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[silver fern]

I think it's because the method is on the script component, not the object

[naive pawn]

those are the same thing.

[hot wadi]

No, it is not

[naive pawn]

yes, you did

[hot wadi]

Oh, right

[naive pawn]

it's using this definition of CharacterController instead of unity's definition

[shell sorrel]

oh yeah you used the same name as the unity character controller

change the name of your's or use the fully qualified name for the unity one

private UnityEngine.CharacterController _controller;
would also need to change the get component line as well

[silver fern]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody2D.SetRotation.html according to this, you can pass either float angles or quaternions to SetRotation, while rotation itself is just a float

that's smart, I'll try that thanks

[polar acorn]

It's literally in your screenshot tf you mean "no"

[cosmic dagger]

Can you post the constructor from one of the effects, like Burn? There's another idea you can use . . .

[silver fern]

the constructor is CS public BurnEffect(DamageController damageController = null, int effectPower = 1, float effectDuration = 1, int effectFrequency = 1) { this.damageController = damageController; this.effectPower = effectPower; EffectDuration = effectDuration; this.effectFrequency = effectFrequency; }

[naive pawn]

dude i'm asking about the behaviour lmao

[west sonnet]

When I instantiate an object, it's instantiates a clone of the gameobject. Is it possible to instantiate it so that it's an "original" version of the gameobject?

[wintry quarry]

what does that mean

var clone = Instantiate(original);

the original goes in the parameters

the thing you get is a clone

[shell sorrel]

sounds x y problem

the point of instantiate is making a clone of a object or creating a scene object from prefab

[west sonnet]

This is my code "Instantiate(weaponPickUpPrefabs[SelectedPrefab], transform.position + transform.forward, Quaternion.identity);", and you can see in the screenshot that the gameobject has Clone in parenthesis. I think the fact that it's a clone is messing up my script logic

Was wondering if there is a way around it before changing my script

[brave robin]

Oh, you want to rename the instantiated object so it doesn't have (Clone) in the name

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like your code is depending on the GameObject name

which is a bad idea

[shell sorrel]

your logic should be written in a way the name does not matter

[west sonnet]

No, it's not depending on the name

[shell sorrel]

so where and why is the name of it being used

[west sonnet]

Maybe I've misunderstood what is happening

[wintry quarry]

then the (Clone) thing is irrelevant

so you should explain what's actually happening

[shell sorrel]

the (Clone) part is just its name being changed

[grand snow]

You just said it was messing up things 😐

[grand snow]

Is the issue that some component is not "notified" of the new object or similar?

[brave robin]

There's no difference between an instantiated clone and the original saved asset, other than the original being an asset and not an object in the scene
Unless you're trying to modify some instance data on the clones and expecting it to propagate to the original, which won't happen and is a bad way of going about it anyways

[wintry quarry]

Should just really share the code, explain what it's supposed to do , and explain what's happening instead.

[west sonnet]

So I've realized I need the instantiated gameobject to have a reference to a prefab when it's instantiated

[shell sorrel]

i still think you are approaching something wrong

normally the prefab is just a template and just used for instantianteing

then you keep the returned reference from instantiate to do stuff with the new instance

[brave robin]

You want the instantiated one to refer back to the original it was instantiated from? If so, then yeah, it won't work the direct way

You can instead store the reference on a scriptable object. Its indirect, but avoids the issue you're running into

[terse crescent]

Yo

[chilly elm]

I’m new

What’s a good way to learn coding in unity

[terse crescent]

I'm having a bit of a weird problem... I'm running the game, but apparently the camera doesn't cover to screen size I set in the Project Settings

Which's 800x600

[wintry quarry]

running it where?

Did you make a build, or you're running it in the editor? Or what?

[terse crescent]

I already figured there's this thing called size on the ortographic view mode, but I can't figure out how it works

[terse crescent]

Editor, mb

[wintry quarry]

Editor resolution is based on whatever you set in the game window

the Game window has a resolution picker

by default it's just whatever size the window is

[terse crescent]

Ok

So, now I need to figure out why my 64x64 sprite exits the screen when I set its X position to 800

My camera settings are probably not the way they are intended to be ig

I still don't know how it works

[wintry quarry]

orthographic size is half of the vertical viewing height

so with size of 400 you will see 800 total units vertically

and the horizontal size will be based on your aspect ratio

so if you have a 2:1 aspect ratio - your horizontal size here is 1600 units

So the other questions are:

• what is the position of the camera
• what are the Z and Y positions you set the sprite object to? THose matter as well.

[silver fern]

learn.unity.com

[terse crescent]

The camera is all zero and the object is also all zero

[wintry quarry]

that's wrong

the camera should be at z = -10

[terse crescent]

Reseted it then

What now?

[wintry quarry]

Now you should see the object.

If you can't, share screenshots of everything

positions of everything, inspectors, etc

[terse crescent]

It works now

But what the Z axis do anyway? I though that was a 2D editor 💀

[random lodge]

Read for a while about using a struct and this is probably obvious but need a nudge in the right direction. A little confused. I know the code works for instantiate other than this part.

Forgot this part int randomSpawn = Random.Range(0, spawnList.Length);

[naive pawn]

unity uses a 3d world, even for "2d" projects

cameras only render what's in front of them, and "front" depends on the z axis

unity is a 3d engine with a lot of 2d tooling, so much so that it works as a 2d engine as well

[naive pawn]

what's your question?

a struct of just 1 member isn't.. super useful tbh. do you plan to expand this at all?

[random lodge]

Yea. The instantiate doesn't work with that line in there spawnList[randomSpawn].gameObject so I've screwed up somewhere.

[terse crescent]

Makes sense

Well

Thank you

[random lodge]

Done as many checks as I can but don't see where the problem is

[terse crescent]

-# geez, I can finally go study now

[polar acorn]

What's the reason behind making a struct Spawnable instead of just having an array of GameObjects?

[random lodge]

From what I read it was better for later if extended

[polar acorn]

And what does "doesn't work" mean

[random lodge]

No spawning or error

[polar acorn]

Are you sure that line is running

[terse crescent]

Bye

[random lodge]

Yeap, works if I replace that part and manually tell it which gameobject

[cosmic dagger]

Sorry, I was AFK. There is another option with SOs. Instead of using an enum, you use a ScriptableObject enum (basically, an SO that acts as an enum). This helps because the SO will have its own method to create the effect, thus removing the switch altogether. Here's a short example

    [CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "NewEffect", menuName = "hb/Effect", order = 1)]
    public abstract class SO_Effect : ScriptableObject
    {
        public abstract Effect Create(EffectContext context);
    }

Then you create derived types for each effect, like public class SO_BurnEffect : SO_Effect that override the Create method.
Before, I mentioned creating a struct or class that holds all of the passed effect data. I'd still make that; it holds all the information for an effect

    [Serializable]
    public class EffectContext
    {
        public int Power;
        public float Duration;
        public int Frequency;

        public CharacterController2D CharacterController;
        public DamageController DamageController;
        public WeaponController WeaponController;
    }

This is the class I used for Effect since you pass all these fields in the method

    [Serializable]
    public class Effect
    {
        public int Power;
        public float Duration;
        public int Frequency;
    }

Now, in the EffectController, you can do this within the method . . .

        public Effect ApplyEffect(SO_Effect effectConfig, EffectContext context)
        {
            var effect = effectConfig.Create(context);
            activeEffects.Add(effect);
            OnEffectApplied?.Invoke(effect);
            
            return effect;
        }

The main difference, is you pass the SO instead of an enum . . .

[polar acorn]

Try logging the object before you call instantiate

[random lodge]

Should this actually print anything in the log if it's correct? Debug.Log("Object: " + spawnList[randomSpawn].gameObject);

[polar acorn]

If nothing prints from that log then that line is never running

If it's logging the value Object: then it means that the object in that slot is null

[random lodge]

ah ha, ok weird

I know how I broke that now

[smoky urchin]

Hello, I don't know if I'll find the help I need here, but I'll give it a try.

I'm modding the game 7DTD and trying to create a mod that equips a helmet armor modifier. (They're like upgrades.)

Is there any way to hide the mesh/model in C# using Unity references?

[naive pawn]

we don't provide modding support here, sorry

[grand snow]

if only the question was asked more generally, then we can point out you can disable the renderer component to stop something rendering (or remove it)

[smoky urchin]

What if I continue speaking in general terms? xD

[polar acorn]

There will probably come a point where you'll get an answer that can't be implemented because of the restrictions you're working under, and that's the point support will likely end since it's highly unlikely anyone here knows of the specific limitations of this framework

[edgy prism]

Hello, Im working on a function that scrolls to a position in my scrollview based on a given index 1-29, it was working ok where the height of my UI elements was 200, then I added a title so added an extra 400px of padding to my scroll view content now it is always displaying -400px from the desired Y position and I cant for the life of me figure out how to account for the padding without messing up the maths any help is greatly appreciated!

public void ScrollToLevel(int levelIndex)
{
    levelIndex = Mathf.Clamp(levelIndex, 0, totalLevels - 1);

    float targetY = (levelIndex * levelHeight) + (levelHeight * 0.5f);

    float centeredY = targetY - (viewportHeight * 0.5f);

    float scrollableHeight = content.rect.height - viewportHeight;

    float normalizedY = Mathf.Clamp01(centeredY / scrollableHeight);

    scrollRect.DONormalizedPos(new Vector2(0, normalizedY), 0.3f)
        .SetEase(Ease.OutCubic);
}

[fickle yacht]

Is the correct channel to ask for help with a Unity Learn lesson?

