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[sharp junco]

one second please

the setting was collapsed under lens 😅

I'm sorry. I'm still pretty new to all this, not 100% familiar with my way around the inspector. thanks for the help

quick question though, random. What is the [Don'tDestroyOnLoad] gameobject that appears when running it?

[slender nymph]

That's a scene, not a GameObject. and it's where anything that is marked as DontDestroyOnLoad goes so that it is not destroyed when the other scene is unloaded

[tiny holly]

its working tysm

[quartz anvil]

anyone know why my Character controller is moving faster when my character is faced a certain direction in world space? I know it has something to do with how im handling the imput but I dont really know another way.

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[quartz anvil]

damnit

[polar acorn]

` not '

[grand snow]

` is what you want

[quartz anvil]

whoops didnt use back quotes

 private void HandleInput()
    {

        // Rotation with the mouse
        float mouseX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X");
        float mouseY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y");

        // Rotate the player (capsule) around the Y-axis based on mouse X movement
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX * rotationSpeed);

        // Rotate the camera around the X-axis based on mouse Y movement
        float newRotationX = cameraTransform.localRotation.eulerAngles.x - mouseY * rotationSpeed;
        cameraTransform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(newRotationX, 0f, 0f);
       
  
    }

    private void MovePlayer()
    {
        
        // Player movement using keyboard input
        float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float verticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

        Vector3 moveDirection = (controller.transform.forward * verticalInput + controller.transform.right * horizontalInput);
        
        controller.Move(moveDirection * moveSpeed);
        



    }

much better

[cosmic dagger]

Don't forget to remove the previous posts (with the incorrect code) . . .

[wintry quarry]

Maybe show the full script

At least currently the main problem I see is that if MovePlayer is called in Update it is going to be framerate dependent

That's probably the issue actually

The faster direction is probably the direction with less stuff to render

You need to multiply by Time.deltaTime

[quartz anvil]

it is in update. and you are correct, it is faster when facing lass clutter on the scene. ty

[next orchid]

Good afternoon! I'm trying to put an object in a first-person game in the player's hand (like a weapon in an fps, or a health kit or whatever). I can get it working, but it always seems to be jittery and a frame behind where it actually should be. The camera updates in LateUpdate() to account for player movement and looking around and such, but even if it updates in Update(), the item is always lagging slightly behind.

I tried setting the item to be a child of a gameObject attached to my player. I also tried setting the item to be a child of a gameObject attached to my Camera. I also tried setting the item's transform and rotation directly to an offset of the Camera in LateUpdate(). All of these seemed to produce the same weird jittery effect. The only thing that kinda works is setting the transform directly and Slerping it every frame, but it still obviously has a delay effect.

I tried searching, and people seem to indicate there might be a way to do it with a separate Camera that only renders the object in your hand and overlays it onto the main view, but that means lighting no longer works on the item in hand. Anyone know another way to fix it? Thank you in advance for anyone that can help!

Also, I can provide some code if needed, but I keep adjusting it every 5 minutes to try something new and they all end up with the same delay.

[wintry quarry]

Does the object happen to have a non kinematic rigidbody?

[next orchid]

Yes. But when I pick it up, I set GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;

If it's false, it goes absolutely crazy lol

Should I disable the Rigidbody entirely when picking it up? I also set detectCollision = false; currently, but that's it.

[ivory bobcat]

Might be related to this
#💻┃code-beginner message

[next orchid]

Hm, it does look possibly related. I've tried turning Interpolation on and off and that didn't fix it. I don't have jitter issues with my player itself, though. I'll try to remove the networkObject component from the object and see if that changes anything.

[naive violet]

Hey guys!
Does anyone know how i can make an built in browser?

With controls

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming the item has got an rb and moving? Setting the item's rb to interpolate mode should fix it teleporting, relative to the camera's perspective.

[next orchid]

Yeah it has an rb and moves. It works as a prop when I spawn it and it drops on the ground and stuff. I'm currently using the method where I parent it directly to an empty gameObject on the Camera, set to where I want it to appear. Setting it to Interpolate made it do weird stuff. It kinda floats off on its own now. Not really sure why that is.

I'm making a copy of the prefab I use to spawn it and removing any extra components on it to narrow down what it could be.

[ivory bobcat]

Yeah, I'm going to assume the jittering will be removed and without slerp, the random behavior will be eliminated.

[rich adder]

check out how others have done it

eg https://voltstro.dev/blog/2021/03/20/unity-web-browser/

[next orchid]

Hm. It's still delayed/jittery. This is my code, which doesn't do much except parent it.

private bool isHeld = false;
private Transform holdPoint;
private Rigidbody rb;

protected override void Interact(GameObject player)
{
    if (!isHeld)
    {
        //Find HoldPoint gameObject under the player's camera.
        holdPoint = Camera.main.transform.Find("HoldPoint");
        if (holdPoint != null)
        {
            transform.SetParent(holdPoint);

            //Make sure we have no local position or rotation to the parent - I already set it in the editor.
            transform.localPosition = Vector3.zero;
            transform.localRotation = Quaternion.identity;
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError("HoldPoint not found under the camera!");
        }

        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        if (rb != null)
        {
            rb.isKinematic = true; //Stop physics simulation while held
            rb.detectCollisions = false;
        }

        isHeld = true;
    }
}

Aw, dangit. I figured it out. It wasn't related to the parenting or the camera or any of the networking or the scripts. I just needed to move my thing I was using to draw an effect on the object into LateUpdate instead of Update. I must've moved everything but that. Yeah that code above actually works great for it. Thank you for the help and sorry for not providing the extra context!

[naive violet]

Thanks

[uneven mulch]

I'm making an isometric building system, and while coding i found these editors. I am following a tutorial.

I do not know where i got it wrong, and neither do i know why it looks different in both screenshots. (left is the tutorial, right is my screen)

[frosty hound]

You're not supposed to copy that faint grey text. That's coming from their IDE.

[uneven mulch]

ohhh

thank you!

and for the tileBases error?

i don't know what i did wrong

[frosty hound]

You haven't declared an array called tileBases

[uneven mulch]

ohh

the tutorial never told or showed that

how do i do that?

[frosty hound]

It probably did. It'll likely be at the top of their script.

Or you're jumping videos and not watching the previous ones fully. Which is also another common thing.

[uneven mulch]

(my apologies, i am self taught for coding and my highschool is just now teaching C script.)

[uneven mulch]

nope, the person made the script in the tutorial video

oh she is just now talking about it

a couple minutes later

:/

Okay now this is weird.

She talks about you having to do some stuff in the editor but

(mine is left, hers is right)

this is the same, no?

[rich adder]

you probably have a compile error

[frosty hound]

Either errors or you haven't saved your script.

[uneven mulch]

i saved

Unity says it too

though

[rich adder]

that would be a compile error indeed..

[polar acorn]

You need to fix all compile errors in order to see any changes in the inspector

[uneven mulch]

well, how do i fix it?

[rich adder]

check your capitalization it seems

[polar acorn]

What is tileBases?

[uneven mulch]

it was supposed to be TileBases

but the person never told

😭

[polar acorn]

This tutorial doesn't look like one that is meant to be teaching you the basics of C# syntax

You shouldn't assume it will

[uneven mulch]

mhm

well i'd like to get some recommended videos for Unity, but you don't need to give some

[polar acorn]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[uneven mulch]

ah

thank you

[polar acorn]

And also the pinned tutorials in this channel

[uneven mulch]

A completely different question now, the college course for game development in my country teaches Unreal Engine, would that still help with Unity or no?

[polar acorn]

It wouldn't really help you learn unity but it might help learn programming.

There's not a lot of difference between programming languages, most of it is just understanding procedural logic

[uneven mulch]

alrighty

[wintry quarry]

These belong in #🏃┃animation

[patent hazel]

oh my bad, should i delete them

[still ingot]

How would I go about slope movement in a 3D platformer? I figured out how to detect slopes by the angle using raycast. Now I'm a little stump on the actually movement for going up and down the slope and sticking (without slideing)

    {
        isOnSlope = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector2.down, out slopeHit, 1.25f);
        Debug.DrawLine(this.transform.position, new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y - 1.25f, transform.position.z), Color.red);

        if (isOnSlope)
        {
            float angle = Vector3.Angle(Vector3.up, slopeHit.normal);
            Debug.Log($"Slope Angle: {angle}");
            return angle < maxSlopAngle && angle != 0;
        }

        return isOnSlope;
    }

[rough granite]

https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/497872424281440267/1407008683694755972

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/vectors-cross-product.html

[naive plank]

I got a good video for that, one second

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCxSjgYTw9c, I this this one is pretty solid

[still ingot]

thank you

[unique turtle]

I think I'm being dumb, but why can't I see this Debug.DrawRay?

private void Update() {
    Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.right * 10f, Color.red);
}

[polar dust]

Because transform.right will be at (1,0,0)

You need to add transform position to it also

[unique turtle]

private void Update() {
    Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.position + transform.right * 10f, Color.red);
}

Like so?

[polar dust]

seems right to me

[eternal needle]

no it isnt. the 2nd parameter is a direction and transform.right is not (1,0,0)

[rich adder]

is gizmos on ?

[polar dust]

Ooh, draw RAY

is the gizmo fade setting on?

I hate that setting

[unique turtle]

Gizmos should be on?

[polar dust]

Then fade gizmos off

[unique turtle]

Still nothing it seems

Gizmos work in the scene view, but debug draw does not work in game view :/

[still ingot]

Thanks was able to get the movement for the player down with this tutorial!

[unique turtle]

Oh so Debug.DrawX doesn't draw gizmos through the camera only whilst running and viewing it from the scene view?

[cosmic dagger]

☝️ <@&502884371011731486>

[unique turtle]

Looking at the documentation it states that the line will be drawn in the scene view, if gizmo drawing is enable in the game view it will also be drawn there. Is this not enabled properly?

