💻┃code-beginner

[cosmic dagger]

Oh, I see. Wouldn't the creation method have Init inside of it already?

[rough granite]

When the function call for a collision happens add an if statement for if the tag is player and or if the tag is say asteriod

[tired python]

cus otherwise even if the spaeceship collides with other 2d objects, it's gonna create the same effect cus it can't differentiate betwenn 2d objects

[tired python]

will try that thanks

[rough granite]

Thats what the tags are for...

[tender mirage]

You add a if statement inside the collision trigger to compare the collisions tag

[cosmic dagger]

This is a simple unity trigger or collision method that uses tags to check which object collided. I would definitely go over some introductory unity tutorials . . .

[rough granite]

Yeah

[tired python]

i just did one tutorial, and i am adding up stuff on the game i got out of that

[tender mirage]

Remember, it's never a waste of time to watch tutorials. it's only a waste if you don't feel like working on projects anymore

it can be quite a powerful tool

[tired python]

dunno where that came from...

[maiden drum]

In my case it's easy to solve since i can just use inheritance and have the base method call init().

I was just wondering in the case of, for example a custom animation script that needs to have values defined in order to work properly. Such script can be created from multitude of sources, then i'd have to remember than i need to call Init() every time after addComponent / instantiate.

I was just wondering if there's a better unity pattern / technological solution (like forcing the creator to call init())

[vital barn]

Use prefabs

[maiden drum]

then i have to make a prefab for every permutation & can't use random for example.

[cosmic dagger]

That's fine, but always look up how to do the things (you are adding up) on top of the first tutorial. It helps when we can see what you have done to determine what went wrong and where you are stuck at. Without anything, we can't do much but offer up tutorials for you to look at . . .

[vital barn]

The truth is, in complex cases, there can be many of them.

[vital barn]

You can call random in Awake

[maiden drum]

Yea i know, prefabs are a powerful tool. However, sometimes the creator (there may be a better term) will know what the values are

[maiden drum]

This works if the script is self-contained, if you require info from your creator, then it'd not work (for example a bullet needing the weapon that shot it to tell it how much damage it deals)

[vital barn]

I have been in unity for many years and have never seen an alternative to Init methods.

[cosmic dagger]

I guess, my confusion is on what the "creator," is. Trying to figure out the core problem you need solved . . .

[rough granite]

who is this "creator" you keep bringing up?

[tired python]

So u recommend me to look up stuff myself rather than ask here for guides?

[maiden drum]

refering to the script that instantiated the object / added the component

[vital barn]

Fabric

[rough granite]

ahh, not sure of how efficient it is but you can make the bullet a var

 var Bullet = Instantiate(prefab); 
 //then call
 Bullet.GetComponent<BulletClass>().DamageValue = DamageValue;

[vital barn]

prefab can be MonoBehaviour also

[rough granite]

yeah this one too learnt just yesterday but forgot

[polar acorn]

You can skip the get component if your prefab variable is of type BulletClass

[cosmic dagger]

Yes and no. You always want to try/test out what you want to do first. Then if you run into issues, or problems, that's where we can help. If you don't know where to start, then we can also point you to the right direction. For example, you should look up: check tag trigger method unity. This will help you check for certain objects colliding with each other . . .

[maiden drum]

yeah that's what i meant in Init() function, then you can force arguments.I just thought there is a better pattern (one that doesn't require me to remember to call the init()). But as @vital barn said, there isn't one

[tired python]

Ya, that's why I ask for guides and stuff because there's not much jargon out there, sometimes it's impossible to find the right resource to learn from...

[cosmic dagger]

Oh, there are a plethora of resources for unity. Any question you ask her, you can duplicate in google and find a resource for. That's literally what most of us do when people ask. We just copy/paste their question and return to results, lol . . .

[tired python]

I thought u guys had a list of guides hidden somewhere

[cosmic dagger]

Nope, but the core/beginner stuff are in the pinned messages . . .

People will store specific links they like in bookmarks, but everyone does that . . .

[maiden drum]

If you're looking for references on how to do a common pattern, chatgpt is extremely helpful as an alternative search engine. Just don't take everything it says as gospel

I found it extremely helpful when trying to learn how to write shaders, there is practically 0 good resources there

[vital barn]

All guides are a retelling of documentation

[low copper]

I'm basically learning 90% of my stuff from youtube

[cosmic dagger]

I understand. I do the same thing. After instantiation, I'll call Init on the class. that's basically unity's way to having a constructor . . .

[arctic arch]

Is this correct or do I have the axis swapped again?

foreach(KeyValuePair<Vector3, Terrain> t in terrainTiles)
{
    t.Value.SetNeighbors(
        terrainTiles.GetValueOrDefault(t.Key + new Vector3(terrain.terrainData.size.x, 0, 0)),
        terrainTiles.GetValueOrDefault(t.Key + new Vector3(0, 0, terrain.terrainData.size.z)),
        terrainTiles.GetValueOrDefault(t.Key + new Vector3(-terrain.terrainData.size.x, 0, 0)),
        terrainTiles.GetValueOrDefault(t.Key + new Vector3(0, 0, -terrain.terrainData.size.z))
    );
}```

[vital barn]

Pls use method in method

[cosmic dagger]

YouTube University is highly related. Mixed reviews: yes, bad teachers: yes, but you'll find gems everywhere. It's like any other school . . .

[sour fulcrum]

There's plenty of fantastic resources on shaders

[maiden drum]

Best "fix" i can think of to prevent bugs is to verify that the values were passed in the Start() function, then you'd at least have an exception if you failed at runtime. Better than debugging a conditional bug

[wintry quarry]

What are you trying to do here?

It seems odd to me to add terrainData.size to a tile coordinate.

Are the keys coordinates, or world space positions? I would expect Vector3Int

[rough granite]

writting shaders in code feels like a waste of time when we have shader graphs

[sour fulcrum]

more specifically if you disable the prefab before instansiation you can then run your init function on it then turn it on so it recieves Awake() with the setup done

[arctic arch]

the keys are the coordinates they are spawned in. Im trying to automatically create new terrain neighbors as needed

[maiden drum]

Found iit very hard to find. Some of them are like "yeah you just put this, idk why" and others are using old api.
Especially because you have hlsl + unity's own api that they bury under 5 feet of documentation and change it once in a blue moon

They're good for learning to do common things, but not api / functions. For that i found chatgpt to be way more helpful instead of digging in the documentation

[arctic arch]

I have absolutely no clue what youre trying to say

[vital barn]

This is a survivor's mistake

[maiden drum]

However, they're very good to learn the basics of how gpu and shaders work

[rough granite]

how so?

[wintry quarry]

You should generally be dealing with grid coordinates until the last possible moment. I don't fully understand the context here but generally you want discrete, integer values for everything until you actually do the final translation to world space.

[maiden drum]

Unless you want something that can't easily be made using shader graph (laso you have no compute shader graph)

[sour fulcrum]

and a lot of stuff via shadergraph can be done very quickly in code

like any visual scripting

[arctic arch]

that doesnt answer my question if I got neighbor directions right or if I mistook the axis again

That has nothing to do with my question whatsoever to be exact

[polar dust]

ShaderGraph is weak as hell compared to making real shaders

[vital barn]

With a large number of nodes, ShaderGraph turns into mush.

[rough granite]

maybe so guess i've just been too lazy to learn the shader language for it to be any fast to write

[wintry quarry]

Well i didn't know the context of your question and about the previous axis stuff. I was just answering the "is this correct" question.

As for axes it's not really possible to know without knowing the conventions the rest of your code/system are using.

[sour fulcrum]

which is fair, just not the whole picture 😄

[arctic arch]

Its a unity method? Are my directions correct for whatever unity considers left right top and bottom?

How does my code matter when I literally ask is +x assigned as left correct or false

[low copper]

I'm having trouble with storing state data for a puzzle I am building....so I have a bunch of cubes on the screen (Cube_0_0 -> Cube_1_7). Each one has a material (0,1 is fine...or "red"/blue") which has to change, a size (which doesn't change) and a position (0-15). I started with seperate arrays for teh values but that wasn't working. Now I'm trying to get a dictionary working but maybe that isn't a good idea...I don't know. I just know, when a person clicks I have a cube GameObject to work with to do the movements/material changes and I've been trying to base things off name (Cube_0_0)....however I can't figure out how to get/set data with a string as an index. Any suggestions would be appreciated

[wintry quarry]

Those directions are described in the documentation:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Terrain.SetNeighbors.html

looks like you have some of them backwards (+x and -x)

[maiden drum]

Good idea. Didn't think of that

[rough granite]

curious what application you use that has positive x be left

[scarlet pasture]

hey whicht are the best way to move a NPC in 2d Games? or whicht options do i have and whitch would u recommend me?`Rigidbody, velocity Change... i dont know maye CharacterController, Lerp, MoveThoward etc...

[vital barn]

NavMesh

But 2D

[scarlet pasture]

does that exsits in 2d?

[rough granite]

navmesh doesnt work for 2d

[wintry quarry]

There is no "best" way overall. It depends on your game and how it should work

[scarlet pasture]

yeah this is why i also said "what would u recommend"

[wintry quarry]

Fire Emblem enemies will move differently from Goombas

[scarlet pasture]

or what options do i have?

