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[rough granite]

you cant do this v

float Value = 5;
// some other code

// same scope 
float Value = 3;

but your example showed just that

[tender mirage]

Oh, that's what you were refering too. i was just making a quick example.

[spice burrow]

very much so

ive used unity for like 5 hours total guys chill

[tender mirage]

don't worry. the sound of progress is stress itself as they say.

[rough granite]

yeah but should make sure your examples work just the same -_-

[tender mirage]

Well i have no objections on that.

saying it would be a good thinking exercise would just be insulting as code has to always be readable

and that was not really a readable example in that sense

[spice burrow]

ngl maybe ill skip out on smooth movement for now

[tender mirage]

It's not too hard, you can definitely get into it later, if this is literally your 5th hour of unity then yeah.

[spice burrow]

mhm

[tender mirage]

how about adding a rigidbody component then?

Try that around. Every components have parameters you can mess around with.

[spice burrow]

2d or just regular

[tender mirage]

What's your project. a 2D or a 3D one?

[spice burrow]

2d, so it must be 2d

[tender mirage]

Yup.

[viral rivet]

heyy all im new here and in gameDev as well, it will be amazing if i get a guide anybody who can help me.

[spice burrow]

Have you read through #🌱┃start-here ?

[polar acorn]

!learn

[radiant void]

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[viral rivet]

thanks boss, im not complete beginner i done all this

[viral rivet]

ill

[spice burrow]

Was just making sure.

[viral rivet]

got it

[cosmic dagger]

Then you need to specify on what type of guide or help is needed. What you ask is very broad . . .

[viral rivet]

how good u are btw with unity or programming just asking

[spice burrow]

very bad

[viral rivet]

my apologies after learning unity how to start as gameDev what to do

[viral rivet]

im here so i dont think so u r bad now lol

[spice burrow]

what are you even saying dude

i genuinely cannot decode that last message

[warped sierra]

A small Hyperswarm test in Unity. I'm having trouble displaying the logs in the Node.js console (although they do appear in Player.log).

[naive cradle]

hello, ive never used unity before, but ive been wanting to try and make a game ive wanted for a long time, and unity seems like a good choice. are there any resources i can get to learn the basics? ive never used C languages

[slender nymph]

there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel. and the pathways on the unity learn site are a good next step to learn how to actually use the engine

[naive cradle]

ah alright, thank you

also id like to confirm a preconception i have about the mechanic of what i hope to one day make, i want to make a magic circle type game where the circles are sorta like a symbolic language, and my assumption is id need to figure out AI training to learn the symbols and their meanings right?

i cant think of another way to go about it

cause humans cant possibly draw perfect lines and such

[wintry quarry]

Glyph recognition existed before the modern age of LLM AIs

So that's not the only option

[naive cradle]

wow really?

[polar acorn]

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

[polar acorn]

Okami came out in 2006

[naive cradle]

thats good, i never understood ML

[naive cradle]

wow, thats amazing

[blissful fable]

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {    

        if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player")) //if you collide with gameObject, see if it has the player tag
        {
            Rigidbody playerRb = other.GetComponent<Rigidbody>(); // get the Rigidbody from the player
            if (playerRb != null)
            {
                //Vector3 bounceDirection = new Vector3(transform.rotation.x, 1, transform.rotation.y);
                Vector3 bounceDirection = new Vector3(2, 1, 0);
                Debug.Log($"Original bounceDirection" + bounceDirection);
                playerRb.AddForce(bounceDirection * BPadStrength, ForceMode.Impulse);
                Debug.Log($"10 * bounceDirection" + bounceDirection*BPadStrength);
            }
        }
    }

I'm so confused. What I'm trying to do is, when the player touches this object, they get launched both horizontally (2 times BPadStrength) and vertically (1 times BPadStrength). However, as you can see from the debug messages, despite the player getting launched at (20, 10, 0), the player is launched completely vertically, the x doesn't change at all. Anyone know why this is happening?

[polar acorn]

You are probably setting the horizontal velocity somewhere else

[blissful fable]

It's a rigidbody, I thought physics overwrote that
But ok, lemme check

[polar acorn]

It does, and then you are probably overwriting it back

[blissful fable]

Thanks, gimme a bit to see if that's true

[slender nymph]

check where you are actually moving the player as that is the most likely place you would be doing it. if you assign to velocity there then you're probably not accounting for any knockback velocity. your best bet would be to either switch entirely to moving with forces (which is hard to make feel good) or prevent your input from modifying the velocity for a short duration to allow the knockback to happen, or the more complicated route and do all the calculations yourself and combine it all to assign velocity at the end instead of separately adding force. the last one is the most extendable and would feel the best gameplay-wise, however it is also the most difficult

[blissful fable]

Yup, I was manually overwriting it, thanks you two!
Well frick, this complicates things, but shouldn't be too bad to fix

[cerulean bear]

guys any idea why line 141 gets a null reference exception? I think I define everything at the beginning? and also a public Vector3 shouldnt be null https://paste.mod.gg/asyngzvkeipl/0

[sour fulcrum]

collision.gameObject.GetComponent<Transform>().SetPositionAndRotation(collision.gameObject.GetComponent<CharacterControl>().startingPos, Quaternion.Euler(collision.gameObject.GetComponent<CharacterControl>().startingRot));

many

many

things could be null there

[night raptor]

Oh, that's a line of code if I have ever seen one

[rough granite]

Honestly, use some debug logs at least

[blissful fable]

@polar acorn @slender nymph Fixed it! Thank you :D
The solution involved me adding a function that prevents the player from moving temporarily when launched
Which is something I planned on adding later anyways, so it all works out

(and I added controller.IsPushed(bounceDirection, timeFrozen); to the code the game object that launches people)

[polar acorn]

GetComponent<Transform>() is never required. Everything that has GetComponent also has .transform

Actually I should have replied to @cerulean bear instead of this one

[slender nymph]

don't worry, they've been told that before

[polar acorn]

Invisible profile pics are annoying I thought I was replying to the message above it

[dull grail]

Hello, I can't figure out why _move always return Vector2(0,0). I didn't touched this part for a while so couldn't mess with it (worked on other scene) and I know it worked fine before

private PlayerInputActions _actions;
private InputAction _move;

private void OnEnable()
        {
            _actions.Player.Enable();
            
            _move = _actions.Player.Move;
        }

private void Update()
        {
            var moveDir2 = _move.ReadValue<Vector2>();
            // ...
        }

[cerulean bear]

i did that but i still need to fix the problem for the nullreferenceexception. do you think it could be because I left the rotation at 0, 0, 0?

[sour fulcrum]

its not the vector3

[polar acorn]

Why would a rotation being at 0 cause something to be null

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[polar acorn]

Also don't do multiple get components for the same object. Do it once and re-use it

also makes it much easier to see what's null

[cerulean bear]

idk just guessing

[cerulean bear]

i think its bc it might have been colliding with the child object which i removed

[blissful fable]

I'm having 2 problems, which I have a feeling are connected.
When my player is launched by IsPushed() and touches the floor, the player slides across the floor. Additionally, the player never becomes grounded again (where the Debug.Log is). Jumping manually doesn't cause either of these problems. Anyone know why?

As for the first problem, I'm assuming you need to program friction in manually, somehow?

[wintry quarry]

share the full script and not as a screenshot

!code

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[blissful fable]

Sorry, one sec

[wintry quarry]

This is not the full script

[blissful fable]

Fair enough

One moment

[sour fulcrum]

Gotta use one of these sites homie

[blissful fable]

I used the fourth one

[wintry quarry]

so when you run IsPushed you're doing allowMovement = false;

this disables your normal movement code

[blissful fable]

Yes

[wintry quarry]

this means your character will just follow normal physics

[blissful fable]

Yup

[wintry quarry]

so it will slide, yes

[blissful fable]

Gotcha

What's the best way to implement friction?

I suppose friction should apply regardless if you're in control or not

[wintry quarry]

friction is there by default

you can customize it with a physics material

otherwise, if that's not satisfactory, you could either add your own friction forces or manually reduce the velocity as you wish

[blissful fable]

On what? The ground, as a component?

[wintry quarry]

THis:

    private IEnumerator RestoreControlAfter(float timeFrozen)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeFrozen);
                if(isGrounded){ 
            Debug.Log($"Grounded"); //  <- Never Happens
            allowMovement = true; }
    }```
Is quite risky because if your player is not grounded at the exact moment the WaitForSeconds finishes, it will never get movement back

[wintry quarry]

The ground and your player

friction is between any two bodies

[sour fulcrum]

(player probably preferable to isolate the related dev work to the player rather than all environment)

[blissful fable]

OH
I thought that yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeFrozen); would just wait for that amount of time, then continue through the rest of the function, waiting for the player to hit the ground
But I see what you mean now, thank you

[blissful fable]

Thanks, will do :)

[wintry quarry]

there's nothing that will wait for the player to hit the ground

you can certainly add that

but right now it's not there

it will just fail the if statement and end the coroutine

[blissful fable]

I swear I tried this before

I tried the commented out part

[wintry quarry]

you could do e.g.

yield return new WaitUntil(() => isGrounded));```

[blissful fable]

    public void IsPushed(Vector3 pushStrengthAndDirection)
    {
        allowMovement = false;
        rb.AddForce(pushStrengthAndDirection, ForceMode.Impulse);
        
        if(isGrounded){ 
            Debug.Log($"grounded");
            allowMovement = true; }
    }

Same code, no wait timer, just the grounded thing

Still resulted in sliding

[wintry quarry]

that will just check and set it back to true immediately if you're grounded

[wintry quarry]

so if your grounded check isn't working that's a whole separate issue that you need to solve

[blissful fable]

Well, yes, that might be it

I tried playing around with it

[wintry quarry]

Based on this I don't think 1.1 is a long enough raycast

[blissful fable]

It doesn't seem to be a sensitivity thing, I massively increased the 1.1 number, but lemme try again

[wintry quarry]

your total height will be around 3.1 and half of that is like 1.5

[blissful fable]

huh
Even though it works when I jump normally?