[rocky canyon]

Debug.Draw is different than OnDrawGizmos

[unique turtle]

Understood, I was just trying to debug why it's not displaying at all. I can view both Ray's from the Scene view, however the Debug.DrawRay is not visible in the game view and I'm trying to understand why

[rocky canyon]

if thats the case, not sure just pointing it out..b/c i saw u showing Debug.DrawLine in the code

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats what im saying.. Debug.DrawRay wont work in GameView at all

you'd use OnDrawGizmos() or OnDrawGizmosSelected()

[unique turtle]

Why not? the documentation says that it should :/

[rocky canyon]

hmm.. well i didn't know that tbh

[unique turtle]

I think it's a bug...
https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/gizmos-are-not-rendering-in-game-view

[rocky canyon]

ya nvm it works in game-view as well.. my mistake

TIL.. i usually always use ondrawgizmos for gameview

[unique turtle]

What version are you using?

[rocky canyon]

6000.1.1f1

you could try using Debug.DrawLine() instead
both work tho

oh im mixing it up

[unique turtle]

It's definitely that bug I linked before, I just installed 6000.0.55f1 and it's working as expected

[rocky canyon]

ahh coolio 👍

[unique turtle]

I was using a newer versioin for 6000.1 than you

I also tried the latest release 6000.2.0f1 and same issue. Looks like it's under review for 6000.3.X

Nothing better than a mini crisis thinking you're an absolute dimwit and then learning it was the engine all along.

Thanks for everyone's input though!

[unique turtle]

I will bite though, if you're using OnDrawGizmos should this also show in the GameView?

[sour fulcrum]

assuming you have gizmos enabled in the game view

[unique turtle]

And not using a version > 6000.1 😉

[sour fulcrum]

I'm hesitant to believe this is unity related tbh but if it works for you thats what matters

oh there is a open ticket

my bad

pre-morning coffee 😄

[unique turtle]

I know the feeling haha

So what's the difference between OnDrawGizmos and Debug.DrawX?

Other than the latter draws during playmode only

[sour fulcrum]

iirc gizmos are stripped in builds

debug stuff isnt

[sour fulcrum]

debug can draw in editor

[unique turtle]

Interesting I would've thought it was the opposite?

[sour fulcrum]

oh i think debug drawing commands are also stripped in build right

gizmos stuff is designed to be non build though

which is why ondrawgizmos functions exist so all that related code is isolated to that one area

rather than being interwoven with actual code

[unique turtle]

Right, so I guess Debug.DrawX is just another quick and dirty way to visualise values when debugging. Whereas OnDrawGizmos is more for tooling

[eternal needle]

the difference is that you can do different things in OnDrawGizmos
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Gizmos.html

[unique turtle]

Ah I see, Debug just draws lines thanks!

[eternal needle]

I did also just find this is a thing https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/DrawGizmo.html
to separate gizmos code from your components

I usually just use Gizmos to draw a sphere and show a radius when needed

[sour fulcrum]

yeah in an ideal world thats the route, but ondrawgizmos is a nice compromise between separation and convenience

[hallow bough]

How could I create a basic pathfinding script? I want to try and tackle this challenge without a tutorial, but don’t know where to start. Thank you in advance

-# please ping me when responding, otherwise I may miss the message

[eternal needle]

what answer do you expect to receive here that isn't similar to what a tutorial would tell you?
use a pathfinding algorithm if you want pathfinding

or use premade tools like navmesh or any 3rd party assets that do it for you

[hallow bough]

I mean, I have no idea what a pathfinding algorithm would look like. I really am jumping into this blind

And don’t want to use much 3rd party assets, unless for stuff I could do myself, and is just optimized

[eternal needle]

consider what you're asking here. you want to code something from scratch that you have no clue about. you also dont want to use tutorials to learn

asking here is essentially the same as googling for a tutorial. you either use a tutorial, learn how pathfinding algorithms work, use a premade tool, or do nothing

[hallow bough]

Ok, that you for your help. Would YouTube be the best resource, or would I have better luck on other websites?

[naive pawn]

youtube is a collection of other resources, not really a single coherent thing, so i wouldn't consider youtube itself as a good/bad resource, just a directory

[eternal needle]

depends what you're trying to find. youtube will have more step by step guides geared towards beginners. other websites will go more indepth for the actual algorithms. If you're gonna use something like navmesh then anything will probably suffice assuming its not out of date

[glad shore]

is it bad to use AI in coding?

[rich adder]

https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1352599815770341479

[lethal meadow]

well you're not coding so yes

[glad shore]

wdym im not?

isnt scripting coding?

[lethal meadow]

if the ai does code you aint coding

[glad shore]

well i know how to write it, i make ai do the writing, then i just tweak it heavely

im telling the ai very detailed information on what to do 🤷‍♂️

[lethal meadow]

unfathomable levels of cope

you're not coding

if you hire someone on fiver to do the code for you would you still say you did it?

[glad shore]

Sorry boss

i dont know how to explain the way im using AI

but i only use it for small peices of code up to 3 lines

[eternal needle]

theres a dedicated forum for this for a reason, which nav linked above
https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1352599815770341479

[glad shore]

Sorry boss il move to there

[halcyon moon]

guys what is the command similar to this but to change scene from its index number not the active scene? i wanna make a level choose scene for this.

[zenith briar]

anyone have any idea why my trees are pink? I figured it was a problem with my shaders but even build in unity stuff keeps them pink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbZpj8WcjN0 following this tutorial

[halcyon moon]

ok i figured it out and it worked right but why does it say this? i hard coded it in the script.

[gentle bone]

Window -Rendering -> Pipeline Converter ...then select material upgrade... should convert your materials to URP

otherwise you can select a material.. and convert it under edit-> rendering

[sleek sage]

the authoring values are not synchronizing to server world

netcode for entitites

[plush bronze]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class pipeMoveScript : MonoBehaviour
{

    public float moveSpeed;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.position = transform.position + (Vector3.left * moveSpeed) * Time.deltaTime;
    }
}

Why DeltaTime is not working btw I am using Unity 2021 for understanding it

[keen dew]

Not working in what way?

[plush bronze]

Well, I am building a flappy bird project and for moving the pipes I am wrtting the script and after adding this code Time.deltaTime nothing moves

[keen dew]

So it moves if you remove only the * Time.deltaTime part?

[nimble apex]

im actually guessing, is it because of moveSpeed being too small?

[nimble apex]

can you show us the movespeed value u tuned on inspector?

screenshot is fine

[uneven mulch]

So i was following this tutorial, and when i got to the end, it kind of worked, but not really. When i placed a gameobject, it places it right under where i asked it to be placed.
https://youtu.be/gFpmJtO0NT4?si=PZEV4NuWnq4fhGNQ

there's nothing wrong with the code

[paper vine]

I'm going nuts with a supposedly super simple problem, can I somehow make a script that adds a freaking Sticky Note to the current Visual Effect Graph window, lmao

[grand snow]

If this object is a prefab then check if the graphics are correctly positioned. Also no one will watch a tutorial just to help you so share relevent code if you want code help !code

[eternal falcon]

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[uneven mulch]

it is a prefab, yes

[paper vine]

I have a script that successfully logs for me all the Editor Windows which are open at the moment.. and I get that the Visual effects windows open have this type:
Type: UnityEditor.VFX.UI.VFXViewWindow

but I can't for the life of me figure out a way to interact with that window through code

[grand snow]

Then check if your graphcs are positioned correctly in the prefab to be placed as you desire

[uneven mulch]

it's x0 y0 z0

the coordinates

the gameobject places under the desired grid space though?

i don't understand

[grand snow]

make sure in the scene window its set to pivot instead of centre

[uneven mulch]

that doesn't do much

[grand snow]

Share how the instantiated prefab is positioned

Its probably that the position you use is just not what you want so it needs some offset or adjustment

[grand snow]

(Using pivot mode lets us see the real position of game objects)

#💻┃code-beginner message

[uneven mulch]

that's the prefab

[keen dew]

Your mouse cursor isn't visible in the video so it doesn't really show what the issue is. Is the problem that the green highlight doesn't go in the right place? Or that the model doesn't go where you want it?

[grand snow]

That looks okay

I presume its this not being placed er somewhere

[uneven mulch]

it's placed on the grid space under it

for some reason

[grand snow]

draw on it to illustrate what you want plz

help us help you

[keen dew]

or show a screenshot of the tutorial where it's correct

[uneven mulch]

the blue is where i want it placed

the red is where it places for some reason

the blue is where i clicked for it to be placed

[slow idol]

where could i get help for shaders?

[keen dew]

So the problem is where the dark green tiles go, not the alien?

[grand snow]

Now we are getting somewhere. Your cursor not being recorded didnt help

How does cursor input to tile highlighting happen?

