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[rocky canyon]

digiholics analogies go hard 😄

[frail hawk]

i like your examples digi, the one with the cat dishes was also nice

[sharp solar]

its easier to access clothes on the sofa until the sofa has like 100 clothes on it

[rocky canyon]

yea i missed out on the cat bowl one

[kindred iron]

fr

yeah u are right but normally u shouldnt get a script from an another script so u need use observer pattern am i right?

i saw it so

and

public class HealthUI : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private GameObject healthBar;
    [SerializeField] private Health playerHealth;

woulndt it be better to just get the hp and maxhp form this playerHealth?

its not observerpattern

cuz i dont need an event at this point

[rocky canyon]

events are helpful for things like this scenario...

-> why would you update the UI every single frame unless the health has changed from the last value it had...

[sharp solar]

is an event just when you tell something to call this method when something happens

[sharp solar]

like a callback

[frail hawk]

kind of

[kindred iron]

oh got it

[wooden hill]

first you subscribe to the event from places that are interested in the event.
then you call the event from one place (or multiple places) which means it will call the corresponding method on all subscribers.
Kind of like when you upload a video on youtube and it notifies every subscriber about it.

[kindred iron]

@polar acorn i made a projectile which i shoot and used observer pattern but im asking myself if it was better before can u read it?
with observer pattern:

public void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
{
    if (!collision.CompareTag("Wall"))
    {
        EventManager.SendDamage(new DamageEvent(damage, collision.gameObject, owner));

        if (collision.CompareTag("Enemy") || collision.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            SoundManager.PlaySound3D(SoundTypes.OnHitSoundEffect, transform.position, 0.8f, Random.Range(0.9f, 1.1f));
        }

        Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}

without observer pattern:

 public void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
 {
     if (!collision.CompareTag("Wall"))
     {
         //EventManager.SendDamage(new DamageEvent(damage, collision.gameObject, owner));
         collision.gameObject.GetComponent<Health>().TakeDamage(damage);

         if (collision.CompareTag("Enemy") || collision.CompareTag("Player"))
         {
             SoundManager.PlaySound3D(SoundTypes.OnHitSoundEffect, transform.position, 0.8f, Random.Range(0.9f, 1.1f));
         }

         Destroy(gameObject);
     }
 }

[drowsy flare]

Okay so I instantiate a prefab as a GameObject using something like:
GameObject BackgroundObject = Instantiate(BackgroundType, transform.position, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
Where BackgroundObject is my prefab. That prefab has a script with a SerializeField variable, which I would like to populate with a value when I'm instantiating it.
I guess this might be really easy if you know how, but I'm so lost. Any ideas?

[naive pawn]

type BackgroundType and BackgroundObject as that script instead of GameObject, and have the script provide a public property/initialization method you can feed values to

[rocky canyon]

[SerializeField] private BackgroundScript backgroundPrefab;

BackgroundScript spawnedPrefab = Instantiate(backgroundPrefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
spawnedPrefab.MyValue = someValue;```

something like this is how i generally do it

[drowsy flare]

Oh thanks a lot

[rocky canyon]

or use a method

spawnedPrefab.Initialize(someValue);

[drowsy flare]

Hmm yes using a method might be the way after all

[rocky canyon]

the take-away being that u can use the Script as the Type.. so instead of a gameObject and then needing to use a getComponent

u can just instantiate it using w/e the class is (and already having that reference ready to roll)

[drowsy flare]

Haha yeah that's probably what I should do. I should have done it to start with, but the thing I'm doing is so minor so it felt like overkill. But yes, you're right.

[rocky canyon]

👍

[topaz hatch]

All set up! Thanks y'all for letting me know about the whole Library/Class thing.

[ember tangle]

I like the way the bullets are represented in your UI, gives the ammo a very physical feeling

[brazen aurora]

my game has prefab dungeons that are instantiated and then the old one is destroyed to show that your moving onto the next room. my character can pickup weapons and drop them by changing the parent of the weapon. However, the way i have this set up, when the player switches weapons, the parent of the old one is now null, which causes the weapon to not be destroyed along with the dungeon. is there anyway i can change the parent of the wweapon to whatever dungeon room is currently in the scene? ive been trying for a while and cant find anyway
code for holding weapon:

    {
        if (interact)
        {
            if (!isHolding)
            {
                if (collision.CompareTag("Weapon"))
                {
                    collision.transform.SetParent(grabPoint);
                    collision.transform.position = grabPoint.position;
                    collision.transform.rotation = pivot.rotation;
                    weaponController = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<Weapon>();
                    activeWeapon = collision;
                    isHolding = true;
                }
            }

            else if (isHolding)
            {
                if (collision.CompareTag("Weapon"))
                {
                    activeWeapon.transform.SetParent(null);
                    collision.transform.SetParent(grabPoint);
                    collision.transform.position = grabPoint.position;
                    collision.transform.rotation = pivot.rotation;
                    weaponController = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<Weapon>();
                    activeWeapon = collision;
                    isHolding = true;
                }
            }
        }
    }```

code for creating next room

    {
        if (currentRoomNumber >= 0 && currentRoomNumber < 50)
        {
            currentRoomNumber++;
            Dungeon _newDungeon;
            newDungeon = Instantiate(dungeonPrefab[0], transform.position, transform.rotation);
            _newDungeon = newDungeon.GetComponent<Dungeon>();
            _newDungeon.RandomSpawn();
            spawnedChest = false;
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }```

[vast matrix]

I'm attempting to code a script that allows me to move the player camera, but it only moves vertically in a very weird way (idk how to explain it) this is my code ```using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerCameraFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
public float SensX;
public float SensY;

public Transform PlayerPosition;

public Transform Orientation;

float XRotation;
float YRotation;

private void Start(){
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
    Cursor.visible = false;
    transform.position = PlayerPosition.position;

}

private void Update(){
    //get mouse input
    float MouseX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") * Time.deltaTime * SensX;
    float MouseY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") * Time.deltaTime * SensY;   

    YRotation += MouseX;
    XRotation += MouseY;

    XRotation = Mathf.Clamp(XRotation, -90f, 90f);

    //Rotation Cam & Orientation
    transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(XRotation, YRotation, 0);
    Orientation.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, YRotation, 0);
}

}

[frail hawk]

you need to change it to Mouse Y ont the second float MouseY

you got it double with Mouse X

[vast matrix]

oh ok ty

I didnt notice that lol, but it works now

[frail hawk]

glad you fixed it

[brazen aurora]

can someone help me with my problem?

[fickle plume]

!ask

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[frail hawk]

they already did but tldr

[fickle plume]

@brazen aurora You should link your question if you are bumping it.
As to your question, if you are passing object between objects that being destroyed, you need to pass it first or hold its reference first by an object that will not be destroyed, like a managing script.

[hollow mirage]

Hi, I am working on a 3rd person controller that moves by clicking. when reaching a height it slides down but is supposed to stay on the terrain, no matter how steep the terrain is

[fickle plume]

If you are using physics, you need to have enough friction not to slide, or turn it kinematic while stationary.

[hollow mirage]

public class SimpleClickToWalk : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Camera mainCamera;         
    public LayerMask groundLayer;    
    public float moveSpeed = 5f;     

    private Vector3 targetPosition;
    private bool isMoving = false;

    void Start()
    {
        if (mainCamera == null)
            mainCamera = Camera.main;

        targetPosition = transform.position;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        HandleClick();
        MoveCharacter();
        StickToGround();   
    }

    void HandleClick()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            Ray ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit, 100f, groundLayer))
            {
                targetPosition = hit.point;
                isMoving = true;
            }
        }
    }

    void MoveCharacter()
    {
        if (!isMoving)
            return;

        Vector3 direction = targetPosition - transform.position;
        direction.y = 0;

        if (direction.magnitude < 0.1f)
        {
            isMoving = false;
            return;
        }

        Vector3 move = direction.normalized * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

        
        if (move.magnitude > direction.magnitude)
            move = direction;

        transform.position += move;

      
        if (move != Vector3.zero)
            transform.forward = move.normalized;
    }

    void StickToGround()
    {
        Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position + Vector3.up * 1f, Vector3.down);
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit, 10f, groundLayer))
        {
            Vector3 pos = transform.position;
            pos.y = hit.point.y;
            transform.position = pos;
        }
    }
}```

[elder hearth]

Hi! I'm a new dev in unity and this is my first game that im making without tutorials and my mouse isnt being Picked up in the game while running, this is for my script to look around. Also its picking up my controller(Xbox if that matters). Oh and my mouse(in the new Input system(and im unity 6)) is action type is Value and control type is Vector 2, the binding is Delta [mouse]

[wintry quarry]

!code

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[elder hearth]

https://paste.myst.rs/cnw21202

[elder hearth]

Okay thx!

[keen dew]

Did you set a value for the sensitivity field

[elder hearth]

Yes

Ive set everything i need ion the player prefab

[keen dew]

Debug.Log($"lookAction: {lookAction.ReadValue<Vector2>()}, sensitivity: {Sensitivity}");

Put this in the MouseLookingAround method and see what it prints

[elder hearth]

ok

Without using a xbox controller

lookAction: (0.00, 0.00), sensitivity: 2
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
PlayerMovement:MouseLookingAround () (at Assets/Scripts/Player movement.cs:97)
PlayerMovement:Update () (at Assets/Scripts/Player movement.cs:58)

With using a xbox controller

lookAction: (0.25, -0.97), sensitivity: 2
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
PlayerMovement:MouseLookingAround () (at Assets/Scripts/Player movement.cs:97)
PlayerMovement:Update () (at Assets/Scripts/Player movement.cs:58)

[keen dew]

Doesn't look like it's a code issue, you'll have to ask in #🧰┃ui-toolkit

[elder hearth]

Okay

Why ui tho?

[keen dew]

Oops sorry, meant #🖱️┃input-system

[elder hearth]

Its okay lol

[drowsy flare]

It worked out really well. Thanks again! Got a parallax-scrolling going now 😄

[rich ice]

btw, it's " ` " not " ' "

[solemn tundra]

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) 
{
    animator.SetTrigger("Jump");
}

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) && !IsGrounded) 
        {
            animator.SetTrigger("Jump");
        }

does anyone know how i would allow the player to jump when touching the ground and play the jump animation, but if the player is not grounded dont play the animation (if the player is pressing jump mid air). if i use the code on the topthe player can play the jump animation will mid air, but if i use the code on the bottom the player has to press jump mid air again after jumping to actually play the jump animation. plz help

[wintry quarry]

Your !IsGrounded is backwards, isn't it?