[wintry quarry]

I would do some more debugging for the grounded check

[blissful fable]

RIGHT

[wintry quarry]

add Debug.DrawLine/DrawRay visualizations and such

[blissful fable]

That was the other problem

[blissful fable]

I think what's happening with this code
Is that when the player touches the bounce pad
The game counts that as Grounded

And thus never gives up control, causing the bounce pad to not work

Can I just...make the bounce pad not count for grounded checks?

[wintry quarry]

How are you calling IsPushed

[sour fulcrum]

Warning: non essential nitpick feel free to ignore

Sorry to detract from the core problem here but just a heads up on considering how you name your functions. generally if something is phrased like a question/query (eg. IsPushed) it's assumed that function would be returning something that answers that question. this function just does something so a name that reflects that behavior might be more fitting as something like PushCheck or RefreshPush. Personally i'd probably actually split that function into 1 that does the push and 1 that checks the movement state as this function right now is kind of doing 2 jobs.

[wintry quarry]

yes with layermasks

[blissful fable]

Sweet, I'll give that a try

[blissful fable]

Ah
I wrote IsPushed to mean "when the player is pushed, X happens"
I hadn't considered how it could be construed as a question!
Thanks, I'll fix that, and try to keep this in mind for next time

[wintry quarry]

Push() would be better

or ApplyPush()

[blissful fable]

ApplyPush sounds good to me

[sour fulcrum]

Considering the naming of stuff helps in making your code easier to understand but also really helps in deciding what code should be responsible for what stuff. In this case I couldn't really think of a good function name that conveys this function does a push AND refreshes isgrounded state, which is a sign that maybe it should be split up a little

[blissful fable]

Well, it shouldn't reset the grounded state
The function takes away control, pushes the player, and then when the player is grounded again, it gives it back

[timber tide]

Could do TryPush here where it would return a bool if it succeeded or not

Ah, actually you're adding force regardless

[blissful fable]

I'm going to try adding a layermask to the bounce pad (so it doesn't immediately cause isGrounded to be true when touched)

I just have to google what a layermask is and how it works 😆

Thanks for the help everyone

[sour fulcrum]

I'm not saying the function shouldn't do that, but perhaps it shouldn't be that (ie. maybe it calls something else).

In my head the big weird thing there is the if isgrounded, allowmovement logic sounds like that is a more general condition that isn't limited to just the context of pushing, so maybe the push just adds the force, disables the movement and thats it, knowing that something responsible for handling grounded checks will turn movement back on when it's ready

[blissful fable]

What about instead

private void CheckGround()
{
isGrounded = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, groundCheckDistance, groundMask);
allowMovement = true;
}

I just add it to the CheckGround function?

[timber tide]

So what's the idea around the method? You are applying a impulse (one time force) but you also check for grounded while applying the force

to me it sounds like you want to be polling the grounded state afterwards but not inside of the impulse method

[sour fulcrum]

once your abit more experienced in c# theres some fancier ways to do that but yeah that sounds a lot cleaner

[blissful fable]

You touch a bounce pad
It launches you in the direction it's pointed
You can't change the trajectory in midair
When you touch the ground, you can move again

[blissful fable]

Sweet, thank you for the idea

[timber tide]

So why do you check for isGrounded inside of the impulse? It's more likely you always want to disable themovement when you touch the pad regardless

[blissful fable]

I figured this was appropriate for one function to do

If it isn't, now I know

[timber tide]

Personally I'd just apply the impulse and remove the ground check and add a flag like "IsLaunched" where in your update you continuously check for IsGrounded as long as IsLaunched is flipped, and when IsGrounded and IsLaunched is true do you restore the controls back to the player

May need to add like a minor delay though so it doesn't instantly flip because the player can be touching the ground and be launched at the point of impulse

[blissful fable]

"where in your update you continuously check for IsGrounded as long as IsLaunched is flipped"
Shouldn't that be it's own function though?

[timber tide]

Sure, if you don't want a bunch of logic in update you can make this check its own method that update calls

[blissful fable]

Yeah, that's kind of the problem, lol
Touching the bouncepad counts as touching the ground
I was gonna try using Layermasks, but this is a great idea too

Actually yeah a delay is better
In case the player is grounded, and is pulled upwards

[timber tide]

The delay idea would be to not flip back controls until at least like a 0.1 second delay or similar which you also check in that method before comparing any logic

So like a float of LaunchDelay you set when launched

[blissful fable]

Great idea, will do. Thanks for the help!

[torpid blaze]

Hello I need help for putting a tiled background on a 2 d core project I have builded a shader graph and I’m kind of lost I want a professional help because it’s for an industry project so short cut solution and bad quality solution will be automatically refused by my boss with that proceed quality control

[wintry quarry]

Typically professional help is paid for

[torpid blaze]

….

[wintry quarry]

that's kinda why it's called a profession

[torpid blaze]

Im not paying loosers ( for help ) on internet sorry

If you want money go get a job

[wintry quarry]

lol

You came in here begging for professional help. I'm not asking for your money, I'm telling you that you won't find professional help here.

what you will find is help from community volunteers if you describe your problem well and if someone knows about it and is willing to take the time out of their day to help

[sour fulcrum]

just an insane attitude from someone seeming to struggle with keeping theirs

[torpid blaze]

Im not even impressed by what you are writing your just a looser that literaly will never make money in his entire life I’m 25 and self made millionaire your just not my level sorry

Im making my second games now im aiming for 200 milion dollar now

[sour fulcrum]

ok will good luck with putting the png on the screen

have a nice day

[torpid blaze]

You think your smart I’m the best ai expert on the planet the only reason I’m playing with unity is because I’m surrounded with loosers so I need to do it all by myself

Im not a game developper im a neuronal network researcher

[sour fulcrum]

absolutely man

[torpid blaze]

I don’t care about your opinion

Your just a whisper in the wind

Of course I’m struggling with unity I just started learning it yesterday because my game had to be done

[ripe shard]

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[torpid blaze]

Now the multiplayer is working good

Im struggling with the shader graph

Because the map overlay is dynamic

And I find it hard to put some differential pression on the map to make it change shape

The only reason why you are all failures is because to succeed and make great games you need to go very in depth on a small game

Everyone want something big on the surface

Nah nah nah

The true success come from little games that the developper succed to reach extrem depth inside

In 2025 every 3d games will failed for indies

I don’t care about the past

I made 2 milion dollars with a 2 d game

If anybody here want to be milionar it’s 2 d without any hesitation

[ripe shard]

any particular reason you feel such an strong need to tell everybody?

[torpid blaze]

Im proud of myself

And I’m confident

[ripe shard]

great, tell that to a wall

[torpid blaze]

And I’m pushing now 200 milion dollars

So everyone here will regret

That no one dear helped me

This is why I’m talking so later you regret

[ripe shard]

lol

[torpid blaze]

Your gonna say maybe I could have become milionar

ʘ‿ʘ

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[torpid blaze]

I ask a proper question and they told me they wanted to get paid to help me bruh ??´?

[torpid blaze]

..´

[torpid blaze]

I came here with good vibe and people are just anyway at this point why I’m losing my time …. I’m not gonna pay anybody

[fickle plume]

!collab perhaps is what you are looking for.

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[torpid blaze]

Bro I ask a question about a fkn shader graph….

[fickle plume]

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[torpid blaze]

☠️

[unreal imp]

GUYSS i will trust you all, my script cannot jump due to the isGrounded bad checking and it still can uncrouch in the ceilings (thing that i dont want)

[wintry quarry]

so debug your ground check

[timber tide]

Get rid of the ceiling logic checking for now and just get your jumping working

[unreal imp]

yeah i tried that, it doesnt debug

and by the way its recommended the character controller?

[unreal imp]

yeah

thats what i want first

yeah the Ground Check works

the jump execution doesnt

NONO IT DOESNT

the isground is never true

[unreal imp]

whats your advice sir?

anddd yeah thats why the CC

[wintry quarry]

what does "it doesn't debug" mean

Debugging is the process of using tools (such as logging, an interactive debugger, or other debugging tools such a gizmos and Debug.DrawRay/Line) to identify and fix bugs in your code.

my advice is to debug your ground check to figure out why it's not working.
Visualize it in the scene
Add log statements when it runs and showing what it hit, if anything, etc.

that will lead you to the issue with the ground check

[unreal imp]

Debug.log

[wintry quarry]

Yes what about it?

[unreal imp]

alright

[wintry quarry]

You should be using it

[unreal imp]

thats the most common debug im using and is the only i know how

a bit

[wintry quarry]

Ok - so can you be more specific about what you tried with it and what happened?

"it doesn't debug" is about as vague a statement as I can possibly imagine

Assuming you put a Debug.Log line somewhere in your code and you never saw it pop up in the console, that means the code you put it in is NOT RUNNING AT ALL

[unreal imp]

it means that the messages of the log doesnt appear, i know what is doing this

[wintry quarry]

Which is very variable information

[wintry quarry]

right htat means that code is not running

whcih tells us a lot

[unreal imp]

i just need to find a way to make my player script with a character controller

the character controller helps a lot

and i though it was very innecesary

[wintry quarry]

Well now you're talking about completely rewriting your script

[unreal imp]

fpr example CharacterController contains IsGrounded

thing that im searching

[unreal imp]

is there any recommendation of a script already made? orrrrr can you give me suggestions or plans to earn it?

my english is bad as PD

[wintry quarry]

the built-in grounded check on CC is awful

[unreal imp]

what? why?

