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[grand snow]

is this at runtime? changing a prefab asset wont affect spawned copies

also using player prefs for this is a bad idea

[solid oyster]

yea

oh

[grand snow]

at runtime its just a copy made with the prefab data and thats it

[subtle sedge]

are you able to use strings?

[solid oyster]

oh

[subtle sedge]

i assume it has to be Keycode.D

[solid oyster]

if i complied it would it work?

[grand snow]

no

[solid oyster]

what should i do then

[grand snow]

You need to take a different approach where you inform all spawned copies of this change or they listen to an event to respond to a change

e.g. keep all spawned copies in a List and when you change this "glow level" you refresh them all

[solid oyster]

ok

thanks for the help

[patent wedge]

if i wanted to check if"transform.GetChild(number) == null" how would i do that without transform out of bound errors?

[cosmic dagger]

Check if your number is not greater than the number of children for that transform . . .

[grand snow]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-childCount.html <-

[solid oyster]

i created a list with 6 elements so im changing each one individually now, but i cant reference child prefabs

[grand snow]

what do you mean by "child prefab"?

[solid oyster]

the glow objects

[grand snow]

those are child game objects

[solid oyster]

ah

[grand snow]

you can use a serialized list to reference them

[SerializeField]
List<MyScript> glowObjects;

[solid oyster]

how do i reference them

quite new to unity srry

[polar acorn]

Like that.

Make a list of a type you want and drag em in

[grand snow]

^ yep. You will see the list in the inspector and you can drag in your child game objects to assign them

very beginner stuff

[solid oyster]

it wont let me

wont let me drag the light object to the element in the list

[polar acorn]

What object has the list and which objects are you trying to drag in

And what type is that list

[solid oyster]

are these not the same light?

[polar acorn]

Okay, which object has the variable on it? These glowX objects are in a prefab, is that script also on the same prefab?

[solid oyster]

i need to attach this script to the prefab as well?

its also attached to a canvas to access a togglebox

[grand snow]

that should work 🤔
unless there is another type in your project named "Light"

[polar acorn]

From the structure you've shown, you'd want target to contain a list of glow objects, so that when you spawn in a clone of target it would have a reference to its list of glow objects

[solid oyster]

ok

[polar acorn]

Scene objects can't directly access children of a prefab, only the root-level prefab object

[solid oyster]

wont let me drag the light object into the list even tho its attached to the prefab

im doing this from the project window

coudl that be why?

[slender nymph]

are you trying to drag scene objects into the slots on the prefab?

[grand snow]

If the script with the list is on "target" and everything is within the same prefab it should work

[solid oyster]

not scene objects

object from a prefab folder i made

[rich adder]

isLight from UnityEngine ?

[solid oyster]

yes

[slender nymph]

if they are part of the same prefab then most likely you are just using the wrong Light type in your code

[solid oyster]

do i have to speficy if its spot light or smth?

[rich adder]

no

[polar acorn]

Do you have a script in your project named Light?

[rich adder]

Right click on Light Go to Definition on Light see where it takes you

[slender nymph]

no, check the fully qualified name of the Light type you are using. you should be able to hover over it and see what namespace it's from

[solid oyster]

no

[polar acorn]

Can you show a screenshot of your unity window with this inspector visible? In the prefab edit mode?

[slender nymph]

okay, now click the little lightbulb (?) button on the Light component and see what namespace that one is in

[solid oyster]

it says light is from Unity.Engine

[rich adder]

still think you're probably dragging scene components onto a prefab or somethin

[solid oyster]

u mean this

[slender nymph]

then you are doing something wrong when trying to assign the objects.

[solid oyster]

might be the other way round

can i not do that?

[grand snow]

Is this from a prefab you opened up to edit?

[solid oyster]

yes

[rich adder]

Scene objects you can put prefabs just fine

[slender nymph]

you can drag prefabs into scene objects. you cannot drag scene objects into prefabs. which is why i specifically asked you if that was what you were doing before and you said you were not

[solid oyster]

i did?

mb

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[solid oyster]

im trying to drag these into a scene object

thats not allowed?

if the object is not on the scene

[polar acorn]

Which thing has the list you're trying to drag into?

[slender nymph]

you can drag the root object of a prefab into any other object. child objects can only be referenced within the prefab itself

[polar acorn]

As I said, it should be on the target object

[solid oyster]

canvas

im tryna make a toggle box that enables the target to glow when checked

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[solid oyster]

it didnt really work

[grand snow]

this is possible reference wise

no one here understands what you are describing

[rich adder]

can you like show a vid what you did maybe ?

[solid oyster]

so i can add a gameobject constructor, then reference the child objects from there?

[native flame]

when using a spherecast for groundcheck, should the starting point be the player origin, or the origin + (vector3.up * spherecast) radius?

Gemini is insisting it's more reliable to have it be a radius above the origin, but the reasoning provided is contradictory

[grand snow]

[polar acorn]

You would make a script on target that holds a reference to all of its Lights. Then you would keep around the reference to that target you spawn in, and use that to access its Lights

[rich adder]

"ai"crapbot spitting contradictions... shocker..

[native flame]

yeah yeah yeah

[solid oyster]

so i need a seperate script that holds a reference to all my glow objects, then i access that script in my toggleGlow script?

[rich adder]

depends on the usecase, there is no set way to do this, but its common to either make a separate transform for the origin of cast or use an Offset (origin + offset)

the origin being in the middle it means you have the make the cast longer , not much changes. As long as you put the Layers to ignore its own player caster, should be fine

[solid oyster]

got it thx

have to document all ts as well

[native flame]

offset upwards?

[rich adder]

depends what you're checking, for a ceiling check sure, for ground check down

[native flame]

huh alright

[timber tide]

Why sphere cast though and not overlap

[native flame]

is that because its less expensive to have the spherecast travel less distance?

[rich adder]

maybe they need the RaycastHit info

[timber tide]

oh yeah true

[native flame]

is overlap a physics method?

[rich adder]

not really, would not make much difference

[timber tide]

think you can still get some point of intersection

[native flame]

but yeah a raycasthit would be useful for determining the floor type

[rich adder]

most cases Overlap is fine, if you need the hitInfo like slope angles and shite, use casts

[timber tide]

you can also do overlap + ray

overlap for the collider then ray to it

[native flame]

then whats the advantage to starting the spherecast lower, instead of at player origin?

[rich adder]

tbh thats not something I pondered much.. lol it would not matter as long you use proper distance / layer ignoring

It just makes sense to me to put it at the feet if its a ground check etc.

especially if you make the ground check slightly bigger than the player capsule you don't want his "hips" to count as grounded if the check spills outside

[native flame]

ok yeah that makes sense

[rich adder]

for rays normally that doesnt matter cause they are a line, no radius

[native flame]

isnt it recommended to make the radius slightly lower than player width tho?

[rich adder]

no it depends on the situation and how you are checking things, there is no set way to do it

sometimes the capsule has its corners hit a ledge, if check is smaller than the radius of capusle, its like stuck in place while the grounded check says "not grounded"

I usually make the groundcheck sphere like 1-2 cm bigger than quarter half of the capsule

@native flame

[sharp mirage]

nea project?

[west garnet]

i got in the new input system the event that when you click on attack, i also have when you get close to an npc you can press Z and gamble, opens a canvas with some gambling UI things, but when you press Z to gamble and then try to click in one of the things it attacks and disables back again the canvas, how can i fix this

[rich adder]

disable the attacking / movement scripts while the UI is up

[west garnet]

thanks yeah true didnt think abt that

[native flame]

use EventSystem.current.IsPointerOverGameObject()

[rich adder]

not a reliable way to do it tbh

[native flame]

so thats a spherecast being shot from the feet with infinite distance, and if the hit.distance is low enough then grounded = true?

[west garnet]

ill check it out ty

[native flame]

oh i guess its only useful for disabling clicks thru UI or?

then i guess it would be better to do a MenuActive bool that disables actions

[eternal needle]

You dont need to, you already have some design where the canvas will open up. Just toggle the correct input action maps at the same time

[rich adder]

nah this case i used a overlap cause i didnt need much info from ground here so its just a simple "if hits something is grounded"

[solid oyster]

it says in the code the intensity changes but the prefab does not change at all

[naive pawn]

you probably wouldn't want to modify the prefab?

you'd be modifying a copy/clone/instance of the prefab instead

sidenotes:

• not sure you should be using PlayerPrefs for this - or at all, since it's not really being utilized as anything other than a variable
• this is a "set" method, not a toggle

