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tired python
grand snow
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We need em but you dont have to understand how to make them

tired python
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or i am very stubid

grand snow
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They do. euler angles!

tired python
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i can't find repos which use it in 2d....

fast relic
tired python
grand snow
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so in fact you do need vector3 for a 2d euler rotation 🧠

tired python
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wot the hell naw

grand snow
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hell yes

hot wadi
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Quick question: Is hitInfo.distance supposed to be the distance from the sphere's center to that hit point?

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tired python
hot wadi
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No wait

fast relic
wicked venture
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How can an object detect if I clicked anywhere in the screen other than this object (using new input system) (2D game )

grand snow
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Raycast and if it doesnt hit that object then happy days?

wicked venture
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happy days indeed , i will look up Raycast thanks

grand snow
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(3d and 2d have seperate physics systems)

wicked venture
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why 2d collider?

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I am just confused on why collider if i am going to detect clicks on anything else

grand snow
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A 2d physics raycast can only hit colliders

wicked venture
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ok i am stupid collider is to identify the object itself

grand snow
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yep. its the special shape that the raycast can hit

wicked venture
grand snow
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Just the thing you want to either hit or not hit

wicked venture
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let me show you an example i am just confusing me and you XD

grand snow
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e.g. a button with a box collider 2d
you perform a raycast, if you hit something, check if it was this button or not

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The point is that when you do this raycast you can determine if you hit this special object or not

wicked venture
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this is my scene here , what I am trying to achieve is after I click on anywhere else on the screen I want to destroy the "Shield" tooltip object

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wicked venture
grand snow
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Wait is this UI?

wicked venture
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ye

tired python
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float rotation = Quaternion.Euler(MousePos - transform.position).z;
rb.angularVelocity = rotation;
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this does not work

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the euler method returns a value which tells you by how much you need to rotate something along all the axes

grand snow
tired python
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but...a mousepos is a direction cus it's a vector

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same for transform.position

grand snow
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re read... a DIRECTION is not a euler rotation

tired python
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oh

grand snow
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An euler rotation may use Vector3 but that doesnt mean its the same as a direction

tired python
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oh wait, so i just put in the angular roation i want into the z part

fast relic
grand snow
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Or you use pointer exit to close the tooltip instead

tired python
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how do i make this better then?

grand snow
wicked venture
hot wadi
tired python
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i can't figure it out for the love of god. i have two vector, mouseposition and transform.position. if i find their difference, it gives me the vector i need to rotate towards. that's fine. but then how the hell do i make it such that the rotation is snappy!

fast relic
wicked venture
shell sorrel
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how you do that depends on if its a perspective camera or ortho camera

tired python
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umm...oh wait

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maybe u r onto smth

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lemme try

shell sorrel
grand snow
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no idea what the perspective is though

shell sorrel
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was it confirmed a ortho camera?

grand snow
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they didnt moan about that yet 😆

shell sorrel
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k so just bad var naming

grand snow
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my goto for this kind of input is Plane

shell sorrel
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i saw them talking mousePos

grand snow
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something something thread

shell sorrel
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well if its ortho you can just adjust the z but yeah perspective without a collider to hit Plane type is the way

tired python
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dunno what perspective you guys are talking abt though

shell sorrel
turbid plover
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im black btw

tired python
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i mean....checks out

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midnight plover
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dont ask to ask. Describe your issue and provide details

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Did you do any research yet? Or follow any course from !learn ?

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Well, find out what your issue is. Where it started failing, show the code. But first of all, go through the unity courses, they are explaining good basic practices

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Seems like the bot is dead. !learn

fast relic
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!learn

radiant voidBOT
midnight plover
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Ahhh , thanks for clarification 😄

tired python
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here's the thing, i tried to just use the magnitude of the diff b/w MousePos and transform.position and assigned it to snapmovement, guess what, the ship starts spinning like crazy when the mousepos is too far away than the rigidbody

radiant voidBOT
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mad No

Be mindful, if someone requests your code as text, don't send a screenshot!

fast relic
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oh wait

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wrong one

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basically just do anything but take photos of your monitor

tired python
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just use snipping toool haiyaa

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ctrl+a c v

fast relic
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!code 👇 for code

radiant voidBOT
tired python
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oh ya, paste here

fast relic
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and for the editor just take a proepr screenshot

tired python
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should i place an upperbound for angular velocity then?

fast relic
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yeah

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or just scale it down i guess

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that's not

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!code

radiant voidBOT
fast relic
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use a codeblock