[wintry quarry]

I highly recommend avoiding it

[unreal imp]

ok, soo discard the Character Controller

now creating my artificial one

[wintry quarry]

I mean, not necessarily, but you seem to be just wildly guessing at stuff here

You need to think about how you want your character movement to work and pick an approach that suits it

[unreal imp]

like Source Engine? removing the run option

walk normal, crouch jump

obviously the camera 😉

looking at my script what i should change?

[naive pawn]

is it? ive heard this only a few times and without reasoning, other times the issue is just a lack of gravity

why is it awful?

[unreal imp]

lmao, it happened bc the up direction was 1

no wait, i missunderstood

OK YOU BOTH lmao, what is your recommendation? ❤️

[wintry quarry]

I guess maybe it's more just misunderstood and easy to use incorrectly and get frustrated

[naive pawn]

so nothing inherently broken, just an unintuitive design, is what you're referring to?

[unreal imp]

*scout tf2 theme

AHH i know what happens

thats all the ground check 🙁

its trapped

lmao, the same for the ceiling check ;p at the same pos

[wintry quarry]

there ya go

[frosty hound]

It seems your have no Android device connected, so make sure your device is plugged in. If you are sure that the device is attached, then it might be a USB driver issue. You can find details about that in the "Android environment setup" section of the Unity manual.

[oblique gale]

IEnumerator DisplaySkillsUpgrade()
{
    while (skillPoints >= 1)
    {
        skillsDisplay.SetActive(true);

        // Wait until ObtainSkill() sets it to true
        yield return new WaitUntil(() => skillObtained);

        // Reset after using it
        skillObtained = false;

        Debug.Log("Called:" + skillPoints);
        skillPoints--;
    }
}

for some reasons it decremented twice bfore stopping on waitUntil? I don't even understand anymore...

[teal viper]

Either the condition is never true, or the coroutine for killed from outside(for example the object that was executing it got destroyed).

[sour fulcrum]

or something outside of the coroutine is manipulating skillPoints(?)

[fluid ether]

Hi guys, can anyone help me figure out why my flashlight is spawning with 600 intensity when i have it set to 5000 ?
Additionally, do you know how I can set its radius in code ? Is that possible without switching to Experimental.GlobalIllumination.SpotLight ?

(I realized in the video the default value in the inspector is 150 but it doesn't change anything)

[midnight plover]

I guess you using the filter and temperature mode is related to this: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/Light-colorTemperature.html

[kindred dome]

any idea if theres an easy way to make like physics based npcs

im wanting to simulate crowd movement so they need to be able to actually push each other and stuff

[sour fulcrum]

honestly no that sounds like one of the harder things you could possibly do in a game in general. you'd have to get pretty abstract with it

[fluid ether]

setting flashLight.useColorTemperature = true; during Awake() didn't change anything unfortunately... And I just cannot find lightsUseLinearIntensity in Graphics settings for the life of me lol
It used to work tho, it used to get set without any issue

[midnight plover]

Are you sure, your light is not already on your prefab or something and therefore the addcomponent is targeting a wrong light or something?

[kindred dome]

i saw something that was basically using a navmesh agent to get the generated path and use that to push a rigidbody in the right direction

so ill probably see if i can get that to work

also its not for a game, im using unity to make a simulator

[fluid ether]

Yup, there's no light prefab anywhere it's really just a light I spawn in code when the player spawns... I'm very confused, I'll try figuring out what's happening with some Debug logs

[sour fulcrum]

ah ok, that falls under the kind abstraction i was refering to

if your fine with stuff being capsules/blobs/not dealing with limbs and animations its more viable

[kindred dome]

specifically here https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/uykn1j/how_to_utilize_navmesh_with_physics_if_at_all/

[midnight plover]

yes, good point. especially logging the value of your intensity and the one you wanna set would be interesting

[midnight plover]

Did you update unity or change something on your render pipeline? Also, jsut for testing, can you put the code out of awake?

[fluid ether]

I didn't update Unity and moving the code into Start() instead changed nothing.
I placed two Debug Logs inside the OnFlashlightToggle Inputsystem callbacks, one before the toggle logic and one after, and somehow the flashlight is coming with 408(?) and is at 5000 afterwards but in-game it's saying 600 and also the light does look like 600 lumens ?
I'm so confused

[midnight plover]

There is a null reference error....

Do not expect anything to run correctly when you get NREs anyway in runtime. When fixed this, retest

[fluid ether]

yes that's unrelated it's because i reset the script instance in the player object and forgot to put back the AimAction input action reference

[midnight plover]

Ah okay

[fluid ether]

Well, okay then but like I said it's unrelated...

[sour fulcrum]

you wanna mess with the hdadditionallightdata component

[fluid ether]

The intensity is set to 5000 on spawn, then immediately gets set to 408, then gets reset to 5000 whenever I toggle the flashlight and immediately gets reset to 408

[fluid ether]

I'll look into it, thank you

[midnight plover]

Just sounds to me like your lumen and the light settings are adding up to high and light calculations are lowering them

[sour fulcrum]

btw field initialized defaults are only considered when the class is constructed, which in unity's case is when you add the component, not when you run the game

if your adding this component and have it set to 150 in inspecotr it's never going to be 5000 because of that line of code

i know that doesnt solve your problem

[fluid ether]

Yes i know that and thanks for the infos

[fluid ether]

It does sound like it, but then, why would I be able to just slide the slider up to that value without issues in editor if the value was supposedly too hight, you know ?

[sour fulcrum]

because the slider isn't 1:1 with the lumen value

api says .light is clamped from 0-8

the value your seeing in inspector is what .light is from 0-8 in the context of the light measurement setting your using

(i think)

[fluid ether]

you're right it does make sense and it does say it's clamped between 0-8.
But then why is this still behaving this way while flashlightIntensity = 8; ?

I think something is setting the 408 value
it's too specific '408'...

[midnight plover]

I guess its the top max setting calculated by all your predefined settings somewhere

[fluid ether]

I guess yes, kind of makes sense. I'll see what I can do lol

[onyx geyser]

I think it's funny that half of the tutorials I watch on making ANY kind of movement system in Unity do NOT function very well because it's barely a couple years old

also for some reason player controller sends me flying like i'm being dragged around

anyone got some good suggestions for hopping into unity and understanding what exactly i'm doing after having learned the basics?

outside of the unity starter thing

[fast relic]

well I'd personally recommend you learn by doing - try stuff out, break things, and don't blindly follow tutorials

[onyx geyser]

I mean, it's less blindly and more, i see something I don't recognize, and go to the wiki to figure out what exactly it is.

I have NO CLUE what anything is, but I guess I could just rely on the wiki itself to learn for awhile

[tender mirage]

Ignore the clipping at the end but i've been working on a fall damage/crash hard script which makes the player take damage whenever they collide hard on something. But when i hug a wall/already collide into something else most commonly something on a horizontal side the fall damage doesn't apply, no clue how i would fix that with my contactpoint

private void UpdateMagnitude()
{
    //If player is not grounded
    if (!playerMovement.isGrounded)
    {
        //Get player recorded velocityY
        recordedvelocityY = playerRigid.linearVelocityY;
    }


}

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{

    print(collision.gameObject.name);

    Vector2 contactPos = collision.GetContact(0).normal;


    //If velocityY is relatively high
    if (recordedvelocityY >= dangerVelocityY || recordedvelocityY <= -dangerVelocityY)
    {
        
        //Only hurt if hit from above or below
        if (contactPos == Vector2.down || contactPos == Vector2.up)
        {
            print("Player hit something hard");

            TakeDamage(3);

        }


    }



}

since oncollision enter only triggers when you enter collision, if you're already colliding with an wall it doesn't work.

[vast pagoda]

!code

[radiant void]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[naive pawn]

haven't really checked the video or code, but have you checked out OnCollisionStay2D then

[hot wadi]

Today I learn float Random.Range() and int Random.Range behaves differently

[tender mirage]

I've tested it out. But i noticed it only ran ones per second

[naive pawn]

it should be running each FixedUpdate they stay in contact. if they were coming out of contact you'd be getting extra enter messages

[onyx geyser]

Made my first system, after picking up the fundementals for C# a couple days ago

i'm pretty proud of myself for it, it's mostly functional (other than the weird shaking)

it's a movement system using Rigidbody, addforce, clamp, and linear velocity, so it may not be very much at all and probably incredibly simple, but for it being my first movement system, i'm pretty stoked.

[hoary heath]

Hello there, i'm having an issue, I'm generating a buch of game objects, but as soon as i stop the playmode (not pause) the whole unity seems to not respond, it doesn't crashes nor having "unity isn't responding", its just there and not doing anything for minutes

[tulip stag]

I have no idea why I'm getting this error, the line seems perfectly fine to me?

[naive pawn]

that's not how you use a Header

it's an attribute, not an array

[tulip stag]

oh c:

[naive pawn]

it's basically reading as Header as the field type, some attributes, then a modifier after the field type

[tulip stag]

Thank you so much, lol

[tired python]

so i am trying to create a button to make the enemies follow a certain spline when i press "start wave", i don't know how to go about making them work with each other.

[slender nymph]

if they all travel along the spline at the same speed then you only need to delay when they spawn so that they aren't overlapping each other

[tender mirage]

I’ll try it again then.

👍

[rough granite]

Im not sure if thats what they were asking but their wording was also odd

[tired python]

i meant, i can't understand how i can make the "start wave" button and the enemies interact in a way such that when i do push on the "start wave" button, the enemies start moving across the spline.

[slender nymph]

the enemies don't need to "interact" with the button at all. your button just needs to call a method that starts spawning the enemies

[tired python]

so...i just do smth like object.play()?