[solid oyster]

the toggle is in another scene

[naive pawn]

no, this just functionally isn't a toggle

a toggle would be like this:

bool state;
void Toggle() {
  state = !state;
}
```what you have is more like this```cs
bool state;
void SetState(bool x) {
  state = x;
}

[solid oyster]

i see

didnt realize how much toggle boxes would kill me in this

[naive pawn]

to be clear - the note about the toggle is just a naming thing, it's not really a logical issue

[solid oyster]

i see

[solid oyster]

are you talking about my script being a toggle?

[polar acorn]

It's not toggle boxes, it's getting an understanding of how references work

[solid oyster]

im studying a level computer science so my knowledge is somewhat limited

[vast matrix]

I know this sounds dumb, but ive been struggling to get unity to recognize if the player is pressing R for the past 20 minutes. Im current using Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R). I am so confused on why it isnt working

[polar acorn]

Remember - the prefab itself is simply a template. You copy the template and create a whole new thing. That thing has no connection back to the prefab, and the prefab has no connection to the things it makes. You'll want your toggle box to know which target you want to modify

[polar acorn]

Are there any errors in the console?

[rich adder]

probably because Input system is defaulted to new Input system not the Old one

[solid oyster]

i was using he prefab as more of an efficiency thing

[vast matrix]

There are no errors for the script im using

[solid oyster]

does that mean for every target in my scene i would have to alter those?

[rich adder]

in the unity Console Window , not the script itself

[vast matrix]

what would be the syntax for the new input system?

[vast matrix]

There are for some other script.

[rich adder]

well. normally you would use the Action map.
but a direct translation would be Keyboard.current.rKey.wasPressedThisFrame

[vast matrix]

But none relating to what im trying to do now

[solid oyster]

i think im gonna forget the whole toggle thing for now, it was kind of a last minute addition to my program i thought would be fun and simple to implement

[rich adder]

show the console window, AFTER you press R Key in playmode

[solid oyster]

maybe after a few prototypes ill come back to this

[naive pawn]

(wouldn't it error each frame it's checked anyways, regardless of if it's pressed)

[rich adder]

true true, any use of Input class would error

especially polled in Update

[vast matrix]

nvm I finally got it to work

[rich adder]

so what was it...

[vast matrix]

Kinda embarrassing, but basically I was using the invoke method after I detect R, and basically I messed up the Invoke method

I put Invoke("Reload()") instead of Invoke("Reload")

[rich adder]

Invoke(nameof(Reaload))

strings are ugly and error prone anyway

[vast matrix]

yeah

[rich adder]

you should learn Coroutines if you want to make delayed functions, they offer more benefits

[vast matrix]

Invoke works for the simpler stuff such as reloading a gun

[naive pawn]

but is very fragile and not very maintainable

coroutines are way easier to work with and keep track of tbh

[rich adder]

if(reloading) return
StartCoroutine(Reload())

IEnumerator Reload(){
reloading = true
yield return new WaitForSeconds(reloadTime);
//Reload weapon()
reloading = false```
whats so difficult about that

[naive pawn]

even with Invoke, you'd need all the same pieces, just arranged differently

[polar acorn]

You see, you'd think that, but Invokes actually introduce a whole second kind of complexity that's much worse

So, Invoke is kind of a "noob trap"

It's more intuitive, but also more incorrect, so while it feels simpler to learn it's going to clip your wings in the long run. (similar to the old Input Manager vs new Input System but that one's mostly because decades of Unity tutorials were written for it and there's not enough new stuff to override that yet)

[vast matrix]

Ok Ill keep that in mind for the future

[rich adder]

very true.
ontop of everything else

• you cannot pass arguments to Invoke
• you cannot stop specific Invokes , especially ones that repeat

[silver fern]

I added a Box Collider 2D to an object, but I can't see the collider in the editor so I can't change it. Is there any way to move it or draw a new one?

[rich adder]

did you turn on Gizmos?

also not really a coding question

[silver fern]

yeah I did. Where should I ask then?

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

[silver fern]

ok ty

[vast matrix]

How would I be able to use a variable in a different script than the one it's declared in

[polar acorn]

Reference that object and get the variable from it

https://unity.huh.how/references

[grand maple]

does anyone know how to run the debugger through unity? i have breakpoints but when i run my code, it doesn't stop at the breakpoint

[blissful crag]

im not sure if this is what you mean but theres a small debug button on the bottom right of the unity project screen usually

this icon

[west garnet]

does anyone know how could i make the npc freeze or at least not move once they die?

[rich adder]

disable the movement script?

[west garnet]

the npc only as a state machine

[rich adder]

wdym as a statemachine

[rich adder]

https://unity.com/how-to/debugging-with-microsoft-visual-studio-2022
https://unity.com/how-to/debugging-with-microsoft-visual-studio-code

[west garnet]

im in a programing class and the prof just gaves us a statemachine code he did and told us to use that one

[rich adder]

you're just given random code without any clue on what its doing, what is the point of the class

[west garnet]

xd no clue i got to take it its univeristy
i dont like this prof

he doesnt explain much

anything tbh

[strong wren]

Presumably you would create a dead state and figure out how to transition to it.

[rich adder]

well you have to make the script that moves it, not do that

[blissful crag]

i have no idea what im talking about and this should probably be disregarded because its inefficient but what if you save the location of the enemy at death and jsut keep it there

[rich adder]

tossing them into FSM without any explanations how the system works or how to extend it , is just oversight of this "professor"

[west garnet]

the first one i had was very good
but this one now he just throws us code without explaining

also a radar script that he did and didnt explain it to us

i made my own with youtube but this class its mostly the prof telling us what to do giving us code and we doing a different version yourself

[rich adder]

so is the "Freezing" it into place part of the curriculum or , what is the objective

[west garnet]

we are making a medieval game and he wants some guards that you have to kill

i made the health system with an observer pattern and once the health is 0 they play the dying animation but they still follow the waypoints that i made for them to follow

so i got no clue just to make them freeze

[rich adder]

make a new state to transition into when that event occurs or disable whatever the movement into waypoints script is

[grand maple]

tysm! this worked :D :D

[west garnet]

yeah okay will work on that thank you

[rich adder]

You could potentially destroy the entire object and then create a death copy at the position.. but thats pretty cumbersome even if its easier on the surface

[vale lintel]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[solid oyster]

anybody know why this code doesnt work when the program is complied

[rich adder]

depends...how did you verify the script is even running

[solid oyster]

runtime

[rich adder]

also next time post code with links not screenshots

[polar acorn]

What calls changeColour

[solid oyster]

changed colour to cyan and all my targets were cyan

[solid oyster]

a dropdown

[polar acorn]

Have you confirmed that the function is running

[solid oyster]

it does change the material colour

[polar acorn]

So... then it's working?

[rich adder]

so then whats "not working"

[solid oyster]

because

when i build it

and run it

it doesnt work

[naive pawn]

this is such a roundabout way to map values

[rich adder]

put logs and check the PlayerLog files / make a Dev build

[naive pawn]

you wouldn't be here if it worked. this does not give us any useful information to try to help you

[solid oyster]

ive told you all i can

during runtime, it works perfectly fine

but after i build & run it doesnt change the colour

the actual dropdown stays constant

[rich adder]

Debug it

[rich adder]

so does the dropdown actually click and show options? in build

[solid oyster]

YES

do i need to sned avideo explaining the situation

ok

fine

[rich adder]

okay but really you should be learning debugging it, starting with logs in changeColor to see if thats even running in build

[solid oyster]

ive done those

ill send a vid rq

here

i dont get why this happens

done some googling and will i have to use a different render pipeline?

[rich adder]

no

[solid oyster]

whats the issue then

[rich adder]

how would I know if you don't debug it lol

[solid oyster]

ok you want me to debug.log and see what the output colour is?

[rich adder]

log everything you can, narrow down to issue

check the Player logs / Devbuild console to see it specific to a build

[solid oyster]

where do i find those

[rich adder]

check PlayerLogs link is in !logs 👇

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

check the "Development Build" checkbox in Build page

also you can check what playerprefs is storing value at

• Windows: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExampleCompanyName\ExampleProductName in the Registry Editor.
  https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/PlayerPrefs.html

editor and build don't share the same value/location *onwindows

[calm wedge]

Hey there,
How do I paint a terrain at runtime?
I generate a Maze for my Project on Start. This Maze has different Biomes. In order to detect what Biome is where I have a render texture that is generated after the maze by a orthographic camera. It outputs a 256x256 RGB Texture that is colored differently for each biome.
Now I want my terrain to use a Sand texture wherever the Sand Biome is (color red on render texture), a grass texture where the grass biome (color green on render texture) is and so on. How do I do that in a way that doesnt break my performance? I dont need it to change after the generation as the maze doesnt change after that

[rich adder]

I believe you need something like this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/TerrainData.SetAlphamaps.html

[glacial cobalt]

Hello iam trying to detect when object hits wall, tried using raycast acording to unity documentations but it doesnt want to work

thats from unity documents

[polar acorn]

Debug.Log = "touched wall"
This is nonsense

Configure your !ide so you don't make these mistakes in the future

[rich adder]

you scoped hit inside a if statement

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

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[rich adder]

yes use an ide compatible with unity out of the box like VS

[glacial cobalt]

auto mode lmao

[polar acorn]

This is why you look at the lines the errors are on and actually look at them to see if they make sense

[glacial cobalt]

yeah but thats how unity documentations said to do?

[polar acorn]

No they didn't

[rich adder]

 if(boolHere)
        {