[uneven mulch]

yes

[uneven mulch]

i click where i want the monster to be placed, and the monster gets put there. When i place it (i type the space button) it places, but it places under the monster's selected grid space

the white spaces are empty

[grand snow]

time to share code

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[uneven mulch]

everything or

idk, does this work?

https://paste.mod.gg/zuzytxprovlo/0
https://paste.mod.gg/zuzytxprovlo/1

the first one is the GridBuildingSystem, the second one is the Building script

the GridBuildingSystem gets put on the grid, the Building on the monster

[grand snow]

You use LocalToCell() but give a world position which may explain the problem

GridBuildingSystem line 57

[uneven mulch]

ah

[grand snow]

try using this instead: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GridLayout.WorldToCell.html

[uneven mulch]

that's weird, when i tried that

it places 2 slots above my cursor

[grand snow]

well this "temp" object has some offset added to the position its given for some reason

[uneven mulch]

mhm

i've been trying for weeks to figure something out for an isometric grid building system but i'm too bad to do this

[grand snow]

converting from mouse position to a grid cell is already a major part but the logic this uses is a little odd but not unexpected from a yt tutorial

[uneven mulch]

mhm

and in the tutorial it works just fine

[plush bronze]

yeah

[plush bronze]

it's 0.01

[nimble apex]

its way too small

[keen dew]

Well if you've set it to move 0.01 units per second then it's so slow that you can't see anything move

[nimble apex]

lets assume u have a constant framerate of 60 per second, in update, such function will be called 60 times, so ur actually moving 0.01X60 units => 0.6 units per seconds

[plush bronze]

I tried other but still it does not make any difference

[nimble apex]

if u * time.deltatime, it cancel out the 60 , now ur moving 0.01 unit per second

which is "barely moving"

[nimble apex]

with the * time.deltatime on, try values thats more than 1 and u will see

[plush bronze]

When I will open unity I will let you if changing the number with a larger moveSpeed works or not

[plush bronze]

sure thanks

[uneven mulch]

i've found a fix for this

sort of

YES I FIXED IT

It works

[nimble apex]

btw 0.01 unit is this big

[plush bronze]

Exactly the size of the Atoms

[left musk]

Hello guys, is there a way to use Velocity over Lifetime module reference in Particule system to make my own bezier/hermites Splines ? to make random but controlled cool curves

[grand snow]

Not sure what you actually mean but unity has a splines package to let you make and use bezier splines

[left musk]

With particules ? okay I'll check that thank you !

[grand snow]

No but if you want particles to follow a curve you may want to look at VFX graph or modify the particles yourself

[median mortar]

Hey guys, I've got a Hinge Joint to implement some kind of swing but I'm struggling with implementing a slow down when the swing reaches apex (around 0 angular velocity). I want to make it slow for a short period of time before it swings into the other direction.
I've added a ConstantForce component and deactivated UseGravity on Rigidbody to better control the forces.
Already tried messing around with increase damping and lower downward force (gravity), but still won't work nicely.
Any ideas, maybe some kind of Slerp?

[unique turtle]

I cannot for the life of me find a way to resolve this warning, I've tried reinstalling the packages and clearing the library folder neither has worked.

Missing types referenced from component UniversalRenderPipelineGlobalSettings on game object UniversalRenderPipelineGlobalSettings:
    UnityEngine.Rendering.LightmapSamplingSettings, Unity.RenderPipelines.Core.Runtime (1 object)
    UnityEngine.Rendering.RenderingDebuggerRuntimeResources, Unity.RenderPipelines.Core.Runtime (1 object)
    UnityEngine.Rendering.VrsRenderPipelineRuntimeResources, Unity.RenderPipelines.Core.Runtime (1 object)

Turns out I should've talked to my rubber duck, downgrading is not supported 🫠 fair enough

[tight fossil]

how do you give an Image on a UI component an 'order in layer' like sprite renderers do, because I have a ton of objects ive imported for the background and they need to be in a specific order.

[lethal meadow]

not sure how to exactly what you're asking but you can order ui elements based off parenting

if your suggestion isnt an option

[hexed terrace]

this isn't a code question, should have been in #📲┃ui-ux

UI sorting order is based on the hierarchy, draw in order from top (first) to bottom (last) - if you want to do this via code, then you'd need to set each transforms child index in the order you want

[tight fossil]

oh sorry

yeah I think I see what I gotta do, thanks guys

[alpine fog]

I had this when I upgraded to unity6 on another project
just removing the affected components from the urp file got rid of the warning

had to do it via editing the file directly as they werent shown in the ui

[primal trench]

okay so i have a bunch of vaulting logic and it all works but my problem is actually movin the player...do i move them directly? do i lerp tje player? do i play an animayion

[worthy coral]

It depends. Some movement systems use rigidbody, some use rootmotion, some use charactercontroller. In each case it could be different. Use a mix of animations, IK, and logic, fine tune everything until it looks good

[slender quiver]

Whats best practice for where to define public enums that are accessible from various different ScriptablleObjects in my project? In my case, I have EquipmentData, WeaponData, VehicleData, all have a Nationality property - obviously its redundant and wet (not dry :P) , but where/what/how should those sorts of enums be stored?

[wintry quarry]

just put it in its own file

[slender quiver]

just a .cs for enums?

[wintry quarry]

Nationality.cs

for that one enum

[sour fulcrum]

make Nationality a ScriptableObject

Everything is ScriptableObject

[wintry quarry]

I mean - potentially yes^

If a Nationality comes with a name, a flag, a motto, a theme song, etc.

not a bad idea

[sour fulcrum]

i am modding traumatised and anything thats even a hint of being content always bumps up from enum to scriptableobject in my projects
can be overkill sometimes but also sometimes just nice

enums are goated for multiple choice logic states but anything else ehh

[slender quiver]

It doesnt make sense to have one file where you store all the public enums that could be referenced by multiple SOs?

[wintry quarry]

why would you put a bunch of different unrelated types in a single file?

[slender quiver]

i feel like a file-per-enum is bloated in its own way

[wintry quarry]

i mean look you can do whatever you like

there are no rules

[slender quiver]

youre right

[sour fulcrum]

it is comparatively bloated but the consistency outways that relatively minor inconvience imo

[slender quiver]

but there are also pitfalls

[primal trench]

it's first person so all i need is too move the player smoothly too the top of the shape, and ive been trying to figure out how for days

[worthy coral]

Oh well then that makes it easier. If you're using rigidbody you can disable the input from the player (to not interfere with the vaulting) and then use rigidbody.moveposition and vector3.lerp to smoothly move the player over the obstacle

Use raycasts to detect the height of said obstacle

[primal trench]

i tried that and it wa ssuper jittery but i can trt again

[worthy coral]

It shouldn't jitter if you use FixedUpdate instead of Update

also use fixedDeltaTime instead of deltaTime

[primal trench]

how would i tell when the vault is done..?

[worthy coral]

Many ways. If the vault has a fixed duration in seconds, you can use a coroutine to end the vaulting after a set amount of time. Otherwise you can for example shoot a raycast behind the player, if it hits the obstacle it means the player is in front of it and the vault should be over. Or you could perform a ground check, many ways to do it

[ivory bobcat]

I'd only ever recommend using the property fixed delta time if you're wanting to modify it.

Delta time returns the same value as fixed delta time in the fixed update

When this is called from inside MonoBehaviour.FixedUpdate, it returns Time.fixedDeltaTime.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Time-deltaTime.html

[slender quiver]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using UnityEngine;

public enum TurretMountSection
{
  Front,
  Rear
}

public enum TurretMountType
{
  Primary,
  Secondary
}

public struct TurretMount
{
  public string mountName;
  public TurretMountSection turretMountSection;
  public TurretMountType turretMountType;
  public float minRotation;
  public float maxRotation;
}

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "ShipData", menuName = "Ship/Ship Data")]
public class ShipData : ScriptableObject
{
  [Header("General Information")]
  public string shipName;
  public GameObject shipPrefab;
  public Nation nation;
  public ShipClass shipClass;
  public int levelRequirement;
  public int shipCost;
  public int maxRepairCost;
  public float maxDisplacement;

  [Header("Turret Mounts")]
  public int primaryTurretMounts;
  public int secondaryTurretMounts;

  public List<TurretMount> primaryTurrets;
  public List<TurretMount> secondaryTurrets;

  [Header("Sailor Slots")]
  public int bridgeOfficerSlots = 1;
  public int primaryGunnerSlots;
  public int secondaryGunnerSlots;
  public int supportCrewSlots;

  [Header("Usable Equipment")]
  public List<TurretData> usableTurrets;
  public List<LauncherData> usableLaunchers;
  public List<FCSData> usableFCS;
  public List<EngineData> usableEngines;
}

Can anyone help me understand why I am not seeing the lists in the inspector for the primary/secondary turrets in the Turret Mounts section?

[naive pawn]

TurretMount is not marked [Serializable]

[slender quiver]

oh i thought it being a public was sufficient

[naive pawn]

ah no, that's for fields

[slender nymph]

the type must be marked as serializable

[naive pawn]

public or [SerializeField] on a field marks what should be serialized

[Serializable] is on the type, marking that it can be serialized

[slender quiver]

so for the struct def then

[naive pawn]

yeah

[sour fulcrum]

structs and poco classes ya

[slender quiver]

[Serializable] public struct TurretMount isn't happy

whats the syntax on this one?

[naive pawn]

that is the syntax

make sure to also read why it isn't happy

perhaps you did not add the import?

Serializable is in the System namespace

[slender quiver]

got it, i only had System.Collections.Generic

ty

[naive pawn]

(btw, what are you importing System.Runtime.CompilerServices for?)

[slender quiver]

that was probably a weird auto-complete

not sure what it is there for haha

[cerulean bear]

!code

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[cerulean bear]

https://paste.mod.gg/fxhtslpxdbet/0 why does this work only the first time but not anymore after that

after the first time none of the buttons appear

[slender nymph]

pro tip: make sure to include the file extension on that site when you click the add button so it actually provides syntax highlighting

anyway, is that on some DDOL object?

[arctic flame]

Hi there guys

I'm a beginner and im wondering hows the unity docs?

[keen dew]

You'll have to explain what you mean

[arctic flame]

The API reference, how every method is described

I'm a godot user and sometimes ive been confused by the docs and that made me dislike programming

[keen dew]

Ok and the question is?

[hexed terrace]

The docs are fine, some bad pages, some good.

[grand snow]

Its something you have to learn to understand as documentation is a thing for all libraries and game engines

[arctic flame]

How are the unity docs

[naive pawn]

they're adequate

they're not outstanding and not shit

[grand snow]

most things have a good description and many things have example code
much better than unreal cpp docs (many things have no description at all)

[cosmic dagger]

If you need it, use it. Don't understand smth? Explain where you're confused and we'll help. Albeit, with a little sass, lol . . .

[primal trench]

do yall have any dialogue solution suggestions? or is a home-grown solution best?