! means "not"

It should be if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) && IsGrounded), no?

[polar acorn]

What you describe for the second one seems to track with what I'd expect "Pressed space bar and is not grounded" would look like, which is what the code says

[solemn tundra]

if i use !IsGrounded then the player jump animation doesnt play bc their grounded but if the play presses space again mid air the animation plays, i what the animation to play once while on the ground and not allow the player to press space again to play the animation again mid air.

if i use just IsGrounded then the player can spam jump and the animation plays mid air

[fickle stump]

yeah i mean you're checking if you're not on the ground instead of checking if you're on the ground

[rich adder]

then your IsGrounded is broken

[fickle stump]

ye

[polar acorn]

You want the player to play while the player is grounded, and you press space, right?

[rich adder]

show us how you check/assign IsGrounded

[solemn tundra]

i use raycast down from the middle of the player

[solemn tundra]

i want the animation only to be able to play when the player is grounded and not when their mid air

[polar acorn]

Then you should check for IsGrounded instead of NOT IsGrounded

[rich adder]

did you put to ignore the player collider ? it could be hitting the player still and counting it as Grounded.. show us the actual code

[elder hearth]

Thanks

[solemn tundra]

i did im messing with it rn and i kinda got it to work but i think i need some help with the animator transitions bc it works now, the player can only jump when grounded but the player can now spam jump and occasionally can play the jump animation while not jumping. i think its bc of the jump animations exit time but i need that to play the entire thing.

idk if this helps

[rich adder]

maybe Idle to Jump should also have IsGrounded condition too

just make sure IsGrounded parameter is linked to the IsGrounded in code / from raycast

its hard to tell from here, maybe you should make a video with the animator window pulled up and try jumping so you can see what animator is doing

[solemn tundra]

i will do this

[wintry quarry]

still sounds like your grounded check isn't quite right

sounds like it reaches too far down

[sharp solar]

is it possible to generate and play audio realtime in unity?

[wintry quarry]

sure

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/AudioClip.SetData.html

[sharp solar]

so u would just have like a 1 second loop with like a 0.1 second buffer and keep writing stuff and unity will keep looping through the audio

[wintry quarry]

that's an option, sure

[sharp solar]

is c# plenty fast enough to do this thousands of times per frame?

[solemn tundra]

ok so it is kinda working, ill prob have a falling animation to transition the animations but you can see sometimes the animation doesnt play for some reason

im watching a yt video about jumping and it seems the best way is to section the jump animation into 3 parts (jump, fall, land) ill add this and see how it looks

[sharp solar]

is sending data from gpu to cpu pretty fast as long as i do it in large chunks

by fast i mean

not latency fast, but data rate

[sour fulcrum]

This probably isn’t beginner level talk if you need proper specifics

“Pretty fast” isn’t a particularly helpful metric

[silk night]

Keeping data on one side is faster but the transfer rate is pretty good

[sharp solar]

can you call a method through inspector

ive made a test one public but cant figure out how to invoke it

[wintry quarry]

through editor scripting sure

[sharp solar]

im not sure what editor scripting is sorry

[wintry quarry]

Or using e.g. NaughtyAttributes: https://dbrizov.github.io/na-docs/attributes/drawer_attributes/button.html

[wintry quarry]

Customizing the Unity editor through script

[sharp solar]

ill check out naughty attributes

[rich adder]

you can also use ContextMenu

its less nice looking than a button but requires no extra code beside the attribute built in
( your right click on the component and it shows up)

[sharp solar]

perfect

[sharp solar]

ahh ok cheers

[keen fiber]

How could I make my crouching smoother? I'm pretty sure when I crouch it resizes the controller's height from the center so it drops and then when I stand back up it hits the ground so it snaps. I've tried to immediately move the player down when they crouched by doing transform.localPosition -= new Vector3(0f, number, 0f); but that didn't work. Any help?

[rich adder]

use a coroutine and interpolate it

[keen fiber]

I don't see how that would help since the character controller would still fall when it gets sized down

this is what i want it to do

[rich adder]

well because as you shrink the controller /collider you have to also change the Center

[keen fiber]

Like I said, I tried doing that with transform.localPosition -= new Vector3(0f, number, 0f); but that didn't work. If I edit the center of the Character Controller then the gun doesn't move with the camera.

[rich adder]

this dude has good video on it
https://youtu.be/-XNm7dPVVOQ?t=572

[rich adder]

manually changing the transform sounds horrid

the position should not be touched at all.. all you're doing in ideal situation is shrinking and shifting the collider itself

the weapon thing can be addressed easily after that

the timestamp I linked explains the process

nary an issue with this method and its pretty common

[wicked fiber]

How would I define a parent in code? Ex: transform.position.parent

[polar acorn]

position is a Vector3. It doesn't have a parent.

Transforms do

[wicked fiber]

How would I find the transform of a parent?

[polar acorn]

The parent is a transform.

[wicked fiber]

Oooooooh

[rich adder]

transform.parent
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Transform-parent.html

[wicked fiber]

thank you both

[hazy crypt]

Hey guys, Im trying to serialize some data, ive got it working saving and loading a single float, but now im trying to serialise a class of seralizable data. all of the data is serializable in the data class, and my saving method isnt failing, but when I try to load im getting an error saying that nothing was saved in the file path

I can show my code

[sharp solar]

in compute shaders its fine to set unsigned integers using the setint method right?

[hazy crypt]

{
    public static void SaveGhost (RecordTo recordTo)
    {
        BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

        string path = Application.persistentDataPath + "/playerGhost." + recordTo.levelName;
        FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create);

        GhostData data = new GhostData(recordTo);

        formatter.Serialize(stream, data);
        stream.Close();
    }

    public static GhostData LoadGhost(string levelName)
    {
        string path = Application.persistentDataPath + "/playerGhost." + levelName;
        if (File.Exists(path))
        {
            BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);

            GhostData data = formatter.Deserialize(stream) as GhostData;
            stream.Close();

            return data;
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError("Filepath does not exist in " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }
    
}

[wintry quarry]

as long as the variable is int and not uint

[rich adder]

btw you should not use BinaryFormatter

[hazy crypt]

why is that?

[wintry quarry]

Read the big red box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.runtime.serialization.formatters.binary.binaryformatter?view=net-9.0

[rich adder]

microsoft says its unsafe and now obsolete lol

is there a reason not to just use Json serialization ?

[sharp solar]

the variable in the behaviour script right? not the compute shader

[wintry quarry]

both

[sharp solar]

oh, well im using int in behaviour and uint in shader, is there anything inherently bad about doing that

[hazy crypt]

Yeah I want binary to prevent cheating as much as possible

[sharp solar]

is this likely to bug out sometimes

[hazy crypt]

Its a competitive racing game

[wintry quarry]

yes, you can't set a negative value to a uint

[hazy crypt]

But thats fine, ill look into other methods

[rough granite]

is it a multiplayer game?

[sharp solar]

but as long as i dont its all good

[polar acorn]

Anything serialized is trivially editable

[rich adder]

the ones Microsoft suggests are listed therea

BinaryReader and BinaryWriter for XML and JSON.
The System.Text.Json APIs to serialize object graphs into JSON.

[hazy crypt]

Not realtime but with leaderboards

[sharp solar]

shader stuff seems to always use int not uint so i guess i will just switch it to int

[hazy crypt]

binary encrypted data is annoying enough to edit to dissuade the general populous

[rich adder]

you could do TOJson then use SHA type algo to scramble it

[hazy crypt]

Yah ill look into that

[polar acorn]

Having the file be in AppData is annoying enough to dissuade the general populous

[rough granite]

why are you saving the data to client side and not the server with something like playfab

[sharp solar]

great

[hazy crypt]

True that, and I will implement a rudimentary ghost validation check to see if its been tampered with, but Im still doing what I can. Ill never beat all cheaters but you know how it goes.

[wintry quarry]

there are many better modern binary formats/formatters

[rich adder]

you can just scramble it further with this neat class
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.cryptography?view=net-9.0

[wintry quarry]

e.g. protobuf, messagepack

[hazy crypt]

Its just me and my laptop for now, im prototyping because ive never made a game before

I have no server

[hazy crypt]

perfect thanks

[rich adder]

I usually do SHA512 and its good enough, if someone really wants to they can decompile it and find out which algo you use and possibly a the Key if you stored it in the same code.. but at least deters regular joes from it

[rough granite]

would still recommend this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/playfab/community/leaderboards/

[rich adder]

eh unity has one and imo its much easier than Playfab to intergrate

[rough granite]

do they?

[rich adder]

mhm https://docs.unity.com/ugs/manual/leaderboards/manual/leaderboards

[hazy crypt]

Its something to look into when I want to get online. I defintiely want an "offline version" so my game doesnt just become obsolete when i run out of server money, so i guess thats what im building now

one small step at a time 🦾

[rough granite]

valid will help when thinking about if SKG passes

[rich adder]

the free tier is pretty generous

you probably wont ever run out unless you get insane amount of traffic, and if that were the case you should be earning enough for it lol

[hazy crypt]

probably gonna release my game for free

im just enjoying making it i dont care about the money

but i see your point

[rough granite]

fair i never really look at their products cause im lazy

[rich adder]

they have good stuff like Cloud saving and all that jazz

[rough granite]

though off topic how do i get unity to register earnings? cause i've made some money from selling a game off itch.io but unity still says $0

[hazy crypt]

The unity one would probably be fine, as long as theres enough documentation for me to start understanding how to use it

[rich adder]

I think they rely on a trust system or something lol

[hazy crypt]

Also if it lets me upload and download my ghosts

[rough granite]

where would i go to report earnings then?

[rich adder]

I'm working on a couple of example projects / vid im throwing on github, the docs is good for the UGS stuff but doesnt go in the details as I'd like them to so I'm trying to bring that out

[wintry quarry]

why do you need to report earnings to Unity exactly?

