💻┃code-beginner

[maiden estuary]

I did everything on the site, yeah.

[maiden estuary]

Hey everyone, I know this isnt exactly coding but I cant possibly begin to think where else to try and find an answer to this so I defaulted to here.

Im using CodeAcademy to try and learn C#, and literallt the 3rd thing it asks me to do I dont even know what It wasnts from me. What the hell is a CS and why am I typing it? What does it do and do I even have it? Im so bafflingly confused as to whats going on.

[naive pawn]

you mean cd?

cd stands for "__c__hange __d__irectory", it's used to navigate the file system

i'd recommend googling that sort of thing in the future

but uh, you sure it doesn't want you to actually open the project in vscode?

this thing

[dapper mirage]

{

    public Transform player;
    public Vector3 offset;
    public float smoothSpeed = 0.005f;
    // Update is called once per frame
    void LateUpdate()
    {
        if (player == null) return;
        Vector3 desiredPosition = player.position + offset;
        Vector3 smoothedPosition = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, desiredPosition, smoothSpeed);
        transform.position = smoothedPosition;
    }
}```
Trying to make a script to make the camera follow the player smoothly but it ends up looking really jittery

[naive pawn]

also @maiden estuary if you're asking about just c# stuff unrelated to unity (project setup is kinda handled by unity) then maybe ask in the csharp server
https://discord.gg/csharp

[naive pawn]

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

[naive pawn]

sorry i misremembered the url

yeah i posted that above

i edited my message to point to the right place

[dapper mirage]

oh okay lol

thanks

[maiden estuary]

Im just following the learning on code academy, it goes download VSC, download an SDk, then to this. Theres nothing that says anything about making a project, making a folder, nothing.

[naive pawn]

im not sure it's the source of the jittering issue, though; just something to be aware of

[maiden estuary]

I didnt google it because I didnt even know if it was a term, it couldve been like, a file name they made or something

[naive pawn]

create a new console app project using the terminal

[maiden estuary]

How

I dont like

Am I just fucking dense what

[naive pawn]

generally the first step is to google stuff
"console cd", "terminal cd" both get you results about what it is

[naive pawn]

the video you sent includes creating a plain c# project in that 2nd step

i don't know how, i don't do plain c#, only unity lol
unity handles this section for you

[maiden estuary]

Oh boy off to some other forum or something to find answers

Thank you

[naive pawn]

could be this one

[maiden estuary]

I tried typing "CD Desktop" and while it produced a different result, it said it doesnt exist?

[naive pawn]

not sure why you'd go there, "desktop" seems pretty unrelated to this whole thing

[maiden estuary]

Cause I made the folder on my desktop, I figured it out and I was on the right track

Oh god dammit I need to move my unity from MSV to VSC fuck

[naive pawn]

...huh?

no clue what msv is here, but you definitely don't need to move unity into vsc

they work alongside each other

[maiden estuary]

I have it so it runs on Mocrosoft Visual Studio, but now because of this code academy I moved over what I'm coding in to Visual Studio Code, so now I would have to change what it's recieving from to VSC would I not?

[naive pawn]

unity doesn't have to "move" anywhere

[maiden estuary]

Poor word choice

[naive pawn]

also visual studio is just known as vs

are you talking about the "external editor" configuration in unity? if so then yeah you would have to change that

btw though; if you're just planning on learning c# for unity, maybe just skip the project setup stuff and get to the actual language, since that'd be what you'd be using

[maiden estuary]

Yeah that's what I'm doing now. I started off just trying to figure out how the engine itself worked, foolishly thinking that made more sense

[maiden estuary]

I don't even remember how to do this god dammit

[naive pawn]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

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

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[maiden estuary]

I got it but ty tho

Oh thats real fucken nice

[dapper mirage]

Is there a better shape/size of hitbox to use for this or nah

This is when the player is falling

[stuck field]

Depends on the context, for humanoids, usually capsules are the best way to go surrounding the head, body, and legs in a standing state

Boxes are fine, capsules just work better for humanoids at least in my experience

[dapper mirage]

Good stuff thank you very much

[stuck field]

Also your question isn't really code related, so you would be better off asking in #💻┃unity-talk considering the question

[maiden estuary]

ty mb

[naive pawn]

give it a sec to add the file to the project

[toxic flower]

may someone please help me with my code?

[naive pawn]

!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

[naive pawn]

can't help if we don't know what to help with, so don't ask to ask

[toxic flower]

okay

so im following the Brackeys youtube channel cube guide thing (i can send link if needed) and the code wont work

found it

it was a typo

[rapid laurel]

Hello guys, I'm not sure why my Coin object isn't appearing. I initially thought it was because the BulletController script I’m using to instantiate the coin gets destroyed when my bullet collides with an enemy. However, I’m dropping the coin before deleting anything, and I also have the reference to the coin prefab correctly assigned. I've tried debugging, but all I get is that the bulletPrefab is null.
It should drop when I kill an enemy, heres the code:
https://pastecode.io/s/dw8fgv47

[frail hawk]

can you explain this part?

   Invoke("EnableCollision", delayBeforeDestroy);
   

    private void EnableCollision()
    {
        GetComponent<Collider2D>().enabled = true;
    }

[tired garden]

Hello, can anyone tell me why the resolution is weird when I export my game, even though I've selected the resolution by hand?

[keen dew]

The game view resolution in the editor doesn't affect the build in any way

[frail hawk]

also i guess you want to use random value instead random range here :

float chance = Random.Range(0f, 1f); // Generate a random chance

        // 50% chance to drop a coin
        if (chance <= 0.5f)
        {
            GameObject newCoin = Instantiate(coinPrefab, position, Quaternion.identity); // Instantiate coin
        }

[rapid laurel]

It's a delay that I have set to 0 in the inspector, so it shouldn't affect anything. I had it to disable the bullet collider

[frail hawk]

ok, change the random.range part please and see if it is what you want

[rapid laurel]

i'll try now thanks mate ❤️

[keen dew]

it's exactly the same thing

[frail hawk]

oh he is converting it into float

[frail hawk]

use some Debug.Logs, make sure the collision is really taking place etc.

[woven scaffold]

hey, just a seemingly simple question. why does it feel like intelisense is getting trashier and trashier? it keeps suggesting to add whole blocks of code, instead of autocompleting simple lines like myBool = true;

im on vscode btw. and no copilot. but it feels like it is copilot thats doing these suggestions from how bad they are

like, every time i make any brackets, it tries to tell me what script im trying to make while it has no idea what im actually doing

[naive pawn]

it sounds like you're talking about intellicode, not intellisense
could you show an example of what you're talking about?

[tepid summit]

Hey i have a script here in a 3D game where it's meant to detect a collision and send a debug.log, then run a coroutine but nothing is happening when the gameobjects touch. Can someone please help?

public float UnitClass;
public GameObject Ore, Ingot;
void Start()
{
    if (this.CompareTag("Drill"))
    {
        UnitClass = 1;
    }
}

void OnTriggerStay(Collider other)
{       
    if (other.CompareTag("Mineable"))
    {
        if (UnitClass == 1)
        {
            Debug.Log("Mineable Found");
            StartCoroutine(DrillMineOre());
        }
    }
}
    IEnumerator DrillMineOre()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(3);
        Instantiate(Ore);
        yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(1);
    }```

[sour fulcrum]

don't directly compare floats

[woven scaffold]

holdon let me se if i can get it to do it with a good example

[tepid summit]

where

[sour fulcrum]

UnitClass

[tepid summit]

yeah i just realsied

so what do i do

[sour fulcrum]

ints or other values

you should debug log in the compare tag and in the ontriggerstay aswell

figure out where specifically thing isnt happening

[tepid summit]

alright

[naive pawn]

should UnitClass even be a float

[woven scaffold]

here i just made an if, and thats it. nothing of what its suggesting here would be desired as its essentially copying previous code but badly

[frail hawk]

also becarefull , you would be starting a ton of Coroutines if the OnCollisionStay takes place

Darkovic

[tepid summit]

yeah im gonna fix tha

[naive pawn]

yeah that seems like intellicode. more AI garbage

[sour fulcrum]

didnt mention that because i figured it would mention itself when it happens 😛

[tepid summit]

i changed to int and added more debug.logs and still nothing

[woven scaffold]

is there anything i can do about it?

