💻┃code-beginner

[cosmic quail]

why not a tuple tho?

[naive pawn]

sounds.. unnecessary

[thorn kiln]

So what would mine be returning? True and something else?

[naive pawn]

tuples are relatively new (and also just don't make sense for the try pattern)

[rich adder]

because they will confuse the point
if you wanna be "technical" Tuple itself is still 1 type 😛

keeping simple for #💻┃code-beginner . tuples should be learned but later, also that^

most Try functions return a bool with an out

TryParse, TryGetValue etc

[regal marsh]

I need urgent help can anyone help me

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask

[rich adder]

if its urgent why not type the actual problem instead of extra unecessary question

[regal marsh]

Idk im panicing

[rich adder]

unless you got a gun pointed at you, you're gonna be fine lol

[regal marsh]

i imported an old package intending to to import only the materials and textures

it imported all the scripts

and overwrote all the code

[rich adder]

I'm assuming you didn't bother Version Control it beforehand ?

[regal marsh]

I havent done a git push in a while as i was very close to finishing

I did, i just havent pushed.

[slender nymph]

provided you have committed your previous changes you can just revert the latest changes to go back to the previous version

[regal marsh]

I havent

[slender nymph]

pushing is not required as that just pushes the changes to the remote

[regal marsh]

i havent commited either

is there any way to undo the import or something anything

[fickle plume]

If you use any client app for Git you can also view visually what files have been added and remove/roll back selectively.

[regal marsh]

i have git extensions

[slender nymph]

the way to "undo" an import is to delete the imported file. there is no way, other than using version control, to roll back individual changes to files

[regal marsh]

it overwrote the files

[rich adder]

so git should've tracked that?

[regal marsh]

I havent commited in ages idk

[fickle plume]

Also if you are using new version of the package you can just reimport that to clean up.

Then add selectively whatever you intended to add from old one

[rich adder]

they should be still in the stashed files

[regal marsh]

Idk what you mean...I imported a package from my old code, a different project that has very similar script names. It overwrote the files of my new code

[fickle plume]

Then just this #💻┃code-beginner message

[hallow acorn]

hey if i have logic in void update and it should call a method that usually should be called in fixed update, what would be the best way to do that? right now i have a bool that gets set to true when the function in fixed update gets called but i dont know if thats really optimal

[rich adder]

like what? example?

[hallow acorn]

just as an example of course if we take the code you wrote yesterday and we would try to move the character with rigidbody.velocity instead of transform position, we should usally call physics through fixedUpdateRight?

[naive pawn]

velocity can be set in the frame update just fine

it's stuff like addforce that has to be done in the physics tick

[polar acorn]

That's the way to do it

But yes, setting velocity in update is fine, it's adding forces that should be done in fixed

[hallow acorn]

oh ok i thought everything physics based should be call from fixedUpdate

[polar acorn]

It doesn't hurt

and it might be a good idea to get in the habit of doing so

[hallow acorn]

thank you it makes me really happy to have found the correct solution for once lol

[covert sinew]

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

Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong here? My goal is extremely simple. I just want to rotate an object to face another object, but only along a single axis (like a turret, in essence).

Here is a Gif demonstrating the code's behavior. It ALMOST works, but for god-knows-what-reason, certain positions result in the entire object flipping around.

I do not know how to fix this, nor do I know the "correct" way to do this.

[wintry quarry]

It's because you're not providing the second parameter to https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.LookAt.html

So it's making its best guess

based on your gif you probably want the up vector to be along the red axis in the move gizmo

(or the opposite)

[covert sinew]

I am providing the second parameter.

[polar acorn]

Or rather that you're giving it the wrong axis for that

[wintry quarry]

oh

then you're giving it the wrong value

[polar acorn]

Probably one of those should be not negative

[wintry quarry]

it's hard to say what's right without seeing the object's orientation

If you can select the rotating object with tool handle rotation set to "local" so we can see its axes, it would help

[covert sinew]

It's set to Desired Axis Zero, the first image is the object rotating, and the axis provided to Lookat is the second image's axis.

[wintry quarry]

which object is Owner?

[covert sinew]

The second image. Here is a pic of the hierarchy, where TranslationGizmo is the Owner to "The Arrow" which is the one being tested

TranslationGizmo's transforms are never changed during any of these tests.

[wintry quarry]

Ideally the yellow/up direction of this key thing would be pointing to the left 🤔

(or right)

in these images

[thorn kiln]

Should I be using this same thing if I want an enemy colliding with the player to destroy the player, or is comparetag fine in that case?

[wintry quarry]

yeah this layout of the red object is going to make things a bit complicated

you won't be able to just use one of the local directions of the Owner object here

[rich adder]

enemy colliding with the layer to destroy the player
wdym here ? what layers

[wintry quarry]

you're going to need to essentially take the forward direction and rotate it along the plane normal 90 degrees to get the up direciton required

[thorn kiln]

Sorry, player

[wintry quarry]

If the red object's Up direction was to the left in those screenshots (along the long axis so to speak) you could just be doing LookAt(_GlobalCamPos, Vector3.right)

[covert sinew]

So like this?

[wintry quarry]

yeah exactly

[covert sinew]

I separated the graphic from the object itself

[wintry quarry]

that will make it easier

now you can just do LookAt(_GlobalCamPos, Vector3.right)

[rich adder]

when gameobjects have scripts you should use those instead of tags.
Tags can be somewhat useful on objects without any scripts

TryGetComponent has limitation to check only current object you call it on, for finding components on parent/child
use GetComponentInParent / GetComponentInChild respectively

[covert sinew]

It wasn't QUITE that simple, since I needed to be able to rotate the owner object, but I do believe I have it working fully now, thank you very, VERY much.

I never would have figured this out in a million years.

(For context, the end goal here was to have my runtime translation gizmo's arrows always rotate to face the camera)

[wintry quarry]

yeah you'd replace Vector3.right with whatever that direction would actually be so maybe parentObject.up or whatever it is 👍

[covert sinew]

Yup, that's how I got it working.

[primal trench]

can you include functions in scriptable objects

[cosmic quail]

yes

[primal trench]

any documentation on it?

[rich adder]

they are regular classes really ..

unity just interprets them as assets you can create from it

[covert sinew]

Not only can you include functions, but you can even add buttons to them. I use Easybuttons + SO functions to make editor tools a lot, because I'm too lazy to figure out how to make actual editor tools

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/methods

[rich adder]

the only difference from a regular class is they dont need to be created with new()
like monobehavior

[thorn kiln]

THe problem is, I can't actually drag my enemy object into the player inspector because the inspector switches between them as I click 😂

Nevermind, figured it out, I can lock the inspector

[slender nymph]

lock the inspector tab. but also if you just immediately drag instead of clicking and waiting to drag it won't change the inspector window

[thorn kiln]

Looks liek I actually can't do that anyway

[rich adder]

why is 1 individual enemy on the player 🤔 ?

[thorn kiln]

At least not the non-blue one that I can open in the heirarchy window

I guess because you can't put things from assets in things that are in the heirarchy window/

[rich adder]

yeah because you can only put scene references in other objects in the scene, you cant put scene objects in prefabs

[simple hawk]

hey guys, is there a way to hide my comments or collapse them or something? I want them around to help me understand the code, but they take up so much space

[slender nymph]

other way around. you cannot drag references from the scene into assets, but scene objects can reference assets just fine

[rich adder]

@thorn kiln still doesnt answer why do you even have a field on the player for an individual enemy 🤔

[thorn kiln]

I dunno, it's what I did with the weakpoint thing we did

[rich adder]

the weakpoint only knows about the objects in that hierarchy when its a prefab

so it only references its own parent

You would want to only grab enemy from player or vice versa at runtime

[thorn kiln]

Eughhhh, I know how to make this work with comparetag. All this other stuff is so convoluted in comparison.

[rich adder]

its literally the same process as tags though..

[polar acorn]

Which object are you trying to detect with compare tag

[rich adder]

except you're not at the mercy of strings

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of it

[thorn kiln]

Im just trying to destroy the player when an enemy collsides with them

[polar acorn]

So show the inspector of the object that is the other in your OnTriggerEnter function

The object you want to detect collision with

[rich adder]

if(other.TryGetComponent(out Player player)) Destroy(player.gameObject)
🤷‍♂️

Triggers and all , its the same exact thing lol

if(other.CompareTag("Player")) Destroy(other.gameObject)

[thorn kiln]

Hmm, I was putting this stuff on the player controller

[rich adder]

you crossed your wires somewhere no biggie

GetComponent / TryGetComponent when we usually want to detect something at runtime
SerializeField/Public when we are on the same hierarchy to what we want

[thorn kiln]

Well my enemy script is current doing stuff like

    private GameObject player;

    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        enemyRb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        player = GameObject.Find("Player");
    }```

So I guess I gotta change that?

[rich adder]

if only need to detect player on a collision you don't really need this

if you were needing to get a component / run a function on the player then you could put it to use. Although is not recommended using GameObject.Find. at very least you'd use FindObjectWithTag or Component

[thorn kiln]

Well it's how I've been telling the enemy where to move towards

[thorn kiln]

Everything on the Unity Pathways is basically wrong, is what I've discovered 😂

[rich adder]

its not "wrong" to do so, they are good as quick results straightforward

but they are less efficient , something you shouldn't care as much as beginner so they don't go in the nitty gritty

[polar acorn]

Okay, let's back up.

Which two objects are involved in the collision? Which one is the one that has the code on it? What is the object you want to destroy?

[thorn kiln]

The enemy has that code on it

I want the enemy to destroy the player

[polar acorn]

Okay, and what two objects are involved in the collision

[thorn kiln]

Player and Enemy

[polar acorn]

And which object do you want to destroy?