[rich adder]

I guess in your dashboard somewhere, I have no idea where though.. I have made 0$

[hazy crypt]

what is UGS

[rough granite]

fair not like i've made enough to care

[rich adder]

oh sorry they call it just Cloud now, basically their Unity Gaming Services, but yeah its just Cloud now

[rough granite]

no reason :/ just figured unity might not like me if i just never did

[hazy crypt]

Oh I see, thanks

Im on a bit of an island with this stuff, im not familiar with these terms haha

[wintry quarry]

The only thing you have to do is if you reach 200K USD in revenue you have to use Unity Pro and if your company's total finances exceed 25 million you need Enterprise. https://unity.com/products

[rich adder]

no worries with time you will

[rough granite]

so they really dont care otherwise

[wintry quarry]

nope

[rough granite]

Great i can keep me and my $5 to myself

[hazy crypt]

Yeah its a slow process but my day job really slows down in summer so i get more time to focus on hobbies. The more time I spend in this server the less I feel like an alien 👽

[rich adder]

we all been there at some point 😄

I'm 5 years in just about and still feel like I never know enough

[hazy crypt]

Ah thats a vibe, I teach sports and whenevr people hit that 5 to 10 years amrk they start realising that they dont know anything about their sport at all haha

[rich adder]

you start going from Dunning-Kruger effect to Imposter syndrome lol

[elder hearth]

What if I make 199.99k?

Sorry forgot to turn off the ping, my bad

[frigid sequoia]

There is no way of removing parameters in a subclass that exist on it's parent class right?

[wintry quarry]

"parameters" are things in the parentheses for a method. They don't exist on a class

do you mean fields?

[frigid sequoia]

I basically want to do a variant of an inventory item that does nothing at all, a dummy

[wintry quarry]

All subclasses have all the members of the parent class

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, as I expected, well I have no clue on how should I refactor this then

[wintry quarry]

Perhaps show the code and explain what you mean in context?

[frigid sequoia]

This is an inventory that is filled with items of the type "gear", the last one is meant to be a "dummy gear" that isn't meant to do anything at all, it's just to fill the empty cells. My idea was to keep the dummy as gear type to simplify the lists that hold and display the inventory. Gear does a bunch of things that I do not want the dummy to do at all, so I am wondering what would be the best way to make a dummy that does nothing but it's still a gear type

[wintry quarry]

A better model is:

class Inventory {
  Item[] items;

  public Inventory (int slots) {
    items = new Item[slots];
  }
}

abstract class Item {
  // item stuff
}

class Gear : Item {
  // gear specific stuff
}```

using an array you can simply leave null slots in it

null slots would be empty slots

then your presentation layer (the ui that displays this) can handle things as needed

[frigid sequoia]

It's not like you have a fixed amount of slots that you can fill, it's meant to expand indefinelty. The dummies would expand to cover 1: the last unfilled row; and 2: the full viewport they are in if the items you are currently holding are not enough to do so. It's just so you can visibilly see there is supposed to be something there and it's not just a full empty square lol

[wintry quarry]

sounds like something your UI code needs to worry about and your actual data model doesn't

I think you probably haven't established a clear boundary between your data model and your presentation layer

which is going to bite you

[sour fulcrum]

Could potentially use an interface to dumb this down even more right? Like a ISlottable or something. Then Have Item and your “empty” class implement that

Depending on what the Inventory needs to know

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, I am having kinda of a mess of structure rn. Like I am working on it

I am not even sure how to separate the gear on the UI that has visual elements and all and the one that is just a component that is meant to be attached to whoever is using it

But right now, I am with the arrangement of this inventory

The thing is gear is already currently inheriting from another class that is "tooltipItem", can I still give it another parent class?

Should be an interface right?

It cannot inherit from two classes

[frigid sequoia]

Cause in here, first, why an array? Second, I would kinda have to juggle with the fields of the gear items on the array to sort them, so make it an array of Item instead of gear kinda complicates it???

[wintry quarry]

The array was to allow for empty slots as I explained before. If you don't need them, a list is fine

I would kinda have to juggle with the fields of the gear items on the array to sort them
Array vs list doesn't complicate the sorting process at all

[frigid sequoia]

I mean making the List/Array of the type Item instead of Gear

[wintry quarry]

The UI element representing the item in the inventory UI and the item itself are not and should not be the same object

[wintry quarry]

I don't really know the relationship between Gear and Item in your game

I was just guessing

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, I kinda coded all togheter cause I am dumb af lol

[frigid sequoia]

None, "Item" does not exist. And Gear and Characters is basically all you are ever going to have in an inventory. I guess they could both be "Items" since they would use similar logic on the UI

[wintry quarry]

or you have an ItemSlot which can reference either a Gear or a Character

and your inventory holds ItemSlots

It would then be quite easy to have an empty ItemSlot

[frigid sequoia]

And.... ItemSlot would be... what? An abstract parent class?

[wintry quarry]

no

just a class

with fields

ItemSlot {
  // only one of these two would be populated
  Character character;
  Gear gear;
}```

Methinks you jump to inheritance too eagerly

[frigid sequoia]

I am inheriting quite a bit, yeah

But shouldn't I? Considering both of those are basically always gonna be linked with an ItemSlot, why not making it part of the thing directly?

What's the criteria for that?

[wintry quarry]

why would they always be part of an itemslot

do your characters and Gear not exist other than when you're looking at the inventory menu?

An "ItemSlot" in this case is like a shelf

just because you put a candle on the shelf, it doesn't mean a candle is a shelf.

[frigid sequoia]

In this case, is more like "candle that can only exist on a self"

Those items are referring the UI versions of them, they cannot exist outside UI, in this case the shelf

Like the actual usable gear cannot have like a graphic component that is meant to show in the UI, it just does stuff

[rough granite]

reminds me of enums, i love my enums

[sour fulcrum]

all my homies hate enums

[brave shadow]

let's say, I have a prefab like this, and then I change something on it:

like, the location of an object

Does that cause the location of every instance of that object on all prefabs to also change?

[frigid sequoia]

If the position is relative to the parent object, yes; that's the point of prefabs

Remember to overwrite tho

[brave shadow]

If I don't overwrite, does it only change the position of this specific instance of the prefab?

[sour fulcrum]

Because it’s an instance of a prefab you’d need to explicitly press in it’s inspector to overwrite the asset of the prefab with those changes

[frigid sequoia]

You can also just click the prefab itself and edit it on the void

Rather than on scene

[sour fulcrum]

Ideally you wanna prefer to handle those exempt differences via setting them in code than handling them via instance differences though, just because it’s easier to manage and validate

[brave shadow]

thanks, that's what I'm looking for. modifying something from a prefab without changing all the other instances.

[sour fulcrum]

Yee

[brave shadow]

that's true, but I'm kinda fumbling around right now to just figure out how unity editor works.

[sour fulcrum]

Yeah all good

[brave shadow]

another basic question, what is that icon that looks like the prefab icon but has a {} in the lower right corner?

like, its name

[frigid sequoia]

You mean... scripteable objects?

I, have, still, not successfully used any over a prefab actually lol

[sour fulcrum]

ScriptableObjects are ways to make “templates” of data that you’d usually reference in a script/monobehaviour. They are usually used to separate data and logic.

Eg lets think about Minecraft

You might have a Block MonoBehaviour class that exists for every block in the game. Rather than having say “Cobblestone.png” in a prefab for every Block type, you could have Blocks keep a reference to a ScriptableObject class named say “BlockData”. Then BlockData can contain the texture, name etc. per block type

[frigid sequoia]

Basically it's a script that is saved as like a prefab without needing to attach it to anything, pretty much

How is this clearing the list but not destroying any of the items without sending any error message?

[rich adder]

what is currentDummies.are those editor stuff?

[frigid sequoia]

It's for quick testing

It's meant to the normal destroy

CurrentDummies is just a list of items that do nothing

Oh, no, of course, I am destroying the component, not the gameobject, fuck I am dummie myself

[woeful scaffold]

I'm having an issue with my interacting system, would be grateful if someone could point me to the direction of fixing it 🙏

Interact function, the ray seems to be hitting and calling out the door, but it doesn't see it as a IInteractable somehow.

{
    if (Physics.Raycast(playerCamera.transform.position, playerCamera.transform.forward, out RaycastHit hit, interactRange))
    {
        Debug.Log("Ray hit: " + hit.collider.gameObject.name);

        if (hit.collider.gameObject.TryGetComponent<IInteractable>(out var interactable))
        {
            Debug.Log("Interactable found.");

            UIManager.Instance.interactText.text = interactable.interactionPrompt;
            UIManager.Instance.interactText.gameObject.SetActive(true);

            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
            {
                Debug.Log("Pressed E on: " + hit.collider.name);
                interactable.OnInteract();
            }

            return;
        }
    }```

for reference, this is my IInteractable.cs:
```public interface IInteractable
{
    string interactionPrompt { get; }
    void OnInteract();
}```

and this is my Door.cs:

```public class Door : MonoBehaviour, IInteractable
{
    [Tooltip("Animator controlling door animations")]
    public Animator animator;

    // Default state of the door
    private bool isOpen = false;

    string prompt = "Press E to open door";
    string IInteractable.interactionPrompt => prompt; 

    private void Start()
    {
        if (animator == null)
        {
            Debug.LogWarning($"Door '{gameObject.name}': Animator is not assigned.");
        }
    }

    public void OnInteract()
    {
            isOpen = !isOpen;
            animator.SetBool("isOpen", isOpen);
            Debug.Log($"Door '{gameObject.name}' {(isOpen ? "opened" : "closed")}!");
    }
}```

Everything seems to be linked and correct yet when the ray hits it doesnt see the door as a IInteractable

[sour fulcrum]

is the collider its hitting the actual door

any chance its some child?

[woeful scaffold]

the door script is linked to the parent door, which is Door - DoorHinge - Door (The model)

[sour fulcrum]

whats it hitting

[woeful scaffold]

wait I'll try to mask the doorhinge and door model for a second

[sour fulcrum]

also if you define the type on the out variable you don't need to define it in the generic which just looks better, eg.

thing.TryGetComponent(out MyType myThing)

not something that matters but just nice to know

[woeful scaffold]

oooh nice

I put the DoorHinge and the Door on ignore raycast layer

now all thats left for the ray is the parent door

seems like the ray isnt hitting now

it does hit the 2 cubes next to it

this is the parent Door

I think im stupid

[sour fulcrum]

There’s nothing to hit 😄

[woeful scaffold]

the parent is an empty gameobject, therefore no collider, therefore ray not hitting

so i should put the script on the door model itself huh..

i just realized it hahaah im testing it right now lets see

[sour fulcrum]

Or have the collision as just a box collider on the root

If the door is just a simple rectangle

[woeful scaffold]

oh

yeah ill do that then

[sour fulcrum]

Depends on how the animation runs actually

Might not be viable my b

[woeful scaffold]

it just rotates 90 degrees

the hinge rotates itself and the model with it

is there a way to stretch the collider on the model?

or do i need to manually do it

[woeful scaffold]

can anyone help me understand why when i start up the game, my door opens automatically?

isOpen is unchecked = false

[rich adder]

show the transition DoorClose to DoorOpen

[woeful scaffold]

figured it out a minute ago 🙏

[woeful scaffold]

@rich adder wanna help me with a different issue

I have this isOpen bool, and i want some doors to be automatically open at the start, so i created a new transition from Entry -> DoorOpen (on isOpen = true)

but when i start up the game with a specific door that has isOpen = true, it doesnt open at the beginning

[rich adder]

in the code or the animator controller ?