[naive pawn]

search in settings for "intellicode"

[woven scaffold]

cool, ill try that

[naive pawn]

is the situation matching the conditions for OnTriggerStay to be triggered?
https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages/trigger-matrix-3d

[tepid summit]

forgot you need rb's for trigger stuff

its been a while alright

what does kinematic do again

[naive pawn]

makes the rb do less (doesn't respond to collision or forces) so it can be moved manually

[tepid summit]

alright sick

ty all

[tepid summit]

wdym? everything here looks just fine to me

[tepid summit]

would making the coroutine restart itself at the end of the cycle be bad?

e.g:

{
  yield return new WaitForSeconds(4);
  StartCoroutine(Coroutine())
}

[verbal dome]

Just use a while(true) loop instead

With the yield inside the loop

Otherwise you are creating new coroutines which creates garbage

(Which isnt a huge concern every 4 seconds but might as well do it the better way)

[tepid summit]

would you be able to provide a quick example please

never done whiletrue in unity

[naive pawn]

IEnumerator MyCoroutine() {
  while (true) {
    // do thing every n seconds
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(n);
  }
}

[tepid summit]

naturally, id be able to swap out "true" with any bool, yes?

also

wouldi have to manually start the first coroutine or will it happen automatically when (true)

[north kiln]

Also note that this setup won't be accurate over time, if that matters to you you'll need to yield per-frame and track time manually

[tepid summit]

thats alright

[verbal dome]

You'd start this once and it will run forever unless you change true to some condition or break out of the loop

And as long as the owning object is active

[tepid summit]

so hypothetically if i had:

public int MyInt;
void Start()
{
StartCoroutine(Coroutine());
}

IEnumerator Coroutine()
 while (MyInt == 3) {
    
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(n);
  }
}

would that work

[verbal dome]

Sure

[tepid summit]

what does sure mean

is there an issue

[verbal dome]

It would work

[tepid summit]

alright

[verbal dome]

Although, if MyInt is not 3 when you first start the coroutine, it doesn't get a chance to check it again

[tepid summit]

ah ok

[tepid summit]

would it still do this if i put the startcoroutine part in update

[naive pawn]

you should probably just start it in OnTriggerEnter and end it in OnTriggerExit or something

[tepid summit]

yeah but ive already come all this way and id like to look at this whiletrue thing

[verbal dome]

If you want to use coroutines here, maybe you want something like cs IEnumerator Coroutine() { yield return new WaitForSeconds(4); if(MyInt == 3) StartCoroutine(Coroutine()); }

(I didn't read all the previous messages yet)

[tepid summit]

i asked about doing that and somebody else said it wasnt a great idea

[verbal dome]

Wait that was me

[tepid summit]

i will try it however

oh

oh wait yeah thats what starte this whole thing

[verbal dome]

Do you need something to repeat?

[tepid summit]

ye

and i need a delay between repeats

[verbal dome]

I think Chris' suggestion is the best here #💻┃code-beginner message

If you want to use the while loop for learning purposes you can do something like this
OnTriggerEnter -> set a bool to true and start coroutine
OnTriggerExit -> set the bool to false
Coroutine -> while(thatBool) { ... }

[rocky canyon]

simple structure ^

[naive pawn]

could also use while (true) and a StopCoroutine

[verbal dome]

Or store a reference to the coroutine and stop it in ontriggerrexit

Yea

[tepid summit]

oh thats what its called

[frail trench]

both objects have collider component and one rigidbody I guessing and is trigger on one, OnCollisionEnter for physical and onTriggerEnter ( for trigger) , also make sure the layers can collide with each other in the matrix

hope that helps

[tepid summit]

i took the message too literaly and tried to write EndCoroutine()

[rocky canyon]

no worries ur in good company

cachedCoroutine = StartCoroutine(myCoroutine());

StopCoroutine(cachedCoroutine);

[frail trench]

{
    private Coroutine myCoroutine;
    public int MyInt = 0;

 void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        myCoroutine = StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());
    }
void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        myCoroutine = StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());
    }

void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        if (myCoroutine != null)
        {
            StopCoroutine(myCoroutine);
            myCoroutine = null;
        }
    }
 IEnumerator MyCoroutine()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(4);
        
        if (MyInt == 3)
        {
            myCoroutine = StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine()); 
        }
    }
} ```

does this work

sorry I just got here bad formatting

[rocky canyon]

the code formatting?

nah u ignored it

lol

[frail trench]

''' "" ?

[rocky canyon]

nope.. `

[frail trench]

I'm using a 75% keyboard so having to use US a lot to acess hash

[rocky canyon]

backticks.. not quotes

[tepid summit]

``````````` `*

[rocky canyon]

might be easier for u to use a paste-bin then !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.

[verbal dome]

You'd want to check that a myCoroutine is not already running (not null) before starting one

[rocky canyon]

the real MVP

[frail trench]

thanks, fixed it with Darkoviks post

[tepid summit]

took me a while to get it

[tepid summit]

i win yet again

[rocky canyon]

anyway.. best to just

u have the code available to u.. just save it and see 👀

[rocky canyon]

rackin up dubz

[frail trench]

myCoroutine = StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());
}
else
{
myCoroutine = null;
}

[verbal dome]

It's good to keep in mind that you can be inside two triggers or touch two colliders simultaneously

[frail trench]

and for trigger / collision enter if (myCoroutine == null)

[tepid summit]

yeah been doing that between typing

what

[tepid summit]

it has very clearly worked very well with no issues and not at all fked up

[rocky canyon]

does the fox say 🦊

[tepid summit]

totally hasnt gotten worse

[tepid summit]

be bap badee badee ho

[rocky canyon]

sometimes it has to be worse b4 it gets better

[tepid summit]

true

[frail trench]

I put a short clip of what I'm working on in #archived-game-design if anyone has a second for some feedback 😄 ❤️

hope is right place

[tepid summit]

gotta hit rock bottom before the only way is up

[rocky canyon]

well it was

[frail trench]

I need help with the red moving platform

i've tried so many things and it always looks juddery

[verbal dome]

You should use #1180170818983051344 for showcasing and asking for feedback

[rocky canyon]

you can only build a solid foundation atop bedrock 😉

[verbal dome]

(Also I don't think people like it when you advertise on other channels)

[frail trench]

ah right i'll put it in there instead thanks

oh mate its 15 seconds of a prototype I did today not an advert

[tepid summit]

builds solid foundation midair just to spite you

[rocky canyon]

this aint minecraft

[tepid summit]

fark

[tepid summit]

nobody said it was an advert?

[naive pawn]

osmal did

[tepid summit]

oh

[frail trench]

he said advertise on other channels but I need help with the problem in the clip, misunderstnading lads (: !

[verbal dome]

I don't mind that much, just pointing it out

[naive pawn]

also osmal means advertising your question

[verbal dome]

Didn't mean it's a literal advertisement lol

[naive pawn]

stick to one channel; if it doesn't fit, move the question, don't just copy it over

[tepid summit]

sp(delta)wnc(delta)mp is a sick user btw

[frail trench]

sure thing, it's no biggie, just working out how people operate in here and already came in to contribute (: !

no need to argue ❤️

[rocky canyon]

gotta respect the difference 😄

delta's signify my journy or learning.. what i did know vs what i do know.. vs what i thinki know.

[tepid summit]

oi sick

[rocky canyon]

something something Dunning-Kruger effect

[tepid summit]

so does anybody else have any ideas?
(full code for reference): https://paste.mod.gg/yxphbgmjikri/0

[rocky canyon]

what ideas u lookin for?

[tepid summit]

fixes

[rocky canyon]

i bet that frame-rate is wicked

[tepid summit]

a goo and solid 12 spf

[verbal dome]

Still using OnTriggerStay 🤔

We been suggesting Enter+Exit

[rocky canyon]

🤔 i agree

[tepid summit]

better than modded minecraft

[rocky canyon]

Enter -> Exit the way to go. to avoid Spam

[tepid summit]

oh yeah forgot

[rocky canyon]

Stay go brrrrrr

[frail trench]

yeah and check I-enum is null in else statement on each

[tepid summit]

what

[verbal dome]

Nothing here stops it from starting a coroutine every physics frame in ontriggerstay

[naive pawn]

uhhh the enumerator?

i don't think anyone abbreviates it like that lol

[rocky canyon]

IEnumerator i think they meant

[tepid summit]

yeah

[naive pawn]

if you're gonna shorten it just drop the I lol

[rocky canyon]

i thought they were saying enum in french

[frail trench]

like this

[rocky canyon]

le enum

[naive pawn]

l'enum

[rocky canyon]

lol

[naive pawn]

(i don't know french)

[frail trench]

no sleep its 2:27pm over here in England, cut me some slack ;;D

[verbal dome]

I would add to the coroutinecs if(MyInt == 3) { ... } else myCoroutine = null;

[rocky canyon]

people that develop at all hours of the night.. i just have so much concern for their code-base..

[verbal dome]

Because it doesn't get set to null automatically

[rocky canyon]

what if it ends?

yield return null;

[verbal dome]

The reference stays

[rocky canyon]

ohh interesting

[verbal dome]

Only unity objects can magically become "null" even though you still hold a reference to them

[frail trench]

yeah in uni they insisted for good reason to always clear states and ints that will be potentially used in memory or active, even when 'le compiler didint care' lol

[rocky canyon]

the left side is a function.. in ur screenshot

[tepid summit]

so no brackets

nope didnt work

[verbal dome]

You need to store a reference to the coroutine. This part of the example: cs private Coroutine myCoroutine; ... myCoroutine = StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());

[rocky canyon]

Coroutine mineCoroutine;

void StartMining()
{
    if (mineCoroutine == null)
        mineCoroutine = StartCoroutine(DrilleMineOre());
}```

```cs
void StopMining()
{
    if (mineCoroutine != null)
    {
        StopCoroutine(mineCoroutine);
        mineCoroutine = null;
    }
}```

this is how i would start it out if i were doing something like that..