            int myNumber = 40;
        }
        myNumber = 20; //errors because myNumber is scoped in the if block

[glacial cobalt]

they used hit inside if here?

[rich adder]

hit is scoped inside the entire FixedUpdate method

yours is not

yours is inside the if statement block you did

hit only exists in if(right) block

[glacial cobalt]

okay

yeah stupid mistake

[rich adder]

just basic c# mistake, make sure you do beginners c# course before doing unity

doesnt help that you're using vim rn

your formatting is all over the place

[glacial cobalt]

used vscode with autoformating most of time before

[rich adder]

mhm well put it to use then.
Some places you have K&R and some place you have allman lol

make sure the IDE is properly configred to work with unity so you also get proper syntax error highlight and intellisense

[calm wedge]

That works. Thanks!

[polar acorn]

They used hit inside the if it was created in.
Variables exist until they hit the next } and which point they cease to be

[floral garden]

[balmy vortex]

hey does anyone have an updated guide on how to grab inputs and move 3d stuff in unity?

cuz like I figured out how to take 2d inputs but 3d stuff seems to be more complicated?

[rich adder]

should be the same thing... just switch Y for z

[rancid tinsel]

!code

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[rancid tinsel]

https://paste.mod.gg/lwqumanhlpjj/0 I'm making a block breaker kind of game, and I've ran into the issue that when the ball moves too slow, it starts hugging the wall upon collision instead of actually bouncing off. This seems to be an issue only when the speed is too low - the obvious fix is to increase the ball speed, but that's a bad solution design-wise so I'm wondering if anyone knows of a better method?

[timber tide]

You're not using forces though

probably worthwhile to find a tutorial for it

[rancid tinsel]

oh yeah you're right

[timber tide]

your chatbot is making you do custom physics while also applying physics materials that wont do squat

[rich adder]

I would not use bounce material anyway.. rely on reflect, I would debug.log inVelocity and make sure you're not reflecting the velocity AFTER the speed got reduced hitting wall

[rancid tinsel]

oh yeah that sounds plausible

[rancid tinsel]

yeah honestly I barely understand the physics system, I really should learn it properly

[rich adder]

ya log should tell you.
you can record the velocity in a variable then use that when reflect, or you should be able to also get it from https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collision2D-relativeVelocity.html

[rancid tinsel]

that fixed it!

thanks!

[wintry quarry]

Input is completely the same. Moving things is also the same, just with 3 dimensions instead of 2.

[unkempt garnet]

i have a dumb question, HOW do u guys test your online game? Every other engine i used just opens 2 windows. How do i join myself?

-no laptop

[final trellis]

so i have a class called CC_Spell, which contains an instance of the class CC_Spell_Range, which can either contain the normal CC_Spell_Range class or the CC_Spell_Range_AOE class ( which inherits CC_Spell_Range )

when i utilize JsonUtility.ToJson(CC_SPELL_INSTANCE); to turn it into a JSON string, will that disambiguation of which class it is be represented? if not, how would i? or is this type of data structure not supported by JSON

[polar acorn]

No idea if this is still the go-to but I've used this in the past:
https://github.com/VeriorPies/ParrelSync

[rich adder]

unity 6+ has a good package for netcode
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.multiplayer.playmode@1.6/manual/index.html

[balmy vortex]

oh well what's with the character controller thing that a lot of tutorials use?

[vagrant mist]

Is [Min(0)] public float MinIdleTime; essentially saying that whatever the value MinIdleTime is, it wont ever be lower than 0?

If so, why not use this instead of creating a separate static variable to compare MinIdleTime to?

[balmy vortex]

it's not what I used for my 2d demo which is the main thing that confuses me

[rocky canyon]

minattribute only covers the inspector..
but if thats ur use-case its enough

that for example wouldn't affect a runtime set variable

for runtime safe-guards u'd probably still wnat to use a property or clamping logic

[rocky canyon]

for a chacter controller ur still usually only using 2 axis of inputs
WS-AD , arrow keys, joysticks etc
Horizontal and Vertical.. (for a 3d space w/ a cc normally the Horizontal controls the Y movement (left right) Vertical controls the X movement (forward and backwards)
and then for the third axis Z its normally controlled with a mix of gravity logic and for example the spacebar key (for adding force on the Z axis (up and down)

            float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
            float verticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

            Vector3 input = new Vector3(horizontalInput, 0, verticalInput);

            moveDirection = input * moveSpeed;
            controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);```
super simple example ^ without normalization or local -> world conversions

[warm palm]

Does anyone have any clue as to why my EnemyBody is avoiding the player in my "Roll a ball" project? I was wondering if it was the code but I even went as far as to copy and paste the entire code from the tutorial page into my PlayerController.cs script and it still happens and there's no mention of this issue on the tutorial page...

https://learn.unity.com/course/roll-a-ball/tutorial/adding-ai-navigation?version=6.0

from "Step 7: Set the win and lose conditions"

[rocky canyon]

first glance it looks like an offset problem

like the EnemyBody is offset from teh actual object thats rotating
and the Enemy gameobject appears to be rotating relative to the player
but since the enemybody is offset looks like that

[wintry quarry]

you don't have to use it if you don't want. It's just Unity's wrapper around this: https://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/content/gameworkslibrary/physx/guide/Manual/CharacterControllers.html

there's nothing stopping you from making a controller similar to your 2D one

[warm palm]

It was, thank you! I moved the EnemyBody so the game wouldn't start with the enemy on top of the player and instantly lose from colliding on game start but I didn't realise I had to move the Enemy gameobject too, I just reset both their positions and then moved them both together to the side so the game could start and now it's working

[rocky canyon]

np. make sure u stay in pivot mode

to see where the actual transform is

[rocky canyon]

and you can move the root gameobject and the child will follow..
no need to select them all.. just remember tho its better to select a gameobject in the hiearchy to make sure ur getting the correct gameobject.. when u click into the scene its most likely gonna select the mesh or collider (thats probably farther down the gameobjects hiearchy) 👍

i made that mistake 100s of times when i first started.. and sometimes still do 😬 lol

[rocky canyon]

i'll also use those little icons for the gameobjects while building things that are in pieces..
can help grab ur attention alot quicker.. than after u moved on to coding something else.. and then realize something isnt right 😅

[hazy dagger]

hello, i´m making a 2D puzzle game where the player slides around the map, i´m using addForce to move them around, i´d like for the player to snap in the middle of tiles when it stops moving but i can´t make it work, i´m using the code below, also "rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;" isn´t stopping the player

private void FixedUpdate()
{
if (rb.velocity.magnitude < 0.05f)
{
transform.position = new Vector2(Mathf.Round(pos.x - 0.5f) + 0.5f, Mathf.Round(pos.y - 0.5f) + 0.5f);
rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
}
}

[polar acorn]

If you're planning on doing movement by snapping to a grid you probably don't want to be using forces or velocity

You probably wouldn't even be using Rigidbodies, but if you do it'll probably be Rigidbody.MovePosition

[hazy dagger]

aren´t rigidbodies important to make stuff collide?

[polar acorn]

If everything is grid-based you probably don't even need to detect collisions, you just need to know what object is in the space you're trying to move to

But even if you do want physics-based collisions you probably don't need velocity or forces

Those are important for making a realistic movement system but you're already not being realistic if you're doing grid-based movement

[hazy dagger]

here´s what it looks like

just a playtest level

also i noticed a long while back that the player triggers scripts when the spites touch and not when the colliders though, the player is supposed to be slightly inside the portal (though i´d prefer it if was completely inside) but it gets teleported as soon as the sprites touch instead, same goes for a switch i made, the scripts work but visually it´s annoying

is this because of the rigidbodies?

[floral garden]

do someone has experience in visual novel game ? (creating)

[subtle sedge]

Nope

but i assume it would be super easy to make

[floral garden]

yeah but optimised

[subtle sedge]

i mean... how optimized do you need a visual novel to be lmfao

its just swaping around pngs and displaying text

i never made one tho so i cant say im 100% sure

but it sounds like you can just use unity and inky to make that type of game

[floral garden]

yeah but the problem is how to make the swap sprite

[subtle sedge]

i mean you can probably find a video on that

i assume your new to unity? if so you should probably watch a video on unity basic

[rocky canyon]

spriteRenderer.sprite = differentSprite;

[floral garden]

hmm maybe new or not ? it surely my architecture too complex for myself lmao

[floral garden]

thx

[daring heath]

i have something i want to happen only once a state has changed: for example while a player might get a new quest while in dialogue, i don't want the "new quest" notification to play until the player is out of dialogue; how do i store the notification to make it wait until dialogue is over and then play?

[rich ice]

maybe you could store the notification in a queue. once the dialogue is finished you could set a bool, something like "NotificationDisplayable" or something, to true after an event which could be invoked after the dialogue finishes

[rocky canyon]

most simple would be boolean imo
canShowQuest = false;
once dialog finished set true;
once true -> show quest -> set back to false (awaiting next time)

but yea not jordan is onto something

[daring heath]

problem with that is how do i store the quest notif? because if it tries to play and can't it'll just be done with it

will look into queues thank youu

[hazy dagger]

i managed to make it work

had some code that looped the addforce

[rocky canyon]

well ur system would store it and await for when it can be shown
Don’t throw the quest away if you can’t show it
Just store it somehow (in pendingQuest for example) until you can
Or queue them all if needed

storing it would be the simple part.. store it however u wish.. (in a variable i suppose)

public class Quest
{
    public string title;
    public string description;
    public int rewardXP;
    public bool isCompleted;
}
``` as an example
then its just a variable
`Quest pendingQuest = questGivenByDialogPossibly;`