[frosty hound]

Spare yourself the headache and just go with a time tested, highly reviewed asset:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/behavior-ai/dialogue-system-for-unity-11672

[primal trench]

ik i sound stupid but antthing less than a full priced game

[polar acorn]

> Good
> Fast
> Cheap

Pick two

[frosty hound]

Beggars can't be choosers. In your case, "home-grown" is "best".

[grand snow]

ive done my own dialog systems with inky and yarnspinner. If needed it can be done and using these systems as a base helps a lot.

(once i used inky, another time i used yarnspinner, not together at once😆 )

[zenith briar]

Thank you for showing me exactly where to go that is very appreciated! :D

the option 2 was greyed out and im not sure if i fully understand 1. Do i check the box that says material upgrade and then click initialize converters?

[zenith briar]

or initialize and convert. Also im getting these errors

[grand snow]

If its a custom shader and not "Standard" the upgrader wont do anything

All it can do is change materials from Standard to an equivilent in URP/HDRP

If a custom shader was made for the old render system its not going to work with URP/HDRP

#1390346776804069396

(make sure you are using urp if this foliage is made for that)

[slender quiver]

quaternion/euler angles make my brain hurt

[wintry quarry]

3D rotation can be tricky to think about

[rich adder]

98% of the time you only need to worry euler angles , unity has convienient Euler to Quaternion methods

[slender quiver]

Im rotating the turrets on my ship based on player input, but they need to be clamped to within certain angles to prevent just free traversal in 360 degrees - the clamping to certain rotation values is proving difficult

[rich adder]

clamp a separate variable not directly the rotation value , if you get what I mean

[slender quiver]

mmm not sure

[rough sluice]

What I have to check to make jump function to don't add force if player clicking Jump/Space rapidly?:

public void Jump(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
    if(context.phase == InputActionPhase.Performed)
    {
        player.AddForce(Vector3.up * 5f, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }
}

[slender quiver]

what i was doing, which worked but didnt clamp:

public void Legacy_RotateYaw(float input)
    {
        if (yawPivot == null)
        {
            Debug.Log($"yawPivot is null!");
            return;
        }

        float yawDelta = input * turretData.rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

        yawPivot.Rotate(Vector3.up, yawDelta, Space.World);
    }

what im trying to do now:

    public void RotateYaw(float input)
    {
        if (yawPivot == null)
        {
            Debug.Log("yawPivot is null!");
            return;
        }

        // calculate candidate yaw
        float currentYaw = Normalize(yawPivot.localEulerAngles.y);
        float yawDelta = input * turretData.rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        float candidateYaw = currentYaw + yawDelta;

        // clamp with wrap-aware logic
        float clampedYaw = ClampAngleWrap(candidateYaw, minRotation, maxRotation);

        // apply rotation in local space
        yawPivot.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, clampedYaw, 0f);
    }

[polar acorn]

Probably a ground check

[slender quiver]

perform a check to ensure the player is in contact with ground again?

[rough sluice]

Yes, thats what I am asking. How can I check if player is grounded or not?

[polar acorn]

Probably a raycast of some sort but there's many ways to do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3iEl5AwUF8

[slender quiver]

you could do a raycast

[polar acorn]

More than even this video goes into as well

[slender quiver]

or if ur using 3d character controller, use CharacterController.isGrounded

[naive pawn]

(they are not)

well, hopefully not..

[polar acorn]

Not with a Rigidbody on there as well hopefully

[slender quiver]

if you have your terrain layer tags set, you could do this?

bool isGrounded;

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col) {
if (col.gameObject.CompareTag("Ground")) { isGrounded = true; }

void OnCollisionExit(Collisioon col) {
if (col.gameObject.CompareTag("Ground")) { isGrounded = false; }

that would be attached to the player character collider

[naive pawn]

and then you jump into the underside of a platform and spam space to stick to the bottom of the platform

or you jump into a wall and then you can scale the wall

[slender quiver]

yee built-in 'sploits

[hexed terrace]

but first, you have compile errors for mismatched {}

[slender quiver]

lol

then go ask chatgpt to write it, but if youre here for those authentic hand-written errors, imyour man

xD

any advice on how to better handle my RotateYaw() function?
I'm trying to basically clamp against entering the red zones, clamping to either green or blue max angle depending on direction rotating from

[rich adder]

#1390346492019212368

[rich adder]

what is happening with your current solution ?

[slender quiver]

Legacy function works fine, no clamping... Current one seems to have broken completely but im not sure where the problem is

[rich adder]

broken I'm what way ? You have to explain it or show a visual

[slender quiver]

hehe the turrets just stopped rotating entirely. The yawDelta and candidateYaw values are sitting around +/- 0.1 to +/-0.2ish, clampedYaw is holding fast at 0, as is currentYaw

[naive pawn]

you should not use transform.eulerAngles to store state, since it's converted from the quaternion
store the current yaw yourself

[rich adder]

I'm on mobile can't look at code proper but you probably want something like currentYRotation -= mouseY;
currentYRotation = Mathf.Clamp(currentYRotation, minYRotation, maxYRotation);

Instead of =

[slender quiver]

@naive pawn I dont believe I am using transform.eulerAngles...?

[naive pawn]

you're using localEulerAngles which has the same issue

[slender quiver]

oh

[naive pawn]

i shouldve been more explicit, mb

[slender quiver]

no ur good

    public void Legacy_RotateYaw(float input)
    {
        if (yawPivot == null)
        {
            Debug.Log($"yawPivot is null!");
            return;
        }

        float yawDelta = input * turretData.rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

        yawPivot.Rotate(Vector3.up, yawDelta, Space.World);
    }

this works fine for rotating the turrets - is there a simple/safe way to clamp to those angles without getting all funky?

[rich adder]

Use the accumulated value

[tiny crag]

how do you make code blocks in discord?

[naive pawn]

yeah use the same localRotation = as before

!code

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[tiny crag]

forgot to say thx

[slender quiver]

im using localRotation in the version that doesnt work

[rich adder]

what I suggested has nothing to do with using local or global rotation, it's more clamping the accumulated value separately

[tiny crag]

collision isn't being detected here?

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

[wintry quarry]

Add a Debug.Log("Code got here!"); on the very first line of OnCollisionEnter2D

or even better:
Debug.Log($"Collision detected with {collision.gameObject.name} with tag {collision.gameObject.tag}");

[tiny crag]

that was quick

ill try it

[tiny crag]

nothing happens

picture of the enemy prefab

[wintry quarry]

can you expand the collider inspector there?

And also show the inspector of the player

[tiny crag]

inspector of enemy prefab with collider maximized:

inspector of player:

[wintry quarry]

ok well big problem here

your enemy doesn't have a Rigidbody2D

and you're moving the player via the Transform

do the enemies move?

Also can you expand the Rigidbody of the player?

[tiny crag]

chatGPT said only one of the objects that collide need to have a rigidbody :(

[tiny crag]

not yet

[wintry quarry]

yeah but is the enemy moving?

ok that's fine then

ewxpand the player's rigidbody inspector

[slender quiver]

@rich adder forgive me for being dense, but i guess i dont fully understand what you mean regarding clampig the accumulated value separately

[wintry quarry]

if the player's Rigidbody is not dynamic, it's an issue

[wintry quarry]

yeah your player is kinematic

that's why

[tiny crag]

can i set the gravity to 0?

[wintry quarry]

collisions only happen for dynamic bodies

[wintry quarry]

you can do whatever you want with the gravity, it's not relevant to this issue

[tiny crag]

oo i can

i used kinematic for gravity to go away

[wintry quarry]

Yeah that's not what kinematic is for

a small side effect of it, perhaps

[tiny crag]

so the body type was the problem the whole time?

[wintry quarry]

yes

[tiny crag]

ah

[wintry quarry]

Collisions are only for dynamic bodies

[rich adder]

yaw += input * turretData.rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
yaw = Mathf.Clamp(yaw, min, max)```
also if input comes from mouse, remove Time.deltaTime

[wintry quarry]

you still will want to rework your movement script to use the Rigidbody

[tiny crag]

does it work when i just want the player to "teleport" by one coordinate in any direction?

isnt it just easier to set the vector 3 to a value changed by inputs?

[wintry quarry]

if you're doing teleportation style movement, physics collisions don't really make sense at all

what are you trying to accomplish with this code

what kind of game are you making

Is this like a grid based game?

[tiny crag]

yes

my first own type of game to learn unity

[wintry quarry]

The physics engine is almost certainly the wrong choice for a grid based game

[tiny crag]

oh..

[wintry quarry]

usually to detect collisions in a grid based game you just keep a table or array tracking the objects at all the coordinates in the grid. To check for a collision you just check that grid space to see if it's occupied.

[tiny crag]

ok ill try making a coordinate based collision system

[tiny crag]

also thanks for the help!!

[zealous talon]

hi, i have this problem: basically i'm making my player's movement with rigidbody and when i jump on a wall and keep moving he doesn't fall off and stays stuck. This is my controller and jump movement, i made a modular action-system so than i can add more action in the future

[naive pawn]

see !code for posting large code blocks

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[wintry quarry]

it's ap retty common issue. Imagine pushing a block into a wall. It won't slide down because of friction right? Same concept here.

You can fix it with physics materials without friction, or by not allowing the player to push into walls midair

[zealous talon]

yeah i added a new physics material without friction

thx a lot the example with the block was perfect

[vivid dagger]

Hey community!

I'm currently building a isometric game, and I'm trying to implement a San Andreas like entrance indicator. I'm not sure how to actually make somthing like this yet. I was thinking of adding a collider to my doors, make it a trigger and probably create a script that set's another object (the cone model) to active?

[wintry quarry]

This does not look isometric to me 👀

[vivid dagger]

Haha no, this is a image from San Andreas 😛

[wintry quarry]

anyway I'm not sure I understand what the collider has to do with anything?

[vivid dagger]

I guess to know when you're near the door?

[wintry quarry]

I guess maybe a video of this in action in SA would help to understand

this? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PrJAxw7374w

I mean sure if the behavior you want is to show a 3D indicator in the game world when the player is nearby, a trigger collider with OnTriggerEnter/Exit is a fine way to handle it

[vivid dagger]

How would I go about creating that 3d indicator itself in Unity? Just a 3D object?