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```cs
// some cool code here
```

tired python
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hello
fast relic
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that's not the right character

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but anyways

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what's the issue even?

torpid spindle
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hi guys

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when i try to animate

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and drag something into the animator, it says

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sprite renderer

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and movement

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how do i add something? it won tlet me

naive pawn
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remove the backslashes

tired python
fast relic
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hmm yeah

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-# maybe you just make the collider a circle

tired python
fast relic
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if you wanna go the easy route haha

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and then go back to rotating it directly

tired python
fast relic
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otherwise you might wanna look into something like a pid controller..?

tired python
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but if ez does work, that's fine too

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i got another idea

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how about i just blast the thing if it ever touches the boundary

torpid spindle
tired python
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a useful bug

tired python
tired python
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gigantic O_O

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rough granite
tired python
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jif

rough granite
tired python
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nah ur trippin

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the ai is from the i in gigantic

fast relic
fast relic
tired python
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don't haha me...

rough granite
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Does your mass got any mass to it?

tired python
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that was a thing previously btw, it blasted before i added tags to it xD

rough granite
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Well makes sense your player is a toothpick

tired python
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friction is a force and force = mass * acceleration...so yeah

rough granite
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Though i've never messed with friction in unity just basing of physics

rough granite
tired python
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also, it might work if you can also change the frictional coefficient

tired python
rough granite
tired python
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then what's the eqs for force according to you

rough granite
tired python
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frictional force ain't mass * acceleration

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force is

rough granite
tired python
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oh sry

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i am tripping

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nvm

fast relic
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give it some linear damping i guess? i'm not sure what the issue is, looks fine to me

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well you're overriding its linear velocity entirely so gravity isn't gonna do much

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i'm confused on what you're trying to do

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give it some linear damping

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then you're probably giving it too much linear damping

midnight plover
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how is this related to code?

torpid spindle
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thanks for pointing it out joe

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joer

hot wadi
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I'm not even in play mode...

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Is the editor bugging again?

fast relic
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and you're trying to access it in OnDrawGizmosSelected

hot wadi
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Oh, right

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This runs outside play mode

real thunder
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what was that math function which increases the value but also clamps?

fast relic
real thunder
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yeah thanks

swift crag
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lots of useful stuff in there

mint imp
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Any idea how i could draw a line around tiles in a tile grid.
Specifically around groups of tiles?

keen dew
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Loop through all tiles. If there isn't another tile left, right, above or below the tile, draw a line there.

swift crag
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If you want a continuous line, it gets more annoying

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but that'll work great if you just need to visibily outline an area

keen dew
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also you need to define what constitutes a "group"

swift crag
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yeah – this might involve doing a flood-fill to identify the group

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if you already know the tiles you want to outline, then you just do what Nitku said

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this would actually be a great place to use Rule Tiles

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create another tilemap used for drawing outlines

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then just make a few tiles for the various combinations of outlines (none, one side, opposite sides, corner, T-shape, and all four sides)

shadow rain
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Hi this is prolly a stupid question and that but could someone tell me how i can get my model to stay up right instead of doing what its doing in the video

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hot wadi
shadow rain
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!code

radiant voidBOT
shadow rain
naive pawn
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that is, in fact, not how to share code properly

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use the "large code blocks" section

shadow rain
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whats that then

naive pawn
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are they sprites

shadow rain
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the codes there it doesnt matter

naive pawn
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what are you talking about

hot wadi
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Oh wait, I messed it up

swift crag
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Your object's "up" vector probably doesn't point the way it should

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Select the fish object and make sure your scene view is set to show local directions, not global ones

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The green arrow is the up direction

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(and the blue arrow is the forward direction)

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If the model doesn't line up correctly, an easy fix is to parent the model to an empty object

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Rotate the model so that it lines up properly, then move and rotate the parent to make the fish swim around

shadow rain
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thanks a lot works perfectly

swift crag
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nice (:

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It's common for models to have a weird rotation offset (e.g., when coming from Blender with default settings, there's a -90 degree X-axis rotation)

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I almost always parent the visual to another object anyway, even if I don't need to fix the rotation

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It's nice to have it separate -- you can wiggle it around without changing the "logical" position of the object (that is, the position of the empty parent)

tired python
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if i usetransform.InverseTransformPoint(MousePos), will MousePos have different values before i transformed it from world space to local space if i were to click the mouse at the same point?

grand snow
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erm what

naive pawn
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not sure what you're asking. if you click the same point, and nothing else changes,MousePos will probably be the same

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but you haven't said where MousePos is from

grand snow
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yea that is unclear

naive pawn
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and MousePos will probably not be the same as the output of its InverseTransformPoint

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but after calling the function, it'll still be the same

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the function doesn't mutate, it can't mutate MousePos

tired python
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then what does it do?

naive pawn
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did you read its docs or signature

molten dock
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why are the other code channels archived

tired python
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i tried printing it, and it gave the same output

tired python
naive pawn
tired python
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ya...i did read it.

naive pawn
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it returns a Vector3

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that may be a hint

naive pawn
naive pawn
tired python
naive pawn
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Note that the returned position

tender mirage
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Does anyone know how i can unfreeze both the x and y at the same time?

//UnFreeze object
playerMovement.playerRigid.constraints = ~RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePositionX | ~RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePositionY;
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do i have to use unfreeze all + freeze rotation?

grand snow
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I think you can xor them to "remove them"

tender mirage
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i've been able to overwrite what it contains and that's pretty much it.

keen dew
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playerMovement.playerRigid.constraints &= ~(RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePositionX | RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePositionY);

that should do it, not sure if there's a more direct way

tender mirage
grand snow
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Bitwise operators

tender mirage
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and equals. so you add something that equals?

shell sorrel
keen dew
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a &= b is the same as a = a & b just like += and *= and so on

tender mirage
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Got it.

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thanks guys

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👍

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yeah that makes so much sense now

warped sierra
warm sapphire
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Hey ! I'm a new developer and I start this script for a RTS Camera (with Cinemachine) and the problem is that when I start the game, the camera takes instantly place In 0, 0, 0 and with a rotation of 0, 0, 0 and that is not the goal of the script, can someone helps me pls !

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slender nymph
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!code

radiant voidBOT
slender nymph
radiant voidBOT
fringe river
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@slender nymph


public class PhysicsObjects : MonoBehaviour
{
    float pushPower = 2.0f;
    
    // 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()
