💻┃code-beginner

[slender nymph]

considering you've barely provided any context for the error at all i don't know what you are expecting here, unless you expect everyone else to start playing 20 questions to get any basic info from you

[worthy tundra]

rn i just want to know what this error means

like, if i get a null reference, i know the error means "i have to assign something" but idk what this error even means because idk what an fmod sound instance is

[slender nymph]

it means that fmod failed to load the file. why that happens likely depends on a number of factors.

[bright kiln]

HELPPPP IM MID GAME JAM AND CANT GET THE DIALOGUE TO WORK

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

public class NPCSystem : MonoBehaviour
{
bool player_detection = false;

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    
    if(player_detection && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
    {
        print("PLEASE WORK!");
    }

}

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    if(other.name == "Player")
    {
        player_detection = true;
    }
}


private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
{
    player_detection = false;
}

}

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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📃 Inline Code

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

[vocal marlin]

I just ended up reinstalling vscode and it worked, thanks

[cosmic dagger]

I don't see any dialogue in here. Which part of this script doesn't work?

Also, use a paste site or format small code blocks for easier reading . . .

[worthy tundra]

when you enter trigger, it checks if the other is the player.

it doesnt check for the exit.

could it be that a non-player object is exiting?

[bright kiln]

its just a test to get it working, im trying to use a collider so that when its triggered and detects the player they can press a key that will then play the dialogue

[vocal marlin]

what I was thinking

[north kiln]

Do some debugging to see if the methods are being called at all and what objects are interacting with them.
If you're not getting interactions then follow this guide https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

[deep minnow]

Does Unity Juniopr programming pathway teach you on how to do a Health system, in my case I need it as a stress level sorta thing like a percentage

[vocal marlin]

is there any way for me to set the event system first selected field with code?

[ivory bobcat]

Are you referring to console messages as dialogues?

[slender nymph]

it doesn't teach you how to make specific systems, it teaches you how to code in unity

[bright kiln]

i think its because my player isnt an actual physical object

[bright kiln]

yes

[worthy tundra]

no collider?

[deep minnow]

ok.. so basically it's a shot in the dark if you have Unioty 6 and wanting to learn how to do a health system

[bright kiln]

nope

[worthy tundra]

lol u need a collider for trigger to work

[bright kiln]

so i have one on the NPC but not one on the player

do i need to add one to the player?

[ivory bobcat]

Try putting a log in the trigger enter and exit method

[vocal marlin]

yes otherwise there is no trigger

they both need to collide

[bright kiln]

just like this?

or check is trigger

[vocal marlin]

just bumping this because when I try to type the namespace EventSystem it says that namespace doesn't exist so I was wondering if it came under another name or something

[deep minnow]

I want to dev 2d games and is there a unity learn aspect with the coding side?

apart from the junior programming pathway

[slender nymph]

do the junior programming pathway, it teaches you how to code within the unity engine. 2d is the same as 3d in most aspects

[north kiln]

You almost certainly should not be using a mesh collider. Use a capsule or something.
Doesn't your player have a rigid body setup or a character controller though? Or it is all direct transform manipulation and no physics at all?

[deep minnow]

be nice if they teach you more concepts like an advanced course on like actual systems

[eager elm]

but it might be easier to just call .Select() on whatever object you want to select

[slender nymph]

there are individual tutorials for specific things. but you need to learn the basics before going and trying to make something specific otherwise you'll get lost trying to learn to make that specific thing

[worthy tundra]

whenever you have an interaction between colliders (trigger or otherwise)

you need colliders on BOTH the objects

[vocal marlin]

okay, thanks

[deep minnow]

ahhh ok, where would I go after learning the Junior pathway into 2D gaming stuff?

like being specifics

[slender nymph]

if you need it you can find individual tutorials on the learn site or with google

[deep minnow]

basically 2D Game Kit Advanced Topics?

[slender nymph]

if that is a specific tutorial, then sure i guess. i don't keep a list of tutorials to hand out to people who don't want to google for them. but focus on learning the basics first so you might have a chance of actually understanding how to do things without needing to find specific tutorials

[deep minnow]

I don't really have Computer Science knowlege only what Junior programming pathway is giving me

[neon verge]

does anyone know the best way to do a grid of tiles where i can change the tiles during runtime

[slender nymph]

tilemap?

[neon verge]

i thought u cant change them at runtime

[slender nymph]

why would you think that?

[neon verge]

i dont know

i saw it online

[night raptor]

Make sure to check the scripting API page for the systems in question for the latest available tools

[deep minnow]

ahh ok

Will do, thanks

[night raptor]

answered to bic but the api is good place to find inofrmation in general

[slender nymph]

you don't need computer science knowledge to make a health system. it's just a number and some methods . . .

[sacred verge]

Hi, in the case that somebody boots your game and their GPU doesn't support something you require, like Compute Shaders for example... what do you normally do? Should we be querying everything we need on startup and then show a message saying "GPU not supported" and quit? Currently, we're receiving exceptions about it occasionally in the cloud reporter.

[deep minnow]

Just needed to know where to go after the junior pathway like the API documentation, that's got every system right? for gamedev

[slender nymph]

the api documentation has the documentation for unity's api. it doesn't have tutorials for creating different systems which is what you were asking about

[deep minnow]

oh ok, is there any form of "Templates" or do I actually have to follow someone else doing said system on youtube?

[slender nymph]

seriously, stop worrying so much about what you may or may not need to do in the future. focus on learning the basics

[deep minnow]

I'm not, just asking since I'm part of a course

[neon verge]

how can i access the sprite of a tile in the code

and change it

[rain dawn]

Heya everyone. Im kinda stuck on an issue right now. I got a giant square of 16x16x16. each time a part gets broken off I want to spawn a cube that falls of the object.

But when stress testing this I quickly come into issues with frame rates.

Ive tried object pooling
particle effects instead of gameobjects
Using drawmeshinstanced

But my frame rate always tanks. Is it just a call bottleneck. Im assuming its calling code like 2k~ time per second

[slender nymph]

did you look at the documentation?

[neon verge]

i had a look but i couldnt find what i was looking for

maybe i was in the wrong place

[slender nymph]

also why would you want to change the sprite of a tile object and not just change what tile is there?

wasn't that what you wanted in the first place?

[neon verge]

i think i mean that i have the tile map and i want to change what the image is on each tile with code

[slender nymph]

change the tile at the desired position

[neon verge]

yeah

[slender nymph]

that is what i'm telling you to do instead of trying to change the sprite on the tile itself

[neon verge]

okay

isd this where i should be looking https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/tilemaps/tiles-for-tilemaps/tiles-landing.html

[deep minnow]

I would suggest looking into Tiled personally

[vocal marlin]

yesterday I had a problem where my buttons weren't working, they weren't being highlighted, or pressed or anything no matter what I did. I still have this problem and I just don't know what could have caused it because it was definitely working before I returned to this project, the only thing I changed since then was starting to implement an inventory system into my game, so I don't know how that could affect anything

[slender nymph]

try the scripting api rather than the manual
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Tilemaps.Tilemap.html

[neon verge]

thank you

[deep minnow]

is Udemy courses worth it?

for learning said script systems?

after the course ofcourse

[slender nymph]

but you're still getting ahead of yourself. you seem to be focusing on just getting through the basics rather than actually learning and internalizing them. if you actually learn from the junior programmer pathway then you won't really need any other courses, you might look up some tutorials for specific things you haven't figured out, but for the most part you will have the tools to make things on your own already. especially the simple "systems" you've asked about so far

if you keep going with this mindset of looking for the next best tutorial then you're just going to trap yourself in tutorial hell instead of actually making anything

[night raptor]

What exactly becomes the bottleneck? How/what is the "square" made of and how have you implemented the logic for breaking off pieces? What code is called 2k times a second?

[deep minnow]

I do have an understanding, I just don't know to to actually do the said systems

[deep minnow]

and I am currently making a game of my own and connecting diffrent methods together, but I need to understand how to structure said systems instead of following someone that isn't using Unity 6 code examples

[rain dawn]

The profiler says that either the courotines are the bottle neck or the script.
when a object hits the cube it gets a cube from x -9999. Sets it active gives it a addforce and then send it back to the void to later be used again
Without the cubes its running at 400fps with the cubes its running at 30fps

[night raptor]

Can you show what the pile of cubes looks like/explain why you need it?

[rain dawn]

right now its the basic unity cube with a material that has gpu instancing on it

Uhh its mostly added to give a bit of visual feedback

you're destroying the cube for money

[night raptor]

4096 separate gameobjects especially if with separate scripts on each can easily become an bottleneck

[rain dawn]

well how it works right now

• a shooter shoots a bullet every frame (for debugging)
• a corotine (or whatever the spelling is) checks over a line multiple points till it hits the part of the cube
• the cube will break calling a script to break off the part
• the script will get get a cube from the pool give it a force and add it to a queue to be removed and send back to the pool when timer is over

now I got 9 shooters shooting each frame at a 16x16x16 cube

[grand snow]

1000 individual Update()/coroutines will be less performant than 1 that executes over many transforms/game objects

unity calling to execute Update/ a coroutine has a cost

[rain dawn]

uhh I dont know if im just stupid. But... the cubes aren't the bottle neck anymore... it seems just destroying the cube itself is the bottle neck...
I dont know how I missed this I legit thought I ran it multiple times to see the fps and it seemed fine

[grand snow]

not pooling them then?

[rain dawn]

Its the reconstruction of the cube that I think is causing the issues (my apolagies I though that this ran properly

I think im gonna have to go back to the drawing bord and limit the updates to the cube reconstruction or make it update only chunks

sorry for taking all of your time

[vocal marlin]

if anyone unlikely happened to have this problem, I just replaced my eventsystem

[neon forum]

Is there a cleaner way of telling another game object's script to do something?
For context:
I have a game manager with a script that reads inputs, and based on that input, it tells the player object to do something(If move right then character will move right).
Currently I'm doing the obj.getComponent<Script>() method, is that what I should be using?