firstly just get my coroutine being cached.. and reset to null.. and having methods to start and stop the coroutine

[frail trench]

{
    public int UnitClass;
    public bool ShouldDrill;
    public GameObject Ore, Ingot, BeltItem;
    private Coroutine drillCoroutine;
    
    void Start()
    {
        if (this.CompareTag("Drill"))
            UnitClass = 1;
        else if (this.CompareTag("Furnace"))
            UnitClass = 2;
        else if (this.CompareTag("Belt"))
            UnitClass = 3;
    }

    void OnTriggerStay(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Mineable") && UnitClass == 1)
        {
            Debug.Log("Mineable Found");
            Debug.Log("Drilling");
            
            if (!ShouldDrill)
            {
                ShouldDrill = true;
                if (drillCoroutine == null)
                    drillCoroutine = StartCoroutine(DrillMineOre());
            }
        }
        else if (UnitClass == 2 && other.CompareTag("Ore"))
        {
            other.gameObject.SetActive(false);
            Instantiate(Ingot, transform.position + new Vector3(0, 1, 0), Quaternion.identity);
        }
        else if (UnitClass == 3)
        {
            if (other.CompareTag("Ore"))
                BeltItem = other.gameObject;
            
            if (BeltItem != null)
                BeltItem.transform.Translate(0.25f, 0, 0);
        }
    }
    
    void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Mineable") && UnitClass == 1)
        {
            ShouldDrill = false;
        }
    }

    IEnumerator DrillMineOre()
    {
        while (ShouldDrill)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(3);
            Instantiate(Ore, transform.position + new Vector3(0, 1, 0), Quaternion.identity);
            yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(1);
        }
        drillCoroutine = null;
    }
}

try this

[rocky canyon]

then i'd just iterate and refactor

[frail trench]

and if not its still the IEnumerator needing to be nulled on the collosions

else derp im ded

Oh crap i think i just put your code

just to double check put again

[rocky canyon]

void StartMining()
{
    if (mineCoroutine != null) StopCoroutine(mineCoroutine);
    mineCoroutine = StartCoroutine(DrilleMineOre());
}

// to start mining we stop the old mining first (if there is one)

// then we cache the *new* one

void StopMining()
{
    if (mineCoroutine != null) StopCoroutine(mineCoroutine);
    mineCoroutine = null;
}

// to stop mining we check if we *are* already mining.. and if we are.. we stop it and clear the reference

[tepid summit]

huh the what now

[frail trench]

I think the update() is a bad place to have the coroutine called

because its making it every frame

[tepid summit]

we noted that

[rocky canyon]

fr.. wouldnt the OnTriggerEnter -> be the one in charge of calling or starting the coroutine

welp, id much rather wake up to discussions of coroutines..

yesterday it was Quaternions 😄

[tepid summit]

hol up i think i did it

[frail trench]

yeah but ive done handles for ontriggerexit and null checks in that code snippet it should work

[tepid summit]

nevermind

[rocky canyon]

https://pastes.dev/BF9KKVgKcw 🥣

[tepid summit]

soup bowl goes hard

[rocky canyon]

i gotta hop off a sec.. just wanted to post up my example if need be.. 👋

oof apparently i can't spell Drill either..

[tepid summit]

ok so we are a step closer

[rocky canyon]

hecks ya

[tepid summit]

aww man see ya

[rocky canyon]

so this was wishful thinking?

[tepid summit]

pree much

[rocky canyon]

see ya, i'll be around most of the day... just gotta get my day started first b4 i settle back down 👍

[tepid summit]

fair

[tepid summit]

holy ||shit|| your thing worked tysm

i frankensteined it into my code and it works

[verbal dome]

I'd still add a mineCoroutine = null; at the end of the coroutine

[tepid summit]

(almost)

just working on the instantiate now but the hard parts over for all i care

[rocky canyon]

lol u had a 70-80 percent chance it would or wouldn't...

actually its 100 percent it works as it is. but its only debugging.. the part where it normally breaks is implementing it wth ur own custom logic

[tepid summit]

there i did it

[rocky canyon]

but sounds to me like uv gotten on the right path

[tepid summit]

i am king of unity

[rocky canyon]

wanna finish my game for me then?

[tepid summit]

(false news)

[tepid summit]

ye alr what is it

[rocky canyon]

open world skyrim clone

[tepid summit]

done

[rocky canyon]

lol j/k its just a simple lowpoly first person shooter

[tepid summit]

i did it already

ill do that

ive made like 9

[wild peak]

Release it in steam for him

[tepid summit]

hold on lemme think

ive made 13 - 14

[tepid summit]

if he pays

or if i get a cut

whichever

[rocky canyon]

workin on projectiles at the moment

gotta tell em about a thing called "gravity"

and they should be fine

[rocky canyon]

so can u confirm? did you fix ur issue?

[tepid summit]

btw heres a list if anybody wants:

• GunKill 1 (7 versions)
• GunKIll 2: Ultimate Demise (3 versions)
• GunKill Online ( 2 - 4 versions i forgot)

[tepid summit]

pretty much

here one sec

[tepid summit]

bruhh alright let me convert

there we go

[tepid summit]

pov religion in 1500:

[rocky canyon]

https://getsharex.com/

this is a really good app if ur sharing vids alot

[tepid summit]

nah not really but thanks

[rocky canyon]

np.. converting mkv's are fun too

[spark sinew]

hi y'all, question on wireframe objects. When I create a wireframe object, the color of the wires are a function of how far away I am from the object (for example if I have a wireframe plane, some elements are red, others are green, yellow, etc, all as a function of the radius between me and that particular point. Can we have just a single color for the wireframe object?

[teal viper]

What component is that? I don't remember there being something like that in unity by default

[tepid summit]

yeah me neither i think its a custom script

bro im so used to being in vs that i just tried to press control s before sending that message

[verbal dome]

That sounds like one of the XR (?) debugging shaders

Spatial mapping wireframe shader or something like that

Is that it?

[frigid sequoia]

Hey, can I not Invoke an Event from outside it's script?

[verbal dome]

@spark sinew This one, right?

I guess it's included in HDRP by default

[spark sinew]

yes, correct. I have the same effect

and you can have other layers beyond just red and green

[frigid sequoia]

Like, this but without the wrapping method. I want to call it from another script

[verbal dome]

@spark sinew I guess you can try editing the shader (a copy of it) and removing the color gradient functionality

But if you need help with that then #archived-shaders

Or just look for a similiar shader online

[sour fulcrum]

im pretty sure you have to wrap it

[verbal dome]

Remove the event keyword from it

AFAIK all it does is prevent it from being invoked from the outside

[frigid sequoia]

Mmmm, so I would have no real reason to make it an event to begin with then

[rocky canyon]

you have to have the VR stuff installed to use that shader?

[slender nymph]

if you want it to be invoked from outside of the containing object then it does not need the event keyword

[verbal dome]

Let me see where it came from

I don't have any VR packages in the project

I think it just came with HDRP, not sure

[rocky canyon]

thanks.. i'll look into it

been wanting a generic one to use

[frigid sequoia]

I have a manager that takes care of when some children are enable or dissabled and notifies that to the UI to update accordingly, but it may happen too that the children become inactive from outside the manager influence, I think I do need it to be called from outside, but maybe I am just making a mess lol

[wintry quarry]

The entire point of the "event" keyword is to prevent this

If you want to do it from outside remove the "event" keyword

I would just recommend the wrapper method anyway though

[sour fulcrum]

why are the children becoming inactive outside the managers influence

[frigid sequoia]

Cause they attach to other objects and I am reseting from their own script when the object is destroyed instead of calling the manager, since that would require some unneeded list iterations

[blazing prairie]

is it fine to getLoclizedString in update ?

[rocky canyon]

depends on ur definition of "Fine" lol

myself i'd only get it when and if it changes

could use a flag to mark it as dirty when it needs updated

a couple of strings aren't gonna make a noticeable difference tho

[verbal dome]

What's the usecase?

[blazing prairie]

i want to update some descriptions in which some numbers and multipliers changes with some player actions quickly and some score and stats display ?

[verbal dome]

Doesn't sound like it needs to be in Update, it'd be better to change only when something changes

[blazing prairie]

I think i have a little messed up code with so many events and stuff that i myself am not sure when those values changes as there were many modifier so i just put in the ui stuff in update but now that i am localizing my game its becoming a pain :<

[verbal dome]

Sometimes it's good to take a bit of time to refactor things into something that's easier to work with

[blazing prairie]

yes thats what i am thinking

[crisp vortex]

yo does anyone want to check my code cuz im running my game but i cant seem to move even with the code i implemented if anyone has a solution plz dm me

[naive pawn]

we don't do DM support here, just ask

[crisp vortex]

oh mb

[naive pawn]

if you think the code is the issue, show !code as per below:

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[crisp vortex]

alr thx

[azure dust]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

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

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[tepid summit]

love how my game is so well optimised it cant handle more than 13 conveyer belts

beautiful work on my part, really

however, hundreds of loose, physics-based items is alright

honestly i dont think i couldve done better

[rocky canyon]

maybe they dont all need to be physics objects? or atleast not all the time..

maybe theres some optimizations to be had

if 100s of physics objects is just part of the gameloop then you'll probably want to find some optimizations somewhere somehow

[frigid sequoia]

How can I order the children of a gameObject? I have a button that adds a prefab UI element to the hierarchy and I want it to be exactly on top of the button and after everything else

[slender nymph]

hint: look at the docs for the Transform class

[rich adder]

~~ez pz https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Transform.SetAsLastSibling.html~~

[frigid sequoia]

Mmmm.... I was thinking more of GetSiblingIndex (of the buttom) and then SetSiblingIndex (of the instantiated prefab) to that one

[rich adder]

Ohh cool. I thought you meant "on top" in UI . gotcha..