    {

    }

    void OnControllerColliderHit(ControllerColliderHit hit)
    {
        Rigidbody body = hit.collider.attachedRigidbody;
        Debug.Log(hit);

        // if no rigidbody
        if (body == null || body.isKinematic) return;

        if (hit.moveDirection.y < -0.3) return;

        // Calculate push direction from move direction,
        // we only push objects to the sides never up and down
        Vector3 pushDir = new Vector3(hit.moveDirection.x, 0, hit.moveDirection.z);

        // If you know how fast your character is trying to move,
        // then you can also multiply the push velocity by that.

        // Apply the push
        body.linearVelocity = pushDir * pushPower;
    }
}
slender nymph
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and what object did you put this component on?

fringe river
slender nymph
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now why would you go and do that? you are using the CharacterController.OnControllerColliderHit message here. it needs to go on the CharacterController

fringe river
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oh

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my bad

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I realized the code was actually making the physics object detect that it’s getting hit

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I mixed up what it was supposed to do XD

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sorry

warm sapphire
raw shore
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I want to make a throwing and pick up system but character controll doesnt work and I tried learning rigidbody movement but dosent work

slender nymph
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be more specific than "doesn't work"

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also show relevant code

raw shore
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throwing and pick up doesnt work with characther controll so I tried Rigidbody

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but I cant find a good tutorial that isnt just just copy paste

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I am watching one with player Input but I cant look left/right even if in the video he can

warm sapphire
slender nymph
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you're supposed to read the bot messages to see how to properly share code and also how to configure vs code

polar acorn
warm sapphire
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ok and how (sorry I'm new)

slender nymph
polar acorn
warm sapphire
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ok thanks

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Hey ! I'm a new developer and I start this script for a RTS Camera (with Cinemachine) and the problem is that when I start the game, the camera takes instantly place In 0, 0, 0 and with a rotation of 0, 0, 0 and that is not the goal of the script, can someone helps me pls !
https://paste.ofcode.org/aakmvBWGD6NEkdGDDyZfbL

polar acorn
warm sapphire
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The virtual camera of cinemachine is in 463, 9, 414 with a rotation of 23.2, 0, 0
And the Camera Target is in 463, 0, 437 with a rotation of 0, 0, 0

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this give me a RTS/city builder Camera

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and the script was working before I had the Orbital follow and Orbit sensitivity

polar acorn
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What are the properties of the Orbital Follow? Does it allow for that much distance from the target?

warm sapphire
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Here are the script parameters but i'm not sure to clearly understand your question

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Ho... The radius of the orbital follow is 25

manic spire
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Heya Yall, is this the correct channel to discuss HLSL coding?

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I’ve got a quick HLSL problem with my shadow caster pass

fast relic
manic spire
fierce shuttle
raw shore
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not really a need but to have it

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I found a tutorial for rigidbody that works and now I am at the pickup system

raw lava
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Hello hi howdy I have a problemmm~
I've opened Unity for the first time in about 5 months and I've got this error! And I don't know why. It's a fresh project I haven't ddone anything yet:

error CS0006: Metadata file 'Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy@2.10.0/Lib/Editor/PlasticSCM/Unity.Plastic.Antlr3.Runtime.dll' could not be found
error CS0006: Metadata file 'Library/PackageCache/com.unity.collab-proxy@2.10.0/Lib/Editor/PlasticSCM/Unity.Plastic.Newtonsoft.Json.dll' could not be found```
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-# if there's a better channel to ask in i'll go there i just haven't talked here in a while. hi

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Okie dokie I closed and reopened unity everything's fine now thisisfine

blazing sphinx
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im getting this error message and i have no clue why, i barely know how to code

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polar acorn
blazing sphinx
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i don't know how to check 2.

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polar acorn
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Look at what's underlined in red and fix those

blazing sphinx
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can you help me do that?

polar acorn
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Should be pretty obvious if you look at where the errors are. The IDE should tell you what you need to do. Start at the top because having one compile error can often confuse it as to what the rest of the code is supposed to be doing

blazing sphinx
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im so confues bro :(

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polar acorn
radiant voidBOT
crisp tulip
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lf help with my game im making

fast relic
crisp tulip
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can i screen share my screen causxe idk whats going on?

fast relic
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you can just send some screenshots (not for code tho! use a codeblock for that)

crisp tulip
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its more of a soft ware thing

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i dont know why it doesnt save as a thing thats not a prefab

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it keep saving as a prefab and its weird

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i am trying to make a ground pallet for my pixel game

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but i dont understand why when i go to save it to my tiles folder it goes to a prefab

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i dm u tho @fast relic

fast relic
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why dm??

crisp tulip
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idk

fast relic
crisp tulip
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so hold up how do i paint with my pixel blocks

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im trying to make the floor but i dont know how to set it up

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able to help me/.

fast relic
crisp tulip
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k i downloaded the tile maps

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so i think i have a problem

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im using built in render pipeline

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so i isnt possible i dont think

fast relic
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i doubt that would affect anything?

crisp tulip
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it says in the manual

fast relic
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i see

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any reason you're using the built in pipeline anyways?

crisp tulip
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no im just new to making stuff so i thought thats what i should use?

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so now i cant make my game?

fast relic
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there are ways to convert it

crisp tulip
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can it ruin the project?

fast relic
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you should make a backup before doing it obviously but it should be doable

crisp tulip
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so how do i do it?

fast relic
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you can probably find some stuff online

crisp tulip
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how do i check if i which pipeline iu have

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cause i might have the normal one

fast relic
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somewhere in your project settings

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can't recall exactly where tho

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probably under graphics?

crisp tulip
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im on the project paje

fast relic
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send a screenshot i guess?

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i can't recall exactly what the categories are

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actually it should be in graphics

crisp tulip
fast relic
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just send a screenshot of the graphic page

crisp tulip
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this is what my screen looks like rn

fast relic
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that's unity hub, not the project settings

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open your project and go to edit -> project settings

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in the menu bar

crisp tulip
fast relic
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yeah so it is the built in render pipeline

crisp tulip
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:/

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that sucks

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thats why my stuff wouldn;t work

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what dfo i look up for chaning it to the right

fast relic
crisp tulip
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so just like saving the project

fast relic
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make a copy of it and put it in another folder

crisp tulip
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how u copy the project

fast relic
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just.. copy it

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it's just a folder in your file system

crisp tulip
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ok

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k i have copyied it

fast relic
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now open the original project

crisp tulip
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this is complicated

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i already have all these assets saved cant i just make a new project and paste all of my assets and code into it>

fast relic
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which is why i sent a page on how to convert it

crisp tulip
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i see the page but thats complex

fast relic
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not really..?

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the steps are laid out pretty clearly

crisp tulip
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im just bad at following directions

fast relic
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can't help you there, just gotta do what the page shows

faint osprey
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im using unity graph toolkit and im trying to get a reference to a node in my graph how would i do that

fading marten
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Anyone think they could help me? I'm trying to make it so a camera pans to the left after pressing a certain button and then once the button isn't held down anymore it recenters, I'm using cinemachines and I noticed that I can't rotate the camera

copper jasper
thorn holly
radiant voidBOT
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<:error:1413114584763596884> Command not found

There's no command called codr.

thorn holly
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!code

radiant voidBOT
thorn holly
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People on mobile can’t read that :/