[slender nymph]

ideally you would cache the reference to the component rather than calling GetComponent each time you need to access it, but yes. to communicate with other components you will need a reference to that component such as by calling GetComponent or a serialized field with the component assigned to that field

[neon forum]

so I could create a serialized field of a component of a game obj?

Would it just be script?

how would I cache a reference?

I remembered how to call the script of the obj, so that solves that problem, but how would I cache things/

[slender nymph]

that's just storing the reference in a variable for reuse

[neon forum]

oh

so just [SerializeField] class myClass; and that's caching?

[slender nymph]

that's one way to store a reference to an object, yes

[neon forum]

are there better ways of doing it for future proofing/readability?

[slender nymph]

a serialized field is the best way to refer to another object

you can also check out this information for more ways to get a reference to another object https://unity.huh.how/references

[neon forum]

alright, thanks

[vocal marlin]

idk why I'm having so many coding problems today but can someone help me understand why my room transition code is happeneing exactly 5 times every single time no matter what?

{
    public Vector3 cameraMinChange;
    public Vector3 cameraMaxChange;
    public Vector3 playerChange;
    public PlayerMovement player;
    private CameraMovement cam;

    void Start()
    {
        player = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player").GetComponent<PlayerMovement>();
        cam = Camera.main.GetComponent<CameraMovement>();
    }

    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if(other.tag == "Player")
        {
            RoomMove(other);
        }
    }

    public void RoomMove(Collider2D other)
    {
        cam.minPosition += cameraMinChange;
        cam.maxPosition += cameraMaxChange;
        other.transform.position += playerChange;
    }
}

[rough granite]

add debug logs

[slender nymph]

are there multiple colliders entering the trigger all with the Player tag?
also use the CompareTag method rather than string equality when comparing tags. it's slightly faster, but more importantly if throws relevant errors if a tag is misspelled or doesn't exist

[vocal marlin]

there are exactly five colliders entering so yeah that was it thanks lmao

[dusky bobcat]

Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2998)
VRC.SDK3A.Editor.VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.OnBuildAndPublishAction () (at ./Packages/com.vrchat.avatars/Editor/VRCSDK/SDK3A/VRCSdkControlPanelAvatarBuilder.cs:2021)
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore+<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__7_0 (System.Object state) (at <27124aa0e30a41659b903b822b959bc7>:0)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext+WorkRequest.Invoke () (at <cb81df0c49c643b1a04d9fc6ccca2433>:0)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext.Exec () (at <cb81df0c49c643b1a04d9fc6ccca2433>:0)
UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext.ExecuteTasks () (at <cb81df0c49c643b1a04d9fc6ccca2433>:0)

can someone tell me how to fix this?

[slender nymph]

looks like a !vrchat specific issue to me

[eternal falcon]

Join the growing VRChat community as you explore, play, and create the future of social VR! https://discord.com/invite/vrchat

[dusky bobcat]

i just thought since im usibng unity to upload an avatar then id need help with unity specifically

[slender nymph]

issues with the vr chat sdk and the like belong in the vr chat server

[dusky bobcat]

i appreciate the direction to the right server

[whole smelt]

Hey guys, let me know if there's a better place to ask, new to unity but not to coding. I am creating copies of a prefab but the script doesn't appear to be applying to the copies, only to the original (which is under the copies, there's a green one in there just covered)

[vocal marlin]

toggleInventory.action.started += ToggleInventory; I'm really confused as to how this line could throw a NullReferenceException because the InputActionReference field I have is definitely filled in the inspector.

[eager elm]

Debug.Log("Is toggleInventory null? " + (toggleInventory == null), this.gameObject);

[queen adder]

can someone maybe help me with this Transparency problem

[grand snow]

#1390346776804069396 <--

[queen adder]

sorry

[polar briar]

im learning and im making a grid for my tactics system and it wont spawn the walls around it and i think i know the problem (the walls aren't linked in the tile script) but IDK how to fix it cause it wont let me just drag the game objects to the script for some dumb reason

trying to drag walls on left to spots on right but it just wont let me

[vocal marlin]

you have to attach the script to something first

[polar briar]

okay so thats not the probnlem them cause its attached and linked within the object

then why isnt my grid manager spawning the walls 😭

[vocal marlin]

yes I know that it is null but the fact that it is null makes no sense because I clearly defined it in the inspector

[vocal marlin]

I'm not sure you'd have to show your code

[polar briar]

i can copy and paste it in a second

public class GridManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int width = 5;
    public int height = 5;
    public GameObject tilePrefab;

    private Tile[,] grid;

    void Start()
    {
        GenerateGrid();
    }

    void GenerateGrid()
    {
        grid = new Tile[width, height];

        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
        {
            for (int z = 0; z < height; z++)
            {
                Vector3 position = new Vector3(x, 0, z);
                GameObject tileObject = Instantiate(tilePrefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
                tileObject.name = $"Tile_{x}_{z}";
                tileObject.transform.parent = this.transform;

                Tile tile = tileObject.GetComponent<Tile>();
                tile.gridPosition = new Vector2Int(x, z);
                grid[x, z] = tile;
            }
        }

        // Example wall between (2,2) and (2,3)
        AddWall(2, 2, "north");

        // Add outer walls
        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
        {
            AddWall(x, height - 1, "north"); // Top edge
            AddWall(x, 0, "south");          // Bottom edge
        }

        for (int z = 0; z < height; z++)
        {
            AddWall(0, z, "west");          // Left edge
            AddWall(width - 1, z, "east");  // Right edge
        }
    }

    void AddWall(int x, int z, string direction)
    {
        Tile tile = grid[x, z];
        tile.SetWall(direction, true);

        Vector2Int neighbor = GetNeighbor(x, z, direction);
        if (IsInBounds(neighbor))
        {
            Tile neighborTile = grid[neighbor.x, neighbor.y];
            neighborTile.SetWall(Opposite(direction), true);
        }
    }

    Vector2Int GetNeighbor(int x, int z, string direction)
    {
        switch (direction)
        {
            case "north": return new Vector2Int(x, z + 1);
            case "south": return new Vector2Int(x, z - 1);
            case "east":  return new Vector2Int(x + 1, z);
            case "west":  return new Vector2Int(x - 1, z);
            default: return new Vector2Int(x, z);
        }
    }

    string Opposite(string dir)
    {
        switch (dir)
        {
            case "north": return "south";
            case "south": return "north";
            case "east":  return "west";
            case "west":  return "east";
            default: return "";
        }
    }

    bool IsInBounds(Vector2Int pos)
    {
        return pos.x >= 0 && pos.x < width && pos.y >= 0 && pos.y < height;
    }
}

this is prolly rly bad code but it works up until the part where walls get involved

i think i got over zellous

[naive pawn]

are you getting any errors?
if not, do some debugging, see where it reaches

[polar briar]

No write

Erie is

errors omg. I’m adding debug rn

[naive pawn]

oh what you didn't mention cinemachine before

pretty sure this should go in #🎥┃cinemachine in that case

[queen adder]

My bad

[rare topaz]

Is there a way to spawn prefabs onto a terrain like tree and grass with brush but all the component attach (like collider, script, etc) are still attach ?

[rich ice]

#⛰️┃terrain-3d

[mortal spade]

inside a function, if i put return; inside a for loop does it terminate the for loop or the function???

[cosmic dagger]

return exits the method . . .

test it to see if it continues the loop or not . . .

[brave robin]

If you only want to exit the loop, use break;

[mortal spade]

ty both ^^ i wanted to exit the function and wasnt sure if it was on a like, nested basis

[brave robin]

On the other hand, break does respect nesting and will need to do it per nested loop

[woeful scaffold]

does any1 know why the text that is on this contact point doesnt show up ?

if (collision.gameObject.GetComponent<IDamageable>() != null)
{
    // Get damagable object and damage by the inherited weapon's damage
    damageable = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<IDamageable>();
    damageable.TakeDamage(bulletDamage);

    // Display a damage amount text on the collision area
    contactPoint = collision.GetContact(0);

    // Initiate bullet damage text onto contact point
    damageText.text = bulletDamage.ToString();
    bulletTextObject = Instantiate(damageText, contactPoint.point, Quaternion.identity, gameObject.transform.parent.transform);
    bulletTextObject.gameObject.SetActive(true);
}```

I'm sure its something easy i'm just missing it

I'm using textmeshpro

[cosmic dagger]

Is it 2d or 3d text?

[woeful scaffold]

oh..

LOL

thank you i think

[cosmic dagger]

Also, you're setting the text before you instantiate it . . .

Which means you're setting (changing) the prefab text . . .

[woeful scaffold]

oops i mean to do bulletTextObject thanks for noticing

meant.*

            bulletTextObject = Instantiate(damageText, contactPoint.point, Quaternion.identity, gameObject.transform.parent.transform);
            bulletTextObject.text = bulletDamage.ToString();
            bulletTextObject.gameObject.SetActive(true);```

that should do it

[slender cypress]

Hi! I'm trying to look online but i'm not finding anything useful, maybe I'm just bad at researching but welp

Is there a way to pause a method and wait until a key is pressed before continuing said method? if yes, how?

pliz ping me if anyone answers

[grand snow]

coroutines

[eternal needle]

Use a coroutine, you can yield until a condition is true. It will check the condition every frame
You dont pause a method, this would entirely freeze your game

[slender cypress]

How would it work?

Mymethod(){
StartCoroutine(coroutine())
Debug.Log("thing")
}

coroutine(){
wait until input
}

it will Debug.Log("thing") when the input is pressed?

[eternal needle]

No, the log would be in the coroutine and after the yield (wait until)
Look at the docs on how it works, they have some examples too

[slender cypress]

ok!