[wintry quarry]

it depends on your game and how it should work

[arctic arch]

No 3d coordinate system I ever used before was y up either but here we are unity being weird

[scarlet pasture]

a basic Spoider that walks, Attack and have a Distrance Shoot mechanic

[tired python]

Oh I have had nightmares while interacting with devs who say to avoid gpt like the plague. I have stopped using it...

[wintry quarry]

that doesn't really narrow anything down

[vital barn]

I remember there are assets

[maiden drum]

You can't have strings as an index in an array.
What are you trying to do exactly that you want to group cubes by string?

[scarlet pasture]

okay, so what options do i have?

to do somthing like that

[polar dust]

Y-up is a very normal coordinate system

[tired python]

U can though? Just initialise an unordered map for it

[rough granite]

y is always up... go to any math class that has a cartesian plane and it's x and y, with x being left & right, and y is up * down

[naive pawn]

y is not always up

[wintry quarry]

Use a Dictionary with Vector2Int keys. Definitely not strings

[vital barn]

RimWorld use NavMesh btw

[tired python]

This too

[low copper]

That is why I was trying to get a dictionary working. I'm just trying to store puzzle state. So the cubes get clicked on (changes materials) and get moved around. Unless I'm approaching this wrong, I'm just trying to get current cube state with cube.name

[maiden drum]

Meh, they're just burnt from people thinking it's some sort of an all-knowing god that don't question the slop it says.
It's a very good tool but nothing more than a tool

[vital barn]

Not 3d a mean asset

[rough granite]

yes there are but not by default

[polar dust]

Maybe underneath rimworld is a 3D game, just forced top down so it appears 2D

[vital barn]

It's not a problem.

[maiden drum]

yeah, but he has an array, so he'd need to change his data structure

[rough granite]

right my bad beside blender when isnt y up

[tired python]

Oh, it's not dynamic I guess

[scarlet pasture]

lets say i dont wannt to use NavMash what else are ways to achive the NPC Movement

[maiden drum]

What's the puzzle?
That's the first step in knowing the correct data structure

[naive pawn]

@arctic arch @rough granite this might be of interest to you

[arctic arch]

first result with named axis. Any other named result is also z up

[vital barn]

Custom nods of points

[polar dust]

Ill never get why blender decided on z-up, its a strange choice

[scarlet pasture]

need to reasearch about that, never heard of

[maiden drum]

2d or 3d?

[scarlet pasture]

2d

i want to code but, so i can learn alot

[naive pawn]

math does usually treat Z as depth, which can be either vertical or forwards

[zinc cedar]

Hey guys, I have a small problem.
When I type things like Rigidbody, GameObject, or Destroy in Visual Studio, IntelliSense doesn’t show any suggestions or autocomplete.
Other C# stuff works fine, but Unity-specific classes don’t appear.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

[naive pawn]

!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)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[naive pawn]

@zinc cedar ^

[vital barn]

You're building a node system of points and the NPC follows the paths you created in advance, but it's very inconvenient.

[scarlet pasture]

not using Unity engine

[naive pawn]

they are. that's just a sign that the IDE is unconfigured

[maiden drum]

either:

• implement your own a* with a limited depth if you're using tiles, but at that point just use a navmesh.
• raycast a circle around you and figure out which paths are not blocked, good for "random" movement.

Just know that anything else other than implementing a pathfinding algorithm / using a navmesh won't be able to effectively bypass walls @scarlet pasture

[scarlet pasture]

okay my bad

[naive pawn]

MonoBehaviour is from UnityEngine, for example.

[arctic arch]

literally do what youve been shown 3 messages above

[naive pawn]

(different person)

[scarlet pasture]

What?

[scarlet pasture]

Thanks!

[maiden drum]

You need the .csporj files.

I forgot how to do it, but there's a tutorial in google on how to setup vscode with unity (somehwere in the editor's settings you can give it it's default editor)

[scarlet pasture]

also restart the editor can also helps. i somthimes have the same problem

[vital barn]

Dont use VSCode pls

[scarlet pasture]

why?

i used it

[vital barn]

VS2022 is better

[scarlet pasture]

but why?

[rough granite]

visual studio community is just better for c#

[scarlet pasture]

even if i use Exansions?

[polar dust]

Rider is even better

[maiden drum]

i'm loving vscode. Ur nothing but a hater

all the cool boys use EMACS

[vital barn]

NeoVim is better than Rider

[rough granite]

idk what you mean obviously the best is chatgpt

[polar dust]

Us programmers love arguing about which IDE is best 😅

[tired python]

Notepad++ is king

[maiden drum]

If you're not spending 50% of your time configuring vim macros. Are you even a programmer?

[tired python]

I wanna know more abt that, I don't rly use macros

[vital barn]

It took me a week to set up NeoVim.

[tired python]

like sometimes to go from one line to the other I need to press my arrow keys like hell

[naive pawn]

no IDE is objectively better than any other IDE. use what you want to use

[vast comet]

thanks

[scarlet pasture]

HELLL NAHHH

[sour fulcrum]

unless you use notepad in which you can use whatever you use somewhere not here 😛

[naive pawn]

i.. unironically do code in notepad sometimes

even for unity projects

well, textedit, basically the equivalent on mac

[vital barn]

That's why when they tell me that Rider is better, I say that it's just a code editor and I just use what I'm used to.

[sour fulcrum]

are you getting paid by the hour? 😛

[maiden drum]

Just start with defualt vim. It's not for everyone.
Essentially when you become proficient in vim sometimes you'll wish you could do something that you always do faster, hence macros.

I personally struggled a lot with following which mode i'm in. And some of it's default settings are just not that intuitive for me

[rough granite]

i code in notepad++ whenever it comes to this one game i play where i mod it (officially supported)

[naive pawn]

no, i use it for scripts in a test project, because i don't want to deal with ide config for the separate workspace - and for those simple test scripts, i don't really need intellisense

[maiden drum]

Ended up using vim + vscode and making a lot of the default shortcuts i'm used to work there

[sour fulcrum]

surely vs code is just nicer tho?

[maiden drum]

Big boy flexing on all of us plebs

[naive pawn]

nicer for what exactly?

[sour fulcrum]

idk man just nicer in general 😄

[naive pawn]

im not using it in the context of large systems. intellisense and ide checking isn't really necessary

it's a more simplified view

[grand snow]

Its not essential but man it really helps

[naive pawn]

vim tools sometimes help too

[naive pawn]

for actual projects, sure. i'm using plain text editors in simple "testing project" contexts.

[rough granite]

really does, forced to use java & eclispe for school and their intellisense sucks

[sour fulcrum]

i have java assignments for uni rn and i wanna die

[maiden drum]

wait till you hear about jupyter

[grand snow]

In languages im very comfortable with i can write without aid but it really depends

[maiden drum]

I make too many typos to write without autocomoplete

[maiden drum]

lmao didn't even mean to make a typo there. Hence exhibit a

[rough granite]

and honestly worst part isnt even lack of a proper intellisense it's the fact half the keybinds do random crap (ctrl + d) deletes the line instead of duplicating it for example

[tired python]

Ctrl c v

[polar dust]

Every IDE has it's own feel, most of whether X is good, is down to how you respond to using it.

Id say just test drive every IDE and you will find one that you like the most

[maiden drum]

Try punched cards. Best ide\

[vital barn]

HEX editor is better

[cosmic dagger]

I've done this tons of times, but I use dotnetfiddle to create a script and save it, so I can load it when I get home. Ironically, since it doesn't have the Unity engine, I've gotten used to creating dummy classes for GameObject, ScriptableObject, MonoBehaviour, Transform, etc. to avoid the error messages and allow for testing . . .

[maiden drum]

unity kids complain about their IDE.
Real chads open up a game in IDA pro and create their own game via lobotimizing another

[vital barn]

IDA pro can rewrite assembly?

[naive pawn]

(discord doesn't embed domains, it has to be a url btw. just add a https:// on there)

[maiden drum]

Of course, that's like half of it's use

[naive pawn]

but yeah ive done that with discord/notes on my phone quite a few times too ngl

[hot wadi]

I have a short question: Do all coroutine yield commands force them to continue in AFTER Update() when the yield condition is fulfilled.
For example, this one only continues after the async operation is done and after Update():

{
    Vector3 offScreenSpawn = new Vector3(-100, -100, -100);
    AsyncOperationHandle segmentOp = _trackSegmentRef.InstantiateAsync(offScreenSpawn, Quaternion.identity);
    yield return segmentOp;
}```

[cosmic dagger]

I was fond of VSCode because creating snippets are easy (when I found out about them) . . .

[vital barn]

It just doesn't seem to be possible in the free version.

[naive pawn]

AFTER Update()
no, some occur at different parts of the execution loop, like during the fixed time step or after rendering

[cosmic dagger]

Oh, I didn't even notice the error. I forgot the http stuff . . .