[vocal delta]

Hi, I suppose this is a common question, but what is the cleanest solution to fix this colliders offset problem ? Thanks 🙂

[slender nymph]

not a code question. but that's likely the contact offset in the physics2d settings. it's really only visible because of how small your objects are, if they were a normal scale that would be much less visible

[vocal delta]

Hmm, yes, okay, I see, thanks. Is it because I zoomed my main camera to 0.7x? I'd like the scene to look very zoomed in on my 16x16 tileset. Maybe keep the camera at 5x and increase the grid scale?

[slender nymph]

set the pixels per unit on your textures to be the appropriate size. if you are using a 16x16 tileset and all of your objects are designed at that scale, then your pixels per unit should be 16

[naive pawn]

you can't scale the camera in the actual game, you would change the orthographic size and pixels per unit appropriately

[hot palm]

!code

[radiant void]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[hot palm]

(Just needed to know)

[slender nymph]

you can also find that info in #🌱┃start-here

[vocal delta]

Oh great, thank you so much. I first encountered Unity around 2015, but I've kind of forgotten about it since then, haha. Thanks a lot! 🙂

[low copper]

So I've got this method that I'd like to make available to all scripts:

public IEnumerator InvokeAfterDelay(float delay, Action callback)
{
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);
    callback?.Invoke();
}

Since it is based off Coroutines, I think I need monobehavior which excludes static classes. I currently have a serviceManager but it feels overkill to utilze it for what amounts to a small method. Do I have other options? I'm new to Unity and don't feel like I fully understand whats available for this case.

[slender nymph]

you don't need to declare the method inside a monobehaviour, it can be static anywhere though, not just a static class

you would just need to be calling StartCoroutine on a MonoBehaviour

[low copper]

you would just need to be calling StartCoroutine on a MonoBehaviour

ok thats fine

so just wrap it in a static class and it should be accessible everywhere right?

| it can be static anywhere though, not just a static class

I don't really get what that means

[slender nymph]

again, the method needs to be static. it doesn't matter whether that method is declared in a static class or not

[naive pawn]

static things don't have to be in static classes. the requirement only goes in 1 direction, static classes can only have static things

[coral patio]

Hey, is there some easy way to draw colliders for debugging? We use a sphere collider for our player and it gets stuck when jumping so we want to adjust the height of it based on the animation, but we cant necessarily see it in tests which makes it a lot of guesswork

[naive pawn]

-# man i still hate that c# and java both use "static class" to mean vastly different things lmao

[low copper]

But having a static class makes it accessible everywhere right?

[naive pawn]

no, that's not what makes it accessible

[slender nymph]

it being public and static does

[naive pawn]

you could make methods to bundle the draw calls for the colliders, and iirc there are also gizmo methods for drawing boxes

[naive pawn]

it being public means other classes can access it.
it being static means you don't need an instance to access it.

being in a static class doesn't matter at all

[low copper]

Ok, got it...I think I was just mixing up the requirement to initialze a class with accessibility.

[slender nymph]

public class NotStatic {
  public static void Test() { }
}
public static class TheStaticOne {
  public static void Test() { }
}

both of these work just fine and are accessed identically

[low copper]

Hmm...there is actually a bit more to it..now that I think about it. Some scripts have to be attached to gameObjects to be available to run. Sorry, I'm not describing my question the best but I think this is part of my "accessibility" issues.

[slender nymph]

and that is also irrelevant. that part only matters where you call StartCoroutine

or rather, what you call StartCoroutine on

[low copper]

I'm not refererring to my prior question...just how Unity handles things

[naive pawn]

if the method mentions stuff like transform, then yes, that needs to be in a MonoBehaviour script

but otherwise, no, not really?

unless you're doing thread stuff yourself

maybe actually describe your issues rather than vague descriptions/complaints
https://xyproblem.info

[low copper]

Alright...I'll come back when I run into an actual problem that I can verbalize properly.

[slender nymph]

going back to the original question though, while the method doesn't need to be on a static class you probably want to put it on one anyway, i like to group utility coroutines like that in a static class (since the class will only contain those static methods and will never need to be instantiated)

as an example:

public static class Delay
{
  public static IEnumerator Action(float delay, Action action)
  {
    while(delay > 0)
    {
      delay -= Time.deltaTime;
      yield return null;
    }
    action?.Invoke();
  }
}

-# and I do have other relevant methods on it, not just this one so it makes sense to have them all grouped together

[low copper]

That looks perfect for what I'm trying to do. I'm gonna start building that out, I'm assuming eventually I'll have a collection of odds and ends and I wanted to make sure I had a sound starting point. Thanks very much everyone.

[cloud agate]

How would one make a scene load another, then in that other scene load the initial scene exactly as it was?

I've made a scene load another scene and return, but it just loads the scene from the beginning

[hexed terrace]

you have to save the state of all the objects you want in there non-starting position/state

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.Invoke.html

[forest cosmos]

How to setup movement with animations?
a function/Script should only do one thing, so if i am moving jumping character using one script then setting animations in it too.
if i press jump, i do anim.setBool(jump,true)

whats the better way?

it gets confusing cuz its in middle of other code too

[tired python]

how should i go about creating a start stop button to stop enemy wave spawning in a 2d tower defense?

[hexed terrace]

decide what you want it to do
write the method, or methods to do it
link the button to the method

[forest cosmos]

simply link the button to the spawn/stop scripts.

[tired python]

so first i make a spawn stop script...should it be inside the main game manager class or some other class?

[hexed terrace]

wherever it makes most sense for it to be

probably in the class that controls the spawning

[brave robin]

Is there a way to suppress the 'possible unintended reference comparison' warning when you actually do want a reference comparison?

In this example, I do want to know if nonPlayerCharacter is the exact same object as enemiesInCombat[index].

nonPlayerCharacter is a class type, and enemiesInCombat is a list of an interface, hence the warning

[grand snow]

you can use ReferenceEquals() instead of == to shut it up
its warning you I think in case a value or other comparison would be preferred

[ripe shard]

alt~enter also gives you this as a quickfix

[brave robin]

Thanks, that worked. And I understand the warning, since in some cases you'd overload == and Equals in a special way, and a reference comparison would skip all of that

[grand snow]

Indeed. Especially important for UnityEngine.Object and related types to let a == null be true when destroyed

[brave robin]

alt+enter only gives a suggestion for wrapping in a pragma

Before this I was recasting the class to the interface type and then doing the ==, which is fine I guess, but was wondering if I could make it simpler

[grand snow]

If its a MonoBehaviour you would want to add something to handle that special case

[raw spindle]

i posted something here #⚛️┃physics and i don't think it's a hard problem '^^
Could someone help me? idk what to doooooooo

[rare salmon]

i can't see an asset in 2d for some reason

[unreal imp]

GUYS again with my question, how can I do an artificial ground check for my player? Now the player pass the floor and falls

Is there any already written script?

[rare salmon]

i'm in scene view and can't see the player

[rocky canyon]

can you show?

[hexed terrace]

this is a code channel..

[rocky canyon]

oh ur right.. #💻┃unity-talk can you show here 👈

[hexed terrace]

there are tons of ground check tutorials online.

[unreal imp]

For example?

[sullen epoch]

Am i alright posting questions in here about math - that aren't explicitly code, but are related to it?

[rough granite]

Channels like #⚛️┃physics may do better

[naive pawn]

if you aren't sure, just ask, you'll be redirected if necessary

[forest cosmos]

Anyone?

[wind apex]

**

Script needs to derive from MonoBehaviour

**

[wintry quarry]

Have you got a question about this?

[wind apex]

Yes

Even tho my script name and the name is same

It still shows iy

It

[naive pawn]

does it derive from monobehaviour

[wind apex]

Ye

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/script-loading-issues

[wintry quarry]

Can you show the code?

and your console window

[wind apex]

Wait

Does it happen when I have 2 scripts with the same name?

[wintry quarry]

If you have compile errors

it can cause this

Having two classes with the same name would cause an error yes

that's why I asked to see your console window

[wind apex]

No I had this subtitle manager script in my assets

I'll change one

"Later"

Cuz I'm lazy

[unreal imp]

WHY IS WRONG my ceiling check?

any tutorial which solved that in an easier way? in the same script?

[wintry quarry]

your DrawRay is using an arbitrary 0.1 distance instead of the actual radius from the CHeckSphere

[unreal imp]

ahhh

i think this is the problem

[wintry quarry]

debug your code

you're guessing

[polar acorn]

What about it do you think is the problem

[tired python]

a duck is supposed to be a gameobject. i can't add it onto hierarchy, because it shows compile error. how do i fix it?

[slender nymph]

you need to fix your compile errors

[polar acorn]

What do the errors say

[tired python]

i ain't recognising what duck even is

[slender nymph]

right and does GameObject actually have either of those properties?

[tired python]

do i need to manually add it to script in unity

[polar acorn]

Not sure why you think that is the issue when the errors tell you what the problem is

[tired python]

the duck isn't a gameobject?

[polar acorn]

The error says "GameObject" doesn't have anything named Position, or Transform.

You can see all of the properties of GameObject here:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.html

[slender nymph]

the Duck variable is a GameObject

[tired python]

aren't gameobjects supposed to have transform and rotation field by default?

[slender nymph]

show me where on the documentation you see a Position and Transform property on the GameObject class

[polar acorn]

I've sent you the documentation. It lists everything they have

Check it out, see what you find

[unreal imp]

SOLVED

[tired python]

wait, i am so confused. then where do the components even come from?

[polar acorn]

what components

[tired python]

what class are they a part of

[slender nymph]

have you looked at the documentation yet

[unreal imp]

the core conditions here but btw i want the player to stay having the crouched height and he doesnt trying to stand up :/

[polar acorn]

Right now your issue is simple, you have a variable of type GameObject, and you're trying to get properties that GameObject doesn't have. I don't know what you're asking here or how that relates?