[frigid sequoia]

I want it to be the last one of children, but always before the buttom (which would remain)

[rich adder]

makes sense.. I literally just learned about SetIndex myself now lol I havent played around hierarchy too much via code

[tepid summit]

100s of physics objects is fine tho

ive fixed it

hold on

[rocky canyon]

depends on the code tbh.. im almost positive i could get 100 physics objects to crash out 😄

[tepid summit]

ok i havent quite got it but its close enough for me to focus on other tasks

[tepid summit]

ill dm you a build of the game if'n ya'd liek

whyd i tirn texan

[rocky canyon]

just create u a #1180170818983051344

[tepid summit]

whyd i go buster scruggs mode

[rocky canyon]

🗨️ "if'n" pretty cool word

[tepid summit]

alright im done

[tepid summit]

thats what im sayin

[brisk flume]

How should i start about learning code plz i am so lost rn

[naive pawn]

[grand snow]

time to learn

[meager gust]

Make a console application and learn the basics before jumping into 3D applications

[rich adder]

make an RPG in console you will be a c# expert in no time xD

[river vapor]

why do i keep getting this error?

[rich adder]

did you actually read it ?

cause it tells you why exactly you are getting it

[river vapor]

yes but i dont know what to change in player settings

[naive pawn]

do you want to use the old or new system

[river vapor]

well

what changes between those two?

[naive pawn]

...how you use them

[river vapor]

i want the new system ig

[naive pawn]

cool, then uh, stop using the old one?

right now you have it set to use the new system, but you have code using the old system

[rich adder]

then you can't use anything in the Input. class

[river vapor]

oh

[river vapor]

what do i use instead?

[rich adder]

the many ways New Input system supports

Event , Messages or Polling

imo if you're new to unity you should probably learn the old inputs first

so tutorials dont look confusing

[river vapor]

alr

[rocky canyon]

you find it here..
You can use either the Old the New or Both

i currently have it set to Both.. b/c im learning the new system.. but alot of my legacy code uses teh old

[spiral magnet]

hi guys im new to unity and coding but i realised codes in tutorials i watch dont work in unity 6.1. So do i do something wrong or is it actually not working? cuz i tried the same codes on an older version of unity it worked but in unity 6.1 it doesnt work. So my question is should i stick with unity 6.1 or i use the older version 2022?

[rich adder]

which code exactly?

[spiral magnet]

for example this one whatever i do i couldnt make my character move

[rich adder]

are you getting an error ?

the only thing changed here is Input system is now considered legacy

[spiral magnet]

you are trying to read input using the unityengine.input class this error

[rich adder]

yes this has been defaulted in unity 6 to new input system.. You can do this #💻┃code-beginner message switch it to Both so you can continue with tutorials

also that tutorial is really bad..

remove all the Time.deltaTime from the calculation (in fixed update its fixedDeltaTime so you'll applying it twice)

rigidbodies already has a fixed time , adding that is whats making those forces such high numbers and probably cause jank issues in lower frames

[spiral magnet]

i mean i tried without time delata and it still didnt do anything and about force numbers, wiht lower numbers my cube didnt move when i higher the numbers it started to move that was so stupid

if its gonna be that hard to learn on 6.1 i should go to 2022 version or 6.0

idk

[rich adder]

what I said had nothing to do with it not moving.. its not moving because the old input system was disabled

[spiral magnet]

ig ill try out

[spiral magnet]

yeah but it was moving at somepoint

[rich adder]

when ? because if you have this error it never moved.. #💻┃code-beginner message

if it moved its probably because the line BEFORE the inputs

[spiral magnet]

oh wait mb sry

[rich adder]

Time.deltaTime(in this case fixedDeltaTime cause its in fixed update) isn't 0 so forwardForce * small number it wouldve moved a little sure

[wintry quarry]

None of this has anything to do with the different versions of Unity.

[rocky canyon]

Game-dev and coding is hard.. regardless of what version u use... for example ^ dealing with time.. and deltaTime is exactly the same.. the only things that have really changed are just a few menu items..
and ofc some methods that have been deprecated and/or replaced with alternative versions..

for example rb.velocity became rb.linearVelocity

but all of that can be googled super easily.. IDE makes squiggly underlines.. hmm that should be right tho,
googled-> ohhh its linearVelocity now

[rich adder]

everything works exactly the same as it would in 2022.. Unity just decided to default the new input system as inputs..that can be easily changed, everything else is the same.. besides that one change to velocity ^

[rocky canyon]

and a few of the Find methods

thats teh only two i've encountered so far

[rich adder]

but yeah as spawn said 100% get yourself a configured IDE and it will tell you the replacements in the code editor

[rocky canyon]

hopefully its the only two i will encounter.. lol.. I finally remember teh alternatives! haha

[rich adder]

on related note..I always wondered if there was come type of List of all the api changes through the years? I know its probably mentioned in docs or change logs but those you actively need to look

[rocky canyon]

oh, ive noticed too the actual Unity console log is pretty good at telling u the alternatives as well

even if it makes it thru the ide

[rich adder]

true

[rocky canyon]

i'll keep this in mind.. if i can find something i'll be sure to let u know 👍

[spiral magnet]

well ty ill stay on 6.1 then ty again

[rocky canyon]

just take it slow.. dont get discouraged

[rich adder]

this ^ also you should do the tutorials from here first !learn 👇 pathways

[eternal falcon]

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[rocky canyon]

facts

[rich adder]

random youtube tutorials in the beginning will teach you bad habits, esp the brackys ones are not the best code

this guys slaps Time.deltaTime on everything 😆

[hearty robin]

Hello guys, just staring with C# and got some mistakes that struggling to fix in my code, if someone can help me with ill be thankful

[rich adder]

show !code and tell about whats broken..

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[rich adder]

yes PlayerInput should not contain those.. Did you create / generate a C# class from inputs with same name?

[hearty robin]

just following the guide at YT currently

[rich adder]

well then you should show that

[hearty robin]

moment

[rich adder]

what is this? where is the video

this has nothing to do with what i asked

[hearty robin]

https://youtu.be/rJqP5EesxLk?si=lRhgL982H4-t8rOI

9 30 is timecode

[rich adder]

yeah this is trash..

anyway you should refrain from using the same Class name as the Unity Component

for exactly this reason

[hearty robin]

have any better?

so i can look

[rich adder]

the ones from the unity learn site

its not even a tutorial thing, its just a common thing in scripting

don't use the same names for classes unless they are separated with namespaces

PlayerInput is already a component https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.5/manual/PlayerInput.html

the computer is confused to which one you're using, well here its directly trying to use the Component rather than your generated class

[hearty robin]

alright man, ill try to solve it

[rich adder]

ok..the solution is just to rename the generated class from PlayerInput to something else

PlayerInputActions or something

[pliant dune]

whats the difference between the old and the new input systems? the new one is just breaking every tutorial i try to follow

[timber tide]

'new' input is event driven, while the older input system is based on polling input in your update loop

if you don't mind checking for input in the update, then don't worry too much about the newer input system

[pliant dune]

hm, alright, shouldn't be that big of a deal to keep the old one

though the movement script from the tutorial i followed is not working, maybe i messed up somewhere

[maiden estuary]

What have I done wrong here? Im seeing zero errors or anything, but "Hello World" isnt appearing like it does in the course I'm following.

[teal viper]

How is this related to unity?

[pliant dune]

i assume the old input system for the player controller assumes WASD as the default keys?

[maiden estuary]

Oh my apologies, wrong server.

[pliant dune]

or do i have to declare these in the script?

[teal viper]

You can check in the input manager.

[teal viper]

No.

[pliant dune]

yup, WASD or arrow keys are set as alternative and default respectively, so why is the capsule movement not working?

[teal viper]

You'll need to share some code and setup details. Or debug it.

[pliant dune]

its what im doing, just installing C$ on VSCodium

C#*

ah, so i forgot to include some functions in the update cycle, and the capsule is moving! on the wrong axis but its moving

[obsidian iris]

Hello, I just started the universal 2D for the first time and my camera is a circle, is there a way to make it rectangular?

I just see this atm

[wintry quarry]

your camera is not a circle

[obsidian iris]

How do I get it to this view?

[wintry quarry]

turn on gizmos in scene view

and also double click/press F on the camera

[obsidian iris]

Thx!