[maiden drum]

That's how they get ya, just like adobe

[naive pawn]

#💻┃code-beginner message these are the specific WaitForFixedTimestep or WaitForEndOfFrame, though. other yields are evaluated every frame, after update
see https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/execution-order.html

[maiden drum]

that actually got me questioning, how does unity schedule it's coroutines? is it a separate thread/worker threads or the main?

[naive pawn]

it's all on the main thread

otherwise unity APIs wouldn't work - they aren't synchronized

[cosmic dagger]

only main thread . . .

[maiden drum]

so only burst can really multithread

[naive pawn]

oh you can multithread all you want

you just can't use unity apis in other threads

[cosmic dagger]

after all Fixed Update/Update calls . . .

[hot wadi]

So async operation yielding does continue after Update

[maiden drum]

learnt that the hard way. And then a painful refactor ensured

[grand snow]

Only special things that unity has made special apis usable in jobs can be done on other threads.
burst is an optional addition

or you use entities which is made with threading in mind

[maiden drum]

How does memory managment work in unity?
Do parallel jobs that use managed memory make requests to the main thread or do they do their own thing?

[naive pawn]

i think that's solidly out of the scope of #💻┃code-beginner

[maiden drum]

probably, just a question that came into my mind when reading the previous discussion

[grand snow]

Unity restricts what is allowed to be used in jobs (even when not using burst) to only unmanaged types. ask in #1390355039272439868 if you have more questions about unitys job system

[urban ocean]

hi guys! once I'm logged in the Unity learn site, where do i have to click for the actual courses?

[slender nymph]

Not really a code question. but you can access the pathways from the big "Pathways" button at the top. otherwise you can browse individual tutorials using the big "Browse" button at the top. You can also see your learning progress using the big "My Learning" button at the top. You can also search the site using the convenient "Search" bar at the top.

[urban ocean]

tysm! and you obtain those points by just completing the pathway? and after that I made up my mind on what I wanna make there will be courses for what I want to learn specifically by browsing them? like if I wanna make a survival I can just browse that for tutorials on how to set it up

btw where can I ask those kinds of questions? Ik they aren't much about coding and I don't wanna mistake topic anymore!

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[urban ocean]

tyy

[vital barn]

DOTS handles multithreading best

[scarlet pasture]

hey does sombody know why vscode formats the code wrong. it only happens when i make a swich logic

[naive pawn]

what do you mean by "wrong"

[rocky canyon]

what you mean? howso is it wrong?

[naive pawn]

perhaps show what you're talking about

[vital barn]

Use VS2022

[naive pawn]

yeah no please stop with this

[rocky canyon]

lol.. lazy answer

[naive pawn]

we do not need IDE elitism here

[vital barn]

Ok

[scarlet pasture]

like that

[naive pawn]

what's the difference you actually care about here

the break being in the block vs outside?

[scarlet pasture]

the break

[polar acorn]

That's the same

they're formatted the same

[rocky canyon]

am i tripping or isnt that the exact same?

follow the brackets

[naive pawn]

yeah that's the same formatting. the break being outside isn't exactly a formatting thing

it is a style thing - just not formatting

[polar acorn]

There's no difference in how these are behaving, they're doing the exact same thing

[scarlet pasture]

but why does it looks extremly wrong when i start to code it but if i finish it it regenratet hiself

[polar acorn]

Because until you finish it doesn't know what your statements look like

It can't know you're done writing a clause until you actually finish it

[scarlet pasture]

ahhhh so its a normal think, i thought its because of the color extanasion

other quastion can i make my Code editor only in Italic

i like that alot

not only syntax. Eveything

[polar acorn]

That sounds horrible

[scarlet pasture]

what no it sounds amazingf

i wanted that so bad bud i cant find a extansion for that

[naive pawn]

that wouldn't be an extension, would just be a font set via a theme

[scarlet pasture]

so i can do that

nice i will research that

[weak cedar]

Is it the general convention to have multiple canvases instead of having multiple disabled gameobjects under one canvas?

[scarlet pasture]

there is actually also a italic exansion that enabled for all Color themes Italic

Italics-all-themes

the name of it

[naive pawn]

this is a code channel, perhaps ask #📲┃ui-ux or #💻┃unity-talk

[polar acorn]

In general, more canvases is better. Whenever something on a canvas changes, the whole canvas gets repainted, so having a lot on one canvas can actually compound into some significant performance loss. For performance reasons, the ideal UI has a canvas for every individual element, but that gets unwieldy really fast. So, try to strike a balance between having sensible groupings for your own sanity and not putting all your eggs in too few baskets.

[rocky canyon]

make use of the settings.json

    "textMateRules": [
        {
            "scope": [
                "comment",
                "string",
                "keyword",
                "variable",
                "entity.name.type",
                "entity.name.function",
                "constant",
                "storage",
                "support",
                "markup"
            ],
            "settings": {
                "fontStyle": "italic"
            }
        }
    ]
}```

then you can keep any theme you're already using (i think for the most part)

[rocky canyon]

yessir!.. i just learned this the other day.. never knew 😬
thanks to: https://unity.com/how-to/unity-ui-optimization-tips @weak cedar heres some optimization tips for Canvases

[analog drift]

heyyy, so i tryed to make movement in 2d and this is the code for left and right but my player does not move

[naive pawn]

!code

[radiant void]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[naive pawn]

post it properly please ^

and again, do you have any errors or warnings?

[analog drift]

here

[naive pawn]

!input

[radiant void]

How to Set Input

To set Active Input Handling, go to:
Project Settings > Player > Active Input Handling

• Input Manager (Old): Use the original Input settings.
• Input System Package (New): Uses the new input system package.
• Both: Use both systems.

[weak cedar]

Thanks

[analog drift]

??? where now

[vital barn]

other settings

[analog drift]

oki dokey

[vital barn]

Also unity will restart after change

[analog drift]

thanks for info

LETS GOOOOOO IT WORKS

[rocky canyon]

EZ

[scarlet pasture]

hey can sombody pls help me, i use this Gizmos and want t change the color the green when the enemy is on the Ground; ``` private void OnDrawGizmos()
{
if (!useGizmos || RayCastOrigin == null) return;
{
var c = Color.white;
if (isGrounded == false)
{
c = Color.red;
}
else if (isGrounded)
{
c = Color.green;
}
Gizmos.color = c;
Vector3 start = RayCastOrigin.transform.position;
Vector3 end = start + Vector3.down * GroundCheckDistance;

        Gizmos.DrawLine(start, end);
    }
}```

for me its lookin really good and i cant find the problem there

[naive pawn]

have you tried logging some relevant values

[analog drift]

??? so i have somekind of error i do not know how to fix please help

[naive pawn]

-# btw, that could be simplified to if (!isGrounded) ... else ... rather than the else if, or even mroe so into a ternary

[naive pawn]

!code see the "large code blocks" section below

[radiant void]

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.

[naive pawn]

and do share the error please, we aren't psychic

[scarlet pasture]

okay i can make a tenery operator for this u right

[vital barn]

var c = isGrounded ? Color.green : Color.red;

[scarlet pasture]

bro i understand sorry i just forgett that

[analog drift]

oki dokey

[scarlet pasture]

wait does OnDrawGizmos updates himself even?

does the if even runned?

maybe i need to put it inside of onvalidade

[naive pawn]

well, that would be easily checkable with a few Debug.Logs

[vital barn]

delete else

[naive pawn]

probably not

[analog drift]

here

[scarlet pasture]

u right i gonna check, is even the raycast working

my bad bro forget to check that out first

[vital barn]

if (!Grounded) and if (Grounded)

[naive pawn]

there's a stray else there

also, configure your ide

!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)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[naive pawn]

@analog drift ^

[slender nymph]

1. #💻┃code-beginner message
2. pay better attention to the code you are copying
3. ^ (see message above)

[analog drift]

brb gtg eat

[scarlet pasture]

it worked

the gizmo only gets green if its on runtime

i thought i can use it even in the editor

for that case i need onValidate right?

[charred monolith]

yo may i ask what game/app u create right now?

[scarlet pasture]

2d Metroid Venia

[naive pawn]

nope, not what that message is for

[scarlet pasture]

what do u mean?

did i somthing wrong

[naive pawn]

OnValidate isn't for drawing gizmos

[scarlet pasture]

ahh i didnt understand u correctly, i thought u are angry at me haah

[naive pawn]

i mean, i did already say this

[scarlet pasture]

so what exactly can i do for this case? do u have a recommendation

[scarlet pasture]

my bad sorry

[naive pawn]

All gizmo drawing has to be done in either MonoBehaviour.OnDrawGizmos or MonoBehaviour.OnDrawGizmosSelected functions of the script.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Gizmos.html

[scarlet pasture]

thanks g

[naive pawn]

what exactly are you using this for? it kinda seems like you'd want Debug stuff for this rather than Gizmos

[scarlet pasture]

i wanted to see is the Enemy Grounded

and...