[slender nymph]

i know you're trying to indicate that you have with that thumbs up react, but considering the fact you haven't bothered answering the question i asked about the documentation I know for a fact you have not

[tired python]

every gameobject is supposed to have its own properties. those said properties, have to be a variable of some sort of a type. what's the name of that type? up until now, i have been thinking, that it is this gameobject class, which is supposed to have those properties. but the documentation says, that it doesn't have those properties.

[slender nymph]

have you actually looked at the documentation yet to see what properties teh gameobject class does have

[polar acorn]

Every GameObject has exactly the properties in the documentation I linked. No more, no less

[tired python]

gameobject.transform.position should work...

[polar acorn]

It does

[slender nymph]

have you actually tried that? because right now you have the equivalent of gameobject.Transform.position which is totally different

[tired python]

wait transform and Transform are diff

[polar acorn]

Yes

You can tell because they're not the same

[slender nymph]

well yes, transform actually exists as a property on the class. there is no property named Transform

[slender nymph]

yes, now do it right

we literally just went over this

[tired python]

oh...so transform is a default property assigned to any class?

[slender nymph]

transform is a property that exists on the GameObject class. it is not just "assigned to any class" whatever that is supposed to mean

[polar acorn]

No, it's a property on GameObject. Which the documentation shows.

[polar acorn]

You just had it right why did you change it to something else

[slender nymph]

notice how one of those is the name of the actual property and the other is just the description and referring to the type Transform, not the property that you are trying to access

[tired python]

Transform is a whole diff class O_O

[polar acorn]

Yes, that is what I was referring to. Notice how it's spelled with a t

[slender nymph]

there is a class called Transform, yes. that is the type the transform property is

you still do not use Transform as the property you are trying to access because you need to use the actual name of the property

[tired python]

InvalidOperationException: You are trying to read Input using the UnityEngine.Input class, 
but you have switched active Input handling to Input System package in Player Settings.
UnityEngine.Input.GetKeyDown (UnityEngine.KeyCode key) (at <da9f38ff05704aa39409e488c3569f6d>:0)
ISpawnable.Update()(at Assets / Scripts / Spawn.cs:17)```
it's not rly working...

[slender nymph]

!input

[radiant void]

How to Set Input

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

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

[tired python]

its already set to space by default

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[tired python]

is this something that i need to install?

[slender nymph]

notice how you have four groups of settings hidden. try unhiding their contents to find what you are looking for

[tired python]

only took two space inputs...?

[tired python]

worked out thx

[wintry quarry]

Either that error was before it got assigned or you have another copy of the script somewhere

[tired python]

another copy....O_O

[slender nymph]

search the hierarchy with t:ISpawnable to see what objects have that component attached

[tired python]

noice

my ducks are beautiful guys!!

what kind of a check do i run to destroy them?

[polar acorn]

what do you want to check for

[tired python]

i just wanna know whether they are out of the map or not, then i wanna destroy them, cus i know not destroying them takes up space...

[slender nymph]

hint: take a look at what you are using to move them. you might find that component has properties that can help you determine if it has reached the end of its path

[tired python]

oh...if its position is the same as the pos of the last knot...?

just a guess...

[slender nymph]

i mean, that's certainly one way. if you actually look at the documentation you might find a better way

[tired python]

this? i check what time it is...?

using this thing

[slender nymph]

What component is that?

[tired python]

spline animate

[slender nymph]

and where in the documentation for the SplineAnimate component do you see a Time property?

[tired python]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.4/manual/animate-component.html

at the end

[slender nymph]

that's not a property of the component, you need to look in the scripting api for its actual properties. that's part of the display on the component

[tired python]

!spline

[radiant void]

<:error:1413114584763596884> Command not found

There's no command called spline.

[slender nymph]

hint: at the top of the page there's a big ol button labeled "Scripting API"

[tired python]

this thing?

[slender nymph]

before i actually answer that, what version of the splines package are you actually using?

[tired python]

2.8.2

[slender nymph]

okay good, make sure your docs are actually set to that and not 2.4 still. then look at the actual SplineAnimate component and not whatever enum that is you were looking at

[tired python]

oh wow

[tired python]

i think i found it....?

[slender nymph]

sure that could work, but there's an even better way that is much lower on the page

[tired python]

hehe

[slender nymph]

yep, that event would be the best way to determine when it has reached the end of the path. just subscribe whatever method destroys the object to the event

[tired python]

thx sensei!

[slender nymph]

or better yet, you could look into object pooling. then when they complete the path they can be returned to the pool so you can reuse objects

[gloomy vine]

okay so I have a really basic setup

public class DraggableItemUI : MonoBehaviour, IBeginDragHandler
    {
        public void OnBeginDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
        {
          ...

why OnBeginDrag is never called?

[slender nymph]

make sure there isn't anything overlapping the object (like perhaps a child object). you can also use the EventSystem preview to see what your mouse is on top of when you try to drag the object

[slender nymph]

#📲┃ui-ux

[gloomy vine]

it only has a child textmespro but it has racyast disabled

[placid linden]

Oh sorry, I though it was here because it's a code that is doing that but sorry anyway!

[slender nymph]

if it's a code issue then why is there no code

[gloomy vine]

how can I use the EventSystem to see whats on top?

[slender nymph]

literally just select the event system in the hierarchy so it shows in the inspector and look at the preview window at the bottom of the inspector window (expand it if it is collapsed)

[slender nymph]

click back into the game view window and try dragging the object again

[placid linden]

sowyyy

[gloomy vine]

yep thats what im doing

and it doesnt show anything

[slender nymph]

you didn't remove the Graphic Raycaster from the Canvas, right?

[polar acorn]

I think the detailed view on the event system is different on URP (or maybe it was Input System?), I don't know how to get back the full detailed view that shows what you're hovering over

[slender nymph]

okay, another important question: You're actually using the Game View and not something like the Device Simulator, right?

[gloomy vine]

yup

[slender nymph]

in this screenshot is the game view super zoomed in? because i see a 5x where I assume the window scale should be. try zooming all the way out and try again

[gloomy vine]

thats 0.55x

[slender nymph]

if that's not it then i'm all out of ideas 🤷‍♂️

[gloomy vine]

I'm so lost, this makes no sense

[slender nymph]

could always give a restart a try. it's possible it's an editor issue. unless you haven't been clicking into the game view window before attempting to drag in which case you need to do that

[gloomy vine]

im holding tab while dragging btw. Tab keeps my inventory open

I hope that doesnt break it?

[slender nymph]

in the editor it might. set it to just some random letter for testing real quick or just make it always show up while you test instead of requiring a key to be held. if it works then that would indicate it's an issue with using Tab in the editor (it should work fine in a build)

[gloomy vine]

nope, not an editor glitch

restart didnt help

also not Tab issue

[kindred dome]

any idea why vs code would autocomplete parent to that when i try to type parent.position?

when i type the . it autocompletes

its getting annoying

like if i try to type transform. it autcompletes Transformblock

ive realised that parent doesnt exist so ignore that part but the annoyance is still there

[barren lantern]

when i look through water in specific angle i can see through it for some reason.. and when i move inch into the water i see normally

[wintry quarry]

It's your camera's near culling distance

[unreal imp]

The Collider tries to stand up while i want not to do it?

[tired python]

been trying to get it to work, don't rly know how events worked. thing is, i added this, and i am assuming that when the duck reaches the end of the spline, it calls this function?

like, void update() calls Completed() when the gameobject reaches the end of the spline?

[fast relic]

you probably need to subscribe to the actual event

[barren lantern]

cant find culling distance

all i found is this

[tired python]

elaborate pls

[fast relic]

that is it, it's the near clipping plane (closer than which nothing gets drawn)

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/events/

[fast relic]

it has an event called Completed, which you can access like any other property and subscribe to it (using (...).Completed += OnCompleted)

[tired python]

i checked (this)[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.action?view=net-9.0] out, and tbh, this kinda makes sense...but in this context, i don't get what i am supposed to do

[fast relic]

-# put the text in square brackets and link in parenthesis with no space

[unreal imp]

anyone knows? how to mantains the collider crouched?

[grand snow]

You want this section of the docs where they explain how to subscribe to events https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/events/how-to-subscribe-to-and-unsubscribe-from-events#to-subscribe-to-events-programmatically

[slender nymph]

read through how events work and how to subscribe an action to an event

[barren lantern]

i changed it to 0.01 and it still doing the same thing...

[kindred dome]

any idea where the setting that controls wether the game recompiles if you edit a script or just exits play mode is?

i had a thing come up that said it needed to be turned off but i cant figure out how to turn it back on

found it

[tired python]

@slender nymph @grand snow i have tried understanding how events work, but it just ain't clicking.

using JetBrains.Annotations;
using System;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
using UnityEngine.Splines;

public class ISpawnable : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    public GameObject Duck;

    public delegate void ReachedTheEnd();
    public event Action Completed;

    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
            Debug.Log("Space is pressed.");
            spawn();
        }
        if (Completed != null)
        {
            destroy();
        }
    }

    void spawn()
    {
        Instantiate(Duck, Duck.transform.position, Duck.transform.rotation);
    }
    void destroy()
    {
        Destroy(Duck);
    }
}

i get that during runtime, the compiler somehow calls the function by itself, but all the referencing and stuff ain't making sense

[grand snow]

public event Action Completed; This is the correct way to declare an event but you do not use it.
What do you want to actually do??

[polar acorn]

What is Completed? Are you subscribing to it on something?