copper jasper
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Oh 😭

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I dont wanna get on my pc again its 4 am 😭

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Hold up ima copy paste it on my phone

thorn holly
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Holy moly

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Use one of the paste bins

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!code

radiant voidBOT
copper jasper
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Oki gimme a sec

copper jasper
thorn holly
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Sorry

copper jasper
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I found one js tryna figure out how it works

thorn holly
copper jasper
thorn holly
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Like if you make the camera not move/rotate

copper jasper
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Lemme check rq

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So should i js remove the part that moves and rotates the cam

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@thorn holly if i dont move + rotate my cam it looks perfectly fine

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From the looks of it the issue is from the line that sets the rotation of the camera

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Cause if i only set the position of the camera i dont see any jitter

thorn holly
copper jasper
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@thorn holly

thorn holly
copper jasper
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@thorn holly

formal gull
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can someone make me a pong game but you control the paddles like flappy bird

im new to unity and ive been trying to do it for like 3 days now but i cant figure out how

i managed to make a normal pong game but thats pretty much it

thorn holly
# copper jasper

ok i think the problem is that the cam pos is being set after the player pos is set

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is it possible for the player movement handler to call the cam handler's UpdateCamPos once its done moving?

copper jasper
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Wdym

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Am i dumb or did u js say the opposite of what u js said

thorn holly
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so now the cam isnt in the right spot

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so instead of calling your UpdateCamPos in FixedUpdate/LateUpdate, make the movement handler call it AFTER the player is done moving for that frame

copper jasper
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So should i handle the rotation and movement in the movement handler after i set the velocity

thorn holly
formal gull
thorn holly
thorn holly
# copper jasper

and then move the code in fixed update back to where it was before

copper jasper
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Aight ima test that rq

thorn holly
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when you are trying to make your flappy bird game what SPECIFIC issue are you running into that is preventing you from making it

formal gull
thorn holly
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is the ball not hitting the wall?

formal gull
paper delta
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What shall i do after learning basic C#

formal gull
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i need to get rid of normal pong paddle code and get code for like

copper jasper
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It didnt work @thorn holly its doing the same thing as when i put it in fixed update

formal gull
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when u tap and it goes up

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like flappy bird

thorn holly
thorn holly
copper jasper
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I already got rid of it thooo

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Basically i js made the rot and pos stuff run after the player movement is added

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Like after the rigid body velocity is set

thorn holly
copper jasper
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Aight ima sleep ig it's 5 am 😭

thorn holly
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the only thing i can think of is putting ur player movement in update and ur cam code in late update but that would be bad since ur player movement uses physics so idk

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sorry

copper jasper
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Thanks for trying

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Gn or gm idk 😂

thorn holly
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ofc hopefully someone else can help you tmr

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or ig later that day lol

copper jasper
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🙏🏻

thorn holly
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That sometimes fixes jitter depending on the problem

grave frost
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How do I get the built in c# documentation to appear for me in my IDE? For years I've used unity without it and i just want to figure out how to include the built-in c# docs so I don't have to look up what methods do when I use them 😭

image.png
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Yes my IDE is set up correctly, that's not what the issue is. Been like this for years through multiple IDEs and even no one at my job knows how to do it but I know it's possible.

teal viper
grave frost
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im not missing intellisense in a general sense, I'm missing intellisense specifically for c# System types.

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it's Rider

teal viper
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I know that in VS there's a direct relation.

grave frost
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i mean no one at my job has xml documentation for System types either, both rider and VS

teal viper
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Then perhaps no one has it configured correctly. 😅

grave frost
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I know I used to be able to grab the xml from the .net install on my computer and drop it next to the .net dll the unity installation uses and it would work, but that no longer works

teal viper
#

You can tell easily by looking at the assembly field appearing in VS.

grave frost
#

Ive never been able to

#

can you double check you can? It's only an issue with the System namespace. As far as I know you had to do weird things to get it to show up since like unity 5 but the tricks i knew don't work anymore.

teal viper
teal viper
grave frost
#

see for example the instantiate method lets me do it totally fine. And for packages.

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teal viper
#

Hmm... I'll check and let you know.

teal viper
# grave frost

It does seem to detect that it's from Microsoft though, so perhaps it's just a matter of rider config.

grave frost
#

well even if I decompile the dll it doesn't show documentation as if it can't find the xml file, which of course it can't because it's not there, but now dropping one in there doesn't work 😭

teal viper
tidal lily
#

so I'm struggling to make a decent/fancy AI player for my game.
my game is about maneuvering a drone a doing tricks fast.
I tried to make a bot using splines, but it looked very inhuman.
I thought about rule based but it might get complicated.
Any idea to use Reinforcement learning, or at least the compute budgets for training a simple model that can run locally within the game?
I think if I dig deep enough, I could make a decent one, but it would be hard to run and costly to train.
I already took a look at rlbot.org
tho currently I think best option is a rule based one.

elder canyon
#

Why does the local position of a child object does not change, if I increase the scale of it parent? I can clearly see the childObject going backwards and forwards while I scale, but it's local position is not changing

keen dew
#

The local position is also scaled

elder canyon
#

Local position is also scaled?
I set my parent object scale to 0.5, the child object's 'z' is 4.
I set the scale to 3, the child objects 'z' is still 4.

tidal lily
solemn bobcat
keen dew
#

Yes, the local position is always in relation to the unscaled size. If you set the scale to 3 the child's world position Z changes by 8 (from 4 to 12) but the local position stays the same.

elder canyon
#

I'll just rely on finding the local position by manually computing it then.

keen dew
#

If you need to do that it sounds like it should be a sibling instead

naive pawn
#

you can move/rotate/scale stuff in local space as well, transforming stuff relative to their parents

#

for example, the basic first person 3d setup involves a camera rotating on X in local space, having an overall rotation based on the parent's Y rotation and its own X rotation

solemn bobcat
solemn bobcat
fierce shuttle
tidal lily
#

But I’ll most likely go with rule based

cedar cliff
#

hey guys im new to C# and unity and im making a gmod game but im not familiar with C# im familiar with lua

fierce shuttle
# tidal lily I specified reinforcement learning

I asked because in game dev "AI" can refer to a lot of different things, and you also mentioned splines, for LLM AI, I dont see how splines would help there, but for behaviour-logic based AI, I can see how maybe some easing your states control could help, but if you have an approach already for your use case then great

grand snow
tidal lily
#

but I've wondered about something like this it looked nice to watch a video like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUl6QikjR04

YouTube
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How AI Broke this Racing Game

I trained an AI in Trackmania with reinforcement learning, and tried to make it learn the hardest technique in this game: the noseboost.

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• https://www.patreon.com/Yoshtm

Note: This video was re-uploaded a few hours after the original upluoad due to a copyright issue with the music

Contact
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▶ Play video
#

but that is not easy, and needs retraining every now and then I'd guess

cedar cliff
grand snow
#

!learn

radiant voidBOT
cedar cliff
grand snow
#

Nothing pre made that i know of.
You can however integrate lua yourself but that is very custom and more to allow end users to do scripting with whatever you set up.

cedar cliff
#

interesting

grand snow
#

So no you need to learn c# to make something in unity. Visual scripting also exists but is restrictive

tender mirage
#

is it possible to grid snap ui elements? i'm working on a pixel art game and working on some ui, but the ui elements in the editor are moving freely.

tender mirage
wicked venture
#

Yo guys I had a problem where I could not interact with the buttons on a certain object , they felt non interactable until I looked around on google and added these 2 components into the main container that is holding all the buttons and other objects inside this big tooltip object
what exactly did these 2 components change I don't understand what happened for it to suddenly start working after adding these 2

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wintry quarry
#

You just needed the Graphic Raycaster

sharp bloom
# 
while (!completed)
        {
            transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, points[pointIndex], 0.1f * Time.deltaTime);
            if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, points[pointIndex]) < 0.01f) completed = true;
}

What am I misunderstanding with the Vector3.MoveTowards() function? This code instantly teleports the object instead of excepted incremental movement.

wintry quarry
wintry quarry
#

It's the while loop

#

Where did you put this code?

sharp bloom
#

Oh it doesn't run it every frame, it runs it as fast as my CPU can go

#

Am I right?

wintry quarry
#

It's all running inside a single frame

ivory bobcat
sharp bloom
#

Ok, rookie mistake notlikethis

ivory bobcat
wicked venture
cedar cliff
#

guys i almost finished my PhysCool (my gmod game) prototype Alpha 1 and i wanna share it with you guys after i finish it, is that possible?

#

you can give me tips and what to add

sharp bloom
polar dust
#

Isn't a = MoveTowards(a, b, t) similar to wronglerp?

sharp bloom
#

Is it doing any lerping?

sharp bloom
#

Should probably just use FixedUpdate() for this

keen dew
#

If you still have deltatime there it's fine. Doing it in FixedUpdate is not a good idea

#

also should be just yield return null, EndOfFrame is needed for niche uses only

hexed terrace
#

don't cross post - delete from here

fickle plume
#

@tame charm Don't cross-post, please.

naive pawn
tame charm
#

sorry, I am new here, I didn't knew that, I'll take care next time

distant cipher
#

void Update()
{
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) == true)
{
myRigidbody.velocity= Vector2.up * 10;