i've not made a quest system just yet.. but i would think something like that naturally.. now i need to make one 😅

imo the harder part of quest systems is checking when the quest isCompleted

[grand snow]

Ah yes the logic for quest conditions

I did something recently to let me have semi configurable conditions based on value comparisons

[rocky canyon]

was it fun? sounds really fun lol

simple value comparisons would be about the only quest validation i'd like to even attempt..
"did you collect enough chickens?"

[floral garden]

is better to overload an function or use different name ?

[wintry quarry]

Depends on the circumstances

If it's doing the same thing just using some optional parameter(s), then it makes sense to overload. If it's doing something different, then you make a different method.

[floral garden]

I have 2 function loadAsset from my addressable manager, one return void and other Task<T>

[wintry quarry]

I would probably make the one that returns Task LoadAssetAsync or something

[floral garden]

both do the same

[floral garden]

okk

[wintry quarry]

presumably they have different argument lists?

[floral garden]

no

all same

[wintry quarry]

that's not possible

[floral garden]

just one return nothing and other a Task<T>

[wintry quarry]

you can't make two functions with the same name with two different return types but the same parameter list

it's a compile error

[floral garden]

I need to launch then ?

i don't have any error show in vs

[wintry quarry]

Think about it

[wintry quarry]

those have two different parameter lists

as I said

[floral garden]

oh yeah I hasn't see the action

[wintry quarry]

No I wouldn't name them differently

[floral garden]

my bad

so the same name

thanks

[hazy dagger]

why does the "OnTriggerEnter2D" trigger when the rigid bodies touch and not the colliders touch?

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/info/collision-matrix

Also, rigidbodies logically combine child colliders for collision callbacks

[hazy dagger]

i solved my problem with "yield return new WaitForSeconds"

wanted the player and other objects to teleport when in the middle of the portal, instead of the edge

[rancid tinsel]

how can line 34 throw a null reference?

[rich adder]

are you sure its this script?

[rancid tinsel]

that's what it took me to

but weirdly I entered playmode again and it disappeared so maybe something else broke and it freaked out here randomly

[teal viper]

You should read the callstack as well. Auto navigation to the line is not always correct.

[unreal dock]

!bug

[eternal falcon]

Reporting bugs

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[vagrant mist]

 void FixedUpdate()
 {
     if (IsDodging)
     {
         rb.linearVelocity = new Vector2(moveInput.x * dodgingPower, moveInput.y * dodgingPower);
         return;
     }
     else
     {
         rb.linearVelocity = new Vector2(moveInput.x * moveSpeed, moveInput.y * moveSpeed);
     }
 }

I'm currently using this as a way of moving my character across the screen. If I wanted to make my character slightly jerk forward when it's attacking by using ForceMode.Impulse2D, would I need to change the way I handle the movement here? I mean like instead of setting the rb.linearVelocity how I have here, is there a more appropriate way to handle character movement if I want my character to be affected by forces on top of simply moving it

I tried

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
Vector2 moveInput;

  public void OnAttack(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
    if (playerAttacks != null)
    {
        if (context.started)
        {
            playerAttacks.MeleeAttack();
            rb.AddForce(moveInput.right * 5f, ForceMode.Impulse);
        }
    }
}
}

but whenever I try to attack, everything else but the AddForce() seems to work fine

[wintry quarry]

Well yes, think about your code - you're directly overwriting the velocity, so the velocity change from any force you apply will immediately be overwritten by that

A common approach is to temporarily disable the normal movement code during a dash.

Another option is to switch over fully to controlling things via forces

[vagrant mist]

I'm thinking about doing the latter. Im testing it now and its moving but I still need to configure the force value and a way to add some friction

[vagrant mist]

Would there be a reason to do this over using force if I want a varitety of things to affect the Rigidbody with physics?

[wintry quarry]

It's simpler to control the object with

A purely force based controller will be much more complex

[vagrant mist]

ah, so maybe mix and matching controls with force and directly overriding the velocity

[crisp fiber]

hello guys, I am making a game for my cs project, and this is something I intend to make: https://www.gamepix.com/play/arcade-hoops
Can someone tell me if this game is 2d or 3d?

[eternal needle]

this is a code channel, though if the ball moves in 3 dimension then it is 3d

[rare basin]

why everytime i fill my dictionary (using GenericDictionary from github for many years, no issues), then going out of the prefab and entering the prefab mode again, it's all nulls

why are the references being deleted...

[sour fulcrum]

Initial assumption is it's the plugin/asset/package

Hard to say without specific infos

[hexed terrace]

first thought is - that's not code!
second is - possibly trying to save references to objects not in the prefab

[grand snow]

Oo yea it may not account for this

[fresh kestrel]

aight thanks

perhaps 🤔

Wait a minuite.

I never let disrespect slide

bro why cant i post gifs

4 years and this server is still ahh

[north kiln]

Don't reply to ancient posts, the trolling isn't welcome.

[patent wedge]

hey for some reason in the editor the character controller.isGrounded is fine but in build its constantly jittering?

[native flame]

I've read that when using a rigidbody character controller, you should read inputs in Update() and do AddForce() in FixedUpdate(). Does that apply to just WASD inputs or also jumping, sprinting, and crouching?

[grand snow]

For intermittent things like jumping it best to in case the input is missed
you can just add the jump force in Update() because it gets stored and applied next fixed update anyway

[wintry quarry]

It's well known that this is pretty much useless

Recommended to use your own grounded check

[frosty hound]

It's a capsule cast, making your own check would be a capsule cast?

The only issue I've seen with isGrounded not being consistent has been a misunderstanding how to use the CC properly (applying downward force constantly vs. assuming that it's a one time automatic check)

[foggy yoke]

i'm trying to get the velocity of the player, but rb.linearVelocity returns the velocity in world-units, and I need the local velocity. Thank you

[wintry quarry]

So transform the vector into local space. Transform has functions for doing so, use them

E.g. InverseTransformDirection

[foggy yoke]

does that work in 2d?

[wintry quarry]

Why not

[foggy yoke]

okay

lemme try that

[native flame]

Why does TransformDirection seemingly do the exact opposite of what the docs state? If I don't convert moveDir to localDir, all my movements are in world space and don't respond to the rotation of the player object. But according to the docs, the method only converts from local space to world space, even though I am using it for the opposite

I assume I am somehow misunderstanding world v local space but I'm not sure where

[rich ice]

so, you have world space movement and you're using a method that converts from local to world space movement. you already have world space movement though so it does nothing.

anyway im pretty sure you can just do transform.rotation * moreDir to get localDir.
neat tip if you didn't know, you can multiply quaternions and vectors to rotate vectors (gotta make sure they're the right way around though)

[timber tide]

docs dont state that though

where you seeing this

Inverse is world to local

[rich ice]

oh right, i completely forgot the inverse exists aswell

[slender nymph]

also note that your raw input would be considered the local direction because presumably you are pressing the input based on the direction you want to travel relative to the camera's rotation so that would need to be converted to world space

so while the comments and understanding are wrong, the logic would be correct

[native flame]

nope, the code snippet there works perfectly. and as i said, if I don't convert then the movement is in world space

[native flame]

they do

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Transform.TransformDirection.html

[native flame]

the movement is in world space, presumably from my vector2 - vector3 conversion

[zealous talon]

ok i'm posting the code for the game-does-not-start problem

[slender nymph]

please read what i said then read the documentation for the method you are using to convert from local to world space.

[native flame]

i read what you said

which is how i responded to what you said

[zealous talon]

it's for a turn based combat in 3d, it's a little messy bc i'm following a tutorial but ask me anything

[slender nymph]

so then surely you understand that your movement is in world space because of the TransformDirection method and not because you converted from a Vector2 to a Vector3

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[native flame]

my lord how many times must i repeat myself

if i dont use TransformDirection, movement occurs in world space

which is why I use it, so movement responds to player rotation

[slender nymph]

so you are still misunderstanding the difference between local and world space

the way you move expects a World Space direction. your input is in Local Space. if you do not convert the input from Local Space to World Space then the movement will be wrong because your input is still in local space. as in, it is a direction that if applied locally to the object would move it relative to its rotation

For example, let's say you have an object at 0,0,0 facing backwards (its forward direction is (0,0,-1)
If you move that object forward along its forward direction, that is a local translation of 0,0,1. But because it faces backwards it's world space translation would be 0,0,-1 because that is the direction it moved relative to the world

[keen dew]

The coroutine in FighterManager has an infinite loop if the fighters list is empty

[scarlet skiff]

what could i possibly be missing here...

[slender nymph]

look at the previous line

[scarlet skiff]

oh i deleted the ; somehow

cheers

[zealous talon]

because there isn't a yield return outside the foreach, right?

[keen dew]

right

[native flame]

Apparently 😭

[zealous talon]

yeah apperently i forgot to drag the fighters in the inspector

thanks you saved me

[native flame]

Ohhhkay I think I get it now

Thanks for the explanation

[zealous talon]

btw i think i still miss something essential about coroutines, any guide or video i can follow in order to understand them better?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/coroutines
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Coroutine.html

[native flame]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUP6OK36nrM

[zealous talon]

thx

[patent wedge]

does anyone know how to manually set the rotation of a bone with animations i've tried setting the rotation in lateupdate but that didn't work.

[rich adder]

Animation Rigging package lets you override specific bones

[eternal flicker]

sorry, not sure if this is the right place to ask this but i am brand new to makeing games at all and when I tried to build my game to send it to a friend this poped up. anyone know how to fix this?

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

[vapid ledge]

are properties generally used for unity projects or do people just use public fields

they are a pain to serialize so i'm just wondering if they're worth it or not

[rich ice]

yes they are used. when you use them depends though

main thing i use them for is changing them through UnityEvents

[vapid ledge]

huh okay

i have not used unity events at all before

[slender nymph]

you can very easily serialize the backing field for a property. either you'll have an explicit backing field already so you just add the SerializeField attribute to that field, or if you are using an auto property just target the backing field with the field: attribute target like [field:SerializeField]

[rich ice]

if you've used UI buttons before then you may have. the OnClick thing in the inspector is a unity event

[vapid ledge]

alright ty

[vast matrix]

How would I be able to replace a placeholder model with the actual model I want to use?