[woeful scaffold]

in the inspector, on a specific door

the isOpen default is false

{
    isOpen = !isOpen;
    animator.SetBool("isOpen", isOpen);
    prompt = ($"Press E to {(isOpen ? "close door" : "open door")}");
    Debug.Log($"Door '{gameObject.name}' {(isOpen ? "opened" : "closed")}!");
}```

so lets say it has isOpen = true at the beginning, i think its problematic because interact make it false, and then puts the animator on false too

because its code problematic, i just made an animator transition

[rich adder]

you dont call animator.SetBool in start ?

[woeful scaffold]

oh,

outside of the interact?

oh wati yeah

bruh thank you

[red imp]

hello there. do dynamic buffer support paralel like native list or nativequeue, like this"public NativeQueue<T>.ParallelWriter"?

[grand badger]

where did #1390346827005431951 and #code-advanced go lol

yikes.

[grand badger]

try #1064581837055348857

[red imp]

i will, thanks bud.

[static breach]

i have so many scripts. can i somehow in editor look for like "PlayerCamera" and it finds every script that contains "PlayerCamera" ?

[sour fulcrum]

and it finds every script that contains "PlayerCamera" ?
via whatever IDE your using

[static breach]

VSCode

[sour fulcrum]

not sure how it works in code but in studio i can right click a type and go to find all references

[static breach]

i should switch from vscode to visual studio

even when i love vscode

[teal viper]

You can find references in vs code as well

[static breach]

i love the layout of vscode

hitting ctrl + F only shows in currenct document

[teal viper]

Vs code provides most of the same features as VS nowadays.

[static breach]

found it

[teal viper]

Ctrl + t or something. You'll need to check the shortcuts. Or in the context menu.

[static breach]

its ctrl + shift + f instead of ctrl + f

[sour fulcrum]

feel free to keep using code but studio can be pretty close to that layout, just for reference

[teal viper]

That's a regular search

[static breach]

ctrl + shift + f is good for what i wnated

its giving what i wanted

[proud mulch]

That search is terrible lol

[static breach]

idk. its good for what i need

xD

[proud mulch]

Oh for sure, I'm just ragging on VS Code 🙂

[static breach]

i used to do webdev and i like vscode for that

[proud mulch]

I'm a web dev and in large React apps, VS Code is terrible for go to definition - constant loading progress bars. Webstorm's much better (for me)

[static breach]

i just started learning webdev, was good for my use xD but im not up to date at all

like 10 years ago i used that...

microsoft expression web or so

xD

[grand badger]

I press Ctrl+T for this.

[median hatch]

i use vscode and so far got no problems

[grand badger]

but you can do ctrl+shift+f yeah if that's indeed what you want 😄

[static breach]

i rly need to cleanup all my scripts

[grand badger]

I usually just go to the var with ctrl+T, then find all references

[static breach]

also idk why but whenever i put a script on a gamemanager i always create a new gameobject instead of just having 1. i think thats a big fail aswell

[proud mulch]

You'll hit them (eventually). I jump between Neovim and Jetbrains these days

[grand badger]

not terrible imo but yeah one feels less bloat-y lol

I keep my project's hierarchy as minimal as possible, but back it up with behind-the-scenes logic (like scene initialization, editor scripts, etc)

[static breach]

my hierachy is horrible lol

[grand badger]

I agree lol

I hope your UI is at least not all over the place xD

[proud mulch]

Takes 2 minutes to cleanup 😉

[grand badger]

hmm yeah I meant in scene/hiearchy but nice 😛

[static breach]

seems fine here x)

[grand badger]

yup! quick fixup is just drag & drop everything non-scene related into a nested prefab and instantiate it on startup 😄 Keep the "scene" as a "Level"

[faint osprey]

hi ive got a slider for my ui which on value changed is hooked up to a function with a float parameter altho the value of the slider isnt going into the parameter

[grand badger]

can u send a screenshot of the component?

[grand badger]

yup, so, you're already passing a fixed value there, that's not correctly setup

[faint osprey]

ah

[grand badger]

what's the definition of AudioMixerHandler.UpdateMa....?

[faint osprey]

{
    SetVolume("MasterVol", value);
} ```

[grand badger]

try pressing the [-] button and reassigning it, idk 😛

[faint osprey]

wdym

[grand badger]

the minus button here

[faint osprey]

still the same

oh

wait

at the top

dynamicfloat

[grand badger]

yup!

[faint osprey]

cool nice

[burnt vapor]

#1390355039272439868 for general discussions. Advanced got merged with general.

[candid helm]

So, I'm doing this beginner unity tutorial for a 2d platformer. I have run into several issues at the timestamp in the video:

1. in her code, rb.velocity & rb.velocity.y don't exist anymore in my current version of unity so I replaced those with rb.linearVelocityY. Is that correct? Why or why not?
2. I'm getting a blue information hint in the error list, that my start is empty. Is that supposed to be that way at that point in the tutorial?
3. I'm getting a error that says 'moveSpeed' doesn't exist in the current context, but in the video her code seems to work fine. What's up with that?

Video Link with timestamp & screenshot of my code:

https://youtu.be/xb3d7HarKcI?si=vlYXbvZYYbFgAdFT&t=182

[slender nymph]

1. yes, Rigidbody2D.velocity was renamed to Rigidbody2D.linearVelocity, as was the X and Y counterparts to that property (which were also added fairly recently)
2. if Start is empty at that point of the tutorial then yes, your Start should be empty as well and the IDE is simply telling you that it is empty
3. You are getting an error because you spelled it wrong

[grand badger]

what is rb.linearVelocityY? 😛 You probably mean rb.linearVelocity.y

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody2D-linearVelocityY.html

[grand badger]

huh, cool

but yeah about the moveSpeed (vs movespeed), as a programmer you need to learn to type less and use auto-complete more 😄

[drowsy flare]

When I build my Unity (web) application, I would like to execute a post-build bash script. Where should I be looking to find info on this?

[candid helm]

ahh thank you!!

[grand snow]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Callbacks.PostProcessBuildAttribute.html

[drowsy flare]

Thank you

[pulsar pelican]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.test-framework@2.0/manual/reference-async-tests.html

Anyone know how i would do
yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame()
using the new async tests?

[slender nymph]

If you're on unity 6 or later then there's the Awaitable class that has the EndOfFrameAsync method you can await. otherwise you'd need to use unitask or a coroutine instead of a Task

[sage mirage]

Just organize it like I did!

[static breach]

wow :o this looks good.

[sage mirage]

It's better to use Visual Studio to tell you the truth, it's less complicated than VS Code for me.

[sour fulcrum]

Just two cents, I'd personally have the stuff like post-processing, vfx, managers, UI, etc. above environment, lighting etc. since there a lot smaller and environment and such tend to expand into pretty big groups of objects

keeping the messy toybox at the bottom so its easier to find the important stuff 😄

[sage mirage]

Yes my unity editor layout is different my hierarchy has a lot of space

Check how much space I have

[sour fulcrum]

I've had scenes that would have a fully expanded environment tab fill that space 9-10x over 😄

[sage mirage]

I love organization btw

I cant work on a messy environment

XD

Its for productivity purposes basically, it improves the workflow and production

[pulsar pelican]

Hmm but my tests are getting stuck on the Awaitables. I'm using the test runner 2.0 and using [RequiresPlayMode]. Any ideas?

[proud mulch]

And I'd recommend Rider 😛

[sage mirage]

If you want to pay yes probably XD

I recommend Visual Studio for free it's the best option.

People might want to pay in order to get more features to expand, but really if you are a solo developer and you are a beginner dont have a team yet what's the reason to pay

[restive kettle]

guys its okie if i updated c#?

im using unity 6

[naive pawn]

it's not easily possible, this is the version unity ships with

[restive kettle]

i wanted to try struct tbh

[naive pawn]

structs are available

default struct constructors aren't

[grand snow]

why that wasnt a thing earlier on annoys me 😠

[earnest wind]

How can i know what the object im over in ui if i know Input.mouse position?

[naive pawn]

raycast from the screen?

[earnest wind]

i can do that on UI??

[stuck field]

If they have colliders

[earnest wind]

wait

let me show you the code

[naive pawn]

that's what the block raycast thing is for

though if you're using Input you could also use the OnMousex events i think

[earnest wind]

RectTransform rt = TextureImages[LayerOn].rectTransform;
        if (!RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle(rt, screenPosition, null, out Vector2 localPoint))
            return;

        Vector2 pivotAdjusted = new(localPoint.x + rt.rect.width * 0.5f, localPoint.y + rt.rect.height * 0.5f);
        float scaleX = rt.rect.width / TextureLayers[LayerOn].width;
        float scaleY = rt.rect.height / TextureLayers[LayerOn].height;

        int texX = Mathf.FloorToInt(pivotAdjusted.x / scaleX);
        int texY = Mathf.FloorToInt(pivotAdjusted.y / scaleY);

        if(texX < 0 || texY < 0 || texX > TextureLayers[LayerOn].width || texY > TextureLayers[LayerOn].height)
        {
            Debug.Log("Out of bounds");
            return;
        }

        Debug.Log($"{texX} : {texY}");

[earnest wind]

i am

[naive pawn]

i saw that, which is why i brought that up

[naive pawn]

that's for physics raycasts, i'm referring to graphics raycasts

[earnest wind]

so how do i raycast on ui??

ive tried GraphicsRaycaster but its just weird idk why

[naive pawn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@2.0/api/UnityEngine.UI.GraphicRaycaster.html#methods

[earnest wind]

oh it appends 😭

[spiral oak]

Is it so much of a big deal to use obsolete methods or properties?

[rare oracle]

Hi, if anyone is using NGO Lobbies, did it happens to break for you too? Just got this error rn but it worked fine since a few weeks:

[naive pawn]

you won't be able to build with some of them iirc

[spiral oak]

why tho? doesn't it still work?

