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[balmy tendon]

when running the game normally, the "stunned =true" line runs when it should be impossible. however when debug mode is enabled, the exact same inputs lead to a separate outcome

[solar hill]

oh youre using visual scripting* ?

[rich adder]

Visual Studio is a code editor dude, you use C# to code not "Visual Studio code"

[solar hill]

i think they are using bolt

just not calling it the right thing 💀

and also yeah visual studio isnt a "programming method"

anyhow #1390346878394040320 is the channel you are looking for.

[raven smelt]

yes

[astral cedar]

italian?

[rich adder]

you tried restarting ?

[balmy tendon]

i apologize if theres any info im not being clear about, just trying to fix an issue that to me shouldnt be possible?

ill do that, honestly i shouldve done that a while ago

[naive pawn]

the breakpoint pauses before that line runs

[balmy tendon]

yes, i realize it was a worthless breakpoint, and we moved past that point

[rich adder]

the breakpoint isnt hitting

[naive pawn]

the screenshot you showed just shows that the if was reached, but not which branch it took - you can step forward to see what happens next

[rich adder]

they saying when running with Attach Debugger the bool doesnt hit true

[naive pawn]

it wasn't worthless though. you couldve just stepped forward

[rich adder]

do you have domain reloading on for Playmode

[balmy tendon]

yeah, regardless, in debug mode the game runs as intended

[balmy tendon]

is this a setting? where might i find it

[rich adder]

that means you didnt disable it so disregard that

[balmy tendon]

the video i posted better portrays the issue

a relaunch of the project did not fix the issue

debug mode continues to work as intended

[rich adder]

its strange unless something obvious I'm not seeing rn could be a bug or something..

if you hit play doesnt do the same "Domain Reloading" and all that with progressbar

[balmy tendon]

when running unity in "release mode"?

pressing play reloads the domain yes

heres a video with breakpoints on the conditional , and the assignment line

[rich adder]

prob wont do as much but worth trying deleting library folder ?

[balmy tendon]

where might i find that

[rich adder]

project root folder

have to close unity, and it will load a while and put you in new scene

i wouldnt be surprised if this somehow ends up being something messed up with 6.2 its been a buggy mess

[balmy tendon]

will deleting the library folder change any project preferences

and, thank you by the way

[rich adder]

nah it will not change any preferences
just refresh the cache for assets

[balmy tendon]

this is a particularly bothersome issue, and im grateful for the assistance

ok relaunched, library folder was recreated automatically, and the issue is the same

ill try in a newer editor version

[rich adder]

in this video stunned = true never hits

turn off Collapse from Console window, then try instead printing Debug.Log($"airtime : {airTime} stunned {stunned}");
before the if statement

and maybe one after

I mean this in non-debug mode on

see what kinda values you record

[balmy tendon]

alright, one moment

its outputting numbers significantly higher than any with debug mode on

700-800 range

now i have to wonder if its like, more updates per second without debug mode on?

because airtime is just a value directly related to the number of updates between grounded states

[rich adder]

where are you changing airtime

could be FPS related or alike

[balmy tendon]

in Update()

[rich adder]

show code

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[balmy tendon]

    {
        if (!stunned)
        {
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
                leftPressed = true;
            else
                leftPressed = false;

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
                rightPressed = true;
            else
                rightPressed = false;

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
                jumpPressed = true;
            else
                jumpPressed = false;
        }
        else {
            timeStunned += 1;
        }
        if (timeStunned >= maxStunTime) {
            stunned = false;
            timeStunned = 0;
        }
        if (!grounded)
        {
            airTime += 1;
        }
        else if (stunned) {
            airTime = 0;
        }
    }```

[rich adder]

yeah

frame-rate dependent

[balmy tendon]

ok, update is frame-rate dependent cool

is there a way to, make that a static value or something

[rich adder]

well yeah cause it runs every frame

you want to increase airtime / timestunned INDEPENDENT of framerate

[balmy tendon]

which makes sense, i just figured there was a default cap or something

[rich adder]

use * Time.deltaTime whenever you want values to change overtime consistent regardless of fps

[balmy tendon]

can i throw it in fixedupdate() instead?

[rich adder]

this means it was running way faster than it does in debug mode, which makes sense cause debug mode has overhead

[rich adder]

I mean you could but using every physics tick might not be what you want

[balmy tendon]

really i just put it in update because i knew it would increment always, and i was just gonna tweak values based on what felt good, so either way it should be fine, as long as its consistent

[rich adder]

there is no harm with doing it at your own pace than physics tick as long as you do it with * Time.deltaTime

[balmy tendon]

ok, ill do that then

[rich adder]

you can make it change with your own rate of increase

like airTime += Time.deltaTime * airTimeChangeRate

[balmy tendon]

wonderful, things work great now

thank you so much for your time i would've been here, literally forever

[earnest wind]

void Update()
    {
        if (!stunned)
        {
            leftPressed = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)
            rightPressed = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D)
            jumpPressed = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W)
        }
        else {
            timeStunned += Time.deltaTime;
        }
        if (timeStunned >= maxStunTime) {
            stunned = false;
            timeStunned = 0;
        }
        if (!grounded)
        {
            airTime += Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else if (stunned) {
            airTime = 0;
        }
    }

I dont know if that was like a test code, but u can do that in the if(!stunned)

so you dont need to check for if Input.GetKey and set bools manually

[balmy tendon]

👍 nice, thank you

[earnest wind]

oh yeah btw u need to multiply by * Time.deltaTime

this basically runs every frame, so you need to multiply by the time taken between 2 frames

[balmy tendon]

yes, i know

[earnest wind]

ill edit the code just in case someone else sees this ig

ok done

why is nav thinking

[rich adder]

did you like skip through the part where I explain this exact thing

[earnest wind]

i saw that u explained about deltaTime but didnt see you explain that he doesnt need to set bools manually