[grand snow]

copy over the existing model so the guid is kept (external to unity editor)

[rigid drum]

Guys, someone knows if Cloud Code Logs have a limit? It seems that the logs of my C# modules stopped appearing there :p

[boreal plinth]

Yall how do I get interact to work when I press E? I watched a tutorial, but "Interact" doesn't show up on the second image

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity.com/ugs/en-us/manual/cloud-code/manual/modules/reference/limits#cloud-code-c-modules

[rich adder]

the two are not even related.
Left is new input system , the right is old input class

[boreal plinth]

I just get:
"ArgumentException: Input Button Interact is not setup.
To change the input settings use: Edit -> Project Settings... -> Input Manager
UnityEngine.Internal.InputUnsafeUtility.GetButtonDown (System.String buttonName) (at <8464a637132d4cf7b07958f4016932b9>:0)
UnityEngine.Input.GetButtonDown (System.String buttonName) (at <8464a637132d4cf7b07958f4016932b9>:0)
NPC_Talk.Update () (at Assets/GAME/NPCs/Scripts/NPC States/NPC_Talk.cs:30)"

[rich adder]

one way to use would be putting a PlayerInput component with that action asset, then you just put a method in scrip on same object,
void OnInteract(InputValue val){ Debug.Log("InteractPresed"); }

[rich adder]

Again the two are not related

[boreal plinth]

I know. I'm just posting the error message

[rich adder]

You cannot do Input.GetButtonDown("Interact") if its not added to list on right

[boreal plinth]

I know. But the guy I was following a tutorial on had an "Interact" tab on that one

[rich adder]

"Interact" tab on that one ?
what one?

[boreal plinth]

My second image

[rich adder]

oh they did not show how to add a new entry

[boreal plinth]

Nope

[rich adder]

make the 30 to 31 , then the new entry at the bottom can be modified as needed

[boreal plinth]

Ah thank you

[rigid drum]

I had already read this, but there is nothing about the logging

It seems that sometimes the logs just stop appearing, it's really strange

[rich adder]

could be server side issue maybe, give it 24 hrs if it doesnt show up open a support ticket

[rigid drum]

yep, its weird because sometimes shows part of the logs and "lost" the rest.

[high wagon]

im trying to change an object's material when a button is pressed, and earlier it was working fine, but now it keeps outputting this error. does anyone know why?

[rich adder]

restart unity

[high wagon]

alr

[high wagon]

it worked thx

[rare basin]

is there a way to check if given game object is a instance or a prefab?

public void AddItemToBox(Item item)
{
    //if prefab, then make instance and add to list
    itemsInside.Add(item);
}

if(!item.gameObject.scene.IsValid()) will work?

[calm wedge]

How do I make my NavMesh generation more performant?
I can't really pre-bake it as I generate a maze at runtime. Whenever I try to either _navmeshSurface.BuildNavMesh(); or UpdateNavMesh(_navMeshData); the entire scene freezes and doesnt recover (even after 5+ minutes).
I've tried lowering the NavMesh quality significantly by reducing the tile size from 256 to 64 and increasing the voxel size from 1.667 to 3. This still froze the scene.
What should I do? I use a default terrain with no changes to the size. My Maze uses prefabs (basically just 4 wall) were walls are being deleted for the randomness.

[wintry quarry]

Probably but I question a bit the code architecture in which such a mixup might possibly happen

[rare basin]

so this is mostly for debug

[rich adder]

make a loading screen
generate it in a coroutine it doesnt freeze the game.
They also have this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMeshBuilder.UpdateNavMeshDataAsync.html

[rare basin]

so i can drag&drop the item prefab to the scene and using odin inspector's Button via inspector

add the item to the chest

tldr just to add items to the chests in playmode via editor to test stuff

[sour ruin]

how do you detect mouse clicks from a script that extends editor when the user is clicking at any point on the screen. The OnInspectorGUI method is only invoked as far as im aware when Event.current != null but clicking anywhere other than on a gui element doesnt trigger EventType.MouseDown. I cant tap into the EditorApplication.update because Event.current is always null.

the hierarchy window is able to do it and you can validate that it does by selecting a scene object and then clicking somewhere on another window to deselect the gameobject

[rich adder]

#↕️┃editor-extensions

[azure token]

im trying to figure out how to start a host from a lobby

new to this anyone have an idea? lobby works fine

[rich adder]

"from a lobby" thats vague

also #1390346492019212368

[azure token]

my b forgot they switched servers

[azure token]

yes, the lobby package that they put into the main

[rich adder]

are you talking about Unity Lobby

[azure token]

i understand that netcode is different from lobby code im just trying to understand how to get those players into the game

yes

[rich adder]

there lots of resources on this topic. Anyway that channel linked is the place for those Qs

[calm wedge]

Loading screen wouldnt work if you'd have to wait 5+ minutes for every round you want to play. Coroutines still freeze the game - only task manager can help there.
I've tried to use UpdateNavMeshDataAsync but there was no _navMeshSurface.UpdateNavMeshDataAsync();. The _navMeshSurface.UpdateNavMesh says in its summary 'This operation is executed asynchronously'

[rich adder]

wdym "only task manager can help there? "
also don't get the last part

[calm wedge]

I cant stop the game from running by using the stop button or the windows close button. I have to use the windows task manager to forcefully kill the unity project.
About the last part:
In the documentation it says that I have to call the UpdateNavMeshDataAsync() function in order to update it asynchronously while the game is running - this shouldnt effect performance too much and could easiely be hidden by a small 5-10 second loading screen - or at least should be. Sadly there is no UpdateNavMeshDataAsync() function to call from the NavMeshSurface script. When checking out the NavMeshSurface's functions in their code I've seen the UpdateNavMesh() function. In its description it is marked as asynchronously:

/// <remarks> This operation is executed asynchronously. </remarks>
...
public AsyncOperation UpdateNavMesh(NavMeshData data)

But it still freezes even if using this. I cant imagine that the baking operation - that takes less than a second in editor - would take more than 5 minutes in play mode on a standard unity terrain

[sharp mirage]

im making a script for my player to be able to ledge jump across buildings using a raycast and everythings functional, the idea is for their horizontal velocity to gain like a massive speed boost so they can close the gap quickly but it didnt rly function well as i multiplied my linear velocity X by some multiplier, what could work better with the code?

wait forgot to comment it

[delicate condor]

what do i do i try make a project and try opening it and it says "failed to decompress" how do i fix

[wintry quarry]

instead of multiplying - just set it directly to some preconfigured speed

(multiplied by the sign of the current x velocity of course)

[sharp mirage]

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

[sharp mirage]

that works

another issue i had was that in my regular movement script i was using mathf.clamp so i changed it up a little bit to unclamp if player was ledge climbing like this
https://paste.mod.gg/gwtghjbyztug/0

but it didnt clamp back and my players velocity was just constantly multiplied by 5

[rich adder]

the freezing you describe sounds like inifinte loop if you have end it via Task Manager..

[mystic flume]

i finished vector3 and raycasting what should i do now

[wintry quarry]

wdym you "finished" it? You mean learning about it?

Go make a game.

[mystic flume]

yes

[foggy spade]

is it bad to rely on ai for debugging?? i generally cant find the issue without it but it feels shameful

[sour fulcrum]

Yes it is

Ideally you should be more than capable to troubleshoot and debug directly via google and other resources

But debugging and troubleshooting in itself is a skill that is crucial to develop

[cosmic dagger]

You should learn how to break down the problem and step through your code to find the issue. It is very important . . .

[foggy spade]

okay, ill try fixing some errors without it thank you!

[sour fulcrum]

If you get stuck feel free to ask. If your trying people here will be more than happy to help, whether that be directly helping that specific issue or supporting you in how you could potentially have found the solution yourself

[cosmic dagger]

Especially, if the error has a stack trace to follow . . .

[foggy spade]

what is a stack trace?

[foggy spade]

i usually dont come here but ill come here next time i have an error i cant figure out

tysm!

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/stack-traces

[cosmic dagger]

Stack trace . . .

[past sentinel]

Im having an issue making my player controller. is it okay if i ask about it here?

[cosmic dagger]

If it pertains to code, sure . . .

[past sentinel]

so im having an issue where my player is sticking to walls when i jump into them. This is the script my player uses

[wintry quarry]

very common issue

you're esserntially pushing your player against the wall

so it sticks due to friction

[past sentinel]

my player amteral has no friction

[wintry quarry]

in real life people cannot push against a wall in midair, hence no pushing and no friction

[past sentinel]

whats the way to fix it?

[wintry quarry]

show the material and how you applied it to the player

[wintry quarry]

no friction materials is one way.
The other way is to not allow the player to push against a wall in midair like that

[wintry quarry]

Don't ignore Friction Combine

it's very important

[past sentinel]

what do i set it to?

oh minimum fixes it

also what can i do to limtie player air movment?