[wintry quarry]

sure

you can make it in ProBuilder inside Unity

or make it in Blender and import it

or find an existing model and import it

[vivid dagger]

Let me take a look at ProBuilder

[round mirage]

hello i have a question does Awake() will launch lauch for every script and then launch start() for every script or just awake() then start() and then another script ? sorry if i dont explain myself correctly

[wintry quarry]

If you mean at the start of the scene it's sort of like this:

For each object:
Awake()
OnEnable();

For each object:
Start();

[round mirage]

ok ty 🙂

[paper swan]

hi, I am new to unity and when I made a tile palette and these dividing lines between tiles don't show up, how can I fix it?

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel

[rough granite]

Wrong channel but you gotta slice it first in the sprite edtior

[slow blaze]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[primal trench]

Alright, I’ve done it a ton before. I was just wondering if there was a ‘definitive’ free dialogue manager. Thanks ^_^

Always good to check

[primal trench]

I always just built them from scratch :/// I tried inky but i didn’t like it

[grand snow]

Guess it depends but they do have useful features meaning you dont need to do it yourself

[primal trench]

Any resources on it?

[grand snow]

https://docs.yarnspinner.dev/
https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/

[primal trench]

does string.trim remove spaces?

[rich adder]

leading and trailing.
otherwise you can use string.Replace(" ", "")

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.trim?view=net-9.0#system-string-trim

Removes all leading and trailing white-space characters from the current string.

[rich adder]

!RTFM

[tough shard]

Hi, can I use both Visual Scripting (Bolt) and C# for similar things in the same project?

(For example, I have basic (WASD) character movement in Bolt, then I have Jump and Flying in C#)

How well would they perform together?

[frosty hound]

You can use both, and probably as well as anything you'd do in either.

[tough shard]

I understand that one of the rules is to not direct attention to other channels (Like a post) but I'd like to ask, I'm currently facing this weird constraint clash (In Bolt), which normally shouldn't be a problem. If I move one of those 2 parts to C#, would I maybe have more flexibility to solve the issue? Or would I reach the same problem even in C#? (I've returned to Unity after 5 years so I have no idea the differences between these 2 scripting formats)

[frosty hound]

If you code in C#, you have absolute control. Using a plugin will mean you're bound by whatever restrictions and issues you have with it. I haven't used Visual Scripting myself.

[tough shard]

(I made my own v.scripts) I'm using the basic jump system.
Get player position -> Raycast to detect surface underneath -> Apply Force (Impulse) -> Multiply with Up -> and only IF the Raycast hits something (Aka Ground) -> Apply the force to the Rigidbody

And if you were in this situation, where your Y was set to 0 in another script, would you try to rewrite that script or change the jump script so that it overwrites that specific rule?

[frosty hound]

I would handle all the movement in one place, personally. You can't have two things with the authority to make decisions.

If you must have two, then one script needs to send requests to the other which will then handle the results.

[tough shard]

So do you suggest I remake these two scripts into a single one, to handle all the movements?

Because even if I just copy and paste jump into my movement graph, it would still have the same issue, remaking is the only proper option here

[frosty hound]

I do, yep

[crude compass]

I have a problem that I can't seem to find documentation for. How can you exclude the player model from appearing in the camera (without using Culling Masks) so that you can see other players locally?

[polar acorn]

Using CullingMasks

[crude compass]

the problem is there are other players that appear locally on split screen. I want their model not to appear on their own cameras, but appear on the other player's camera.

[polar acorn]

So then you'd exclude that player's layer from that player's camera, but not from other player's cameras

[crude compass]

Are culling masks the only way?

[polar acorn]

This is literally what they're designed to do

[crude compass]

alright ty.

[naive plank]

I disable the player model if im the owner of the object -> I wont see my own character's model

[polar acorn]

Disabling an object means no one could see them

[cerulean bear]

oh yeah I fixed it https://paste.mod.gg/npjxcszruyan/0

[cerulean bear]

what is ddol

[tidal tide]

Don't Destroy On Load, it stops objects from being unloaded as you go from scene to scene and they also keep their state

[cerulean bear]

I dont think I did anything special to any gameobjects but I got it working the problem was that start only runs the first time its set active so I just made a public method instead

[naive plank]

no, not if you're basing it on authority. When you do multiplayer gaming each player object is owned by the client, if you check for ownership you can disable the model, else keep it on -> you only disable your own

[polar acorn]

They specifically said local multiplayer

As in, same instance of the game, multiple cameras

[naive plank]

doesnt say same instance of game, locally i interpret as LAN

[naive plank]

That message I did not see, my apologies sir :)=

[slender quiver]

im still struggling with this issue regarding clamping the rotation of my ship's turrets to within a certain portion of a full circle, so they can't cross pie-shaped region depending on which turret is in question. i am struggling to the point i made this infographic describing my problem and showing my code 🙂

[naive plank]

The turrent, like the actual rotating object, is it a child of a non rotating object? Im using world of warships as a reference when looking at this

[slender quiver]

here is the prefab hierarchy - Empty Parent Object, then another Empty positioned for transforming Yaw, then the mesh and an empty for transforming the pitch angle of the gun barrels, then the gun barrel meshes themselves, then empties for where to spawn the projectile/muzzle flash

[naive plank]

The yaw piviot, is the rotation fixed in relation to the ship?

[slender quiver]

no, it is what rotates

[naive plank]

Then I suppose the root is fixed in realation

[slender quiver]

my function for rotating the turrets worked before i started trying to make them clamp

yea

[naive plank]

Okey, today i made I similar thing but for view angle of my monster. If you use transform.forward on the DevTurret_Dual you would get the direction the "base" of the turret is facing in world space, which is fixed to the rotation of the ship, you could then check if the "angle" between that direction vector and the desired rotation of the turret, if its greater than "angle" then dont move

[sly shard]

uh my rig is funky, i added it to my char and it just goes up up and away, also it messes and pushes everything related (the children of object) upwards for some reason??

[naive plank]

you also need to make sure you're only checking the angle on xz plane since you only care about the turret rotation on a flat plane

    bool IsWithinCone(Vector3 referenceDirection, Vector3 testDirection, float maxAngle)
    {
        // Project onto XZ plane
        Vector3 refXZ = new Vector3(referenceDirection.x, 0f, referenceDirection.z);
        Vector3 testXZ = new Vector3(testDirection.x, 0f, testDirection.z);

        // Prevent zero-length vectors
        if (refXZ.sqrMagnitude == 0 || testXZ.sqrMagnitude == 0)
            return false;

        refXZ.Normalize();
        testXZ.Normalize();

        float cosAngle = Vector3.Dot(refXZ, testXZ);
        float cosMaxAngle = Mathf.Cos(maxAngle * Mathf.Deg2Rad);

        return cosAngle >= cosMaxAngle;
    }``` The reference direction is the forward direction vector of my monster, aka the direction its looking forward in worldspace, in your case it would be the base of the turret, the testDirection would be the direction the turret it self would be facing in world direction, the max angle is the maximum angle in degrees between the turret rotation and the base direction normal

then you can limit the rotation of α angle which is the angle between the turret base and turrect to the maximum rotation, if you want it to be able to rotation 150 degrees in relation to the blue like, that would be your max angle

[naive plank]

Could you show?

[sly shard]

(https://discussions.unity.com/t/rig-make-character-go-up-up-and-away/1679332)

🤷‍♂️

[naive plank]

Do you mean it floats away?

[sly shard]

it goes up and the children move up out of original positions

[naive plank]

Do you have a rigidbody?

[sly shard]

yes

[naive plank]

Could you get a video of what's happening

[sly shard]

sure ill try

[remote vault]

hey im following this tutorial for rollaball and for some reason i cant move the player anymore

i have no clue whats wrong it just suddenly stop moving after i randomly tested it

[remote vault]

bro someone help me out

[naive plank]

I cant help you unless you show some more, do you have any errors, is it only one thing that isnt working, what are you using to move the player, the script for moving the player etc

[wintry quarry]

the answer is you changed something.

To figure out what you changed incorrectly you will need to debug your code.

[pine imp]

I suggest you write some console prints to make sure your script is doing what's supposed to

[remote vault]

im finished 😭

[sly shard]

here
https://outplayed.tv/media/gXmX87 sorry for audio bieng uhh

[naive plank]

Yes, unsless you pinpoint the problem a bit more

[naive plank]

you really need a louder mic 🙂

[sly shard]

im very quiet and yeah true

[sly shard]

up your volume

im using my laptop in-built mic 😭

i can hear it perfectly at 40 volume

[pine imp]

do you have the animator controller empty? That looks like your character can't find any animations so it goes to that state like crouching wich is the default pose from the humanoid rig

[naive plank]

Ahaha, since the collide floats up, unless you change the center or any of those propterites, it sugguests a force is being added to the rigidbody, thats my first thought. Or something with root moition. Try to turn of rigid body, does the same thing happen?

[sly shard]

lets see...