[grand snow]

what has padding, some layout group for these elements in the scroll view content?

[edgy prism]

So im just calling it padding I essentially increased the height of my scrollview content an extra 400px

[naive pawn]

sure

!ask

[radiant void]

:thinking: Asking Questions

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

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[grand snow]

well if you know how many elements you have and their height, you can do float ratio = (elements * elementHeight) / contentHeight;. You can then reduce the normalised scroll pos by * ratio.

[edgy prism]

Assuming that I have done this right it has reduced the gap but Is not accurate either and seemingly no longer centred on any single element

float ratio = (29 * 200) / content.rect.height;

float normalizedY = Mathf.Clamp01(centeredY / scrollableHeight);

float correctedY = normalizedY * ratio;

scrollRect.DONormalizedPos(new Vector2(0, correctedY), 0.3f)
    .SetEase(Ease.OutCubic);

[grand snow]

The point of that was to reduce the "valid scroll area" from 0-1 to the area where there is content

[languid pagoda]

How can I make it so the gauge cluster lights up like on a real car?

[edgy prism]

Sorry im not sure I quite follow what you mean by this

[viral pasture]

Hey, I'm probably missing something but why are my colliders not touching?

The physics works fine, the player stops and all but is floating just above the ground.

[languid pagoda]

just manually edit them see the little square? you can drag that to increase the size

[edgy prism]

I know that if my content height is 6200 and 400 of that is padding then my "valid scroll area" is 5800 but if I try and adjust the scrollable height variable by accounting for that things go sideways quick

float paddingAdjusted = content.rect.height - 400f;

float scrollableHeight = paddingAdjusted - viewportHeight;

float normalizedY = Mathf.Clamp01(centeredY / scrollableHeight);

scrollRect.DONormalizedPos(new Vector2(0, normalizedY), 0.3f)
    .SetEase(Ease.OutCubic);

[viral pasture]

@languid pagoda I'm editing them but in my head the colliders should touch no?

[languid pagoda]

yes click and drag and make them touch

on the collider component there is an edit collider button is there not?

[viral pasture]

@languid pagoda there is but the collider would be smaller than the sprite

I'm just wondering why the colliders are not touching, I can fix it easily but just wondering why

[languid pagoda]

there could be several reasons as to why

your screenshot really tells us nothing

[rocky canyon]

use emissive materials + bloom in ur post processing

[viral pasture]

@languid pagoda No problem, just tell me what you wan't to see, I'm just using a normal RigidBody2D, haven't configured anything in the project settings.

this is probably not the right channel either, tell me off if you guys want me to move somewhere else

[languid pagoda]

hmm the car seats and sash use the same material idk if this will be an option but ill try. Does universal render pipeline not have an emissive material?

[grand snow]

Oh right. The scroll view position is not for the whole content height so we also need to account for this.
Half of the viewport height/width is the area at the start and end that we cannot "center"

So technically the area we can focus on is -viewport height/width

And elements in those un centerable zones will use 0 or 1.

[rocky canyon]

create another material just the needles

[languid pagoda]

wait nvm the car came with an emmision texture

[rocky canyon]

go into blender and add a new material / assign it to those faces

[languid pagoda]

what is the name of the shader to use for this tho?

[viral pasture]

Here is my problem, why are the colliders not touching?

[grizzled dove]

my unity installing 30 min, is it a bug or something?

[edgy prism]

Sounds correct yes

[rocky canyon]

Does universal render pipeline not have an emissive material?
not a default material, no

they're basically prettty simple.. just a while material w/ Lit shader

[viral pasture]

seems to be some kind of offset 🤔

[zenith wren]

I'm currently trying to make my own editor window but for some reason I don't have the "tools" option on my editor. I'm using 6.2 and the image is from someone using 6.0
This is from a tutorial:

[rich adder]

#↕️┃editor-extensions
& show any related code

[languid pagoda]

oh wow this was super easy lol i just had to chuck the texture in the emissions and then adjust the intensity

obviously thats up wayy to bright but im shocked how easy that was

[polar acorn]

The Tools menu is one you'd need to create yourself. It's not there by default.

[grand snow]

It's from a menu item, you can put any path like "Tools/My thing"

Most people use tools

[silver fern]

thanks, I will try that tomorrow

[cosmic dagger]

Sure, it's a quick example. If I'm around tomorrow, I can help test it out . . .

[low copper]

Quick question...when running a singleton via a public class extending Monobehaviour. Is it standard practice to call it "Instance" or "instance"?(capitalized or not)

public static ExampleClass instance;

based on what I've learnt it seems like variables are normally lowercase but I've looked a bunch of examples and it seems many people do it with capitals.

[shell sorrel]

style stuff is up to preference, and the style used in unity stuff differs from other C# so you will often see a mix

[low copper]

I assume its more about being consistent in the project?

[shell sorrel]

yup

[buoyant wind]

K so here's the problem

my guy not sliding

or even falling

[silver fern]

did you write code to make him fall

[rain solar]

how do i build an MPM solver?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_point_method

[silver fern]

the algorithm is described in the article

[rain solar]

no its not

its generalized beyond recognition in the article

[silver fern]

https://github.com/nialltl/incremental_mpm look at this I suppose

[rich adder]

common fix is usually putting nofriction material on the player collider

[rain solar]

that doesnt implement anything normal fluids mechanics cant and its a failure at MPM

[silver fern]

you could use it as a starting point for your own implementation

[rain solar]

how did Claybook do it

[buoyant wind]

how would i uhh do that

nevermind i figured out something

[twin pivot]

how do i reference the animation the StateMachineBehaviour script is on? nvm just realized it inherits from SOs

[polar acorn]

You get the Animator and the State as parameters to all of the functions on StateMachineBehavior, so you shouldn't need to
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/StateMachineBehaviour.html

[eager elm]

Trying to run a Coroutine from a non-MonoBehaviour, getting a reference to any MonoBehaviour by passing it in the Constructor or using Singleton, or is there a better solution? I want X to happen 3 times every 0.1 seconds.

[shell sorrel]

it needs a object to run on, so yeah you will need to pass that along

[timber tide]

Singleton manager that executes the routines I've done before and it works pretty well

[eager crow]

Can anyone help figure why this is giving me a compiler issue?

[polar acorn]

Can't put functions outside the class

[eager crow]

does c# not support free functions?

[random lodge]

Alright someone telling why I am being dumb 😝 The error is object reference not set to an instance of an object. My brain hurts.

[shell sorrel]

that but can be nice to use a related object to what it does, that way if that thing gets destroyed the coroutine also stops

[polar acorn]

C# is object oriented. Methods belong to a type.

[north kiln]

Then one of the objects you're accessing is null (not assigned).

[polar acorn]

what line

[shell sorrel]

lifehandler or spriterenderer are null

[teal viper]

There are global scope methods in later C# versions, but unity doesn't support these versions yet.

[eager crow]

ah, I see

Thank you

[random lodge]

The first one switch(etc)

[shell sorrel]

@random lodge you likly forget to assign something in the inspector

[north kiln]

then lifeHandler is null. It's the only object you access on that line.

[polar acorn]

Then something on that line, probably before a . is null

[slender nymph]

Which version added those? 🤔

[random lodge]

Alright I'll check that again

[north kiln]

9.0 or 10.0? I dunno, finding the blog

[teal viper]

They are called top level statements I guess. Didn't remember the proper name.

[slender nymph]

That's not quite the same thing though because those are still local functions since they get compiled into the Main method

[shell sorrel]

the global scope methods are all just sugar, the cil is more or less the same as methods in a static class

[teal viper]

Yeah, looking it at it again, it's not exactly the same.

[timber tide]

namespace methods would be nice

not that making a utility class inside one is that big of a problem

[teal viper]

It does seem like they're accessible from anywhere though. According to the docs.
But I imagine it would not be possible to support in unity.

[shell sorrel]

can sort of do that with a static using if i we are thinking the smae thing

[snow patrol]

what would the best channel be to get some help figuring out why my UI toolkit inspector is read only?

for reference this is what I mean

I'm trying to modify scriptable objects from my custom window

[vague rivet]

Ok. How do i use the old Input system while also using the new one? I plan to use the new one for general controls and such, but fur a debug hud, I just want to simply press F1 to toggle it. Do i really have to use the new Input System package for it?

[snow patrol]

Project Settings -> Player -> Other Settings -> Active Input Handling

set that to both

[terse crescent]

I'd like to know why the heck nothing is getting printed:

The second image is how it is on both objects

[polar acorn]

The three commandments of OnTriggerEnter2D:

1. Thou shalt have a 2D Collider on both objects
2. Thou shalt tick isTrigger on at least one of them
3. Thou shalt be moving a Rigidbody2D on at least one of them

[terse crescent]

Check, Check, Check

[polar acorn]

Show the full inspectors of both objects

[terse crescent]

I'll screenshot the rigibody2D one

Which's also the same

[polar acorn]

The full inspector of both objects would let me check everything at once

[terse crescent]

How can I easily show it?

Like, screenshot it easily

[polar acorn]

Yes

Instead of cropping it

Just send the whole thing

[teal viper]

Just screenshot it easily

[terse crescent]

It won't fit the whole screen :/

[polar acorn]

You can hide large blocks of un-editable data like the rigidbody info

[terse crescent]

So, this is the player

This is the other one

[polar acorn]

Which script has the OnTriggerEnter2D?