[wintry quarry]

write code that limits it

using raycasts and the like to detect when you are going into a wall, for example

[foggy spade]

public class GrappleScript : MonoBehaviour


{
    public GameObject[] Grapple;
    float Distance;
    private GameObject NearestObject;
    private LineRenderer lr;
    private SpringJoint joint;
    private float NearestDis;

    void Awake()
    {

        joint = GetComponent<SpringJoint>();
        lr = GetComponent<LineRenderer>();
        joint.autoConfigureConnectedAnchor = false;

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Grapple = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Grapple");

    }

    void StartGrapple()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            joint.connectedBody = NearestObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
            joint.spring = 5;
            joint.damper = 0.5f;
            
            
        }
        



    }


    void StopGrapple()
    {

    }

    void DrawLine()

    {
    }

    void NearestObj()
    {

        for (int i = 0; i < Grapple.Length; i++)
        {
            Distance = Vector3.Distance(Grapple[i].transform.position, transform.position);



            if (Distance < NearestDis)
            {
                NearestDis = Distance;
                NearestObject = Grapple[i];
            }
        }

    }

} 


```  i havent finish this yet but for some reason the object is connected to the air

it just bounces around

[wintry quarry]

Well you're never calling NearestObj() so NearestObject is always going to be null and your code to connect the joint is going to cause an error

Aren't you seeing an error in your console window?

[foggy spade]

no i havent gotten any

[wintry quarry]

You're also not even calling StartGrapple either

[foggy spade]

oh okay, but is it suppose to be hanging from the air still? i can send a video if that helps

[wintry quarry]

so yeah your joint is just going to be connected to nothing

[foggy spade]

oh yeah...

[wintry quarry]

hence - connected to the air

[foggy spade]

let me go do all of that and ill be back if its still not working

[wintry quarry]

what are you expecting it to do

there's a lot of fishy stuff in this script - like the FindWithTag in Update etc

[foggy spade]

i wasnt expecting it to do anything currently i just thought it was weird it was hanging from the air, but im trying to make a grapple that connects u to the nearest object that has a grapple tag

[past sentinel]

how can i see what number something is the closest to? im dealing with floats as well. Im scaling stuff but sometimes it comes out at a number it should. it should be at 2, 1, 0,5, or 0,25.

[wintry quarry]

You'll not want to have the joint created until you grapple

[wintry quarry]

The number any number is closest to is itself

do you mean the nearest integer?

or maybe the nearest increment of 0.25 or something?

[past sentinel]

nearest power of 2

[foggy spade]

ohh alright, do i destroy the joint in StopGrapple or will it be fine

[past sentinel]

i supoose to put it simply

[wintry quarry]

Maybe do log base 2, round to the nearest integer, then raise 2 to that power?

e.g. log base 2 of 0.32 gets you -1.64, which rounds to -2, and 2^-2 gives you 0.25

[digital haven]

Trying to transfer over my files from another pc but it won’t load for some reason. I’m sure I did everything right any thoughts?

[past sentinel]

so to summarize, take the current scale, and do the log base 2 of it. round to the nearest integer and then take 2 by the power of that?

[wintry quarry]

how did you transfer the files?

[digital haven]

My first attempt I downloaded a copied folder of the game from my OG pc and brought it over from a usb.

Second what I did tonight, I copied all 13 of those files, put them on drive and downloaded them from gdrive.

I tried using GitHub but it says the files were too big so I didn’t go that way. Around 14 gb big

[wintry quarry]

eg.

float log = Mathf.Log(input, 2);
int nearestInteger = Mathf.RoundToInt(log);
float nearestPowerOfTwo = Mathf.Pow(2, nearestInteger);```

[wintry quarry]

you should only copy over:

Assets
Packages
ProjectSettings
UserSettings```

[digital haven]

So the other stuff I delete it and it’ll work?

[wintry quarry]

yes

well, maybe.

but yes you should not copy the other stuff

it is not useful and certainly may be causing the crash

especially Library, Temp, and obj

[naive pawn]

btw, not a code issue? should probably ask in #💻┃unity-talk, and perhaps check logs

[wintry quarry]

really though you should use version control

instead of manually copying anything

[digital haven]

It should be the same version as the one on my main Pc

Oh what’s version control?

[wintry quarry]

version control is softwre, such as Git, which is used to manage software project files

and to allow easily cloning it, tracking changes, collaborating with people, etc

[digital haven]

Is there a size limit for projects?

[wintry quarry]

that's a vague question

there are many different types of version control

and many different providers

[digital haven]

I see, I don’t really know much about version control.

But it sounds like it be easier to manage the game I’m working on

[wintry quarry]

It will be easier for managing any game than manually copying files around, yes.

[naive pawn]

no for git, yes for github

there's lfs (large file storage) though

[digital haven]

Is there a guide or tutorial I could walk through to set it up?

[naive pawn]

there are plenty online

should probably move to #💻┃unity-talk for further questions though

this is the code channel

[foggy spade]

public class GrappleScript : MonoBehaviour


{
    public GameObject[] Grapple;
    float Distance;
    public GameObject NearestObject;
    public LineRenderer lr;
    public SpringJoint joint;
    private float NearestDis;
    public Transform GrappleTip;

    void Awake()
    {

        
        lr = GetComponent<LineRenderer>();
        

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Grapple = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Grapple");
        NearestObj();
        StartGrapple();
        StopGrapple();

        DrawLine();
        Debug.Log(NearestObject);

    }

    void StartGrapple()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            joint = GetComponent<SpringJoint>();
            joint.autoConfigureConnectedAnchor = false;
            joint.connectedBody = NearestObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
            joint.spring = 5;
            joint.damper = 0.5f;

            
            
        }
        



    }


    void StopGrapple()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0))
        {
           
            joint.connectedBody = null;

            NearestDis = 0;
        }
    }

    void DrawLine()

    {
        if( joint.connectedBody != null)
        {
            lr.enabled = true;
            lr.SetPosition(0, GrappleTip.transform.position);
            lr.SetPosition(1, NearestObject.transform.position);
        }
        else
        {
            lr.enabled = false;
        }
    }

    void NearestObj()
    {
        NearestDis = Mathf.Infinity;
        for (int i = 0; i < Grapple.Length; i++)
        {
            Distance = Vector3.Distance(Grapple[i].transform.position, transform.position);



            if (Distance < NearestDis)
            {
                NearestDis = Distance;
                NearestObject = Grapple[i];
            }
        }

    }

} 

my script is to grapple and swing to the nearest object and it works fine but when i let go it goes back to the middle of the game

[wintry quarry]

right because you're disconnecting the joint

As I was saying before you shouldn't really have the joint created at all until you're grappling

create it when you grapple, destroy it when you stop

[foggy spade]

okay!! thank you

[mystic flume]

why is my game zoomed in like this and how do i fix it

[north kiln]

Also, don't cross-post.

[mystic flume]

thanks man

[neon glade]

i wanna do this game mechanic where there is a wall that appears and they can pass through if they press a key. does anyone know how i can make this work?

[wintry quarry]

Can be done in 3 different ways off the top of my head:

• Move the player or the wall to a different layer which has no collision with your player or wall layer
• Disable the collider
• Use Physics.IgnoreCollision

[lofty mirage]

Hey guys, hope you're having a good day!

Keep it up champs!!

[sour fulcrum]

Being a dumbass and would love a pair of eyes rq,

I have this old code

        Vector3 returnValue = Vector3.zero;

        if (Physics.Raycast(UIManager.TrackingCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition), out RaycastHit hit, layerMask: lookMask, maxDistance: Mathf.Infinity, queryTriggerInteraction: QueryTriggerInteraction.Ignore))
            returnValue = hit.point;

        if (returnValue != Vector3.zero)
            prevMousPos = returnValue;
        else
            returnValue = prevMousPos;

        return (returnValue);

that i'm attempting to simplify to just

        if (Physics.Raycast(UIManager.TrackingCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition), out RaycastHit hit, layerMask: lookMask, maxDistance: Mathf.Infinity, queryTriggerInteraction: QueryTriggerInteraction.Ignore))
            prevMousPos = hit.point;

        return (prevMousPos);

But my refactor is not working and I cannot tell what I am logically doing different here

[fiery veldt]

Hey, I'm having trouble using Unity playworks plugin. According to Playworks documentation: Unity Playworks Plugin supports DoTween up to version 1.2.705 but for some reason it isn't being recognized

Unity Engine:2022.3.47f1
Unity Playworks Plugin version: 6.3.0
DOTween version: Tried both 1.2.705 and 1.2.690

[neon glade]

i was like originally thinking that a random wall spawns and slides left and once it passes a certain collision it disappears and there would be at least 4 or 5 walls

its hard to explain i think i know what i would make as the concept but im not sure how to actually do it in code

[wintry quarry]

The one difference I can see is that if there is legitimately a hit at Vector3.zero, you won't assign it to prevMousePos in the first snippet, but you will in the second.

Which seems like a bug in the first one

[wintry quarry]

It's not clear what you're asking for help with exactly.

You mentioned several things here:

• spawning a random wall
• sliding a wall left
• making a wall disappear

Pick one thing at a time to work on

[neon glade]

yes ill be back tonight 🫡

[past sentinel]

for soem reason my camrea is speeding up in rotation between 0 and 90 degrees

this is my camrea script

[naive pawn]

!code

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[naive pawn]

don't use deltaTime with mouse delta

it's already per-frame

[sour fulcrum]

    private IEnumerator Unload()
    {
        Debug.Log("Unloading Global Scene");
        yield return SceneManager.UnloadSceneAsync("GlobalScene");
        Debug.Log("Unloaded Global Scene, Status: " + SceneManager.GetSceneByName("GlobalScene").isLoaded);
    }

am i stupid

seems to be due to timing, not sure why

[naive pawn]

what if you add a yield return null;

[sour fulcrum]

no luck, spam running the unloadsceneasync in update works but obviously not ideal

