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[split plover]

like is it the character controller giving it the ability to use wasd?

I understand how its moving and all but i have no idea where to edit controls and stuff

[naive pawn]

Input is the old input system, aka Input Manager. its configuration is in project settings > Input Manager

[wintry quarry]

Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") the "Horizontal" input axis has the keys mapped to it in the project settings

[split plover]

Yeah i set it to both because i saw that

[naive pawn]

Horizontal and Vertical are part of the default configuration

[split plover]

now i just feel stupid

[wintry quarry]

(and vertical)

[split plover]

Anyways thanks, i'll try to figure out a bit more about the input system package

[tropic leaf]

i can't seem to figure out why i am getting this error? i have UniTask in the package manager and these in my script

using DG.Tweening;```
here is my whole code
```c#
private async UniTask PanelFadeIn(CanvasGroup canvasGroup, RectTransform rectTransform)
{
    canvasGroup.alpha = 0f;
    rectTransform.localPosition = new Vector3(0f, -1000f, 0f);

    var moveTween = rectTransform.DOAnchorPos(new Vector2(0f, 0f), fadeTime).SetEase(Ease.OutElastic);
    var fadeTween = canvasGroup.DOFade(1f, fadeTime);

    await UniTask.WhenAll(moveTween.AsyncWaitForCompletion(), fadeTween.AsyncWaitForCompletion());
}```

[wintry quarry]

this code is using the old system FYI (Input Manager), not the INput System package

[split plover]

Yeah thats why i want to learn about the input system package. I know technically input manager is probably fine but i want to use input system package since it seems newer.

and also it seems much easier to use but

[wintry quarry]

looks like WhenAll wants UniTasks, not System.Threading.Tasks. IDK much about UniTask but I imagine there's a way to wrap or convert them.

[split plover]

Actually quick question, do you think i should use input system package or input manager

[wintry quarry]

I think you want e.g. .ToUniTask

[naive pawn]

the new system is typically recommended

[split plover]

i looked into it and kinda realized it was pretty easy to understand both of them

[tropic leaf]

right, but for some reason i do not have access to that function

[wintry quarry]

I think if you're literally on like your first week or something, it's fine to use the old one for now as it's very simple and easy to learn

eventually you'll want to learn the new system

[split plover]

Im on my first day

[wintry quarry]

you probably need a using directive

it's an extension method no doubt

[split plover]

Ill use the old system for now just cause the code is already using it

[shut swallow]

for the third point: does it also applies when OnTriggerEnter? if so, should I place the 3D rigidbody on the object or the slash?

because I'm get getting any hits rn

[polar acorn]

Rigidbody is the component that actually calls the collider events, so at least one of them needs it

[shut swallow]

so I should put that on the wall, and have it set to kinematic i presume

[naive pawn]

make sure you have the right signature - OnTriggerEnter gives a Collider but OnCollisionEnter gives a Collision

[shut swallow]

if(other.TryGetComponent<StandardEnemy>(out StandardEnemy T)) this should be able to grab the component of the collider right?

[naive pawn]

it doesn't matter for triggers, but fyi for normal collisions it's dynamic rbs that drive the collision

[shut swallow]

I know there's a difference but I'm not too sure how the syntax works even if I'm constantly refering to api lol

[naive pawn]

yeah, though fyi you don't need the <StandardEnemy>, it can be inferred from the out StandardEnemy (also that variable should probably be named better)

[naive pawn]

api docs describes what exists and what they do, not the syntax to use them - you'd refer to language docs for that

[tropic leaf]

i can't seem to find the correct one... i found online to use unitask.dotween, but that doesn't exist for me

even just UniTask does not exist

as a reference

[wintry quarry]

can you show the code you're actually trying to write that isn't working?

(with the .ToUniTask)

[shut swallow]

If I apply the rb on the slash, but I want it to be pass-through (as a trigger) do I just set mass = 0 or is this handled by script

[wintry quarry]

is this for a melee attack? I really think using a collider and OnTriggerEnter is the wrong approach. Direct physics queries (.e.g Physics.OverlapBox) are more suited to it.

[naive pawn]

a rigidbody doesn't have collision

it drives collision for the existing non-trigger colliders

so if there's no non-trigger collider, there's no collision

[tropic leaf]

here is my whole script. i am getting an error that "Task does not contain a definition for ToUniTask"

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using Cysharp.Threading.Tasks;
using DG.Tweening;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;


public class NavBarUI : BaseUI
{
    [Header("Buttons")]
    [SerializeField] private Button mainMenu;
    [SerializeField] private Button shop;
    [SerializeField] private Button extra; // placeholder

    [Header("Animation")]
    [SerializeField] private float fadeTime = 1f;
    [SerializeField] private CanvasGroup mainMenuCanvasGroup;
    [SerializeField] private CanvasGroup shopCanvasGroup;
    [SerializeField] private CanvasGroup extraCanvasGroup;

    private CanvasGroup currentCanvasGroup;

    private void Awake()
    {
        mainMenu.onClick.AddListener(OnMainMenuClicked);
        shop.onClick.AddListener(OnShopClicked);
        extra.onClick.AddListener(OnExtraClicked);
    }

    private async UniTask PanelFadeIn(CanvasGroup canvasGroup, RectTransform rectTransform)
    {
        canvasGroup.alpha = 0f;
        rectTransform.localPosition = new Vector3(0f, -1000f, 0f);

        var moveTween = rectTransform.DOAnchorPos(new Vector2(0f, 0f), fadeTime).SetEase(Ease.OutElastic);
        var fadeTween = canvasGroup.DOFade(1f, fadeTime);

        await UniTask.WhenAll(
            moveTween.AsyncWaitForCompletion().ToUniTask(), 
            fadeTween.AsyncWaitForCompletion().ToUniTask()
        );
    }

    private async UniTask PanelFadeOut(CanvasGroup canvasGroup, RectTransform rectTransform)
    {
        canvasGroup.alpha = 0f;

        var moveTween = rectTransform.DOAnchorPos(new Vector2(0f, -1000f), fadeTime).SetEase(Ease.InOutQuint);
        var fadeTween = canvasGroup.DOFade(0f, fadeTime);

        await UniTask.WhenAll(
            moveTween.AsyncWaitForCompletion().ToUniTask(),
            fadeTween.AsyncWaitForCompletion().ToUniTask()
        );
    }

    private void OnMainMenuClicked()
    {
        if (currentCanvasGroup != null) PanelFadeOut(currentCanvasGroup, currentCanvasGroup.GetComponent<RectTransform>());
        currentCanvasGroup = mainMenuCanvasGroup;
        PanelFadeIn(mainMenuCanvasGroup, mainMenuCanvasGroup.GetComponent<RectTransform>());
    }

    private void OnShopClicked()
    {
        if (currentCanvasGroup != null) PanelFadeOut(currentCanvasGroup, currentCanvasGroup.GetComponent<RectTransform>());
        currentCanvasGroup = shopCanvasGroup;
        PanelFadeIn(shopCanvasGroup, shopCanvasGroup.GetComponent<RectTransform>());
    }

    private void OnExtraClicked()
    {
        if (currentCanvasGroup != null) PanelFadeOut(currentCanvasGroup, currentCanvasGroup.GetComponent<RectTransform>());
        currentCanvasGroup = extraCanvasGroup;
        PanelFadeIn(extraCanvasGroup, extraCanvasGroup.GetComponent<RectTransform>());
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

what about just moveTween.ToUniTask()

[shut swallow]

here's a bit of context: I have a scenerio like this where attacks are suspended and then all of them will have individual casting

[wintry quarry]

I don't really have any idea what this image is showing to be honest or what you mean by attacks being suspended and "having individual casting"

[shut swallow]

as in, attacks are not registered until a boolean goes off, and each slash have its own hitbox and direction

[ashen arch]

zova, use a polygon collider for your slash. click the Edit Collider button (in Inspector) to adjust the points to the shape of the slash. add more points as needed.

[wintry quarry]

what does it mean for a boolean to "go off"?

anyway I don't see how any of this is relevant to the actual collision detection. You seem to be talking about orchestration of the attacks

that's a separate concern

[shut swallow]

!GameManager.Instance.timestopTriggered sorry if that sounds unclear it's just a state switch

[wintry quarry]

it doesn't sound relevant to the question of whether you should be using a collider vs a direct physics query though

[naive pawn]

they're working in 3d though

[shut swallow]

I suck at speaking but essentially I'm just laying out the scenario so you can know better what is going on and how I can implement it

[wintry quarry]

sure, and I'm recommending you use direct physics queries instead of trigger colliders.

[shut swallow]

ok, and how exactly should I do that 🫠

[wintry quarry]

when the attack happens, you do a direct physics query instead of enabling a collider and waiting for OTE callbacks

[tropic leaf]

thank you!

[lean berry]

Hii!! I just joined this server and could really use some help with a small game I'm making for a college admission assignment. It's my first game ever, and I'm struggling a bit. I'm trying to create a waste collecting system where the player picks up waste items from the ground. Each item is either plastic, paper, or residual, and I want the corresponding counter to increase when one is picked up (So there are 3 counters). But I'm not sure how to properly set this up (with UI and scripting). If anyone could guide me or point me to the right direction, I'd be really grateful!!

[hexed terrace]

!learn would be a good place to start

[eternal falcon]

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[ashen arch]

2D or 3D?

[lean berry]

2D

[shut swallow]

public class SlashBehaviour : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private int attackDamage = 1;
    [SerializeField] private PlayerCamera playerCamera;
    [SerializeField] private Transform cameraTarget;
    public LayerMask attackLayer;

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        SlashCollision();
    }

    void SlashCollision()
    {
        // values here are copied from player character
        var castCenterOffset = new Vector3(0, 0, 0.62f);
        var castCameraLocation = playerCamera.transform.position;

        var castCenter = playerCamera.transform.TransformPoint(castCenterOffset);

        // manually set - need to change if change vfx

        var vector3HalfExtents = new Vector3(1.25f, 1f, 1.25f);

        var updirection = Vector3.up;
        var slashDirection = castCenter - cameraTarget.position;
        var slashDirectionQuaternion = Quaternion.LookRotation(slashDirection, updirection);

        Collider[] hitColliders = Physics.OverlapBox(castCenter,vector3HalfExtents,slashDirectionQuaternion,attackLayer);
        int i = 0;
        while (i < hitColliders.Length)
        {
            // Output all of the collider names
            Debug.Log("Hit : " + hitColliders[i].name + i);

            if (hitColliders[i].TryGetComponent(out Enemy T))
            {
                T.TakeDamage(attackDamage);
            }

            // Increase the number of Colliders in the array
            i++;
        }
    }
}```

Cannot set playerCamera nor cameraTarget

[wintry quarry]

is there a question here?

[shut swallow]

I just crtl c'd the wrong stuff

mb

but yes

was working for a different script

[hexed terrace]

Type Mismatch happens when you've already assigned something, then you change the type in code. You can usually just drag and drop the required type to assign the new thing

[shut swallow]

but not this one

[hexed terrace]

if not, just click the field, press delete to clear it

[shut swallow]

ah ok, this worked thanks

https://paste.mod.gg/esnsyxciipub/0
Tried to implement boxcast, not working too well

I can't even see the Gizmo, the box isn't cast

[rocky canyon]

in Playmode?

[shut swallow]

both in scene and in game

[rocky canyon]

not testing any of the actual logic but the gizmo does get drawn

[shut swallow]

That's weird

let me breakpoint test it

[rocky canyon]

i did have abunch of errors when things weren't assigned (null checks are usually good to use in gizmo's) for when things arent assigned instead of a blanket (isplaying) condition

for example.. (not all the components that im needing are available? well, return out)

[shut swallow]

it'll still draw anyways right?

[rocky canyon]

if all the components are assigned and not null yea

it'll continue through it fine..

but if somethings missing (for example u forgot to assign one of the variables) it'll skip it instead of trying to draw.. (which would then just give u a null error in the console)

i mean.. thats not ur issue obviously.. just a little hint

make sure u dont have any console errors thats breaking the logic

[shut swallow]

is this a bug

[rocky canyon]

shaders take a minute to compile

[shut swallow]

I'm having some errors that I'm trying to resolve rn

[rocky canyon]

i wouldn't think so

[rocky canyon]

ya, i noticed for example if i removed the enemy camera or target cam

[shut swallow]

normally it takes like less than a minute, and I haven't edited anything yet

[rocky canyon]

the script breaks all to heck ^ thats y i use null conditions

soo if the enemy camera/target camera isnt assigned for a reason.. it'll just skip the GizmoDraw method w/o causing any errors

[shut swallow]

Yea, for some reason when I pass camera and target it just wouldn't work

[rocky canyon]