[terse crescent]

PlayerCollider

On player

public class PlayerCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
    }
    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        Debug.Log("Test");
    }
}

[polar acorn]

And how are you moving the player?

[terse crescent]

using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    public InputAction playerControls;
    public Rigidbody2D rb;

    public float MoveSpeed = 640.0f;
    public Vector2 MoveDirection = Vector2.zero;

    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        transform.position = new Vector2(0, -225);
    }

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

        MoveDirection = playerControls.ReadValue<Vector2>();

    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {

        rb.linearVelocity = new Vector2(MoveDirection.x * MoveSpeed, 0);

    }

    private void OnEnable()
    {
        playerControls.Enable();
    }

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

}
    ```

[polar acorn]

It's a Kinematic rigidbody setting velocity on it does nothing

[terse crescent]

wdym?

[rich adder]

rb2d is weird man it still has velocity w kinematic

[polar acorn]

So it does, but double-checking that made me find the actual problem.

[rich adder]

ohh nice

[terse crescent]

So, what's the fix?
-# WHY CAN'T I TYPE SO?

[polar acorn]

At least one of the rigidbodies needs to be dynamic

Probably the one that moves

[terse crescent]

And dynamic means it has physics, right?

Anyway, both of them move

[rich adder]

dynamic means its affected by external forces unlike kinematic

[terse crescent]

So... -# pls don't delete

I set one of them to Dynamic

Set the gravity to 0 just so it isn't affected by, yk, gravity

But it still prints nothing

[rich adder]

because its unecessary noise

[abstract copper]

https://pastebin.com/yAaybB58
Any reason as to why my enemies stop spawning after like 5 spawn? something around that. I made sure to check if game state is being sate to over but its not its always playing.

[terse crescent]

I still can't figure out the problem

Wait, no

The solution, mb

[polar acorn]

Can you send a screenshot of your full unity window, with the two objects overlapping, with the console visible

[polar acorn]

You appear to have a log that is hidden

[terse crescent]

Hm, let me see

💀💀💀

Why couldn't it appear by default?

lmfao

Thank you

[rugged beacon]

im not quite sure on the usage of [SerializeReference], i read it allow drag drop subclasses? but i dont seeing this with my script? whats the usage for this

using System;
using UnityEngine;

public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeReference]
    private EnemyBehavior behavior;

    [ContextMenu("Perform Attack")]
    public void PerformAttack()
    {
        behavior?.Execute(gameObject);
    }
}

[Serializable]
public abstract class EnemyBehavior
{
    public abstract void Execute(GameObject enemy);
}

[Serializable]
public class MeleeAttack : EnemyBehavior
{
    public float damage = 10f;

    public override void Execute(GameObject enemy)
    {
        Debug.Log($"Melee attack deals {damage} damage!");
    }
}

[Serializable]
public class RangedAttack : EnemyBehavior
{
    public float projectileSpeed = 5f;

    public override void Execute(GameObject enemy)
    {
        Debug.Log($"Ranged attack shoots at speed {projectileSpeed}!");
    }
}

[polar acorn]

It does. You toggled it off.

[terse crescent]

Pretty sure it too tbh

[shell sorrel]

with serialize reference you have to handle the creation and drawing logic yourself

since otherwise it does not know how to create a instance of each of the possible types or really your intent

[rugged beacon]

im required to do second half to use attribute? or whats its originally use for ?

i think i maybe see it, i can pre populate the reference with code and it show up on the inspector

[abstract copper]

anyone able to help?

[random lodge]

Wait, how does that work? The { } around the variable. You need the $ or that always works? Looks better.

[rich adder]

congrats you just discovered string interpolation

[random lodge]

😛

Things like that happen quite a few times a day at this point.

[onyx patrol]

Hello everyone, I am making a strategy game and I will be making region sprites you can conquer

But I want to make a border around each of them that changes color depending on what faction owns it

Like this for example, how could I make a border around this and be able to change its color through script

Is it something I have to do with photoshop itself or is there a tool which makes borders in Unity

Sorry if this is not the right channel to post this question, didn't really know where it could go

[random lodge]

Wonder if there's a "stroke" option in Unity like in Photoshop.

No idea how you would if you can though.

[frosty hound]

You need to create a custom sprite shader. It's a common need and there are sprite shader assets on the store that you can get.

Alternatively you make the outline a separate sprite that you layer with the main one, and change the colour of it in code.

[random lodge]

Second option seems relatively easy.

Though the first has advantages lol

[teal viper]

Chat gpt actually seems to work surprisingly well. At least way better than whatever unity uses in their Ai tools.

[onyx patrol]

I am unfamiliar with sprite shaders, how do they work?

[teal viper]

Not entirely sure what kind of answer you expect. They render the texture/sprite to the screen, basically like any other shader.
Also, #1390346776804069396

[onyx patrol]

Thank you everyone, I will look more into this

[twin pivot]

    public Animation myAnimation;
    void Start()
    {
        myAnimation = gameObject.GetComponent<Animation>();
    }
    void Update()
    {
        if(myAnimation.isPlaying)
        {
            Debug.Log("true");
        }
    }

is there a way to do this but using the animator instead?

[rich adder]

you mean this ?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo.html

[twin pivot]

yea just realized I was looking at the animation trying to find info on animators

[silk night]

You can use this: https://github.com/mackysoft/Unity-SerializeReferenceExtensions (free) or Odin Inspector (paid)

[obsidian grove]

is there a way to suppress certain editor warnings?
I don't believe #pragma disable works with this since there is no warning code (CS####)

[silk night]

how about you fix the underlying issue? 😄

And that is not a compiler issue, as such you cannot suppress them with compiler directives 😄

[obsidian grove]

inverting box colliders doesn't actually cause any problems, though

I have a ton of prefabs with multiple box colliders in them, technically I am being a bit lazy by just flipping them instead of making new prefabs but that would take hours

[floral garden]

You are making a 2d game?

[obsidian grove]

no, 3d

[floral garden]

Ok

[loud salmon]

(Repost as previous wasn't so clear) (TLDR: Mesh Stretches when being rotated on any axes)

So basically when using soft-body on a non-cubical object, the mesh vertices (appear to) try and always face the same direction when rotating it using Unity's transform rotation or the node grabber. My suspicion is either: The DQS implementation is wrong, something with XPBD calculation itself or The fact that the soft-body's transform doesn't update to show positions or rotation changes. I will literally be so thankful if you (somehow) manage to find a fix for this stubborn issue!

What I've Tried:

-Rewriting the scripts

-Renaming all variables properly

-Used different Mapping methods

-Debugging

-Using the Help of AI

Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bYL7JE0pAfpqv22NMV_LUYRMb6ZSW8Sx/view?usp=drive_link

Repo: https://github.com/Saviourcoder/DynamicEngine3D

Car model and asset files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17g5UXHD4BRJEpR-XJGDc6Bypc91RYfKC?usp=sharing

wait is this the correct place to post this?

[keen dew]

Post either here or code-general but not both

[analog pendant]

I'm having issue, whenever I save my script , it takes time in compiling and all, any way to lessen up the time

[midnight plover]

It needs to compile when you change something in a script. of course, you can turn the behaviour to only compile when entering playmode for example, but in that case, you will not see updates on your script you want to see in edit mode for example. Maybe try to think through changes first and do not change/save every line or whatever your frequence is in changing and testing.

[teal viper]

You can also disable auto refresh in editor preferences to prevent it from auto detecting file changes. Would need to run it manually though to apply changes.

[silver fern]

I did this too, just gotta hit ctrl+r to refresh manually

much better than having to wait for the refresh every time I tab away and back to double check something

[lunar coral]

private void Update()
{
    // check for sight and attack range
    playerInSightRange = Physics.CheckSphere(transform.position, sightRange, whatIsPlayer);
    playerInAttackRange = Physics.CheckSphere(transform.position, attackRange, whatIsPlayer);

    if (!playerInSightRange && !playerInAttackRange)
    {
        Patroling();
        animator.SetBool("isWalking", true);
        animator.SetBool("isRunning", false);
        animator.SetBool("isShooting", false);
    }

    if (playerInSightRange && !playerInAttackRange)
    {
        ChasePlayer();
        animator.SetBool("isWalking", false);
        animator.SetBool("isRunning", true);
        animator.SetBool("isShooting", false);
    }

    if (playerInSightRange && playerInAttackRange)
    {
        AttackPlayer();
        animator.SetBool("isWalking", false);
        animator.SetBool("isRunning", false);
        animator.SetBool("isShooting", true);
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

This is not a clean state machine. It's possible for your code to enter more than one of these in a single frame

Look up the state machine pattern. At the very least use else ifs.

[lavish rose]

problem is almost definitely inside your Patroling() function. my guess is you set a destination once and the bot just stops when it gets there. inside Patroling(), you need to check if the agent is close to its current destination (using something like agent.remainingDistance < 0.5f) and if you're not sure which state is active put a Debug.Log("Patrolling") in that first if statement to see if it's even being called

[lunar coral]

you think I should use else ifs and elses? instead of ifs?

[wintry quarry]

I wouldn't have written it if I didn't think it

[mighty peak]

If i need make a ui text as integer or real number to increase it with variable should i make it in code or in unity?

