected behavior which the new entity appears at the location specified in the prefab before it transports to the new location i set down there
i expected this but have no idea how to fix it now

` Entity newUnit = state.EntityManager.Instantiate(currentItem.UnitPrefab);

        RefRW<GameEntity> gameEntity = SystemAPI.GetComponentRW<GameEntity>(newUnit);
        gameEntity.ValueRW.Team = factoryGameEntity.ValueRO.Team;
        gameEntity.ValueRW.Owner = factoryGameEntity.ValueRO.Owner;
        
        var position = factoryData.ValueRO.UnitSpawnPositionTransform;
        
        state.EntityManager.SetComponentData(
            newUnit, 
            LocalTransform.FromPosition(
                localTransform.ValueRO.TransformPoint(position)));`

i tried changing the prefab's LocalTransform to the new location before Instantiating it using SystemAPI and state.EntityManager
i also tried using a command buffer and using playback but it still the same problem

SystemAPI.GetComponentRW<LocalTransform>(currentItem.UnitPrefab).ValueRW = LocalTransform.FromPosition( localTransform.ValueRO.TransformPoint(factoryData.ValueRO.UnitSpawnPositionTransform));

[novel nymph]

is it possible to move your camera (not the POV in the game) to a object?

[teal viper]

Wdym by "not the POV"?

[cosmic dagger]

Huh? Can you clarify? Do you mean how to move the actual camera position or what the camera is pointing at?

[novel nymph]

I mean the camera that is used to edit the game, like this one

[teal viper]

Is this ECS related? Maybe ask in #1062393052863414313 then.

[astral falcon]

Press F when selected?

[novel nymph]

thx

[vapid plinth]

Im having an issue with my movement system, I created a public float for the speed, but in the void update parameter it says its doesn't exist

[rich ice]

!code !screenshots typo

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Use links to services like:
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📃 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.

[rich ice]

guh, never get this command right

[vapid plinth]

Thanks

Thanks so much, didn't realise there was a typo and spent 20 minutes trying to fix it

[rich ice]

its a very common error lol

if you get that error, make sure to double check your spelling

[vapid plinth]

Will do thanks again