[thorn kiln]

The player

[polar acorn]

Then this is it

[thorn kiln]

It's very frustrating that anytime I do anything the answer is "unlearn everything you've been taught so far and do it differently"

[polar acorn]

Just use whatever script your player uses instead of Player

[rich adder]

no its not unlearn .. the concepts are the same, you're just switching a few functions around

learning new ways to do similiar thing but better is part of the learning process

more important you question why you'd want to use one over the other, whys is important to understand before going further with a change

[thorn kiln]

Well it feels like trying to learn breaststroke while still in the kiddy pool

[simple hawk]

does anyone know if there's anything I can do here or am I going to have to deal with it?

[polar acorn]

This code is literally just "Is the object I just hit the player? If so, kill it"

[rich adder]

put them in regions maybe ?

[polar acorn]

that's not that complicated

[simple hawk]

how does that work?

[polar acorn]

#region
//Stuff inside here
#endregion

[simple hawk]

can you hide the region or, like, collapse it?

[polar acorn]

Yes that's what they're for

[simple hawk]

omg, this is amazing, thnx guys

[glossy vigil]

how do i fix this?

Building /Users/mmasw/Downloads/ewewq.app/Contents/PlugIns/FirebaseCppStorage.bundle failed with output:
System.Exception: Cannot sign '/Users/mmasw/Downloads/ewewq.app/Contents/PlugIns/FirebaseCppStorage.bundle' because it is not a valid Mach-O binary.
at MacOSCodeSignDylibCopy.Run(CSharpActionContext ctx, SignFlags signFlags) in /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Platforms/OSX/MacStandalonePlayerBuildProgram/MacOSCodeSigning.cs:line 67
�u�

UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:BuildPlayerAndRun () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Editor/Mono/BuildPlayerWindow.cs:189)

[rich adder]

cannot sign because it is not a valid Mach-O binary.

[glossy vigil]

and what does that mean

[rich adder]

you tried googling it

[glossy vigil]

but how do i fix this

[rich adder]

guessing it has to do with code signing something

[glossy vigil]

is it because i orginally created on windows and then now tried to import it to macbook m1 chip

[rich adder]

doubt it. I use the same project on 3 different OSs a day and no problems.

if you dont give any context there isn't much anyone can do with just that line of code other than "google it" like you could

[glossy vigil]

what context could i give

if u want i can share u my project

in dms and u can try to run it

[rich adder]

I don't need the project but you can just start by giving context like, I'm trying to build x for x, but this shows , I tried xyz, but giving me yze .. etc. stuff like that idk

[glossy vigil]

im trying to compile my idle game and out of nowhere i get this error i havnt seen before

that i managed to compile not long ago and now i get this shit

chould i get that error because of this

[rich adder]

what changed since ?

[glossy vigil]

besides the missing project id, cuz im not on same account as pc on laptop and a few tweaks thats ab it

thats where the sign in issue is coming from? the missing project id

[rich adder]

this seems more to do with Firebase than Unity cloud

[glossy vigil]

and when i try to compile it i get 6 error all realted to firebase

[polar acorn]

What doesn't make sense about it

[thorn kiln]

I dont know where to put anything

[rich adder]

its possible its trying to tie something to xCode or something mac related but not linking properly.
try also backing up the project, removejust firebase or reinstall the sdk perhaps

[polar acorn]

When do you want this code to run

[thorn kiln]

When the player and enemy touch

[polar acorn]

So, inside OnTriggerEnter or OnCollisionEnter

Because those functions run when an object collides

[thorn yoke]

if im having an issue with like a window in the door opening with the door where would i got to ask for help about this? i was told something about dont cross post but cant remember what channel to go to i may just be dumb but idk

[glossy vigil]

found a similiar issue

[rich adder]

more likely not a code channel, if you're not sure use #💻┃unity-talk

So you should include screenshots/ video of issue and as much explanations

[glossy vigil]

on the internet its a common mac issue

[rich adder]

[thorn yoke]

i will just didnt want to put all that in the wrong channel and im on windows

[thorn kiln]

Okay, looks like I got it working, followed by a million errors because I just deleted the player and camera

I'm guessing I probably don't wanna destroy it

Just make it invisible and intangible and stop controls working

Or just make the camera not a child of the player, but that seems like it's gonna cause more work

[rich adder]

depends what you want to do with the player after

sometimes you can just get away with simple null checks or some type of way to skip those things when the desired object isn't there

[thorn kiln]

I'm figuring it out as I go

Most likely just simple gameplay stuff. Game over screen, press button to reset.

Thats for later though

[rich adder]

yes those also require forethought, in reset , do we reset the scene or just certain objects. etc.

[thorn kiln]

The pathway is making me do all this work on a personal project before I've even learnt half of the tools needed to pull it off

[rich adder]

wdym "all this work on a personal project"

your first projects should just be test / learning projects not your "dream game" type project

[thorn kiln]

At the end of the "Missions" it gives you a "Lab", which is it telling you what aspects of your "personal project" to work on

SO Im doing stuff like this

[regal marsh]

There is a way for anyone wondering, using ILSpy, thank g-d.

[thorn kiln]

But it expects you to fill out a whole game design document before you've even learned how to do anything. I just skipped it because I thought that was stupid to ask me to design what a game will be before I even know what I'm gonna be capable of building.

[rich adder]

its just practice for typical industry standard items for someone who might be getting into the industry

GDD is important to at least know about. You don't have to do everything there to a T.

[thorn kiln]

I just think it's silly. It's like asking me to plan a circus performance before I've hired any performers.

[rich adder]

I mean I do agree that it should probably be at the end or a sepearate course but still. If you think you won't need it now just skip it , no biggie

[regal marsh]

@rich adder You can extract the assembly.dll files and get the scripts that way

[thorn kiln]

My problem for right now is that I want the character to bounce up after jumping on the weak point on top of the cubes (it's basically mario stomping goombas but with spheres and cubes), I tried using ForceMode.Impulse, but physics movement is... inconsistent, so I'm wondering how to do it.

[rich adder]

still unclear what you're trying to decompile and why...

[thorn kiln]

Before anyone says it, yes, I know it's not "inconsistent", it's the same force every time it's just competing with the force of gravity which is why it's different

[rich adder]

most likely you need to reset vertical velocity before jump impulse

are you using velocity or addforce to move ?

[thorn kiln]

So force is the best way to handle this?

addforce

[rich adder]

AddForce Impulse

[thorn kiln]

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.TryGetComponent(out EnemyHurt trigger))
        {
            Debug.Log("Collided with weak point");
            Destroy(trigger.enemy.gameObject);
            playerRb.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
        }
    }```

[slender nymph]

just reset the Y velocity immediately before adding force that way it is always consisten

[thorn kiln]

Right, right, just reset the Y axis velocity... hey, quick question...

[rich adder]

var vel = rb.linearVelocity;
vel.y = 0;
rb.linearVelocity = vel;
playerRb.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
should work

[slender nymph]

if the question is "how do i" then it's just "set it to 0"

[thorn kiln]

Yeah, the next question after that would obviously be "how?", but looks like nav answered

[slender nymph]

it's also incredibly easy to google how to do something like that

[thorn kiln]

You do get that google is just typing things into a box to get answers, and that this discord is also typing things into a box to get answers

[slender nymph]

you do get that wasting time bitching about everything here and not doing actual research is hindering your learning journey and you're just adding useless noise to the channel, right?

[regal marsh]

So for the past month i have been recreating a project that I already made, using cleaner code and efficient systems.
I tried to import a package from my previous project which was suppose to be only textures.
I didnt see at the time but it also had my old scripts folder.
When the import finished, it overwrote all scripts with the same name and added a bunch of scripts im not using anymore, I.e. I had ServerMinion, ServerGameManager etc. which where the same name for both old and new project. and unity overwrote the files completely.

But since unity doesnt allow build with errors, the oldest build still had my old code in it, so I was able to get that code, tweak it a little and put it back into the original scripts.

[thorn kiln]

To the channel... code-beginner?

[slender nymph]

also #🌱┃start-here explicitly states that you should actually make an effort to google your questions yourself before posting here

[polar acorn]

Yeah but google doesn't waste a bunch of human time

[rich adder]

So you had compiled a build but never made a git commit with those files? idk as long as it worked just seems strange lol

[regal marsh]

No its unity native build it wasnt complied

like when playing from the engine

[rich adder]

the oldest build still had my old code in it, so I was able to get that code, tweak it a little and put it back into the original scripts.
I meant you had made a build, then not committed the scripts but then replaced everything with new assets?

its whatever as long as it did what you wanted it to do, just thought it was strange.. You outta make commits before doing such changes. hopefully lesson learned ?

[regal marsh]

I only intended to add textures :e never thought something like this would happen

[elder osprey]

I've successfully made this, but now I need to figure out how to prevent the segments from intersecting. https://streamable.com/g1oqab

[glossy vigil]

@rich adder i fixed the error

but now i can build the app

but it says this

can anyone help here?

[rich adder]

something is broken in your Project / Editor 🤷‍♂️

[glossy vigil]

What😭

i just fixed the the fire bullshit

that i had earlier

[rich adder]

no idea. have you tried refresh the library folder

[glossy vigil]

like open and close unity project?

or what does that mean

[rich adder]

You have to close project, delete Library folder and open it again.. Then you open old scene and try again

its a hail mary but worth a shot

[glossy vigil]

i tried to re enter and now i get this

[rich adder]

the fix was wat anyway

[glossy vigil]

i will try ur hailmary

[glossy vigil]

deleted my plugin folder

XDDDDD

just removed the fire storage all together

[rich adder]

why did you even have it lol

[glossy vigil]

so when u open game

u can log in

with google play

[rich adder]

enter safe mode and see where the compile errors are

[glossy vigil]

or log in with account on my cloud

[rich adder]

alr.

personally the Google SDK is always been dogshit.
you can always switch to unity auth and get the same login features

[glossy vigil]

im cooked

im getting this The type or namespace name 'DG' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[rich adder]

fix the top 3, and the last one might actually fix itself from the suggestion I made with library

[glossy vigil]

for liekt he first 3

bet

ill try

or should i first

just delet library and open it again

[rich adder]

fix the DG error first

might be related to you deleting the Plugin folder especially if you had something other than Firebase...