[naive pawn]

that's for checking if you're in the editor (vs a build), not for checking if you're in edit mode (vs playmode)

[scarlet pasture]

i wanted to learn more about Gizmos

[scarlet pasture]

yeah i want to see the changes of the Gizmos while bein in the Editpr

not in the game runtime

[naive pawn]

that's still in the editor

just play mode instead of edit mode

[scarlet pasture]

why i want see it in the editor

its would look cool i think

[naive pawn]

ok no you're misunderstanding

[scarlet pasture]

again?

dayumn

[naive pawn]

gizmos only exist in the editor

the "runtime" you're describing is edit mode vs play mode

#if UNITY_EDITOR won't change anything, you've been in the editor the entire time, even in "runtime" (play mode)

[scarlet pasture]

at this point i just test it out on play mode gang 🥀

[naive pawn]

not sure if you can see stuff drawn by Debug in edit mode, but if you can, that'd probably be the solution

[scarlet pasture]

sure

[analog drift]

what is a stray else

[scarlet pasture]

hey im not sure if this is okay to post it here but can sombody maybe tell me what this is? i have this along time

[scarlet pasture]

he means u else is placed wrong

[vital barn]

This is fixed with 1 button

[scarlet pasture]

pls bro tell me

[analog drift]

i got error

[scarlet pasture]

becasue of u else

[naive pawn]

there's an else there that doesn't have an if

[naive pawn]

configure your ide first. ^
this is a necessary step. @analog drift

[analog drift]

ooohhh thank you for the info

[scarlet pasture]

hes ide is working, it show him a error

[slender nymph]

it's only showing basic c# syntax errors. it is not fully configured

[naive pawn]

it's syntax analysis, it's not properly configured. Input and Vector2 should be highlighted as types, and GetAxis should be highlighted as a method.

[analog drift]

but now 2 error

[naive pawn]

yeah that's not how you were supposed to fix it

[scarlet pasture]

thank u

[analog drift]

how then

[polar acorn]

What are you elseing

What is the condition you are intending to invert

[naive pawn]

@analog drift clearly you don't understand c# enough to fix the basic issues at this point. don't do random things hoping that'll work, that'll just waste a ton of your time.

firstly, configure your ide.

then, go look at what the tutorial is doing more closely.

[analog drift]

what is a IDE (lol)

[polar acorn]

!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)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[naive pawn]

the app you're coding in

one of the above in the list

looks like vscode

[analog drift]

Visual studio code

[naive pawn]

(note that visual studio code is not the same as visual studio)

click the vscode link above and go through configuring your ide

[analog drift]

wait... what is the difference

[naive pawn]

completely different apps that microsoft named similarly for some reason. blame microsoft

[polar acorn]

They're different programs

[naive pawn]

if it's properly configured, Input and Vector2 should be green, and GetAxis should be yellow

[vital barn]

[vital barn]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/inspector-not-showing-all-public-serialized-script-properties-until-refreshed/1638922/27

[scarlet pasture]

thanks

[analog drift]

oki dokey i have vscode

@naive pawn

what now @naive pawn

[naive pawn]

ive given you instructions already

please don't excessively ping random people

[analog drift]

oki dokey

sry

[rocky canyon]

fix ur ide
but basically you have:

if(condition)
{
  DoThing();
  