[lunar coral]

private void Patroling()
{
    if (!walkPointSet) SearchWalkPoint();

    if (walkPointSet)
        agent.SetDestination(walkPoint);

    Vector3 distanceToWalkPoint = transform.position - walkPoint;

    // walkpoint reached
    if (distanceToWalkPoint.magnitude < 1f)
        walkPointSet = false;
}

private void SearchWalkPoint()
{
    // calculate random point in range
    float randomZ = UnityEngine.Random.Range(-walkPointRange, walkPointRange);
    float randomX = UnityEngine.Random.Range(-walkPointRange, walkPointRange);
    walkPoint = new Vector3(transform.position.x + randomX, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + randomZ);

    if (Physics.Raycast(walkPoint, -transform.up, 2f, whatIsGround)) 
        walkPointSet = true;
}

[wintry quarry]

Should you make what part in code or unity? The UI text object itself?

[lunar coral]

yea sorry, I just didn't understand exactly what u meant by that, my english isn't really good

[lunar coral]

it's always setting the bool false when the bot is near it

[mighty peak]

Yes need make it as Variable value and make the var +1

[lunar coral]

which should then find another one

[wintry quarry]

That wasn't a yes or no question

Which part?

[mighty peak]

Sorry?

[wintry quarry]

It is going to require both code and objects designed in the editor

There are code parts and editor parts. You need both

[lavish rose]

sent you

[mighty peak]

Yes so should i change something in text to something?

Couse now its just text

[wintry quarry]

That might be the most vague question I've ever seen.

[mighty peak]

Should i make it number or it will be in code directly?

[wintry quarry]

I'm honestly not really sure what question you're asking

[wintry quarry]

You will need a numerical variable in your code and a reference to the UI text object. The code will update the variable and then update the UI with the new value as needed.

[lunar coral]

@lavish rose there is no issue right?

[mighty peak]

Now I have added some text, do I need to change something about it so that it is treated as a number so that if I visit the number variable it will increase with it or will it just be part of the code?

[wintry quarry]

The number variable should be separate from the UI element reference

[mighty peak]

Like if i make int var and make the Text in it then +1 to this var

Text will be 1 to 2 maybe?

[wintry quarry]

What do you mean by "make the text in it"?

[mighty peak]

In code like variable tmp

[wintry quarry]

Pseudocode:

myNumber += 1;
myText.text = $"Health: {myNumber}";```

[mighty peak]

Huh

[wintry quarry]

Just look at my example

It should be that way

[rocky canyon]

if it were a string u would convert to int to add

        string numberString = "42";  // number as text
        int number = int.Parse(numberString);```

but u wouldnt want to use strings there

[wintry quarry]

String parsing is definitely not the way here

[mighty peak]

And add ui text tag in it or?

[rocky canyon]

thats what this is..

[wintry quarry]

I don't understand what you mean. Tags are not related to this

[rocky canyon]

its the TextMeshPro's text field

[mighty peak]

Wait

[rocky canyon]

    private void UpdateHealthUI()
    {
        healthText.text = currentHealth.ToString();
        healthText.text = $"{currentHealth}";
    }```
both would output `currentHealth` as text

[nimble apex]

string interpolation, one of the best invention ever

[rocky canyon]

i agree

[mighty peak]

I mean tag for this 0 to link it with variable

[mighty peak]

Or?

[eager elm]

you don't link it with a variable. When the variable changes you need to update the text with myTextField.text = someVariable;

[grand snow]

ugui cannot do this
UI toolkit has this functionality though

[mighty peak]

Some variable its mean do var right?

[mighty peak]

I know if i ask you will told me to search

[rocky canyon]

i'd usually use a UIManager that already has the references to all the text elements i need

tell it to Update it (when it changes)... uiManager.UpdateSoAndSoText();

alot easier to find something like that (or even use a singleton) than it is to grab every element individually.. if i need to scoop it at runtime

that way u dont even need a Tag to get it

[grand snow]

UI toolkit may be too advanced to use but you can read more here: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/UIE-data-binding.html

[mighty peak]

I still don't know how i will tell it to know which text i need to change

[rocky canyon]

you assign that in another script.. already

like i just said.. something would alrady be referencing all the TMP elements that u need

[mighty peak]

I do it with same coins script like destroy coins and +1 for text

So add Same script in both of them?

[rocky canyon]

both scripts could call the same script

that way u could tell the UI Manager (the brains of the UI) which could hold all ur UI stuff

and the UIManager does the updating (with the text reference it already has) b/c u would assign that in the inspector

[mighty peak]

Ok but how it will know which text im want

[rocky canyon]

you use different variables.. lol 🤔

one for each?

or different Methods..

[mighty peak]

Yes ok

[rocky canyon]

public class UIManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public TextMeshProUGUI coinsText;
    public TextMeshProUGUI healthText;

    private int coins;
    private int health;

    // Called by other scripts
    public void SetCoins(int amount)
    {
        coins = amount;
        coinsText.text = $"Coins: {coins}";
    }

    public void SetHealth(int amount)
    {
        health = amount;
        healthText.text = $"HP: {health}";
    }
}```

think of it like that ^

[mighty peak]

Then should i call text which i want to new var

[rocky canyon]

hey, i have all the references i need to change anything in the ui
i'll just wait for someone to call one of my methods

uiManager.SetCoins(newCoinAmount);
uiManager.SetHealth(newHealthAmount);```

that way ^ u only need to get (1) script for any UI changes u need to do

u dont want to be having to "search" and then assign all ur Text elements at runtime
its not very scaleable..

[mighty peak]

So I don't feel like my mind is frozen

Now lets say my text in unity is scoretext

And i make var with score text for it

Then make other int to make it +1

Right?

Thats what i know to make code know which text i need

[rocky canyon]

you do whatever u need to do to calculate the score..
then you use .text of the textmesh element to change the text
you can use anything u want (but for this case you'd use ur score variable u calculated)

1 variable for the score
1 variable for the text

[mighty peak]

Ok how text will know which text i mean 🙂

Add same tag or something?

Like var score = "score tag"

[rocky canyon]

bro.. you'd just drag and drop the fkn text element into a variable

[midnight plover]

!learn

[radiant void]

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

[rocky canyon]

no.. if anything you'd get the reference first

[midnight plover]

You really should go through unity basics from what I assume reading your questions

[mighty peak]

[lavish rose]

valid crashout

[mighty peak]

How should i drag it?

[mighty peak]

Oh

Wait

[rocky canyon]

u can really just assign it

[mighty peak]

Yes got it

[rocky canyon]

assigning variables in the inspector is pre-game sht #💻┃code-beginner message

[mighty peak]

I should click yes right?🙂

[eager elm]

click no and fix the bugs then make the TextMeshPro public so you can assign it in the editor.

[rocky canyon]

ok so.. ya a few things here

• https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/
• #💻┃code-beginner message
• start is not Start() (so that code isn't gonna work anyway)

[shell sorrel]

there is never a reason to build a unity game in your IDE

[mighty peak]

Ha?

[polar acorn]

Why are you even trying to run it in your IDE

[rocky canyon]

he threw out the instructional manual

thats why

[mighty peak]

Will it change in unity automatically?

Just click attach to unity

[shell sorrel]

the editor recompiles when it sees changes

[polar acorn]

Are you trying to use the debugger?

[midnight plover]

Please, I beg you go through the beginner tutorials on Unity learn

[shell sorrel]

without taking some time to understand the basics you are going to have a bad time and waste much more time in the long run

[mighty peak]

Whatever see both If there are any errors that do not exist, they will appear when running it from the editor as well.

And no errors now

[polar acorn]

You should be seeing compile errors highlighted in real time as you make them without attempting to attach a debugger

[mighty peak]

No space added for the new variable.

[mighty peak]

Just nrp

[polar acorn]

Do you have any compile errors

[mighty peak]

No

[polar acorn]

How about showing a screenshot (not a cell phone picture) of your unity console

[mighty peak]

In unity yes but i think its not from code syntax just null from loop

When i run game

[eager elm]

it needs to be public to show up in the inspector

[mighty peak]

Ok its appeared now

[rocky canyon]

👏 gottem!

[mighty peak]

I cant find text when i click in it🙂

[shell sorrel]

drag in your text object

[mighty peak]

And cant drag it because its selected when i click on it

[polar acorn]

Click on object with variable.
Drag in text object

You don't need to select the text object

[mighty peak]

Why can't i send screenshot from pc🙂

[rocky canyon]

you can..

[mighty peak]

No it's because i write one word

Like that?

Servers system

[rocky canyon]

people are gonna stop helping or moderation will step in if u keep sending blurry photos
but you now need to fix that MissingReferenceException

[mighty peak]

Oh wait

[rocky canyon]

read the error..

[grand snow]

2004 camera vibes

[mighty peak]

I understand him wrong

[grand snow]

how do you expect people to help if you cant share things CLEARLY

[rocky canyon]

my amazon fire from 2018 takes better pictures

[mighty peak]

Phone camera so

[rocky canyon]

yea thats the entire problem

stop taking phone pictures at all

[mighty peak]

Don't know how should i add it to var😂

Cant drag it out of hierarchy

[rocky canyon]

why not?

[mighty peak]

🤷

Maybe i do something wrong

But it's doesn't get out

[earnest wind]

bro you've literally been told 2 days ago to learn to screenshot normally

why do you go back to using camera

[mighty peak]

Will back to it

[earnest wind]

try click on the circle thing

[midnight plover]

😄

[mighty peak]

Empty

[earnest wind]

what

[earnest wind]

wait a second

isnt that a TMP tho?

[mighty peak]

Yes

[earnest wind]

click on this and show me inspector

and then show me the code

no, unity is not buggy, something is just wrong..