[wet pivot]

I am trying to draw a ray that shoots straight down a small distance forward from the center of my player object. This code seems logical but it is drawing a ray in the center of the map every time...
Debug.DrawRay(new Vector3(playerObject.transform.localPosition.x + 0.25f, playerObject.transform.localPosition.y, playerObject.transform.localPosition.z), Vector3.down, Color.red, 1f);

I'm not quite sure why.

[wintry quarry]

DrawRay takes a world space position and you're passing it a local space position

If the player has a parent object, those won't necessarily be the same

Use .position not .localPosition

[wet pivot]

I assumed localposition would take rotation into account but i now see it doesnt work that way

The draw ray is working somewhat but is there a way so that the starting position of the ray rotates with the character?

[wintry quarry]

the position doesn't need to rotate

you mean you want the direction to rotate

[wet pivot]

I don't think I do.

[wintry quarry]

you should use basically:

DrawRay(playerTransform.position, -playerTransform.up, Color.red, 1);```

[steep rose]

use the objects local direction instead of a global direction

yeah

[wintry quarry]

I think you do

perhaps draw a picture of what you want if you think it's not being understood

[wet pivot]

So I'm using a sphere check to check groundedness. I want a separate raycast a bit ahead of the center of the player to check if theyre close to an edge

idk if im wording it right but thats what i mean by the starting position should be a bit in front

[steep rose]

so an offset

[wintry quarry]

Ok so the question is what does the "rotated" version look like? Are you just meaning to do it to the left if the player is facing left?

and to the right if they're facing right?

[wet pivot]

yeah

[wintry quarry]

then that would be:

transform.position + transform.right * 0.25f```

assuming you actually rotate 180 degrees on the y axis or invert the scale of the player when they face left

if you rotate the player some other way then you'll have to explain that for us to get to an appropriate answer here

[wet pivot]

this worked. I used transform.forward instead though

thanks for the help

[wintry quarry]

I assumed you were in 2d yeah

based on your sketch

[wet pivot]

I need to read up on transforms some I'm still confused on using the different transform directions

[wet pivot]

ah fair enough lol

[wintry quarry]

pret straightforward

forward is the blue arrow you see

when you select an object in the scene view with the position tool selected

right is the red arrow

up is the green one

that's all

[wet pivot]

ah that makes sense

whats throwing me off i guess is the addition part. does transform.right/forward/up represent an actual set of numbers?

[wintry quarry]

it's a direction vector

you can add vectors to each other

this is pretty much basic vector arithmetic

and yes vectors are "sets of numbers"

[wintry quarry]

basically this is all we're doing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6zVOlT_PmwM

[wet pivot]

i mean i get that (1,1,1) + (1,1,1) is (2,2,2)

[wintry quarry]

the position is a vector, then we offset it by the offset vector we want, by adding them

[wintry quarry]

yes the video I shared shows a visual representation of this and is all we're doing in 3d space

[wet pivot]

transform.up though, doesn't actually represent a number until we multiply it by something right?

[wintry quarry]

what do you mean by "actually represent a number"?

It's a vector, which is a set of 3 numbers

it is an actual real set of 3 numbers

regardless of what you do with it

[wet pivot]

so up would be (0,1,0)?

[wintry quarry]

if your object is not rotated at all, yes

[wet pivot]

i might be overthinking things here lol

[wintry quarry]

you are

[wintry quarry]

when you rotate the object on the x or z axis it will change

[wet pivot]

so in theory, transform.forward * 2 would give us the position of a point 2 units away in whatever direction the object is facing

[wintry quarry]

well - not quite

not until you add it to transform.position

transform.forward * 2 will give you a vector in the direction the player is facing, with a length of 2

another way to think of it is that it's a position 2 units away from the origin (0, 0, 0), in whatever direction the object is facing

[wet pivot]

it... kinda makes sense but now i have even more questions

eh maybe i should watch a video on vector3 math

actually ok i think i got it lol

[novel nymph]

https://paste.mod.gg/qfkgdjonwwfl/0 I have this simple script, when I press one in the game, it doesn't switch to the desired meshfilter but to a cube. I know this is not code related much but I don't know where to put this. (Should be head in image)

[sour fulcrum]

can you post a screenshot of both meshfilters in question?

Also out of curiousity any reason your referencing a meshfilter and not a mesh specifically?

[novel nymph]

oof, didn't know you could do that. Just placed the meshfilter and saw a cube.

[river vapor]

ty!

[glossy bluff]

Im super new to Unity and coding in general and couldn't find anything with some googling about my specific issue.

I have a button that when clicked, needs to rotate the camera 60 degrees, i have a function created to rotate the camera at a set speed, i just cant figure out how to make the button linked to it, or how to set it to do so for a set amount of time

[teal viper]

Would need some kind of timer in update and setting the timer time or some bool from your button.

Could also use a coroutine.

This and more is covered in beginner pathways on unity !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[glossy bluff]

thanks, honestly im struggling a lot but its pretty fun

think i might be in a bit over my head

[twin pivot]

its hard at first but once u get used to it its still hard but also easier somehow

[astral falcon]

Good morning, what is the best place to ask about package composition and similar topics?

[dusky tusk]

How to remove baked lighting when playing the scene in editor, or when running the build? Directional Light is off, Cleared Baked Data in the editor, but they returned when running the scene.

[astral falcon]

Do you have auto bake on? Or check in your scene folder, if there is lightmap data still there from previous bake

[dusky tusk]

yep that seems to do the trick, thanks!

[stuck field]

I think #↕️┃editor-extensions is best for asking this, you'd get an answer by somebody who knows about them, as this channel is runtime code usually, editor extensions would be best to be asked in the specific channel for it.

[austere sluice]

this.tag returns the tag that the current gameobject has right?

[stuck field]

Yeah, it should, also just a side note, you can just put "tag"

[austere sluice]

thanks!

and

if I use this function

Spawn Bullet

on a different gameobject

(by refering to this gameobject)

[stuck field]

Btw, please delete this since you reposted in another channel, just to avoid confusion

[austere sluice]

would it show the tag of the gameobject that called the function

or the tag of the one where it was created

[stuck field]

It would use the tag of the source object, so the GO with the script attached

To achieve it not doing that, pass in a tag instead

So calling scripts would pass in their tags and the script would use them instead of its own tag

[austere sluice]

So like this script where it is written is attached to a gameobject called "gun" which is the parent to player gameobject, i'd like to call this bullet in the player script rather than the script i made for the gun

[austere sluice]

and what method should i use to do that? (i am really new with unity :/)

[stuck field]

All functions work where they are, if you called from a player script to a gun object with that script, it would use the gun objects tag since you are accessing the current tag (that's why this.tag works)

function(string callingTag)

Something along those lines

[austere sluice]

so i have to create another function which calls the tag?

[stuck field]

No?

I'm not entirely sure what you mean

You can add it into your current method unless you want to use tag for calling on itself

[austere sluice]

sorry, english is not my first language, it gets kinda confusing T-T

[twin pivot]

If you are very new with unity you can !learn here

[eternal falcon]

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[austere sluice]

thanks i'll look into it!

[astral falcon]

If you want to call another script, you need to have a reference to it. Either by script or inspector reference

[austere sluice]

yeah i know that

[astral falcon]

Ah okay, just wanted to clarify and be on the same page

[austere sluice]

but I want the createdBullet.sourceTag = this.tag to store the tag of the gameobject that calls the SpawnBullet() function and not the script itself

[stuck field]

You can use 2 functions, one would be

function()
{
  // This will call the other function with (tag)
}

The other would be:

function(string callingTag)
{
  // This will have your code
}

[astral falcon]

yeh you just have to pass the tag with it if you calling the function on another script/gameobject as Dark suggested in the second method example

[austere sluice]

wait, i think i understand

waiiitttt

[twin pivot]

Didnt know u could do this, learn sth new every day

[austere sluice]

oh i think i understood

and when I call this function in my player script, i can pass in the player tag

right?

i feel so dumb, this was so obvious

[stuck field]

Happens to all of us at some points

[astral falcon]

for sure 😄

[twin pivot]

What are some practical applications for this as compared to using something like

public void myMethod()
{}

[astral falcon]

void is a function in the end

[twin pivot]

Is it just another way to make it?

[stuck field]

function() doesn't actually work

I think

I was just using it as a placeholder

[twin pivot]

Oh i see

[stuck field]

What I was showing is you can have 2 functions with different variables

[austere sluice]

thanks ya all!

[twin pivot]

I really gotta get better at spotting the difference

I was typing the equivalent of Instantiate(instantiate parameters myGameobject) the other day

[stuck field]

Hard to tell sometimes what it's asking for so makes sense

[austere sluice]

so now that I am calling this function from my player script, would the bullet instantiate from the gameobject that has the original script or from the gameobject where the function is called?

[stuck field]

Simply put to answer any further questions: Functions call from inside the GOs they are linked with (if they are instance functions), so anything you put inside a function will be called from wherever it is located, so anything in the function will call from the object it's on, not the calling object

If you do gameObject inside a function, it will return the GO it is attached to, not the calling GO

Same for transform and everything else, but those are just 2 examples

[austere sluice]

so since the function is linked with the gun object and not the player object, it will instantiate from the gun object even tho player object is calling it anyways?