[naive plank]

Clip count 0 -> no animations

[pine imp]

yeah

I meant inside the Char1 animator asset

[sly shard]

without rigidbody (move script uses rb)

[naive plank]

I did have that issue at one point when I added an avatar

[sly shard]

wydm

[naive plank]

okey, so the collider doesnt move, that suggests that the movement, floating, caused the rigid body to float somehow XD

[pine imp]

go to that asset (the animator controller) in your project window and then double click

[sly shard]

its empty

[naive plank]

Set it up with an idle animation

[pine imp]

yep

if you have that without any animation, the avatar goes to that "crouch" position

[naive plank]

Its possible that the movement of the armature, or the root bone or something adds some sort of momeent to the player object

[sly shard]

kaboom

[naive plank]

my courch pos is worse, I cant get rid of it lol

[pine imp]

wym haha

[sly shard]

still float with rb

[naive plank]

when u press the idle state, you need to add an animation to that state aswell

if you dont have an aniamtion, get one, either use the one u got with it, or use mixamo

[sly shard]

like this?

its an empty anim that does well nothing

[naive plank]

yep, the locate that idle animaiton and enable loop

[naive plank]

where'd you get the aniaiton

[sly shard]

ok

[sly shard]

just made a new animation

right click and create

[naive plank]

honestly I could try help you live if you'd like

[patent hazel]

Hey guys, im planning to add combat system and my first idea to how to do it is, i will attach empty gameobjects with colliders ( trigger) as bones child so it moves with animation, then add scripts to these gameobjects and on OnTriggerEnter, i will check if what entered is something that deals damage, if it is i will do damage according to what part it hit, then start a timer and make my character invulnerable in that time so one swing doesn't hit more than one collider and deal absurd damage
thats it so far, am i on the right path or should i change it
i rely on tutorials so much right now but will try to do it myself as much as i can

[sly shard]

i like living

[naive plank]

Ill call you

[sly shard]

oh wait

live?

idk

my parents dont want me doing vcs

[naive plank]

as in call, alot easier to help

[sly shard]

idk

[naive plank]

Im 20, im not* scary Xd

[pine imp]

that sounds good, the common approach is to have a deactivated game object with a collider, then activate it whenever you want the attack to have a damage window, and then deactivate it again

[sly shard]

lol

so like the problem is, why is it going up like that... could it be the mesh?

cause its normal

until i add rig builder

and the rig component

[patent hazel]

so instead of isInvulnerable should i deactivate the gameobject

[slender quiver]

I am capable of doing VC for help with turret rotations 😉

[naive plank]

I have had that particular problem, but it's really hard to tell unless I have a complete overlook of the whole system honestly

[pine imp]

since you are using OnTriggerEnter(), it shouldn't create more than one hit

[naive plank]

Sure thing

[patent hazel]

but what if it enters another collider

both head and body lets say

[pine imp]

ahh you have multiple collisions

[naive plank]

Gave you a call

[patent hazel]

and i will also make isInvulnerable true when dodging

[sly shard]

this is ironicly similar to what happens after rig builder added

[pine imp]

is your game going to have different damage values depending on the body part that was hit, right?

[sly shard]

gifs not allowed??

reasonable

[patent hazel]

yes

[slender quiver]

hmm did you?

one sec

[patent hazel]

i would rather not call it a game since im only doing it to learn and dont plan to create something xD

[pine imp]

xD well

i mean you can either do it with a timer

or just deactivating that collision

i suppose the attack comes from an enemy

for your case i think you're on the right track

making the player invinsible for some seconds, maybe throwing some vfx to tell the player about his invulnerability

depends on what you're looking for

[patent hazel]

invulnerability will last for very little time so i dont think i need to tell the player, its only for avoiding multiple damage with one swing

[pine imp]

you could also deactivate the player's colliders

[patent hazel]

i will consider that

[pine imp]

one good way to learn is just doing it, and then see if that works for you 😁 the best solution its a conspiracy lie, it doesn't exist xD

[pine imp]

you need a humanoid animation for it to work and to not do that weird pose

you can download one from mixamo

[sly shard]

i have come to a conclusion

"banana man"

[pine imp]

🗣️

[sly shard]

i will use a new object

sure it wont have anims

but im hoping

that it will work to have the procedural anims

cause idk how to animate

[sly shard]

so i need to do a humanoid animation (its still floating to space)

[pine imp]

yes, it's easier to import one

[sly shard]

ok

[sly shard]

i add (only the anim) and still float

😭

[pine imp]

the avatar you're using is configured as humanoid?

it should be like this

[sly shard]

yeah its humanoid

im cookedddddddddddd

[pine imp]

make sure the imported avatar also has humanoid rig

the mixamo one

[sly shard]

oh i have to import the avatar?

from mixamo

not asset store?

[pine imp]

yes because what you're doing is retargeting that mixamo animation to your own avatar

probably if you pick a random animation without a rig, it will be a generic animation, and that doesn't work with humanoid avatars

also check that when exporting from mixamo, you have the option to select the format "FBX for Unity(.fbx)"

[sly shard]

yes i did that, i did the idle animation from mixamo

it still

flies

up

im going to crash out and somehow work on this and solve this shit at 1am suddenly

bye

[patent hazel]

good luck man

dont give up

[dull grail]

Not sure if i should ask it here or in ui channel but is there any easy way to find what affect selectable behaviour in scripts? I've did something that doesn't allow me to change currently selected element and even if i'll try to do so they all will try to be selected at once and it'll not change anything. Click on text field don't work too and only red panel would blink for a moment

For whatever reason i put SetSelectedGameObject to Update() without conditions

[lethal meadow]

!editor

how do i

[timid ferry]

I have a turret in my game and I want to make an upgrade menu for it. I want the menu to be within the turret, but to always apear on the left side of the screen no matter where the turret itself is. Is it possible to do that?

[wintry quarry]

what do you mean by the menu being "within" the turret?

anyway yes anything you want to do is possible, with the right code and setup.

[timid ferry]

like part of the turret prefab instead of its own object

[wintry quarry]

Just curious why that is a requirement

[timid ferry]

I think it would make the upgrading easier if the menu was part of the turret but I could be wrong I dont realy know a lot about unity

[wintry quarry]

I feel like there would generally only be one upgrade menu, since only one can be shown to the player at a time, right?

The typical approach would be to have a single upgrade menu and just configure it to show the data for whichever tower the user has selected.

[timid ferry]

yes but I dont know how to make it so only one turret is selected for upgrading at a time, or how to tell the menu which upgrades are available for each turret so I tohught it would be easier if the menu was just part of th turret

oh

[timid ferry]

how do I do that then

[wintry quarry]

that's a very vague question

it really depends on how your game works

but basically - make a function on it that sets it up

pass the tower in as a parameter to the function

and have the menu set itself up for the tower

[timid ferry]

I see

[timid ferry]

I dont know how to do that

[toxic crypt]

guys is there any way to fetch the time of unity cloud servers? or something else, which is just not client side time?

[zenith wren]

for some reason the OnTriggerEnter event runs all my code twice, is there a way to stop this from happening?

[sour fulcrum]

somethings entering the trigger twice

[zenith wren]

Even if it's destroyed right after?

[rugged beacon]

pull a region clock api from random website iguess

[toxic crypt]

hmmm will try that 🫡

[naive pawn]

perhaps add some logs to see what's triggering each time

[keen dew]

I'm guessing the script with OnTriggerEnter is on both objects or twice on one

[zenith wren]

It just triggers twice from the same line

[zenith wren]

Only one object is using the function

[keen dew]

Yes but is the script added twice as a component on the object (check, don't assume)

[teal viper]

The object is not destroyed until the end of the frame.
If for example both the colliding objects have the same script, both would get the collision message, even if you destroy one.
Logging thoroughly or using breakpoints would help identify the cause.

[keen dew]

Oh yeah what does "only one object is using the function" mean, is the function on multiple objects and how are you making sure only one of them is using it? Destroying the object isn't enough

[cedar token]

Hey, so i have this problem, i can't show the code or the animation right now, but i figured i could ask anyway since i feel like it's a common problem.
I have this wall grab mechanic, and you are supposed to grab onto a wall and slowly fall, and you can only grab onto a wall tagged as "wall".
However, i have this problem where if i keep moving (like, keep holding the right arrow to move) and jump into a wall, no matter if it's tagged as "wall" or not, the character will stick onto the wall while playing the idle animation or the falling animation.
If the wall is tagged as "wall", the player won't do the wall grab unless i stop pressing the right arrow, and if it's a regular wall you are not supposed to grab onto, the character will stick to the wall, and not fall as supposed unless i stop pressing the right arrow button.

[cedar token]

In a few words:
Unless i stop moving my character, they won't stop sticking to a wall.

[worn peak]

In my sprite renderer, when I set the Mask Interaction to Visible Inside Mask, the sprite is not being shown. What could be the issue?

[vocal night]

hey guys! i'm learning how to make shaders and i'm making this basic image overlayer (through some googling and stuff online). for some reason, the shader seems to be ignoring the red channel. any idea why? i haven't used any of the properties aside from the _MainTex (since i want to get the texture right first) so _Color, _Gloss, _Metallic are all white, 0.5 and 0.5 respectively. i've attached the shader in case anyone wants to take a look

[grand snow]

#1390346776804069396 is the place

[vocal night]

i see

[coral crag]

hello does anyone know how to generate 2d terrain like altos odyssey or any tutorial ?

[junior basin]

Hey all, I've just found out you can change the colour of your console log text which is really helpful, but I'm also wondering if there's a way to change the actual background colour of the log itself?

[wintry quarry]

Use the SpriteShape package

[pliant lion]

what is best way to handle audio in game using audio manager that instantaite the audiosource and destroys it or making audiomanager play sound

[coral crag]

is it paid or free?

[wintry quarry]

Free

[wintry quarry]

Really depends on your game, and potentially neither of those

Or even both

#🔊┃audio

[coral crag]

thankyou can you suggest me a tutorial i am new to unity and i dont know how to use that tool.

[grand snow]

a little old but from unity https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/working-with-spriteshape

[wintry quarry]

Start by going to the getting started page for it in the package docs

[acoustic belfry]

hi, is there another method for timing than coroutines or than timers?

[wintry quarry]

"timing" is pretty vague, there are lots of things related to timing

But direct competitors to coroutines include async and UniTask

[low copper]

@acoustic belfry : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-mk-ZGAq8

I'm looking to add a UI Slider to my scene. I currently have it setup / working as a script as a compontent to my slider and then having assigned to "On Value Changed". I'm not a huge fan of having scripts scatter in my scene (Canvas->SettingPanel->TunerSlider in this case). Do I have any options here? Is there a standard approach? I'd like to have all scripts attached to my "Controller" gameobject but I can't seem to assign them to "On Value Changed" if I do that.