[midnight plover]

I am done even reading this chat 😄 You seem to be fully aware to ignore the fact, that you are missing the most basic concepts of Unity entirely. People will waste their time helping you fighting through the most simple tasks and you wont learn anything...

[mighty peak]

Here its

[mighty peak]

They helping so🙂

[rocky canyon]

if it doesn't allow u drag it into the slot then that means the Type of component ur trying to assign isn't on that gameobject

[mighty peak]

Aaa can't do that i don't know why

[mighty peak]

Tmp ?

[shell sorrel]

learn the basics your are just wasting your time and others

[rocky canyon]

ur ignore ppl w/ valuable information

[mighty peak]

Just changed it to public

[stone scroll]

i download this demo but it say no camera what i should do to fix?

[rocky canyon]

you know Save next?
then tab over to unity , (give it time to recompile)
and if its successful u should have a variable in the scripts/ component

[rocky canyon]

theres probably not a camera needed in the Menu scene that ur lookin at

or its spawned in later or with a scene change

u can disable the warning by right clicking the Game tab

or add a camera if u want ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[mighty peak]

full screen if he need it

[rocky canyon]

Thank the Lord! 🙏 finally not a phone selfie

[mighty peak]

[rocky canyon]

show the inspector of the GameObject ur trying to drag into that slot

[mighty peak]

Failed

[rocky canyon]

and when you get around to it you should click/dblclick this error and see where its coming from

[mighty peak]

But its above

[rocky canyon]

b/c it is something you have to fix eventually

[rocky canyon]

no.. its not above..

thats not a picture of the inspector

[mighty peak]

There are almost no real errors. It's just an error in the loop. I think he doesn't find anything to redo when the ball dies. Now I just want to solve the variable problem.

[mighty peak]

Rrrrrrr

[rocky canyon]

but after that code runs the script breaks.. nothing else will run

[mighty peak]

Here its

[earnest wind]

show me the code

now

[rocky canyon]

^ full script

🥽 almost there

[mighty peak]

3 scripts?

[rocky canyon]

the one w/ the reference ur trying to drag in

[earnest wind]

the one u cant drag into

[rocky canyon]

lol.. funny

[earnest wind]

imagine its a camera ss

😭

[mighty peak]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TMPro;
using UnityEditor.UIElements;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class get_coin : MonoBehaviour 
{
public Rigidbody2D nrb;
    public TextMeshPro score;
    private int scoreValue = 0;
    void start () {

}

void Update() 
{
  nrb.velocity = Vector2.up * 300 * Time.deltaTime;
}

void OnTriggetExit2D(Collider2D other) 

  {   
    if (gameObject.transform.position.y > 7)

    if(other.gameObject.tag == "player")
    {
    Destroy(gameObject);
                
                scoreValue += 0;
                score.text = score.ToString();
            }

  }

}

[earnest wind]

ah

[rocky canyon]

well holy crap

[earnest wind]

its not TextMeshPro

its TMP_Text

[rocky canyon]

^ either that or TextMeshPro_GUI some nonsense

[mighty peak]

its not a shortname?

[earnest wind]

no, its TMP_Text, he needs text

[earnest wind]

no

[mighty peak]

Wait

[earnest wind]

also holy pls format your code or smth 😭

[mighty peak]

In unity i was added tmp

[earnest wind]

its messed up bro

[mighty peak]

I hate that failed

[earnest wind]

bro, just change TextMeshPro to TMP_Text

whats so hard about that

nothing failed, you just made a typo with the variable type

[hexed terrace]

TMP_Text is the base class for TextMeshProUGUI and TextMeshPro. It's better to use TMP_Text but the UGUI one will work in this case aswell.

[rocky canyon]

yes that will work..but public TextMeshProUGUI scoreText; also would work..
its like a Blanket variable that covers many different types of text mesh pro elements

[earnest wind]

didnt know lol

[rocky canyon]

but irregardless yes

#💻┃code-beginner message
i concur

[mighty peak]

But both is tmp at the end

[rocky canyon]

ignore that...

public TMP_Text scoreText;

and move along w/ ur day

[stone scroll]

has anyone else downloaded the official Spaceship demo? I’m getting errors in SelectionHistoryWindow.cs (like CS1010: Newline in constant) even after trying some fixes. Did anyone else encounter the same issues?

[earnest wind]

yeah i dont think he needs the features Ugui gives anyways since all he needs is just .text

[earnest wind]

just fix your code and thats all

[hexed terrace]

this is a channel for help relating to code you've written - can you delete your questions from here and ask in #💻┃unity-talk

[mighty peak]

Done

Added

[rocky canyon]

no idea.. in situations like that where im trying to revive an outdated repo
i'll usually go in surgically and find the errors and ``// comment them out`
i'll then re-attempt to compile/run it... and rinse and repeat and even temporarily remove / rename scripts if
the whole thing is bugging.. and then u need to go thru the solution and remove any references to that script.. b/c that would cause it error out.. (sometimes i'll comment them out as well)

[stone scroll]

ok thank u

[rocky canyon]

sometimes its helpful.. sometimes its not.. usually u can get away with it running (albiet a few features might not respond)

[mighty peak]

Is the new version Is the screen control faster?

[rocky canyon]

ya... i know just figured i'd affirm that it does work.. b/c may be useful to other bystanders that already been thru the learn courses 😉 being community server n all

[mighty peak]

It is not convenient every time I choose what I want from screen movement, element movement, selection, etc.

[rocky canyon]

you've confused tf outta me ngl

[mighty peak]

[earnest wind]

what??

[mighty peak]

Cant do like double click for select log click for move and this thing

I must select everything first and change it to what i want

[hexed terrace]

Are you asking if there is a quick way to rename something?

[mighty peak]

No wait

quick way for those

with mouse

[hexed terrace]

QWERT will swap between them

[mighty peak]

What is that?

[hexed terrace]

... keys on your keyboard.

[real ferry]

idk if this is the right channel, but how ressource expensive is it when i shoot 3 raycats in an FixedUpdate() function?

and also do some rotations

[shell sorrel]

raycasts are not very expensive

[real ferry]

okayy

[shell sorrel]

3 in a frame update or a fixed update is no big deal

[real ferry]

good to know

how expensive is a transform.Rotate() since i am calling that also

but i guess no big deal either

[shell sorrel]

just make things work first

only worry about performance if it shows its a real issue

if that happens you have tools like the profiler to debug why

[real ferry]

alright good to know, thank u

[shell sorrel]

but yeah a rotate is pretty cheap as well, though try to not rotate the same objects many times on the same frame.

which should be easily avoidable by just figuring out the final rotation first

[real ferry]

well i am aiming for a continous rotation tbh

[shell sorrel]

that does not require multiple rotates on the same frame though that is just 1 per frame

[real ferry]

void FixedUpdate() {
    float rotateDirection = rotateRight ? 1f : -1f;
    transform.Rotate(0f, rotateDirection * rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0f);
}

this is what i did

[shell sorrel]

yeah totally fine

[real ferry]

ahh okay

[shell sorrel]

though why use fixed update

i see no physics involved in that

[real ferry]

whats the diff between fixed and normal idk really?

oh okay

[shell sorrel]

fixed update is really only needed for physcis stuff

otherwise Update is the better choice

[real ferry]

so a raycast is no physics too right

ahh i see

[shell sorrel]

yeah can raycast fine in Update, stuff like moving a rigidbody should be fixed update

90% of other thigns are regular Update

[real ferry]

okk that makes sense

[mighty peak]

!learn

[radiant void]

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

[real ferry]

thx for answering so fast

[real ferry]

what?

[rocky canyon]

not sure u can be telling ppl to use something u seem to be actively ignoring

[real ferry]

you mean me?

[mighty peak]

No me

[real ferry]

oh ok

[mighty peak]

Oh ok

[silver fern]

error on the learn site?

[mighty peak]

Yes

[silver fern]

odd, its working for me

[naive pawn]

that's not much info to go off of

you're gonna need to give more info if you want help

[mighty peak]

Why cant i see the camera?😂

[polar acorn]

Did you remember to open your eyes

[mighty peak]

Ummm no there is no camera

[polar acorn]

Well if there isn't one that's a good explanation for why you cannot see it

[mighty peak]

Ok its back

Box collider should make rigid body stand in it right?

[naive pawn]

what do you mean by "stop in"?

[mighty peak]

Like Stand on it or something

[nimble apex]

you can chain boolean and assignment right?

A = B = <boolean>```

[polar acorn]

You can chain any assignment as long as you don't have more than one constant

[nimble apex]

    public void UpdateStatus(bool isActive)
    {
        col.enabled = isActive && isActivated;
        renderer.enabled = isActive && isActivated;
        
        col.enabled = renderer.enabled = isActive && isActivated;
    }```

[wintry quarry]

the assignment operator returns the value that was assigned so yes

[nimble apex]

ok ty 👍

[wintry quarry]

bool x = a & b; is no different from bool x = a = b; grammatically.

[nimble apex]

good to hear i can finish it within one line lol

[wintry quarry]

I meanI would probably just make a property

bool _active;
bool active {
  get => _active;
  set {
    _active = col.enabled = renderer.enabled = value;
  }
}```

hmm guess you could use the chain assignment in the property too hehe

[nimble apex]

i would need to replan the isActivated in this case

done , i removed isActivated and can now make it to property 👍

[mighty peak]

I don't know what happened but coins doesn't destroyed or text increased

[mighty peak]

Code

I think i got it

[heavy wing]

Hi!
Can someone DM me who knows ML-Agents and can help me out?