[eternal needle]

Your MyMethod would not be affected in anyway and would complete immediately after calling StartCoroutine

[slender cypress]

Ohhh ok

[sharp solar]

holy siht im dyslexic

i cant read

namespaces are just folders for your code right

[silk night]

yeah, kind of

[sharp solar]

excellent

[woeful scaffold]

Does any1 know how to make a 3d text keep looking at you?

textmeshpro to be exact

[grand snow]

you can use a look at constraint to make it face a camera
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/Manual/class-LookAtConstraint.html

[woeful scaffold]

I see ill check it out

[vague sequoia]

My character slides downhill when climbing a slope. How can I prevent this? (I already have a script that calculates the slope angle.)

[little spoke]

i have questions about vuforia , anyone here si good at it ?

[queen adder]

Rb or char controller

[worthy tundra]

HELP:

when building the game error: "cannot create FMOD"

i have never used external FMOD

it works on previous builds

idk what made it happen

[rough granite]

you gotta provide more than this

[worthy tundra]

i dont really have more than this

it gives this error to pretty much every sfx in the game

[rough granite]

well sending a photo of the actual error would help

[worthy tundra]

wait a sec im trying to replicate

[rough granite]

makes sense just by looking it up i can tell the FMOD is an audio system for games

which you must be using

[worthy tundra]

its what unity uses for audio

i didnt use any FMOD other than what is native to unity

[rough granite]

no?

[worthy tundra]

wait

[rough granite]

does it?

[worthy tundra]

failed to replicate

[rough granite]

so whats the problem then?

[worthy tundra]

still gives the error

i tried to replicate in the editor

works fine there

im gonna try to fuck with the import settings, setting it to preload

[rough granite]

again what error cause "cannot create FMOD" cannot be it

[worthy tundra]

*turning off preload

[rough granite]

is it like this? https://discussions.unity.com/t/error-cannot-create-fmod/179700

[worthy tundra]

nah i dont use path to get the sound file

[rough granite]

also you'll probably have more help in https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/531974372714610688

[worthy tundra]

wait a sec im testing something

[sudden edge]

anyone know if its possible to render a certain layer (layer 8 in this example) above another model even if its inside it so its always in front, by using a shader or script or something

[rich adder]

You can do this in URP pretty easily with the Render Object feature

[sudden edge]

im using birp

[rich adder]

I believe you can just mess with the z-buffer depth

[hollow steppe]

does anyone know how to fix this??? it used to be in 3d but i clicked a button now its in 2d please help 😭

[rich adder]

doesnt BIRP material have a field for render queue ? I think you can also mess with that

[rich adder]

bro this is unreal why are you asking in a unity code channel 🤔

[hollow steppe]

shit

wrong server

[grand snow]

wrong server AND wrong channel smh

[sudden edge]

yeah it does but it doesnt work in this case since i have another custom shader that is rendered in front of everything and if i render the player in front of this i would have to move the render queue of it which breaks the effect

but i found i fix thankfully thanks for your help though

[west obsidian]

If I'm making a controller that is going to be snapped to the nearest surface every frame, how should I move the player? Should I use teleportation, velocity, physics, or something else? What do people generally use when moving a normal controller without charactercontroller.move

[bright kiln]

i just submitted a game for a game jam but it crashes on webgl as soon as you click play, any ideas?

https://olliejlh.itch.io/duck-quest

heres the link if anyone wants to test for me

[rich ice]

#🌐┃web

this is the code channel.

[eager elm]

is it bad practice to remove all listeners from the invokers' side rather than unsubscribing from the listeners' side?

• Normal C# event

[naive pawn]

how would the subscribers know to resubscribe on reenable?

im not sure about it being outright bad practice, but it definitely limits your options

imo just having both the subscribe and cleanup is easier to make sure it doesn't leak, but if you follow this pattern everywhere i guess that's not a problem

[eager elm]

They shouldn't. It's just in case the object gets disabled early for whatever reason.

[naive pawn]

i feel like that's more of an OnDestroy thing then

also, do your subscribers never get disabled/destroyed?

if they don't unsubscribe themselves then you'd be calling stale callbacks

[eternal needle]

it can make sense in a few cases, but if you're destroying the object i dont know if you need to even set it to null. you cant just use this instead of unsubscribing though

[pallid olive]

Can anyone help me figure out what this sudden pitch bug is and how to fix it cause im lost

Cause im pulling up and out of nowhere it just pushes down hard like the last part or theres the first turn when i get out of the first turn and go straight it just dips down until i recover

[teal viper]

Are you referring to the plane going down when you make sharp turns?

In any case, there's not much we can tell you without knowing how your plane controller works.

[polar briar]

im trying to make walls fade in and out depending if they block a tile in my tile map but they arent fading. i have been trouble shooting for like an hour and got nothing. (i can send the code but its a giant ass wall)

[teal viper]

!code

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[teal viper]

How are you trying to fade them out?

[polar briar]

changing them from opaque to transparant and lowering the A value

[pallid olive]

it only sends it as a txt file...

[teal viper]

Too much text. Share it as large code blocks mentioned by the bot.

[polar briar]

i have a ray that checks if its in the way of seeing a tile, if it is it changes it to transparant, if its not then it resets it to oqaue (or its supposed to)

[teal viper]

Okay. That should work normally. How are you debugging it?

[polar briar]

sendign a msg when it goes from transparant to opaque or vise versa

[steel slate]

I wish unity would use BASIC, yes BASIC like in DarkBASICpro or AppGameKitStudio. Am tired of these cryptic lenguages.

[teal viper]

And do you see the message?

[polar briar]

its sending opaque messages but no transparant ones so im like wtf why is it not changing

and ive been tweaking things for like an hour and its changing nothing

[teal viper]

Do you see the material of the object changing in the inspector at runtime?

[pallid olive]

yeah idk how to do this sorry im new

[polar briar]

i dont think so. can u reword this like im 5 years old

[teal viper]

Read the bot message again.
!code

[eternal falcon]

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[teal viper]

Do you know what an inspector is?

[polar briar]

yeah but wdym by runtime

llike when i hit play?

[pallid olive]

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

i think thats how you do it

[polar briar]

okay so i checked

it is changed type from opaque to transparant but its still visible.

it looks like its changing internally but not visably... like its unsynced almost

[teal viper]

Yes.

[teal viper]

Take a screenshot. Or even a video of what's happening, including what you see in the inspector.

[polar briar]

lmao enjoy a bad video from my phone recording my screen

[teal viper]

Ok, but you're still to answer my first question.

[pallid olive]

yes it is the sudden pitch down on hard turns

[teal viper]

Use OBS or similar software to record the screen. Heck, win11 even has a built-in feature for that.

[polar briar]

i just found the win11 feature lol

this may just be a misunderstanding on how shaders work

cause it looks like it should work

[teal viper]

Well, I'd assume it's this piece of code that is responsible for that

[teal viper]

This should be working.
Can you pause the game when it's supposed to be transparent, switch to scene mode and make sure the correct object is selected(click it in the scene view)?
It would also help if you have gizmos enabled in the game tab.

[polar briar]

sure

[mild lake]

I want to make a path in a top down 2d game that's randomly generated, but i don't want to use a tile set. Does anyone have any recommendations for a method?

[polar briar]

it crashed...

fuck. me.

time to redo a bunch of shit...

im going to actual do that tommorow and go to bed and have a mini breakdown

[polar briar]

got back to where i was. here is what u asked for ( i couldnt find gizmo)

[teal viper]

And the alpha is set correctly?

[polar briar]

set to 78

[teal viper]

What if you set it to 0 manually? Does it become entirely transparent?

[polar briar]

yes

its wierd 😭

[teal viper]

I circled the gizmos button in the screenshot here: #💻┃code-beginner message

Can you take a similar screenshot/video with gizmos enabled?

[polar briar]

everything is checked so i assume its enabled

what should it change visually

[teal viper]

It should show you gizmos of the selected object in the game tab, just like in the scene view.

[polar briar]

It looks kinda the exact same lmao

[teal viper]

You don't have gizmos enabled...

[polar briar]

i clicked it 😭

[teal viper]

But also, it seems like that wall is transparent

[polar briar]

thats the one i changed manually

[teal viper]

Okay.

[polar briar]

the ones next to it are the exact same but just not done manually

all the blues are 78

think its on now

its light gray at least

[teal viper]

Yeah. But I don't see any gizmos. Which might imply that this is not the selected object.

[teal viper]

Actually, it seems like game view gizmos are broken in unity 6...

[polar briar]

^ thats what it feels like

idk man. i feel like this isnt that complicated. everything says its working besides what its actually doing

its like watching someone do a math problem perfectly and forget to circle the awnser

[rough granite]

they work fine in (6000.0.43f1)

[teal viper]

testing in .47f URP now. And it doesn't seem to work. Throws a warning in the console too.

[rough granite]

hmm odd

[polar briar]

😭

i just wanted to make cool walls

[rough granite]

whats the problem?

[teal viper]

How are you modifying the property? Are you using .material or .sharedMaterial?

[polar briar]

my shawty code

[rough granite]

you could've just used one of the websites !code

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[polar briar]

ope sorry

[mortal spade]

why does yloop never change??? the debug output says yloop is always 0

                    int yloop = 0;
                    int xloop = 0;

                    for (int i = 0; i < (item.sizeWidth * item.sizeHeight); i++)
                    {
                        // print("xloop is " + xloop);
                        print("yloop is " + yloop);
TilePositions celp = cellFromPos(posx + xloop, posy + yloop).GetComponent<TilePositions>();
                        celp.occupiedBy = item.gameObject.name;
                        celp.occupied = true;
                        xloop++;
                        if (xloop == item.sizeWidth--)
                        {
                            xloop = 0;
                            yloop++;
                        }
                    }

[spare basin]

Can someone help me? It looks like its stuttering but I dont know why

[teal viper]

Presumably, because it doesn't enter that if block where you increment it.

[teal viper]

Use mp4 file so that we can see it in discord.