[twin pivot]

Yes

[stuck field]

Yes, but you can pass in a Vector3 for the position it spawns, and a Quaternion for the rotation

So where transform.position is, would be a variable inside the function, same as the callingTag variable in the function, you would use Vector3 position

Then replace transform.position with position (Or whatever the variable you call with is named)

[astral falcon]

Just think of your scripts as people talking to each other. If I tell you, to water a plant, you will water it even if I told you to, right? So you are the script having the water, having the bucket, having a knowledge about the plant OR I give you the information about what plant to water. But I am just giving the "order", you are executing it.

[austere sluice]

i think i am getting it but the editor is a bit angry...

[stuck field]

That means the object is null, not much other ways to put it

"bullet" is null

[twin pivot]

You didnt assign the gameobject

[austere sluice]

yeah i understand that

but i have referenced the bullet prefab already

[austere sluice]

i have T_T

let me recheck the script

maybe i messed something there

[twin pivot]

Huh thats interesting

[stuck field]

Well there's an error here

Did you fix that?

[austere sluice]

that wasnt an error actually, because i want the bullet to spawn from the gun (where the script is attached) and not the player (where the function is getting called)

[astral falcon]

Are you referencing the gameobject or a script?

Looks like you are referencing the script file from project view

[stuck field]

Seems to be the object, but it's the class on the object

[austere sluice]

yeah, i think i figureed it out

i was referencing the script

rather than the object

changed that and its fixed

is there a way to detect if the input is being hold? Like currently I have to press left click each time i want to fire, which is good enough for basic shooting, but if i want to add variations by adding something like assualt rifle type of gun, i'll have to make it so that the gun fires a barrage of bullet when left click is hold

[stuck field]

Input.GetKey()

Instead of .GetKeyDown

[austere sluice]

i am using the other input system

[stuck field]

Yeah, I got no clue then

I don't use it

[austere sluice]

is it not good?

[astral falcon]

Its great

[twin pivot]

Try #🖱️┃input-system

[stuck field]

I don't really know, just confuses me

[astral falcon]

stick to the new input system for sure

[austere sluice]

Ok!

[austere sluice]

so is there a way to detect if an input is being held?

[twin pivot]

Its not that its not good its that the old one is easier to start with + people have been using it longer

[astral falcon]

One simple solution is to check when it started and when it was cancelled instead of performed

[austere sluice]

i find the other one easier imo, its more intuitive and better for crossplatform (not that it matters to me lol)

[austere sluice]

context.started and context.cancelled right?

and then i can add a bit of delay between each bullet spawn

[astral falcon]

from docs

action.started += ctx => /* Action was started */;
    action.performed += ctx => /* Action was performed */;
    action.canceled += ctx => /* Action was canceled */;

[astral falcon]

something for you to read along and learn 🙂 https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.14/manual/Actions.html

[austere sluice]

i was actually openign that doc lol

[twin pivot]

Btw u should read #854851968446365696

[austere sluice]

The first code is part of a health script which is attached to my enemy, the seecond code is from a script attached to my Bullet, the sourceTag is basically tag from where the bullet is originating from (and it is working) but the bullet is not able to identify the enemy? I think the enemy has necessary components which is required for collision checks (attached a screenshot just in case), I think its a problem with the logic itself as console isnt giving any errors as well

[austere sluice]

I think i am really stupid (its working now)

[nocturne hawk]

What is the best multyplayer method for a 2d platformer? Where can I follow through the process of making my game multyplayer (tutorial, website)?

[final sluice]

I want to learn unity by doing projects to projects while learning about coding and concepts on the way, can anyone recommend a good tutorial on youtube ? I tried Unity Learn but it doesn't suit me
It's also would be nice if someone can give me a list about what I should learn in each level , from beginner to intermediate to a job-ready unity developer
Thank you

[teal viper]

Things to learn:

• learn to research and learn things in your own.

If following structures learning paths is not your thing, you've gonna learn to find answers to your own questions.

[dusky tusk]

im looking at a tutorial in yt rn and after they save the changes to their code and go back to unity theres no reloading domain popup that shows in theirs, hows that possible?

[teal viper]

You probably have autorefresh disabled. Hit Ctrl + R and see if it is triggered.

[cloud shore]

Depends on your goals. Local Multiplayer with split screen? There are some Tutorials out there. Otherwise you can look into different multiplayer libaries like Mirror, FishNet or paid ones

[rich scroll]

Hey all! If I know that the only three kinds of interactions i can have is Pickup, Grab and Inspect, is it reasonable to create an abstract 'InteractableObject` class, and have that three kind inherit from that?

I've heard interfaces are neat for interactables, but i found that it becomes a bunch of if statements if I need multiple kinds of interactables

[eternal needle]

you're using inheritance wrong if you're adding a bunch of if statements to deal with interfaces. the classes implementing the interface should mostly be the ones implementing the logic specific to that class

[eager spindle]

what's the difference between Pickup and Grab?

[eternal needle]

id go with an abstract class if you wanted to implement default functionality per item, or had values that had to exist on every item. either way you shouldnt have so many if statements to handle different logic here

[eager spindle]

Won't the workflow be to pick up and object and while it's being held, you can inspect the item?

[rich scroll]

Pickup would destroy the object and fire an event, hold is like how you hold the chairs in Amnesia, inspect just brings up some text

[eager spindle]

What you can do is have them all inherit the abstract class you brought up, and have an abstract function OnInteract().

You shouldn't be comparing the types of the classes

[rich scroll]

I know, that's why I'm asking about the thing being abstract. I had a script like so (for handling interaction with interfaces)

private void FixedUpdate() {
  if (Physics.Raycast(_ray, out RaycastHit hit, rayDistance) {
    if (hit.collider.TryGetComponent(out IInteractable component)) {
      _interactableObject = component;
    } else {
      _interactableObject = null;
    }
  } else {
    _interactableObject = null;
  }
}

and you can't do things like _interactableObject.GetComponent<SomeClass> to figure out what kind of interactable it is to handle its specific case

[eternal needle]

figure out what kind of interactable it is to handle its specific case
you shouldnt need to. thats the whole point of interfaces

abstract classes dont really change that either. you shouldnt often be in a case where you need to figure out what the deriving class is

if you want an abstract class, it'd be because you want the child classes to
derive from monobehaviour
all have some default values
or all have some default functionality

the interface vs abstract class part here doesnt change how you call methods

[rich scroll]

well, I can't really do things like _interactableObject.gameObject if I'm using interfaces (from the example above)

or is there a way to do that?

Cause I'd much prefer to have an interface

[naive pawn]

yeah because you wouldn't have a guarantee of the thing actually being on a component

[eternal needle]

you can cast it to a component if you're sure its going to be one always. or use a property on the interface to store/do this for you

[naive pawn]

if you want that guarantee, then extend MonoBehaviour

[eternal needle]

it does seem odd to actually need to get the gameObject still

[rich scroll]

hm, I'll fiddle around a bit, to see if that's really necessary

[rare junco]

Hi. I'm trying to get NetCode for GameObjects to work for a Multiplayer MVP Game.

For some reason, when I click "Start Host", a Player Prefab is loaded for the host and a camera is there, I can move around. When I click "Start Client" with a cloned project (ParrelSync), it just says "No cameras rendering" and doesn't work

any idea why?

I have added the Player Prefab to the DefaultNetworkPrefabs List, but didn't set it as the Default Player Prefab

Is this correct?

[dusky tusk]

how to check if its enabled?

it is enabled

[pulsar crest]

hello. i was trying to make it where the cube goes Right and Left by pressing A and D, but the unity system keeps giving me errors. if anyone could help me that would be great

[naive pawn]

did you read the error?

[verbal dome]

Either use the new input system (Input class is the old one), or change the input handling to Both or the old one

[pulsar crest]

where is the new input system

[verbal dome]

It's a package, not sure if it's installed by default

Most tutorials use the old system though so might be easier to stick to that for now

[pulsar crest]

does it depend on the version of unity i installed?

[cosmic dagger]

Unity 6 uses the new input system by default. You need to switch the input settings to Both in order to use the old and the new input system together . . .

[pulsar crest]

how do i access the input settings

[verbal dome]

Read the error...

[near meteor]

i find myself that trying to implement an AI framework for my NPCs is not the hardest, the hardest thing is trying to figure out what damn lines do what in unity.

like what does this even mean:
private static readonly Bounds Bounds = new(vector3.zero, new vector3);

[verbal dome]

It declares a new bounds variable. Have you done any C# courses?

[hexed terrace]

That wouldn't compile?

[verbal dome]

Yep, couple of mistakes in there

[near meteor]

yes, years ago. C# C++ C, Java. Can barely remember stuff outside inheritance

and uhh *

[verbal dome]

Check the pins of this channel for C# beginner courses

[near meteor]

right, checking the playlist, i should be here. this is new to me

bout to crashout and just do spaghetti

[ionic topaz]

I'm trying to use composition over inheritance in my latest project, I'm trying to get the hang of things but have got stuck on how I want to handle camera shake (using cinemachine), it feels like I'd need a singleton for a CameraShakeManager to handle update code so multiple shakes don't overlap and then to get a reference to the cinemachine noise component instead of dragging the reference in the inspector for every component, is this setup fine or should I be doing something different?