weird.. when i tested it it didnt seem to make a difference where i put the target cam

[shut swallow]

here

[rocky canyon]

it just drew a box around the main cam

[shut swallow]

should be like that, just a hitbox that is based on the cam

[rocky canyon]

ahh okay

[SerializeField] private Vector3 boxHalfExtents = new Vector3(1.25f, 1f, 1.25f);
[SerializeField] private Vector3 boxOffset = new Vector3(0, 0, 0.62f);``` also if u want to tweak and fine-tune the gizmo u can expose some of those values it uses in the inspector

[shut swallow]

for some reason i don't know why I just can't drag my camera on the player camera despite exposing it as a camera class

[rocky canyon]

ya, i was gonna ask about that..

im using a Transform as the type there..

can u show the player w/ the PlayerCamera.cs script attached?

[shut swallow]

it works in another script

but not this one

[rocky canyon]

what is it that the script is supposed to do?

[shut swallow]

the player camera script just hooks up to the camera target so that it is always anchored

[rocky canyon]

like the box.. how is it supposed to be oriented relative to the camera?

im getting some odd behaviour lol

[shut swallow]

gimme a sec

[hexed terrace]

got any compile errors ?

[shut swallow]

this is me using an empty collider with the exact same setup on a different script

[rocky canyon]

is this what ur trying to replicate?

[shut swallow]

sorta

aside from this

I also need to account for this:

[rocky canyon]

i had to tweak the maths a bit.. and have the box start at the midpoint between cam and target

[shut swallow]

if you looked a bit further up, a guy was talking about implementing overlapbox

[rocky canyon]

ya thats what i used

[shut swallow]

ah ok

[rocky canyon]

if u got any questions bout this clip and the code its using just give me a shout.. imma sit on it for a bit

[shut swallow]

my question is why does my operlap box not work at all lmfao

[rocky canyon]

not a clue.. im happy to share my script. and the test objects

[shut swallow]

should I not pass the player camera fields

[rocky canyon]

if its only using the "position"

i wouldnt see why ud need the entire camera script

and it simplifies things if ur only using the transform

[shut swallow]

alright

it's working now

I used local values

[rocky canyon]

nice

[shut swallow]

the despawn has a weird delay tho

[rocky canyon]

howso?

despawn of the enemy after health < 0

[shut swallow]

yea

probably an update thing

[rocky canyon]

ya, id suspect thats ur Enemy script logic

[shut swallow]

also on OnDrawGizmos, it isn't working because of this:

do I need to toggle this somewhere in the editor

[rocky canyon]

never seen that b4

nah, it should just work... theres

OnDrawGizmos() which will draw all the time..
and then theres OnDrawGizmosSelected() which will only draw when u have that gameobject selected

ahh local function is a hint..

you must have put it inside another function

[shut swallow]

lol

I realised

wrong brackets strikes again

[little anvil]

yo guys i have a problem...

using JetBrains.Annotations;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class Player_Controller : MonoBehaviour
{
    //Initialize variables
    public float moveSpeed = 5f;                      // Speed of the player movement
    public float sprintSpeed = 10f;                   // Speed when sprinting
    private Rigidbody2D rb;                           // Rigidbody component for physics interactions
    private BoxCollider2D boxCollider;                // BoxCollider component for collision detection
    public GameObject cam;                            // Camera GameObject to follow the player
    private Animator animator;                        // Animator component for animations (if needed)

    void CamFollow()
    { 
        cam.transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, -10); // Camera follows player
    }
    public void OnWalkAnimationEvent()
    {
        Debug.Log("Walk animation event triggered.");
    }

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        boxCollider = GetComponent<BoxCollider2D>();  // Get the BoxCollider component for collision detection
        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();          // Assign the Animator reference
    }
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        float moveX = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        float moveY = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
        float currentSpeed = (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightShift)) ? sprintSpeed : moveSpeed;
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(moveX * currentSpeed, moveY * currentSpeed);

        // Set the "Speed" parameter in the Animator to control animation
        if (animator != null)
        {
            animator.SetFloat("Speed", rb.velocity.magnitude);
        }

        CamFollow();
    }
}

For some reason the players Z-axis position is set to -10

[naive pawn]

did you perhaps assign the player into the cam variable

[rich adder]

mandatory "Use Cinemachine" to make camera follow

btw normally camera following should occur in LateUpdate. And moving rigidbody should be in fixed update.
not exactly your issue right now but might want to fix that before it causes other weirdness later on

is this script AI generated? whats up with these comments lol
public float sprintSpeed = 10f; // Speed when sprinting

[little anvil]

yep, just figured that out, thanks.

[little anvil]

no i had just set cam as player, but still thanks.

[rich adder]

I understand that, doesn't take away what I suggested but thats for your benefit ,up to you if you take it or not

[little anvil]

i'm still just learning so i'm trying to only do stuff i understand.

[rich adder]

rigidbodies should be moving in FixedUpdate not Update, that should be something you should learn early. distinguishing between physics loop and every frame loop

[little anvil]

... what???

[rich adder]

..what are you confused on?

[little anvil]

... what is fixed update?

i'm just a dumb man bro SORRY

[steel smelt]

a magic method to run in sync with the physics engine

num of physics steps per frame doesn't necessarily match the update loop, so you want to keep things playing nice with one another

[rich adder]

its a physics update loop. https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.FixedUpdate.html

[little anvil]

aight i'll check it out, thanks for the help

[stoic summit]

this script crashes unity, but only if certain pieces are added to map prefabs. pieces are all set up the exact same, using copied components from working pieces. Anyone have any ideas? ik it's coded like I'm a monkey

[rich adder]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[stoic summit]

sorry, had no idea how to do that lol, tried to figure it out

[rich adder]

paste code one of the links, save and send link

[polar acorn]

You have an infinite loop somewhere in there. This is a pretty convoluted set of conditions, you should probably use the debugger and step through the loop when it's set up for a crash and see why it's going infinite

[stoic summit]

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

[stoic summit]

yeah I figured that might be the case again lmfao

[daring star]

How I can make object to move smoothly. Now I'm using "velocity = ...." in FixedUpdate

[polar acorn]

For example, if LastSpawned ever doesn't have children, you will crash

i will never increment

[stoic summit]

transform.movetowards for position, or quaternion.rotatetowards, or parent it under the moving object

[stoic summit]

mmmm, it will always have children though.

[daring star]

transform.movetowards in update or fixedupdate?

[stoic summit]

update, fixedupdate is for physics

[daring star]

It doesn't work as well

[rich adder]

you havent even shared the entire code how can any1 anyway help debug this..

[stoic summit]

yeah that don't help lol

[rich adder]

what?

[daring star]

itemGameobject.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(itemGameobject.transform.position, holdPoint.position, Time.deltaTime * 4); in Update

[rich adder]

this is like one line...also tells nothing about how the actual character is setup and what holdPoint even is..

[rocky canyon]

the one line of code is fine tho 👍

maybe debug the positions/vectors in the same function as the movetowards and see what gets outputted..

gonna/might shine some light on whats actually happen that isnt what u expect to be happening

[rich adder]

if the character is Rigidbody that line could be problematic no ? especially we cannot know how the camera itself is moved

[rocky canyon]

true.. and parent/child relations as well

say the target moves towards child.. (makes child move... == jitter/jank)

[polar acorn]

Still, an example of where an infinite loop is possible. Since you can't get logs to check if it's happening, you'll need to use the debugger

[stoic summit]

yeah, thank dawg

[daring star]

the problem was the dampling on cinemachine camera

[wintry quarry]

I think that's a red herring. The real issue is that you are probably moving your Rigidbody without interpolation and/or you have code that is breaking the interpolation.

[daring star]

No now I'm using just itemGameobject.transform.position = holdPoint.position; in update and all works fine

[wintry quarry]

Do you have a Rigidbody?

on the object?

Also is that for the gun? What about the player?

[daring star]

yes

[wintry quarry]

THen you're moving it incorrectly

You should never modify the Transform directly for an object that has a Rigidbody.

[scarlet skiff]

I'm working on a weapon data system in Unity using ScriptableObjects, and I'm running into a design problem.

Originally, I had a WeaponThrowableData ScriptableObject, and from that I made child ScriptableObjects like WeaponThrowableBounceData and WeaponThrowableLingerData. The problem is: I couldn’t combine them. I couldn’t make a single weapon that had both bounce and linger behavior, because a ScriptableObject asset can only be one type. That forced me to choose one or the other.

Now I want to have a single WeaponData ScriptableObject that can support multiple roles playerWeaponData/enemyWeaponData) and multiple behaviors (bounce, linger, whatever else I add later). the obvious way to do that is by adding serialized fields for every possible type , but that means that a lot of times most of the fields go unused, and they still get initialized (right?).

Yes, I can hide the unused fields in the inspector with a custom editor, that’s not the problem. The problem is they still exist in memory and on disk even if they’re not being used. In a large game where this system is used everywhere, for all player and enemy attacks, I feel like that’s unnecessary bloat. now, its not thousands or even hundrereds of variables/fields, but if there is a way to improve i wouldnt wanna miss out on it.

What I’m looking for is a way to structure my ScriptableObject so that I only store and initialize the data I actually use, without having to split into dozens of ScriptableObject subtypes for every variation, becuase again, that doesnt even work, sometimes i need both types. Is there a proper way to do this that avoids wasting memory and scales properly? what do ppl do in this situation?

so basically what i have is first picture and i wanna have somethign that works like second picture

id appreciate any tutorials that talk about this, i cant really find the tutorials im looking for

[wintry quarry]

Yeah I think inheritance is the wrong tool for this as you are seeing. What you want is composition. This is not an "Is a" relationship, which is what inheritance captures. Think like the GameObject/Component relationship. That's closer to what you want here.

Also inheritance with SOs is a nightmare anyway

(for managing the assets)

[bright osprey]

you could break this down into a fluent builder style pattern (if im understanding what you want) and pass handlers into a class this way?

[wintry quarry]

So something like - your SO has a List<WeaponAttribute> where WeaponAttribute is a piece of data like you're referring to here.

the fluent/builder API is a convenient way to initialize objects but it doesn't actually address the architectural issue, no?

[bright osprey]

this was ontop of the avoiding Inheritance suggestion to be fair 🙂

[bright osprey]

yeah youre right, hence my message above 🙂

[scarlet skiff]

yea i tried to think of it as that but, that i came up with is not something i liked, so many classes, and like, its just so much going on, how do i create a system with composition that is as compact and clean as possible?

i mean, i can have just like, SOs that are playerData, enemyData and stuff but then im creatign so many assets and its hard to keep track of

[scarlet skiff]

i did something like this, but idk i dont like it, i feel like im taking the longer way, but idk a shorter way

and id call init on onnetworkspawn or start in the bomb : weapon or wtv

i used to do stuff like if (data is WeaponThrowableBounceData bounceData) everytime i wanted to use a specifics datas fields before, this only needs to call init on initialization once, and if i have a manager in scene that collects and deactivates weapons rather than despawning them and spawning new ones, its not bad of a solution, less expensive i assume, but yea

if there are better ways, which i have a feeling there might be, id rather have that

[wintry quarry]

you don't need all those things to be different classes. Just focusing on the float attributes for a minute, imagine a setup like this:

public struct Attribute {
  public string Name;
  public float Value;
}```
Then your weapon can look something like:
```cs
public class Weapon {
  public WeaponType weaponType;
  public List<Attribute> attributes;