  else if
  {
    DoOtherThing();
  }
}```
when it should be something like:
```cs
if(condition)
{
  DoThing();
}
else if(anotherCondition)
{
  DoOtherThing();
}
else
{
   // Neither Condition was met.. run else
}

or with a basic if/else like:

if(condition)
{
  DoThing();
}
else
{
  DoOtherThing();
}```
every opening bracket `{` must have a closing bracket `}`
and they must be locating in the correct place..
*pay more attention to the tutorial*
capitalization matters.. `Transform` is not the same as `transform`
also the structure / syntax of the code must be correct

having an IDE and configured will help greatly with these issues..

[naive pawn]

again, configure your ide. there are instructions here. click the link corresponding to your ide

[analog drift]

thx

[rocky canyon]

with the IDE ^ it'll tell you like here

comments are misleading (sorry)
b/c you can also use the if to check if a condition is false..
if(condition == false) or if(!condition)
and then the top portion would be if false and the second part would be the else true

[vital barn]

It's probably worth trying to make neovim friends with unity

[rocky canyon]

lol.. ngl, not sure how useful it is but coding inside the PowerShell looks pretty cool 😄

[analog drift]

oki dokey i fixed it (you fixed it) (lol)

[rocky canyon]

just jot down a note to urself..
and get that ide configured 😉

[vital barn]

I'll try (this)[https://github.com/walcht/neovim-unity?tab=readme-ov-file]

[analog drift]

why my eyes do this

[rocky canyon]

b/c its toggling between the two conditions u wrote out

[naive pawn]

have you configured your ide or not

if so, share code - and do so properly this time

if not, go configure your ide

it is a requirement to get help here

[analog drift]

ik my ide

but what do i do with it

[naive pawn]

configure it

[analog drift]

how

[naive pawn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

if only there were instructions that have been given to you multiple times

[analog drift]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sry i am so dumb

oki dokey yup had it configured from the beninging

[naive pawn]

it was not configured in the beginning

what color is Input

[analog drift]

lemme check

light blue

[naive pawn]

it's not configured

[analog drift]

awwwww man

[naive pawn]

have you installed .net with the install tool

[analog drift]

i thought its the extension

[naive pawn]

there are additional steps afterwards

[analog drift]

lemme check

[naive pawn]

you've installed the .net install tool, correct?

[analog drift]

lemme check

pls remind me that the name of the .net file is

send me a screene

im sooo sry i am so dumb

[analog drift]

OKI DOKEY

sry caps

oki dokey

lemme check

yup

got it

[vital barn]

[naive pawn]

and have you actually installed .net using it

command palette > install .net

[analog drift]

what is command palette🤣

[naive pawn]

ctrl + shift + p

[rich adder]

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette

[analog drift]

it is downloading

Downloading .NET version(s) 9.0.306-global~x64 ............

lol why so many dots

Downloading .NET version(s) 9.0.306-global~x64 ..........................................

lol

[naive pawn]

it's the progress bar

[tender mirage]

I need some help here. i'm using contacts to check if the player hit the ground and not the wall to properly set the state

but then this causes a bug where oncollision enter and exit trigger at the exact time when they're suppose to trigger like different sides of the same coin.

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    //Get contact point
    Vector2 contactPos = collision.GetContact(0).normal;

    //If player touches ground
    if (contactPos == Vector2.up)
    {
        //Fire event
        playerEnterGround.Invoke();

        isGrounded = true;
    }

    //Kill speed if hitting wall
    if (contactPos == Vector2.right)
    {
        blockedDirection = "Left";
    }
    else if (contactPos == Vector2.left)
    {
        blockedDirection = "Right";
    }


}


private void OnCollisionExit2D(Collision2D collision)
{

    print("collisionExit triggered");

    //Fire event
    playerLeaveGround.Invoke();

    blockedDirection = "None";

    isGrounded = false;
    
}

[naive pawn]

would you ever be on top of the wall? if not, perhaps consider making that a different layer

[tender mirage]

Layer?

[naive pawn]

also, you shouldn't use magic strings. do you need blockedDirection in general? dynamic rigidbodies can handle that on their own

[tender mirage]

I don't really like how the character sticks to a wall if you keep the momentuem up

[naive pawn]

physics layers, to define the wall and ground as separate layers
then you can use a layermask to check if you collided with the ground

you can reduce or remove friction to solve that

[tender mirage]

i see. that sounds pretty practical, although i'm using tilesets.

[naive pawn]

ah, yeah im not sure you can set different tiles to different layers.

[tender mirage]

Yeah, the inbuilt tilesets can have some limitations, so i've heard.

but it can also be pretty powerful

if used correctly.

[naive pawn]

in the past when ive been working in 2d sidescroller contexts with tilesets, ive just used a cast for the ground check

[analog drift]

why taking so long to install

[tender mirage]

yeah, sadly i havn't gotten into raycast yet, although that should definitely be in my todo list.

[analog drift]

lol dead chat

[naive pawn]

yeah we do not need this spam

[analog drift]

lol

[polar acorn]

What do you expect us to say? "Wait faster"?

[analog drift]

nooooooooooooooooooooooo

[naive pawn]

ok, what is the actual error

do you want help or not

[analog drift]

ok

[rich adder]

hows a cropped photo help anyone

show the full error

[analog drift]

just a sec

[rich adder]

does that "tool" ever work ?

just download the exe manually lol

[naive pawn]

so sounds like your internet wasn't able to download it within 10 minutes?

[naive pawn]

it's worked for me the 3 or 4 times ive had to configure vscode, and ive instructed using this to quite a few other people having trouble configuring

[analog drift]

should i try again

[polar acorn]

Pretty sure you can click the box with the red X and see the full error

[naive pawn]

it's saying there was a pop-up prompting you to install .net, did you get that

[analog drift]

👍

lemme check

[naive pawn]

or if your internet isn't super good such that you'd expect an install to take more than 10 minutes, then increase the timeout as the output says

[naive pawn]

i guess that's just because it doesn't have .net

[rich adder]

If fails again, try this https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download

[analog drift]

wait

[naive pawn]

you couldve just.. said whatever you were going to say without making me wait

[analog drift]

sry where do i increase the timeout

[naive pawn]

in settings, search ".net install timeout" and increase the value, it's in seconds

[analog drift]

oki dokey

oki dokey i put 1 hour

[naive pawn]

doesn't seem like a code issue to me

#💻┃unity-talk or perhaps #1390346776804069396

[rough granite]

Yeah id ask in a proper channel but im not seeing this "jitterish"

[rich adder]

mipmap or antialiasing issues

[analog drift]

oki dokey @naive pawn i got it installed now what

[rocky canyon]

For flipping your sprite or scaling your graphics, you don’t need to overcomplicate it as a beginner..
Simply say:

• if input is right → face right FlipToFaceRight();
• if input is left → face left FlipToFaceLeft();

The issue with using a single Flip() method is that it usually tracks the last direction internally and only flips when the direction changes. that way if youre already facing the way youre moving it wont flip the wrong direction.. this will add extra steps and make the if condition more complex than they need to be (especially for beginners)..

and this is where you're issue is likely coming from... with that setup you need to Flip only when its a new direction which means you actually have (2) conditions for each state... (so if ur already facing left and go to move left.. it shouldn't Flip)
in your case you'd just need to iron out that logic or 👇

• A simpler approach is to use two separate methods: FlipToFaceRight() and FlipToFaceLeft(). This keeps the logic straightforward and easier to understand as a beginner..

when ur input is left <- you FlipToFaceLeft(); this would work regardless if you are already facing left or if you are facing right

example code to match video clip 👇 https://paste.myst.rs/2gktd930

[lusty tulip]

Hello! I'm unsure if my question falls into code or perhaps render? So redirect me if needed I'm understanding.
I'm attempting to make a cute little 2D game just something I can play idly on my desktop the issue I am having is I'm trying to follow code monkeys tutorial for a transparent background, however, for some reason despite doing the script and changing the camera alpha to black - 0 and some other player related settings. It still appears black and in full screen mode (I've changed the settings to fullscreen windowed and nothing came of that either so unsure.)

[rich adder]

without seeing the setup or anything, not much can be done from this end

[lusty tulip]

• As a note, I've never touched anything like this before so I'm a total beginner with zero clue what half of this stuff means. But I love bitting off more then I can chew so I'll suffer. x'D

[lusty tulip]

What info do you think you might need to help with the process? I can provide links to the tutorial I am attempting to follow and the game I am using as reference. And any screenshots to settings and such.

[naive pawn]

restart vscode

[analog drift]

oki dokey

[rich adder]

how you wrote it in your setup, the settings you used, which pipeline you're using, OS etc.

[analog drift]

now what

[naive pawn]

let it load for a sec, you should see stuff highlighted correctly now

[lusty tulip]

I am just using the universalrenderpipelinglobalsettings.
I've attached the above script to an empty object

[analog drift]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[rocky canyon]

if u want to keep the way u have just make sure to log the values and stuff you are reading and using... and make sure the logic makes sense

        if (moveInput > 0 && isFacingLeft) // our input says right, but we're facing left soo go ahead and flip

        if(moveInput < 0 && isFacingRight) // our input says left, but we're facing right soo go ahead and flip

        if(moveInput > 0 && isFacingRight) // our input says right, but we're already facing right soo don't flip anything

        if(moveInput < 0 && isFacingLeft) // our input says left, but we're already facing left soo don't flip anything

[analog drift]

ITS BIUTIFULLL

[naive pawn]

there we go

[scarlet pasture]

is that for the flip?

[rocky canyon]

using his conditionals yea

[rich adder]

there was a settings that needs to be changed in the Player Settings IIRC
did you change that part ? also you exported this for testing ?

[scarlet pasture]

u can make that shorter

i do it lika that

itsthe samne

[rocky canyon]

altho i was suggesting just to have a function for each..
one for left.. and one for right..
that way he doesn't need to check which way he's already facing

if ur moving right and facing left -> flip right
if ur moving right and already facing right -> flip right for the hell of it

[lusty tulip]

Yeppers, I went ahead and adjusted the player settings and switched or on any recommended via the tutorial. And did a run build but still shows as a black fullscreen background with img present

[analog drift]

😭

[naive pawn]

man, try to pay some attention to the chat

[naive pawn]

spawn's been giving you a ton of advice on the flipping

i mean, you were told to configure your IDE, with pings, several times before you noticed 😂

[rocky canyon]

^ its flipping b/c ur conditionals don't keep it from flipping when it doesnt need to be flipped
#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message

[analog drift]

oooo sry

didn't see that

mb

[rocky canyon]

take a bit of time to read thru it.. check out teh video.. check out the script sample i gave.. and the comments

[lusty tulip]

Knowing me, my adhd brain is just going brr and I'm missing something obvious lol

[rocky canyon]

also Log the heck out of ur script..
when those conditions run.. log code u can read in the console to make sure its doing what u expect it to be doing

my guess is ur simply not updating the facingRight boolean once u do end up facing right..

should go like

{
    Flip();
    facingRight = true;
}```

[rocky canyon]

and vice-versa

[naive pawn]

(i mean, it might be done inside Flip)

[rich adder]

alright the DXGI flip seems unchecked which should be ok..
and where did you place the script, which gameobject

[naive pawn]

can't say without seeing the full code there

[rocky canyon]

possibly.. was just a guess tho..
clearly the conditional is fighting itself tho

[lusty tulip]

I just created an empty game object and assigned the script to it.

[shell sorrel]

it gets way simpler if you just ditch flip and just always apply the correct scale when facing that way

instead of ending up in cases where you could flip at the wrong time

[rocky canyon]

^ true story

[rocky canyon]

facing right = +1 on the x
facing left = -1 on the x

ez pz.. no way to screw it up

[rich adder]

okay and thats placed in the scene you are building ?

[lusty tulip]

Nod its within the hiearchy

[naive pawn]

make sure to save

[analog drift]

ahhhhhhhhhhh😩 ima just make the face not look lef tor right but to the player

[naive pawn]

it's not that complicated mate

if you're following a tutorial, just make sure to follow it accurately

[lusty tulip]

..>3> making me anxious to input my characters

lol

[scarlet pasture]

hey do sombody know why my enemy dont move to the player? if (useMovement) { Vector2 newPos = rb.linearVelocity + DistanceToPlayer * MoveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime; rb.MovePosition(newPos); }

[rich adder]

could you try this

[DllImport("User32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int MessageBox(IntPtr hwd, string lpText, string lpCaption, int uType);```

in start
```cs
int result = MessageBox(IntPtr.Zero, "Hello! World", "My Message ", 0);```

just incase here is the full script that works for me
<https://paste.mod.gg/rrbaovtlfdrc/0>

[naive pawn]

why are you using both velocity and MovePosition

choose one or the other, not both

[scarlet pasture]

        {
            Vector2 newPos = rb.position + DistanceToPlayer * MoveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime;
            rb.MovePosition(newPos);
        }```u mean i should use this

[naive pawn]

DistanceToPlayer also doesn't make sense to be there

[naive pawn]

no, how did you get to that

nowhere in my message did i mention position

[scarlet pasture]

u mean the distance check?

[naive pawn]

you gotta stop extrapolating, man

[scarlet pasture]

extra what?

[naive pawn]

i didn't mention rb.position at all, yet somehow you assumed that i was telling you to use that

you should stop making those random assumptions

[scarlet pasture]

bro i just thought that this would bne the problem

[naive pawn]

the problem is most likely using velocity and MovePosition together

how are you mainly moving the enemy? with velocity or MovePosition?

[scarlet pasture]

with MovePositiom

[naive pawn]

alright then let's go with that

what is DistanceToPlayer supposed to be

that should not have a bearing on the movement - only the direction should be accounted for

[scarlet pasture]

its the distance between the player and enemy so i can stop him

[naive pawn]

it's a float?

that would be invalid

[scarlet pasture]

the logic for the stop i need tu make in a if, but currently i only want to know why he is not moving

[scarlet pasture]

Vector2

[lusty tulip]

it did pop up briefly

[naive pawn]

so it's a delta, not a distance

[rich adder]

did it ? ok so interop seems to be working

[scarlet pasture]

i used this

delta

[naive pawn]

if you did, it wouldn't be a Vector2

[scarlet pasture]

my code snipped

[rich adder]

can you show your camera setting real quick. Also sent my script in its entirety you can also double check it and compare it to yours

[scarlet pasture]

also the variabel

[naive pawn]

ok, so it's a direction, not a distance nor a delta

it's the right value, just named incorrectly, then

[scarlet pasture]

i mean i can name it how i cant

want

but i get what u mean

[naive pawn]

doesn't make it correct

[scarlet pasture]

yeah

[naive pawn]

words mean things

[rocky canyon]

they're moving too fast.. simply put..

but i do not know how to code movement and ive tryed to add movement for 3 day's now..

they ignored the Learn suggestions went straight to a tutorial I posted (trying to give them a basic one)

then very shortly after they had issues from that tutorial just b/c the syntax and stuff was poorly copied

[scarlet pasture]

for me it makes sense

the words

[naive pawn]

this calculation should be correct then

[rocky canyon]

they'll have to slow down, get serious to progress

[naive pawn]

ok, and what would you name a variable that actually holds a distance

you'll just be confusing yourself

[scarlet pasture]

DistanceTo..

[naive pawn]

see the issue?