[spare basin]

ok hold up

[spare basin]

here

[teal viper]

Likely an issue with how you rotate the camera.

[spare basin]

can I send in the scipt?

[mortal spade]

i added a print and you are right, it never reaches that point. the problem is xloop does reach item.sizeWidth-- so i dont know why it isnt firing

[teal viper]

just means that xloop == item.sizeWidth-- is never being true...🤷‍♂️
Debug the values of these veriables to confirm that.

[mortal spade]

i know thats not true in this case though, the value here is 3 while sizeWidth is 4

[teal viper]

I don't see sizeWidth in this log.

Print all the relevant values in the same log to avoid confusion.

[mortal spade]

great point actually

[rough granite]

just use a
Debug.Log($"xloop = {xloop}, item.sizeWidth-- = {item.sizeWidth--}");

[teal viper]

No, don't include the decrement in the log, as that would alter the logic.

[rough granite]

would it?

[teal viper]

Yes. You'd decrement sizeWidth one extra time.

Or wait a moment. I think I had a brain fart... Let me check somethign real quick.

[mortal spade]

example of what im talking about

[rough granite]

nope it does

my bad :/

[mortal spade]

print("sizewidth is " + item.sizeWidth + ", xloop is " + xloop);
                        if (xloop == item.sizeWidth--)
                        {
                            yloop++;
                            xloop = 0;
                            
                        }

[rough granite]

print?

[teal viper]

Yeah. It does. Started doubting myself for a moment there.

[mortal spade]

print is the same thing as debug.log as far as im aware(?)

[rough granite]

seems so just also outputs some extra after, didn't know unity had a base print function call

[mortal spade]

ye

either way: the if statement SHOULD be fulfilled there because 2-1 = 1

but its not

[rough granite]

interestingly enough it doesn't show the decrease when outputted but only after (at least not for c# itself)

[teal viper]

variable-- would presumably decrement after the comparison.🤔
Try --item.sizeWidth. Or even better - don't do inline decrementation in the condition itself.

Also, add a log inside the if block

[rough granite]

yeah i think this would be it based off the test i tried (shown in the photo i just sent)

[mortal spade]

THATSA THING???

im going to tweak if this is the solution

[teal viper]

Yes. Honestly, I'd avoid using syntax that you don't 100% know how it works.

Or research it.

[mortal spade]

makes sense

it changed the result but its still not working (as intended)

[rough granite]

wanna send the code snippet

[teal viper]

Do logs. Including inside the if block

And yeah, share the updated code.

[mortal spade]

discord's thing is messed up hold on

[teal viper]

Add a log/pring inside the if block

[mortal spade]

alright

[teal viper]

And share the logs where you think the condition should be true

[rough granite]

should the item.sizeWidth be reduced by one if the if statement is true? cause it is

[mortal spade]

no

item.sizeWidth should not change in any case

[teal viper]

Well, it does now

[rough granite]

ok so item.sizeWidth - 1

example of what happens

[teal viper]

Again, don't use syntax sugar that you don't entirely comprehend

[rough granite]

and how to fix it

[mortal spade]

i would not have used it that way if i knew it worked different 💔

[polar briar]

i got the walls to work decenetly enough for a proof of concept (still very bugged but it should be fine. it doesnt need to be perfect it needs to be fun)

[mortal spade]

the result is ALMOST there so i think i can get the rest on my own, thank you very much

[polar briar]

if u move the camera around u can fix it easily so ima call it there and go to sleep. thx for all the help i owe u all

[teal viper]

That's part of learning the basics and reading documentation.

[rough granite]

me everytime my code doesn't work, but then im too lazy to play test it to see if it works or is fun

[teal viper]

Did you end up swapping materials? Or modifying the existing ones to be transparent?

[polar briar]

im just trying to make a decent beta that shows the core mechanics so i can get feedback on the actual idea before i sink money into it

i plan on actually hiring a coder if i get good enough feedback on the beta (i doubt i will but maybe)

[polar briar]

Swapping was a lot easier

The raytracing is being weird so I tried to make it set all connecting walls of the same orientation to also be the transparent material and that works decently enough

I’d say 75% of the time it doesn’t bug a little but wiggling the camera resets it

so it’s finnnnee

[wheat oar]

guys i beg and I plead. I'm incredibly new to coding and have been trying for 10 god forsaken hours to make a UI image literally fade in, pause, then fade out upon the game starting up. I have found absolutely 0 tutorials for this online, I have scoured the deep recesses of planet earth and I CAN'T find a way to do what seemed oh, so simple to my baby naive mind. my life is yours is you can help me

[teal viper]

I've no clue how the heck were you searching. Google reveals many results, with the first video being exactly what you're trying to do...

[wheat oar]

i've already watched that video. to my dismay it teaches you how to fade when activated by a button and not automatically

its all activated by triggers and I don't know how to do it without

[rough granite]

changing a function call from being called on a button to being called by void Start() isn't that hard

[teal viper]

Great, so now you just need to learn how to do something automatically.

[wheat oar]

my friend I started using C# 3 days ago. I feel like some hostility is permeating and I am sorry for my ignorance lads

[teal viper]

I recommend going over the beginner pathways on unity !learn. It would make a lot of stuff so much more easier for you.

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[wheat oar]

sadly don't have the time, I'm on a time crunch and therefore am forcing myself to rawdog a lot of the subjects, it was going well until I faced the dreaded fading

thanks for the advice though

[sour fulcrum]

You'd be suprised

[teal viper]

I don't know what hurry you're in, but it's probably not a good justification for not learning properly

[sour fulcrum]

Running through something like https://www.learncs.org/ is gonna be a lot faster than trying to bruteforce it

[rough granite]

just change ShowUI() into Start() and add an extra line to it being
myUIGroup.alpha = 0;
then remove the buttons

[eternal needle]

you simply arent gonna find tutorials that are exactly what you need. You found a tutorial that does what you want, but because it used a button, you are unable to use any of it.
So you either learn how to adapt the code to not use a button or keep searching while not learning anything

[wheat oar]

i get that lads and to be completely clear my current methods of learning are a temporary measure. I'm well aware I'll get more out of it by learning from basics in the long run, only problem is my current run is incredibly short, and thus requires shortcuts to complete

once im out of a pressurised environment, I'll return to a more structured form of learning

[eternal needle]

it doesnt matter that your timeline is short. You have a tutorial that shows you what you need to do, and you arent using it

[sour fulcrum]

Forsure, And theres no judgement for that but the kind of help your asking for isn't really the kind of help that gets provided here

[rough granite]

ignoring that i gave the answer :/

[wheat oar]

apologies lads, wasn't really sure where else to go, also thanks a bunch magic

[sour fulcrum]

Yes because your not really meant to spoonfeed here

[wheat oar]

also i'm learning blender aside unity which isn't helping with my immense plate right now

[rough granite]

fair

[eternal needle]

this isnt really an answer either considering it wouldnt fade out. then they would pop up again for you to write the code for them

[rough granite]

all they asked for was fading in

oh wait nvm im blind

oh well

im sure they can figure it out im about to go to bed as it's ~1:30am

[frigid sequoia]

Ouh, I didn't know that scrollbar on the list could appear. I kinda hate it, thank you, can I just tell it to not do that? lol

[acoustic belfry]

What differences actually have crossFade vs crossFadeInFixedTime

i know is that one changes Animator's states using times in seconds, but my problem is, what specific things may occur with one and the other

[frigid sequoia]

I may venture to say crossFase is based on frames on FixedTime uses the timeline instead?

[woeful scaffold]

Hey guys I need some help, I'm trying to make the 3D TextMeshPro text look at the player, and it's not working, im not sure why.

{
    // Set world object to look at
    damageTextConstraintSource.sourceTransform = Camera.main.transform;
    damageTextConstraint.AddSource(damageTextConstraintSource);

    // Enable component/s
    damageTextConstraint.enabled = true;
    damageText.enabled = true;
    damageText.gameObject.SetActive(true);

    Debug.Log("Enabled constraint.");
}```

For the record: I nullify the Text's parents so it's parentless for now

[north kiln]

The weight on the right hand side of the Sources list is 0

[woeful scaffold]

oh, i thought that was the source number

lmaooo

The text is indeed looking at me just in a weird mirrored/inverted/rotated angle

@north kiln you got an idea on how to fix it?

I tried declaring:

damageTextObject.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180f, 0);```

Fixed the upside down issue by unchecking "Use Up Object" but it's still inverted now, i'll try rotating it wiht a vector

[north kiln]

The world up object seems to work via the vector towards the object, not it's up

there's a rotation offset in the constraint settings, just use that

[atomic prairie]

can i ask what the main difference is between the old and new unity input system?

[north kiln]

The new one is properly configurable and rebindable at runtime in a reasonable way
the old one isn't, it supports everything via strings, and is pretty terrible to work with outside of basic use cases

[woeful scaffold]

thanks i just did, works

I'm a beginner, should I try to learn and implement the new input system?

[rough granite]

for keybind settings i could see it being poor but i perfer it over the new input system otherwise

[north kiln]

You can still write code very close to the old system without it being constrained by strings and other crap

[woeful scaffold]

any ideas on how to make the text be viewed regardless ?

[atomic prairie]

gotcha thanks

[swift elbow]

use an overlay cam that only renders the layer that your text uses

[woeful scaffold]

on my main camera itself?

[swift elbow]

an overlay camera is a different camera

[woeful scaffold]

I added a camera as a child to my main camera, and put it on render type overlay

Where can i choose a layer?

volume mask?

[swift elbow]

where it says culling mask

[woeful scaffold]

oh

[mental glen]

Hey, good morning/afternoon!
I’m having a bit of trouble getting my assets to fit properly on my grid in Unity. Would anyone be able to help me out with this? I’d really appreciate it.