[acoustic belfry]

mmm, idk, i just want that when a func is called there's a delay of 0.15F for make it jump

[acoustic belfry]

Async is better than Coroutines?

[frosty hound]

There is no better. You asked for alternatives, that's an alternative.

But using coroutines/async for something like movement, is not the approach to begin with.

[acoustic belfry]

exactly

thats why im searching what else to do

cuz i feel like this is off

[frosty hound]

Could maybe make a generic SliderComponent on your sliders that have a UnityEvent that you drag an object onto that calls a function if you want it to talk "up" to the root Controller.

[grand snow]

async can be tricky for beginners to use correctly so id suggest sticking to coroutines

[frosty hound]

For movement, you always want to use timers handled in floats and updates, so that they can be interrupted and modified easily.

[scarlet skiff]

when i try to change the parent of a ui elemnt it changes position no matter if the second parameter is true or false, how so i make keep its exact position after reparenting?

        slotScript.fullPanel.transform.SetParent(hotbar.transform.parent, false);

[frosty hound]

Beyond that, you also want it to be state driven so that you can queue what the player intends to do, but handle the results in what the controller actually does (ie, player attempts a jump, but it's blocked because the player is currently in a specific state like stunned)

[frosty hound]

You can : https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetSiblingIndex.html

[acoustic belfry]

mmm, makes sense, my issue with timers is that is slighty more stuff written in

but i guess i will keep using it, thanks

[frosty hound]

Writing more != worse

[scarlet skiff]

this is for sibling index, isnt that to change what renders first? im trying to keep the same position or did i misunderstand

[frosty hound]

Maybe I misunderstood, you want it to be in the same spot in the hierarchy? Or the same position on the screen? Or something else?

[acoustic belfry]

makes sense

[low copper]

Thanks for the idea. I would not have thought of that. Can I just ask, when you drag a script to multiple gameObjects does it generate new instances of the script class (object)?

I'm assuming yes, is there a way to prevent that?

[frosty hound]

They're their own instance, yep.

[low copper]

I'm assuming there is no way to stop that right? If you want shared data you would just another class?

[frosty hound]

No, that's just how components work. Each object is its own instance, thus anything on it is part of that instance.

If you want shared data, you would have a static class yeah. Or have a manager that everything can request whatever data from.

[scarlet skiff]

like same spot on my screen, same position on the screen

[low copper]

Thanks!

[frosty hound]

Are you parenting these objects to a new object that contains a layout group of some sort?

[scarlet skiff]

nope just a rect transform

[low copper]

@frosty hound : I'm not getting something basic. So, I have a controller script, a sliderScript, and a glitch script (as in the visual effect). I want the slider to modify the glitch and report to the controller if a specific value is set. If I drag the glitch script to the sliders, I will end up with two instances of the glitch script. I'd like to be shared. For example, if I have a private int, that they would be updated / viewable by both sliders. Do you have any suggestions on this? I'm new to Unity and having trouble understandinging the best practices

I think its the same issue as the controller...I'd like the glitch and the slider script to be able to update data in it. However, my current approach of dragging the controller script to the glitch/slider(2x) objects will create unique instances?

[eager elm]

adding a script to a gameObject creates a new instance. What you want is to only add it to a single gameObject and then add a reference in your other scripts.

[tiny bloom]

im moving my player through rigidBody
i have this logic in my CameraManager

private void LateUpdate()
{
    if (_target == null) return;

    Vector3 followPosition = new Vector3(
        _target.position.x,
        _target.position.y,
        transform.position.z);

    transform.position = followPosition;
}

in this lateUpdate method if i try to add any sort of lerp to make camera follow player smoothly, it seems jagged
i tried doing this in fixed update, update but it's still the same
i even tried following _rigidBody.position instead of transform, still the same
any tips?

[trail gulch]

hi guys,
I’d like your opinion on a script we’re working on, specifically about how the classes are structured.
my friend thinks it’s better to keep all the classes in one file, since he believes we’ll never reuse them.
I, on the other hand, think it’s better if each class has its own file for the sake of organization and maintainability.
we’d like a third opinion on which approach makes more sense.

[scarlet skiff]

when i try to change the parent of a ui elemnt it changes position no matter if the second parameter is true or false, how so i make keep its exact position after reparenting?

        slotScript.fullPanel.transform.SetParent(hotbar.transform.parent, false);

[low copper]

@eager elm : That sounds right but I'm not sure how to add a reference? Do you have a search term or an example I could use to learn how to do it?

[eager elm]

https://unity.huh.how/references/serializing-component-references

[eager elm]

Do you use layout components like VerticalLayoutGroup?

[low copper]

@eager elm : Wow really? I thought SerializeField was for passing components. If you use it on a script/object it will create a new instance?

[eager elm]

scripts are components. It won't create a new instance if it is MonoBehaviour, it will just add an inspector field where you can assign a reference.

[hexed terrace]

what components are on the new parent game object?

[scarlet skiff]

Only "Slot" has a group layout

itemWindow is the object i am reparenting

so the parent of it only has rect transform

[low copper]

@eager elm : Thanks for explaining

[scarlet skiff]

https://paste.ofcode.org/rVmT85m5WQYzTr6apGQCm4 here is the method in the canvas script that instantiates the slot ("itemSlot") prefab

[eager elm]

not related to your problem but you can make slotPrefab of type 'Slot', than you don't need to use GetComponent()

[scarlet skiff]

wouldnt that create just the script? i need the visual part too

[cosmic quail]

no, it creates the prefab and instantly gets you the component without you needing to use GetComponent

[hexed terrace]

it's the best way to instantiate a prefab

[scarlet skiff]

noted

[hexed terrace]

Slot slotScript = Instantiate(slotPrefab, parent, false);

[scarlet skiff]

its to instantiate the first 5 slots under a certain parent and the other slots udner a different parent, that way i can have a little gap between them and disable all but the hot bar when needed

is something wrong with it?

[hexed terrace]

you tell me?

[scarlet skiff]

i mean, the slot is spawned under something that does have group lay out, so when we unparent... that affects the position?

[hexed terrace]

possibly, I've no idea if the layout is actually setting the anchor values for the rect of its children or positioning them in some other way

[scarlet skiff]

wait i dont even have that line

its

GameObject go = Instantiate(slotPrefab, parent, false);
Slot slotScript = go.GetComponent<Slot>();

to be exact

[hexed terrace]

I know..

do you not know how to follow a chat? 😄

It was an example of what JohnSmith and I had just said..

[remote vault]

hey guys this might be a silly question but i just opened a new file and do i have to keep these other files?

[scarlet skiff]

oh if i make is Slot instead of GameObject ye

[hexed terrace]

this is a code channel, for code questions and that's not related. delete and move to #💻┃unity-talk

[remote vault]

alr mb

[scarlet skiff]

bro i still dont know what do do about this

when i remove hte line that reparents they stay in the cirrect position but i need to reparent em cuz otherwise their order in the hierchy is gonna stop the panel from appearing infront of everything

[hexed terrace]

why aren't you just parenting them in the correct place in the first place?

[scarlet skiff]

they are a part of the slot prefab because it need to reference the components in the slot script, also i want to spawn one per slot spawned, its just very convenient to have them as such, skips head aches, that is, until this mysterious issue makes it all not worth it

[uneven citrus]

Is there a way to see on an animator through an event that the state has changed (and which state that was by name)?

[pine imp]

you can check de doc of StateMachineBehaviour and use its methods to try and get when the state has changed
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/StateMachineBehaviour.html

[hexed terrace]

hey - this is a code channel. Delete from here and ask in #1390346776804069396

[simple hawk]

did it wrong

umm, I've no idea how the code format works

[grand snow]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://paste.mod.gg/, https://hastebin.skyra.pw/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://paste.myst.rs/

📃 Inline Code

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

[rich adder]

large code best you just paste it in one the links shown above #💻┃code-beginner message
save and send link

you can remove that big wall of text for less clutter

[simple hawk]

Alright, gimme a sec

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/jipeyunaha.csharp

Like this?

[rich adder]

now which line is the error and what is the error saying

[simple hawk]

I just realised the code isnt complete

But it's Line 49, I meant to write isWalking = moveDir != Vector3.zero and it would've said something like "isWalking doesn't exist"

[naive pawn]

hm, sounds like your !ide isn't configured

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[simple hawk]

I'll have to check that when the pc is available, thnx

[rich adder]

ya def get it configured, its important. if you're following a video , check the video a couple of times btw usually its a copying issue, especially as beginner it can be easy to tunnel vision and miss obvious things

[simple hawk]

I thought so too, but i spelled it correctly, even tried copying and pasting the bool name itself

[naive pawn]

(especially when you're a beginner and you don't have the experience to know what it should look like, or what to look for)

[polar acorn]

It isn't what you're putting it's where

[round mirage]

hello i always get this error who say i didnt set the sprite but it is supposed to be set and i dont understand why it does this to me public void appearInfo(int itemID, int amount, bool reduced, Sprite sprite) { inv.getAppearInfo(itemID, reduced); nameItem.text = Name; Icon.sprite = sprite; redu = reduced; inv.infoOpened = true; if (!reduced) { amo = amount; slot.SetActive(true); sliderOBJ.SetActive(true); desc2.text = ""; desc1.text = desc; slider.value = 0; slider.maxValue = amount; amountTXT.text = slider.value + " / " + amount; scriptSlot.sprite = sprite; scriptSlot.numb = amount; scriptSlot.maxCapacity = maxCapacity; scriptSlot.itemID = itemID; scriptSlot.taken = true; scriptSlot.ReloadSlot(); scriptSlot.taken = false; }

                {
                    infoScript.appearInfo(itemID, numb, false, sprite);
                }
                else
                {
                    infoScript.appearInfo(itemID, numb, true, sprite);
                }```

[naive pawn]

which one is line 85?