[scarlet pasture]

not really tbh

what is a better name?

[naive pawn]

you're naming 2 vastly different things, the same thing

[scarlet pasture]

hmmm u right

[naive pawn]

call it what it is, a direction

[scarlet pasture]

ahhhh directionTo..

[naive pawn]

have you tried debugging to see if the code is being reached

[scarlet pasture]

whould that make more sense?

[naive pawn]

yeah

[scarlet pasture]

okay, i understand what u mean

[lusty tulip]

can you show your camera setting real

[scarlet pasture]

and the Enemy movement should now function, i will test it out

[naive pawn]

regarding the actual issue, see this ^

[scarlet pasture]

do u mean me?

if yes i did debuged the current speed of the enemy and isallowed to move. it works

[rocky canyon]

here's a little snippet that may be useful to you

• Vector -> (points from a -b) (has magnitude and direction)
• Distance -> (taking the magnitude strips out the direction leaving only the distance)
• Direction -> (normalizing strips out the distance leaving only the direction)

void Start()
{
    Vector2 a = new Vector2(0, 1);
    Vector2 b = new Vector2(2, 3);

    Vector2 vectorTo = b - a;
    Debug.Log("VectorTo (direction + distance): " + vectorTo); // (2, 2)

    float distanceTo = vectorTo.magnitude;
    Debug.Log("DistanceTo (magnitude only): " + distanceTo); // ~2.828

    Vector2 directionTo = vectorTo.normalized;
    Debug.Log("DirectionTo (normalized direction): " + directionTo); // (0.707, 0.707)
}``` little cheat-sheet that helps spot the differences between them, i used something like this for a while before i started knowing it by heart

[scarlet pasture]

thanks g

[rocky canyon]

yessir

[scarlet pasture]

does sombody knows why my [Header] somtimes dont work?

[polar acorn]

Because you're applying it to a field that's hidden

You've put the header on isGrounded and then told it not to draw isGrounded

[grand badger]

attributes only apply to fields -- not on the whole script

[cosmic dagger]

You must place the header on a field that is drawn (serialized) in the inspector . . .

[grand badger]

so, basically, when you do [Header(..)] public bool someField;, Unity will consider the header when it has to draw that field

[scarlet pasture]

so i need to change the "IsGrounded" with somthing thats actually using [SerializeField], and not a [HideInInspektor]

[polar acorn]

You need to put your header before a property that is actually drawn

[rocky canyon]

drop it down to the first visible variable in the inspector 😉

[scarlet pasture]

ahhh chanks now i understand

[rocky canyon]

che chada 👍

[scarlet pasture]

thanks

[grand badger]

how many seconds for float maxvalue

The maximum value for a standard 32-bit single-precision float is approximately (3.4\times 10^{38}) seconds.
To put this number into perspective: This is far greater than the estimated age of the universe, which is roughly (4.3\times 10^{17}) seconds.

oh wow!

that has to be inaccurate, right?

[rocky canyon]

math checks out 👍

[grand badger]

so, assuming the universe is made with 32-bit architecture, we have quite long way to go

[rocky canyon]

https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/141807/what-happens-when-time-time-gets-very-large-in-unity

[polar acorn]

You can check this

[slender nymph]

the only inaccuracy is implying a float can accurately count through each of those seconds. with it needing to represent all of the individual numbers with only 32 bits there will be inaccuracies. but otherwise yeah the math is correct there

[rocky canyon]

theres some nifty info in the Answers on that page ^

[grand badger]

Unity calculates time as double anyway ^^ we can get Time.timeAsDouble or something

[grand badger]

that person likes to be exhaustive when it comes to extremes, huh? haha

[slender nymph]

a fun fact in a similar vein that I calculated a while back is that the it would take 2.7x10^21 years to loop each individual int in an Uint128 with the very generous assumption that a single iteration of the loop only takes a single CPU cycle at 4GHz

[rocky canyon]

😄 its actually pretty interesting..
i never thought about needing to store that much information.. or that big of a duration..

im just reading it to be reading it.. (i'll never need to calculate to such extremes)

[rocky canyon]

lmao yea that caught my attention too.. catastropic cancellation

[grand badger]

well, technically, precision would likely start be getting within the ns range within the 9h

for ms range where it actually matters, we shouldn't have an issue until much later -- maybe months

[rocky canyon]

neat 🙂 lol

@grand badger u just doing a thought experiment.. or you got some really crazy timers planned out?

[grand badger]

my humor is exhausted since 2h ago which is the timepoint I typed something really really funny :p

I just didn't wanna run out of milisecond precision with a Time.time approach for an idle game -- it just needs to support multiple days of uptime

so was considering whether I should refactor that early instead of building more stuff on it.. but seems it's safe to keep ^^

Hm actually, screw that -- I'll just switch to double ^^

[scarlet pasture]

Hey, can sombody help me. Currently my Spider Spits at the Player but at the wrong time. he is only allowed to Spit if he is in idel or None (none is jus 1 frame or somthing long). but the DebugError is fired consitenty. Did i do somthing wrong with my if Check? => ``` private void Update()
{
DetectDistanceToPlayer();
if (distanceToPlayer <= SpiderCombatSystemRef.startBiteDistance) //Nah
{
SpiderCombatSystemRef.currentAttackMode = SpiderCombatSystem.AState.Bite;
return; //To make sure nothing other triggers
}
else if (distanceToPlayer >= SpiderCombatSystemRef.startSpitDistance && (spiderBrainScriptRef.currentState == SpiderBrain.BrainState.Idle || spiderBrainScriptRef.currentState == SpiderBrain.BrainState.None)) //Fern
{
Debug.LogError("Ich bin in Spit Mode!");
SpiderCombatSystemRef.currentAttackMode = SpiderCombatSystem.AState.Spit;
return; //To make sure nothing other triggers
}
}

if the AState is => Spit the Combat Script handles that. it also working perfectly finde, i build there a Switch case. But i dont know why the Method is firing Consitenty. i thought about also making a MAX Distancte.

in my MovementScript it also changes the States correctly bewteen, NONE => IDLE => WALK

[polar acorn]

If you're getting the log error then that means that the condition distanceToPlayer <= SpiderCombatSystemRef.startBiteDistance is false,
and that either distanceToPlayer >= SpiderCombatSystemRef.startSpitDistance && (spiderBrainScriptRef.currentState == SpiderBrain.BrainState.Idle is true, or spiderBrainScriptRef.currentState == SpiderBrain.BrainState.None is true.

[scarlet pasture]

if needed i can post the Spiders Movement Code!

[scarlet pasture]

i actually need to use a Translater

give me a sec

[scarlet pasture]

ahhh yes but why it is true?

even i maked sure that all Statesments are not true in the if check

i thought about a boolien flag just for this case but i really want to understant what i make false here

[polar acorn]

Which of the two conditions is true?

[slender nymph]

consider logging the current value of each condition you are checking to find out which is true

[polar acorn]

You should log the values of them to see which condition is true

[scarlet pasture]

i mean i do have a Inspekor field that tells me the current State

[scarlet pasture]

the second with the Debug.LogError

hmmm, i definetly do somthing wrong. i dont think unity can make "somthing wrong"

i wish i would know, but we all can say the problem need to be i "SpiderBrain"?

[polar acorn]

No, I mean in that if. Which of the two conditions is true that you aren't expecting it to be

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message

[scarlet pasture]

what do u mean? boxfriend

[slender nymph]

did you read what those messages said?

[scarlet pasture]

thank u no

i didnt saw it

but i logged alot

[slender nymph]

where

[scarlet pasture]

i delete them, i only allow one Debug per time so its dont get messy

i debuged the current state

and if the enemy was near a boolien flag that says true

[polar acorn]

And what did it say

[slender nymph]

did you know that you can put more than a single piece of information into a log message?

[scarlet pasture]

its says im in walk, but the Enemy shoots

i also have a inspektor field that says the current State

[scarlet pasture]

no

didnt now that

what is the syntax

i wat to learn that

just a "+"?

[rocky canyon]

     public void LoadFromDisk()
        {
            if (File.Exists(savePath))
            {
                string json = File.ReadAllText(savePath);
                saveData = JsonUtility.FromJson<SaveData>(json);
                // → is it possible that the saveData could be null here?
                // → or fail somehow? considering using a Try/Catch although I never have before
            }
            else
            {
                // stim: no save data || rflex: create immediately with Defaults
                saveData = new SaveData();
                SaveToDisk();
            }
        }```
❔ looking for some advice from those experienced with load/save systems
im not trying to make something revolutionary or anything but someone pointed out 
"what if the JsonUtility fails at reading/assigning my `saveData` var".... 👀

i mean.. i didn't know thats a possibility.. but now im curious if i should have some type of failsafe or something

[polar acorn]

What exactly did you log and where

[scarlet pasture]

i logged whicht current state the enemy has and is the player near/far away

enaugh

[polar acorn]

and where did you log that

[scarlet pasture]

i loged the distacne check with a invoke method every 0.3f sec

and the currentstate every time if its changed

i printed the current state if it chenge it and is not what it was befor

[slender nymph]

log the useful information at the time you check it

[polar acorn]

How about you log the values inside the condition that you are checking

[scarlet pasture]

i did, currentState is one of them

[scarlet pasture]

i did, i first started with the currentStates, after that i used the distacne check

[slender nymph]

then do it now and show the information

[scarlet pasture]

slow?

what do u mean the invoke method?