[woeful scaffold]

it isnt working, maybe because the text itself doesnt have a parent?

should it be inside a canvas? its a 3d textmeshpro

[swift elbow]

That has nothing to do with it. Look up a tutorial instead of doing random stuff

[woeful scaffold]

turns out i needed a canvas

which does require it to have a parent canvas

[swift elbow]

World space text doesn't need a canvas

Now I assume you want general UI which does need a canvas

[woeful scaffold]

ok then im just stupid

[swift elbow]

Do you want your text to be like a main menu?

Or do you want it to be an object in your 3d world?

[woeful scaffold]

No i jsut want the text to be displayed and not clipped by the cube itself

[swift elbow]

Then pick a type

[woeful scaffold]

a 3d text that is displayed on where the bullet hit, damage text

everything is working other than the text clipping with the cube itself

i made an overlay camera but for some reason it doesnt render the text..

[swift elbow]

So yes, you will need to use an overlay camera like I said before

Show you text prefab and show your overlay camera inspector

[woeful scaffold]

👍 1 sec

the overlay camera is the child of the main camera

[swift elbow]

Make sure that your camera excludes the UI layer from its culling mask

[woeful scaffold]

i did, ill check it real quick

[swift elbow]

Main camera*

[woeful scaffold]

that is my main camera culling mask

this is my overlay camera culling mask

for some reason the overlay camera doesnt seem to render

completely my bad

stuck was empty

XDFDD

[swift elbow]

happens to the best of us

[frigid sequoia]

Is this like.... intended? Why can I not rename this particular asset but I can all the rest?

Is this unity being weird or do I have something toggled that I didn't even notice?

[olive lintel]

hey guys, just a general question here, if I'm making a custom map editor for my game would it make sense to save the map data using json? the map data would consist of a couple of single channel 2d textures for the terrain, and some stuff for road nodes, building positions etc.

would it be a bad idea to use json considering the terrain textures might have a resolution exceeding 1000x1000? or is it fine

[sour fulcrum]

Are you implying you want to store the texture itself in the json?

[olive lintel]

more like a 2d array of floats

but yea

a heightmap

[sour fulcrum]

Why not store that as an image 😄

[olive lintel]

putting it all in the one json file seemed like a more elegant solution

plus eventually I want people to be able to load custom maps when they join someone elses game

[sour fulcrum]

From my understanding doing this via a json is gonna be worse than a image but i could be mistaken

i don't think handling a whole texture via json serialization is a good idea no

[eternal needle]

How is it more elegant, you would be basically recreating what an image is in your json file. Then youd have to manually create the texture and supply this to the terrain in the end.
Its easier to just reference a local file name. Also the user could at least edit the texture in an existing program if they wanted

[olive lintel]

I mean people could just copy and paste a json and boom there it is u have the map

[eternal needle]

What? That doesn't relate to anything I said

[olive lintel]

I mean for the end user u just copy and paste someth and boom u have the map

[eternal needle]

Repeating the same thing doesnt make it relate to what I said still.
You're avoiding using an image for no reason

[olive lintel]

I'm asking if its really necessarry tho

like if its just a 2d array of floats

[eternal needle]

Nothing is necessary. You could ask them to manually type in all 1 million floats for your 1000x1000 array.
Some things dont make sense to do regardless

When your users ask why they cant edit the texture in image editing software, you can gladly explain to them you opted to avoid an image so you could write 1 million floats to a json file

[olive lintel]

so if I use JsonUtility.FromJson it will still give me my map data?

[olive lintel]

yea but... who would do that

[eternal needle]

People who want to do it.
Still, what's your reason for avoiding just loading an image?

Youre already loading the json file

[sour fulcrum]

you could just zip the multiple files

[olive lintel]

seems simpler if I can just use a single json file to store everything

[sour fulcrum]

then its "1" file 😄

[olive lintel]

I see

[eternal needle]

Simpler yet you suddenly need to manually write and read all the floats. Then somehow supply this to a terrain as a texture

So you save 2 lines of code not loading an image, so you can spend a lot more time trying to process a bunch of floats as an image

[olive lintel]

I don't know what you mean by this

the terrain sets the height of vertices in a mesh using a 2d float array

[eternal needle]

Is it purely just height data youre storing? Your initial message said textures, which i would assume includes the colors actually drawn into the terrain

[olive lintel]

nooo no

just a height map

[eternal needle]

Writing it and reading it as json might still be slow, but you could setup a test case pretty easily and see roughly how long it takes on your pc.
For loading the entire map, you could usually get away with a small delay of loading time with a loading screen on top

[olive lintel]

I see... I'm also going to have other height maps for foliage and also foliage cutoff so it might not work but I'll test it out and see if it works

I think I'll try storing the data as integers and see if that's a lot faster

[eternal needle]

Realistically I would test a few of those 2d arrays at once, using whatever you consider the upperbound to be. Then test it with writing as an image and see if there's a difference. The profiler can easily show you if there's a difference

[eternal needle]

Both are 4 bytes anyways. For an int you would be converting it to float so this would be slower

[olive lintel]

the other issue is that I have pretty ambitious optimisation goals, a lot of my players are on craptops so if json is significantly slower I'll have to use images anyway

[olive lintel]

oh thanks I thought it would be faster

[sour fulcrum]

at the end of the day just seems weird to not store an image as an image tbh

[olive lintel]

also for a foliage cutoff map using booleans wouldn't be faster in json format right?

[sour fulcrum]

just kinda seems like if that would be better people would be doing that aha 😅

[olive lintel]

well yea but my game is very simple graphically and the only data the images are storing is a simple height map

it looks like CS 1.6

[sour fulcrum]

sure but that's not really relevant to my point

image file types are probably just going to be better at storing images than string file types

if the difference matters profile sure but then the question just comes down to do you prefer doing it the worse way in order to cram an image into a json file

[olive lintel]

well yea but the heightmap is a 2d float array when working in the editor itself, not an image

but ig I could convert it to a texture

[charred spoke]

Storing anything non human readable in json is a terrible idea. Just use your own simple binary format

[woeful scaffold]

does any1 have a way of coding a text animation Y to go up slowly

i cant use the animation tab becuase the text Y is dynamic and i want it to just go up from its own Y and not from 0

[silk night]

give it a parent an make the parents Y dynamic instead

so you can animate the texts y in relation to the parent with the animation tab

[woeful scaffold]

and then i can use animation on it

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sidia ure the best

[modest sorrel]

hello everyone
i am new in unity .can anyone help me .i want to make a game like chagchal .
i add a ss of game. please please help me
and goat move will be an ai how to made this algorithm.

[silk night]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[slender cypress]

hi!

public IEnumerator PlayerDone(){
        bool flag=false;
        if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)){
            flag=true;
        }
        yield return new WaitUntil(flag==true);
        MobTurn0();
    }```
Is this coroutine working as intended?
Will it WaitUntil the space key is pressed to execute the MobTurn0() method?

[timber comet]

Put the input into an update()

[slender nymph]

no. also that wouldn't even compile

[timber comet]

Also this

[slender cypress]

lol aight

[acoustic belfry]

hi, i have a question, this checks the player's distance from the enemy on all 2D-Sides, or only horizontally?

i mean, what if the player were in the same position horizontally but not vertically, and if is too close it changes state, it will still trigger it despite not being on the same height??

    protected void DistanciaObjetivo()
    {
        distancia = objetivo.position.x - transform.position.x;
        distanciaAbsoluta = Mathf.Abs(distancia);
    }```

[cosmic dagger]

You're only checking on the x axis . . .

[acoustic belfry]

i know...

the thing is

how i can make it check the x and y axis at the same time

holup i think i know how

            new Vector2(objetivo.position.x, objetivo.position.y),
            new Vector2(transform.position.x, transform.position.y)
        );```

like this?

[thorn kiln]

I'm doing the junior programmer pathway on the unity site and one of the challenges is to get a planes propeller to spin, which I can do no problem, I just can't get it to spin fast. I mean, I can, just not when using deltaTime, but I know I should use that. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

using UnityEngine;

public class PropellerSpin : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float spinSpeed = 300f;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward, spinSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}```

[rich adder]

Change the spinSpeed in the inspector if you want to see the new changes

Using deltaTime is correct

[thorn kiln]

Okay, I see. I was changing the speed in the script but I guess that doesn't update it in the inspector, which was why even setting it to 10000 didn't make a difference

I thought changing the script would also set the public variable when I went back into unity and it starts compiling

[rich adder]

once the value is on a game object the serialized takes precedence in the inspector . If you re-added the script or right click to reset script it will show the new value from script (this is the initializer)

[thorn kiln]

Okay, that's useful to know

Something I wanna understand because it's not really clear, sometimes you'll get this code with a comma after the Vector, sometimes with a mathmatical symbol. What is the actual difference?
transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward, spinSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward * spinSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

The tutorial kinda flips around with if it wants to use a comma or not

[slender nymph]

those are using two different overloads of the same method, which you can see in the documentation. the first is using public void Rotate(Vector3 axis, float angle); which specifies the axis to rotate around, and the rotation to apply. the second is using public void Rotate(Vector3 eulers); which is just the rotation for every axis to apply

mathematically it is the exact same thing

[glad fjord]

Hey there, does anyone know how I could use GetKeyDown to make it so a combination of keys triggers some action (a sound), please?
Is there a way to store multiple "GetKeyDown" into a group, and then tell Unity that when this group is activated, it triggers the sound?

[slender nymph]

you wouldn't want to use GetKeyDown for that, GetKeyDown is only true for the very first frame that a key is pressed and it's unlikely that multiple keys will be pressed all exactly within the same frame.
you would either want to just check if all of the relevant keys are currently pressed at the same time, or when one of the keys is pressed start listening for the others but only within a short amount of time to ensure that it is pressed as a "combination" and not accidentally triggered by holding one key down and then several seconds later happening to press the others.
alternatively, i think the input system might have some better ways to handle key combos instead of doing things manually with the input manager (which is what the Input class is part of)

[ocean loom]

public void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    
    Destroy(gameObject);

    CanPortal = true;
}

how can i make this collision, only work after another class

[slender nymph]

what does it mean to "only work after another class"

[ocean loom]

sorry, i phrased that wrong. Basically, im shooting a bullet, and after that bullet collides with the object. I want to place a portal there. However, the adding the portal method is in another class.