}
} it states that myRigidbody.velocity is outdated, what do I write instead?

sharp bloom
distant cipher
#

I see thank you

sharp bloom
#

Also should maybe use .addForce() instead of modifying the velocity directly

distant cipher
#

I dont know how to do so 😅 Following my first tutorial

hot wadi
frosty rose
#

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerCamera : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("Camera Settings")]
[SerializeField] private float sensitivity = 1f;
[SerializeField] private float tiltAmount = 8f;
[SerializeField] private float tiltSpeed = 5f;
[SerializeField] private float inertia = 10f; // сила инерции — чем больше, тем дольше будет догонять

[Header("References")]
[SerializeField] private Transform playerBody;

private float _xRotation;
private float _currentTilt;
private float _horizontalVelocity; // текущая скорость по X (инерция горизонтального поворота)
private float _verticalVelocity;   // текущая скорость по Y (инерция вертикального поворота)

void Start()
{
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
}

void Update()
{
    // Получаем "ввод" мыши
    float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivity;
    float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity;

    // Добавляем скорость инерции (камера продолжит крутиться после отпускания)
    _horizontalVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(_horizontalVelocity, mouseX, Time.deltaTime * inertia);
    _verticalVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(_verticalVelocity, mouseY, Time.deltaTime * inertia);

    // Поворот камеры по вертикали
    _xRotation -= _verticalVelocity;
    _xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(_xRotation, -90f, 90f);

    // Плавный завал камеры при движении мыши по X
    float targetTilt = -_horizontalVelocity * tiltAmount;
    _currentTilt = Mathf.Lerp(_currentTilt, targetTilt, tiltSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

    // Применяем поворот камеры (X — вверх/вниз, Z — наклон)
    transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(_xRotation, 0f, _currentTilt);

    // Поворот тела игрока по горизонтали
    playerBody.Rotate(Vector3.up * _horizontalVelocity);
}

}

#

Please help, the Z-axis dips depend on the FPS (the lower the FPS, the more pronounced the dips).

distant cipher
fast relic
grand snow
#

lerp abuse

hot wadi
#

Yeah, that is definitely not a proper way to apply inertia

soft ibex
#

Hi guys, need some help. so im trying to change images from a few components by doing this:

Image[] actionPoint = APPanel.GetComponentsInChildren<Image>()
            .Where(img => img.gameObject.name.StartsWith("RemainingAP"))
            .OrderBy(img => img.gameObject.name)
            .ToArray();
        for (int i = 0; i < actionPoint.Length; i++)
        {
            if (i < amount)
            {
                Debug.Log($"Setting {actionPoint[i].gameObject.name} to {APOn} sprite");
                actionPoint[i].sprite = APOn;
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.Log($"Setting {actionPoint[i].gameObject.name} to {APOff} sprite");
                actionPoint[i].sprite = APOff;
            }
            actionPoint[i].SetAllDirty();
        }

My problem is: when i run the game, the image doesn't change. even worse, it becomes null and shows a square (by default it has an image attached). why does this thing happens and how to fix?

#

i've validated the Sprite, it is correct and loaded successfully

wintry quarry
#

but then you contradicted yourself and said it changes to null

#

so which is it

soft ibex
#

uhh i meant it changes but Image.sprite becomes null, but when i debug APOn/APOff it says there is a sprite

wintry quarry
#

Can you show the logs that print when you run this?

fast relic
#

when anything weird like this happens, you should probably step through the code with a debugger

grand snow
#

sorting by the name? blehhh

soft ibex
#

ah nvm, weird that it becomes null but it doesn't show as null when i i check it at Start()

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soft ibex
grand snow
#

Serialized variables?

#

day 1 unity stuff

# 
[SerializeField]
List<Image> images;
wintry quarry
frosty rose
lost maple
#

Will nobody explain me why it's forbidden in switch statement to name variably the same way in different cases?
i supposed that since case 0 not executed it's of no matter how variables there were named.
but no for some reasons it's forbidden to have variable "time" in case 1

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floral garden
#

i am curious too 😄

swift crag
#

The different cases are all part of the same statement, and they share a single scope.

#

You can add extra block statements to get different scopes

frosty rose
#

Gays

swift crag
# 
switch (whatever) {
  case 1:
  {
    break; 
  }
  default:
    break;
}
#

e.g.

floral garden
swift crag
#

you're free to add block statements wherever you want

solar hill
floral garden
#

that what i thought but can tehy share it between state ?

swift crag
#

for a more obvious example

# 
int x = 123;
goto foo;
foo: int x = 123;
frosty rose
#

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerCamera : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("Camera Settings")]
[SerializeField] private float sensitivity = 1f;
[SerializeField] private float tiltAmount = 8f;
[SerializeField] private float tiltSpeed = 5f;
[SerializeField] private float inertia = 10f; // сила инерции — чем больше, тем дольше будет догонять

[Header("References")]
[SerializeField] private Transform playerBody;

private float _xRotation;
private float _currentTilt;
private float _horizontalVelocity; // текущая скорость по X (инерция горизонтального поворота)
private float _verticalVelocity;   // текущая скорость по Y (инерция вертикального поворота)

void Start()
{
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
}

void Update()
{
    // Получаем "ввод" мыши
    float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivity;
    float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity;

    // Добавляем скорость инерции (камера продолжит крутиться после отпускания)
    _horizontalVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(_horizontalVelocity, mouseX, Time.deltaTime * inertia);
    _verticalVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(_verticalVelocity, mouseY, Time.deltaTime * inertia);

    // Поворот камеры по вертикали
    _xRotation -= _verticalVelocity;
    _xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(_xRotation, -90f, 90f);

    // Плавный завал камеры при движении мыши по X
    float targetTilt = -_horizontalVelocity * tiltAmount;
    _currentTilt = Mathf.Lerp(_currentTilt, targetTilt, tiltSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

    // Применяем поворот камеры (X — вверх/вниз, Z — наклон)
    transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(_xRotation, 0f, _currentTilt);

    // Поворот тела игрока по горизонтали
    playerBody.Rotate(Vector3.up * _horizontalVelocity);
}

}

What should I do? Z drops differ from FPS (the lower the drop, the more severe they are)

swift crag
#

use Mathf.MoveTowards to steadily approach a target value

#

the way you are using Mathf.Lerp is framerate-dependent

#

the lower the framerate, the faster it goes

lost maple
swift crag
brave compass
swift crag
swift crag
swift crag
brave compass
swift crag
#

13.10.5!

#

actually, i guess this error is actually noted in 13.2, which talks about end points

#

it is forbidden for a non-void function member to have a reachable end-point

tidal coral
#

Hey
Please unity hub refuses to add the editor but the editor is install and I don't want to locate an editor if not i won't be able to add modules.
I almost try everything
Any ideas
🙏

swift crag
#

I think you want the "info-log.json" file

tidal coral
swift crag
#

The error may not make any sense, but you can share it, at least

#

You can open the log folder by opening the "Run..." dialog and pasting in %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs\

tidal coral
#

I don't see any error in the log

swift crag
#

that'll open it in Explorer

tidal coral
#

Just info and debug ("lazy too read everything")

swift crag
#

i forgot that you couldn't write a statement like that at all

#

(i was thinking of how you can either do get => 3; or get { return 3; })

kindred flame
#

I am changing to unity , where can i learn

radiant voidBOT
#

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swift crag
#

interestingly, a lambda expression on its own is not a delegate, and you can't just invoke it directly

brave compass
#

No, never mind, it's always considered an expression statement. So is it an expression or is it a statement?

polar acorn
#

Yes

swift crag
#

An expression statement is a statement that evaluates an expression! Invoking something is one kind of valid expression statement

#

some expressions may not be placed in expression statements (e.g. 1; is not legal)

brave compass
swift crag
#

in that case, you weren't even allowed to put a statement there in the first place

#

you can only place an expression there

brave compass
#

public void Method() => Console.WriteLine("hello"); is valid

swift crag
#

that's an expression

#

expression statements contain expressions

#

but this is not an expression statement

#

it's just an expression on its own

brave compass
#

fine atwhatcost

frosty rose
#

@swift crag Bro, what do you suggest I do with my problem?

swift crag
#

see the example – you need to add a field to remember how quickly it's changing

# 
_horizontalVelocity = Mathf.SmoothDamp(_horizontalVelocity, mouseX, ref horizontalAccel, 0.5f);

this will quickly approach the mouseX value

tight fossil
#

I have an audio source that plays one of 12 songs whenever the player is in a certain area, the tracks are all the same minus some minor differences instruments depending on the area the player is in.
I have a variable that records the resource.time as they are all the same length, so when the track changes, it can pick up where it left off on the other track.
The issue I'm facing is that there seems to be a problem loading the tracks, as when I change area the game stops for half a second then resumes as normal, it also is fine and changes seamlessly when I go back to an area I've been to before.
It might have something to do with loading the tracks into the memory, does anyone know how I could go about loading all these tracks to avoid the hiccups?

sour fulcrum
#

i forgot the setting off the top of my head but its streaming related

#

iirc its on the clips

tight fossil
#

load in background?

#

i suppose with a name like that it makes sense haha let me check

#

never mind its not load in background its still hiccuping

tight fossil
languid pagoda
#

https://dotnetfiddle.net/POWsD8

am I doing something incorrect or is this just not supported by c#? if you click run it always returns "Failed to find mapped value"

timber tide
#

Oh you solved it ;p

#

Alternatively, just control the volume at the ends instead of abruptly changing

languid pagoda
tight fossil
languid pagoda
#

Oh wow mixer may be your best bet then

tight fossil
#

i might do some fade out fade in business

languid pagoda
#

Or using two different audi sources

languid pagoda
#

For my vehicle audio I have an on throttle sound and an off throttle sound. Also different clips for different rpm ranges so I got 2 audio sources I cycle through for all the clips

glossy cosmos
#

guys, help me pls. I just started use unity and I don't know how to move UI elements with mouse. I choose element and I can't move it

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timber tide
#

Dragging elements isn't something easily setup on the editor. You'll need to start digging into the scripting API and implement stuff like IDragHandler

glossy cosmos
#

omg I thought it's a base thing. ok, thanks

timber tide
#

I think you can manage how the event system calls these elements on click and drop, but the actual visuals of dragging needs some logic by you

keen dew
#

Are you talking about moving the elements in the editor, or making them movable by the player in the game?

languid pagoda
glossy cosmos
#

at edit time, and I understood how to solve it, thanks

languid pagoda
timber tide
#

Oh sorry, I should have asked that beforehand lol

#

I always assume it's the more technical problem

keen dew
#

The answer you got earlier was for making it move in the game. This is a code channel, the expectation is that the questions are about code

copper jasper
wintry quarry
copper jasper
wintry quarry
#

as a rule of thumb you NEVER want to touch the Transform of a Rigidbody directly

wintry quarry
copper jasper
wintry quarry
# 
        MousePos = InputHandler.GetInput("Look").ReadValue<Vector2>();
        HorizontalLook += MousePos.x * NewSensitivy * Time.deltaTime;
        HorizontalLook = (HorizontalLook + 360) % 360; // Cap to 360
 
        VerticalLook -= MousePos.y * (NewSensitivy / 2) * Time.deltaTime;
        VerticalLook = Mathf.Clamp(VerticalLook, -MaxY, MaxY); // Limit cam vertical```
needs to become:
```cs
        MousePos = InputHandler.GetInput("Look").ReadValue<Vector2>();
        HorizontalLook += MousePos.x * NewSensitivy;
        HorizontalLook = (HorizontalLook + 360) % 360; // Cap to 360
 