  public Attribute GetAttribute(String name); // implement this with a dictionary or something
}```
And when processing things you can do a simple switch statement (or optionally, use delegates) to have different behavior per weapon type. For examplke:
```cs
void HandleWeapon(Weapon weapon) {
  switch (weapon.weaponType) {
    case BouncingWeapon:
      HandleBoucingWeapon(weapon);
      break;
  }
}

void HandleBouncingWeapon(Weapon weapon) {
  float wallBounceMultiplier = weapon.GetAttribute("WallBounceMultiplier").Value;
  float froundBounceMultiplier = weapon.GetAttribute("GroundBounceMultiplier").Value;
  float damage = weapon.GetAttribute("Damage").Value;

  // do your actual logic here
}```

[scarlet skiff]

the thing with structs rather than classes, structs are serializable, no?

[wintry quarry]

Both can be serializable

you can use classes if you want, it's not the main point here

this is quick and dirty. Enums may be better than strings. You need to handle non-float attributes, etc... but this is the basic gist of how I do it in my games.

you could have WeaponType be a list too

so you could then loop through all the types the weapon has

which is how you could combine e.g. Bouncing and other types in one weapon for example

[scarlet skiff]

wouldnt constantly having to loop to get a specific type of attribute be ineffecient

[wintry quarry]

you would use a dictionary

to speed it up at runtime

hence my comment

that's just a performance optimization

let's focus on the architecture here 😛

[white girder]

I had this same issue then remembered you can have both in one class and have the class decide how to activate each one

[scarlet skiff]

okay guys, there is a lot to take in here for me give me a moment

[scarlet skiff]

is this a seperate solution from what wwe jus tduscussed? seems to be so

in that case, how can you tell a class to deactivate fields, what is this fetaure called, or what can io search on youtube

[white girder]

Ngl I didnt read anything

Thats how im trying to do it

Have one class that regulates when the smaller classes should do things

And the smaller classes just worry about doing their thing and dont have to worry about when to do it

[scarlet skiff]

this doesnt tell me much :/

sounds like jus ta parent/child typical set up

im trying to optimize as much as i can here, to the point if a weapon type, say bouncy, which require 3 different float values for a method in the weapon åarent class, is no being used, we dont even initialize those 3 variables for this specific weapon, it doesnt know about them

[scarlet skiff]

so... we are creating a sort of dictionary out of this attribute struct and the serializable list?, and as long as we always name the values the same thing, like add an attribute struct with the name being wallBounceMult across all weapons that bounce, we can safetly access wallBounceMult across all bouncy weapons, this seems a little fragile, no? like leaves room for human error, having to type all these values everytime we create an SO with this list, or atp, no need for SO, this list of structs can be directly in thw weapon parent class

there was like some sort of asset, called odin i belkieve, that makes unserializable tpyes, serializable or something, among other features such as easier custom inspectors, but its 50$, i was planning on using it before finding out the price

[wintry quarry]

yes there's some room for human error. It can be mostly mitigated with editor tooling though

you don't need odin to make things serializable

you can do that just fine with the [Serializable] attribute

[scarlet skiff]

this is like, too fluid it feels like, i liked how it was a little more rigid before, premade values, is there no inbetween solution? or would such a solution compromise the technical effeciency of this

[scarlet skiff]

what if we uhh like, keep the specific classes for data, like bounce, and add those as components on the gameObject, give them the data, then have those classes inherit from an interface IWeapon, and then we can keep the list of attribute, but have attrobite be like

public struct Attribute {
public string Name;
public IWeapon Values;
}

then we can weapon.GetAttribute("Damage").Values.wallBounceMult; or something, and to reference the IWeapons we just drag the script components to the list field in weapon class

[austere monolith]

my bad

[wintry quarry]

Sure but then you just do GetComponent and you don't need the struct

[scarlet skiff]

i heard GetComponent was a wee bit expensive, coinsider this weapon class is used for anything damage related in the game (almost), becomes bad structure, no?

[austere monolith]

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

for some reason when I look straight down and hold s, my player starts spam jumping, is there any way to block this off or something?

[wintry quarry]

GetComponent is really very cheap

It's a pretty big misconception

You can always optimize the performance later if it becomes a problem, but it won't

[scarlet skiff]

wait actually, thats like, extrenly good its legit super useful

[wintry quarry]

Usually you don't actually rotate your player object to look up and down

You just tilt the camera

Most likely you screwed up your mouse look code and/or the setup in the inspector or hierarchy

[austere monolith]

https://hastebin.com/share/etahumicut.csharp sumin wrong?

i used a tut

[wintry quarry]

Nothing wrong with the code - you put the script on the wrong object most likely

this code goes on the camera which should be a child of the player object

[scarlet skiff]

so is doing it this way cheaper than just having the ALL values be in the SO data and just not using them, solution still feels a bit crude, so i wonder if we did win with this, optimazation-wise

[wintry quarry]

There is ONE thing wrong with the code that is not related to this issue though - and that's the tutorial's fault:

        float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
        float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;```
Time.deltaTime is absolutely wrong to have here. YOu shouldr remove it

and chang ethe sensitivity in the inspector asnd the code from 100 or so to 1 or so

[austere monolith]

alrightyo

thanks

whats the reason to not have Time.deltaTime there?

[wintry quarry]

it adds jitter for no reason

mouse delta input is already framerate independent

there is nothing to adjust

[austere monolith]

Oh, thats why my camera had random spikes of speed.

:/

[wintry quarry]

yes

removing it will fix that

[austere monolith]

well now I can't look horizontally? (im probably just stupid)

[wintry quarry]

what did you do

[austere monolith]

remove time.detlatime

wait a min

[wintry quarry]

did you move the scirpt to the camera?

[scarlet skiff]

Mr. blue a moment of your time please

[austere monolith]

nevermind

[wintry quarry]

Did you assign the player body correctly in the inspector to point at the main player object?

[austere monolith]

lol, i had to change the playerbody var to the gameobject

[wintry quarry]

I think performance is less of a concern than you think here. This data is kind of accessed so infrequently as to not matter for the most part. The most important thing is the developer and designer experience.

[austere monolith]

idk, once the camera goes to like, 30 on the x rotation it does the weird skippy thing

[wintry quarry]

what weird skippy thing

[scarlet skiff]

i mean, its gonna be an open world with a lot of players and enemies, it could have some effect, no? and if you still suggest its insignificant then do i just have all the values in one SO and forget about itializing extra unused variables?

[austere monolith]

OMG I GOT IT

i moved the script to the player transform capsule thing

nice

[wintry quarry]

No the script belongs on the camera, which should be a child of the player object, and should reference the player object in the inspector

with the script on the player transform you will have the jumping issue again

[austere monolith]

I mean the playermovement

on the capsule

[wintry quarry]

yes

playermovement belongs on the capsule

that's not the Mouse Look script

[austere monolith]

mhm thats what i did lol, i put the playermovement on the capsule and it worked. it previously was on the arms

the mouselook has always been on the camera lol

thanks for ur help

🙂

[scarlet skiff]

Mr blue?

[astral flame]

Hello people if you can help me with my car code is that the car dumps when turning already tries to put this rb.Centerofmass = new vector3 (0, -1f, 0); But it skids a lot and does not let go of https://paste.myst.rs/v2gzmro1

[scarlet skiff]

blue 💔

[astral flame]

what?

[scarlet skiff]

hoping for a response from someone, related to m yearlier messages

[alpine summit]

I've made an overlay with a button that toggles my how-to-play screen (a UI Document in front of a background image). However, the button becomes unclickable when Background is enabled. The button is not layered behind the background so I'm not sure why this is the case

[wintry quarry]

Background is a UITK thing?

So you're mixing UGUI and UITK?

[alpine summit]

I renamed it background

it's just an empty object with an image component

[rotund hull]

How can i make an object so that the player can detect when they collide with it but the player cannot move it around, but the object can still collide with other objects

[rich adder]

kinematic rb maybe

[rotund hull]

what does that do?

[alpine summit]

tested a bit more and the problem specifically seems to be the UI Document

when it's active, the button becomes unclickable

[wintry quarry]

But you said UIDocument?

That's UITK

[wintry quarry]

2d or 3d?

[alpine summit]

HelpScreen is a UI Document

[wintry quarry]

Right, so you're mixing UITK and UGUI

[alpine summit]

oh, is there an issue with mixing UGUI and UITK?

[wintry quarry]

I don't know what the rules are for that but I wouldn't be surprised if you can't rely on the hierarchy order thing when you do that

[alpine summit]

ah, I see

is there some way I can force the button to always be clickable, or should I replace the UI Document?

[wintry quarry]

Or maybe there's something special you need to do. I would search the web with that mixing in mind

[alpine summit]

the reason I wanted to use it is because I would like to use a tab bar in my UI

because there is no ui tab bar in UGUI, right?

[wintry quarry]

There's no built in component for it but you could certainly build one

[scarlet skiff]

in case you were curios Blue, ive added this new system. List of IWeaponData (an empty interface), then data classes that inherit from it. with a custom editor script for WeaponData, i can serialize the list and its classes like this, so its componenet type of building for the weapon SOs, without the hassle from the previous approaches. I access these datas as such: data.Get<BounceData>() is BounceData bounce

the get method:

public T Get<T>() where T : class, IWeaponData
{
    return otherData.OfType<T>().FirstOrDefault();
}

honestly idrk how it works, but it does

[acoustic belfry]

Hey, if i want to put a value inside a function to wich another script will reference, and i want that script to call that animation, how i can do it?

what value i have to put?

i mean, like the

{
  animator.play(sightAnimation)
  detectedPlayer = true
}```

[rich adder]

actually.. how do you move the player , what components you have on it and why wouldn't regular collider work for the other object?

[acoustic belfry]

what would the [?] be?

[rich adder]

Could you clarify a bit more?

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Animator.Play.html look at the parameter it takes. you choose based on what declaration you want to use

[acoustic belfry]

mmm, im using a base script for make my enemy scripts inherite it, and this function needs to call an animation, to wich the inherite has

the thing is, how i can call that animation in the function referenced?

i currently put string, but i feel like something may be wrong

[eternal needle]

one declaration does take a string. try it and see if it works

[acoustic belfry]

it works, but i feel like might not be the right way, or it is?

i mean cuz, why AnimationClip is a value too? that makes me slighty confused

[eternal needle]

what do you mean, where is AnimationClip a value? the clip is used in your animator states, then you are playing the state by name

[acoustic belfry]

i mean cuz when i put the values inside the () of the function it allows me to put animationClip, but of course when i try to put a name on it on the referencer doesnt work

anyways, so, in theory this should work?
base

    {
        animator.Play(sightAnimation);
        audioSource.PlayOneShot(sightSFX);
        detectoValeria = true;
    }```
referencer
```enemySight(animator, "MortemRifleSight", audioSource, troopersight);