[silk night]

Is the class any class or is that on the object you just hit?

[slender nymph]

so call that method on that other class in this collision message

[rich adder]

make a reference to the object you want to call method from

[glad fjord]

I see. yeah, that would more be to start listening for others as I don't want the combination to be an all-at-once one. so how can I do that precisely?
I didn't know about an input system, I'll look into that.

[rare topaz]

Why is it doing that with my compute shader ?

Density.compute inside Density

[ocean loom]

yeah, but i think its trying to place the portal before the collision, and so "CanPortal" is false and wouldnt work. Is there a way to make it happen after the collision

[slender nymph]

if you're directly calling the method from this collision message you don't need that useless bool

[ocean loom]

        {
            GameObject newBullet = Instantiate(PortalBullet, transform.position, transform.rotation).gameObject;
            newBullet.GetComponent<PortalBullet>().Player = this.Player; // Assign Player reference
            if (PortalBullet.GetComponent<PortalBullet>().CanPortal == true)
            {
                shootBlue();
            }
            
            

        }

[slender nymph]

you're not even checking the right instance for that bool either, you're checking on the prefab but only changing it on the instantiated objects. so it's even more useless than i thought it was

[slender nymph]

i would strongly recommend just using the input system for this (and all input really).
if you don't want to learn how to use it though, then you best get to googling how to do key combinations using the input manager

[silk night]

Is it a fixed sequence of keys or can the order be switched?

[slender nymph]

it doesn't sound like a sequence but rather just a combo like ctrl+c

[ocean loom]

how do i check for the right instance

[silk night]

He said they dont need to be in the same frame so I assumed a sequence

[slender nymph]

that was in response to me saying they cannot realistically expect to have any combination of keys pressed all at exactly the same frame because they were talking about using GetKeyDown

[slender nymph]

so you're just gonna ignore the actual advice i gave you that would remove the need for this bool?

[silk night]

Ah alright, yeah if its a keycombo input system will be your best friend

[glad fjord]

no it is fixed

like A then R then Y then O

[ocean loom]

ohhh i get you noww. Sorry i misunderstood you the first time. Thanks

[glad fjord]

I'll get to learning then, thanks

by the way, is Visual Scripting good for a beginner? because I feel like there really aren't that many visual scripting tutorials on a specific matter, whereas there is much content when it comes to C#

[silk night]

Oh so it is a sequence, then you can use coroutines that basically wait for each distinct keypress until going for the next step

[rich adder]

its good for learning logic and the compoonents unity has, but in the long run its simpler to use C#

[silk night]

Visual scripting is not really big right now in Unity and until the graph toolkit is fully released dont expect it to grow much. It is there and usable but id call it niche

[glad fjord]

alright, thanks

[glad fjord]

and I'll look into that

[jovial bobcat]

Guys I need help with trying to make a cutscene when the player picks up an item

[silk night]

Whats your Problem with it right now?

[jovial bobcat]

no like how do I do it

because idk how too

[jovial bobcat]

do you know how too

[rich adder]

something like Timeline will make the sequence easier cause you can combine multiple componentns like Animator / Sound etc.

otherwise Code + Animator to do basically the same thing

[jovial bobcat]

im confused tho like how do I get the animation to play whenever you pick up the item

[silk night]

That sounds like you dont have fundamentals of Unity down.. that task you are trying to do is like 10 subtasks

[jovial bobcat]

??? wydm subtask

[silk night]

There is no feature in Unity to just play a cutscene (unless you want to play a video)

You have to do several things to make a "cutscene" happen

[jovial bobcat]

what bruh thats dumb I cant play a cutscene when I pickup a item

[silk night]

Animate the camera, maybe remove UI, disable Player controls, enable post effects

[rich adder]

if you have a video sure you can just "plug and play" it but A cutscene is literally a sequence of events happening usually

[jovial bobcat]

But I have a plan for it so that a door breaks down and you can enter but if the video cutscene cant do that tho for the real game

[rich adder]

which is why you need to compose the sequence yourslef like like wiht timeline

https://learn.unity.com/project/up-to-speed-with-timeline

[jovial bobcat]

I read it before tho

[rich adder]

so whats the problem ?

[jovial bobcat]

I need a cutscene

for the game

[rich adder]

so make one lol

[jovial bobcat]

but I want it to start when it picks up the item

[rich adder]

so then use c# code to start the timeline

[jovial bobcat]

I dont wanna use timeline because I dont know how too

[rich adder]

so you learn?

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/starting-timeline-through-a-c-script-2019-3

[jovial bobcat]

this is being useless

[rich adder]

sounds like you want all the benefit of a result without putting any actual work

if thats the case why are you in gamedev ?

[silk night]

Yes, if you are unwilling to learn it indeed is

[waxen glacier]

So I made an InputAction called jumpPlayer and set it to this with the key binding being space :

jumpPlayer = playerInput.actions.FindAction("Jump");

If I press space it returns a value of 1 and I use that to jump :

jumpDirection = new Vector3(0, jumpPlayer.ReadValue<float>(), 0);
rb.AddForce(jumpDirection * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);

the problem is that the value stays at 1 while the key is held down, making it so my character keeps jumping as long as the key is held down. How can I make it so it only returns a value of 1 the moment I press and then goes back to 0 until I press again ?
I can post the entire movement script if you want to see it more in detail.

[jovial bobcat]

well look like I aint making a game

[rich adder]

regardless, anything you do in life requires some level of effort and learning . Otherwise pay someone to do it for you

[waxen glacier]

even with jump being set to press only it still repeats the action as long as the key is held down, can anyone help with that ?

[rich adder]

Is action type set to button ?

[waxen glacier]

yup

It's my first time using this new Input system so i'm still strugglign with it

I just want to make it so it registers this action only once per press and doesnt keep registering it while the button is still held down

[rich adder]

you should probably subscribe to the performed event then call jump from there

[silk night]

And check if the Action type is the one for started pressing

[waxen glacier]

Can you show me an example, cuz honestly I dont understand that

[silk night]

Not sure what the name for it was rn

[waxen glacier]

action type for jumping is set to Button

[rich adder]

jump.performed += MyMethodWhenJumpPressed;
put this in OnEnable / After you have done FindAction()

    private void MyMethodWhenJumpPressed(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        Jump();
    }```

obviously you want to change the name

its also good practice to unsubscribe events
OnDisable() / OnDestroy()
jump.performed -= MyMethodWhenJumpPressed;

[waxen glacier]

Tbh I have no idea what to do here, i'm completey lost

is there a way I can paste the entire script here without it taking the entire screen ?

[rich adder]

I spoon fed you the code, just copy it

[rich adder]

use links in !code

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[rich adder]

look where you call FindAction() literally underneath it , subscribe to its event performed after that you assign a method to it, in my example MyMethodWhenJumpPressed

you need InputAction.CallbackContext context in the paremeters because the method expects it

[nova kite]

Hey! I’m trying to make a 2D aiming system in a 3D space where the gun would point in the direction for the mouse, kinda like “getting over it”, how could I do that?

I tried using ray casting so that it would follow the mouse position but it doesn’t seem to behave the way I want it to

[rich adder]

dont see how raycast would help here

[nova kite]

What could I use instead?

[rich adder]

camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint

if you're using Perspective camera though you would be better off using a Plane

[nova kite]

I tried that as well, it doesn’t behave correctly🥲

[rich adder]

are you using ortho or perspective cam?

[nova kite]

I’m not sure😅

I’ll look up what that means

[rich adder]

why did you put the method in FixedUpdate, nowhere in my spoon fed code did I put tat there

also why didnt you use the links in code bot msg.. dont use screenshots for code

not even sure whats going on here jumpDirection = new Vector3(0, jumpPlayer.ReadValue<float>(), 0);

you don't need that at all

[nova kite]

I see, I use orthographic

[waxen glacier]

idk man i couldnt find a tutorial to program movement with the new input system

[rich adder]

then yes this would work perfectly fine
Vector3 worldPos = camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition)
worldPos.z = 0

[waxen glacier]

it works for jumping but i still have the problem with the character continuously jumping if the button is held down

[nova kite]

Do I attach the script to the gun? Because what I did is creating a pivot point and made the gun its child

And the script went on the pivot

[rich adder]

put the script where you want, just make the proper reference to the pivot

[nova kite]

I see, I’ll try that thank you🙂

[rich adder]

send the current code cause that should not be happening

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[waxen glacier]

https://paste.ofcode.org/c5YGy9NUSVjsw5V4wSSQBZ

[rich adder]

ops wrong thing

[rich adder]

np. from there you can just assign the direction
pivotTransform.right = (mousePos - pivotTransform.position).normalized
use Up if your default pointing direction is up (green arrow)

[waxen glacier]

That's the code before writing anything you said

[rich adder]

why did you send the old one ?

send the updated code with the changes I told you to make

and save them

[waxen glacier]

https://paste.ofcode.org/6bQs4MKJYmJKX3KRsBCS3x

[rich adder]

Put a log Inside MyMethodWhenJumpPressed

save , hold Jump key in the game, how many times does the log print

make sure collapse is unchecked in Consoel window

[waxen glacier]

what value do i put in the log ?