[polar acorn]

Something on line 85 is null but you're trying to do stuff to it anyway

What's line 85?

[rich adder]

we cant see lines when you send code like this so we have no idea what is on line 85 but whatever it is its null but you tried to access anyway

also " supposed to be" is usually something you need to verify with hard facts

things like Debug.Log / breakpoints exists for that reason

[naive pawn]

btw, that if statement is unnecessary
maxCapacity > 1 is already either true or false, so you can just do

infoScript.appearInfo(itemID, numb, maxCapacity > 1, sprite);

[tough shard]

Hey guys, sorry to interrupt, but I had a quick question. Which camera mode is arguably the easiest to configure? First Person, Third Person Locked or Third Person Freelook?

[naive pawn]

don't worry about which is easiest, use the one that gives the effect you want

[polar acorn]

It's not really a question of ease of configuring, it's the one you actually want to use

They do different things

[rich adder]

subjectively, they're all pretty easy to configure. Agree that you should use whatever works for your needs

Cinemachine will make things easiest

[naive pawn]

also if they're all from the same system (which it sounds like it is), they'll all be pretty much on the same level of configuration, no?

[tough shard]

I'm currently struggling with Freelook because my Movement Script is fighting my Jump script. The error log gives nothing, the script flow is working perfectly but every time I jump the character turns into a missile (2x Gravity, 10 jumpforce and default 1 mass)

[naive pawn]

that doesn't sound like an issue of freelook

[tough shard]

It's Freelook but the character rotation orients with the camera's direction

[rich adder]

what does camera have to do with turning / jump

[simple hawk]

Is it because it's not in the Update function? I tried that and got the same error

[polar acorn]

It's because it's not in any function at all

Put the whole line in a function, don't look for errors before you finish typing it

[naive pawn]

so it's not an issue of freelook - just an issue of managing rotations
make sure the player is only yawing, and pitching would be only on the camera or head or whatever you need to point

[tough shard]

See the thing is, I have to hardlock Y because if I don't, the character starts floating if I press "S" (Backwards) while looking down at an angle. That messes with the jump, then if I set linear velocity, it completely bugs out

[naive pawn]

make the body's "forward" direction only horizontal

[rich adder]

sounds like you should be fixing this first before anything else

[naive pawn]

so that doesn't have anything to do with camera mode, you've just configured your player's rotation incorrectly

[naive pawn]

see above ^

[tough shard]

Isn't this what I should be doing?

[rich adder]

VS 🥵

[naive pawn]

oh god

[tough shard]

(Grounding Y occurs later)

[naive pawn]

yeah no this isn't the part with the issue

[naive pawn]

read this

[tough shard]

I moved from unreal, it's hard to leave that behind

[naive pawn]

it's wrong in design

[rich adder]

no worries lol its just rare to see in the wild

[naive pawn]

you should keep the body's forward horizontal for ease of movement

only pitch the part you need to

[tough shard]

I'm sorry it's really hard for me to understand, my brain is completely in the dump (I've been working with Blender...). Could you please elaborate?

I'd really appreciate the help

[naive pawn]

consider: if you look straight up, should going "forwards" make you go into the air?

that's what you have right now (if you didn't have the extra grounding logic)

right now, you only consider 1 "forwards" direction, the one you're looking in

[tough shard]

Quick question, you can read and understand uVS right?

[naive pawn]

well, it's designed to be readable, so i guess i understand it enough

i wouldn't be able to write though lol

[tough shard]

Here's the complete movement script (Sorry my monitor isn't wide enough to show the full flow in one screenshot without sacrificing clarity)

[grand snow]

ah, #1390346878394040320 <-

[tough shard]

Yes rob, I understand that. But this is still code, and I need help with code.

[naive pawn]

not really

you need help with design

[grand snow]

Yea and if i was to give an example it would be in code

[naive pawn]

true

[grand snow]

and tbh I hate trying to read visual code its quite a pain

[naive pawn]

but you generally would have 2 separate "forwards"
the body "forwards" - kept strictly horizontal, on the xz plane (only rotates horizontally)
that defines which cardinal direction you're facing, which direction you'd move in when pressing 'W', etc

then a separate camera/head/etc "forwards", which inherits the body's horizontal rotation, and applies an additional vertical rotation
that one would be used for what you're looking at

[tough shard]

Alright, thank you so much! I'll try to apply that.

[naive pawn]

why have i explained this so many times, i don't even do 3d

[grand snow]

I usually just rotate the input vector using the rigidbody/player rotation and then use it

(global rotation)

[naive pawn]

yeah but if the rigidbody/player rotation is also vertical you'd also be getting some verticality in your movement

[timber tide]

damn, imagine trying to debug a flow chart

[grand snow]

Id only rotate the player on y

[naive pawn]

which is what i was explaining

[grand snow]

Yea it's a good method to use

[tough shard]

So basically I apply basic FirstPerson Camera logic but to freelook? (Sorry if that's the wrong assumption)

[naive pawn]

this isn't firstperson camera logic

this is just, separating pitch from yaw

first person cameras would use that too, yes, but it's not exclusive to those

[tough shard]

Alright, that makes more sense

[grand snow]

Third person I took a similar approach to how the player is rotated and how input is rotated and did other stuff for the camera

[tough shard]

Also since I'll be remaking the flow. Should I just implement jump straight into it instead of keeping it a separate graph?

[grand snow]

These kinds of graphs get messy fast to if say keep separate

[tough shard]

Yeah, I'm just worried of logic interfering. But I guess the new method you guys advised me to use would solve that

[grand snow]

Jumping can be done on its own, checking if ground conditions are met. If so, add force

[tiny crag]

is it true that prefabs cant remember their references in the inspector?

[naive pawn]

no

where'd you get that from

[tiny crag]

sorry youre gonna have to read this but i try to use chatGPT for debugging when i cant figure stuff out

[cosmic quail]

what is true is that you can't reference scene stuff in your prefab's inspector

[naive pawn]

alright, stop with that then

[tiny crag]

damn alr

it sometimes works

[naive pawn]

yikes

[tiny crag]

im a beginner

[naive pawn]

ok, and what about the times it doesn't 😆

[tiny crag]

cant come in here every 30 minutes

[naive pawn]

you absolutely can

[naive pawn]

you as a beginner have no idea about what it's saying

it doesn't either

don't rely on it for anything other than filler text

[tiny crag]

alr then so why does the prefab get the code from the gamemanager when its in the hierarchy but not when i drag it back into the map with prefabs?

[naive pawn]

what do you mean by "get the code"

but yes this sounds like the issue of prefabs not being able to reference scene objects

[magic pagoda]

every time I saw a script, press play within unity or just randomly sometimes... the variables of the script disappear until I change the inspector mode to debug and then back to normal, and its starting to be really inconveniant... can anyone help?

[tiny crag]

i made a serialized field of the type "gameManager" which is the name of the codefile for managing enemies

[tough shard]

Hey Chris, quick question (You can just answer with yes or no). Should I just use C# for the character movement and camera rotation instead?

[naive pawn]

the name of the file doesn't particularly matter
it's the class that matters

[tiny crag]

the class and file names are the same

[polar acorn]

When you say "disappear" do you mean the values disappear, or the entire variable in the inspector just vanishes?

[naive pawn]

prefabs exist outside scenes - ie, regardless of what they're loaded
scenes objects only exist when the scene is loaded
prefabs can't reference something that doesn't exist

[naive pawn]

doesn't matter, noone will understand "get the code" as getting a class instance lmao

[tiny crag]

alr look

heres whats happened

[naive pawn]

i know what's happened

from inferring the other stuff you've said

[naive pawn]

it's this

[magic pagoda]

entire variable. thats the whole thing, and when I do inspector to debug to inspector they reappear

[tiny crag]

ok

[naive pawn]

you can probably use a singleton for the gamemanager

[polar acorn]

Is there any sort of custom inspector script? I can't say I've ever seen the default inspector just blanking out

[naive pawn]

this is a known issue iirc
you can also reselect the same object or select some other object and reselect the first to basically "refresh" the inspector

[polar acorn]

But a custom inspector script throwing an error would do that

[magic pagoda]

nope, nothing...

[naive pawn]

ive lived with that bug for like, 4 months at this point 😔

[polar acorn]

Is it on a new version? I've never run into it

[magic pagoda]

yeah that helps too...

[tiny crag]

so i need to "create a bridge" between the prefab and the gamemanager gameobject in start()?

[polar acorn]

Or have whatever spawns the prefab set the variable after making it

[naive pawn]

iirc it was fixed in 6 but persists in 2022 (which im using)
@magic pagoda what version are you using?

[magic pagoda]

this all happened when I switched to a new install... should I just try downgrading..?

[magic pagoda]

2022 god damn it...

[naive pawn]

yeap

[magic pagoda]

I was fine with my install of 2021 :(

[naive pawn]

it was a regression, yeah

[polar acorn]

Ah, I skipped straight from 2021 to 6 so I guess that tracks

[magic pagoda]

maybe I should downgrade my project I have like 5 scripts so far its a very new project

[naive pawn]

tbh, for me, ive just gotten used to it and it hasn't been any further issue

but it certainly was a great annoyance before i got used to it

[polar acorn]

Or upgrade it to 6

[naive pawn]

if you're changing version you may as well upgrade

[magic pagoda]

I dont wanna use 6 I dont like the UI...

I mean its a ver small project, only 5 scripts and 3 prefabs rn...

[naive pawn]

@magic pagoda what platform are you on

[magic pagoda]

wdym?

[naive pawn]

windows/mac/linux, the one you're using unity editor on

[magic pagoda]

windows

[naive pawn]

huh, mac for me

was wondering if there was some common thing...

[magic pagoda]

think its just some damn bug...

[naive pawn]

wait what version are you on again?

with minor/patch versions

[magic pagoda]

2022.3.62f1

[naive pawn]

oh good, it is this one

https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/inspector-components-temporarily-lose-some-fields-when-recompiling-the-code