let me rephrase, this should be the best way to do it, right? I mean cuz it works, but im always anxious abt if my scripts are well written or nah

[eternal needle]

there isnt much to go off here to suggest anything different. if you want to directly play an animation, that is how you do it. Another thing you could do here is make more use of the animator controller and parameters
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Animator.SetTrigger.html
and then have it enter that state based on the trigger. Depends on how you wish to setup the animator

[acoustic belfry]

oh, i get it, well, thanks

[alpine summit]

just checking before I start making a prefab: it's possible to subscribe to a button-click event in code, right?

seems like it should be possible but I don't want to just assume before basing my code structure on that

[brave robin]

Yes. If it's the unityevent in Button, then you'd use AddListener()

[alpine summit]

is this incorrect?

[brave robin]

That works for C# events, if that's what .clicked is.

[alpine summit]

System.Action

[brave robin]

Yup, += works for that

[alpine summit]

ok cool

[brave robin]

-= unsubs

[alpine summit]

very convenient syntax

[brave robin]

You can also get a full list of all listeners through its invocation list

Useful if you want to manually step through them and invoke that way

[alpine summit]

ArgumentException: GetComponent requires that the requested component 'Button' derives from MonoBehaviour or Component or is an interface. having trouble getting the button component of my tab button object

line with error: Button tabButton = tabGameObject.GetComponent<Button>();

where tabGameObject is a GameObject with a button component

[polar acorn]

When you hover over the button class, what package does it say it is in

[alpine summit]

UnityEngine.UIElements.Button

do I maybe need to use a different class for a TMP button?

[polar acorn]

Yeah that's not the right one

[alpine summit]

ah

[polar acorn]

Unity UI button

[alpine summit]

I see, ty!

[eager stratus]

So I was told there was a way to pass arguments through button presses using the inspector. Is this true? If so, how do I go about doing this? Because all I see is a handler for an OnClick event that doesn't take parameters

[teal viper]

You should be able to pass primitive type params. The method needs to have the right signature of course.

[eager stratus]

Ah, then that doesn't work for me. I'm trying to pass the button itself

I'm trying to link it to a function that tells the button to disappear itself when it's clicked

[teal viper]

You can have a proxy button script that invokes the actual event with whatever params you want

public void OnClick()
{
  OnThisButtonClicked?.Invoke(this);
}

[eager stratus]

It's more that I really don't want the script I'm linking to know that the button even exists. I just want a function that tells what ever button triggers that function to disappear

[teal viper]

Then just:

public void OnClick()
{
  otherObject.ThatOtherFunction();
  Destroy(this);
}

[eager stratus]

The script is attached to another object entirely. One that I really don't want to explicitly link to the button

[teal viper]

You either reference it in the button or subscribe from that other script to the button. There's no way around it.

Someone needs to know about the other one if a function needs to be called on click.

[eager stratus]

The button does, but that's all assigned from the inspector

[teal viper]

Yeah, well the code I shared does exactly that

You just set the reference to the other object in the attached script rather than the button itself.

[eager stratus]

I'm not following

There's no script on the button

[teal viper]

You add one

a proxy script like I said

[eager stratus]

And that's unavoidable?

[teal viper]

Yep. At least if you want the behavior that you described with minimal changes.

[teal viper]

If it's just destroying or disabling an object/component on click, you can add an additional OnClick listener/entry in the inspector with the appropriate call.

So that it invokes the specified function first and then does the disabling/destroying.

[eager stratus]

Well, that at least worked

[undone depot]

can someone help out with why this knockback function isnt doing anything?

[polar acorn]

Are you sure it's running

[undone depot]

how would i check that

[teal viper]

Debug logs or attaching a debugger and using breakpoints

[undone depot]

okay so this is pretty confusing
it seems like it's being caught up at if(Physics.Raycast...) in the AttackRaycast function
but HitTarget is still kind of working

it's only playing the first if statement, even if the object doesnt have that tag

[fleet goblet]

where can i learn how to code/make ai's enemys

[rich adder]

check pins in this channel

[fleet goblet]

oo thanks

[teal viper]

This doesn't check the object's tag. Check the documentation.

[chilly mulch]

In which app debug and code? visual studio 2022 or visual studio code!?

[rich adder]

either one works

vs2022 is windows only

[teal elk]

How woudl i ue unity tilemp rule tiles with my custom grid , i want to use unity tilemap ssytem with grid and rule tiles but i have mismatch issues, i dont want the custom grid on the rule tile edges only in the center , the code is to big to post here. any links an refence for help wuld be nice , thnak you

[chilly mulch]

What u use and majority of the population used?

[rich adder]

I prefer VSCode. Idk what others are using... Anyone on Linux/Mac use VSC or Rider

[polar acorn]

That first if is checking if anything with that tag exists

[grizzled crag]

    float moveDistance = moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
    float playerRadius = 0.7f;
    float playerHeight = 2f;
    bool canMove = !Physics.CapsuleCast(transform.position, transform.position + Vector3.up * playerHeight, playerRadius, moveDir, moveDistance);


    if (!canMove) {
        Vector3 moveDirX = new Vector3(moveDir.x, 0, 0);
        canMove = !Physics.CapsuleCast(transform.position, transform.position + Vector3.up * playerHeight, playerRadius, moveDirX, moveDistance);
        if (canMove) {
            moveDir = moveDirX;
        }
        else {
            Vector3 moveDirZ= new Vector3(0, 0, moveDir.z);
            canMove = !Physics.CapsuleCast(transform.position, transform.position + Vector3.up * playerHeight, playerRadius, moveDirZ, moveDistance);
            if (canMove) {
                moveDir = moveDirZ;
            }
            
        }
    }
    if (canMove) { //Can move both directions
        transform.position += moveDir * moveDistance;
        
    }
    isWalking = moveDir != Vector3.zero;
    transform.forward = Vector3.Slerp(transform.forward, moveDir, Time.deltaTime * lookSmoothing);

}

This code detects if there's an object in front of the player. If it sees there's one, it'll check the z and the x axes if thoses axes are clear. If they are, the player will only move in those directions. Upon testing, there are instances where when I hit two movement keys (W, A or W, D), it ends up going through the wall as if there was no collision at all. Is there anything I can do to make this script more reliable?

[undone depot]

i see that now
what would I use to check if the object has a specified tag

[solemn crypt]

Need help load scene

What do I do ?

I’m trying to change levels with canvas

Button

Using unity 6

[teal viper]

No screen photos please.
!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/

📃 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.

[solemn crypt]

Sent it in

[teal viper]

In where?

[solemn crypt]

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

Do I show you what I’m working with here ?

[teal viper]

It does show, yes.
Use logs or debugger to see if the method is being executed.

[solemn crypt]

When I did the scene 🎬 was labeled not in the scene

Or available even

It was like why?

[teal viper]

I have no clue what you're trying to say. If English is difficult for you, use a translator.

[solemn crypt]

It said that the scene was not available to load

But idk I’m trying to figure it out

[teal viper]

Is that an actual error/warning in the console?

[undone depot]

fixed the issue
changed it to compare tag and fixed an embarassing issue with the actor script

[supple flume]

chat, i want to achieve an if statement with 2 ifs, only one of them can be true, NOT both , is there away to do it without putting an and where they both are correct?

Crazy active chat ong

[stuck field]

Why can only one be true, honestly just use an else

if (a) {} else if (b) {}

[supple flume]

its a grid with X and y, i want it to be 1 block in each direction, never in 2 directions

[stuck field]

Still confused, can you use an else if?

[supple flume]

so i want it like this

[supple flume]

it has to be a one statement

[stuck field]

Why is that?

[supple flume]

its an equation let me write it for u

math.abs(agagag.indicatorx - pet.sitOnx) == 1 && math.abs(agagag.indicatorY - pet.sitOny) == 0

this is an example

those are not the intentional values

[stuck field]

Still can have an else if, that statement won't work either as it will only return true if x is 1, and y is 0

That's not going to be the case always

[supple flume]

yes as i said ,they are an example values

[teal viper]

I mean, you can go for something atrocious like if((a || b) && a != b), but an else if is probably gonna be more readable.