        VerticalLook -= MousePos.y * (NewSensitivy / 2);
        VerticalLook = Mathf.Clamp(VerticalLook, -MaxY, MaxY); // Limit cam vertical```
#

Note that when you're using a joystick you want the deltaTime.
When using a mouse you don't

copper jasper
#

same issue again 😭 i changed my sensitivty to 0.1 cause 5 was too fast without delta time

swift crag
copper jasper
#

I feel like its not even my code cause ive tried everything

copper jasper
#

but the actual capsule is jittering too as u can see on the collider

swift crag
#

ah, I see it on the capsule

#

when do you move the camera?

copper jasper
swift crag
#

something is causing the camera to move and stay behind the player

#

I'm interested in whether it runs in Update or LateUpdate

copper jasper
#

Quaternion TargetRot = Quaternion.Euler(VerticalLook, HorizontalLook, 0f);
Vector3 TargetPos = Player.position + TargetRot * Offset;

    // Set camera position and rotation
    CamHolder.SetPositionAndRotation(TargetPos,TargetRot);
copper jasper
swift crag
#

I think you're seeing jitter because you're using the target rotation to move the camera

#

When you enable "Interpolate" on a rigidbody, it will lag slightly behind where it's supposed to be

#

the rigidbody calculates what position and rotation it should have 50 times per second

#

it blends between the last two frames when using Interpolate

copper jasper
swift crag
#

So there are two ways to deal with this

copper jasper
#

i feel like its the target rot too tbh cause i tested with removing it and making the player auto spin around etc and it was fine

swift crag
#

One is to not rotate the player physically at all

#

you'd use a rigidbody for moving around, but rotation would be purely visual

#

Otherwise, you'll want to use the player's current rotation to rotate the camera around the Y axis (the vertical axis)

#

The X axis (the right axis) can still be controlled by user input directly, since that doesn't actually cause the rigidbody to rotate

swift crag
copper jasper
#

if i use the players rotation to rotate the camera how am i supposed to rotate the camera to look around

#

Oh could i check if ur moving and change the method to rotate cam based on that

swift crag
#

Does the player rotate to face the direction they're moving in?

copper jasper
#

yes

wintry quarry
copper jasper
#

The move direction also uses the mouse position

wintry quarry
#

should use the actual player's rotation

swift crag
#

ah, so you're rotating the camera and rotating the player in that example video?

copper jasper
#

ye

#

ig

# 
MoveDirection = Quaternion.Euler(0, CameraHandler.HorizontalLook, 0) * new Vector3(MoveInput.x, 0f, MoveInput.z) * CurrentSpeed;
swift crag
#

i want to make sure i understand what your game is doing first

copper jasper
#

basically in the cam handler it gets ur mouses horizontal position to and then it applies that to the move direction based on ur move input like wasd

swift crag
#

okay, so your player is calculating a direction to move in relative to the camera's Y-axis rotation

copper jasper
#

ig so

#

like the x axis of the mouse

# 
// Get Mouse look direction
        MousePos = InputHandler.GetInput("Look").ReadValue<Vector2>();
        HorizontalLook += MousePos.x * NewSensitivy;
        HorizontalLook = (HorizontalLook + 360) % 360; // Cap to 360

        MoveDirection = Quaternion.Euler(0, CameraHandler.HorizontalLook, 0) * new Vector3(MoveInput.x, 0f, MoveInput.z) * CurrentSpeed;
        // Rotate player
        Vector3 FlatDir = new Vector3(MoveDirection.x, 0f, MoveDirection.z);
        RB.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(FlatDir);
swift crag
#

This would be correct if the camera was locked behind the player

#

So the issue is that the camera is rotating every frame, and the player is getting rotated based on that, but winding up a frame or two behind (because of rigidbody interpolation)

copper jasper
#

I done this and the jitter is gone

#

Quaternion TargetRot = Quaternion.Euler(VerticalLook, Player.eulerAngles.y, 0f);

#

Like instead of using the horizontal mouse position for rotating the cam and the player

#

im using it only to rotate the player

#

and then using the new player rotation to make the camera follow that

#

all i gotta do now is make that only happen if ur moving

#

so that u can look freely

#

ima test it and return the results

#

@swift crag is this correct?

Angle YRot = MovementHandler.MoveInput != Vector3.zero ? Player.eulerAngles.y : HorizontalLook;

#

ye its wrong damn it

#

ah i gotta make it a float

#

alr i can test it now

swift crag
#

That would make the camera lock behind the player when moving. It should avoid jittering.

#

sounds kind of annoying to control, though!

copper jasper
#
  • I can feel some shake or jitter
  • Also since i rotate the player based on the move direction if i turn around it snaps into place

Im tryna go for that mega bonk feel so ur player faces your move direction but also walks in your camera direction

#

@swift crag

#

Its so annoying this is the same reason why i quit making games last year ive not had any sleep at all trying to fix this yet it still doesnt work even AI couldnt save me 😭

swift crag
#

If the player's rotation isn't physically important, I'd just make the rotation non-physical

So, you'd have a rigidbody that never rotates, and then you'd have a child object that rotates.

  • Player <-- has the rigidbody; moves
    • Visual <-- has the renderer; rotates
copper jasper
#

so are you saying i should rotate the actual body instead of the whole player object

swift crag
#

Right. You could also just update the player's rotation in LateUpdate to overwrite whatever the rigidbody did

copper jasper
#

That didnt work

#

I rotated the capsule instead of the whole player and got the same issue

swift crag
#

That should work fine, as long as the rigidbody is not rotating

copper jasper
#

but it didnt work 😭

copper jasper
swift crag
#

what does that mean? do you mean that it takes an extra frame for the position to start changing?

copper jasper
#

like the players position values go up smoothly but the cameras go up in big intervals

tender mirage
#

Is he using fixedupdate?

copper jasper
swift crag
#

I see no reason for that to happen. You set the camera holder's position to the player's position in LateUpdate

#

I also don't see any evidence of that in the videos. It would look really jerky if that was happening

copper jasper
#

@swift crag Nvm for some reason that stopped happening

#

both positions change at the same time now

#

but afew hrs ago it was like that

swift crag
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(i have to run on errands; post a thread in #1390346827005431951 if you're still having issues later on)

copper jasper
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aight thanks for everything

tender mirage
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👍

copper jasper
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thanks but it doesnt work correctly

tender mirage
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Yeah, today i was writting a generation system too. It’s working. But i’m not completely sure why.

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Feels terrible when not everything is sorted perfectly.

quick plank
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hey! i hope this is the right channel to post this and if not please correct me, but i have an issue in my game where when i load scenes in a specific order, the ReadValue method called from my inputsystem ceases to register anything. I've implemented a Debug log that simply prints the value that the readvalue method returns and it's just always 0 no matter what i do.
All event based movements called with the OnAction methods continue to work, and if i load the scene by itself it works too. just not if i load it from another scene

faint osprey
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whats the best way to get the input values of a node in graph toolkit.