[timber tide]

I usually make a Singleton for camera management

No reason to destroy main camera anyway with cinemachine

[charred spoke]

Adding shake requests to a centralised component is how we do it as well.

[ionic topaz]

It feels okay but Singletons have blown up a previous project and I live in fear now

[charred spoke]

Hold on there was a great gdc video on shake

Singletons are great if used properly

[ionic topaz]

I know but I'll need more experience using them right

[charred spoke]

https://youtu.be/tu-Qe66AvtY?si=gozlWC6mU3vvdJmc

I basically took the idea of adding trauma to the camera shake

So there is inly one shake and multiple sources add trauma

[timber tide]

I mean you'll know the problems of singletons the more you use them, but until that point I'd just continue on with what you're doing

[ionic topaz]

Sounds interesting...a little intense though

but cool, appreciate the info! I'll check out the vid

[charred spoke]

intense ?

[ionic topaz]

without the context of what trauma means here it sounds odd lol

[charred spoke]

Sounds just about right. Something that start intense and then heals slowly over time

Watch the video it’s great

[ionic topaz]

ohhhh, that is actually a smart term

[charred spoke]

Also this video is a must watch for extra juicy actions https://youtu.be/mr5xkf6zSzk?si=B7EP6lKkoXWIcuLb

[pulsar crest]

i dont see anything called player settings

[verbal dome]

Google "unity player settings" and you should see an answer without even opening a link

[pulsar crest]

oke

[verbal dome]

This should be the first thing you do anyway instead of relying on this discord server

[pulsar crest]

okay but what do i do to fix the error?

[near meteor]

[lean pelican]

Why is my SerialiseField Array variable not showing up in the inspector?

[SerializeField] List<Direction> links;
public List<Direction> connected;```

The other two show just fine.

[timber tide]

Cant serialize interfaces

[lean pelican]

How do I work around that, then?

[timber tide]

Depends, it's not that you can't serialize interfaces, but it requires some research. Or, there's a plugin for it if you want to look more into it:
https://github.com/mackysoft/Unity-SerializeReferenceExtensions?tab=readme-ov-file

If that's too much for you then I suggest just not using interfaces for serialization purposes unfortunately

Odin Inspector I believe has serialization for them

[lean pelican]

At least for this small thing I'm doing rn, this is a bit much, I'll just go without the Interface, then. I take it I just wanna have all the classes that implemented the Interface inherit from a (relatively sparse) Monobehaviour instead?

[timber tide]

You can declare abstracted monos just fine, it's just that interfaces are a little too ambiguous to serialize

meaning you can insert different derived monos if you do declare as the abstractions

[lean pelican]

I see. I think I get it, thanks.

[sharp bloom]

else if (!moving && turning)
        {   
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(randomDir, Vector3.up), Time.deltaTime * 0.25f);
        }

This is in my Update(). How could I make this as such that the rotation time was fixed, so it could adapt to the random direction value?

[naive pawn]

first off, https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp

secondly, sounds like you'd want to use the right lerp for this

or perhaps compute an angular velocity and use RotateTowards

ah wait that changes the smoothing though

to have both smoothing and a fixed time...

[sharp bloom]

I know there's like DOTween but figured I could do this myself

[naive pawn]

i think you'd just have to do math if you want the exponential decay (similar behaviour to what you have now)

[red cedar]

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[sharp bloom]

Interesting read, in my case I don't need anything accurate so the "wrong lerp" works fine here

[naive pawn]

sounds like you do want accuracy with regards to the fixed time though?

[ancient berry]

Hi, I was running this guys' project in Unity and it actually ran without doing any "Domain Compile" BS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1dAZuWurw4&t=219s

https://github.com/mixandjam/balatro-feel

How were they able to do this

[river vapor]

hi im a beginner and i don't know which tutorial should i watch, which one do you recommend?

i'd just like to be able to make a simple first person system

[rich adder]

pathways on !learn 👇

[eternal falcon]

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[river vapor]

thanks!

[rich adder]

once you learn the basic moving parts, any genre or gamestyle is irrelevant its all the same base knowledge

when you learn Lego you don't immediately try to make a replica of empire state building, you start with basic houses / structure

[river vapor]

yeah, i'm just gonna make basic games then try to make it a bit harder

and i'll repeat until i get some knowledge

[rich adder]

sounds good..yup.. just keep practicing what you learn and repetition makes knowledge build up.

in the beginning when learning don't know how many times i had to copy something like Physics.Raycast , from the docs / google until I kept writing it on my own eventually "it sticks"

[river vapor]

ty

[daring star]

Please help, 'i' is class object with field material

[naive pawn]

what's the issue

[hexed terrace]

looks like they're expecting the material supplied by i to be assigned to materials[0], but the name being printed to console is (presumably) the previous (but still current) material

[rocky canyon]

this is the one function i still have to go and look at the overloads for

[naive pawn]

Note that like all arrays returned by Unity, this returns a copy of materials array. If you want to change some materials in it, get the value, change an entry and set materials back.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Renderer-materials.html

[rocky canyon]

wouldnt be so bad if there wasnt like 14 of em

[daring star]

thank you!

[rocky canyon]

VisualStudio do this to anyone else?

When i create a new script I don't even have time to double click it or anything b/c Studio pops open..
that wouldn't be soo bad, but its always either showing the last script i was working on, or the Missing File page..
I can't even swap over to it in the Solution explorer..

i then need to click back into Unity.. let it Recompile.. and then finally can i double click it to open the desired file..

[smoky river]

how do i mark it as legacy

[rocky canyon]

not only that.. but its the (1) program that likes to tack its Tooltips on the screen

[rocky canyon]

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAtUg9tl8oI&t=14||

[smoky river]

thanks

i did that but my animation still doesn't work

[silent valley]

i had visual studio spam pop ups like those but it would say "Restore Up"... Could not find a fix online

[polar acorn]

Probably better to just not use the legacy Animation component and use the Animator instead

[queen adder]

can someone

tell me why its rotated the wrong way

[polar acorn]

Because Blender and Unity have different coordinate systems

[polar acorn]

Unity does not use -X Forward

[queen adder]

its z

[queen adder]

still doesnt work

[queen adder]

i made it z

i know its not x

i was doing it to test if it will work

[polar acorn]

Unless you apply transforms none of them will even do anything

[copper nymph]

hello, i am having a problem in detecting a collision in my game, i have a waypoint with a void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) function, it checks for the other objects tag to be PlayerCar "which it is" and it should output something in the console but it doesnt happen

[queen adder]

doesnt work

[polar acorn]

Show code

[queen adder]

show the code

[copper nymph]

do i just paste it as text here? or i need to write something

[polar acorn]

!code

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[copper nymph]

   // This method is called when any car passes through a waypoint
    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        Debug.Log("Triggered by: " + other.tag);  // Log the tag of the object that triggered the waypoint

        if (other.CompareTag("PlayerCar")) // Ensure this matches the tag exactly
        {
            UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Car passed through waypoint");

            GameObject Car = other.gameObject;
            int currentWaypointIndex = carProgress.ContainsKey(Car) ? carProgress[Car] : 0;

            // Check if car passed the current checkpoint (waypoint)
            if (Vector2.Distance(Car.transform.position, waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].position) < 1f)
            {
                // Car passed the current waypoint, move to the next one
                currentWaypointIndex++;

                // If car completes the lap, reset to first waypoint
                if (currentWaypointIndex >= waypoints.Length)
                {
                    currentWaypointIndex = 0; // Reset to first waypoint
                    lapCount++;
                    Debug.Log("Lap " + lapCount + " complete!");
                }

                carProgress[Car] = currentWaypointIndex; // Update car progress

                if (other.CompareTag("PlayerCar"))
                {
                    Debug.Log("Car passed through waypoint");

                    // Change the car's color to green when it passes through a waypoint
                    SpriteRenderer carRenderer = other.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
                    if (carRenderer != null)
                    {
                        carRenderer.color = Color.green;
                    }

                    // Reset the color after a short delay (optional)
                    StartCoroutine(ResetCarColor(other));
                }

            }
        }
    }

this is the waypoint, please dont hate the code :)

[polar acorn]

Do you get the "Triggered by" log?