[supple flume]

can anyone provide an example for the if else, cause i couldnt think of it

i thought of the if(( ) &&) but as i said i want smth cleaner

[stuck field]

Up here

[teal viper]

if(a)
{
}
else if(b)
{
}

[naive pawn]

if you mean 2 conditions where you want one of them to be true but not both, you can use != or ^

[supple flume]

oh hell na i am restarted

how couldnt i thinl of this 💔

[split plover]

Quick question, if not setting something like a function or integer to private does the same thing as setting an integer or function to private, why would i type private on things like integers or functions

[iron wind]

Personal preference really. I prefer explicitly marking something as private to indicate that I wanted it be private. Otherwise it's unclear whether I wanted that member to be private or I just made a mistake and forgot it

[split plover]

Well i dont think im gonna be finding myself using public too much anyways because outside of when i specifically need to access something in the inspector or in another script i probably will just add it layer if i need it

so it seems more useful to just remember they exist and not use them until i need them

[sour fulcrum]

private by default yee

you can also do [SerializeField] before a private field to make it show up in inspector like what public does

[split plover]

Does that make it public if you dont state that its private

[iron wind]

no

[split plover]

Okay thats useful

I'll starrt using serialize field for some stuff instead of making 90 things public

[iron wind]

it's only to make unity serialize the value and show it in the inspector

[sour fulcrum]

No explicit access modifier means private

[SerializeField] doesn’t affect accessor at all

[SerializeField] is technically unity magic where unity secret breaks in regards of the lock 😄

[west sonnet]

I have a player body with a movement script on it. I have a camera parented to the body, which has a mouse movement script on it. Problem is, when I move forward the player body moves forward in whatever direction I'm facing. So if I look up and press forward, it'll jump up rather than moving forward. If I look down, it tries to move into the ground but it cant so it doesn't move at all.

I've tried to fix it but can't. If anyone could please help I'd appreciate it. Here are the scripts:

PlayerMovement: https://paste.mod.gg/kolozwbclfsc/0
MouseMovement: https://paste.mod.gg/

[keen dew]

The obvious solution is to use the player body's transform for movement instead of the camera's

[west sonnet]

I'm not sure what you mean. The movement script is on the player body. The mouse movement (looking around) is on the camera

[keen dew]

Yes but you use the camera transform for movement

Vector3 Move = Camera.transform.right * X + Camera.transform.forward * Z;

[west sonnet]

Vector3 Move = transform.right * X + transform.forward * Z;

Should I change to this? ^

[keen dew]

If this script is on the object you want to base the movement on then yes

[west sonnet]

if I do that, the object no longer moves in relation to how I move the camera. It moves purely on the X and Z axis

So looking around doesn't rotate my player

[keen dew]

You'll have to change what looking around does then

This is why usually looking up/down rotates the camera and left/right rotates the model

[west sonnet]

Oh right

[west sonnet]

I've removed camera, so the movement is based on the player's body

And I've changed the mouse movement script so that the Y rotation is applied to the player body and the X rotation is applied to the camera. This seems to be working as intended but I was wondering if you can see any improvements I could make?

I'm not super knowledgable on Quaternions or Eulers so I'm not sure if I 've written it in the best way here

[keen dew]

Don't multiply mouse input by deltatime (https://unity.huh.how/mouse-input-and-deltatime). Otherwise looks pretty standard

[west sonnet]

Does it make sense to apply 2 Quaternion.Eulers here?

[keen dew]

Sure, they apply to different objects so no avoiding that

[supple flume]

ok so yall another question, how do i check if a number is one of the sizes of an array

im using a 2d array and i want lets say to check if 5 is one of its dimentions

[wintry quarry]

Iterate over the dimensions

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.array.getlength

[supple flume]

what does the word iterate mean

lol

[wintry quarry]

Use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.array.rank?view=net-9.0#system-array-rank and GetLength

[wintry quarry]

It means write a for loop

[supple flume]

oo

[thorn stone]

Anyone sees whats wrong

Cus it aint moving

[slender nymph]

you need to get your !IDE configured 👇

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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

[thorn stone]

But why

[slender nymph]

having configured tools is a requirement for getting help here

!collab 👇

[thorn stone]

Whatt

[eternal falcon]

:loudspeaker: Collaborating and Job Posting

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[thorn stone]

Ohh

Alright then

[brazen dragon]

ok sorry

[barren vapor]

Save your file

[thorn stone]

Yeah nothing works

[barren vapor]

White circle next to your filename means that it's unsaved

[thorn stone]

I am reseting to some step back

[naive pawn]

have you configured your ide

[thorn stone]

No

[naive pawn]

configure your ide

[thorn stone]

Which one

[thorn stone]

herething

@naive pawn

[rich adder]

you're using Visual Studio Code, so use that link...
visual cues also help, look at the icon

[slate summit]

i have a question, can you have a empty C# script instead of c# sharp script or r they the same?

[thorn stone]

Bro what the hell is this

I will freaking set up this shit for another 3 hours and get no help from it

[rich adder]

3 hours? thats pretty dramatic, literally takes 5 minutes

[thorn stone]

What will it even do

[rich adder]

did you read the Bot message

it tells you mostly why

if you're confused on simple step by step guide on a configuring IDE, gamedev isnt much easier

[rich adder]

wdym C# script instead of c# sharp script

[thorn stone]

Oh then fuck you

[slate summit]

Im looking at a vid for something ands they want me to open a C# script but when i do the same thing they do i see monoC# script and empty C# script

[rich adder]

oh so you mean MonoBehaviour script vs Empty C# ?

[naive pawn]

well that's not gonna get you anywhere
are you stuck on some step in configuring or something

[thorn stone]

I am fucking stuck on fucking script

[rich adder]