GetInputPort(1).TryGetValue<float>(out amplitude);```
this works great for getting the serialized values in the input ports but it doesnt work if its connected to anything or a constant
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limber phoenix
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Hello, Im new to unity and am trying to figure out how to use the palette window to create a 2D level, but I cannot figure out how to get my sprites to line up perfectly, they are always slightly off. I wanted to use this asset pack: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/environments/isometric-tower-defense-pack-183472

Hopefully its not because of the sprites in there, but if anyone has experience making 2D games, I would appreciate some help. Ive been trying to follow youtube guides but it always seems to go so smoothly for them and for me it doesnt work

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Im not sure what info would be useful, so lemme know

reef bramble
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so guys, i'm trying to learn the unity navmesh agent thingy. And I've got no idea on how I can build a navmeshsurface via code. I found some stuff on google but it didnt work. I guess it was old or something.

languid pagoda
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is there a way I can prevent a file from being deleted within the unity editor?

languid pagoda
reef bramble
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I want to make it a function which I can call whenever the map updates

swift crag
languid pagoda
swift crag
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It's possible that your tilemap has the wrong size

limber phoenix
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@swift crag

Screenshot_2025-10-29_at_1.19.35_PM.png
swift crag
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that would cause tiles to overlap a bit

limber phoenix
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im struggling to line them up

swift crag
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Yeah, your tiles are supposed to be fitting into those grid cells

limber phoenix
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ah

swift crag
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It also looks like the angle is not quite right

limber phoenix
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you mean like the cell size? or the layout

swift crag
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You'll want to get the size right first. This requires you to adjust either:

  • The size of the tiles (making each cell larger)
  • The pixel-per-unit setting on the sprites (making them smaller by increasing the density)
reef bramble
swift crag
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Before messing with it too much, see if the asset has instructions for setting up your tilemap

swift crag
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You can write UnityEngine.AI.NavMesh, or you can add using UnityEngine.AI and then just write NavMesh

reef bramble
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I tried to use this ```public NavMeshSurface surface;````and it doesnt let me

swift crag
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what is the actual error?

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and does your IDE suggest a fix?

swift crag
reef bramble
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I added this using UnityEngine.AI; then I added this: public NavMeshSurface surface; then surface.BuildNavMesh(); at the end of my start routine. But I get the error ```namespace 'NavMeshSurface' could not be found

sour fulcrum
reef bramble
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double checked and I got it

slender nymph
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are you using asmdefs? if so you need to make sure your references the ai navigation package one

reef bramble
slender nymph
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you would know what they are if you are using them. is this happening in your own code files or are you modifying code in some asset?

reef bramble
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its my own code.

slender nymph
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also is the error appearing in the unity console or only in your IDE?

reef bramble
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in my unity console

swift crag
sour fulcrum
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Is the code correctly recompiled since adding the using? Maybe close and open the project

slender nymph
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oh you know what, they're using the wrong namespace

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it's a newer package so it doesn't use the UnityEngine namespace, it's Unity.AI. of course a properly configured IDE would have added the correct using directive

swift crag
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ah, good catch. it's split into two separate namespaces for reasons

swift crag
reef bramble
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oh yeah that removed the error in my console.

slender nymph
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reef bramble
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currently im using VSC, would yall recommend visual studio above VSC?

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I was using this and it doesnt give me any help in coding. Also im not sure if its supposed to either.

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timber tide
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VSC works just as fine

slender nymph
sour fulcrum
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You can get VSC doing about just as much with tweaking but honestly if your new yeah id just get community

swift crag
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VSCode support is a lot better now

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It used to be really wonky

timber tide
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once they added the debugger it pretty much replace VS for me

swift crag
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I switched to Rider because it's a lot more comprehensive

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(amazing ShaderLab + HLSL support!)

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it even tries to warn me to not manually edit unity asset files (i do it anyway)

copper jasper
languid pagoda
copper jasper
languid pagoda
copper jasper
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Ig not

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only rotation

languid pagoda
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    private void UpdateCamPos()
    {
        // Set target rotation and position for camera
        Quaternion TargetRot = Quaternion.Euler(VerticalLook, HorizontalLook, 0f);
        Vector3 TargetPos = CamPos.position + TargetRot * Offset;

        // Set camera position and rotation
        CamHolder.SetPositionAndRotation(TargetPos,TargetRot);
        Orientation.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0,HorizontalLook,0);
    }

you are not applying any sort of smoothing to your camera code.

copper jasper
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I tried that before

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didnt work

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still jittered

languid pagoda
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then you did it wrong

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what did you try before?

copper jasper
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        CamHolder.position = Vector3.Lerp(CamHolder.position,TargetPos,Time.deltaTime * 10);
        CamHolder.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(CamHolder.rotation,TargetRot,Time.deltaTime * 10);
languid pagoda
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wait

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I just watche;d the video

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again

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only the object your holding is jerky

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how is the object attached?

copper jasper
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nah if u look at the capsule its jittering too

copper jasper
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the actual player body jitters too

languid pagoda
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honestly I am not sure then. I really do not think this has something to do with your camera code though because why arent the background objects jittering.

copper jasper
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even chat gpt didnt know

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do u think its smthn else and not my code

languid pagoda
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honestly without the project opened in front of me debugging that will be a pain in the ass

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try disabling the script and attaching the camera as a direct child of the player

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if it keeps happening then we know the player rotation is whats jittery and maybe smoothing that will make it look better when you re enable your script

copper jasper
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could i give u the project and u could test it maybe

languid pagoda
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nope

copper jasper
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😭

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ima testing it where i dont change the position and js make it a child of the palyer

copper jasper
languid pagoda
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is interpolation on on your rigidbody?

copper jasper
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yep

eternal needle
# copper jasper yep

skimming through the thread, you are setting the rotation within the physics loop but moving the camera in lateupdate. Setting the .rotation isn't gonna interpolate from what i remember. Maybe try MoveRotation or really just use cinemachine and try out its different camera update modes

copper jasper
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do u think cinemachine could save me

languid pagoda
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Oh moverotation is a good point

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it wont interpolate throught he rigidbody setting when setting rotation directly hes right

eternal needle
copper jasper
languid pagoda
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your player

copper jasper
eternal needle
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you have this in your code RB.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(FlatDir);. the idea would be to use MoveRotation instead of directly setting .rotation

copper jasper
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       Vector3 FlatDir = new Vector3(MoveDirection.x, 0, MoveDirection.z);
        RB.MoveRotation(Quaternion.LookRotation(FlatDir));
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that didnt fix it

languid pagoda
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Orientation.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0,HorizontalLook,0);

move this to update

eternal needle
copper jasper
copper jasper
languid pagoda
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ok

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atp i would personally run a deep research on chatgpt and see what it says

copper jasper
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I tried that already

languid pagoda
copper jasper
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yep

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multiple times

eternal needle
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Wasting time on a spam generator isnt going to get you anywhere

languid pagoda
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then maybe there is something else interfering like I originally suggested. because i still am not sure why only the player/gun is jittering but none of the background objects

eternal needle
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Nothing about the background objects could jitter in the first place. They arent moving...

copper jasper
copper jasper
eternal needle
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It wouldn't matter. Those background objects are completely unrelated to your object that is jittering

languid pagoda
eternal needle
copper jasper
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at one point i tested auto rotating my player in a circle motion and it was perfectly fine no jitter

eternal needle
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I couldn't see close enough to look at the scene view, but the objects individually dont seem to be jittering (making slight movements left/right constantly). Maybe thats something they need to look into.
It really just looks like two objects (camera and player) running at different times

brisk robin
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Howdy! I'm still learning all the options of c#.

Right now, I'm spawning in multiple enemies using the same prefab. Each enemy is instantiating a randomly selected "card" gameobject from a deck, as a child.

How can I have a function in the child object run only when the collider on its parent is entered? I want to avoid cards on the other enemies having their functions called by raising an event, if, for example, 3 out of 6 enemies have card #1 as a child, and the other 3 have card #2

I would imagine there should either be some way for the card to respond when the collider on its parent is entered, or a way for the parent to tell its child to run a function. But currently, the methods I know for telling an object to run a function require knowing the "class" of that object's script, which is going to be different depending on which card is drawn.