[naive pawn]

some work in the editor, but not in builds, afaik

[spice shadow]

same issue here

[rare oracle]

Seems like unity just pushed something they souldn't have

[rare oracle]

Are you on the LTS NGO version too?

[eternal needle]

theres a forum for multiplayer related stuff #1390346492019212368

[spice shadow]

NGO & Relay

the Unity Multiplayer Services package

[sharp solar]

the --------------- kinda crazy but its aight

in compute shaders is there some cheaper texture u can do that has just 1 channel instead of 4 channels

oh ig u just set it to uint or something there right

[chrome fern]

How do I get a forced 60 FPS without turning VSync off?

[wintry quarry]

If vSync is ON you will get synced to your monitor refresh rate

there's no avoiding/changing that with vSync on

(you can definitely still get LESS than your monitor refresh rate, but not more)

[rare oracle]

If you wanna cap it at 60 you can use csharp Application.targetFrameRate = 60;

[chrome fern]

Yeah I have that line of code and VSync off but then it causes screen tearing

[rare oracle]

Iirc it means that you are rendering frames faster than your monitor can

Do you still have tearing with Vsync on?

[chrome fern]

I don't believe so, but VSync on caused all the WaitForSecond code to not work on someone else's PC.

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like you wrote framerate dependent code and should fix that instead

[chrome fern]

That's every enemy in the game.

And the game is borderline done.

[rare oracle]

yeah probably a time.time instead of deltaTime somewhere

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like you have a major bug to fix before it's done

[rare oracle]

or things in update that should be in fixedUpdate

[wintry quarry]

It's not really worth speculating on what the exact issue is without getting an explanation of what's going wrong and seeing the code involved

[chrome fern]

I thought modern platformer games had forced 60 FPS so that things would work.

[wintry quarry]

definitely not

[rare oracle]

Sure but its the most common errors

[naive pawn]

you can't "force" a specific framerate in practice, the real world is unfortunately messy

[wintry quarry]

They may certainly be using FixedUpdate or an equivalent for their physics calculations

but they don't force a framerate

[sharp solar]

is there such thing as something like a render texture but super cheap with no bloat like mip maps and depth buffers and rgb channels, just a grid of integers or floats

single channel

would it be best to just use an array?

somehow

[naive pawn]

sounds like a question for #1390346776804069396

[sharp solar]

not to worry chat gpt helped me out

[restive kettle]

guys what vsc extensions should i downlod?

[slender nymph]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

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

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[supple oar]

Hello guys!
Trying to make a script to solve a math operation with 4 variable integers and 4 variable kinds of operation (+, -, ÷, ×), trying to find a way to make it without having to make a hundred IFs and Else IFs

[sharp solar]

is the fastest way to get gpu to sample average value in a texture just to get it to generate mip maps and read the 1x1 texture

[rich ice]

like chris said earlier, probably a question for #1390346776804069396

[sharp solar]

forums are the best way to wait 5 hours to get an answer to a yes or no question lol

[rich ice]

it has a general thread too

[sharp solar]

ahh ok i didnt see

[rich ice]

could you give a little more detail? what's the operation look like

[supple oar]

• (V1) - (V2) × (V3) ÷ (V4)
  But the kind of math operation will be a Variable too

But not sure on how to do this

[rare oracle]

You could use delegate for the operations

[supple oar]

Trying to follow the PEMDAS order of math operations too

[naive pawn]

if you allow arbitrary parens you can just ignore pemdas for the calculation

[fervent wind]

I want to learn C# only limited to unity ( i have programming expierence and how coding works inst new to me)
Any PDF i can refer to which explains it step by step?
I had downloaded one but its quite old sadly
I am not sure how many changes have been name

Alright

thanks!

[slender nymph]

I'm curious what you found that was so old that it wasn't worth using. was it a 20 year old book or something?

[rare oracle]

Can't you just use DataTable.Compute(expression, ""); ?

[fervent wind]

The UI they used for their screen shots was very old version (They also mentioned "Unityscript")

[rare oracle]

iirc it'll even follow PEDMAS

[fervent wind]

I am new to this and am not sure how old these things are

i just dont wanna take the risk 💔

Bettter take advice rather than messing up

[slender nymph]

ah, so it was a unity course, not a c# course then. learn c# separately from unity first and you'll have an easier time following along with unity tutorials

[fervent wind]

Alright!

thanks

[red igloo]

I have this issue where when I stop moving the ball is still spinning. https://paste.ofcode.org/UkrYHrEQXFq8L9Pycd6dXn

any ideas on how to fix this?

[naive pawn]

well, make it stop spinning?

[hexed terrace]

increase angular drag

[naive pawn]

or add angular drag/friction

[hallow sun]

Well, the code you shared doesnt have anything to do with it spinning, that spin clearly happens before you even start moving

[naive pawn]

we don't do DMs here, it defeats the purpose of having a community server

just !ask about your question

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

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

your question is incredibly vague. You should share how your game is currently set up, your current code, and a good explanation of what kind of movement you're trying to achieve

[naive pawn]

and post the relevant !code you're having issues with

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[plain brook]

ok sorry

well im trying to make my first game but the code wont work and im not sure what to do got this from a guy on YT

[naive pawn]

first off, configure your !ide

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[naive pawn]

secondly - be more specific. you wouldn't be here if it was working, we need to know how it isn't working
are you getting errors, is it not doing anything, is it doing something you don't want it to do, etc

[plain brook]

its not doing anything

[wintry quarry]

Check your console window for errors

most likely if this is a new project, your project has defaulted to the new input system

[plain brook]

ive done that

[wintry quarry]

and this code is trying to use the old

[wintry quarry]

You've done that and...?

What was the result?

What do you see there?

We are not mind readers

[plain brook]

well nothing happened

[wintry quarry]

Did you ever attach this script to your player object?

[frail hawk]

maybe the script is not attached to your gameObject

[plain brook]

probs

[rich adder]

I can literally see an error from here

what does the error say?

probably something about the Input class

🛑 red means error

if you have errors , well things dont work as they should..usually..

[red igloo]

I have this issue where when I jump I reach the normal height and then when I do it again I go higher for some reason

[rich adder]

show code

you likely need to reset the y velocity to 0 before jump

[red igloo]

better look with physics debbuger

https://paste.ofcode.org/Qwy27PnnDbBXFmmE3sJkcy

[rich adder]

try this maybe?

var vel = rb.linearVelocity;
vel.y = 0;
rb.linearVelocity = vel;
rb.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpHeight, ForceMode.Impulse);```

[red igloo]

the issue is still there and the damping doesnt go to 0 when not grounded

[dusty tendon]

is the minimum vertex distance property on linerenderers deprecated? i can’t seem to find it in the inspector

[rich adder]

can you try moving the Spherecast in fixed update instead?

[red igloo]

like this right?

the issue is still there. https://paste.ofcode.org/STZhpwXwnupbm7YnW5tfPv

its like a weird spring jump

[rich adder]

first time seeing that tbh. I wonder if its thinking it was grounded a couple of times while jumping

btw unrelated somewhat...most of the move code should be in fixed update..
always move rigidbodies in fixedupdate (unless its Impulse then its ok in update)

[wooden hill]

btw something nagging me but why do you use input getaxis when you also use new input system

[red igloo]

oh so I should put my handlemovement in fixedupdate then?

[rich adder]

usually yeah

[lethal meadow]

you should change any deltaTime to fixedDeltaTime as well pretty sure

correct me if I'm wrong

[rich adder]

deltaTime turns into fixedDeltaTime when placed in FixedUpdate, although they should not be used with AddForce / .Velocity

rigidbodies are already moving on a fixeddelta (unless you use MovePosition but thats for kinematics)

[red igloo]

so how can I fix this issue? also the lineardamping doesnt change as well

[rich adder]

cant fix issue if you dont narrow down the origin of the issue

[red igloo]

honestly I'm trying to find what the problem is and the only solution I can thing off to fix this is to add a jump cool down so the player doesn't spam jump which I was going to add anyways

[rich adder]

kinda goes with this thought I had before .. there might be multiple times being read as grounded while going up giving it extra boost

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[red igloo]

I may have fixed it! https://paste.ofcode.org/35kdx74VsdK278VP2S53Jvw

well it looks fine now

doesn't do that springy jump

[pallid olive]

im trying to code this plane to fly and the tutorial said that once i code this part the plane should rotate and pitch but when i pressed play it wouldnt do that

[polar acorn]

Better to post !code since this screenshot is somehow very blurry.

Also you have errors, you should probably address those (or at least not crop them out) before you start trying to figure out why the code is doing something odd. The errors could very well be the cause of that

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

the damping part ?

[pallid olive]

it says something about ActionBasedContinousturnprovider and how it was let go in 3.0 but idk how to fix it cause when i press it, it sends me to a code i didnt work on

[red igloo]

yes

I added
else { rb.linearDamping = 0f; }
and it fixed the issue I was having

[mystic lark]

i get this error when im not hitting any cllider but the if is still going trough, i tried doing hit.collider != null but still and also even when the colliders tag is diffrent i still get the message any ideas

[red igloo]

show the script your using

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[mystic lark]

its kinda long and prob bad but dont juge okay

[polar acorn]

Did you check if the raycast actually hit anything

[mystic lark]

thats the problem

[slender nymph]

you need to null check hit.collider before calling any methods on it

[mystic lark]

and how do i send big lines of code?