[eternal needle]

is it by chance the only active scene? not sure if unity gives you a warning in that case but cant unload a scene if its the only active one
otherwise you could check the values like isDone or progress to maybe get more insight.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AsyncOperation.html for some reason they also have an extra yield return null. Maybe the actual unloading and loading of a scene happen on the next frame.
Could also try while !isDone yield return null

[sour fulcrum]

fuck sake

that will be it

docs are wrong

Note: It is not possible to UnloadSceneAsync if there are no scenes to load. For example, a project that has a single scene cannot use this static member.

[eternal needle]

whats wrong about that?

[sour fulcrum]

I have another scene

its just not active

thank you

[eternal needle]

i dont think the statement is wrong, it just doesn't specifically say "you can't unload a scene if there are no other active scenes" as well

they do word it weirdly

[sour fulcrum]

I think it's wrong in the sense it fails to convey the point

[eternal needle]

apparently it returns null when it cant unload the scene, so it was essentially just waiting a frame before telling you the scene is still loaded. Maybe its by design incase people actually want to try unloading scenes while its the only active one, rather than spitting out an error or warning

[worn peak]

I have a button object with a text as the child. I made the size of the button the whole scene, but it only reads the input, when I click on the text object inside the button

[silk night]

Can you Show the Inspector of the Button Object?

Also I think this might fit better in #💻┃unity-talk

[worn peak]

Understood o7

[noble cedar]

hello could I ask is there way to slowly rotate turrets like the heads of it with code so the turret wouldnt instantly look at the enemy that its suppost to shoot but like line up?

[silk night]

Look at "lerping"

[noble cedar]

thanks

exactly what I was looking for 😄

[grand snow]

you can also use Rotate towards
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.RotateTowards.html

[noble cedar]

what is more optimized?

[grand snow]

rotate towards will be more reactive to a moving target

[silk night]

Both should have the same performance, but for lerp you have more Code for linear behaviour

[grand snow]

both are linear

[silk night]

Yes if you use lerp right it is, if you just lerp a value each frame you have easing behaviour

[grand snow]

yea the ol lerp abuse

move towards is better still as you can specify the max rotation amount

[silk night]

Thats why I said with more code it behaves the same, as in I also recommend rotatetowards

[noble cedar]

ok so Ill use rotatetowards

[brisk fossil]

question how do i fix the pink on the water prefab? I already have the universal rp and tried to render pipeline converter but the water is still pink

im using the simple low poly nature asset

[polar acorn]

You will need to switch that material to a shader compatible with your render pipeline. The automatic converter will only work on built in shaders, if it's custom you'll need to do it manually

[silk night]

so you went from legacy to urp?

[brisk fossil]

i'm sorry I don't get what you mean. Before this, I tried fixing the problem by searching on youtube and it told me to do this

[silk night]

oh wait, i thought you switched rendering backends, sorry

Yeah for the water there is most likely a more complicated shader that cant be converted, so what digiholic says applies

either get a free water shader from the asset store or watch a tutorial to make one

[brisk fossil]

Alright, thank you!

[grand snow]

all the converter does is change materials over to a URP/HDRP equivilent shader
e.g. Standard -> URP Lit

so any other custom shader doesn't work in this case

[grand snow]

if you are lucky its a shader graph shader and that can be edited to add URP/HDRP which will probably fix it

also that project does NOT look like a good fit for hdrp 😐

[silk night]

they said URP

oh wait, hdrp assets in the project 😄

[grand snow]

Yea i saw hdrp assets making me think its hdrp
Unless they are just trying anything and fucking it up more

[silk night]

yeah, but you can also see the shaderfile for the water, its a shaderscript

converting is possible but not for anyone at that level 😄

[grand snow]

Found the pack, 5 years old and for unity 2018
yea this is an old ass shader
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/simple-low-poly-nature-pack-157552

[brisk fossil]

I see so that's why

[brisk fossil]

yep im just trying anything

[grand snow]

First change to URP, second try to see if using a URP lit shader on a material will be enough.
This shader is not compatible with anything other than the old built in renderer.

[brisk fossil]

thank you ill try this

[silk night]

Realistic: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/water/simple-water-shader-urp-191449
Stylized: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/urp-stylized-water-shader-proto-series-187485

The asset store has a lot of things you can use for prototyping

[grand snow]

Oo these are nice.

[silk night]

HDRP brings a default water system, but that is way overkill here

[brisk fossil]

🙏 thank you the first one is what im already switching to

[grand snow]

yay. move to #1390346776804069396 to ask for more rendering help

[brisk fossil]

thank you appreciate you two for giving time to reply

[rare bison]

can someone help me? the cooldown for the coroutine doesn't seem to be working. it's teleporting the player every frame instead of every 1 second

[grand snow]

!code

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[rare bison]

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class UpDownTeleporter : MonoBehaviour
{

    private StateHandler stateHandler;
    public LayerMask teleporterPad;

    public float cooldownDuration = 1f;
    private bool isOnCooldown = false;

    IEnumerator TeleportDown(Collider other)
    {
        Transform otherRoot = other.transform.root;

        if (Physics.Raycast(otherRoot.transform.position - new Vector3(0, 2f, 0), Vector3.down, out RaycastHit hit, 30f, teleporterPad))
        {
            otherRoot.transform.position = hit.point + new Vector3(0, 0.8f, 0);
        }
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(cooldownDuration);
        isOnCooldown = false;
    }
    
    IEnumerator TeleportUp(Collider other)
    {
        Transform otherRoot = other.transform.root;

        if (Physics.Raycast(otherRoot.transform.position + new Vector3(0, 2f, 0), Vector3.up, out RaycastHit hit, 30f, teleporterPad))
        {
            otherRoot.transform.position = hit.point + new Vector3(0, 0.8f, 0);
        }
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(cooldownDuration);
        isOnCooldown = false;
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        Transform otherRoot = other.transform.root;
        if (otherRoot.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            stateHandler = otherRoot.GetComponent<StateHandler>();
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerStay(Collider other)
    {
        if (stateHandler != null && !isOnCooldown)
        {
            if (Input.GetKey(stateHandler.crouchKey))
            {
                isOnCooldown = true;
                StartCoroutine(TeleportDown(other));
            }

            if (Input.GetKey(stateHandler.jumpKey))
            {
                isOnCooldown = true;
                StartCoroutine(TeleportUp(other));
            }
        }
    }
}

[sour fulcrum]

stress intensifies

[north kiln]

no idea, but if you crouched and jumped at the same time it would run both

[silk night]

well your screenshot was missing the isOnCooldown = true 😄

which would explain the cooldown not working...

[naive pawn]

it's in the coroutine

[silk night]

oh oops

[rare bison]

i tried moving it but it still doesn't work

[north kiln]

is cooldown duration set correctly in the Inspector?

[rare bison]

it is

[rough granite]

What did you change?

[rare bison]

it starts the cooldown when i reach the top but not in between

[rare bison]

i moved isOnCooldown = true from inside the coroutine (as seen in the picture) to outside the coroutine (as seen in the code i pasted)

[rough granite]

Oh well this doesn't fix it since it only checks if on cooldown on the next trigger call so as vertx mentioned you will be able to crouch and jump in the same call since both if statements are returning true

[rough granite]

Change your && !isOnCooldown from the statement its in to the two input statements individually

Also i would recommend using async / await over a coroutine

But that partly a preference thing

[rare bison]

it still doesn't work

[rough granite]

Well having the same check in an if statement after its checked seems silly, but i doubt that would be the problem

[raven pilot]

Need to be checking for Key press instead of hold.

[red igloo]

I am using a character controller and I want to add a crouch feature. when I crouch I want it to smoothly change to both standing & crouching height. Should I use lerp? if so what type? or move towards? I heard people use different things but what would be the best for this?

[rough granite]

Make the isOnCooldown a public and watch (in the inspector) if it stays false until the cooldown is done or not if not than its the way you handle the cooldown

[silk night]

dont crosspost

[rare bison]

ok so i figured out the problem
i used one script for each teleporter instead of one script to handle all the teleporters, so the cooldown doesn't carry over to the next teleporter and it just starts another coroutine immediately
if that makes sense

[rough granite]

Oh wait totally didn't understand this until know of course it's going to only start the coroutine after you reach the top to code to move the player all happens before the coroutine is told to wait

[silk night]

might be a good idea to save the cooldown on the player 😄

[rough granite]

I mean that makes it a problem as well

[rough granite]

Honestly that's where i thought it was :/

Edit: meaning thought the teleporting script was on the player

[rare bison]

that's a good idea i'm gonna do that now

[raven pilot]

was i wrong here? don't remember.

[rare bison]

i want the functionality of being able to hold down the key instead of having to press the key each time you want to teleport to the next floor

anyway thanks everyone for all the replies

[patent wedge]

for a basic inventory system how should i have multiple item types with icons should i have each object in the scene have some sort of tag etc.

[elfin fulcrum]

even the "beginner" code people post here is confusing 💔

[wintry quarry]

ScriptableObjects are a good approach. Tags don't make any sense, no

[patent wedge]

so i.e a scene with a bunch of objects that get parented to the player for picking up and each one has a refence to scriptable object? and i'm only really wanting icons i don't need names or anything.

[silk night]

beginner in unity is a BIG range 😄

normal programming feels like climbing stairs
game programming feels like running into a brick wall with the intention to climb it 😄

[grand snow]

the scriptable object would hold this data (name, sprite, ect)

[sour fulcrum]