[rich adder]

doesn't matter in this case

anything will do Debug.Log("Jump Pressed")

[waxen glacier]

Shouldn't I put MyMethodWhenJumpPressed(); in update or fixedupdate ? because i'm not getting anything from the log rn

[rich adder]

no, the whole point of events is not to "poll" (continuously checking)

[waxen glacier]

nvm it gives me an error

[rich adder]

whats the error

[waxen glacier]

There is no argument given that corresponds to the required parameter 'context' of 'PlayerMovement.MyMethodWhenJumpPressed(InputAction.CallbackContext)'

[rich adder]

let me see the new code you wrote

[rough granite]

how does this work?
jumpPlayer.performed += MyMethodWhenJumpPressed;

[rich adder]

when the Event is called (button pressed) it Calls that method on its own

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/events/

[rich adder]

because it is "subscribed" to that event

[waxen glacier]

https://paste.ofcode.org/ysCwgAV6DrR4AGMUewsuGg

[rough granite]

would it check if the button is pressed cause it's in OnEnable() and not Update()?
private void OnEnable()
{
playerMovement.Enable();
jumpPlayer.performed += MyMethodWhenJumpPressed;
}

[rich adder]

no you're "subscribing" to that event and reacting to it with a method, and subscribing only needs to be done once.

once you subscribe to it, it will keep subscribed until you tell it not to

[rough granite]

ah alright then is the OnEnable called if it was enabled from the start?

[rich adder]

like Subscribing to a youtube channel, you only do it once, not every time you want to watch a video from that channel

[rough granite]

yeah i get what you mean

[rich adder]

OnEnable happens once like Start (assuming you dont make it gameObject.SetActive = false/true)

[rich adder]

which line

[waxen glacier]

Readded it to fixedupdate https://paste.ofcode.org/33TygsWJtx6cinKuSyh77Sm

line 81

[rich adder]

jesus christ

why did you put that method in fixedupdate

I told you earlier you don't need that there

also sending the code to me different than something else you made :🤦‍♂️

[waxen glacier]

cuz you asked me about the error

[rich adder]

that makes no sense..

the error happened because you put that there in fixedupdate where nowhere did I ever say to put that there

[waxen glacier]

you asked which line gave me the error so I readded it to fixedupdate to see which line

[rich adder]

no.. that still makes no sense...
put the code how it was when you sent this
https://paste.ofcode.org/ysCwgAV6DrR4AGMUewsuGg

SAVE then Test it, if THAT somehow gives error then send the LINE # and dont change anything on your own

the error is telling you you're trying to call MyMethodWhenJumpPressed() without the required context and thats not something you should be putting manually, unity fills that in from the event

[waxen glacier]

did it, no errors but pressing the jump button doesnt do anything

not even logging

[rich adder]

show the console window after you've pressed jump

[waxen glacier]

only error i get is this

[rich adder]

okay now it makes sense

[waxen glacier]

couldnt figure out a way to solve that too

but my movement still worked fine when i was having it so i ignored it

[rich adder]

this is running OnEnable before the Start (this is normal)

it errors because you do FindAction in Start which is AFTER you run the subscribing to event so it has no idea which InputAction jumpPlayer is
thats why I said to put += AFTER you called FindAction.

[rough granite]

wait huh why are you enabling it's own code in itself? nvm, you just have the script with the same name as a variable (minus a capital)

[rich adder]

so either put FindAction("Jump") in Awake or put the FindAction in OnEnable before doing jumpPlayer.performed

you might need a course on basic c# / unity

learning how references work

[waxen glacier]

I put all of it in start and it works now

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

 movePlayer = playerInput.actions.FindAction("Move");
 moveCamera = playerInput.actions.FindAction("Look");
 jumpPlayer = playerInput.actions.FindAction("Jump");

 jumpPlayer.performed += MyMethodWhenJumpPressed;

 playerMovement = playerInput.actions.FindActionMap("Movement");

 Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
 Cursor.visible = false;

}
private void OnEnable()
{

 playerMovement.Enable();

}
private void OnDisable()
{
playerMovement.Disable();
}

now the jumping works only when i press

it's weird tho that it logs the action twice, once on press and once on release

[wooden hill]

!code please

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[waxen glacier]

but the actual movement still works fine

[waxen glacier]

ye mb

[rich adder]

make sure you put trigger behavior to Press only

[waxen glacier]

@rich adder Thanks a lot man, i'll keep trying to read about what you just showed me cuz i still dont fully understand, but atleast now the movements works

[waxen glacier]

it's already set to that which is why i'm confused

and yes I am still very new to C# and unity

[rich adder]

did you like save the action map when you did that? it shouldnt be happening on release if you have Press only

are you sure its the LOG being also printed on release too

[waxen glacier]

i fixed it, the issue seeme so be that I added the trigger behavior for both the action and binding

so I removed it from action and kept it only in the binding

no it only logs on press

Do you think I should go learn C# more in depth before even attempting to use Unity or is it fine if I just kinda learn along the way ?

[rich adder]

well its always best to learn c# basics first before unity, doesnt mean you cant learn the same things in unity, but jumping onto an entire game wont be easy without fundamentals first. So You should aim to learn the basics first and test it in unity , put the projects on hold and just do some learning projects where you just eperiment what you learned

Unity at the end of the day uses C# API so you are still using regular c# (obv) , unity has specific methods/objects to learn that are Unity only but they are still just defined as c# objects . The only thing that changes is unity specific concepts
like GameObject, Components, etc.

the Unity Learn courses are good introduction to both, but there is also the Microsoft learn site where you can get more in depth learning general c# (check pins)

[waxen glacier]

Alright, first off what are the basics I should learn before even getting into Unity ?
Also I'm not really trying to make a full game rn because i know it's unrealistic, my plan is to make a couple of small projects each focusing on specific mechanics like movement, shooting, turn-based combat, etc so I can then maybe combine everything i've learn to try and make a small game

Dont know if my method is the best but i feel liek it could work, so far when it comes to C# i've mainly just learned how to deal with basic variables (bool, float, arrays, etc) and how to make classes and create instances of those classes

[rich adder]

most of these are the basics
https://web.archive.org/web/20240331070926/https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting

[waxen glacier]

i'm sure it's nearly not enought right

[waxen glacier]

Oh yeah i forgot about those, thanks for sending this

why is it in wayback machine tho ?

did they delete the tutorials ?

[rich adder]

because the one in the pins isnt working for some reason, I think unity somehow took it down or messed up redirect , as usual....

[waxen glacier]

ah ok, well thanks a lot man, i admire your patience with me

[rich adder]

they're also in a Youtube playlist on the Unity channel

[wooden hill]

this isn't working either? !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

learn site is working fine

[wooden hill]

oh ok nvm then

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting
now redirects to https://learn.unity.com/projects for some reason..

[wooden hill]

guess they chopped it

[rich adder]

typical unity things ™

[rich ice]

i think they moved it to the essentials pathway

[rich adder]

unity likes to quietly do shit sometimes 🤷‍♂️

[waxen glacier]

In any case thanks a lot again for the help, it was really humbling. I'll go play some battlefield now, you fellas have a nice rest of your day :D

@rich adder one last question, what part of C# am I supposed to research to understand what you told me to add to my script, is it subscribing and events ?

[rich adder]

yes events , the playlist I had sent that they butched, has that video iirc
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/events-uh
there is also the c# resource that goes into more details
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/events/

[waxen glacier]

you might just be the lord and savior himself

[fervent wind]

I prob shouldn't have been this lazy 💔
(Yesterday i just wasted my time by reading 5 pages of the book, i read like 23 more yet (I was lazy today too)

(C# beginner)

[rich adder]

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[strong wren]

@tepid cave not sure what this has to do with programming in Unity or Unity in general. Keep it relevant to the server.

@tepid cave Again, not appropriate for this channel (or server, really). You can DM me about it or send a mod mail if you believe this is important. There's an AI thread on #1157336089242112090. It's a bit odd to suddenly start getting this sort of stuff from an account with no prior interaction with the server.

[nova kite]

i cant figure out why the ray isnt pointing from the "barrel"

[rich adder]

wdym from the barrel ? it looks like its coming from the barrel

[nova kite]

i mean like not facing the same direction as it

its comign out of it then shooting upwards

instead of following the path of the gun

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint

[rich adder]

show the the view you are using in game ? cause this looks confusing from this view

apparently they had camera set to ortho

[nova kite]

well the game screen wouldnt show the debug ray but here

[slender nymph]

turn gizmos on in game view

[rich adder]

and also show the Move tool in Local mode in scene view for the Pivot

[nova kite]

still wouldnt;-;

oh nvm the game has to be started, it shows

[slender nymph]

and is the end of the ray at your mouse position?

[nova kite]

ohhhh i see

the local "right" value is facing the same way

[rich adder]

this is hella confusing , which one has the script ?

you should be putting that script on the pivot of the arm

[nova kite]

its at mousePosition - transform.position

[slender nymph]

because you've assigned its transform.right as the direction

[slender nymph]

that is not what i asked. i asked if the ray was pointing at your mouse

[nova kite]

there is no arm yet it's just a player and a gun haha

[nova kite]

yess i see the problem now

[rich adder]

the pivot you're showing is at the tip, which one moves the gun capsule thing

its important which direction you scaled it / resting axis

[nova kite]

well i removed that pivot point and just assigned the aiming script to the gun itself

with this code

i calculate the direction with the mouseposition

[nova kite]

it should but it doesnt really do it it's offset by a bit

[rich adder]

here is how I would set it up, Make the capsule the middle, then put a pivot there, then make the gun child of that pivot and move it a bit away from the center capsule (playerbody)

[nova kite]

but the mouse movement does move the ray

I'll try that🙂

[rich adder]

the capusle (gun) in this case is just resized stretched on X but small on Y , without rotation so you see resting pos is (up green) (red right)

GameObject is where you woud put the "gun" script, or better to just put it on the Player itself root, then just make a [SerializeField] private Transform gunPivot

[waxen glacier]

How can I cap a rigidbody's velocity in any direction ? I want the character's speed to quickly ramp up to the max speed instead of instatntly reaching it

[rich adder]

if(rb.linearVelocity.magnitude > maxVal)
rb.linearVelocity = vector3.clampMagnitude(rb.linearVelocity,maxVel)```
spoon fed ya the unity part, but the basic answer is usually clamping

actually you probably don't even need the first line just rb.linearVelocity = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(rb.linearVelocity,maxVel)
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Vector3.ClampMagnitude.html

[waxen glacier]

thanks, i'll try implementing that

how can I make it into a specific direction

like clamping it only on the y axis ?