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[red igloo]

https://paste.ofcode.org/

[frail hawk]

layermasks in raycasts are very usefull

[mystic lark]

https://paste.ofcode.org/t7qDqV3rd3VvkrJP3QF9fQ

[slender nymph]

which is line 143

[frail hawk]

line 96

i guess

[mystic lark]

89

[polar acorn]

Your hit.collider.CompareTag("Enemy") isn't even inside of a raycast condition

[slender nymph]

yeah so this is still the answer then #💻┃code-beginner message

[polar acorn]

what hit are you trying to get data from

you didn't even do a raycast

[mystic lark]

it was at first but then the attacks couldnt go trough if im (exsample looking at the sky)

[mystic lark]

makes sence

[frail hawk]

you could actually move the code into line 56 if statements

[mystic lark]

i think im not made for coding

[frail hawk]

start small, this is not easy

[mystic lark]

evry time i try to get help i relaise how stupid i am

[mystic lark]

i did

[frail hawk]

you are not stupid, you just need more practise

[mystic lark]

i have been trying to learn for over past 1 and a half

[mystic lark]

mhm

[frail hawk]

so it is easy you can not just use hit because it doesnt exist in that context. but you have it a few lines higher so you could put the code you want into that if statement

[naive pawn]

right, well "learning to code" does generally take quite a bit longer than that
you may be getting in too deep for yourself

[frail hawk]