And did you mean to invoke it somewhere? All you do is check if it has subscribers every frame

[tired python]

when gameobject reaches end of spline, it says that it invokes. i wanna use this invocation, to destroy the object

[grand snow]

Ah well then you want to subscribe to the event on a spline instance

[polar acorn]

That's how it's declared on that class. You're supposed to subscribe to that, not attempt to recreate it

[slender nymph]

you do not need to create or invoke an event. all you need to do is subscribe your method to the Completed event on your SplineAnimate component

[grand snow]

e.g. spline.Completed += OnComplete;

You have somehow not understood this event is a member of that class

[wintry quarry]

Yea this

[barren lantern]

well yes iu set it to 0.01 the lowest i could do and its still doing the same thing

[tired python]

it's a method of the spline class, if i am right

[grand snow]

no its an EVENT ON THAT CLASS

EVENTTTTT

[polar acorn]

No, it's an event. Which is why it says it's an event

[tired python]

[polar acorn]

In the spline class, this line exists

[tired python]

what's Completed and OnComplete

one last time

[polar acorn]

Completed is the thing that you highlighted in your screenshot

OnComplete is the thing you want to run

[grand snow]

In this example i am subscribing to the event "Completed" on the object spline

[polar acorn]

https://gamedevbeginner.com/events-and-delegates-in-unity/

[tired python]

oh!! i run OnComplete which destroyes the thing?

[tired python]

don't just don't

i spent the last hour trying to figure this stuff out

[slender nymph]

you should have spent 5 minutes of that hour looking at a brief tutorial like the one digi linked

[grand snow]

someFuckinSpline.Complete += () => Debug.Log("SPLINE FUCKING COMPLETED YAY");
(subscribing an anonymous function to the event)

[tired python]

i did...i did not understand it

[slender nymph]

if you're struggling this much you should consider going through some beginner courses that teaches this stuff instead of throwing yourself at a wall and hoping something sticks

[tired python]

how many beginner courses out there teach about events...?

[slender nymph]

most of the good ones. even unity's junior programmer pathway covers them

[polar acorn]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/delegates?projectId=5c88f2c1edbc2a001f873ea5

[tired python]

[tired python]

thx

[grand snow]

events are a special delegate so that tutorial above is useful

events can have many "subscribers" and can only be invoke/called by the owner

[slender nymph]

i think this one would be the more appropriate one here
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/events-uh?uv=2019.3&projectId=5c88f2c1edbc2a001f873ea5#
the delegates one is still useful though. as is basically everything in that course

[grand snow]

the old images make me feel nostalgic

[tired python]

guys...? umm...how do i say this...?

just...spoonfeed me at this point. i am too tired.

[tiny bloom]

copy paste it to chatgpt and ask it where's the issue
much faster and easier for self learning

[tired python]

don't rly use gpt

[rough granite]

Been here since 2019 and telling people to use chatgpt bruh

[tired python]

gpt makes you work less

[rough granite]

You have your ide configured yeah whats the squiggles say

[tired python]

event is an lvalue

plswork does not exist in the current instance

[polar acorn]

You have been
#💻┃code-beginner message

Just instead of the () => ... use a normal function

You want to subscribe to the splines event with a function on this object

[rough granite]

now i've never used delegate before but im pretty you got the order wrong https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/delegates/using-delegates

[polar acorn]

You add functions to events. Delegates let you define a type that can hold a function in a variable.

You have the event you want to subscribe to. Add the function you want to do to it

The event and delegate definitions are done by the SplineAnimator component

You don't do any of those parts. You use them to add your own function to that event

[tired python]

so...this right?

onComplete() is the function and Spline.Completed is the event

[polar acorn]

You want to add the function, not the result of calling the function.

The () means "call the function"

[grand snow]

Soo close! Check your spelling!

[polar acorn]

You don't want to do that

[grand snow]

Spline.Completed += onComplete; would be correct for the code shown above

Oh also do NOT subscribe in Update()

it will keep subscribing more and more (it can subscribe multiple times)

Its like opening a new magazine subscription every second

[polar acorn]

Every frame it'll stack up another kill order. Then the spline completes and it'll kill the shit out of that duck

"Stop! Stop! He's already dead!"

[tired python]

i don't want my duck to be killed the shit out of...

[polar acorn]

Then you want to add the function to the event once

[tiny bloom]

idk where to ask
but i think sebastian lague did it in his plane delivery game, im not entirely sure
and as far as i remember there's source code

[tired python]

using JetBrains.Annotations;
using System;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
using UnityEngine.Splines;

public class ISpawnable : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    public GameObject Duck;
    public SplineAnimate Spline;

    void Start()
    {
        Spline.Completed += onComplete;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
            Debug.Log("Space is pressed.");
            spawn();
        }
        
    }

    void spawn()
    {
        Instantiate(Duck, Duck.transform.position, Duck.transform.rotation);
    }
    void onComplete()
    {
        Destroy(Duck);
    }
}

[slender nymph]

wait no, that's not right. you want this on the individual ducks, not the spawner

[tired python]

the ducks are invincible

[polar acorn]

That's a spawn_able_, not a spawn_er_

[slender nymph]

the spawner only has a reference to the prefab. which will naturally never reach the end of the spline on account of it not existing within the scene

[polar acorn]

so I thought this was a duck

[tired python]

i only rly have two scripts...gamemanager currently does nothing

[slender nymph]

and now you need a third

[tired python]

for the ducks....?

[slender nymph]

yes

you were eventually going to need one anyway

[tired python]

i need a reference to the spline animate inside that script?

and then do the event check?

[slender nymph]

you need a reference to the SplineAnimate component, not the spline, but yes

[tired python]

damn dese ducks

[slender nymph]

also consider renaming the spawner object to make it clear that it is what spawns the objects instead of having a name that implies two things:

1. that it is spawnable by some spawner
2. that it is an interface (it is not)
   just call it DuckSpawner or something

[tired python]

why does this duck get to have plot armour while the rest don't?

public class DamnDeseDucks : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    public GameObject Duck;
    public SplineAnimate Spline;
    void Start()
    {
        Duck = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Duck");
        Spline.Completed += onComplete;
    }

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

    }
    void onComplete()
    {
        Destroy(Duck);
    }
}```

[slender nymph]

why are you finding the duck by tag? this is the duck. just destroy its own gameobject

[tired python]

the massacre has been successfully perpetrated @slender nymph @grand snow @fast relic @polar acorn

now i shall sleep in solace

thx guys

[carmine summit]

i've been having an issue with my UI where trying to set transform.position directly causes insanely high values

void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log("Original transform: " + transform.position + " New mouse position: " + mouse.position.ReadValue());
        transform.position = mouse.position.ReadValue();
    }```

this rect is getting its position set to the value logged on the right but visually and in editor reports a much larger position

[polar acorn]

transform.position is the world position of the object, including the position and scale of the canvas. You should use anchoredPosition instead.
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/RectTransform-anchoredPosition.html

[carmine summit]

oh

i've been doing that but i keep looking at examples which use transform.position in ui

[polar acorn]

The inspector shows the local position, relative to the parent

[unreal imp]

HELLO My Mortal Enemis, here is my script that is without character controller, and i will recontext my problem, the Crouch Handle part when is under a ceiling it doesnt get stand up which is right, but whats not right is the collider or player trying to get stand while the detector and code tells him not to crouch and back to normal yet https://paste.myst.rs/x7m1wwfa

you all will see the details on the scripting 🙁

[polar acorn]

And for a rect transform, the inspector shows the anchored position (assuming it's not set to stretch all)

[unreal imp]

pay attention to the box collider component on the Vid

@sour fulcrum its a joke right? 🙁

If someone one knows pls let me know

[teal viper]

It seems like your ceiling check is not working correctly. You even have a debug ray there. Perhaps zoom closer to the character to see that debug ray to understand what's going on.

[tough lagoon]

My initial thought is that you may want to disable the lerp for now, so you aren't risking it being a lerping issue:

//size.y = Mathf.Lerp(size.y, targetHeight, Time.deltaTime * crouchSmooth);

But you are also resizing what looks like a collider with a rigidbody, presumably with gravity on. Lerping that resize leaves space under you and would cause a vibration at least for a bit.

So when you scale down, it scales at the middle. Making you fall down from the rigidbody. That may also be causing the jitter.

I didn't look beyond that

[rich adder]

just gonna leave this here https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp

[rough granite]

Great lil website but it forgot to mention not to use lerp on an object with an updating target

[cosmic dagger]

A bit confused. Can you clarify?

[rough granite]

Thanks to a popular unity youtuber people use lerp for character movement which is a bad idea cause thats not how it works

[cosmic dagger]

Not necessarily; it depends on the type of movement for the game (or the character). If you're moving from one square or a spot to another, using Lerp wouldn't be a problem . . .

[rough granite]

Right but if while you were moving the other spot also moved it would be

Which is what i was getting at

[cosmic dagger]

That is true. For specific types of movement, it does not work. But you can use it for movement . . .

[rough granite]

Right but the main thing unexperienced people use it for (player movement) is wrong

Thabks to popular youtubers that have it in their tutorials

[eternal needle]

Then why would the website need to mention that? There are valid use cases for it when the target position is moving

This is a code channel, although I'm not sure it makes sense to give your camera a collider and have it on the UI layer. Cinemachine should have some settings so it doesnt end up inside walls

[rough granite]

Do tell when this would be good, this completely removes the smooth part of using lerp

[eternal needle]

I see, haven't used 2d myself so dont really know the setup. Either way still maybe ask in #💻┃unity-talk or #🎥┃cinemachine since this isnt a coding issue

[eternal needle]

When you want linear interpolation over a fixed time frame. Lerp isnt specific to player movement and it'd really just be wrong if the website listed what you said about "not using lerp with an updating target"

[unreal imp]

FINAL QUESTION, it's recommended a character controller player movement script type?