[rich adder]

for example
var newVel = rb.linearVelocity
newVel.y = Mathf.Clamp(newVel.y, min, max)
rb.linearVelocity = newVel

you can also use mathf.min (current, max)

[nova kite]

idk why it doesnt work🥲 i made the pivot point when i rotate the red rotation axis it works perfectly but it wont follow my mouse correctly the script is attached to the pivot point

[fading fractal]

Hi, I'm having problems setting the gravity scale in the player data scriptable object, I keep getting an error saying that gravity scale is not a number, what do I do? (I imported a script for my player movement from github for my 2d platformer, and am having issues setting it up)

[naive pawn]

perhaps show your assignments/calls and where the variables used are coming from
!code

[eternal falcon]

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[hasty tundra]

whats the site used to share scripts easily? like paste code in and send a link? i cant find it anywhere

nevermind its right there

oops

was WAY scrolled up in chat

[hexed nymph]

Hello guys, I'm currently working on a online game and I created the online system using Photon 2, for now I created 3 scenes: the Character Selector that transits to the Create and Join rooms and then when you joined a room it transits to the Lobby (that I called WaitingRoom)
My ideia is choose your character that is saved on a Hashtable that I called "playerProperties" (the character named: playerProperties["prefab]") and then in the WaitingRoom asign the prefab's name to an already existing static class that has every prefab on it (for ex: PlayerStorage.P1Prefab, PlayerStorage.P2Prefab etc) but this doesn't work on the game. I have 4 spawn points (one for each player) and this spawns for example "PhotonNetwork.Instanciate(PlayerStorage.P1Prefab.name, etc...)" but the game does not spawn that so I think the problem is the WaitingRoom script

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

[fading fractal]

nevermind, I figured it out

[noble shuttle]

Hello everyone! I'm working on my first game and have run into some errors. Does anyone know how to fix them?

[naive pawn]

mm those are internal, not a #💻┃code-beginner question

try restarting the editor, if that doesn't work, try resetting the library, if they still persist try #💻┃unity-talk with that added info

[rich adder]

if you set up how i showed it should work esp with the old code.. brw when showing gizmos show with move tool selected

[nova kite]

i gave up and fixed it with copilot XD

3 hours on that was too much

ths solution if it interests you

very interesting actually i didnt think of getting the rotation of the end of the barrel to know the current rotation

to determine the bullet's path

[wooden hill]

For saving/loading (game savedata) do we use
Application.persistentDataPath + "\game.sav"
or something else?
Mostly need it for android and maybe ios builds

[rich scroll]

Quick question: can I use a 2d collider in a 3D game, where all they'd have to be there for is a raycast to detect them?

[rough granite]

yes that is how i normally set my data path then using JsonUtility to save it as a Json file
private static string SkillFilePath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "SkillTreeSkillData.json");

public static void SaveSkill(SkillTreeSkillData Data)
{
    string Json = JsonUtility.ToJson(Data, true);
    File.WriteAllText(SkillFilePath, Json);
}

[wooden hill]

ty

[naive pawn]

well \g wouldn't work

[rough granite]

was about to say

[naive pawn]

for most systems / is used as the separator, just windows that uses \\

[wooden hill]

yea i switched to / anyway instead of doing \\

[naive pawn]

there should be a variable for that iirc, i don't remember what it is though

[wooden hill]

😄

[rough granite]

just use game.sav

[wooden hill]

I think it was Environment something

[naive pawn]

that's a different thing though

that's CRLF vs LF

[wooden hill]

ok fine noone can complain now

[wooden hill]

right

🗿

there are a few in there

btw can you even do folders (and subfolders) on android/ios when writing in an app? no clue 🙂

i mean i'm just going to put it at the root so .. just curious

[rough granite]

yeah, you can also go in on your phone and edit such files that games save to

at least for android, i dont have an apple to test

[wooden hill]

I'm not too sure about ios with that 😄

also android neither since google began locking down a bit and I haven't fiddled since a long while with editing app stuff etc on there :S

[rough granite]

google did?

i can still edit .sav files from games i've downloaded off the play store though

[wooden hill]

i'm unsure like i did all the jailbreaking and cfw stuff long ago. i know they made stuff like spoofing root harder. maybe i'm just paranoid lol

[wooden hill]

well that's good to hear 😛

btw favorite font for coding? @anyone

[rough granite]

does vs let you change your font?

[rich adder]

jetbraians mono ofc

[rough granite]

i've been using the default

[wooden hill]

yea it does...?

[wooden hill]

i know many people swear by using that but i just don't like it

[rich adder]

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ best font

[rough granite]

how i have to change it to futhark now

[rough granite]

try coding with this now

[rich ice]

you're not a real programmer if you cant program in wingdings

[rich adder]

Aw its soo good

[rough granite]

teach me the ways

[rich adder]

it's even font on my phone

[wooden hill]

i mean i guess its kinda good .. triggers nostalgy of minecraft modding 😛

[rich adder]

The worst I've seen was coming sans and the minecraft font

[wooden hill]

can you see the difference? 😄

i'm using Consolas

[wooden hill]

yea that's just a troll ...

[wooden hill]

vs or vsc?

Tools->Options->Environment->Fonts and Colors

[rough granite]

visual studio community 2022, the pink one

[wooden hill]

yea what i sent is vs2022

i meant vs or vscode

[rough granite]

yeah i got here no clue on how to add my own font to it though

[slender nymph]

i'm guessing that means you never saw the person with the terraria font

[wooden hill]

select it there

just install a font by doubleclicking the .ttf .otf or whatever file in windows

[rough granite]

ahh

[wooden hill]

(maybe have to restart vs after installing font)

hmm i like cascadia too ... or maybe just because im used to it

[rough granite]

ty i got what i wanted now

[wooden hill]

when he said minecraft font he meant the readable one not the enchanting table one

[rough granite]

nah i got what i actually wanted though thank you

[frigid lark]

yo can i get some help with somethign

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask

[frigid lark]

ok

mb

[wooden hill]

nice!

[frigid lark]

i need to do a top down ground check, to get the layer that it's on

private void Update()
{
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector2.up * 5f);

    _movement.Set(InputManager.movement.x, InputManager.movement.y);

    Debug.Log(hit.collider.gameObject.layer);

    rb.linearVelocity = _movement * _moveSpeed;

    if (InputManager._changeAction.WasReleasedThisFrame())
    {
        otherController.enabled = true;
        cameraScript.Swap(false);

        GetComponent<PlayerMovement>().enabled = false;
    }
}

my current code

just to tell me what layer it is

[wooden hill]

!code especially that last part so people can read your code better

[eternal falcon]

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[frigid lark]

im just gonna do this no clue whats happening with paste mod gg thing

[slender nymph]

you didn't put a space between your links so it was broken. please share code correctly.

#1390346776804069396 for shader issues

[teal saddle]

Alright thanks

[frigid lark]

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

[slender nymph]

okay, and what is your current issue?

[frigid lark]

im making a top down game, and i need to check the layer of the object theyre standing on

[slender nymph]

well to do that you would use some sort of physics query, perhaps a raycast, and from that you can get the layer of the object detected by said query.

[frigid lark]

im doing a raycast no?

[slender nymph]

right, so what is your actual problem

[crisp radish]

Guys, I am having the weirdest problem. "F" doesn't render for whatever reason?!?!?!? lol

[frigid lark]

im not sure how to do it, its not detecting the layer i want it to

[slender nymph]

what do you mean by that

[frigid lark]

i need to detect the layer that the player is standing on. right now, its giving me completely incorrect values of what layer its detecting

[slender nymph]

how have you determined that it is incorrect

also why do you need the layer? in my experience about 9 times out of 10 someone asking to check that has come up with an XY Problem

[frigid lark]

im trying to make an ice mechanic like undertale

where when you walk onto it, you slide to the other side without being able to move

[slender nymph]

does that need to use specific layers instead of just a trigger collider?

remember you are limited to only 32 layers total, reserving a specific layer for something like that means you will then be limited even further for proper usages of layers

[frigid lark]

ok

[rough granite]

love this XY Problem cause it's so true

[frigid lark]

wdym

[rough granite]

read it, wasn't specifically refering to just this case but in general

[frigid lark]

oh right mb

sorry

well how would i do the collision test?

im new to unity so im not sure sorry

[silk night]

add a trigger collider to your ice layer and let your player react to touching it

[slender nymph]

you can continue using physics queries for that or you can use physics messages like OnTriggerEnter2D

i would recommend creating a component that goes onto the trigger collider object that tells you what type of material you are on or just handles the entire interaction

[frigid lark]

ok thanks

so i would do all of this inside a ice sccript

[silk night]

the ice script would hold a property thats prefereably an enum

public enum SurfaceType {
  Ground = 0,
  Ice = 1,
  ...
}

public class SurfaceView : MonoBehaviour {
  [SerializeField] private SurfaceType _surfaceType;

  public SurfaceType SurfaceType => _surfaceType;
}

Then you can detect on what surface you are standing on your player like

public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
  if (other.TryGetComponent<SurfaceView>(out var surfaceView)) {
    _currentSurface = surfaceView.SurfaceType;
  }
}

and depending on currentsurface you can change your player behaviour

[frigid lark]

ok thanks that helps a lot lol

im coming from unreal engine so I have a rough idea of what things mean but unity handles things super differently

[silk night]

yeah it takes some getting used to things when switching 😄

[frigid lark]

like for example I wish id be able to see the raycast like you can in ue5. you can just set it to be visible for a certain amount of time

[frigid lark]

im not really switching its just bc ue5 isn't great with 2d games

[polar acorn]

Debug.DrawRay