[rich adder]

very unlikely someone will do that, we encourage you keep it on the community server... better you make a post in the appropriate channel and clearly explain your issue
#1202574086115557446

[mighty peak]

i do that but its same thing

[silver fern]

do I need the effect class for this? If I return the effect in the Create() method, it would be a BurnEffect that derives from SO_Effect, but it will actually not let me return either because its not of type Effect

[mighty peak]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TMPro;
using UnityEditor.EventSystems;
using UnityEditor.UIElements;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class get_coin : MonoBehaviour 
{
public Rigidbody2D nrb;
    public TMP_Text score;
    private int scoreValue = 0;
    void start () {

}

void Update() 
{
 /* nrb.velocity = Vector2.up * 300 * Time.deltaTime;
*/
}

void OnTriggetExit2D(Collider2D other) 

  {
        if (gameObject.transform.position.y > 7) 
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }



    }

    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject.tag == "coin")
        {
            Debug.Log("Coin collected! "+ scoreValue);
            scoreValue += 1;
            score.text = scoreValue.ToString();
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
}

[silver fern]

you misspelled trigger

[mighty peak]

so what should i change

[wintry quarry]

spell Trigger correctly...

[mighty peak]

where?

[wintry quarry]

why don;t you look at your code until you see where it's not spelled correctly. There's not that much.

[frosty hound]

Consider the fact you've used the word Trigger twice in that code, you should be able to spot it.

Furthermore, your !ide should be configured, it would be underlining it red.

!ide

[radiant void]

💡 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)
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• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[wintry quarry]

well in this case it wouldn't underline it red, no? It's not a compile error.

[mighty peak]

i see but ididnt find it

[wintry quarry]

look line by line

[frosty hound]

You're right ...

Configure it anyway if it's not

[naive pawn]

if the ide were configured the method would be marked unused

[frosty hound]

Which of these two are not liked the other?

[mighty peak]

bro its from suggesion

[naive pawn]

and?

one of them is still spelt wrong

stop deflecting and start fixing things

[mighty peak]

any way i do enter also

and doesnt work

[frosty hound]

Niether of those sentences actually answers the question posed?

[mighty peak]

i think you didnt got my quistion

[polar acorn]

Depending on the IDE it might get underlined in gray as "unused"

[polar acorn]

Look harder

[mighty peak]

Now here i make collider as a trigger for coins and like the code if it enter triggers destroy and +1 and nothing happened of those

[silver fern]

because you misspelled trigger

[polar acorn]

did you fix the spelling mistake you had pointed out to you several times

[mighty peak]

Also i tried change tag to player but same

[mighty peak]

Yes

[polar acorn]

Show it

[mighty peak]

Be trigger

[silver fern]

did you save the file and refresh in unity too

[mighty peak]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TMPro;
using UnityEditor.EventSystems;
using UnityEditor.UIElements;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class get_coin : MonoBehaviour 
{
public Rigidbody2D nrb;
    public TMP_Text score;
    private int scoreValue = 0;
    void start () {

}

void Update() 
{
 /* nrb.velocity = Vector2.up * 300 * Time.deltaTime;
*/
}

void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other) 

  {
        if (gameObject.transform.position.y > 7) 
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }



    }

    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject.tag == "coin")
        {
            Debug.Log("Coin collected! "+ scoreValue);
            scoreValue += 1;
            score.text = scoreValue.ToString();
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
}

[mighty peak]

Yes

I will take Break for hour

[silver fern]

good idea

[polar acorn]

The three commandments of OnTriggerEnter2D:

1. Thou Shalt have a 2D Collider on both objects
2. Thou Shalt tick isTrigger on at least one of them
3. Thou Shalt be moving a Rigidbody2D on at least one of them

Also,

!code

[radiant void]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
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```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[random lodge]

Would Vector3.Reflect be the right choice if I want to "bump" an asteroid off course with another object in 2D?

[wintry quarry]

Possibly - it depends what behavior you want

Reflect will give you the bounce of a pool ball on the wall of the pool table, or the bounce of a ray of light off a mirror

It's possible you want some other kind of behavior. For example in "brick breaker" type games the ball bounces off the paddle at a different angle depending on which part of the paddle it hits.

[silver fern]

also I don't think it works if the asteroid isn't moving

[random lodge]

Yea the angle would be nice

[wintry quarry]

you could also just lean on the physics engine

[random lodge]

Currently the asteroids are moving down across the screen on their own. At the moment the ship only moves left to right. So as they move down the player would nudge them if they move left into them. I was hoping it would nudge/bump them at the angle the ship hits them from. Also want to possibly add some extra rotation from it.

Basically a Galaga type game but I'm adding a lot of deep intracies to everything's behavior

[silver fern]

then reflect could work

[wintry quarry]

well how are the asteroids moving? If they are dynamic Rigidbodies you would get that behavior for free

[random lodge]

yeap they are, currently before I changed anything the behavior was a bit weird

They would kind of move through the ship and then go off course behind it

[wintry quarry]

are you moving the ship via the physics engine? Or teleporting it around via the Transform

what components does the ship have?

In this scnario I would give the ship a kinematic Rigidbody2D and move it via Rigidbody2D.MovePosition in FixedUpdate

[random lodge]

Like this at the moment

[wintry quarry]

ah that should work well

what shape is the collider?

[random lodge]

just like that at the moment

[silver fern]

you'll need a better collider

[wintry quarry]

use a PolygonCollider2D

[random lodge]

gotcha

[edgy sinew]

@wintry quarry long time no see! Awesome to see you still helping people here! ☺️

hey guys. Anyone ever experience a 55ms RenderLoop? & Is my Profiler looking brutal in general 🥲

[wintry quarry]

#1390346776804069396 !

[balmy vortex]

can someone remind me on how you check if a raycast you sent out actually hit anything?

and more importantly how you know what it actually hit

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html

[balmy vortex]

thanks

[rocky canyon]

log its RaycastHit return

[wintry quarry]

the return value (true/false) tells you if anything was hit at all
The information about what was hit will be in the out RaycastHit parameter, which is optional.

[limber turtle]

i'm trying to make something like ultrakill's coins in 2d, would it be good to use FindObjectsWithTag and compare every item by proximity or is there an easier way to do this?

[balmy vortex]

well how do I access the out parameter then?

or like how does this work

[wintry quarry]

I don't know what ultrakill is but no. Just do an OverlapSphere/OverlapCircle (3d/2d) or use a trigger collider

[limber turtle]

bc if i do this in a room with lots of enemies in, it'll have to check the positions of every one of them until it finally finds the one closest to the object

[polar acorn]

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c-sharp/out-parameter-with-examples-in-c-sharp/

[silver fern]

it bounces to the nearest enemies in the room

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/out

[limber turtle]

throw a coin, shoot it, it goes to the nearest active coin or the nearest enemy if there are no coins active

[wintry quarry]

yes do what I said and only check the distances of the enemies within nthe sphere/circle

[limber turtle]

alright

[silver fern]

but you have to check the whole room and only the room

[balmy vortex]

oh so it just gets stored in a temporary variable basically?

[wintry quarry]

the scope of the variable is up to you but yes it's a way for the function to directly assign a variable in the caller's scope

[wintry quarry]

then use the appropriate check for the room shape

if it's a box shaped room, use OverlapBox

[limber turtle]

so should i just figure out what i want the maximum range for a rebound coin to be and then check for any enemy or coin inside that radius

[silver fern]

that would go through walls

[limber turtle]

oh shit yeah

what if i use a raycast to find whether or not the object is blocked by a wall

[edgy sinew]

Yeah that's exactly what I've done before

[wintry quarry]

yes. If you want to avoid going through walls you can combine that with Collider.raycast for each candidate

yes exactly

[silver fern]

that would work yeah

[limber turtle]

alright

thanks

[wintry quarry]

or maybe CircleCast if you want it to have some "thickness"

[limber turtle]

i'll just set the maximum distance to be like 3x the camera's fov

so that way, it's far enough for you to not be missing against enemies you can see but not so far that you could snipe some poor bastard from 6 lightyears away with help from a convenient hallway

[zenith cypress]

Seems you have it solved, but figured i'd drop info about it It basically throws a coin (which has a collider obv), then when the revolver shoots it creates a beam object which handles the cast along its direction + other information, then then that beam "shoots" it checks what it hits (such as a coin which then just gets its component to run a function on it). And in that case, it's just a standard raycast with infinite distance. The coin itself handles any extra reflections off of itself when called from the beam.

[limber turtle]

but how does it find the right enemy to hit when there are multiple nearby?

or am i just being an undertale fan

[analog pendant]

Where to learn unity C# concepts. Any playlist or YouTube video

[polar acorn]

!learn

[radiant void]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[edgy sinew]

What do you want to learn exactly?

[analog pendant]

I'm trying to make a tpp game, but unfortunately i stopped using unity 4 yrs ago and forgottenost of the things, although I'm good at modelling and all in blender. But now I want to know main concepts regarding tpp in unity

But only c# part

[zenith cypress]

Raycast stops on the first hit, so the beam is just the first. Then the reflection from the coin first checks all the coins in the coin list, then all grenades in the grenade list, then it does a FindGameObjectsWithTag("Enemy") (each with their own checks)

[random lodge]

YouTube, Unity docs, Unity Learn, websites galore, C# websites, etc 😉 The glory of modern times. I remember when you had to mostly buy a book. It sucked. lol

[edgy sinew]

Nice! I only do TPP too. I hate FPP

Let me find you some videos that helped me before

[limber turtle]

oh that makes sense

[silver fern]

what's tpp

[limber turtle]

does that not get intensive if you're in a room with like 500 filths

[edgy sinew]

Third Person Perspective

[silver fern]

oic

[analog pendant]

I know but like when I was following one tutorial it helped me learn what are the better ways to solve the Same issue, and what else is there to learn and guided by the teacher in YouTube.