[glossy vigil]

yea most likely

i think i got this

brb

[polar acorn]

DG is DOTween

I mean, they probably have other assets too

but it's probably DOTween

[short condor]

I need help because it doesn't let me have my asset move

What am I doing wrong

[polar acorn]

What are you doing to try to move it

[short condor]

Im using set position

[polar acorn]

Show !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.

[polar acorn]

-# 🦗 🦗

[glossy vigil]

how to fix these, bruhhhh

[polar acorn]

What's on that line

[polar acorn]

Look at the line the error says. What is that line doing

[glossy vigil]

where does it say which line the error occurs?

[polar acorn]

In the error

Line 13, fifth character

[glossy vigil]

so thats what live 13

[grand snow]

now go check whats on line 13

[glossy vigil]

#endregion

and now i deleted that and guess what

[polar acorn]

What is line 13 doing

[glossy vigil]

9 new eerors

[polar acorn]

Congratulations, you fixed an error that prevented anything from compiling

[glossy vigil]

i ran firebase from there but i recently deleted it

[polar acorn]

Now keep doing the same thing, start at the top, look at the line, and see what the problem is

[glossy vigil]

alr thanks for the help

[glossy vigil]

@polar acorn

i deleted like half of the game alr

[polar acorn]

Start at the top and fix the issues from top to bottom

[glossy vigil]

i did

and just endded up deleting

player.cs

[polar acorn]

Do you need player.cs

That sounds like something that you are probably using

Why delete it?

[glossy vigil]

i fs use it

idk dude im kinda lost ngl

i dmed check what i wrote

[polar acorn]

Are you just deleting random files

I don't know why you expect that to fix things

[grand snow]

Is this some demo or something you made?

[glossy vigil]

its like a idle rpg i made

demo ish

[grand snow]

Then hopefully you know what "Manager" is and why its missing

[glossy vigil]

yeah

anyways thanks for the help

[grand snow]

😂 okay good luck

[glossy vigil]

[grand snow]

free will go do as you want

be respectful though and dont break the rules of this server

[polar acorn]

I would highly recommend reading the errors to know what the problem is rather than just deleting random files

[glossy vigil]

problem is

im an idiot that integrated firebase into the whole game and i now realized it somehow messed my whole game up and dont have a backup pre integration

[grand snow]

then you would either update firebase to get it working OR remove firebase + places where you use firebase

[rich adder]

so put the sdk back and see if compiles now that you refreshed those errors / library

[grand snow]

😆 im gonna guess its a lost cause

[polar acorn]

And also probably all the other random files you deleted

Hopefully you didn't delete player.cs without a backup

[glossy vigil]

i have backup

i went wild, but with a backup

[rich adder]

wasnt it only DG namespace missing, how did we even get here..

[polar acorn]

They seem to be unwilling to take any corrective action beyond deleting files

[rich adder]

very strange since they already did all this codebase...

all they had to do was put the plugin back or comment out the lines rq lol

[glossy vigil]

by fixing DG

i get 9 more errors

[polar acorn]

Then you fix those

[glossy vigil]

and by fixing them i get 33 more errors

and then i get 399 errors

and then i delete my game

[polar acorn]

If the compiler can't get past a file, it can't get to further ones

Also, how are you "fixing" them

[rich adder]

deleting entire plugin folder vs you just had to temporarily test project build without firebase plugin

[polar acorn]

Are you actually solving the problem or just deleting the files that have errors

[rich adder]

or even folders..lol

bro is on a deletion rampage

[polar acorn]

I don't know why but I can't help but think of this XKCD

Deleting a file gets rid of the errors but it doesn't actually fix anything

[thorn kiln]

I've managed to get rid of the errors by adding if (player.gameObject != null) to the enemy script, though I'm not sure how to handle the camera being destroyed along with the player

[polar acorn]

You should probably not destroy your camera

[thorn kiln]

That's a solid idea. It's a child of the player though. I might be able to fix that if I rewrite the code to make the camera follow the player instead, but that's just a maybe because of my skill level

[rich adder]

cinemachine

follow , no code needed

[thorn kiln]

So do I then make the main camera or the CinemachineCamera the child?

Well, for osme reason the CinemachineCamera just keeps moving further and further away on the z axis by itself even when the scene isn't playing... thats probably not intended 😂

[grand snow]

you dont do that

[wintry quarry]

neither

[grand snow]

you use its follow and framing functionality and it will follow the target

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@3.1/manual/setup-procedural-behavior.html

[thorn kiln]

Thanks guys, that's pretty much solve it

I feel bad I didn't have to code it though

[grand snow]

I use cinemachine its great

its soo great that even unreal has a version of it now 😆

[thorn kiln]

I think I'm doing okay. Not great, but you know, okay. This is definitely a form of gameplay.

[rocky canyon]

that is indeed gameplay

[leaden star]

id play

[thorn kiln]

Yeah, it's on Stream Early Access, where it will stay indefinitely for the next 30 years, like pretty much everything else on Steam

Please pay me £60 for it now

[grand snow]

Makes me sad when a game has the same price in pounds as it does in usd

[thorn kiln]

I'm sorry you feel that way... please pay me £80 then

I've decided it's a quadruple A game now

I guess I should probably add a power up

[languid pagoda]

This guy needs to be promoted to ceo immediately

[zenith wren]

I have an object that can be destroyed by two other objects, how would I differentiate them on the "OnDestroy" method so I can have 2 different things happen depending on what destroys it

[languid pagoda]

Create two methods DestroyFoo DestroyBar and call one from one script and one from another call the code you want to execute then destroy the object

[devout socket]

Putting this out again because I think my previous message got buried: I could still use help with this issue: https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1407920726580793385

[vale robin]

Is it possible to make objects from tiles? I want to give that blue platform a special behaviour with a script but creating an entire tilemap for each platform seems excessive. Is it the right way or is there a better way to do it?

[thorn kiln]

Eugh, the thing that makes enemies destroy my player when they collide is on my enemy script, but I wanna add an if statement to not destroy it if powerup is true, but haspowerup is in my playercontroller script. Now I gotta remember how to access variables in other scripts

Guess I'll try asking chatgpt, I paid £20 for it after all

[teal viper]

I think you can assign GameObject to tiles. And there is also a custom tiles feature which you can use to provide a custom behavior to tiles. You should look at the manual section corresponding to tile maps and tiles.

[thorn kiln]

Nope, chatgpt is not being helpful, so that's a bust

[sly vortex]

Oh god, ChatGPT on game development? Are you trying to cause everything to crash and burn?

[shell sorrel]

from the collison you have the players collider, so you can get GetComponent what you need from it

also ChatGPT is not going to be very helpful for most things and certainty not help you learn

[thorn kiln]

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out PlayerController player))
        {
            if (player.hasPowerup == true)
            {
                Destroy(gameObject);
            } else {
                Debug.Log("You are ded.");
                Destroy(player.gameObject);
            }

        }
    }```

Okay, thats what ended up working

No idea if it's good, all I know is it works

[rocky canyon]

u should try to work out why it works more often and less bout ai

code makes perfect sense to me..
-> collision -> if has player -> if player has powerup destroy this -> if player doesnt have power up destroy player

[rich adder]

just make it a regular gameobject , place it using the prefab brush if you want it to match the grid

[thorn kiln]

AI didn't help with that, it wanted me to do lots of roundabout stuff that wasn't working

I just tried typing player in my enemy script to see if anything came up

[cerulean bear]

how come the button clicks never execute PropertyClick() https://paste.mod.gg/nserauotlrll/0 thx in advance for any help

[rich adder]

hope you learned your lesson

[thorn kiln]

I dunno, maybe I should become a vibe coder

I hear that works really well

[shell sorrel]

it does not

[sly vortex]

Definately don't become an AI coder, you'll get nowhere fast

[thorn kiln]

I wonder if Tea is still hiring

[rich adder]

is the button visually hovering ? do you have an event system in the scene ?

[cerulean bear]

the button activates in runtime I can give a screenshot

[rich adder]

doesn't answer the question

btw thats funny I have a monopoly project I made a year ago..

[cerulean bear]

oh nice

rn I'm trying to get it working and then I'm trying to add an ai

what was your project about

[rich adder]

monopoly lol

[cerulean bear]

what does visually hovering mean

[rich adder]

do you see the button changing color when you put the mouse over it

[cerulean bear]

it does when I click it

[vale robin]

How do I use the prefab brush?

[rich adder]

ok then most likely somewhere else in code you're not running the addListener / subscribe part

[rich adder]

in the tile palette window you can switch which mode . You might need this package though
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.2d.tilemap.extras@6.0/manual/GameObjectBrush.html

[flat sphinx]

its often useful

[rich adder]

oh please not this shit again

[flat sphinx]

cant say for unity but in zig at least it does snippets well

[rich adder]

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

[sly vortex]

I found it to cause massive damage vs slightly helping. It may fix one issue, but it'll cause you 500 other problems

[rich adder]

keep it there if you want to discuss it, this place is gonna flood with that crap

[flat sphinx]

if you blindly throw it at a codebase, yeah duh
but i digress

[cerulean bear]

this is where I activate it if it helps

using System;
using UnityEngine;

public class Middleman : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GamePlayerDataManager[] allManagers;
    public Player triggerPlayer;
    [SerializeField] private PropertiesPopupManager propertiesPopupManager;
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        foreach(GamePlayerDataManager game in allManagers)
        {
            game.onPropertiesShown += ShowProperties;
        }
    }

    private void ShowProperties(Player player)
    {
        propertiesPopupManager.gameObject.SetActive(true);
        propertiesPopupManager.ShowProperties(player);
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
    }
}

[thorn kiln]

Okay, tried looking online and couldn't figure it out. How do I change the material of an object when I pick up a powerup?

[cerulean bear]

I only use it to remember syntax and sometimes paste in errors

[shell sorrel]

you got to break up the problem

[cerulean bear]

gameObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer> = myMaterial if I remember correctly

[shell sorrel]

like what is the material on, oh the renderer so go look at the docs for that

[rich adder]

put logs in the chain of methods and see if they all run. including the loop that has the AddListener( ()=>

[shell sorrel]

and find its material and sharedMaterial properties

[vale robin]

Thank you!