(Unless I just put every single card effect into a single monobehaviour script, but that seems unnecessary)

copper jasper
eternal needle
# copper jasper

Your camera isnt following the rotation in this so ofc its not going to jitter

copper jasper
copper jasper
ivory bobcat
eternal needle
copper jasper
eternal needle
ivory bobcat
copper jasper
languid pagoda
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So wouldn't the update code inside the player script always have to execute before the cameras update method

copper jasper
eternal needle
ivory bobcat
eternal needle
copper jasper
languid pagoda
copper jasper
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what about cam position

swift crag
copper jasper
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or just rotation

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can yall just fix my code please ive not slept for over 24 hrs my brain doesnt work 😭

languid pagoda
swift crag
copper jasper
copper jasper
languid pagoda
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You're highly unlikely to fix this when you're on 0 sleep

swift crag
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it's true (:

frosty hound
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Realistically, nobody is reading 100 lines of code and just mentally parsing it. We're not compilers.

swift crag
copper jasper
swift crag
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Personally, I would ask myself if I actually need a physically-simulated player

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in most cases I'd just reach for a CharacterController

copper jasper
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After putting UpdateCamPos(); in update instead of late update way better but still some jitter but only on the red part?

swift crag
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this should be slightly worse, since it's updating the camera position before the rigidbody updates the position + rotation of the object

languid pagoda
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have you ensured that the update method inside of your player script is executing before the update in your camera script btw?

copper jasper
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the update in the movement handler js does this

    private void Update()
    {
        Vector2 RawMove = InputHandler.GetInput("Move").ReadValue<Vector2>();
        MoveInput = new Vector3(RawMove.x, 0f, RawMove.y);
    }
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update in cam handler does this

    private void Update()
    {
        bool UsingStick = InputHandler.GetDevice() == "Gamepad" ? true : false;
        float NewSensitivy = UsingStick ? Sensitivity * GamepadSensitivity : Sensitivity;

        // Get Mouse look direction
        MousePos = InputHandler.GetInput("Look").ReadValue<Vector2>();
        HorizontalLook += MousePos.x * NewSensitivy;
        HorizontalLook = (HorizontalLook + 360) % 360; // Cap to 360

        VerticalLook -= MousePos.y * (NewSensitivy / 2);
        VerticalLook = Mathf.Clamp(VerticalLook, -MaxY, MaxY); // Limit cam vertical
        UpdateCamPos();
    }
brisk robin
languid pagoda
copper jasper
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😭 Idk what to do anymore

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Ive tried everything possible

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every single combination

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nothing works 😭

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damn everyones gone

languid pagoda
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is there a way to hide the + - button that are there automatically for lists in the inspector?

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or am I gonna have to render out the whole list myself

swift crag
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It would look very loosely like this

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public class CardSensor : MonoBehaviour {
  public UnityEvent OnHit;
  
  void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
    OnHit.Invoke();
  }
}
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in each card prefab, you'd then wire up that sensor to run whatever function(s) you need on other components

brisk robin
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Would the cardsensor script be in the card gameobject?

swift crag
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Yes, on the same object as the collider

brisk robin
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Thats my problem. The collider is on the parent

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If thats not workable, I'll use your solution, just wondering what the options are

swift crag
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I was thinking of cards with "effect" components on their child objects or something

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An important thing to realize is that you can reference prefabs as any component type on the root of the prefab

brisk robin
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Yeah, the enemy game object is instantiating a child card on awaken, but the collider is on the enemy

swift crag
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not just GameObject

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For example, if every card has a Card component on it, you can reference the prefab as a Card

timber tide
swift crag
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after instantiating it, you can invoke any public methods on the Card class

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If you have a variety of card classes, you could create an abstract class that they all inherit from

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public abstract class CardBase : MonoBehaviour {
  public abstract void Activate();
}
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Anything that derives from CardBase must implement the Activate method

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public CardBase cardPrefab;
private CardBase card;

void Awake() {
  card = Instantiate(cardPrefab, transform);
}

void OnTriggerEnter() {
  card.Activate();
}
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e.g.

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the prefab could be an ExplosionCard or a HealCard or whatever

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or you might do something composition-based, where cards are just lists of effects

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either way, you'd reference the prefab as that component type, rather than as a GameObject

brisk robin
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If I want all the card effects to be in the card Card class, would that mean I need every card effect written as a function in the same script file? Thats what I'm hoping to avoid

languid pagoda
swift crag
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You could have many classes for specific kinds of cards.

swift crag
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public class ExplosionCard : CardBase {
  public override void Activate() {
    // idk make a big explosion here
  }
}
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you can then attach an ExplosionCard component to the root of the card object

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this prefab can now be stored in a field of type CardBase

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The enemy has no clue what kind of card it actually has

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it just knows that it can instantiate the prefab and then call Activate()

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with varying consequences

reef bramble
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what is the absolute easiest way to add saving to a game?

swift crag
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it depends quite a bit on what "saving" means!

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if you just need to remember which checkpoint you're up to and how many points you have, use PlayerPrefs to record those values

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if you need to store more data, you'll want to use something like Json.NET to write and read .json files containing all of your data

reef bramble
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like saving / loading, player position rotation inventory, enemy position rotation health. Everything

swift crag
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Saving the full state of the world is a lot more work

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you need to be able to instantiate and configure every actor in your scene correctly

brisk robin
swift crag
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which has a specific component on it (e.g. an ExplosionCard)

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it's true that the enemy does not know what its card does

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all it has is a reference to a CardBase

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when the enemy calls Activate, the code for the actual type of the card executes

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in this case, ExplosionCard

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The technical term for this is polymorphism. The exact consequence of calling Activate() on a CardBase depends on the actual type of the object

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the classic example:

public abstract class Animal {
  public abstract void Speak();
}

public class Cat : Animal {
  public override void Speak() {
    Debug.Log("Meow");
  }
}

public class Dog : Animal {
  public override void Speak() {
    Debug.Log("Bark");
  }
}

then

Animal animal = new Cat();
animal.Speak(); // logs "Meow"
animal = new Dog();
animal.Speak(); // logs "Bark"
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I do not need to know that I have a Cat or a Dog. I only know that I have an Animal

brisk robin
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Ah, that makes sense. It's being able to change the "monobehavior" side of the class line thing. I'm still really new, so I'm still grasping the definitions

swift crag
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That's the class you're inheriting from

brisk robin
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But that solves my problem!

swift crag
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public class Child : Parent {

}
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notably, anything you can attach to a GameObject must inherit from MonoBehaviour

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The abstract class lets us say we want:

  • something more specific than a MonoBehaviour
  • something less specific than an ExplosionCard or a HealingCard
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the more specific the type, the more you can do with it

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but the fewer kinds of things you can fit into the field!

brisk robin
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I followed along making a state machine to control a timer, but didn't realize how the same override stuff could be used here. Thanks for your help!

swift crag
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no problem (:

grand snow
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we explaining oo programming here now?

chrome pond
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Do you usually make separate scripts in unity like MovingState, Jumping state, or whatever for animations

remote wave
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Hi,
I'm from Germany and currently training to be an IT specialist for application development. I'd like to start a game development project.

I'm looking for people who are interested in working with me on this project. I'd also love to hear from people who have relatively little experience in game development or programming, like me, so we can grow together and learn new things.

If you're interested, please get in touch. I'd prefer people who also speak German.

Best regards

chrome pond
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Or do you just use the built in animator cuz our Prof has made different scripts for each state

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chrome pond
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And I'm trying to implement a dash mechanic but now I not only have to edit the player movement script, but I also have to edit the idle, moving, and jump scripts

fast relic
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so it'd become a state machine