[random lodge]

I usually end up looking at 10 different sources for the same thing I want to figure out

[analog pendant]

So, I only have youtube option, I do read docs sometimes

[zenith cypress]

go try it out But only really if you have like multiple coins all doing the same reflection every frame and what not. Could probably do an enemy list instead so you didn't need the search anymore. Works for them so is probably fine to a degree.

[random lodge]

Haha, Starlord and Galactus

[limber turtle]

i have no idea why i'm not using a coin list myself to be honest. i should add that

it'd make life a whole lot easier

[edgy sinew]

Unity Helpful Videos
Movement, Physics
https://youtu.be/NsSk58un8E0 (Advanced Movement Shooter Physics In 1 Hour)
https://youtu.be/jSauntZrQro (Anatomy of an Advanced Player Controller)
https://youtu.be/dLYTwDQmjdo (Unity3D Physics - Rigidbodies, Colliders, Triggers)
https://youtu.be/YR6Q7dUz2uk (Collide And Slide - Actually Decent Character Collision)
https://youtu.be/c1PAoxY7v54 (Basic third person controller)
Development Patterns
https://youtu.be/BwA36em_DnA (3 Game Programming Patterns WE ACTUALLY NEED)
https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/singleton.html
https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/state.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V75hgcsCGOM (Jason Weimann in-depth on State Pattern)

[balmy vortex]

why are these Debug.draw raycasts lines not actually showing anything?

like am I supposed to be seeing the raycasts or

[zenith cypress]

enable gizmos

[limber turtle]

also aren't the rays only visible in scene view, not game view?

[zenith cypress]

Both if you have gizmos enabled in each window

[edgy sinew]

@analog pendant those videos are a great place to start. Some of the Unity YouTubers go more in-depth into advanced stuff. git-amend for sure, Jason Weimann, Game Dev Beyond the Basics, others too.

[limber turtle]

oh

i should do that myself

thank you

[balmy vortex]

do I not already have everything enabled?

[zenith cypress]

Yes enable that. And if the ray is coming from the camera along forward, you will not see it. If that's the case, you can add a duration so you can move a bit and see it.

[balmy vortex]

well how do you add a duration to a raycast?

[limber turtle]

float variable after the colour

defaults to 0

[ivory bobcat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/Debug.DrawRay.html
Looks like the 4th argument.

[balmy vortex]

I still don't see it despite making the float super high though?

Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, _camera.transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward) * 1000, Color.white, 5000);

am I doing smth wrong here?

[limber turtle]

gizmos in the corner of the game window isn't highlighted

[polar acorn]

If you want to get the camera's forward direction you can just use _camera.transform.forward

[balmy vortex]

I mean like just selecting it still doesn't seem to change anything?

or am I missing smth

[polar acorn]

What calls DrawRay? Is that object actually in view?

[balmy vortex]

yeah it's the player object itself

the thing who's PoV you're seeing from

[polar acorn]

So, it's the player object, and it's pointing out straight along the center of the camera

I think you are getting the ray, but you're looking at it straight on.

[balmy vortex]

yeah?

[polar acorn]

Try pausing the game and looking in scene view

Where you can get another angle at it

[balmy vortex]

ok so you're right but why can't I see them even when I move away from them?

like they're there but I can't see them when actually playing for some reason

[zenith cypress]

(Also for future ref _camera.transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward) is just _camera.transform.forward)

gizmos are off

[balmy vortex]

(pressing the gizmos button changes nothing)

[zenith cypress]

hmm, how strange

working fine in 2022 on my end 🤔 Wonder if 6.1 broke something

[edgy sinew]

MainCamera render settings culling mask?

[limber turtle]

it might be because i'm using 2d or something, i'm not sure, but it's working ok for me

there is a possibility we're on different versions but i'm not sure

[balmy vortex]

Still negative

[zenith cypress]

found this

Haven't found a report yet but at least one case

[balmy vortex]

this is not very sigma

[edgy sinew]

Switch from Free Aspect to 1080p? Hehe idk. It messes with OnGUI sometimes

I use DrawRay all the time. I'm in Unity 6.2

[queen adder]

I dont need to put OntriggerEnter into update right?

[balmy vortex]

where's that?

[edgy sinew]

No it runs automatically.

[queen adder]

okay thx

[edgy sinew]

Above the game itself, look for Free Aspect.

[queen adder]

not a code thing but the player does not need to be a trigger, just the collier right?

[balmy vortex]

I don't see it

[edgy sinew]

From ur own screenshot 😜

Have you had success with DrawRay before? I've done it in Unity 6.1 and 6.2, no issues ever

[edgy sinew]

Depends what you want to achieve. Does your player have a CC component or RB?

[rough blaze]

I am trying to make a dash in my top down 2d game, I tryed probably four or five difrent methods how to implement it, followed a few tutorials...

[queen adder]

RB

[balmy vortex]

no this is the first time I'm trying it

[balmy vortex]

no changes?

[rough blaze]

and it just doesnt work, the script gets executed, but the player just wont move

here is the script

if (dashA.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.left));
}
if (dashW.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.up));
}
if (dashS.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.down));
}
if (dashD.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.right));
}

in the update methot

and a Ienumerator

[limber turtle]

that seems inefficient

[rough blaze]

IEnumerator Dash(Vector2 direction) {

    canDash = false;
    IsDashing = true;
    tr.emitting = true;
    currentDashTime = dashTime; // Reset the dash timer.
    startDashTime = Time.time;

    rb.AddForce(direction * dashSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(dashTime);

    tr.emitting = false;
    IsDashing = false;

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(dashCooldow);

    canDash = true;
}

[wintry quarry]

what object is transform here? Is it the camera?

[limber turtle]

do you have seperate dash buttons for each direction?

[zenith cypress]

https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/gizmos-are-not-rendering-in-game-view found it

[edgy sinew]

What is the goal of using Trigger colliders? usually they are good for "player has entered zone" or things like that.

[wintry quarry]

how does your regular movement code work?

[queen adder]

checking if they are in an attack

[balmy vortex]

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

[wintry quarry]

that doesn't answer the question
which object is this script on?

[queen adder]

i got it working btw just had to change a few things in the attacks themselves

[edgy sinew]

Yeah for sure. So like, OnTriggerEnter or something.

[rough blaze]

Jeah I do, becouse I want the to dash get triggered bz double tapping the butons

[queen adder]

yup

[zenith cypress]

aka it is broken in your version

[edgy sinew]

So, either the player has to detect if it's being attacked, or the enemy has to let the player know

Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages

[rough blaze]

void Update()
{
if (IsDashing) {
AirFriction();
}

    if(IsDashing == true){
        return;}

//movement
movement.y = verticalAction.ReadValue<float>();
movement.x = horizontalAction.ReadValue<float>();
//trigering dash
if (dashA.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.left));
}
if (dashW.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.up));
}
if (dashS.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.down));
}
if (dashD.triggered && canDash){
StartCoroutine(Dash(Vector2.right));
}

}

//movement execution
void FixedUpdate()
{
smoothMovement = Vector2.SmoothDamp(smoothMovement, movement, ref movementhSmoothVelocity, 0.1f);

    rb.MovePosition(rb.position + smoothMovement * MoveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

}

[balmy vortex]

zzzz

[rough blaze]

it is a simple movePosition

[balmy vortex]

is there any alternatives to it?

[limber turtle]

why not have an array to act as an input log, and if you input the same direction twice with the only other input being neutral then you dash in that direction?

i think something like that is what fighting games do

saves you having the same line of code 3 times for each direction

[wintry quarry]

your code is doing MovePosition every fixedupdate, that's going to override the force

[edgy sinew]

MovePosition and MoveRotation are for Kinematic RB.
This allows Interpolation to still work.

AddForce and AddTorque are for dynamic RB.
This allows Interpolation to still work.

If you are going for non-kinematic RB, prepare to learn about PID. Springs, dampening. Integration, calculus all that

[rough blaze]

thank you

[limber turtle]

no worries

[zenith cypress]

Either go down to 2022, go to 6.2 (which seems unstable from some people that are trying it), or use a lib like https://github.com/nothke/NDraw (haven't tested this myself) or something similar

[rough blaze]

ou, so I need to stop the movement while dashing

[limber turtle]

yes

if your movement system involves setting the position every frame then external forces will not apply

[edgy sinew]

@rough blaze it looks like you might venture into "if statement hell" aka Code Smell "switch"
Sooner than later I recommend you try the State pattern

[limber turtle]

that's why if you want to make a more fluid movement system it tends to be best to use forces and change them to get the velocities you want, only setting velocities when it is appropriate to do so and won't override any other important movements

[rough blaze]

ok

[balmy vortex]

cool so I just don't use draw rays anymore basically

[edgy sinew]

https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/state.html

[balmy vortex]

raycasts themselves work fine right?

it's just that they can't be drawn on the screen yes?

[edgy sinew]

Any reason you don't wanna go to Unity 6.2?