[languid pagoda]

Anyone know sane pakejka 5.2 coeffecients?

[flat sphinx]

(bitmath snippets it does well too)

[shell sorrel]

why would you just not write the bitmath out though, find it alot of it easier to repersent what i want in code then written language

[cerulean bear]

doing it rn, but just to make sure did I use the lambda right on line 57? Does it have the same value for all for all of their clicks or does it work as intended

bc lambda stores the operation rather than the value

[flat sphinx]

i mean this kind of bitmath

[rich adder]

doing the capturing of the loop i is correct and should map to corresponding index.

[sleek light]

@grand snow im the guy you helped earlier. can i ask you about a specific thing im having trouble with?

[cerulean bear]

https://paste.mod.gg/upmxysdhghou/0 I updated it and the debug on line 58 never executes

[rich adder]

Debug.Log($"propertiesOwned: {player.propertiesOwned.Count}"); before the loop

[cerulean bear]

oh wait I just realized its not supposed to run at first bc the player starts with no properties so the issue is probably around lines 68 to the end

so at the start player.propertiesOwned.Count is 0

[rich adder]

what are the buttons supposed to do anyway ?

[cerulean bear]

for now I just have them debug but later on I want to have them remove the property

[rich adder]

so which one is not working right now thats supposed to work ?

[thorn kiln]

private Material playerMaterial;
playerMaterial = GetComponent<Renderer>().material;
playerMaterial.color = Color.red;```Okay, these lines are working at least. But that's just colours. I need ot figure out how to change it to a material I have in assets.

[cerulean bear]

this part never executes when the buttons are pressed private void PropertyClick(int spot, Player play) { Debug.Log("Clicked on property:"); Debug.Log(play.propertiesOwned[spot].Name); }

[rich adder]

do the same as you did before to debug it, put logs and see where it goes wrong

[thorn kiln]

I thought I'd jsut be able to do playerMaterial = gold;, but guess not

[cerulean bear]

I think its MeshRenderer rather than Renderer

[rich adder]

just make a field and assign it in the inspector, whats the big deal

[rustic laurel]

Yo let me and u create a game

[cerulean bear]

I already have a Debuglog in the method should I add it anywhere else

[rich adder]

not in the method only lol thats pointless
you have to follow the flow of the code

[sly vortex]

How long you been using Unity?

[cerulean bear]

ohh I see what you mean

[rich adder]

you already established its not printing / reaching that part

work your way backwards

[cerulean bear]

I'll start in AddProperty

[rich adder]

yes you have a few things to debug in that method

especially the loops / quantities

[shell sorrel]

either works since MeshRenderer extends from Renderer, mesh renderer just provides more stuff

[cerulean bear]

ohhhhhhh ok

mb

[thorn kiln]

Get lost, scammer/bot

[shell sorrel]

player material is just a variable you made, you would assign it to the .material on the renderer

[thorn kiln]

Well I did, that's what this is, right?
playerMaterial = GetComponent<Renderer>().material;

Changing that to MeshRenderer also doesn't work

[shell sorrel]

what i am saying is you want to override the mateiral on the renderer, not on just a var you made locally

[thorn kiln]

Ah, so GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material = gold;

[wintry quarry]