[kindred dome]

any idea how i would share a value between multiple scripts on different objects?

just like make one seperate object with its own script to hold the variable then have all the other scripts reference it?

[worthy forum]

scriptable objects or a static variable

are the easiest that i can think off. or you reference the same object between them

[kindred dome]

i think i just made a race condition lmao

something is defintely wrong

[cosmic dagger]

If the value is shared across mutliple components (scripts), an SO is a great candidate . . .

[eternal needle]

you'd have to show code if you want actual help with this, like what kind of value you want to share in the first place

[kindred dome]

its an int

            if (count > population) {
                population = count;
            }
``` so basically im wanting to share the population variable between scripts

[cosmic dagger]

Yep, I'd use an SO that represents the population . . .

[eternal needle]

like you want other scripts to run this code, and modify population? Or what is this code for. You can just show the full context

!code

[radiant void]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[eternal needle]

an SO might not make a ton of sense here depending how they want to use it. If its just some script thats trying to keep track of a global population, then maybe you just want a singleton, or a way to pass around the reference to some class which keeps track of the population. Or just making the population static might be an option (though I doubt it'd fit your case if multiple objects are setting it to different values)

[kindred dome]

actually i think the script is fine

i set the wrong variable to be shared between them

yeah its working just fine now

[worthy forum]

a singleton gamemanager could be useful

a single script that manages variables and other system globally. and you can access that data from other scripts

[kindred dome]

the idea was to get the highest number of npcs next to one another and share it so they all share the same gradient

(ignore the grey one)

[glad arrow]

Hi, I am new to unity and am having issues after i build my game, after I build my game, I try to shoot my gun in game, but I get this error

[ruby python]

Hi all, been a while, but I have a random question. I've been looking at a bunch of videos/guides/tutorials on how to build a minecraft-esque world and something I'm not overly clear on. In each of these things I've seen, the 'cube meshes' are generated dynamically through code. Is there a performance benefit to doing it this way rather than using a prebuilt cube mesh? I haven't seen it addressed as to why people do it this way.

[ruby python]

When you run the game in the editor, do you get any warnings/errors? Just showing the crash screen isn't massively helpful if honest. There could be lots of reasons why it's crashing.

[glad arrow]

Yeah, but none of them have to do with the gun just some npc's i have laying around

[tired python]

so..i have a spline animator which makes gameobjects zoom past the spline path, and i have a diff animator component on my gameobject, which has two animations attached to it. how do i link them? i want the animation to play when the gameobject is travelling across the spline and also flip its animation when it movetowards left and right directions

[ruby python]

I'm completely guessing given available information, but, it's possible that the missing additional camera data component being missing could be the issue. I'm not totally sure what that component actually does beyond you need it for any of the SR pipelines. So as you say it happens when you fire the weapon (Making an assumption that you're using raycasting), it's missing something that raycasting needs. Like I say, completely guessing and could very well be wrong.

[placid jewel]

When you say connect them, you mean to play a certain animation based on if travelling on a spline, and what direction, right?
How is the spline controlled? Does the spline animation start based on something in one of your scripts and can you start the sprite animation at the same point?

[tired python]

currently, the spline animation starts when i press the space button, i have set a spawner to be that way.

[placid jewel]

In terms of direction, I think you could use the evaluate function (it's a bit down this page https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@1.0/api/UnityEngine.Splines.SplineUtility.html) which seems to be able to get the position and direction values

That might be the wrong version, I'm not sure which one you're using

[tired python]

2.8.2, i changed it

[placid jewel]

Then the evaluate tangent function here https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.8/api/UnityEngine.Splines.SplineUtility.html might work

public static float3 EvaluateTangent<T>(this T spline, float t) where T : ISpline

I'm not exactly familiar with splines but it sounds like the thing you might be looking for

[tired python]

i was reading through the documentation, and i did get to that point, it at least looks like the right thing...

[placid jewel]

I remember from when you posted the pictures for a previous question, you have a very curved path right?

[tired python]

or maybe not

what the hell does ratio t even mean?

[placid jewel]

The issue I can see is that if you're getting a direction vector it might be the same going forwards along the path at one point as going backwards along the path at another point

this?

[tired python]

the direction vector changes direction based on which direction the sprite move along, so i am hoping that it would give a negative x component when it moves towards the left and the positive x component the other way

[tired python]

what does this even mean?

[placid jewel]

I think the function will get a tangent at a specific point on the spline, not based on the moving object's position

[tired python]

what's ratio got to do with a curve?

[placid jewel]

And that's what the t is for

0: start
1: end

[naive pawn]

the position along the curve

[placid jewel]

0.5 - halfway

[tired python]

lemme try and print it out to see if it works or not

[placid jewel]

It should be like

Hold on

[tired python]

don't

lemme figure this out myself

[placid jewel]

Alright fair enough lol

[naive pawn]

you could say what you wanted to say spoilered if you want to, as like an optional hint/check
that way yall don't have to wait for each other if s1nth encounters difficulties

[placid jewel]

Oh real

I was gonna make a shitty ms paint diagram since I think it's easier to see visually

But I don't actually really think that part will be too big of an issue on second thought

[tired python]

my only main concern with the ratio thing is that tangents are supposed to give out inf values...dunno how that gets resolved. that's basically why i wanted to check it out myself

[placid jewel]

wait what do you mean by inf values?

[naive pawn]

the ratio doesn't have anything to do with the tangent, it specifies where to get the tangent

[tired python]

tan 90 ....?

[placid jewel]

like gradient of a vertical line is infinite?

[naive pawn]

this is not the trig tangent function, this is a tangent line

[placid jewel]

I think ||it gives a vector not a number||

[naive pawn]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangent

[tired python]

damn the spoiler thing is such a tease

[placid jewel]

yeah like d/dx tangent not tan(theta) tangent

[naive pawn]

the tan function comes from the tangent line (specifically, the length of the tangent line segment from the contact to the x axis at the given angle)

[placid jewel]

yeah like this

but i'm getting a bit off topic lol

[naive pawn]

(oh yeah forgot that there's multiple ways to visualize tan, that one is different from my description fyi)

[tired python]

wait lemme draw

[placid jewel]

did you mean like this?

[naive pawn]

yeah, that's the other way

[glad arrow]

you're right it is raycast

[naive pawn]

ah goddammit i got the wrong axis

[glad arrow]

when i switch it to projectile it dosent hit the zombies

[tired python]

length of this?

[naive pawn]

what are you asking about exactly?

the definition of tan, or the tangents used for the curve as per your question

[placid jewel]

wait is this back to the EvaluateTangent function? We got a bit sidetracked lol

[tired python]

nvm...lemme atleast print the damn tangent out

[naive pawn]

tan in trig is for the length of a line segment, but tangent lines in general are lines, not line segments
we don't care about the length here, but rather the direction of the tangent - that's what the vector most likely is, a normalized direction vector

[placid jewel]

I think I have a (very bad production quality) diagram to help explain if you need it (I'll spoiler tag it)

[naive pawn]

i have the other extreme, a link to a 1 hour video essay about splines lmao

[tired python]

public static float3 EvaluateTangent<T>(this T spline, float t) where T : ISpline
where do i get the float t argument from?

[naive pawn]

it's an argument, you supply it

[placid jewel]

And the return of the function will be ||a vector (float3 which has (float float float) for x, y, z) which is the direction of the vector shown||

[naive pawn]

that's not how you use it

you would use it like Spline.EvaluateTangent(t), it's an extension method (note the this in the first parameter)

and then you'd specify how far along the curve you want a tangent from

[placid jewel]

For the specific situation you'd want to find your object's ratio along the spline and use that as t

[naive pawn]

you can technically call it like this, but it's probably gonna make it harder to read (you'd have to specify the generic or let it infer though)

[tired python]

ehm...sauce?

[placid jewel]

Then compare the tangent value with the direction it would be going in either left or right

I think

[naive pawn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwxzDHniEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPPXbo87ds
both from freya holmer

[tired python]

bro, this is a mesmerising video to watch O_O

[placid jewel]

to find the t value would you be able to use:

public static float GetNearestPoint<T>(T spline, float3 point, out float3 nearest, out float t, int resolution = 4, int iterations = 2) where T : ISpline

with the point being the object's transform?

[glad arrow]

@ruby python You're the absolute man, I was able to finish my assignment and turn it in

[ruby python]

Oh very cool. Really glad I could help out. Good luck on the grade 🙂

[glad arrow]

you saved me and my partners lives

[tired python]

apparently there's this struct which has a tangent field...

would i access it by doing smth like Spline.GetPositionTangenNormal.Tangents

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.8/api/UnityEngine.Splines.GetPositionTangentNormal.html

[tired python]

this is the spawning mechanism

[placid jewel]

@tired python that script doesn't appear to be actually making the duck move though, but when you press play, it moves across the spline?

[tired python]

when i press play, then i press space, it instantiates it and moves it by default

[placid jewel]

can you send a screenshot of the spline component?

[placid jewel]

Ok so it's the Spline Animator premade script that is moving the object

[drowsy tiger]

looks like the spline animate might be doing something

[tired python]

yes, i didn't rly find a spline component to add...

[placid jewel]

Yeah the thing we're trying to do right now is get the t value (ratio) of the object along the path

[placid jewel]

Think of it like how a mesh renderer has a mesh field

You don't just add a mesh to an object

[tired python]

haven't worked with meshes

[placid jewel]

The spline is the mesh and the spline container is the mesh holder

Or how a sprite renderer needs a sprite

You don't just put a "sprite" component