[balmy vortex]

I don't rly see a reason to if it's just this one thing that's broken

[edgy sinew]

Fair enough. Tbh i've been worried about frame stutter in Unity 6.2

[silver fern]

I have 6000.1.7 and draw ray works for me

[edgy sinew]

I feel like the Editor is slower. Not 100% sure but. Just a feeling

I can still get like 600 fps if I uncap framerate (-1), but still a frame gets dropped occasionally

So weird how the CPU and GPU are like <2ms, but a frame can be dropped?

⭐ hi guys, what is a good method for sharing constants between class instances?

Context
I am doing a bunch of Animator.StringToHash() on Awake
All the hashed values, need to be accessed by child instances of the parent class, StateOfMotion.cs
Hence all "sub types" need access to those same pre-hashed constants

Project-wide sharing, would I just make a static class and static variables?
Class-wide sharing, would that be static variables accessed like StateOfMotion.hash_IdleLoop1 ?

[silver fern]

static field?

[edgy sinew]

Sure, like in StateOfMotion.cs parent class?

So then the usage is like StateOfMotion.hash_RunLoop1?

[silver fern]

yeah

[edgy sinew]

Any reason I would wanna do it that way instead of a Project-wide Constants.cs static class?

[silver fern]

depends on the specifics but either would do the job

[hallow acorn]

hey im trying to make a basic top down movement script with the ability to dash in any direction to gain a bit of a boost. this is my code know and while i know it doesnt work because the velocity added by the dash instantly gets overwritten by the normal movement, i dont really know how i should fix it. heres the code i use: ```cs
private void Update()
{
Vector2 direction = Vector2.down;

if (direction != playerControls.defaultMovement.Move.ReadValue<Vector2>().normalized)
    direction = playerControls.defaultMovement.Move.ReadValue<Vector2>().normalized;

if(playerControls.defaultMovement.Dash.WasPressedThisFrame() && currentDashCooldown <= 0)
{
    rb.linearVelocity += direction * dashSpeed;
    currentDashCooldown = dashCooldown;
    print(direction*dashSpeed);
}
else
{
    rb.linearVelocity = playerControls.defaultMovement.Move.ReadValue<Vector2>().normalized * movementSpeed;
}

currentDashCooldown -= Time.deltaTime;

}```

[wintry quarry]

stop running the normal movement code while you're dashing

[hallow acorn]

came to that conclussion too, how can i find out if im still in the dash or not?

[wintry quarry]

make a variable to track it

use a timer or a coroutine to set it back to false when you're done dashing

[hallow acorn]

so its time based rather velocity based?

[edgy sinew]

Is the dash supposed to take a certain amount of time, or just influence the velocity a certain amount?

A hybrid system can work too where it's a bit of both.

[hallow acorn]

im not really sure what makes more sense, i think its more precise if i do it time based? i dont know tho

[hallow acorn]

that sounds interesting how exactly would that look like?

[edgy sinew]

Maybe, how long you hold the dash button allows it to continue longer? One option

For the actual resulting movement, you can allow some influence that combines with the hard-coded "dash amount" or "dash direction"

ASAP, I would switch to using the State Pattern though.

[hallow acorn]

state pattern???

[edgy sinew]

It's much easier to add dashes, vaults, "hard landings" after midair, and all that

Yeah have you ever used Enums before? It's similar to that

[hallow acorn]

how come as soon as i start something not very complicated i immediatly get overwhelmed haha

[hallow acorn]

a little bit but i never really understood them

[edgy sinew]

Like,
if (state == MotionStates.Idle) idleStuff(); else if(state == MotionStates.Running) runningStuff();

[frosty hound]

Making a custom character controller is very complicated

[balmy vortex]

https://paste.mod.gg/sefzqlbploti/0
hey so like I've managed to figure out how raycasts actually work and kinda rendered them but I'm not sure how to actually check what they hit

anyone smarter than me know how to do this?

[frosty hound]

the out hit is what is hit

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RaycastHit.html

[balmy vortex]

do I just do if (hit == GameObject.Find("objectImLookingFor"); then or smth?

[edgy sinew]

using Enums for State is like the quick & dirty method. Basically an upgraded (if this, if that, if not do this, etc)
Typically a State machine works more like this

nextState = state.CheckForTransitions()
nextState = state.CheckForTransitionsPlayerControlled()
// if either above method said, time to switch to a new state
if (nextState != null)
    state = nextState```

[frosty hound]

Debug.Log ( hit.transform.name ); for example

And no, you cannot GameObject.Find as a way to compare something.

[hallow acorn]

i dont understand anything but ill look into it through documentation/yt tutorials thanks for the advice!

[balmy vortex]

if (hit.transform.name == "object") ?

[frosty hound]

[balmy vortex]

sure

[polar acorn]

You probably shouldn't tie functionality to object names and should identify them by something that can be checked at compile time

[edgy sinew]

https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/state.html
https://gamedevbeginner.com/state-machines-in-unity-how-and-when-to-use-them/

Trust me you won't be able to make a video game without learning these Game Dev patterns.

[hallow acorn]

thanks a lot im watching a yt video about it rn, ill look at this right afterwards!

[edgy sinew]

They literally came about as people tried to solve the issues in game making

[balmy vortex]

like a tag? or?

[polar acorn]

Tag, component, something you can actually get some sort of feedback if it's incorrect

[balmy vortex]

well how do you check what tag an object has?

[edgy sinew]

Instantiate and destroy objects a lot? Object pooling!
200 if statements in a row? State pattern, separate the logic!
Checking 20 variables every frame that rarely change? Event pattern!!!
Share some configurable states between instances? Scriptable objects!

[polar acorn]

You can probably pop that exact question into google and include the word "unity" and see what it gives you

[balmy vortex]

true

[edgy sinew]

Cheers wish u luck! We're always here to point in the right direction. 💪

[balmy vortex]

would smth like hit.collider.gameObject.CompareTag("tagMyObjectProbablyHas") work?

[cosmic dagger]

You would create two separate classes. An SO for the burn effect and a C# class for the runtime version of burn effect

    [CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "Effect_Burn", menuName = "hb/Effect/Burn", order = 1)]
    public class SO_BurnEffect : SO_Effect
    {
        public override Effect Create(EffectContext context)
        {
            return new BurnEffect
            {
                Power = context.Power,
                Duration = context.Duration,
                Frequency = context.Frequency,
                DamageController = context.DamageController
            };
        }
    }
    
    [System.Serializable]
    public class BurnEffect : Effect
    {
        public DamageController DamageController;
    }

This is an example, so it's barebones. You'd add other necessary fields . . .

[balmy vortex]

or does this just run into the same problem as looking for the name of an object?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you should describe what exactly it is that you're trying to accomplish

I'm assuming that you're actually trying to limit what you can hit.

[balmy vortex]

it's up here

[ivory bobcat]

Why do you need to compare names etc?

This looks very much like a xy problem

https://xyproblem.info/

[edgy sinew]

@balmy vortex the idea is, different objects you collide with have different responses / behavior?

[polar acorn]

What do you want to do with the object your rays hit?

[slow blaze]

hey guys is there somthing like a nav mesh for 2D ?

I want to make the enemies track the player at all times and navigate around obstacles in the way instad of "walking" into the obstacle because the playeer is behind it

[slender nymph]

there's a navmesh plus package on github that makes unity's navmesh work for 2d, or there's aron granberg's A* Pathfinding Project which is another common alternative for 2d pathfinding (it also works for 3d)

[shell sorrel]

can get a little more complicated to define whats walkable and what is not with 2d

in the past i would just roll my own A* that works off of a grid or quad tree instead of a mesh and use extra properties on tilemap tiles to define whats walkable

[limber turtle]

is there a way to delete a specific item from an array without the index, or am i going to have to find the index somehow

i'm going to be cloning gameobjects, putting them in an array to keep track of them and removing them when the object is destroyed

and i can't find too much on array functions in c#/unity

all i'm finding is that it's not as good as python's

[eternal needle]

use a list, and there is a .Remove function where you can just pass the object to remove from the list

[limber turtle]

oh

i couldn't find that on the documentation

i'm getting an error

it's saying "GameObject[] does not contain a definition for 'Remove'"

or Add

are they not capitalised

[silver fern]

Remove is on list not on your object

[eternal needle]

#💻┃code-beginner message

use a list

[limber turtle]

oh

i don't know how to declare a list

i googled it and tried the first result i found and it didn't work

discord on my laptop is loading slow so it might take me a minute

[eternal needle]

you should really do some c# basics then, there are resources pinned in the channel. theres also tons of tutorials out there if you search anything related to "list c#"

[limber turtle]

well i've been learning c# for like a year or two now

i guess codeninjas is just shit then

before i was doing it like this:
public GameObject[] activeCoins;

but that doesn't give me the right results

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ take a minute and actually explain what result you're expecting to see. stuff like "didnt work" is incredibly vague and no one can help based off such information

[silver fern]

that's an array not a list

[limber turtle]

yes

i thought an array would work for what i am doing

apparently not

[silver fern]

array has a fixed size, list is dynamic

[eternal needle]

if you've been learning this way for a year or two, and you dont know the differences between arrays/lists, you should find a new resource to learn from. Do some c# basics outside of unity

[limber turtle]

oh that makes sense

well then what am i doing wrong with declaring my list?

it's saying there is no such namespace as list

[real ferry]

Import the namespace

[limber turtle]

from where

[real ferry]

Do you use rider

[limber turtle]

what's that