all the code is neat and tidy until some nerd ass designer wants juice

[patent wedge]

i know but i was just wandered if there was a better way.

[silk night]

we call our game designer the walking design exception

[sour fulcrum]

crazy the kids in high school called me the same thing 😄

[grand snow]

That is the better way. if you have 5 apples you can just assign 1 asset with this data 5 times.

[patent wedge]

thx!

[wintry quarry]

You really need to break down the whole inventory system into different parts:

• ScriptableObjects holding the item descriptions and assets (icons, names, descriptions, stats, etc)
• An inventory script for managing what's actually in the player's inventory at any given time
• UI prefab for representing the item in an inventory UI
• A prefab/script for a representation of the object in the game world, if relevant (e.g. the version of a minecraft object as it's pickupable in the world)

depending on how your game works you need to handle all this stuff separately

Having a good separation of concerns here is critical

[rotund root]

the purpose of this code is to play a sound effect once when colliding with a pickup
AI recommended me to add the highlighted part, I tried run without it and everything seems normal to me
what's the point of the highlighted part
in what situation do i want that?

[silk night]

if you forgot to assign the pickup sound it doesnt end with an error

(can also just do pickUpSound?.Play()

[rotund root]

thanks!

[cerulean badger]

how do I find an inactive game object by tag?

[sour fulcrum]

why?

[rich adder]

that doesnt work on unity components / Objects

[silk night]

ehhh, right forgot about that

[cerulean badger]

I want a npc to move from inside a door, and when the door's closed there's a collider that stops the player from passing through. I want to keep the npc inactive in the position inside the door so it not collides with the door and glitches yk

like this, the npc comes from there

[floral garden]

the stop play of unity is so brutal

IfritSweat

!code

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[floral garden]

anyone has experience with dialogue system ? i am dying , i do it 3 days already and still can't make it work

[cerulean badger]

check out this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kez_OLjkSwc&list=PLOZ3CbLbuxPwQvkDMBiIe4v1pTwAE380z&ab_channel=KasperDevUnity

[rich adder]

use Ink

[cerulean badger]

it's long as heck but I recommend watching his explanation so u can improve the system and stuff

[floral garden]

I use it already

[rich adder]

then whats the problem?

[floral garden]

https://paste.mod.gg/elspcnleprsr/1

but I can't make it work there

i don't know why but when I load the prefabs, it can't play or set the sprite

[rich adder]

"cant make it work" is pretty vague

[floral garden]

I load a prefabs characterFrame (gameobject) that contain Image and animator from the addressable
then I load a sprite and a clip from the addressable before applying it on the characterFrame that I loaded previously
but the clip can't be played on a inactif gameobject.
The prefabs is actif in default and the parent is actived before I place it as childen

[sour fulcrum]

(starting off with that kinda info is a big help)

[floral garden]

Yeah sorry

[patent wedge]

Get component in children returns itself?!

[floral garden]

hmmm ???

no

[rich adder]

yes

[floral garden]

rlly ?

pikanani

[rich adder]

indeed

it starts recursive from itself

You would think unity would put a flag to ignore self but alas here we are..

[patent wedge]

i've never had this issue before thankfully i do have a solution in my situation thats still clean. but i would rather figure out a better way.

[rich adder]

what are you trying to do ? if its on the same object tree why not just make a field (set in inspector)

[patent wedge]

ye.. that was my idea.

[floral garden]

who is this arudoyu... ? (japanese name)

Btw, i still can’t figure out where my problem, maybe because it is in async ?

[rich adder]

did you check the console for errors

[floral garden]

There are not error

Wait i send you all the log i get (placed)

[patent wedge]

i found a better, cheeker solution to my problem, i was trying to get a rawimage underneath a rawimage so i just made the top one an image.

[floral garden]

this is all I get

Couroutine error is normal

It is used to check if the clip is played

[rich adder]

how so ?

[floral garden]

That my question why it doesn’t work

[rich adder]

no error should be normal lol This one is simple just dont start a coroutine on an inactive gameobject / Monobehaviour script

place logs through your Dialogue chain and see where its going

[grand snow]

"help my coroutine doesnt work and i cant read!"

[floral garden]

it not the coroutine problem lmao

[grand snow]

time to open a thread in #1390346827005431951

[rich adder]

I mean half your other dialogue stuff is in coroutines

[floral garden]

👍

[floral garden]

Wut ??? Not i have only 1 coroutine

[grand snow]

I use addressables a lot and i dont really get what this script does

abstracting addressable stuff like this seems pointless

[rich adder]

ohh..I'm used to using coroutine in mine.. nvm then I saw SelectFirstChoice

[naive pawn]

there's no best, there are quite a few ways
also #🖱️┃input-system

[ember arrow]

I have zero experience and im trying to make a game and chatgpt is doing all my code 😭 does anyone wanna help

[wintry quarry]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[ember arrow]

im not tryong to be a coder tho i just wanted to play this game and realized it didn;t exist so im trying to mke it really quick

[naive pawn]

!collab

[eternal falcon]

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Please, use Discussions to promote yourself as job-seeking, advertise commercial job offers, or look for non-commercial projects to participate in:
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[rich adder]

" mke it really quick"

[ember arrow]

lol trust

bro it's not a serious collab lol

[rich adder]

trust someone with no experience to tell me a game is "real quick"

[ember arrow]

this is the least serious thing possible

ill explain it for yall

[rich adder]

no thanks. You can make a post on #💻┃code-beginner message

[ember arrow]

balright

nav shut up bro im just tryna learn something

mb bro

[rich adder]

never too late to start learning how to post in the proper section

[ember arrow]

balright im not a discord no life bro

im just tryna get some input

aren;t i in code beginner right now

[rich adder]

for code questions for someone working on code, you're not asking a code question.

[naive pawn]

nav posted a message link, not a channel link

[ember arrow]

alright so where do I go for advice

im not posting a job tho

[rich adder]

advice on what ?

[ember arrow]

im in high school and im doing this cause im bored

my project thing

is this discord like for people who do this for work

[rich adder]

one doesnt make a game out of boredom, quite the opposite

[ember arrow]

or just like a cimmunity

i just wanna know what template to use on unity

[rich adder]

its a community for all different stages , only thing is you don't request work

[ember arrow]

where do i ask my question

[naive pawn]

we are here to help you make your own thing, not make stuff for you

[ember arrow]

i know bro

i have a question

[rich adder]

so ask it

[ember arrow]

what template should I use for a madden ultimate team type game but only pack opening so it's basically slots

[naive pawn]

what do you mean by "template" exactly? you're not gonna get a functioning game just out of a template

[ember arrow]

oh

[naive pawn]

all that is stuff you have to make

[ember arrow]

like 2d or 3d

[floral garden]

Sip

[naive pawn]

well, do you want to make it in 2d or 3d

[naive pawn]

we could do without the unnecessary reaction gifs/emojis, thanks

[rich adder]

there are templates on asset store but very unlikely its specific to what you want

[ember arrow]

whats the render pipeline thing tho

[floral garden]

ok

[ember arrow]

who cares bro shut up

nah yall are annoying wtf

[naive pawn]

literally in the rules

[rich adder]

just leave then

if you don't like to adhere to community rules, find another place to spam

[ember arrow]

who cares just stop making me feel dumb and answer the question

[naive pawn]

was going to.. and then you insulted me...

[ember arrow]

yall are sad bro this is genune no life discord rules yall nt even mods lighten up

[floral garden]

if you ask help, being kind is the first thing you should know

[rich adder]

"how not to get help 101 "

[naive pawn]

this is hilarious

[ember arrow]

ive been nice but yall keep being rude

[naive pawn]

yeah...

aight im out

[rich adder]

You took everything as negative so you are the only one escalating to hostile

[naive pawn]

yeah, and that person actually took it well too lmao

[rich adder]

oh please..if this is being rude, don't be on the internet..

[naive pawn]

...that was a joke...?

how is that seen as rude

[frosty hound]

@ember arrow Enough already, you're burying your own question.

[ember arrow]

alright can i ask it again and get an asnwer so i can leave the server

should i use a 2d thing or the built in render pipeline

[frosty hound]

The answer is, no template.

[ember arrow]

idk wat the redner thing is

[frosty hound]

Use URP.

[ember arrow]

how do i not choose a template

[rich adder]

the first three are Empty. hence the name "Core"

[frosty hound]

Choose Universal 3D in your case

[ember arrow]

i dont know what core means im new to this like i just downloaded

[rich adder]

I just said what it means lol its literally a blank template (no assets or example files)

[ember arrow]

wakt why not 2d

im ajust use 2d

sorry for being rude

thanks for helpung me

[naive pawn]

if you want a 2d project you can use one of the 2d templates

[frosty hound]

You can choose either 2D or 3D and you're not locked into your decision. Behind the scenes, it's really just the same thing with different settings that can be modified anyway.

If you're trying to replicate a game, look at what they do, if it's 2D/3D.

[timber tide]

3D is just cooler 2D

[floral garden]

depend but yeah also, it is harder to code

[naive pawn]

it's not really harder, it's just different

there are different skills and mindsets involved

[rich adder]

nahh it really is the same API for the most part

all you're doing is considering Y is usually gravity , and ZX is your movespace by default (ofc depends on game style)

[timber tide]

(easier)

you get depth in 3D

so you dont have to do a custom sorting axis

[rich adder]

Unity "2D" is just 3D with sprites on a "stage"

[floral garden]

As i call it fake 2d

Btw if i modify sprite deph, will it affect the sprite ? (I think yes but to be sure)

[rich adder]

sprite deph?

[floral garden]

Y or Z

Forget

But the 3 dimensions

[rich adder]

Z yes

[naive pawn]

Z is typically distance to camera

but the effect depends on the sorting axis, iirc

[rich adder]

but Order in Layer takes precedence

[naive pawn]

layer, then order in layer, then sort axis

[rich adder]

Z depth works if both are on the same order in layer

the 2D physics components are "stuck" they can't move on Z

I think box2D is probably the only true 2D part of the Unity2D part