[tired python]

ya...

[placid jewel]

The spline is the "sprite" equivalent for the spline container

[tired python]

alright

[placid jewel]

So I think

Since you're using the SplineAnimate component to move it (which I think you could alternatively make your own but it may be difficult)

[tired python]

just saying this beforehand, i might have to leave so..i won't be able to reply in that case...

keep continuing for the time being

[placid jewel]

One option could be to use some of the vaues from this page https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.8/api/UnityEngine.Splines.SplineAnimate.html

And essentially, use the Duration and ElapsedTime to get a ratio across it (since there's no easing)

I think like

[tired python]

so...that's the percentage resolved, then?

[placid jewel]

(ElapsedTime/Duration - floor(ElapsedTime/Duration))

Would be the ratio

Not the right syntax but the basic idea

[placid jewel]

I haven't checked that

[tired python]

wait, what are you trying to do again?

[placid jewel]

Get the t value of the object along the path

[tired python]

it's just a ratio no? so you just divide the current timetaken by the total time taken

[placid jewel]

Since you're not controlling the animation you don't have direct access to t

[placid jewel]

Well

First

Current time taken and total time taken sound like the same thing

What SplineAnimate gives you is Duration, (the time to move across the spline once) and ElapsedTime (the time it's been running for)

[tired python]

ya...

[placid jewel]

So (ElapsedTime) / (Duration) is how many cycles it's done

[tired python]

so i get t by divying em up

[placid jewel]

Meaning like 5.4 or something

But t is only the .4 part

[tired python]

are you sure?

oh wait gtg

[placid jewel]

Yeah right?

Ah ok

[tired python]

sry, i will continue this later

[placid jewel]

Yeah, feel free to ping when you get back but I might not be here

[compact sandal]

I have a system set up where i can burn enemies with a flamethrower which i made. I also have a particle pack that has fire particles. I now want to visually see when an enemy is burning? How do i start with that? (I have never scripted with particles before)

[midnight plover]

Guess you could add an extra particlesystem to the enemy object and control the emission rate and maybe the size of it to get started. later on you could add specific areas where you hit the enemy and "burn" their texture while also emitting particles from there. Same could be done with VFX Graph, if your target platform supports it

[compact sandal]

I tried emitting particles but the particle animation started at their location but stayed at the place it started while the enemy kept movingh

[midnight plover]

if you want the particles to follow your player, either make their lifespan shorter, so they do not stay in the middle of nowhere when the enemy runs away or you could emit them locally, which can look weird, when moving or you could try to use the velocity feature, so they kind of travel with the renderer movement

#✨┃vfx-and-particles might be a better place to ask, as this does not seem to be code related (yet)

[timber tide]

particle systems usually have options to override the parent/child relationship even if attached to a moving gameobject

so you can have lingering particles that aren't affected by local position

[midnight plover]

Its called Simulation Space, its either local or world. Local will move with the parent, world not

But a moving smoke trail from fire wont look very realistic 😄

[wicked galleon]

Hiya, can someone help out with this error im having.

CS1503, cannot convert from 'method group' to 'object'

im trying to implement a boxcast and return a bool value for a ground check.

heres the code (hopefully its not too long):
`using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

using UnityEngine;

using UnityEngine.InputSystem.Utilities;

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour

{

//Values for movement

[SerializeField] private float f_moveSpeed = 3f;

[SerializeField] private float f_jumpAmount = 5f;



//Get the reference to the players rigidbody so that we can use physics.

[SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rigidBody;





private Vector2 moveVal;





void Start()

{

    //Fetch the RigidBody from the GameObject

    rigidBody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

}

// Update is called once per frame

void FixedUpdate()

{



    transform.Translate(new Vector3(moveVal.x * f_moveSpeed, moveVal.y, 0)  * Time.deltaTime);

}



private void OnMove(InputValue value)

{

    moveVal = value.Get<Vector2>();

}

public void OnJump(InputValue input)

{

    rigidBody.velocity = new Vector2(rigidBody.velocity.x, f_jumpAmount);

}

}`

[midnight plover]

!code try again

[radiant void]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[wicked galleon]

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

[placid jewel]

Does the error give you a line number?

[midnight plover]

Jesus, get some clean up in your code lines btw 😄 all those empty lines would kill me

[north kiln]

Also the error should be red in your IDE, so you should see where it is

[wicked galleon]

49, but i also posted the wrong code gimme a sec im new to this 🙏

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

[wicked galleon]

idk how to make visual studio do it properly, it might be to do w my unity version? cuz my uni is forcing me to use 2022.3.29f1

[north kiln]

!ide

[radiant void]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[north kiln]

Because you said it was like 49, but it's not. You should be able to see the issue quickly as you type.

[wicked galleon]

my ide says theres no issues for some reason

[placid jewel]

!ide

[radiant void]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[north kiln]

then it's not configured and you need to follow the instructions linked above

[midnight plover]

After doing that, read carefully what the error tells you. You can not turn a method into an object. your isGrounded is a method, so you need to call it like that

[placid jewel]

(It needs to be isGrounded())

[midnight plover]

awww, do not take away the learnings 😉

[wicked galleon]

it fixed the error, but upon running it ig the camera gets messed up? as all i see is the background colour

[placid jewel]

To be honest as a beginner myself if someone told me "you need to call that like a method" I probably would take less away than being told "It's a method, methods need to be called like this"

[placid jewel]

How is your camera set up in the scene?

[wicked galleon]

im using cinemachine to follow the player, but i tried disabling it and it poses the same issue

[midnight plover]

When you argument with only the first level of interaction, yes, you are right. But making people start to google and read about (what is a method) and (how to call a method) as well as (what is an object in c#) and so on would give more benefits than just knowing, okay, someone ond iscord will exactly tell me, what to do. Lets come back here again 😄

[placid jewel]

Fair enough lol

[placid jewel]

Can you send a screenshot of the scene? Are any scripts interacting with the camera?

[midnight plover]

Thats not code related. you could ask in #🎥┃cinemachine or #💻┃unity-talk for general stuff, like why your camera is not rendering anything besides your background color.

[placid jewel]

True actually

Unless there's a script interacting with the camera

[wicked galleon]

there is not 😔

[placid jewel]

In that case try asking in #🎥┃cinemachine , most likely to get an answer there

[wicked galleon]

alrighty, thanks guys for helping fix the error!

[tired python]

@placid jewel so I got how you would get the ratio. What next? afaik the evaluatetangent method isnt a member of the splineanimation class

[placid jewel]

In the time since I've been looking at the docs a bit more and thinking about it, I think I know how to go about it

[tired python]

damn u r a wizard

[placid jewel]

Firstly the ratio thing can be slightly simplified, there's another property called NormalizedTime which is basically just the result of dividing the two parts

[tired python]

if I could navigate the docs half as much like the ppl here can do

[placid jewel]

So you can get the t value by doing (NormalizedTime - floor(NormalizedTime))

[tired python]

Ok makes sense

[placid jewel]

Then

This part has a minor caveat in that I don't know exactly how you want it to look

But that part should be modifyable

Yeah?

[tired python]

Wait a sec

Would it be possible for you to not just spill the beans and instead make me look for it....?

[placid jewel]

I think so

[tired python]

aight

continue

[placid jewel]

Do you remember the Evaluate Tangent function from before? Did you figure out what it does?

[tired python]

I know what it's supposed to do, but I can't understand how I can even get to understand it

[fluid ether]

Anyone knows how to set a Spot Light's intensity to 5000 Lumens or 3480 Lux in code ? Doesn't matter which.
The light is spawned in code.

[placid jewel]

I can explain that, since I think if you overcome that hurdle you might be able to figure out the rest

[fluid ether]

Documentation is super confusing regarding this, there's something about default values of 400-600 in additionallightdata, but spotlight documentaiton says the values in code are clamped between 0-8. but in-editor it's in the hundreds - thousands...

HDRP btw

[tired python]

Sure go ahead

I meant I dunno how to access the method

[placid jewel]

oh but if you could access it you could use it? like put in a t value and get out the tangent vector?

[tired python]

I mean yeah...just put in the ratio I got as the second arg and the first arg is the current spline and it barfs out a float so I store it in a variable

[midnight plover]

did you set your lightUnit to lumen via code?

[fluid ether]

Yes, Hi again by the way. Thanks for trying to help me the other day

ignore the XML part about Lux, forgot to change that i was trying some things

[midnight plover]

I am wondering, if you need to change the HDAdditionalightdata instead of the light component values

[placid jewel]

I think, in order to access it, you would do:

Using UnityEngine.Splines;
Using UnityEngine.Splines.SplineUtility;

Spline spline //Set this to your spline (obviously lol)
float tvalue //This one you know how to get in code

//Then, when you need to get the tangent:

Vector3 tangent = spline.EvaluateTangent(tValue)

[placid jewel]

And it outputs a vector3 not a float

float3 is a vector of 3 floats

[naive pawn]

the evaluatetangent method is an extension method on ISpline

[placid jewel]

@naive pawn is this right syntax?

[naive pawn]

no, you'd do spline.EvaluateTangent(t);, like i mentioned before

[placid jewel]

Ohhh

[naive pawn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[placid jewel]

So that

[naive pawn]

i mean, it works, but it's an extension method. using it as such makes it easier to read

[placid jewel]

(it's edited)

[naive pawn]

also it returns a float3 rather than a Vector3, is there an implicit conversion for that?

doesn't seem like there is

[placid jewel]

Like this?

[tired python]

Aight I will try this out once I reach home

[naive pawn]

ah, yeah. mustve missed that

[placid jewel]

I'm not perfectly familiar with implicit conversions and whatnot, this operator just means that you can simply make it a vector3 by saying that it already is, right? (Little informal vocabulary but you know what I mean hopefully)

[tired python]

Yeah

[placid jewel]

Alright great

[placid jewel]

Do you think you know what to do with the output of that once you've got it?

[tired python]

Yeah, it's a positional vector, I need to find out which way it points to...left or right and then adjust the animations...which I am unsure abt but once I get there we will see...