[copper nymph]

i dont get anything in the console

[polar acorn]

Then this object never collides with anything

[cosmic quail]

or its not set to be a trigger

[copper nymph]

i have a box collider on the waypoint and one on the car, the waypoints collider is set as trigger

[polar acorn]

The Three Commandments of OnTriggerEnter2D:

1. Thou Shalt have a 2D Collider on each object
2. Thou Shalt tick isTrigger on at least one of them
3. Thou Shalt be moving via a 2D Rigidbody on at least one of them

[copper nymph]

both have a collider, trigger is right also and the car has a rigidbody which im steering it with

[timber tide]

Still no clue why we use -z as the forward in the export

[copper nymph]

im very new still maybe i got something wrong

[polar acorn]

It's so Y can be Up in both 3D and 2D

[polar acorn]

Show the inspectors of both objects

[verbal dome]

Show the waypoint

[polar acorn]

Elaborating: Unity wants to work with the usual 2D plane of "X sideways, Y up", and it wants to maintain the same direction for gravity in both 2D and 3D. This means that Unity doesn't use Z-up like most 3D programs do. In an effort to make X "forward" in 2D and the same direction in 3D, it ends up making Z forward

[verbal dome]

Does the waypoint have the script that has OnTriggerEnter?

[copper nymph]

its the track manager which has the script

[polar acorn]

So what is the TrackManager's collider set to?

[verbal dome]

I don't think that trigger messages propagate upwards from child to parent except when the parent has a rigidbody maybe

[copper nymph]

i didnt set one for the TrackManager, just the waypoints themself

ooooh

[polar acorn]

So then the object with OnTriggerEnter2D on it does not have a collider and thus fails commandment one

[copper nymph]

okay thanks a lot, can i target the collider from the child somehow? i wanted to have a list where i put the waypoints and they are "scanned"

[polar acorn]

You would put the script with the OnTriggerEnter2D function on the object with the collider

Then have those waypoints report back to the parent object that they've been hit

[copper nymph]

thanks a lot :D

[true fox]

Why does the build fail even though there aren't any compile errors before hand? Errors flash in the console for a second or so and then disappear. One of the errors is to do with a certain script. I go to check that script and my VS Code shows no errors. Anyone have any idea how I can fix this?

[polar acorn]

The video didn't embed, but my guess is editor namespaces in the build. In your console, disable clear on build and recompile, then build it again and your errors should stick around

[true fox]

Thanks. It was a little error in my code that I wouldn't have noticed without seeing the errors lol

[crisp token]

are events the most common way to communicate between different systems?

[ripe shard]

that’s not answerable. They are certainly a popular way.

[crisp token]

what are some alternatives

[ripe shard]

Method calls

[crisp token]

would that involve passing around references to other systems throughout each system?

im trying to avoid that

[ripe shard]

you always need a reference, also for events

and an event should usually pass a reference to the event source along

Events are a pattern for decoupling code. If that is your goal, use them.

but events often make it more difficult to understand code flow and thus debugging will be more tedious

[crisp token]

If you imagine a "system" as a heirarchy of classes or composition, is it a common approach to keep intersystem communication kind of at the top of the hierarchy, and then have all children within the heirarchy just interact with their respective root for any intersystem stuff?

[ripe shard]

Yes, that is a common architecture when things get complex. Communication through a ‘-system’ or ‘-aggregator’ or ‘-mediator’ of a subset/group of components

[sour fulcrum]

Sounds about right? I tend to write code similar to a supermarket or such, where there’s different departments and a manager in each one

[grand snow]

Beans manager 🫘

[ripe shard]

😵‍💫

[crisp token]

its tough, because what I need is essentially a singleton manager class for each system, but since Im doing multiplayer i cant have a singleton. Although i guess I could kinda have a singleton store where you input an id and it uses specific reference

[grand snow]

Dont forget about interfaces as another way to "decouple" without using events

[ripe shard]

Use a service locator

[sour fulcrum]

Why can’t you have a singleton in multiplayer

[twin pivot]

One of the scripts for my previous game was actually named that

[crisp token]

ill look that up, thanks

[rapid thunder]

guys i have a problem with this thing i should be able to take the box from ground again but i can't any idea why?

[rapid thunder]

this is the script

[rapid thunder]

also the inspectors if needed

[crisp token]

you cant use a singleton for any class in multiplayer that the server will need multiple instances of, even if it only needs one instance per player

[twin pivot]

Did you add a system to detect when you drop the box

[rapid thunder]

i followed some tutorial from unity and got help from gpt so i dont know...

[sour fulcrum]

Then don’t give the server multiple instances? Might be my lack of server based multiplayer programming but the concept of singletons in p2p based ngo for example is nothing problematic

[twin pivot]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[twin pivot]

Start with the basics

[grand snow]

its all fun and games until ai has no fucking idea how to fix some weird ass error 😐

learning yourself gives you the tools to fix problems

[rapid thunder]

i did start with the basics actually

[twin pivot]

Then you should know what part of the script does what

[crisp token]

well i mean theres nothing inherently wrong with singleton in multiplayer, it just that when your thinking about desiging from a players perspective, you might have a class that seemingly only needs to be made once, but from the servers perspective it needs to be made once for each player. Like a movement manager class is better designed per player

[rapid thunder]

so i should watch all of these?

[rapid thunder]

although i dont wanna make mobile and vr games?

[verbal dome]

Are you going to do VR or mobile AR development?

So yeah you wouldn't need to watch those

[twin pivot]

Do whatever is relevant to you

[rocky canyon]

u should show the box Before you first pick it up and after u drop it..

you've only given us like half the puzzle pieces

[earnest wind]

!code

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[earnest wind]

sorry just wanted the pastebin website

how should i go along to fix this bug?
https://paste.mod.gg/cfbrqsjtrlfg/0

I already know where the bug is located. just dont know how i could fix the scaling issue with the Canvas

its because i am calculationg based on Screen, i have no idea if this will bring issues but i think i need to fix it...

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle.html

i recall doing something similar in 3D space.. but i was also relying on mouse position.. when i needed to use local UI position instead

pass ur MousePosition thru this method and see if it helps

[earnest wind]

ah i would need to use world space canvas then i guess?

[rocky canyon]

no..

overlay is fine

[earnest wind]

cause i tried passing it and it just wont work?

[rocky canyon]

u just need the Rect of the Canvas ur trying to map the mousePosition to

[earnest wind]

yeah thats how i was doing it

i will check tommorow

i have to go right now

thanks for help

[bold pawn]

Right so i've got a question, are there any circumstances where you can use the "new" keyword in a monobehaviour?

Because, in one unity project i have a script that does use the "new" keyword ( MyList.Add(new whatever(1, 2)) and unity gives me the "you are trying to create a monobehaviour using the "new" keyword. this is not allowed" message in the console. okay.. makes sense i guess.

But why does the exact same script (unless i'm missing something) Work in a different project with no errors? I'm so, so confused lol

Like, i've been messing with the first project using "new" in a monobehaviour script for a couple days now, and i've never seen that message until i created a new project and tried the same thing

[polar acorn]

No, you cannot create a MonoBehaviour with new

The different project either:
A) Isn't actually working
or B) Isn't a MonoBehaviour

[wintry quarry]

you use new whenever you want to invoke the constructor of a C# object. You wouldn't use it to create the MonoBehaviour itself but you can and should use it in your code whenever you need to create a C# object via the constructor.

[wintry quarry]

It works when whenever is NOT a MonoBehaviour

it doesn't work when whatever IS a MonoBehaviour

[bold pawn]

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

namespace Assets
{
    [DefaultExecutionOrder(-700)]
    public class PlayerData : MonoBehaviour
    {
        public int SkillPoints = 0;

        public List<Skill> SkillsList = new List<Skill>();

        private void Start()
        {
            SkillsList.Add(new Skill("Brewer", 1));
            SkillsList.Add(new Skill("Drunkard", 9));

        }

    }
}

(hope that works)

[polar acorn]

Okay, show code for Skill

[wintry quarry]

The issue is how is Skill defined?

Is Skill a MonoBehaviour or not

if it is, you shouldn't be doing this

if not, then it's fine

that's it

[bold pawn]

oooh, skill is not a monobehaviour

[polar acorn]

Which means it's fine to be created with new

[bold pawn]

🤯 sweet, thanks folks. This was frusterating XD

[wintry quarry]

I would highly recommend creating these objects in the inspector instead of in your code.

Which you can do as long as Skill is marked with [Serializable]

And as long as its fields are public or have[SerializeField]

[sand field]

Trying to figure out why this doesn't work, feel like I'm at least close

// Start at 180 degree angle
private Vector3 toAngle = new Vector3(0f,180f,0f);
void ChangeSpawnerAngle()
{
    // Once above 225 degrees, reverse rotation direction
    if (transform.eulerAngles.y >= 225)
    {
        toAngle.y = 135f;
        transform.eulerAngles = Vector3.Lerp(transform.rotation.eulerAngles, toAngle, Time.deltaTime);
    }
    // Once below 135 degrees, reverse rotation direction
    else if (transform.eulerAngles.y <= 135)
    {
        toAngle.y = 225f;
        transform.eulerAngles = Vector3.Lerp(transform.rotation.eulerAngles, toAngle, Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

What are you trying to do

[sand field]

Make an object rotate back and forth

[wintry quarry]

Is this called in Update or something?

[sand field]

Yes

[wintry quarry]

There are several issues here

One - you're using Lerp completely incorrectly
Two - Using Euler Angles here is going to be a complete nightmare

[polar acorn]

What isn't working about it

[wintry quarry]

Those are the main two issues

[sand field]

Currently it doesn't rotate at all