MeshRenderer renderer = GetComponent<MeshRenderer>();```
and then whenever you want to change it:
```cs
renderer.material = gold;
// or
renderer.sharedMaterial = gold;```

[cerulean bear]

how does this look

    public void AddProperty()
    {
        string inputText = amountInput.text;
        bool isValid = true;
        foreach(MonopolySpace owned in triggerPlayer.propertiesOwned)
        {
            if(owned.Name.Equals(inputText, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
            {
                Debug.Log("You already own this property!");
                isValid = false;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (isValid)
        {
            foreach (MonopolySpace space in MonopolyBoard.Spaces)
            {
                if (space.Name.Equals(inputText, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                {
                    triggerPlayer.propertiesOwned.Add(space);
                    Debug.Log($"Player properties position: {triggerPlayer.propertiesOwned[triggerPlayer.propertiesOwned.Count - 1].Name}");
                    place++;
                    propertyTexts[place + 1].gameObject.SetActive(true);
                    propertyTexts[place + 1].GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>().text = $"{space.Name}, {space.Color}, Price: {space.Price}";
                    int indexCop = triggerPlayer.propertiesOwned.Count - 1; // Capture the current value of place
                    propertyTexts[place].onClick.AddListener(() => PropertyClick(indexCop, triggerPlayer));
                    //isValid = true;
                    Debug.Log($"Place: {place}");
                    //triggerPlayer.propertiesOwned.Add(space);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

[thorn kiln]

It's telling me 'Component.renderer' is obsolete: 'Property renderer has been deprecated. Use GetComponent<Renderer>() instead. (UnityUpgradable)'

[shell sorrel]

just use a differnet var name for it

unity used to have older accessors for communally used components

[wintry quarry]

because you are using the renderer variable somewhere without declaring it

or you declared it in a different scope than you're trying to use it

so it's falling back to the defunct Component.renderer property

[shell sorrel]

you are most likly missing the typename infront of it, i would recommend going through the basic learning stuff for C#

[rich adder]

what am I looking at?

just test it lol

[cerulean bear]

its what should get triggered when the buttons are pressec

[rich adder]

you outta print out values like quantities before loops etc.. see if they match what you expect

[thorn kiln]

Well it doesn't work in initilizers, doesn't work in Start(), and if it put it in OnTriggerEnter then IEnumerator PowerupCountdownRoutine() cant see it

[shell sorrel]

you need to learn the basics

would need to make it a field to access it in multiple methods like that

[thorn kiln]

Thanks, I'll try and learn the basics while I'm already trying to learn the basics.
I'm doing the beginner courses. I can't get more basic.

[eager stratus]

I'm trying to make a jump using natural gravity (9.81) just to make sure the formula I keep seeing around (Mathf.Sqrt(2 * 9.81 * h)) works. I have the height plugged in as 1 and am expecting the jump peak to be 1, but every time I run this code in FixedUpdate the highest value I get output is 0.956185. Is there a reason for that?

    {
        //For now just make sure the jump height is not only consistent, but peaks where I specified
        //Well, the determinism is there. Now I just have to make sure the force is correct for the correct jump height
        if (!Mathf.Approximately(transform.position.y, 0)) { print(transform.position.y); }

        //Actually perform the jump
        if (jumpQueued)
        {
            rb.linearVelocity += Vector3.up * Mathf.Sqrt(2 * -Physics.gravity.y * jumpHeight);
            jumpQueued = false;
        }
    }```

[rich adder]

you're learning Unitys Api , not the same as basic c#

[thorn kiln]

Yeah, well the c# courses online suck
"Microsofts one is good"
No it's not.

[cerulean bear]

@rich adder I got it working thank you for the help

[rich adder]

how does it suck ? also gave you other options like w3schools which has basic info in a common format for other languages too

[shell sorrel]

its a established langauge used for many things, there is so many sources for learning it

[rich adder]

also they mentioned js which has simliar structures

[cerulean bear]

honestly just do the code pathway and maybe follow a codemonkey tutorial

the second one is probably better

though either one of the two works

I did both

[desert patrol]

Has anyone had issues with this before?? https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1410411052226580572

[thorn kiln]

There, solved it

[thorn kiln]

I'm on the pathway, it's the whole reason I'm doing this. But it expects you to make a game halfway through teaching you. Sure, changing materials is more of a unnecessary flourish I wanted to add, but other stuff it wants me to do, it hasn't really taught me yet, but is expecting me to be able to do halfway through the pathway

[teal viper]

What part of the pathway are you referring to?

Can you link/screenshot it?

[teal viper]

I mean where does it ask you to do something that they didn't teach you yet.

[thorn kiln]

Well because the personal project is just something you make up yourself, I don't wanna just copy the other games they've had me work on already.
But in trying to make my own I've had to use stuff they haven't taught like
Cinemachine, linearVelocity, TryGetComponent

Maybe I didn't need to use those, but when I'm stuck on something and ask here, the response is always "the way you've been taught is bad, use this instead"

[teal viper]

I don't see them implying anywhere in that tutorial that it's a "free to do anything" tutorial. They teach you specific things and expect you to follow the instructions. Obviously if you go beyond that(things that are probably taught later on), you're on your own.

If you still want to do that, you need to be ready to read the manual/api docs and look at extra tutorials.
Or just proceed with the learning path correctly. Once you finished all of it, you can experiment freely and work on your own project.

You're typically not expected to do your own thing while in training. At least not before the very end of it.

It's like you ask first year physics student to build a nuclear reactor.

[thorn kiln]

You sound like an ad

You've got a sketchy name, have been in the server a week, DMd me to offer help instead of just offering in the server and instead of just telling me the name of the source you have, you're suggesting it teaches everything in the most vague way possible. If you don't understand how you sound like you're about to try and sell me a limited edition course, then you have zero self-awareness

I don't care what zombienet is. It doesn't stop everything about you coming off as sketchy

Yeah yeah, and I'm sure your dad works at xbox. It's not on me to trust strangers on the internet, it's on you to come off as trustworthy.

[teal viper]

Just to note, but uncolicited personal messages are not welcome on this server. I think it's actually in the #📖┃code-of-conduct

Indeed. But the idea behind it is the same: don't bother people that might not want to PM. Keep it on server.

[zenith wren]

is there a way to have only 1 collider that is both a trigger and prevents clipping? my code runs twice because it has 2 different colliders

[naive pawn]

the point of a trigger is to be a volume you can pass through

what exactly are you trying to achieve? is a single non-trigger collider not sufficient?

[wintry quarry]

No.

Restructure your code or your object to avoid that.

[zenith wren]

it's and object that needs to know if the player is nearby and once it hits a different collider it adds a score but since it gets both colliders it runs the add score code twice

my workaround was just making it add a 0.5 score so it rounds up anyways

[naive pawn]

yikes

[zenith wren]

I guess I'll just stick with that

[wintry quarry]

Put the two colliders on different GameObjects. Colliders can go on child objects. You can then use layers to separate the collision interactions

[zenith wren]

oh that's smart

thank you

it worked, thanks alot

[west sonnet]

How can I reference an Enum in my Scriptable Object?

[naive pawn]

you can just.. do so?

what issues are you experiencing

[west sonnet]

I wasn't sure how to reference it, but this is what I've written. is this correct?

[rustic laurel]

I don't know how to I just want an team with someone

[rustic laurel]

I'm not

[naive pawn]

!collab

[eternal falcon]

:loudspeaker: Collaborating and Job Posting

We do not accept job or collab posts on Discord.
Please, use Discussions to promote yourself as job-seeking, advertise commercial job offers, or look for non-commercial projects to participate in:
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[modest harness]

This is driving me mad
In some projects when i open .cs files in /asstets/scripts IDE says something like "The active document is not part of the open workspace. Not all language features will be available."
Even though its RIGHT THERE and a file right next to it is opening just fine!
AI says to reopen the workspace (the workplace is correct) or to regenerate project files (which is not a thing i dont think)

anyone had that before?

[grand snow]

!ide

[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

[grand snow]

make sure your ide is setup correctly as unity should be managing it for you so code files are "in project"

[modest harness]

it was setup correctly 😭

but thanks to this i found out vs code package was outdated

so it works now

[modest harness]

thank you

[maiden basin]

private IEnumerator Trap()
    {
        // Disable movement
        playerMovement.enabled = false;
        botBotMovement.enabled = false;



        // Fade to black
        if (screenFader != null)
        {
            for (float t = 0; t < fadeDuration; t += Time.deltaTime)
            {
                float alpha = t / fadeDuration;
                screenFader.color = new Color(0, 0, 0, alpha);
                yield return null;
            }
            screenFader.color = new Color(0, 0, 0, 1f);
        }

        // Teleport
        player.transform.position = destination;
        botBot.transform.position = destination + botBotOffset;

        // Fade back to transparent
        if (screenFader != null)
        {
            for (float t = 0; t < fadeDuration; t += Time.deltaTime)
            {
                float alpha = 1f - t / fadeDuration;
                screenFader.color = new Color(0, 0, 0, alpha);
                yield return null;
            }
            screenFader.color = new Color(0, 0, 0, 0f);
        }



        // Re-enable movement
        playerMovement.enabled = true;
        botBotMovement.enabled = true;
        
        // Play sound
        if (audioSource != null)
        {
            audioSource.Play();
        }
        Destroy(gameObject);
        Destroy(parentTile);
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject == player)
        {
            StartCoroutine(Trap());
        }
    }
}

So basically with this coroutine, my audio source doesn't play when I have it like this. If I move the Play Sound bit into the OnTrigger Enter, before the coroutine plays, I do get the audio but then the player doesn't move position like it's supposed to. Any idea why? Seems weird to me.

[keen dew]

Assuming audioSource is on this object, you're destroying it right after starting to play it

[maiden basin]

Should I just add a yield return waitforseconds after the audio plays?

[keen dew]

Do you want it to play only after those fades?

[maiden basin]

I added the wait, and even just doing that breaks the teleporting bit and doesnt move the player.

Ideally I want it to go in this order:

Hit collider > screen goes black > audio plays > player and NPC teleport > objects get destroyed > Screen fades back in. But I can't do that because destroying the object stops the coroutine and the screen stays black forever.

[keen dew]

Leave the parts that destroy the object at the end

[maiden basin]

Yeah IK, but ideally I want the object to break (Destroying it) while the screen is black. Should I just instead make the object render fully transparent during the black screen to fake it?

[keen dew]

You can disable/destroy the renderer

[maiden basin]

I'll go dabble ty/

[thorn yoke]

{
    public bool isOpen = false;
    public float openAngle = 90f;
    public float closeAngle = 0f;
    public float smooth = 2f;

    void Update()
    {
        Quaternion targetRotation = isOpen ? Quaternion.Euler(0, openAngle, 0) : Quaternion.Euler(0, closeAngle, 0);
        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.localRotation, targetRotation, smooth * Time.deltaTime);
    }

    public void OpenCloseDoor()
    {
        isOpen = !isOpen;
    }
} ```
i cant seem to get this door to sit proper the other set of doors ive done this exact same steps to works just fine but im at a loss of whats causing this. when i disable the script on this hinge the door sits fine right where it should be so im jsujst completely lose

[hexed terrace]

You've changed the scale to -1 .. which might affect the positioning/rotation too - depending on what that does to the pivot.

What would be better, and easier to track, would be to set the scale back to 1,1,1. Create an empty parent, put the door script on that, put the door as a child and rotate it 180 on Y - Making sure the pivot of the parent is at the hinge side of the door.

Maybe it's already parented?, it's hard to tell with the cropped images

[thorn yoke]