[slender nymph]

i mean show the fucking logs

[scarlet pasture]

dayumn chill

[polar acorn]

Okay, so what, exactly, did you log, and where, precisely did you log them

just show the code for where you put the log and what it printed

[scarlet pasture]

like i said befor, i print one think, if i think that i "dont" need them anymore i delete them

i can write it again?

okay?

[slender nymph]

that is literally what we are telling you to do. please actually pay attention to what people are telling you if you want to get your issue resolved

[scarlet pasture]

what did i do wrong again, i listen to u

[slender nymph]

if you were actually listening, then show the logs

[polar acorn]

So, put it back

and show the code

and what it prints

[scarlet pasture]

okay i will code it again

i did the currentState public in the inspektor so u can also see it better what i mean because my englisch skills are hella chopped

here u can see the currentState

i also can make it for the Distance check if needed#

[slender nymph]

can you actually try logging useful information like we've been telling you this entire time

[polar acorn]

Okay, so which of those logs is the state the enemy is in

[slender nymph]

stop using the inspector to debug the info, log the info when you actually check it

[scarlet pasture]

in the inspektor

okay wait

i can debug them also no problem

one sec

[polar acorn]

The inspector is worthless

[scarlet pasture]

why?

[polar acorn]

that's why we've been saying log it

[polar acorn]

Because humans are not good at being able to see exactly the frame a line of code is run

[scarlet pasture]

okay, yeah u right

[polar acorn]

Log the value at the time you want to know it

[scarlet pasture]

i debug them wait

[polar acorn]

so you don't just guess

[scarlet pasture]

the logs with the exact time

[slender nymph]

log the values when you are checking them for your if statement. these logs you are currently showing are entirely useless

[polar acorn]

I don't know what the time is for. Which of these logs is the one that's inside the if condition you're checking?

[scarlet pasture]

guys one quastion

whould that be fixable if i say in the method return if its the false state

if he is in Walk return

would fix that tbh

[slender nymph]

how about you actually do what we asked and log the relevant info instead of trying random shit

[scarlet pasture]

dayumn bro

dont be so angy at me

chill out

[slender nymph]

at this point, since you refuse to do anything we are trying to actually get you to do, i am just going to assume you are trolling.

[polar acorn]

If you're not going to actually do any of the things we ask what's the point in asking

[scarlet pasture]

bro i dont know the code of the debugs

this is the problem

i dont now the syntax of it

[polar acorn]

Just log the variables you're checking in the if statement

inside the if statement

[slender nymph]

then how have you logged litereally anything else ever?

[scarlet pasture]

wait a sec

[slender nymph]

there isn't some magical special syntax that only applies when we ask you to do something. it's still just logging information, you just need to log the relevant information in the correct place like we've asked you to half a dozen times now

[scarlet pasture]

this?

u mean that am i correct?

[polar acorn]

Yes now what does that say

[scarlet pasture]

okay wait

WTF

no logwarning??

[slender nymph]

you need to actually save your code and re-enter play mode

[polar acorn]

So, it's never running at all

[scarlet pasture]

did bro

[slender nymph]

then congrats. your else-if statement is never true

[scarlet pasture]

i does this is why the debugs are runned, the first mean "im Shooting"

[scarlet pasture]

WTF it must bor why should that debug apear

[polar acorn]

If you don't see the logs you put in the last screenshot, that condition is never true

[slender nymph]

if those logs never run, then it isn't this code that is assigning that state

[scarlet pasture]

but bro why does that one Debug fired even i clearly said u only allowed to shoot if u Atack Mode is "Spit"

this is so confusying

[slender nymph]

presumably some other code is causing it

[polar acorn]

If it's logging that one, then it's calling PerformSpitAttack. The logs you put are somewhere else, and that code is never running

[scarlet pasture]

but this is the only line where the states chaged to Spit

anyways. i now what to do now, but this was actually very hard to understand for me

thanks u two

[polar acorn]

Apparently not. Also just keep the logs there until you're actually done solving the problem

[unique spear]

I have a problem - the red dot is supposed to look where it's going but as seen on the video it is blocked by something
here's the code:

{
    Vector3 rawDir = target - transform.position;
    float sqrMag = rawDir.sqrMagnitude;

    if (sqrMag < 0.0001f)
        return;

    Vector3 direction = rawDir.normalized;

    float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.y, direction.x) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;

    float zAngle = targetAngle - 90f;

    Quaternion toRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, 0f, zAngle);
    transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, toRotation, rotateSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

    transform.position += direction * enemy.speed * Time.deltaTime;
}```

(the function is also in charge of moving the red dot)

[polar acorn]

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[wintry quarry]

It's not clear to me what the issue you're asking about is?

How is this behavior differing from your expectations?

Does this red dot object happen to have a Rigidbody2D on it or something?

[unique spear]

yes

[wintry quarry]

If so, you are doing this all wrong.

You should never directly modify the position or rotation of a Transform directly when you have a Rigidbody2D

You need to move and rotate via the Rigidbody

[unique spear]

oh ok, i'll try that

[wintry quarry]

The weirdness you're seeing is because the object is colliding with the wall which is imparting an angular velocity on the object. So you are fighting that natural rotation every frame

[unique spear]

but it wasn't near the wall when that happend (the large hitbox is a trigger so it can't collide with the wall i think)

[drowsy flare]

What's the correct way to work with directions in unity? I've been using Vector2.MoveTowards and similar, but now I want to move an object in the direction of another object and past it.

[grand snow]

well if you have a normalised direction you can use that instead of MoveTowards()

[drowsy flare]

Normalized direction was the concept I was looking for, thanks a lot

[rough granite]

Oh i have a question about this, what if i had a rigidbody and used navmesh does unity dislike that, or will i be fine?

[slender nymph]

that's still fighting against the rigidbody unless you are just using the navmesh for the pathfinding and doing the actual movement with the rigidbody

or the rigidbody is kinematic per https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ai.navigation@2.0/manual/MixingComponents.html

[rough granite]

Didnt know you could do that, i was just doing the basic navmesh follow call (forget the actual name)

[slender nymph]

note that NavMeshAgent is a specific component and the NavMesh is the actual navigation mesh. you are referring to using a NavMeshAgent, which wouldn't be needed if you were just getting paths from the navmesh

[rough granite]

Using the agent

Or well was but have switched to a completely different system and was curious about it

[gray cobalt]

Hello, i have a rigidbody(player) that has movement and jumping fine with script ,now when i collide with another collider(house for example) if i force it too much it goes into the box collider where could be the problem?this happens when i jump hold w it goes slowly into the collider

[charred monolith]

u can fix it if u set at the rigidbody property at contenius

[slender nymph]

show relevant code

and ideally the rigidbody/collider(s) involved

[slender nymph]

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[rich adder]

MovePosition is gonna phase right through everything

[rough granite]

Maybe changing the collision detection from discrete to continuous on the rigidbody would help, though its normally meant for fast moving objects like a bullet

[rough granite]

Oh yeah nvm

[rich adder]

thats not gonna help here at all on kinematic

if its not set to kinematic, then don't use .MovePosition

[rough granite]

Also feel like theres the problem with using deltatime in the rigidbody no?

[rich adder]

normally yes, on MovePosition is fine (assuming its kinematic)

[slender nymph]

we can tell that this rigidbody is not kinematic on account of it using forces for jumping

[rich adder]

true true. then MovePosition is the wrong function completely

Moves the kinematic Rigidbody towards position.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MovePosition.html

[rough granite]

That and their wish for it to recieve normal forces from other objects (collisions with the ground to not passthrough)

[rich adder]

the non-kinematic is probably wats causing some collisions to work, but not completely because of MovePosition

[gray cobalt]

@slender nymph https://paste.mod.gg/chvbyqdbmbfe/1 this is my code dynamic is continous in rigidbody

[keen fiber]

Im using this for my player detection:

Vector3 rayDirection = player.position - transform.position;
rayDirection.Normalize();

bool playerSeen =
  Physics.Raycast(transform.position, rayDirection, out RaycastHit hit, detectionRange) &&
  hit.collider.CompareTag("Player") &&
  Vector3.Dot(transform.forward, rayDirection) > Mathf.Cos(60f * Mathf.Deg2Rad);

It seems like it works, but I'd like to know if there's a better way to do this or if this is fine on its own.

[rich adder]

if it works its fine

[warm escarp]

Every time i start a animation this model enter in the ground, how i make him to stay in the T-pose?

[grim sorrel]

why don't I have "OnDrag" event ?

[vital otter]

I thought it was OnMouseDrag?

Never used it tho, so take it with a grain of salt

[grim sorrel]

both don't work lol

[vital otter]

Whats the context?

[grim sorrel]

apparently I have to activate something but idk what

[grim sorrel]

I want to make a camera system

that we can move

2D

and I want to move our camera with the middle mouse

[vital otter]

Oh, idk then. Maybe its either an interface or it has a parameter?