one is a component , specific to Unity

public class MyClass : MonoBehaviour{    
}```
other is " empty "  this is a regular class aka a POCO
```cs
public class MyClass{  
}```

[thorn stone]

I have been working fucking 10 hours straight

And this shit doesnt fucking work

[rich adder]

then take a break instead of being an ass

[slender nymph]

but have you configured your IDE yet? because as has already been pointed out, having a configured IDE is a requirement to get help here.

[slate summit]

ohh ok

[thorn stone]

I DONT FUCKING CARE

[slender nymph]

then go cry somewhere else

[thorn stone]

I am so close to say something that would make me get banned from Discord for TOS violations.

[fickle plume]

!mute 1192002015908331531 Then maybe you need a break. Don't insult people trying to help you. Read #📖┃code-of-conduct

[eternal falcon]

mintysmelon was muted.

[rich adder]

asking for help then insulting people who try to help.. A+

[frail hawk]

why mute and not ban?

insulting people who trying to help out is a no go

[fickle plume]

They didn't have previous infractions and just arrived here. They get once chance to cleanup their act. Next time they are gone.

[frail hawk]

fair enough, right choice

[slate summit]

Can someone help me with this code?

what do i need to fix?

[fickle plume]

Your method outside of the class, look at the braces

Also you can mouse over error it will tell you that

[frail hawk]

!IDE @slate summit

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[slate summit]

ok tysm!

[sharp bloom]

Hi, need help with the grid component. I spawn the "floor" tiles using a for-loop with grid.GetCellCenterWorld().
I want to spawn the cubes on the cells with grid.CellToWorld() but as you can see they're not alligned correctly. Probably did something stupid here.

The tiles are just these sprite prefabs, (rotation is for orthographic camera)

And I generate grid as

private void GridGen()
        {
            for (int i = 0; i <= sizeRows ; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j <= sizeColumns; j++)
                {
                    var position = gameGrid.GetCellCenterWorld(new Vector3Int(i,j));
                    var cell = Instantiate(cellObj, position, cellObj.transform.rotation);
                    cell.transform.SetParent(visualGrid.transform);
                }
            }
        }

[naive pawn]

what's the pivot of the cubes? the center of the cubes?

also btw you can set the parent in the Instantiate call directly

[sharp bloom]

I think the problem is the how I setup the grid lines. This is a default cube at (0,0,0) where the grid also begins.

Seems the origin of the sprites is the bottom left corner

[naive pawn]

so the pivot of the cube is at the center, presumably

[sharp bloom]

Yes

[naive pawn]

the grid lines outline the edges of the grid cell, so GetCellCenterWorld should be correct to position the cubes within the grid cell

oh i misread

i see the issue now

your floor tiles use GetCellCenterWorld, while your cubes are CellToWorld
just change one to be the other

probably change the latter to GetCellCenterWorld

[sharp bloom]

Oh yeah that was simple, thank you, I have no idea why I used different methods XD

[viscid girder]

The trigger sets off and shows it in the preview yet it still doesn't play when I left click?

[naive pawn]

please don't crosspost

[viscid girder]

mb, wasnt aware

[naive pawn]

please do remove all the duplicate posts as well

[hasty tundra]

Is there a way to restrict the input into a TMP input field so that it can only be numbers?

[rich adder]

yes its on the component

iirc "Content Type"

[supple flume]

why do i get an error saying there isnt an instance

omori dude who kept helping me wya

My array has 4 objects

BUT dont arrays start with 0?

• i tried to do it as 4 and same thing

[eternal needle]

!code and we cant see which line 103 is.
When you declare an array like = new int[3] you are declaring that is has 3 elements. These 3 elements would be accessed through the indices 0, 1, 2 like arr[0].

[eternal falcon]

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[supple flume]

entire code is a miss like hella

the fore loop is 103

[cosmic dagger]

No, it has 3: index 0, 1, and 2 . . .

[supple flume]

highschool lied to me

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ if you wont share it properly, what kind of help do you expect. the for loop is multiple lines long. the line with for on it cannot have a null error

[supple flume]

the ag assigning line

[cosmic dagger]

The number you provided indicates the array's length, which is 3. When indexing an array, you start at 0 . . .

[supple flume]

ik that i start at 0, but i thought if i assigned it as 0 it would have 1 value and 1 is 2 values and keeps going like this

[eternal needle]

well if you really cant be bothered to show the code properly (the bot instructions above) i really cant be bothered to help.
The code isnt lying to you, something is null and you are trying to GetComponent on null then

[supple flume]

my apologys g, i just didnt want to bother yall with the missy code

got backlashed a lat when i showed my old missy codes

so another question, how do i know the length of one side of the array, Using the length value gave me the amount of items stored, all i want is what is the maximum amount in each collumon in a 2d array

and rank gave me what type of array is

[eternal needle]

if it was an issue with the index, the error would also be like this:
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array. not an object instance being null

[supple flume]

my man its already fixed, thanks for ur efforts

[eternal needle]

you access the length through the .Length
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.array.length?view=net-9.0
there are examples on the docs

[supple flume]

as i said the lenght doesnt provide what i desire

so every 2d array has [, ] right

i want how much is the max value of the sides

[eternal needle]

i dont really know what you mean by max value of the sides, but from your initial question "length of one side" would be .GetLength and you pass in the dimension like 0 or 1. Basically getting the amount of rows or columns if you view it like a matrix

[supple flume]

i want it to give me the amount of collumns and rows just like a matrix yes

Not their amount

the amount of them

[eternal needle]

yes my answer above also tells you how to do that, right in the middle of the sentence

".GetLength and you pass in the dimension like 0 or 1"

[mystic glacier]

👋

When my character is stepping off a platform, it acts like it's walking down a smooth mountain (slope) and doesn't jump me off from the platform directly. How can I fix this behaviour?

[polar acorn]

Sounds like you're resetting your y velocity to 0 every frame

[mystic glacier]

I'm actually applying a downward force

The condition is isGrounded && velocity.y < 0

Am I doing it wrong?

[polar acorn]

Are you overwriting that force anywhere? Maybe you should show !code

[eternal falcon]

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[mystic glacier]

Here you go: https://paste.mod.gg/skbpqfmepleq/0
Please keep in mind that I used AI to help writing code but I didn't fully copy-paste it, I'm trying to understand the code while using AI, it's just that I'm new to game dev and not fully familiar with it

[polar acorn]

Attempting to scroll on that website on mobile attempts to edit it and clears the entire thing. I'll have to leave this for someone who can actually look at the code

[mystic glacier]

https://pastes.dev/ydL5iD4fQD does this work?

[polar acorn]

Better, I can actually open that one

You are calling .Move twice. You should do it one time with both the horizontal and vertical movement. Otherwise, your isGrounded checks will not work properly

[hazy crypt]

Hey guys, I have a question about applying text effect for a menu, where would I ask about that?

[mystic glacier]

Probably #📲┃ui-ux would work 🙂

[mystic glacier]

So I should add both vectors and apply it once?

[hazy crypt]

Perfect thanks so much

[polar acorn]

Yes.

I'm trying to follow everywhere velocity is set and used but searching on that page only searches what is currently on the screen and I just shouldn't try to review large code files on mobile because none of these sites work with it

But I did notice the double calling of Move, maybe that'll be enough

With it double called it would basically only detect is grounded every other frame

[mystic glacier]

Didn't work sadly, when I'm walking off the platform it still acts like I'm walking off a slope and slowly decreases the Y position

characterController.Move((moveDirection + velocity) * Time.deltaTime); changed it to this fyi

[mystic glacier]

Still looking for help by the way

[stray oyster]

I folks I wanted to check if there is a built in tool for a weird mechanic for a 2d game.

Essentially I want something that acts like those CSS sliding image comparison tools, but where the dividing line rotates like the edge of a shadow as a light source moves around a corner. And to make things complicated I would want multiple slider bars, so it’s not showing parts of two layers, but parts of multiple layers.

I think my current options are:

• use the shadow tool, where light makes a layer opaque and shadow makes transparent showing the other layers, and figure out where light blocking elements need to be for each layer.
• use multiple sprite masks, one for each layer, and reshape the sprite masks as needed.

So what do you all think?

[inner crane]

Hello does anyone know why my rb has some kind of delay when releasing the movement key? its only when i normalize the vector which doesnt make much sense for me. I couldnt really find a solution online so maybe someone could help me

[rich adder]

use GetAxisRaw

[timid salmon]

Dose Anyone know why my bulletcooldown isnt working

[inner crane]

Yeah but then its instantly stopping. i would like to have a lite delay

[timid salmon]

You want It To Wait?

[ripe shard]

you are starting a new cooldown in every update after the button press

[rich adder]

then create a variable and use MoveTowards

[timid salmon]

yeah to make bulletcooldown true so it will start the Waitforseconds function

[ripe shard]

but you only want to start one cooldown

you could for example move that StartCoroutine of the cooldown into the if (ButtonPress) {}

[timid salmon]

public class ShipGun : MonoBehaviour
{
public Rigidbody bullet;
public int bulletPower;
public bool bulletCooldown;
void Start()
{
bulletCooldown = true;
}

void Update()
{
    if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.right), out RaycastHit hitinfo, 10f))
    {
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.right) * hitinfo.distance, Color.green);
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.right) * 10f, Color.red);
    }

    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) == true && bulletCooldown == false)
    {
        Rigidbody clone = (Rigidbody)Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
        clone.linearVelocity = Vector3.forward * bulletPower;
        bulletCooldown = true;
    }

    if (bulletCooldown == true)
    {
        StartCoroutine(BulletCooldown());
    }
}

private IEnumerator BulletCooldown()
{
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
    bulletCooldown = false;
}

}

theres the code so just copy paste and show me where i should put it

im more of a visual learner

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[timid salmon]

could you do that?

[timid salmon]

where do i send code?

[rich adder]

copy the code, paste into one of the links. Save and send link

[timid salmon]

how do i send it

[rich adder]

you copy and paste it ?

[timid salmon]

is that good

[rich adder]

no its..not.

[timid salmon]

what do i do🙏

[rich adder]

delete this and send it properly through a link

#💻┃code-beginner message

[timid salmon]

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

[rich adder]

now the solution was given here #💻┃code-beginner message

[timid salmon]

Yeah but idk where to put it

[rich adder]

what do you mean where ?

did you read what they said

look at your code...where do you have if (ButtonDown)

btw in an if statement == true is the deafault check so it can be omitted

[timid salmon]

Yeah

Would I Do - if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) == true && bulletCooldown == false && StartCoroutine(BulletCooldown() == true)

[rich adder]

no

[timid salmon]

idk then

[mystic glacier]

Can anyone check this out?

[rich adder]

what don't you know.. just move StartCoroutine inside the if statement codeblock

if you're confused you outta start for simpler projects / code on !learn

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[rich adder]

you lack basics of c# you should probably do that first before making a game

[timid salmon]

can u just show what it wold look like

[rich adder]

I mean that won't really teach you much..

 if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && bulletCooldown == false)
        {
            Rigidbody clone = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
            clone.linearVelocity = Vector3.forward * bulletPower;
            bulletCooldown = true;
            StartCoroutine(BulletCooldown());
        }```

[timid salmon]

Thats What I DId..

[rich adder]

if you are comparing this to what you sent and somehow think its the same, again.. you need c# basics

[timid salmon]

But I tried another way which is when i came on here to ask for help

[timid salmon]

fair

ill try it out cuz im not disagreeing with u when u say i need help

ty tho

[rich adder]

what you sent the first time had StartCoroutine(BulletCooldown()); Inside UPDATE not the IF ButtonDown Block

so as long as bulletCooldown was true, which it was until; 1 second each time, it kept starting a new one each frame

[mystic glacier]

Any ideas on this? I've tried lowering step offset and it still didn't work. I'm applying downward force as can be seen in code, yet no luck

[timid salmon]

oh..

thanks sm

[eternal needle]

there is a lot of code there, so you'd probably want to narrow down where people should be looking. Also a lot of people wont want to look through anything AI generated.
the step offset is for when you're going up an object and stepping onto it. Not gravity related

[mystic glacier]

ApplyMovement() is where I apply the downforce, so that's probably where to look at

This is what I mean

[eternal needle]

assuming you still have them combined into one Move, i would just start by debugging what the velocity is every frame. Could probably just view it in debug mode inspector, or make it serializable so it shows up temporarily.
Maybe you changed it in inspector to be some low value. I don't really see anything here that would cause the initial problem u said

that looks about how i would expect it to function

[mystic glacier]

The velocity by default is -3, but as I start walking off the platform it increases which I think is caused by my gravity parameter

[mystic glacier]

My intention is to make the player fall off the edge instantly, what would I have to do to achieve it?

[eternal needle]

you'd probably have to code in your own "snap to ground" logic then. i dont think the cc has this feature although ive rarely used it