so i have them parented like this i knew missed showing something im sorry

[hexed terrace]

which one has the scale of -1 ?

[thorn yoke]

the left hinge

[hexed terrace]

Change that back to scale 1 , as that is what's being manipulated by code

[thorn yoke]

SpiderDoor lol

[hexed terrace]

Change the children to be orientated the correct way

scale 1 on all 3 axis ;p

[thorn yoke]

i swear im listening ;-;

[hexed terrace]

no rotations -> 0,0,0

[thorn yoke]

the rest of the children are 1,1,1 and now we are here

y 180 fixed it

now i just need it to do that when i hit play

[hexed terrace]

2 things

• hopefully the pivot mode is set to center
• change the Children rotation, not the parent

your code is going to set the rotation to 0 or 90, so rotating the parent by 180 will only work until the door is interacted with

ideally, you'd want your code to be += / -= 90 .. so that the rotation of the parent doesn't need to be at 0

[thorn yoke]

you helping with the orientation literally fixed it that y 180 was the last step holy shit you beautiful person ive been at this for 3 hours

[thorn yoke]

you deserve free whataburger for life just saying

[grave ocean]

is anyone around to help a bit with an issue im running into uploading a vrchat world?

[hexed terrace]

!vrchat

[eternal falcon]

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

[grave ocean]

yeeep done just noone wanted to answer ahaha

thanks anyway

[rustic laurel]

Yo

[fiery stone]

quick question, if i have a player which has a script which has a function to damage the player, how would i call that script from another object, like a bullet or a laser

[frosty hound]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.GetComponent.html

[fiery stone]

thx

[fiery stone]

also do you know why a random person dm me the second i asked the question?

[frosty hound]

Who was it?

[fiery stone]

@rustic laurel

[frosty hound]

!ban save 1194024921467191367 Continuing to spam DMs despite previous warnings.

[eternal falcon]

buga_henry was banned.

[fiery stone]

oh sorry, no images?

[frosty hound]

It's fine, just ignore it.

[fiery stone]

ight

[fiery stone]

also, do you know how to do collisions (2d), ive got a circle collider on Player, and a box collider on Laser, and got this in the Laser code:

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.name == "Player")
        {
            Debug.Log("touchies");
        }
    }

[naive pawn]

you shouldn't use names for checking objects

anyways, you didn't actually say what the issue was

[fiery stone]

sory, when they touch, nothing happens

no log

nothin

[fiery stone]

then what do i use

[floral garden]

hi, i need some advice,
in 2D for narrative game,
is it better to make an animation ours self with script
or
using animator of unity + clip

[naive pawn]

layers, ideally

[fiery stone]

tell me dem ways of layer collision

[fickle plume]

It depends on use case and complexity. You'll have to post actual example and ask in #🏃┃animation

[fiery stone]

ello?

i guess im making a bullet hell game without collision

[grand snow]

did you perhaps think to search "unity layers"

[fiery stone]

then why does this channel exist

[grand snow]

assign layers and then use layer masks to restrict what things can collider with/what physics queries hit
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/use-layers.html

we can give advice and help but i wont read you a bedtime story

[fiery stone]

sorry, for being new to game engines and using premade collision detection, my fault

[fickle plume]

To !ask questions when you have problems understanding them. Not to search elementary things for you.

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

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

[grand snow]

thats why we read the doc pages to learn how to use the engine and its features
We can also use the provided !learn ing content

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[rotund root]

is there something wrong with this code? I tried to run on my phone and it doesn't show the camera feed
in unity editor i can see the "obs logo" so i assume i placed the components correctly?

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

public class CameraFeed : MonoBehaviour
{
    WebCamTexture camTex;
    public RawImage img;
    void Start()
    {
        camTex = new WebCamTexture();
        img.texture = camTex;
        camTex.Play();
    }

    public Texture2D Snapshot()
    {
        // capture current camera frame to a Texture2D
        var tex = new Texture2D(camTex.width, camTex.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
        var pixels = camTex.GetPixels();
        tex.SetPixels(pixels);
        tex.Apply();
        return tex;
    }
}

[grand snow]

Could be permissions are required to access the camera

unity offers things to check + request permissions
they also need to be added to your AndroidManifest

[rotund root]

how do i do that? it wouldn't let me to edit the xml file

[naive pawn]

you opened it in a browser instead of an editor

[shell sorrel]

open it in a text editor

not a browser

[naive pawn]

you can edit files in..editors

[shell sorrel]

would just use your ide or code editor

[rotund root]

oh

[grand snow]

You edit it in your project before building https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/android-manifest.html

You are looking at the build output, do not do this

[rotund root]

oh thanks! it's working now
is there a easy way to set up a pop up to ask for permission?
I have to get the permission manually by opening setting > app on my phone :/

[hexed terrace]

o/s level permission popups usually appear automagically - try installing the app fresh

[frosty hound]

We don't allow modding here.

[deft tree]

Huh? But that is unity server though

[frosty hound]

Yes, and on this Unity server, we don't allow discussions on modding, pirating or asset ripping. You'll have to find another community.

[deft tree]

The hell?... How do you put modding in the same line as other two things?? I am modding a licensed game that I bought!

That is weird. Farewell

[sour fulcrum]

They all break tos

[rotund root]

doesn't seem working, i might have to make a script to ask for it :/

[frosty hound]

See ya

[sour fulcrum]

This is an official unity server so we can’t talk about em

most people here don’t actually dislike modding it’s just not the right place

[fickle plume]

A lot of people got into game dev learning through modding. It's just this server is dedicated to learning Unity and modding always about overcoming limitations of some existing application build (which is out of scope of this community), while also in most cases is against game's TOS.

[floral lotus]

how i can make this effect on unity?

[floral lotus]

billboard without depth test with fixed size

[hexed terrace]

don't crosspost

[hexed terrace]

this is a code channel ... delete and ask in #📲┃ui-ux (unless you're asking for code how to?)

[floral lotus]

i need code to make fixed scale

my english is bad

im portuguese

srry

[hexed terrace]

you'll want to get the distance from the camera, and increase/ decrease the scale

[floral lotus]

in godot it's so easy, but I can't enjoy using godot. I think I've gotten used to unity

[hexed terrace]

You'll also probably want to do transformOfTheText.LookAt(cameraTransform);

[balmy vortex]

Does anyone know wtf is lagging out my project so hard? I only rly have 2 files that handle movement and spell stuff respectively so it really shouldn't be running like this
player movement code --> https://paste.mod.gg/ydjtgosrlrna/0
player spell code --> https://paste.mod.gg/cvtxqbwpbups/0

[rich adder]

use the profiler and check

[balmy vortex]

how do I do that?

[hexed terrace]

Doesn't even look laggy, just slow jump

google -> how to use unity profiler

[subtle scarab]

Handling Physics based movement in Update() is the issue 🙂

try that and hope that helps 🙂

[balmy vortex]

where else would I put that though?

[naive pawn]

that isn't in itself an issue

linearVelocity can be set in update just fine

this is an issue though

airTime += Time.fixedDeltaTime;

the AddForce as well

[west sonnet]

The values in my PlayerWeaponScript are not changing to the values in my SO. Am I doing this correctly?

The Method is definetely being called since the Debug.Log is working

[balmy vortex]

why is this an issue?

[naive pawn]

because it's in Update

[balmy vortex]

well where else would I put it?

[naive pawn]

FixedUpdate

[grand snow]

Why not just keep a ref to the scriptable object...

[naive pawn]

using fixeddeltatime does not automatically make it part of the fixed time step

[west sonnet]

What do you mean?

[subtle scarab]

FixedUpdate() is suited best for physics based interactions 🙂

[grand snow]

If you want to access information about the "currently held weapon" you could just keep a reference to the scriptable object for that gun instead of copying all its fields

would be easier wouldnt it? (presuming you do not try to modify it)

[balmy vortex]

well what's the difference between Update() and FixedUpdate()?

[grand snow]

Update is every frame, FixedUpdate is each physics update

thats why the docs and any good tutorial does physics stuff in FixedUpdate() !

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/fixed-updates.html

a quick google answers the question

[west sonnet]

I'm still not 100% sure what you mean. My PlayerWeapon script is on the player, not the gun, and I'm copying the fields that I want to change when a different gun is selected/picked up

[grand snow]

You should also consider having your weapon pick up functionality work by having references to the varing SO's so you can have the player pick up many weapon types without abusing tags.

[mighty citrus]

Hey! I've been trying to replicate a grid system video from youtube, and so far everything works except for the onmouseenter highlight of a tile. It seems that the only thing I would need for this is a collider 2d for the tile prefab, yet somehow I don't get anything

[mighty citrus]

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong in my code since it's pretty basic just a Debug.Log in the OnMouseEnter method

[rich adder]

show the code otherwise we don't know

[naive pawn]

are you using the new input system or the old one

[grand snow]

Well trust me when I say that its a much better idea to update a reference to the weapon data instead of what you are doing currently.

[rich adder]

most likely defaulted to new input system

[grand snow]

all new projects use the new system now

[mighty citrus]

how do you check that?

[rich adder]

switch to the IPointerEnter interface and use the Physics2D Raycaster

[west sonnet]

So, right now I'm changing the data within the WeaponScript. How could I update a reference to the weapon data?

[mighty citrus]

I have this so maybe the new?

[mighty citrus]

does onmouseenter not work in 2d or?

[rich adder]

it does but you need to switch input system to Old

You can switch it to Both inputs or Old in the Player Settings of Project Settings

[hexed terrace]

you can have that and still be set to old/ both.

Project Settings -> Player -> Other settings somewhere .. last option of the 'configuration' section

[mighty citrus]

alright i'll try to get both on and see if it works

thanks!

[grand snow]

Example to illustate logic:

private WeaponData currentWeaponData;

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
  if(collider.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out Weapon weapon)
  {
    currentWeaponData = weapon.data;
    Debug.Log($"Changed weapon to {weapon.data.name}");
  }
}

we work with a reference to a scriptable object that holds the weapon data/information instead.

[grand snow]

They are talking about an alternate system that uses an EventSystem, physics raycaster and alternate events. This works regardless of input system and is better over all

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.EventSystems.IPointerClickHandler.html

many events exist check doc page above ^

[west sonnet]

How is this different to what I've done?

[grand snow]

Instead of copying over loads of data manually we just dont... What if you had 50 fields to copy? How is that sustainable?? Its not.

[mighty citrus]

I know I shouldn't be concerned about performance this early, so what are the things that make it better?

[grand snow]

Its the same system that UGUI uses to perform its events so the UI will obscure input which is often what we want
And as I said it works regardless of input system

[rich adder]

It works if your player uses a controller to move a pointer, unlike OnMouseEnter which is stuck to mouse

[west sonnet]

Okay got you, but how can I write it so that I can apply all the SO data at once?

[grand snow]

You dont and you have some critical miss understanding if you think you need to do this

[rich adder]

they're saying you just use the SO stats directly when you shoot or whatever else

[mighty citrus]

Alright yeah it does sound better that i can use both systems and make it work for any pointer

[grand snow]

no you only use the Ipointer events and event system way

[rich adder]

IPointer works for any device that you can set to move the pointer, including mouse ofc so you only need that 1 system

[mighty citrus]

yeah I'm going to use the ipointer thing, not the onmouseenter

[grand snow]

oh good

It requires an event system in a loaded scene to work

as well as a physics raycaster OR physics 2d raycaster to work with the colliders you want

[rich adder]

2 things to keep in mind with this
For physics colliders you need to add the Physics raycster on the camera
UI elements CAN block the casts so if you have UI over your collider, it will priority the UI unless you play with a ScreenSpace - Camera's Plane distance