[grim sorrel]

for now it's this but I can't use OnDrag

[grim sorrel]

idk

[rich adder]

OnDrag is meant for eventSystem

[grim sorrel]

oh

[rich adder]

and it only works on UI items unless the Physics Raycaster is used on camera

[slender nymph]

you can't declare a non-abstract method without a body

your issue isn't that you don't "have" OnDrag, your issue is that you aren't declaring a body for the method

[grim sorrel]

I just started 2 days ago idk wtf am I doing

[slender nymph]

you're copying this code from a tutorial, yes?

[grim sorrel]

I'm trying to understand with it

but I'm blocked with the OnDrag system and the guy just doesn't explain how can I get it

[slender nymph]

pay better attention to the tutorial. you aren't being "blocked", you copied it wrong

[grim sorrel]

I just checked the comments other guys are saying the same things

[slender nymph]

link the tutorial

[grim sorrel]

someone said this

[grim sorrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7pjj1K91HE

[slender nymph]

that is unrelated to your current issue

[dreamy scarab]

There is any way to check via scripting if editor is playing by editor tag?

currently im using if(Application.isPlaying) to check if the editor is playing
and i know i can filter final build / editor build with #UNITY_EDITOR on the script...
but there is a #UNITY_ISPLAYING tag?

[slender nymph]

you need to copy it correctly. go back to 2:12 and copy the method correctly

[rich adder]

oh thats not even the OnDrag from UI... thats a custom Action

[slender nymph]

those are preprocessor directives and happen at compile time, it is not possible to check runtime state at compile time

[dreamy scarab]

ok

tks

[grim sorrel]

thanks I'll pay more attention next time

[polar acorn]

You need to actually put something in that function

[slender nymph]

you should also consider learning the basics of the language. there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel, start with those so you understand how to actually write a method. that way, when someone immediately points out your issue, it doesn't take several more minutes of back and forth (and then pointing you back to the tutorial you are copying from) to actually fix it

[vital otter]

I wouldnt recommend copying tutorials directly. Try and experiment yourself with IDEs

[grim sorrel]

I'm gonna check that

[grim sorrel]

IDEs ?

[vital otter]

Vscode basically, but it shows you unity functions

[grim sorrel]

oh ok

[rich adder]

You still need a baseline understanding on what to do

[slender nymph]

what do you mean by "with IDEs"? are you referring to using the intellisense in a code editor? because that would not have really solved this issue on its own

[rich adder]

fiddling in the IDE alone will do nothing

basic c# / unity courses will go a long way

[vital otter]

I mean, soon as I got it working I started to experiment and now I have a build on itch so it kinda worked for me

[vital otter]

Yeah

[rich adder]

what is the point of pulling up all the APIs from the IDE without knowing how to put any of it together? dude doesn't even know how to structure a function, not sure how IDE would help. Sure its good to have a configured one, but doesn't help with the basics

[slender nymph]

this has already been answered, you should have actually read the responses to you

#💻┃code-beginner message

[gray cobalt]

@rich adder using linearvelocity instead of position solved it thank you !

[calm cargo]

Hey guys, how do people who take C# and OpenGL courses learn the Unity API? I'm learning C# in a course.

[rich adder]

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[tired python]

i am not using triggers. I am using ``OnCollisionEnter2D` to check for collisions. I have set the asteroids with tag named "Asteroids", but i have no clue as to why it sometimes bouncess off of these asteroids, whereas other times, it gets hit and destroyed.

[cosmic dagger]

Did you check if that specific asteroid is setup properly? Select it and show us the inspector panel . . .

[tired python]

@cosmic dagger

[tired python]

oh wait, what you said is right

one of them apparently did not change

[cosmic dagger]

Yeah, if it bounced off then I'd think it wasn't set . . .

[uncut tide]

I have issue with the collision I used sofbody jelly already prepared in unity then it like that

And I using only poligone collider

it a prototype for all that object they have a Three script ONE for the merge one for the comportement and the last one is about the physics jelly

and plus the softbody

[rough granite]

First of all this isnt a coding question so wrong channel, also wdym "then it like that"

[uncut tide]

. @rough granite first of all the channel is code-beginner Am a beginner so that why I ask here if the issue is my scripts secondary If you have some advice to give to fixe my issues write it please three am not familiare with a professionnal discord like that so need some time to know every thing and every channel in this server thank you

so I will wait someone how can give me a valuable advice

[rough granite]

Right its a code channel you've provided no code you needed help with nor have you explained your problem

[uncut tide]

I write here because I know my probleme is note from physics but from one of the three scripts and the video is for to see the resultes of all that three script

and I can`t provide any code because no one answer or ask me for if someone ask it will be a pleasure

[rough granite]

Either english isnt your first language or you are ragebaiting me. This isnt you stating your problem

[uncut tide]

yes am trying my best

hahahah

[rough granite]

Sure you can one motto most skilled here go by is https://dontasktoask.com/ "dont ask to ask" if you have a question ask it not ask for someone that can answer it then ask

Just remember for code use a code site

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[uncut tide]

no there is no issue with you

never mind next time I will write prompt to explain every Detaille's of the issues in my prototype and send it with code too

as you can see am new here so I said it before don`t take it bad if I ask stupide question

[uncut tide]

but thank you ,You already give me a advice

[restive linden]

Running into an issue where my mouse is not accurate. Everything is perfect in editor but in game my mouse hovering is not accurate. Code below and an image.

// Handle clicks
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) // Left click
{
    ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
    {
        Vector2Int gridPos = GridManager.Instance.WorldToGrid(hit.point);

        // ONLY allow movement to valid tiles
        Tile tile = GridManager.Instance.GetTileAt(gridPos);
        if (tile != null)
        {
            player.MoveTo(gridPos.x, gridPos.y);
            Debug.Log($"Moving to {gridPos}");
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log($"Invalid tile position: {gridPos}");
        }
    }
}

I move my mouse slightly left anddddd

[ivory bobcat]

Show the logs. Also log the mouse position.

If the mouse position and logs are correct then it's likely something to do with GridManager.Instance.GetTileAt

[restive linden]

Should I have it debug show my mouse position like the raycast?

[naive pawn]

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[restive linden]

future reference:

From FloorToInt() to use RoundToInt()

[plush nacelle]

is your grid very big? if not then just use raycast from main cam to get the grid tile on mouse click

[restive linden]

Nah I'm going to keep it pretty small

[plush nacelle]

using collider

[restive linden]

It's working perfect after that swap

[plush nacelle]

nice

[analog drift]

im back🤣

[analog drift]

LOL dead chat for 1hour+

lololol

heyy so i am having trouble with my jump system for my platformer (2D) so pls help

[fickle plume]

Please don't spam the channel. If you have an actual question ask properly so it can be answered.

!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.

-# For more posting guidelines, go to #🌱┃start-here

[analog drift]

!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.

-# For more posting guidelines, go to #🌱┃start-here

[fickle plume]

Yes, this is how bot commands work. Was something unclear the first time it was used?

[analog drift]

no i just used bot cmd's for the first time ever

so cool

heyy hows this

[fickle plume]

You need to actually read what the bot message says. You still explain nothing about the problem. And this is a code channel, if you have problem with the code, post it.

[analog drift]

oh i do not have a problem

just asking how the textures look

1-10

[warped sierra]

done 😄

[fickle plume]

Then post it in #1180170818983051344 , again, this is a code channel.

[analog drift]

oki dokey

[fickle plume]

wrong channel as well

[warped sierra]

yeah sorry xd

I'm trying to update to the f2 version

[vernal pulsar]

whats the best practice for accessing children of a prefab? surely its not .Find() with a magic string, but I can't seem to find a better alternative :p

[keen dew]

Make a field and drag the child into it in the inspector

[vernal pulsar]

it wont let me for prefabs

[naive pawn]

serialized references whenever possible

[vernal pulsar]

it only lets me drag if I make an instance of the prefab in the hirearchy

[naive pawn]

that shouldn't be an issue, could you explain more on what you're doing/what the context is?

[vernal pulsar]

instantiating the prefab and accessing its children to populate fields and stuff

tmp, sprites

all that

[naive pawn]

open the prefab and assign the references in prefab mode

wait, are you trying to get the references in an object that isn't the prefab?

[vernal pulsar]

ye

[keen dew]

Make fields on a script in the prefab and then access them through that script when you instantiate

[vernal pulsar]

ahhh

of course lol

that makes more sense yeah

[naive pawn]

and use the "main" script of the prefab as the type of the serialized field you use to instantiate, that way you don't have to do GetComponent later

(rather than GameObject)

[paper delta]

im lowkey just about to learn C# how long does it usually take im also wondering where i start cause i have no idea im just going off of unity documentation i dont even know what to click or start on give some tips

[hot wadi]

Do u have any coding experience?

[paper delta]

none at all this will be my first ever language and learning how to code i wanna lock in and i have so much time on my hands

i do know what publics and privates are

and a bit understanding of floats

well no

no floats

only public and private

i know that youtube tutorials are not the way at all

i never understand those either

[timber tide]

https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php
Do all that before touching anything unity

[paper delta]

i have unity experience