[teal viper]

I don't think this platform is high enough to demonstrate anything. The capsule still collides with it, while it's going down, do you're probably still grounded.

[mystic glacier]

Oh, so it's because of the capsule collider shape?

[teal viper]

Yes. Try make it a lot thinner and see if it changes.

[mystic glacier]

What would making it thin affect? Shouldn't I make it thicker?

[teal viper]

Making it thinner would make less area for it to collide with the platform edge, so it should actually be in falling state at some point.

[mystic glacier]

Made it really thin but still collides

[teal viper]

What did you made thin???

I was talking about the capsule, not the platform

[mystic glacier]

Oh 😭

Sorry it's 4 AM, my brain isn't really processing stuff

[teal viper]

If you want to modify the platform, then make it higher, not lower.

[undone depot]

how can i access a component on an object thats completely unrelated to where my script is attached?

[slender nymph]

get a reference to that object

[celest ore]

@slender nymph can u share me that webpage where the ways of properly questioning were written?

it was something like "the question you think is a question but its not", "be specific"

[slender nymph]

the Don't Ask To Ask site? that doesn't really tell you how to formulate a question. it just explains why asking to ask a question is pointless

[celest ore]

Yeah this

Thanks

[hasty tundra]

Hi, using steam achievments here. i need to be able to get the icon for an achievment and use it as a sprite in game. I know this would be done with GetIcon() but am not sure on the syntax, and i cant find it anywhere.

[slender nymph]

how you get that is dependent on the asset you are using for steamworks integration. consider looking at its documentation or whatever support channels are available for that asset

[polar acorn]

It does have this link at the bottom though:
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[undone depot]

how can i access animations in script?
i tried to reference the animator, object, and controller but none of them seem to work

[frigid sequoia]

So, ah, this is a dropdown and I am getting in the OnValueChanged() that, if I am not mistaken returns the index of whichever is the index of the option chosen on the value change. So my question is, what is the number input field for in here?

Can I manually give it a value or what?

[eternal needle]

this is incredibly vague. what are you exactly trying to access here? whats the goal

[slender nymph]

that is to specify a value, yes.
you need to use the dynamic option https://unity.huh.how/unity-events/dynamic-values

[undone depot]

it's to stop a weapon attack animation and then resume it

im trying to find where to reference the animation so i can use animation.stop()

[frigid sequoia]

Wait, so only the top methods get the index of the value selected?

[slender nymph]

only the top ones get whatever is passed directly at the invocation of the event. the bottom gets whatever is specified in the inspector

[frigid sequoia]

Wow, so that dropdown tooltip is gonna end looking extremely big lol

[eternal needle]

possibly just set the animator speed to 0 then? unless you are using Animation components for some reason

[slender nymph]

huh?

[frigid sequoia]

Cause I am gonna have all the methods showing on duplicate on there then

And they are gonna be a bunch sadly

[slender nymph]

that likely means the component is doing too much

[frigid sequoia]

I find it pointless to have a different script to set any and all of the different parameters I need when they are gonna just function exactly the same anyways

They all just work the same, but affect a different parameter on the manager

[undone depot]

okay that works

thanks

[hollow palm]

Hi, is anyone here using Visual Studio Community as their editor? I prefer creating new classes through VS rather than the Unity Editor because it's faster with the Ctrl + Shift + N shortcut. However, a new issue arises when using a custom snippet to write the initial MonoBehaviour template, the class name doesn't automatically match the file name, so I have to manually update the class name. Is there an efficient way to handle this?

As far as I remember, VS Code has an extension for this, but I’m not sure about Visual Studio Community.

[quartz hound]

there isnt a {FileName} in the shortcut? thats odd

[hollow palm]

pardon?

[quartz hound]

usually they have added definitions that you can use to autofill

[hollow palm]

this is the snippet i use

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CodeSnippets
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
  <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
    <Header>
      <Title>Unity MonoBehaviour</Title>
      <Shortcut>MonoBehaviour</Shortcut>
      <Description>Code snippet for a MonoBehaviour class</Description>
      <Author>John Miller</Author>
      <SnippetTypes>
        <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
      </SnippetTypes>
    </Header>
    <Snippet>
      <Code Language="csharp">
        <![CDATA[public class $name$ : MonoBehaviour
{
    
}]]>
      </Code>
      <Imports>
        <Import>
          <Namespace>UnityEngine</Namespace>
        </Import>
      </Imports>
      <Declarations>
        <Literal>
          <ID>name</ID>
          <ToolTip>Class name</ToolTip>
          <Default>MyMonoBehaviour</Default>
        </Literal>
      </Declarations>
    </Snippet>
  </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

[quartz hound]

$name$ is what you want

there should be a way to make it the file name

[hollow palm]

do u know how?

[quartz hound]

it will be tool specific so sadly not

[hollow palm]

It quite surprising that VS Code offers more enjoyable features compared to the full featured IDE itself.

[quartz hound]

give people the tools and they will build

[versed light]

why does unity have overload for set vertices and set uvs to use native arrays but not for set triangles

[snow trail]

does anyone recommend any tutorials, I wanna learn code :P

[naive pawn]

see pinned resources as well as !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[snow trail]

tysm!!

[north kiln]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Mesh.SetIndices.html

[quartz hound]

I loved learning basic code tinkering skills
kind of miss those days

[winged seal]

could anyone tell me how i could make my Battering Ram and SledgeHammer be able to knock a door down?

And also its in vr

[charred spoke]

if(sleehammer hits door) then KnockDoorDown()

[timber tide]

How do rigidbodies usually work in vr? If the player was controlling the hammer would you just apply your own physics I guess?

[charred spoke]

But to be more serious you could probably apply a breaking force to the hinge joints of the door

The wall it depends on how procedural you want the destruction to be

[winged seal]

that's all?

i want to press B then it kicks the door

[median hatch]

there are some packages for mesh destruction

but if youre asking how to trigger something with colliders maybe you should start there

[timber tide]

Can chop up a door in blender and keep it glued together inside of a prefab then throw on rigidbody onto each part then when the hammer collides you activate the bodies

or more performant way is to swap out the door with the chopped up door

[scarlet skiff]

attack animation is being cut off by itself replaying not allowing the last animation event to be called, and for attack to be called too many times. checking in set animation if the current sdtate matches the last and if it does, return, shouldve solved this issue.

code: https://paste.ofcode.org/EA5JWzJA79HRjR3gkqKwVM

[winged seal]

yep

[strong shoal]

how do i fix a redundant varible???

[rocky canyon]

delete it

[dense rampart]

genial!

[winged seal]

where

[winged seal]

are there any links you can give?

something like this

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/ElasticSea/unity-fracture

🔍 : unity mesh destruction github should yield a good amount

[winged seal]

i mean like so it just opens up fully

not falling apart because performance reasons

[rocky canyon]

well if it only needs to open.. isn't it just a regular door at that point?

[winged seal]

i need it to open when i kick it or when i use my battering ram.

[rocky canyon]

well still.. thats just a door that pivots, either with code or animation
and then a basic interaction script / raycast / overlapsphere/ trigger etc

in collider -> kick input press -> open door

[winged seal]

no code needed for the battering ram?

[winged seal]

i have no clue how to animate lol

it has a pivot tho

i did try a code

but its not really moving

[winged seal]

so it opens when something collides against it?

[rocky canyon]

well right now its just a boolean i flip on and off in the inspector

but once i get around to doing the interaction all i need to do is reference that script ^ and set its boolean to true

then it'd fling open..

i can control the speed and the angle

[winged seal]

using UnityEngine;

public class KnockableDoor : MonoBehaviour
{
public float knockForceThreshold = 5f;
private Rigidbody rb;
private bool knockedDown = false;

void Start()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
}

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    if (knockedDown) return;

    // Only react to tools with Rigidbody
    Rigidbody otherRb = collision.rigidbody;
    if (otherRb != null && collision.relativeVelocity.magnitude > knockForceThreshold)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("BatteringRam") || collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Sledgehammer"))
        {
            KnockDoorDown(collision.relativeVelocity);
        }
    }
}

void KnockDoorDown(Vector3 force)
{
    knockedDown = true;
    rb.isKinematic = false;
    rb.AddForce(force * 50f); // add knockback
}

}

[rocky canyon]

for animation you'd animate the door using the animator.. (insert a keyframe at the very beginning where its closed.. and then adda keyframe at the end when its fully open)

and then its the same.. u access the Animator component and set a bool or a trigger to control the transition

[winged seal]

where is the animator at?

[rocky canyon]

id start by debugging all the values u can..

put a debug.log in each if statement

and run it and see whats getting logged and what doesnt get logged

[winged seal]

okay 1 second

here :

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerKicker : MonoBehaviour
{
public Transform kickOrigin;
public float kickDistance = 0.5f;
public float kickSpeed = 0.1f;
public float kickCooldown = 0.5f;
private bool canKick = true;

void Update()
{
    if (canKick)
    {
        Debug.Log("Can kick: TRUE");
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.B))
        {
            Debug.Log("Kick button pressed");
            StartCoroutine(PlayKick());
        }
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("Kick is on cooldown");
    }
}

System.Collections.IEnumerator PlayKick()
{
    Debug.Log("Kick started");
    canKick = false;

    Vector3 originalPos = kickOrigin.localPosition;
    Vector3 targetPos = originalPos + new Vector3(0, 0, kickDistance);

    float t = 0;
    while (t < 1)
    {
        t += Time.deltaTime / kickSpeed;
        kickOrigin.localPosition = Vector3.Lerp(originalPos, targetPos, t);
        yield return null;
    }

    Debug.Log("Reached forward kick position");

    t = 0;
    while (t < 1)
    {
        t += Time.deltaTime / kickSpeed;
        kickOrigin.localPosition = Vector3.Lerp(targetPos, originalPos, t);
        yield return null;
    }

    Debug.Log("Kick pulled back");

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(kickCooldown);
    canKick = true;
    Debug.Log("Kick ready again");
}

}

[cosmic dagger]

Use this to post your !code

[winged seal]

!code?

[cosmic dagger]

Uh oh, bot down?

[rocky canyon]

animation would look something like this

[naive pawn]

@winged seal see #archived-code-general message

[cosmic dagger]

Basically, use a paste site to save from taking up space in the chat, especially if your code is large . . .

[rocky canyon]

animate within a wrapper container.. so u can move it around and reuse it w/o the animation locking it in place..
(you animate the child (door hinge).. that way we can move around the door gameobject and still have it open and close..

you set up parameters for the animator to use for transitions.. transition from door idle -> door open.. and maybe door open -> idle.. and then u just reference tha animator in code.. and set the bool there

[naive pawn]

(bot down, even the status page gives a 522)

[winged seal]

it aint working

but i really need to get my code to work today

[rocky canyon]

what isn't working?
thats like taking ur car to a mechanic and just telling them its broken..
no sounds, no codes, no nothing

[cosmic dagger]

Then make sure you get it working . . .

[rocky canyon]

lol

[winged seal]

the copy paste web.

[rocky canyon]

any logs, any console errors?

[winged seal]

no errors with the code

[cosmic dagger]

Bot Link . . .

So we have a link from you of your code to see what the problem is . . .

[winged seal]

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

[timid quartz]

I'm trying to make a Unity game that uses some stuff in the Android.Content namespace but am not sure how to include that stuff correctly into my code. adding using Android.Content; to the top isn't working correctly and I don't know how to install or find what I'm missing. The Android build tools are installed and I can export the game to apk, but I feel like I missed a step somehow to access the Android namespace in C#

[rich adder]

what exactly are you trying to do ?

have you checked the docs here https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/Manual/android-developing.html

[timid quartz]

NFC reader - and it looks like what I was missing was adding the android.mono dll to the actual assets folder

it was installed through dotnet but not actually included in the unity project

thanks anyway for following up!! 🙂 ❤️

[high summit]

    void Update()
    {
        timer -= Time.deltaTime;

        if (timer <= 0f)
        {
            bool newState = !lightOB.enabled;
            lightOB.enabled = newState;
            emissiveMaterial.SetColor("_EmissionColor", newState ? Color.white : Color.black);
            timer = Random.Range(minTime, maxTime);
        }
    }

Have this issue with this flashing light script dropping fps when enabled, any ideas?

maybe I should switch to a coroutine?

[naive pawn]

nothing about the timer should be resource intensive, is it perhaps just the material switching colors/enabling&disabling the light?

[rich adder]

yeah might be something with material maybe

[high summit]

I thought that but disabling the material section it still happens

it's the switching on/off of the light thats causing it

[naive pawn]

does fps drop when the switch happens, or is it just a consistent low fps?

[high summit]

Not that I can physically 'feel' tbh

[slender nymph]

have you profiled it?

[high summit]

but the fps counter drops alot

[naive pawn]

use the profiler to answer

[high summit]