[mighty citrus]

Does the event system come whenever I use the Interface or do I have to add it myself?

[mighty citrus]

can't I just use layer masks (if that's even an option)

[rich adder]

when you add a UI element typically Unity will add one to the scene

[rich adder]

they're all going through the same raycaster already that has its own filtered layers

the "Ignore Raycast" layer you see

[mighty citrus]

Yup found it in UI > Event sytem too!

[mighty citrus]

damn so I have to use Camera's plane distance to make it work with UI

I don't wanna mess it up

[polar acorn]

Seems like your PlayerWeapon script should reference an SO and instead of calling a function on this completely different script you just change which SO the PlayerWeapon has

[rich adder]

no I'm saying it works regardless you just have to keep in mind which one will be "infront"

if your UI item is non-interctive (like healthbars, scores etc.) and you don't want it to block the ray to Collider then you can untick the Raycast Target option

[mighty citrus]

ooh okay I get that, sometimes I'll want UI to be interactive, sometimes not

is that option in the collider component?

[balmy vortex]

So like do I just put all my movement and physics stuff in FixedUpdate() or smth

[rich adder]

no thats only for UI elements, like Image, Textmeshpro etc.

[mighty citrus]

so for objects I have to disable the collider if I don't want it to interact, and UI disable the option?

[rich adder]

using the physics raycaster, if you don't want the IPointer to fire on the script then you disable the collider sure, but maybe you might be misunderstanding it.. probably 90% of the time you shouldnt worry, just putting the little caveat of this system out there

Imagine a giant Panel / Healthbar covers your object with the collider, your IPointer will not fire on collider object if its behind UI

[mighty citrus]

yeah I got that so far

I meant that if I don't want an object specifically to be interactive at runtime, all I gotta do is disable the collider

[rich adder]

in terms of PhysicsRaycaster only

but other interactions too sure, OnColliderHit , or physics

[mighty citrus]

okay okay I'm starting to get it a little

my only 'concern' is that I might be a bit lost on how to make it work, as I do I have to check all the time where the pointer is, or can my objects just react like with onMouseOver

[rich adder]

it works exactly like OnMouseOver. The event such as
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.EventSystems.IPointerEnterHandler.html
will fire when your pointer enters a collider / a ui element
(The script has to be on that element though)

for colliders a Physics Raycaster is needed on the camera

this page is a different event (clicking)
but shows how to use these interfaces in code
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.EventSystems.IPointerClickHandler.html

[mighty citrus]

I just added that to the camera

ooh alright thanks for the doc!

[rich adder]

there are two, one for 2D colliders and one for 3D

[mighty citrus]

I added the 2d one

[hallow acorn]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/wexemuwupu.csharp hey im trying to give my line collision using an edgeCollider2D, but i get a NullReferenceException on line 34 ann i dont know why. could someone help me? thanks in advance

[rich adder]

points2D is never initialized

therefore its null

Unity auto-initializes an array only if its serialized in the inspector, hence why points works without errors

[hallow acorn]

oh

ok i fixed that, but now i get an ArgumentOutOfRangeException

how would i fix that?

[rich adder]

well you don't have enough elements and you're going out of bounds

[hallow acorn]

what do you mean exactly?

[rich adder]

oh wait..

[rich adder]

which line is throwing that

[hallow acorn]

idk it changed a bit wait

[rich adder]

heres an examplecs var list = new List<int> { 10, 20, 30 }; list.RemoveAt(5); // Index 5 does not exist throws that error

[hallow acorn]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/ayahezihom.csharp line 35

[polar acorn]

i is outside the range of Points2D

[rich adder]

points2D and points quantities dont match

[hallow acorn]

what should i do about that?

[polar acorn]

Don't try to acces an index that is bigger than the size of the list

[rich adder]

points2D is literally empty

you initialized it, great.. now your points2D count is literally 0

[hallow acorn]

do i have to set a length?

i dont get lists

[polar acorn]

A list is a collection of things. You can add stuff to it. But you can't say "Get me the fifth thing in this list" if the list only has two things in it

[hallow acorn]

ohhhh like this? points2D.Add(new Vector2(points[i].position.x, points[i].position.y));

in a for loop ofc

[polar acorn]

That would add an item to the list which would get rid of this issue, but you're doing it in update

That list is going to get very long very fast

[hallow acorn]

so i add them in start and replace them afterwards in update?

[rich adder]

what is even the point of points2D if you already have points

ohh I see SetPoints wants a list of Vectors..

[hallow acorn]

points is an transform array which is required for the LineRenderer and edgeCollider2d needs a list of vector2

[hallow acorn]

yes

i dont really get why they wouldnt just use arrays tho

[rich adder]

List<Vector2> points2D = new(points.Length)

this might be pretty heafty too though..creating a new array every frame is ugly

cant you just do it in SetupLine ?

need more context to make a suggestion, like why is this looping in Update

[hallow acorn]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/yiyukitumo.csharp this is what i tried now. errors are gone but it falls threw the floor now

[left violet]

Hey, just have a quick question. We're trying to add local multiplayer and need seperate UI's for each player. We've found out that theres a MultiplayerEventSystem and are trying to use it, but although the setup seems correct it doesn't want to recognize UI when hovering over e.g. buttons. Our current setup consists of a player input whose actions both have a gameplay and ui component, aswell as the eventsystem as the UI input module. The event system itself has the same action map, aswell as the player root being the canvas of our player UI. I know this isn't much information, but I don't want to spam the channel so please tell me what kind of information you need ^^ - thanks!

it would probably not be bad to say, I do generate the UI using code whenever I need it, so since that might be relevant I thought ill post it here instead of unity talk. All it does is replicate prefabs and places it under the canvas though

[hallow acorn]

hey, i have a softbody system with a lot of spring joints. to make it a little easier to adjust the values i wanted to make a script to handle those. is there a way to differentiate between those springs if there are multiple on the same gameObject?

[hexed terrace]

No.

Depending on what you want the script to actually do, you'd need to have a field for each spring joint, and then assign each spring component. You'd then know which is which

[hallow acorn]

ok thank you. i think ill stick to getComponents and throwing them all in the same array then

[acoustic belfry]

Hi, i tried to make (now a normal) movable plataform, tho it makes the player slip to the direction is moving, i mean, if the plataform goes right, the player gets yeeted right. It makes sense but i still dont know how to "calm it"

    {
        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.CircleCast(transform.position, groundcolliderradius, Vector2.down, groundcolliderdistance, groundlayer);

        if (hit.collider != null)
        {
            // Check for WalkingBox component on the object we hit
            walkingBox walkingBox = hit.collider.GetComponent<walkingBox>();

            if (walkingBox != null)
            {
                Rigidbody2D boxRb = walkingBox.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

                if (boxRb != null)
                {
                    rb2D.linearVelocity += new Vector2(boxRb.linearVelocity.x, 0); // Only add horizontal velocity
                }
            }

            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }```

[polar acorn]

When do you call this function and how often do you call it

[acoustic belfry]

everytime it touches the floor

[polar acorn]

Whenever it starts touching or as long as it is touching

[acoustic belfry]

i guess as long

[polar acorn]

Because every time this runs you add velocity

If you're running this every frame you're going to add the velocity every frame

[acoustic belfry]

o h

that explains the yeeting

well, thanks

[stuck current]

I’m making a fighter game like stick fight but making sliding work is annoying.
The player never slides because of the move force how do I fix this?

[acoustic belfry]

bur wait, then how i can make it stand on top?

the way to make it was to make the player detect if there's a "movableplataform" below and plus it own velocity with that one

[frosty hound]

That's how.

[polar acorn]

You would set the velocity to that. Not add it

[acoustic belfry]

o h

but wouldn't that cancell the imput?

[polar acorn]

You would include that

[acoustic belfry]

wat

[polar acorn]

You would set the player's velocity to their movement plus the platform's velocity

[acoustic belfry]

oh, ok

[scarlet skiff]

i need some advice on how to structure my items with my inventory, to simplify alot, currently the inventory is a script containing a field which is a list of IDs that (and helper methods and such), through ItemDatabase static method (a class that holds all the ItemData scriptable objects) you can get the full itemData through the ID, and i have a "Use" method that gets the index slot, find what id is stored in that slot but then.. thats where i got stuck, currently, that is all that the items are, an SO with these general fields every item would need, however i want each item to have its own ability, so each item would have to execute a unique method related to it, where we give the gameobject player as a parameter and from it, it can get any references it needs meaning this method can be static, no reference to an actual item in game is needed. but i dont know whats the best way to build a database with such methods and how to get the right method with the id.

i mean i could have children of the SO where each item has its own SO that inherits from the main ItemData SO and then inside it i can have a function or something but ill neeed like 100+ files each with its own SO unique child and that just seems impossible to track and chaotic.

i cant really think of an effective way to build an efficient system using what i have as the foundation

[brave robin]

Will items ever have their own instance data? Like once an item is in the world, will it ever differ from another of the same type? (i.e. it has its own HP or uses to track)

[acoustic belfry]

how? i dont get it, i thought i did it right now

[polar acorn]

Let's say your velocity is 1, and the platform's velocity is 1.
This code runs, what is the player's new velocity?

[acoustic belfry]

but wasn't this how should be done?

also, player's velocity in theory would be 0

im AFK

[scarlet skiff]

yes, the inventory is actually 2 dimentional, made that way so each item stored can have unique data, that way i can stack items that are of the same type but have different use amounts left, kind of like beign able to stack tools in minecraft. This also means when an item is "dropped", its specifics are passed onto the gameobejct version of the item.

this will be easier to explain with visuals, so in plain terms the inventory is a list of these structs, and ItemPickup has a "uses" field that is set to the amoutn of uses the items struct has when dropped, and likewise when we pick up the item, we set the new structs use amount to the itemData amount, so they do sort of hold specific data

[polar acorn]

Okay, so let's go with that hypothetical. Player's velocity is 0, and the platform is a constant velocity of 1.
First time this is called, what is the player's resulting velocity?

[acoustic belfry]

oh right, 1

and so go on

but then what i should do?

[polar acorn]

You would do the things you'd normally do to set the player's velocity for your input, but then also add in the platform's velocity

[brave robin]

It would be simpler if the Item instance class remained consistent from inventory to world gameobject. Only difference with the latter is that the gameobject refers to the Item it physically represents in the world. So Item contains instance data, and refers to an ItemData with all of its other information. ItemData also has a reference to the Ability you want it to possess. The Ability can also be a scriptable object type, with an abstract method for executing, and you just derive a new form of it for each ability you need.

[acoustic belfry]

i add force for the imput

[polar acorn]

Then you're probably just going to have to detect when you enter and when you exit the platform and change the velocity then, or else you're going to need to figure out how much force the platform imparts on the player to give it the same velocity and add that as well

[acoustic belfry]

o h, ok

[hallow acorn]

can someone help me creating a plane mesh from a few verts basicly acting as an outline? never did this before and i need it to fill in my softbody with color

[grand snow]

you can easily construct a new mesh object with some verts and triangle indicies
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh.html

what do you have rn?

[hallow acorn]

i dont have much that could be useful. just an array of transforms that could be used to construct the plane. but i also dont have points inbetween like a grid