if (Physics.Raycast(cameraTransform.transform.position, cameraTransform.forward, out hit, 10f, resourceLayer))
``` hit only exists inside this if statement

[naive pawn]

are you following a tutorial?

[mystic lark]

i get that the code was in the raycast but then the attacks would go trough if i didnt hit the resorce layer so im just gonna put the raycats inside the attack function thoes that make sence?

[mystic lark]

no

[naive pawn]

you probably should

[slender nymph]

technically that is not the case. it exists outside of it as well, it is only guaranteed to contain valid data inside that if statement

[mystic lark]

never gonna leanr that way

[naive pawn]

you aren't gonna learn if you're just stumbling randomly until it works either

get some actual structured learning

[frail hawk]

ph right he declared the Raycast outside sorry missed that

[naive pawn]

there are resources pinned in this channel and in !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[slender nymph]

even if it were declared inline it would still be accessible through the rest of the same scope that if statement is contained in

[naive pawn]

"tutorial hell" is not caused by using tutorials, it's caused by using tutorials without trying to learn and understand what they give

[mystic lark]

i did learn for a year C# without tuching unity

[naive pawn]

and have you used it recently?

[mystic lark]

then i made some small projects first without tuorials

now im donig something little bigger

[mystic lark]

i used some tutorials on the basic stuff

[naive pawn]

you mean for unity or c#?

[mystic lark]

C# for unity

[naive pawn]

gotcha..

[frail hawk]

when i said inside this if statement of course i ment inside the scope / body

[naive pawn]

footnote: that is contextual to how the function works and is used

if you negate the result, then the raycasthit is only valid in the else, or outside the if if there's an early exit, eg with a guard clause

[slender nymph]

yes, and the variable would be accessible outside of the if statement's scope. it would be accessible anywhere within the same scope that the if statement itself is in

{ // outer scope, out parameter is accessible here
  if(Raycast(out var hit))
  { // inner scope, out parameter is guaranteed to be valid here }
}

[zenith cypress]

Yep because the out var sugar syntax basically just places a variable right before the if statement that it writes into

[short hazel]

Allows you to do neat stuff like

if (!Raycast(thing, out var hit))
  return;

// 'hit' accessible here

[spiral oak]

I like to always read/interpret guard clauses as "only continue if `[condition]"

reduces overhead for me

i even always write the return in the same line as the if clause because that way I interpret them as a whole stament (only continue if x)

[elder hearth]

Im gonna assume that this is the correct channel for this,
I was wondering whats the best way to make a pickup system i dont want code or anything just like how i could maek it

[rich adder]

pickup system is pretty vague...different methods used for different styles

most typically its done with some sort of physics query , casts , overlap etc.

[elder hearth]

Okay thanks ill see what fits best

[solemn bobcat]

Things like OnTriggerEnter let you detect if your object has entered another object's area, which can be used to detect if another objects in pickable range. Since physic is overall slow, you can alternatively create some manager that will iterate through pickable objects and check if their close enough to the player (calculations may include radius of both objects). For best efficiency you could base it on some sort of quad tree, but I wouldn't bother unless there are hundreds of pickable objects and multiple pickers.

Alternatively, you may implement pick up on mouse click. In such case you want to use OnMouseDown method, or combine OnMouseOver with some input detection. Alternatively, you can cast a ray from the camera, check the intersection with a plane, and check how far it is from pickable object.

[elder hearth]

Well the game will(one day) have multiplayer(up to 4 or 5) so id need a system that wouldnt interfere with other players and can be used in a client host enviorment, and there will be a decent amount of object in a scene so by the looks of it a quad tree would be the best option. Wdyt

[slow idol]

how do i check if a gameobject is in the scene, even if it's disabled

[rich adder]

if(mygameobject)
// gameobject exists```

[slow idol]

wouldn't that still return true if it existed in assets?

[rich adder]

yeah if thats what you referenced I suppose... maybe explain what you're trying to do exactly, it be easier to recommend alternative

GameObject find Methods exists and they search the heirarchy, but generally not recommended to be used often cause they're slow

[slow idol]

i want to differentiate between references to gameobjects in Assets, and references to gameobjects which are actually an instance in the scene

[polar acorn]

It will return true if the specific instance you are checking exists

If you drag in an asset, it will check that asset. If you drag in a scene object, it will check the scene object

[slow idol]

right. how do i differentiate between an asset and a scene object

[polar acorn]

How are you referencing it?

[slow idol]

through a serialized array

[polar acorn]

Which thing are you intending to check for the existence of

[slow idol]

toSpawn

[polar acorn]

And what did you drag into it? An asset, or a scene object?

[rich adder]

I believe there is also gameObject.scene.isValid() you can do

[slow idol]

well, that's the thing. i want my code to be able to detect the difference. i would like to instantiate toSpawn if it is not already in the scene, but if it IS already in the scene, i do NOT want to instantiate it, and instead only run ActivateSpawned

[rich adder]

just put it in a List when you spawn it then check the list?

[polar acorn]

Then you are going to need to maintain some sort of association yourself, through something like a dictionary. Instantiate creates a wholly separate clone of an object. The list still contains only prefab assets and it has no relation with anything copied from it

[slow idol]

i think you're misunderstanding. sometimes, i will put objects into spawnOnDamaged which already existed when i started running the scene, and were not put there by code. i do not want to instantiate another clone of these

[polar acorn]

Sounds to me like you should just have two lists

Things that need to be spawned, and things that need to be activated

[slow idol]

...i refuse because i am stupid

[lean sandal]

Hello im following a tutorial right now and I am trying to do something very simple.. I have been trying for HOURS to do this fucking shit and its starting to stress me out a lot can someone please help me.... Im attempting to use OnCollisionEnter2D inside a script named Player, the player script is attached to a rabbit that has a rigidbody and a box collider... the rabbit is supposed to run into carrots and the carrots are set to destroy and increase score. I even put in print("object collided") and nothing happens

The carrots only have a box collider on them

All of it is 2D and i havnt found anything wrong with the script code at all...

the carrot is tagged Carrot and everything is spelled correctly i checked 100 times

[polar acorn]

Show the inspectors of both objects

[eager elm]

show the OnCollisionEnter2D method

[lean sandal]

the script code?

[eager elm]

ye

[eager elm]

here is your problem

[lean sandal]

a misspelling??

[eager elm]

it's a Capital 'O', OnColl...

[lean sandal]

OMG XD

[eternal needle]

configure your !ide

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[eager elm]

You should put the print() method at the very top of your method next time

[lean sandal]

I corrected the O and its still not working

[eager elm]

configure your ide and then put the print outside the if statement so you can pinpoint where your problem is.

it's also Enter2D not Enter2d

[lean sandal]

yes I need to also fix that whats the best way to configure it what options do i go to?

@polar acorn , @eternal needle , @eager elm thank you so much for helping me

So it was a mispelling the whole time

Yeah I dont know how to configure and fix the studio im using Microsoft Visual Studio

[eternal needle]

read the bot command, it tells you

[elder hearth]

Wait….. you can use print in unity?!?! I thought it was only debug.log?!?

[sharp solar]

how can this output a completely black texture

if i do result[id.xy] = 1.0; it passes the full white test

[eternal needle]

print is a function. you can call functions yes https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour-print.html
theres no point though because you cant pass a 2nd parameter like u can in debug.log

[eternal needle]

#1390346776804069396 probably

[lean sandal]

Ive tried and I still cannot figure out how to fix it...

[timid quartz]

for some reason I'm not able to set these game objects to be active or inactive in code.

here's what I've tried:

• making sure that the correct, prefab specific game objects are what's linked in the inspector (they are the correct objects)
• printing a statement that tells me when an object should be disabled (they disable correctly based on my test parameters)
• manually hitting the checkbox at runtime (it disables and enables just fine)

is there something really obvious I am missing here? this is mystifying to me

from reading online the only "gotcha" I can find is that a disabled object stops its update loop but this is just about getting the objects to correctly disappear and reappear

wondering if this has anything to do with the fact that the children are model variant prefabs

[timid quartz]

argh, it was something silly - was running the code on the prefab to instantiate and not the instantiated prefab 😛

[fickle stump]

I'm not sure if thsi is the correct channel, but I'm trying to have multiple grids in my scene. Could someone help me out? 😄 i can only see one grid

Or correction: is it even possbile to have multiple grids in my scene?

or does that not work?

[ivory bobcat]

This is the beginner coding channel. Maybe try moving your message to #💻┃unity-talk

[fickle stump]

Yeah it kinda is code related :>

but I'll move onto that chat then! Thank you

[vocal urchin]

Why use structs vs classes? I have some classes I use to save data that I think I could easily change into structs but idk if it's worth changing them all if it causes unforeseen issues

[sour fulcrum]

classes are "alive" where-as structs are not. Comes with a bunch of implications and potential pros and cons that include structs never being null, optimization considerations and many other things

Don't feel like you have to convert stuff just for the sake of thinking it's "better". Usually it's fine to have something as a class

Usually if I just have a tiny group of data with no functions or etc. I'll go with a struct

RaycastHit is a good example of that (doesn't really do anything it just has a contextually relevant assortment of information)

[vocal urchin]

I see

Might be able to use them going forward at least

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/choosing-between-class-and-struct

[ivory bobcat]

I mainly use structs as PODs (Plain Old Data) nowadays or if you're wanting an explicit value type rather than a reference type (there are some minor constraints as well).. otherwise nav got the link that I was going to post.

[rich adder]

ref vs value type is especially important when doing stuff over the wire , say netcode etc.

[true knoll]

Hey! I don't know if this is the right channel, but I'm really struggling with this. (In isometric pixel art) I have a png of the layer in which my water is going to be on, and I want to apply a noise texture on top of it. Only thing is, I can't figure out for the life of me how to go about this. The water shape is not a square, and the only way I could get the noise texture to show up was on a UI image, which I couldn't figure out how to change the shape of..? So how should I do this? Thanks!

[brave robin]

You probably want a sprite mask that has the same shape as the water, and the noise can be a sprite that is masked by it

[vocal urchin]

thanks all. if I'm reading this right, a struct might be a good fit for a lot of it since most of the data is simply used once for instantiation once the game loads and shouldn't need allocated to the heap or altered in anyway, just used for instantiation and discarded. However, the line "It logically represents a single value, similar to primitive types (int, double, etc.)." makes me think I should not use a struct since my class stores more than one value. Would the below class work well as a struct for example?

{
    public int prefabID;
    public Vector3 position;
    public int currentHP;

    public EnemySaveData(int prefabID, Vector3 position, int currentHP)
    {
        this.prefabID = prefabID;
        this.position = position;
        this.currentHP = currentHP;
        
    }
}```

[sour fulcrum]

the struct represents a single, primitive-like value, that doesn't mean the struct can't contain references to reference-esque values (though in this case your not doing that anyway)

savedata is a very common usecase for structs yes

[rich adder]

Vector3 as struct makes sense
Mathf. not so much , seems more fit for a class but who knows why they chose that

https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Runtime/Export/Math/Vector3.cs
big ass struct lol

[vocal urchin]

thanks everyone!

[iron wing]

really general question, why would i initialize a variable with [SerializeField] private instead of just declaring it as public?
wouldn't the only difference be that i can't edit it from another script? if that's the case, why wouldn't i want the freedom to do so if i needed to like by default?

[rich adder]

protecting yourself from your future self

or if working with teams, other ppl not assigning things that shouldnt be assigned in that way

if you have a public variable and you modify it , do you really know that value was changed? Instead it would be better if its just private and modified with a method, this way there you can put things like events or any sort of thing that can say "hey I changed a value here for this"

[eternal needle]

for enemy save data in particular, id probably keep it as a class just because it might grow if you ever want to save more than just this. It is already more than the recommended 16 bytes.
Another thing to think about in context to a save system, this class can be null. a struct cannot (excluding nullable). If you have a save system trying to load a struct but there is no data, you have to declare another way to say that no data was found. In this case you'd have a struct that contains the default ints and vector3. this isn't a problem really but something to think about since you'd likely want to separate how structs and classes are returned

[iron wing]

okay so it's just to keep it private from other scripts for like organizational purposes kind of?

[sour fulcrum]

If something is public the assumption is that if a stranger touches it, the code is designed in mind to account for that

if your GameManager has a public reference to your Player and some random script sets that to null, does that break your game?

[rich adder]

not organizational (in a way I suppose so) more like access control from yourself and other devs

[iron wing]

okay okay that makes sense thanks

[wraith pumice]

Hello I'm very new to unity and this server (so I oplogise if it's not the right chanle) but can someone help me? I have no idea why this is happening

I started unity 3 days ago

[rich adder]

https://obsproject.com/
https://getsharex.com/

and this def not a code question..

[wraith pumice]

I'm sorry

I don't know where else to ask

[rich adder]

what are we even looking at ?

[wraith pumice]

The gizmo handles move with the mouse

Is it like a setting that I accidentally set on

[rich adder]

possibily.. looks like its stuck in some sort of surface snapping or something

you tried just restarting unity or something?

[wraith pumice]

Yes

I can do it again tho

[vocal urchin]

thank you!

[dull grail]

I'm a bit lost bc can't understand why this code throwing null reference exception when i'm trying to collect 2nd item no matter of his settings. I've tried to delete picked item data from slot and successfully collected 2nd item but then i will get same error on 3rd item. I just don't understand what's been lost and why

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

[drowsy flare]

Is there a setting to always have the camera visible in the unity editor? When I select the camera I get a green outline of the rendered screen, but when I select another object it disappears.

I think it's been visible always earlier, so I probably accidentally some setting 😐

[foggy spade]

whenever i try to learn something new in unity i usually get the grasp of it, but when it comes to math i cant understand it for the life of me, is there anything i can do to improve like this maybe a side project or something im still a beginner kinda

[eternal needle]

add logs and find out what specifically is null rather than guessing

[eternal needle]

im sure you are aware that if you want to get better at the math, you need to practice it. Google what you dont know, find tutorials that explain it simply, practice it in a small project if you wish.

[dull grail]

Guess i've found it, for some reasons it doesn't iterate over slots, thank you

[dull grail]

Well, i'm a moron. It didn't iterated bc i've added only 1 slot to array...

[flint remnant]

How to render SpriteRenderer GameObjects in SceneView via Editor Window?

Hi! I'm working on an Editor Window that previews prefabs in the SceneView. I already have this working for GameObjects with SkinnedMeshRenderer by extracting the mesh and using Graphics.DrawMesh in SceneView.duringSceneGui.

// This works for SkinnedMeshRenderer
void OnSceneGUI(SceneView sceneView)
{
    var mesh = skinnedMeshRenderer.sharedMesh;
    Graphics.DrawMesh(mesh, matrix, skinnedMeshRenderer.sharedMaterial, 0, sceneView.camera);
}

However, I'm stuck on how to achieve the same result for GameObjects with SpriteRenderer. I need to render sprites from prefabs directly into the SceneView through my Editor Window.
Context: Unity 6000.0.52f1

[naive pawn]

as bawsi said it's kinda just a matter of practice
but math is a really broad topic, even just math relevant to gamedev/programming
is there a specific topic or field you're struggling with? we could maybe point to more specific resources if you get more specific with your question

[foggy spade]

I’m honestly not sure what the specific topic is, but it’s mostly when it comes to equations involving vectors if that helps

[errant quiver]

        string tilemapSortingLayer = tilemapRenderer.sortingLayerName;
        int tilemapSortingOrder = tilemapRenderer.sortingOrder;

       
        tower.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sortingLayerName = tilemapSortingLayer;
        tower.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sortingOrder = tilemapSortingOrder;

why is this code instead of setting things correcty why is the tilemap sorting order -1200

original tilemap's renderer sorting order is 0

TOWER FINAL SORTING INFO - Layer: 'Background', Order: 0
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)

i even got debug log of the value of tower component but somehow it was set back to -1200

[grand snow]

Its either you setting this or something else

also doing GetComponent() twice is wasteful

[sacred lake]

How do you serialize a list of references to objects without causing an "invisible" prefab override?
For example in a use-case like this:

public class Foo : MonoBehaviour
{
    //If Foo is attached to an object and this list contains references in the scene that are not part of the prefab, it will cause an override. How to fix cleanly?
    [SerializeField, HideInInspector] private List<GameObject> gameObjects = new();

    private void OnValidate()
    {
        //Expensive search function to update and assign gameobjects based on the search function
    }
}

[rugged coyote]

hello iam new in unity and i have a simple problem that i cant move left and write although my script is true
using UnityEngine;

public class moveLR : MonoBehaviour
{
public float move;
// Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
void Start()
{

}

// Update is called once per frame 
void Update()
{
    move= Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
    transform.position += new Vector3(move,0f,0f);
}

}

[sacred lake]

If this is not changing the position of your transform in the inspector, have you checked which input system are you using @rugged coyote? If you're using the new input system than Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") will not work

Also did you make sure move is not 0?

[grand snow]

what do you mean by "invisible prefab override"? What you have is already correct for a serialized game object list

[errant quiver]

gotcha ty

[grand snow]

Either using Debug logs or a debugger you should double check what you are assigning

[sacred lake]

If it references an object that exists outside of the prefab it cannot serialize it as part of the prefab, thus being shown as an override on a prefab instance. I am referring to this window:

[rugged coyote]

move should i change it?

[sacred lake]

If it is 0, it will not move

[grand snow]

Ah well this just isn't possible but its not something that can be applied correctly anyway. Does it result in entry in the overrides panel with no visible changes then?

[sacred lake]

Yup basically

[rugged coyote]

what do you think tris?

[sacred lake]

I was wondering what would be a clean way of fixing this since for our team the blue line indicating overrides is something we try to actively avoid when possible in our scene.

[grand snow]

Perhaps a different design that does not require the prefab instance to have a serialized references to scene objects?
e.g use other component that spawns + initializes them with the references needed.

[sacred lake]

Ignore what I said about it having to not be 0 haha my brain fried for a second

[slender nymph]

you actively are overriding the prefab though by adding different objects into the list

[sacred lake]

I was thinking I could move the search for the objects into Awake but that would impact the startup performance of the scene

[slender nymph]

have you added logs to make sure that the code is actually running without errors?

[grand snow]

well you can offload the serialised field to something else so its still "pre computed"

[rugged coyote]

there is a lot of new terms i dont get sorry

[slender nymph]

well unless you actually ask about specific things then i won't know what you don't know

[rugged coyote]

but i thing my code is true

[grand snow]

Either way its not easy to overcome. I think even a new component thats hidden with hide flags would cause the same "prefab changed" issue

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/HideFlags.html

[fast relic]

are you getting any warnings/errors in the console?

[rugged coyote]

no

[sacred lake]

Ah right I could try and see if hideflags works

[slender nymph]

how have you actually confirmed it

[rugged coyote]

i dont get any error

[slender nymph]

show the console then during play mode

[dim minnow]

Your code is fine. I tested it in Unity 6. What is it attached to?

[manic sparrow]

i have an icy surface that i want to use to apply a slippery effect on players/enemies
the player can wear something to become immune to it and can also apply something to the ground to turn it into ice

does it make more sense to have the effect be written in the player's movement checking for the ground or for the ground to apply it to the player/enemy

[rugged coyote]

i have one day struggling with moving right and left i feel like iam veryy stupid

[slender nymph]

show your console during play mode.

[rugged coyote]

when i click on play botton i cant move left and right

[slender nymph]

show your console during play mode

[slender nymph]

look at that, errors!

[rugged coyote]

my first time seeing that

[naive pawn]

you're trying to use the input class but unity 6 is set to use inputsystem by default so you need to change that

as the error says

[slender nymph]

then it's your first time looking at your console. unity 6.1 defaults to using the input system exclusively, if you want to use the input manager (with the Input class) then you need to change the active input handling like the error says

[naive pawn]

just vector math in general? any specific dots/crosses?

[naive pawn]

oh 6.0 is still defaulted to old/both?

[slender nymph]

as far as i know, yeah. unless they changed it in some patch version

[naive pawn]

i haven't been using unity 6 so i mustve dropped the .1 in my mind somewhere along the way

breaking changes in a minor version....

[frail hawk]

beside that, you will have to use some physics based movement to prevent collision issues later, rn you are just changing the transform position

[naive pawn]

well i guess it technically doesn't break existing projects lol

[fast relic]

not really breaking changes? it's just a default setting

[foggy spade]

no nothing specific like that! mostly just vector math yeah

[naive pawn]

yes i sent another message after that one

[sacred lake]

Yup you are right about the hideflags thing not working. Which makes sense. In terms of "offload the serialised field to something else", what where you imagining? I guess through code I could create a gameobject in the scene that contains that list dynamically and has it serialized, and then use hideflags so the user can't see it.

[grand snow]

Yea if its something that say many enemy instances need then it probably makes better sense for 1 script to contain this and it can pass on this data on Awake/ custom Init

[sacred lake]

I was thinking of using a scriptableobject but realized that I wanted to do this during edit time so I figured having references to objects in a scene would not make sense for an SO

[sacred lake]

Ye I see. Thank you for the suggestion! A shame there isn't an easier way to solve it

[slender nymph]

It also wouldn't be possible for a SO to reference scene objects at edit time, you'd have to get the references at runtime which is also the thing you are already trying to avoid

[sacred lake]

That's what I am saying

[slender nymph]

"not make sense" is not the same as "not possible" so that was not clear

[sacred lake]

My bad

[grand snow]

if your objects have some kind of unique id then that could allow for out of scene referencing but otherwise yea needs to be in scene to be done correctly this way

[sour fulcrum]

You can do dodgy shit with scriptableobjects pointing to assumed references like singletons

[sacred lake]

Ye I rather not haha

[sacred lake]

I actually don't need out of scene references. I just hoped to be able to store data inside of the prefab instance without triggering the override UI. But it makes sense that I can't do that. My use case is just a really simple script attached to a particle system that checks for colliders in the scene and then loads those references to triggers list of the particle system

[faint sentinel]

I was trying to implement a dash mechanic and it works until we try anything related to the Y axes, more specifically if we try to jump and dash at the same time (and hold jump) it seems like the addForce (from the jump) is still applying during the dash, but it can be something related to Input system, where i check the direction using de vertical system input, I really dont know and i know my code is a mess i really need to clear it

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[sacred lake]

I assume rb.AddForce inside of the jump input if statement is a mistake? Since you're adding your existing x velocity but you probably want to do just new Vector2(0, jumpForce)

[naive pawn]

perhaps you haven't thought about/been told about visualizing/understanding the vectors in your mind?
vectors can represent positions or directions, so what exactly the full expression represents depends on what the operands represent

[sour fulcrum]

can i not reference this class?

[wintry quarry]

Which class? Reference in what context?

[sour fulcrum]

TMP_Dropdown/DropdownItem

yeah its a nested class

fucking hell

[dim minnow]

It's an internal class.

[wintry quarry]

Nested isn't an issue

It's protected

That's the issue

[sour fulcrum]

can they just not tho like 😭

[wintry quarry]

What are you trying to accomplish

[sour fulcrum]

i just wanted to change the colour of the text of a certain option

:/

[wintry quarry]

You can do it in a TMP_Dropdown subclass, as one option

Another option is attaching a custom script to the template object and having it change the text color based on some criteria

[sour fulcrum]

ohh does it just straight up instansiate that?

[dim minnow]

The OptionData for the TMP_Dropdown supports a color.

[sour fulcrum]

thought it was manually copying over options for some reason

[sour fulcrum]

want a bit more control

[wintry quarry]

Or just use Transform.GetChild etc and manually find it

[sour fulcrum]

i'd probably figure out how to publicise TMP before that option haha, thanks for the suggestions though

will look into just adding a component if its instantiating the lot

[faint sentinel]

its not exatly that but u made me realized that in the jump if statement if im on the air the game thinks i jumped and will activate the jump code anyways even if i did not pressed the jump input, so thanks

[wicked ivy]

i have to update my unity api level 32 to 36 i have installed 33 34 35 36 versions in android studios and copy pasted them in unity sdk platforms but when i try to build the game it show to update the android gradle verson

[slender nymph]

#📱┃mobile

[sacred lake]

Shouldn't the down input only be called on the first frame the button is down and before the player can press the jump button again should IsGrounded not already be false by then?

[faint sentinel]

oh yeah

[brazen aurora]

im trying to instantiate a bullet which then uses the bullet script to move towards the player, but it says it cant get the reference, not sure what im doing wrong

    {
        timeSinceLastShot += Time.deltaTime;
        Vector2 direction = (player.transform.position - transform.position).normalized;
        transform.up = direction;
        if (timeSinceLastShot >= shotCooldown)
        {
            timeSinceLastShot = 0f;
            Collider2D[] collider = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(transform.position, 15f);
            foreach (Collider2D collider2D in collider)
            {
                if (collider2D.CompareTag("Player") && lastPlayerPosition == null)
                {
                    lastPlayerPosition = collider2D.transform.position;
                }
            }

            GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletToShoot, transform.position, transform.rotation);
            bulletBehaviour = bullet.GetComponent<BulletBehaviour>();
            bulletBehaviour.MoveToPlayer((Vector2)lastPlayerPosition, damage, speed); 
        }
    }```

[keen dew]

Show the exact error message and which line it points to

[brazen aurora]

bulletBehaviour = bullet.GetComponent<BulletBehaviour>(); points to this line here, the other lines are coming from this function im pretty sure

[naive pawn]

so bullet is null

wait what

[brazen aurora]

yh

[naive pawn]

no that's not right

it's saying the error is inside MoveToPlayer

at BulletBehaviour line 27

you're looking at the wrong lines

[hexed terrace]

clicking that blue text will take you to the actual line of code with the problem

[brazen aurora]

    {
        Vector2 shotDirection = (_playerPosition - (Vector2)transform.position).normalized;
        rb.velocity = shotDirection * _speed;
        damageToDeal = _damage;
    }``` 
line 27 is 
```rb.velocity = shotDirection * _speed;``` 
but ive gotten the reference of the rigidbody