Does seem to be a large hit when it's enabled

[naive pawn]

it may be due to the lighting/rendering involved with enabling the light

[high summit]

You'd expect the fps to rise after though right?

This is me on the other side of the map, enabling/disabling the flash script

The light has a small range of 5

[slender nymph]

what does the profiler say is taking the most time

[high summit]

Actually, editor loop?

I think I figured it out

It's lagging because I have it selected, showing the properties panel of that light makes the fps drop

Strange to drop so much, Potentially the fast moving timer variable on the screen

[cosmic quail]

you should test performance in builds not the editor

[orchid trout]

Question about coroutines in unity/game development.
I see a lot of posts about them saying "They're good/okay to use, but often get misused/overused." but without clarification.

What is the correct use case moment for using a coroutine? How/when/what should it be used for, and NOT used for?

[rich adder]

when you need a faux async function that runs on the main thread

[thorn stone]

I am back

And I removed everything

Did everything again

And mid way realised that I didnt apply script into player

👍

[frail hawk]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/coroutines#
could be helpful for you

[ashen wind]

hey i'm noticing that my sprites get blurry when they move across the screen. is there a setting to prevent this kind of thing?

[rich adder]

this is a code channel..

[ashen wind]

settings can be changed in code

[rich adder]

that doesnt make this a code question

[cosmic quail]

we want to see your code here tho

[ashen wind]

if you don't know the answer, why are you responding?

[eternal needle]

This is a code channel

[rich adder]

you'd likely get a response in the appropriate channel ?

this isn't one of them

[ashen wind]

ok, then point me to the appropriate channel

[rich adder]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

read the descriptions they mean stuff

[frail hawk]

#🖼️┃2d-tools

[eternal needle]

overuse would imply youre using one for no reason, when the logic could've easily been thrown in update. Starting a coroutine allocates memory so that's one thing they could be referring to.
Any problem you can solve in a coroutine can be solved in update (from my experience) although sometimes its easier to write it in a coroutine. Like let's say you want an object to change color. This only happens after a method is called after a 5 second delay. In update, you'd have to check a bool to see if the method was called, then check if its been 5 seconds. It's not complex code by any means but compare to in a coroutine, its 1 line to wait 5 seconds. You dont need to check if the method was called since you'd be calling start coroutine already

[rapid laurel]

when i build my game my first canvas doesnt match the screen size, but it does on unity anyone can help? its just the canvas of the principal menu

[frail hawk]

#📲┃ui-ux

[rapid laurel]

ty

[timber tide]

Don't know how you create games without them. But yeah, they're just small update loops without having to make independent scripts for each single implementation. What you should try to avoid though is nesting coroutines too deep as anything deeper than 2 starts becoming spaghetti and you might just be better with a state machine.

[brave robin]

The other issue with nesting coroutines is that there's always a 1 frame delay before a yield start coroutine begins, so lots of nesting will result in a noticeable delay to the player

[scarlet skiff]

are there any shortcuts or anything specifics to keep in mind when making an algorithm for path finding in a 2d game inside maps that use tiles and such

or any tutorials that you have found to be especially brilliant

[slender nymph]

the shortcut would be to use an asset that already did it for you. you just need the A* algorithm and there are plenty of implementations available for that to choose from

[scarlet skiff]

are there any that youve tried that you think are good or would recommend

[west garnet]

im trying to make some kind of gambling for testing my skills, i did this code alone, how can i make the player input to analyse it on the code? do i just add a public player input on the code create it in the scene and then intead of the int that i have for the player i use player input?

using UnityEngine;
using TMPro;

public class Gambling : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int numberChoosen;

    public bool getSecretItem = false;
    private int randomNumber;

    

    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.L))    
        {
            Gamble();
        }

        
    }

    public void Gamble()
    {
        randomNumber = Random.Range(1, 10);
        Debug.Log("The number that was rolled was:" + randomNumber);
        Debug.Log("The numer that you choose was:" + numberChoosen);

        if (randomNumber == numberChoosen)
        {
            getSecretItem = true;
            Debug.Log("You rolled the same number");
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("Unlucky....You rolled the different number");
        }
        
    }
}

[slender nymph]

one of the most popular is aron granberg's a* pathfinding project. it has a free tier that is typically sufficient and you can extend it yourself if you need more features

[scarlet skiff]

ineteresting, ill check it out, thanks. i have my own player detection system so i hope i can implement it with that

[versed light]

sorry late reply, but is there a difference between set triangles and set indices methods in terms of what it does to mesh geometry? or is set indices just the newer version replacing the old set triangles?

[north kiln]

Set indices is the newer more flexible version that allows for different types of topology

[dawn hound]

If I'm running a bunch of calculations on start, would it be faster to just let the software freeze while it processes that or to split that calculating into steps with a coroutine and a calculated delay between steps?

I'm talking about while debugging not Release, of course

[north kiln]

It's faster to not add delays lol

[dawn hound]

Sure okay but then the software freezes for quite a while with no updates, logs, anything to tell you progress is being made as everything in start is trying to run in one frame

[eternal needle]

that is indeed what freezing would mean. your question was still if its faster to add delays, it is not.
add a loading screen if thats what you want

[drifting cosmos]

im learning from a unity microgame and theres an enemy prefab that doesn't have a health component attached to it but in an event it sets the enemys health to enemy.GetComponent<Health>(); and i asked ai and it says that shouldnt be possible

[rocky gale]

Yea it shouldn’t

[drifting cosmos]

its an official unity thing though and it works

[rocky gale]

There’s no script in the enemy called Health?

[keen owl]

i'm somewhat confused as to why this occurs, as it's quite unusual. I'm using a StateMachineBehaviour on an enemy and when the enemy dies (destroyed from the scene), I get this error:

"The object of type 'UnityEngine.Transform' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object."

quite strange because i've applied null checks everywhere in the script for attackObj but it always throws the error on this specific line:

if (attackObj != null) { attackObj.SetActive(true); }

the object itself is only being referenced in that script and nowhere externally, and it is not null on awake either. anyone have a clue why? is this an editor glitch or what?

[rocky gale]

That’s interesting

[drifting cosmos]

no its just one script

[rocky gale]

Can you send script that has the enemy.GetComponent<Health>()

[drifting cosmos]

public class PlayerEnemyCollision : Simulation.Event<PlayerEnemyCollision>
    {
        public EnemyController enemy;
        public PlayerController player;

        PlatformerModel model = Simulation.GetModel<PlatformerModel>();

        public override void Execute()
        {
            var willHurtEnemy = player.Bounds.center.y >= enemy.Bounds.max.y;

            if (willHurtEnemy)
            {
                var enemyHealth = enemy.GetComponent<Health>();
                if (enemyHealth != null)
                {
                    enemyHealth.Decrement();
                    if (!enemyHealth.IsAlive)
                    {
                        Schedule<EnemyDeath>().enemy = enemy;
                        player.Bounce(2);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        player.Bounce(7);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    Schedule<EnemyDeath>().enemy = enemy;
                    player.Bounce(2);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Schedule<PlayerDeath>();
            }
        }
    }
}

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[rocky gale]

Can you send EnemyController script

[drifting cosmos]

im not sure how to send code ill delete after

[rocky gale]

Ye it’s fine

[drifting cosmos]

namespace Platformer.Mechanics
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A simple controller for enemies. Provides movement control over a patrol path.
    /// </summary>
    [RequireComponent(typeof(AnimationController), typeof(Collider2D))]
    public class EnemyController : MonoBehaviour
    {
        public PatrolPath path;
        public AudioClip ouch;

        internal PatrolPath.Mover mover;
        internal AnimationController control;
        internal Collider2D _collider;
        internal AudioSource _audio;
        SpriteRenderer spriteRenderer;

        public Bounds Bounds => _collider.bounds;

        void Awake()
        {
            control = GetComponent<AnimationController>();
            _collider = GetComponent<Collider2D>();
            _audio = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
            spriteRenderer = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        }

        void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
        {
            var player = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>();
            if (player != null)
            {
                var ev = Schedule<PlayerEnemyCollision>();
                ev.player = player;
                ev.enemy = this;
            }
        }

        void Update()
        {
            if (path != null)
            {
                if (mover == null) mover = path.CreateMover(control.maxSpeed * 0.5f);
                control.move.x = Mathf.Clamp(mover.Position.x - transform.position.x, -1, 1);
            }
        }

    }
}

[dawn hound]

I suppose my issue is that I don't understand how optimization works or how to make it so that everything isn't trying to be run on the first frame, so I can see logs as they happen instead of all after everything works itself out

[rocky gale]

Does the prefab have any children

[drifting cosmos]

i dont think so

[rocky gale]

That’s weird

[drifting cosmos]

its not something i should know though right

[rocky gale]

Idk I’m just confused based on what you’re telling me

I would think the EnemyController would have a Health script connected to it or something

Or a child

But it doesn’t seem like it

[drifting cosmos]

this wouldnt mean it has a child right

[rocky gale]

If you open the prefab you can see

[eternal needle]

you can totally split it up if you want but that isnt an optimization. you'll just have a few frames run inbetween all the freezing.
if you're trying to optimize your code, then use the profiler and see whats specifically being slow. if this is just a ton of processing that cant reasonably be optimized then really just add a loading screen and ignore it. Depending on what you're doing, maybe using the job system or async if you know how those work

[drifting cosmos]

theres just this but it doesnt have any other scripts or anything

[rocky gale]

Honestly idk

That’s weird

[slender nymph]

how have you actually confirmed that it is actually finding a Health component?

[drifting cosmos]

well the game works when you jump on the enemy it dies

[slender nymph]

okay and did you bother reading the code?

[drifting cosmos]

yeah?

[slender nymph]

Okay so what does it do when it does not find a Health component on the enemy object?

[drifting cosmos]

from what i know it does find a health component

[slender nymph]

how have you confirmed that

because guess what: it doesn't.

[drifting cosmos]

the game is working and the code is working so i dont know when you jump on the enemy it kills it when you run into it kills you

[slender nymph]

again, read the code. tell me what it does when it does not find a Health component. don't debug using vibes, read the actual code

[twin pivot]

I need your !code as well

[eternal falcon]

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[onyx geyser]

how do i even get this from doing nothing

it worked before, and now it doesn't

how

what happened

[slender nymph]

check your spelling. but if that isn't enough then you need to actually show the code instead of spamming a single thought across 5 messages

[twin pivot]

shit happens sometimes, code pls

[slender nymph]

start by configuring your !IDE 👇

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[onyx geyser]

is it really just.. that it needed an update

[drifting cosmos]

did you drag the rigidbody in

[onyx geyser]

Yeah

I think it was unity freaking out, before I even did anything with the program it was having errors

[drifting cosmos]

you capitalized the Body in the second one

[onyx geyser]

Yeah no that had no change, I tried it

It actually worked WITH the capitalization before

But then after I finished play, it started having a stroke

No, you don't get to doubt me, that's a singular line of code that I checked over multiple times

[slender nymph]

that is exactly the issue though

[onyx geyser]

It's having a stroke

[slender nymph]

which you would know if you had a configured IDE since it would be underlined in red

[eternal needle]

took me about 5 seconds to find the issue too. maybe check over it for another 20 minutes. or be sane and configure the IDE so the ide tells you exactly whats wrong

[onyx geyser]

What do yall think I'm doing

I'm telling yall it worked even with the capitalization getting screwed up, got told to go update the IDE, doing that

I don't know what else to say

[slender nymph]

if you changed it during play mode and you have the option to not compile changes until after exiting play mode then naturally it wouldn't have attempted to compile the incorrect code during play mode.

the current is is still the misspelling

[onyx geyser]

That'd make sense, if I made any changes in the first place

[slender nymph]

hint: you did

[onyx geyser]

[slender nymph]

incorrect code doesn't magically work, nor does the code magically change itself. you made a spelling mistake.

[drifting cosmos]

do you have to close your ide for your scripts to compile

[slender nymph]

no

[frosty hound]

No, you just have to save the script and Unity will compile next time you're in the editor.

[onyx geyser]

I'm not about to argue about it, normally I'd say yes, I made that mistake, but I also know I didn't make any changes to the line before, between, or after

So I don't know what to tell you