[grand snow]

for a quad you just need 2 triangles
but you could just use the unity quad and scale/rotate/translate it as needed then

[hallow acorn]

but will it fit the shape of the softbody? either if it has an odd shape or if its getting squished?

[grand snow]

a plane wont cut it. use a inverse hull shader to do an outline of a mesh
or some post processing effect

[hallow acorn]

yo what the hell is an inverse hull shader

[gleaming shadow]

Small help
what is the correct way to do this line of code
follow.TrackerSettings.BindingMode = follow.TrackerSettings.BindingMode.WorldSpace;
for cinemachine?

[summer wren]

Could someone help with an issue with InputField in a layout group?
This issue it is pushing me to take another break due to days of frustration and different changes yet no results.

[rocky canyon]

transposer.m_BindingMode = CinemachineTransposer.BindingMode.WorldSpace;

i believe

[ivory bobcat]

Context would help

[rocky canyon]

you need to grab the CinemachineTransposer and setting the binding mode enum

yea more context would be helpful.. and also what ver of cinemachine u using?

[rocky canyon]

inverted hull shader is whats commonly called

An inverted hull shader is a computer graphics technique that creates a visible outline around a 3D object by drawing the object twice.

[hallow acorn]

ok thank you

[grand snow]

Is a technique to do outlines cheaply. This explains it a bit: http://www.ronja-tutorials.com/post/020-hull-outline/

[rocky canyon]

it draws the shape a bit bigger than the object originally..

and then thats placed behind w/ a black fill for example

[hallow acorn]

thats really cool ill remember this if i try to make outlines in another project but rn i kinda need the opposite lol

[gleaming shadow]

I am using Unity6 so CinemachineTransposer is obsolete now and it uses CinemachineFollow

On awake i am trying to set the bindingmode to worldspace for a safety measure

private CinemachineCamera vcam;
private CinemachinePositionComposer composer;
private CinemachineFollow follow;

void Awake()
{
    vcam = GetComponent<CinemachineCamera>();
    if (!mainCamera) mainCamera = Camera.main;

    composer = vcam.GetComponent<CinemachinePositionComposer>();
    follow = vcam.GetComponent<CinemachineFollow>();
    if (follow)
    {
        var settings = follow.TrackerSettings;
        settings.BindingMode = follow.TrackerSettings.BindingMode.WorldSpace; 
        // ! Member 'BindingMode.WorldSpace' cannot be accessed with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead
        follow.TrackerSettings = settings;
    }
}

[rocky canyon]

explain "opposite"

[grand snow]

can you draw a shit picture or find a reference for what you want? your original description about making a plane is too vague

as i said, we can place a square/rectangle easily so we dont have a good reason to "make" a plane procedurally

[rocky canyon]

                settings.BindingMode = CinemachineFollow.TrackerSettings.BindingMode.WorldSpace; ``` i feel like u should copy out the settings

and then ~~assign ~~ modify them and reapply

follow.TrackerSettings = settings;

but im going off dusty knowledge.. and cinemachine did that big update and now im still discombogulated

[gleaming shadow]

Thats why im confused, damn API changes

[rocky canyon]

ya, i believe it kinda works like how u'd change a material..
you'd instead copy that material, (change the copy) and apply it back to the renderer

i just know im always using vars when messing with cinemachine 🎥 😅

in this case a struct

[hallow acorn]

these points are connected and make up my softbody (i disabled the outline for it to be more obvious). my goal is to get a texture inbetweeen that or atleast fill it with a solid color. thats not that easy though as its a few dots hewld together by hopes and dark magic

[rocky canyon]

TrackerSettings being a value-type and not a reference

[rocky canyon]

ohhh.. would u draw the shape using the points u already have?

each one being a vertex.. and then connect them with triangles

[hallow acorn]

thats exactly what i try to achive

[rocky canyon]

ohh coolio.. its pretty straight forward.. unfortunately im not one of the ones that would know how to do it 🤣

[hallow acorn]

but im... lets say not really experienced

[grand snow]

if the vert count can change you may need to trianglulate and gen uvs to then make a mesh

otherwise it could just be pre made

if you just need an axis alined box behind the bounds that is easier

[rocky canyon]

[gleaming shadow]

@rocky canyon
Just in case wanted updates - i figured it out
its so weird!
had to add using Unity.Cinemachine.TargetTracking;
and then this just worked...
settings.BindingMode = BindingMode.WorldSpace;

Cinemachine is doodoo cheeks

[rocky canyon]

awesome.. more straight forward than i thought

gotta go treasure hunting thru namespaces for any kind of functionallity in the new cinemachine system 😄

[grand snow]

wow namespaces anyways

[rocky canyon]

always.. even the old cinemachine was a lot of namespace fiddling

[hallow acorn]

sadly the shape changes

[rocky canyon]

reminds me of doing any kind of post processing

[gleaming shadow]

[ivory bobcat]

Was going to mention that it's a part of the target tracking namespace but thought you guys had solved the issue.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@3.0/api/Unity.Cinemachine.TargetTracking.BindingMode.html

[rocky canyon]

BindingMode got moved out as a top-level enum inside the TargetTracking namespace.

Old muscle memory (CinemachineTransposer) expected it to live under the component type itself.

Unity6 modularized Cinemachine to reduce cross-dependency
-# ai explaination

keepin the docs close-by helps

theres certain docs more important than others..
for me its cinemachine and DoTween

[grand snow]

Yea then you may need to dynamically produce triangles from the verts.
I think this lib can help with doing this: https://github.com/gradientspace/geometry3Sharp

[rocky canyon]

ohh looks extensive

[hallow acorn]

i think ill search for a yt tutorial or something really want to understand what im coding as i mostly doing it for learning urposes but thank you very much

[grand snow]

going from an ngon to triangulated mesh is not simple but if you can find a good algoritm to impement it may be worth it but there is a reason why libraries exist

[hallow acorn]

i think ill go for a plain color. ngons shouldnt be a big problem right? right?

[grand snow]

gpus can only draw triangles so you MUST solve the problem

[hallow acorn]

aw man😔

[grand snow]

software like blender has automatic ways to triangulate an ngon for us

[hallow acorn]

ikk why cant unity be blender...

[grand snow]

3d software is not the same as a game engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaunay_triangulation
techniques do exist but yea its a tricky issue dealing with dynamically made shapes like this

Hmm actually I wonder if probuilders poly shape could be used for this

[rocky canyon]

posssibly

[grand snow]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.probuilder@6.0/api/UnityEngine.ProBuilder.PolyShape.html

I just did some searching and they use a lib poly2tri in probuilder 🤔

this could be used hopefully to just do everything for you @hallow acorn ⬆️

[hallow acorn]

what exactly is that?🤔

[rocky canyon]

hold up.. clarify something to me.. is this meant to be a solution to build the shape at runtime or before?

can probuilder be utilized @ runtime? just curious

[grand snow]

I think so, anyway probuilder uses this c# port of poly2tri
https://github.com/MaulingMonkey/poly2tri-cs

[grand snow]

Incase you dont know, probuilder lets you make shape models easily in editor and these should hopefully be modifyable at runtime too
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.probuilder@6.0/manual/index.html

[hallow acorn]

saw this before yes

but im completely overwhlmed by what im seeing

how tf do i use that

why is it so complicated to color in points held together by hopes and dreams

[rocky canyon]

just not a common thing thats done all that often ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[grand snow]

Its just how it is, procedural geometry is not an easy thing to do
Try making a pro builder poly shape in editor and see if it makes a shape as you expect

[rocky canyon]

therefor theres no drag and drop simple solution that exists just yet

you could be the first! 😉

[hallow acorn]

dont even know how to install the package or what it is😭

[grand snow]

well thats easy. go to the unity package manager, unity registry and search

cant find it? google time

[rocky canyon]

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

[hallow acorn]

im 15 and in my second year of programming class in school starts on monday bro😭

[rocky canyon]

headstart 💨

[grand snow]

well try to use the information we have given you to achieve this if you want

[hallow acorn]

rn im having endstage imposter sydrome haha but i wont give this project up! atleast not if i dont get the damn color working

[rocky canyon]

^ it'll be a combination of

• installing the package
• looking at examples
• reading the docs
• googling what ur attempted + probuilder
• find threads and convo's / maybe tutorials doing what u want to achieve

or if its not 💯 do what u can w/ what u know then try to fill in the missing pieces... its all about experimentation, trial and error, and iteration

find other softbody resources (similar to urs already)
see how they make the shapes-> fill in the vertices

[hallow acorn]

cmon bro...

[rocky canyon]

i remember there being a softbody tetris prototype

seemed pretty epic

[grand snow]

You need to install git https://git-scm.com/downloads

[rocky canyon]

or just install and import manually

[hallow acorn]

what is git?

[grand snow]

wait hangon a sec what are you doing

[hallow acorn]

i only know github

[grand snow]

install pro builder

[hallow acorn]

i have

[rocky canyon]

probuilder is avail via the asset store / package manager

[grand snow]

and was this error a result of that installation?

[rocky canyon]

i think they went for this too #💻┃code-beginner message 👇

[hallow acorn]

no it was when i tried installing the other thing afterwards

[grand snow]

ah no no that was me sharing the lib they use as reference

so dont do that and you are good 😆

[hallow acorn]

so what is git now?

[grand snow]

dont worry you tried something incorrectly so dont bother

[hallow acorn]

what should i do instead then?

[proper needle]

its inside a monobehavior class too

[grand snow]

play with pro builder in editor to see how it works https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.probuilder@6.0/manual/polyshape.html

[rocky canyon]

https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/procedural-meshes/creating-a-mesh/ heres a good resource for the whole
"creating a mesh" topic

[grand snow]

lets crawl before they run to the moon

[rocky canyon]

but probuilder is a good tool to start

yea true

[grand snow]

They dont know what git is so probably too much for em rn 😆

[hallow acorn]

THEN TELL ME WHAT GIT IS MAN

[rocky canyon]

ya, just as a resource tho to kinda double back to and compare.. the more the merrier ya know

has some basic concepts which are still prettty relevant

[grand snow]

version control software, its what all repositories on github use.

[hallow acorn]

oh okay

[dapper ferry]

Catlikecoding always working😂

[hallow acorn]

i have github installed

[tacit prism]

why did the mp4 import like that.

[ivory bobcat]

More context would help

[proper needle]

like what

[rocky canyon]

Virus ☠️

[ivory bobcat]

The entirety of the script.

How to post !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.

[grand snow]

github desktop is a GUI client for git so you know.
its very important to know that github is just a online host for GIT repositories.

[tacit prism]

very funny, ive imported video before though, dont know why that one is weird, will try again

[rocky canyon]

u can use www.streamable.com for a temporary link if it doesnt work

[hallow acorn]

im basicly a full time dev

[proper needle]

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

[ivory bobcat]

You need to finish the statement on line 60

[tacit prism]

Alright, trying again, character is only moving towards "true north" and not changing direction based on which way they are "facing" ontop of just not turning

[tacit prism]

turns out i didnt press the finish recording button lmao

[rocky canyon]

u need to run it thru a function to make it direction relevant / local to the player/cam

[proper needle]

lmao thanks tho

[tacit prism]

ill see what i can do, im still pretty fresh with this though

[rocky canyon]

~~```cs
// grab our input
float h = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
float v = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

    Vector3 localInput = new Vector3(h, 0f, v).normalized;
    inputDirection = transform.TransformDirection(localInput);```~~

~~something like the TransformDirection method here ~~(edit: incorrect, i seen later that he's multiplying w/ the local transforms x and z)

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

[tacit prism]

thanks for the documentation, will read up

]

[hallow acorn]

@grand snow i dragged the folder in my project and got 54 errors i cant do this anymore

[grand snow]

what folder what are you doing???

[hallow acorn]

idk man😭

[tacit prism]

should i make smth similar to this in the void update or give itself its own function

[rocky canyon]

u already have ur movement vector and stuff working?

[hallow acorn]

this one

[grand snow]

plz ignore this forget it exists RN delete it from your project

[hallow acorn]

i have after i got 54 errors

what im i supposed to do now tho