[naive pawn]

it's null

errors don't lie

how are you setting rb?

[brazen aurora]

in start im doing rb = getcomponent<rigidbody2d>();

[naive pawn]

don't retype code, copy it over directly

[brazen aurora]

    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    }```

[naive pawn]

anyways, does the object in question have a rigidbody2d then

[brazen aurora]

yes

[earnest wind]

how do i make a scroll rect not interactable but its scrollbars interactable??

[naive pawn]

is bulletToShoot deactivated or the BulletBehaviour disabled?

[earnest wind]

cause if i change

scrollRect.horizontal = false;
scrollRect.vertical = false;

then after refresh the scrollbars dont work anymore

[naive pawn]

(also btw you can type bulletToShoot as BulletBehaviour directly instead of GameObject, so you don't have to do the GetComponent afterwards)

[brazen aurora]

theyre both enabled

[naive pawn]

show your bulletToShoot/bullet's inspector

[brazen aurora]

like the bullet spawns but it doesnt move

[naive pawn]

and this is the prefab you've set as the bulletToShoot?

[brazen aurora]

yes

ive 100% put it in the enemy's inspector

[naive pawn]

sanity check - make sure you've saved and recompiled

[brazen aurora]

everything is saved

[naive pawn]

try putting a log in BulletBehaviour.Start to check what you get from the GetComponent

[brazen aurora]

for the rigidbody?

[naive pawn]

yeah

[naive pawn]

...and you aren't getting the error..?

[brazen aurora]

no i still am

[naive pawn]

before this message?

[brazen aurora]

every time a bullet spawns

[naive pawn]

...i thought Start ran before Instantiate completed, wtf

[brazen aurora]

i think the null reference maybe coming from this script because of the shotdirection

since that uses the _playerposition

which comes from the shoot function

[naive pawn]

that's not how stuff works

structs can't be null

[brazen aurora]

could i send the whole code of both scripts

[naive pawn]

yeah, use !code

[eternal falcon]

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[brazen aurora]

https://paste.myst.rs/h67ec6hn

[earnest wind]

anyone?

[rich ice]

#📲┃ui-ux

[sage mirage]

@brazen aurora https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

That's your issue!

Investigate your code and inspector

Are you assigning components with drag and drop method or manually through code?

[brazen aurora]

Through code

[sage mirage]

Show me your code where the error is occuring

https://paste.mod.gg/

In here

if possible

The whole script

[brazen aurora]

I already sent it https://paste.myst.rs/h67ec6hn

[sage mirage]

oh ok

[brazen aurora]

In line 27 in bullet behaviour

[sharp mirage]

If i wanted to print a message to correspond with certain event in the update log how would I do it without the message being printed hundreds of times every second cuz u can't rly multiply a print by delta time

[sage mirage]

27 is an empty line

Check the blue texts

[brazen aurora]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497874004401586176/1395019075389755497/image.png?ex=6878ec41&is=68779ac1&hm=58ec406b474d174a2c2bdb845eaf16770f91ad23ee0096537aef55dff59dde10&

I might have pasted it a bit off

[sage mirage]

alright 140 and 112 you have highlighted

let me see

[wintry quarry]

You're calling MoveToPlayer before Start gets a chance to run

So the Rigidbody2D reference is null

[plucky copper]

Those more knowledgeable than I:

Is an Event Bus Singleton bad design?

Take a situation. My room may or may not have traps. Each trap does a unique thing to the player up to and including triggering death, to companion damage, or even monsters to appear.

This room may or may not have some or all traps. Is it cleaner to use an event bus to decouple dependencies? Each interested entity subscribes via the bus, and the traps invoke their mayhem via the bus, or should each interested entity seek out in the scene / level what they are interested in at load?

[wintry quarry]

Use Awake instead of Start for that kind of initialization

[brazen aurora]

Alright I'll try in a sec

[wintry quarry]

Why would you need an event bus? Wouldn't the traps be using physics callbacks to run? It's not clear to me what the event bus is adding

[naive pawn]

so does Start run with Instantiate or not..?
there was another question where it seemed to run before Instantiate finished

[polar acorn]

Instantiate will call Awake before it returns. Start will happen before the next Update loop.

[sour fulcrum]

(Also assuming the gameobject is enabled)

[sharp solar]

the kernel can access the values up here properly right?

its really seeming like the only valid values are the ones in function parameters

[plucky copper]

Hmm. Good point.

[sharp solar]

ok i figured it out

you cant set it in shader code

has to be set here

im guessing they default to 0.0 then

[earnest wind]

what are you even doing bro

[sharp solar]

learning

[earnest wind]

[numthreads]???

[earnest wind]

huh

[polar acorn]

ComputeShaders are well above the pay grade of most of the people posting in #💻┃code-beginner