[rich adder]

huh I never said anything about the inputs

I was talking about the deltaTime thing

[earnest wind]

thats exactly what i said

[ember shell]

Hey guys

I wrote it on the general

But I have an issue on unity when I am using easyroads or similar assets and I do shift click to place roads nods it just doesn’t work

I really don’t know what to do

[rich adder]

why are you crossposting then

this is a coding channel

[ember shell]

Yeah I know but no one seems to be interested or bothered

[rich adder]

crossposting wont help that, also against server community rules..
has it ever occurred to you if someone doesnt answer it means they don't have an answer since this is very specific to your set up / asset? and you have not detailed anything else in the original question to help with that

[meager siren]

How would I put a text infront of an image

[rich adder]

are you talking about UI / canvas ?
hierarchy order

also this is a coding channel

[meager siren]

sorry thought it was a walmart

[rich adder]

well so what does a UI question have to do in a coding channel if you are not presenting a code question 🤔

[meager siren]

well idk where it is

[rich adder]

#📲┃ui-ux ?

[meager siren]

well idk wtf ux is

[rich adder]

but you certainly know UI...
& if you took the 2 seconds it takes to google it you'd know.. no reason to be lazy

[earnest wind]

he probably doesnt know what ui is either and knows just the word "UI"

[meager siren]

ik what UI is

I just didnt look at it

you can both stop being rude now

[earnest wind]

User Interface?

[meager siren]

yes

[rich adder]

it was sarcasm ui vs UI

[earnest wind]

oh i actually didnt know i made a joke right there i was just too lazy to write in caps one time lol

[earnest wind]

didnt want to sorry man if that is rude ig

[rich adder]

oh well now it is

[meager siren]

wasnt talking about you

[soft ibex]

not sure if i should talk this here. but has anyone ever tried using AI-based IDE such as windsurf or cursor for unity? how good it is to boost the development?

p.s. i know the fundamental of coding, just want to speed up my development

[rich adder]

if you mean by speed up , spending tons of time fighting with the editor and bad code needing constant refactor / fixing than sure

[soft ibex]

is it really not that good? i heard it's better since they have access to your whole project, resulting in better response

[teal viper]

Just use github copilot, codex or some other e tension integrated with vs code.

The ides that you mentioned are not supported by Unity, so you wouldn't get any intellisense/error reporting and the AI agent might be missing a lot of tools.

[soft ibex]

ah i see. i've been using github copilot for some time and really love it. although i constantly keep hit the limit of free tier. i guess ill try to buy a subscription. thanks for your suggestion!

[rugged beacon]

windsurf is an extension so you can just install on your ide and see, cursor is basically vscode so it should still compatible and is really fast you should give it a try if choosing one

[teal viper]

Not sure about cursor, but I've tried antivtavity(based on vs code fork as well), and the unity extensions is not available there, so you don't get any language/api support.

[rugged beacon]

i tried cursor about 3 months ago and it recognized everything

maybe the cursor community is bigger so more support idk
the extension are the same as using vsc

[radiant void]

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[sour fulcrum]

put a log in oncollision enter

does it run?

that doesn't specifically answer the question i asked

[crisp quest]

i want to make an script in which makes my camera's forward to my player's forward

[naive pawn]

sounds like an x/y problem ngl
what are you trying to achieve?

[crisp quest]

like in which direction im moving my camera, i want my player's local forward towards it

like in FPS shooter games

[naive pawn]

are you making an FPS?

usually i see the camera as a child of the player for that

[crisp quest]

im using cinemachine

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[tired python]

i know that in order to call static methods, you don't need an instance of the type, but i don't know why i can't use the arguments of the method to set the fields inside the type itself.

[wind forum]

Hey, I was trying to hook up a function in the properties pane, but I can't figure out how to get them to show up. I have tried using actions, functions, and events, but none of them show up in the properties pane. I know it's possible because the button does it, does anyone know how to make it show up? For example I want to be able to set propertiy Foo to point to function Bar in the properties pane. Cheers

[wind forum]

Static methods belong to the class, not the object, so they have no idea what the instance is. You can pass the instance in as an argument, or return a value you can use to assign to an instance.

More info from MS: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/static-classes-and-static-class-members

In your situation, you could set prefabDroplet as static since it should be global to all ShootBullet instances. It's not clear what targetPosition is though, I presume it's unique for each ShootBullet and so you should pass it as an arg. Just my guess based on your screenshot.

[sour fulcrum]

prefabDroplet and targetPosition are not static ^

[naive pawn]

what properties pane are you referring to exactly?

the inspector?

[wind forum]

Yep

[naive pawn]

sounds like you want UnityEvents?

[wind forum]

I'll give it a try

Perfect, cheers!

Well maybe not 100% perfect, any way to pass in an arbitrary lambda? Events will have some limitations

lambda is a poor choice of words, it has to be bound obviously lol

[naive pawn]

not sure what you're asking exactly

what are you trying to do?

[wind forum]

I have a list of buttons and I want to populate them with text, they might not have the same format of text, so I'd like to be able to point button 0 to function Foo, and button 1 to function Bar which can be called in code "buttons[i].text = descriptionsi"

[midnight plover]

Sounds like you want reflection

[naive pawn]

doubtful

[wind forum]

Hm, why would I want reflection?

[naive pawn]

sounds like you could just do this in code?

[wind forum]

Yes, it's very easy to do in code, just use Functions

[naive pawn]

ah, did you mean an arbitrary delegate type here

i don't think unity can serialize that, it's just UnityEvents, unfortunately

[wind forum]

Cool fair enough, I can live with that limitation. I just wondered if I missed something obvious

[midnight plover]

So you want your methods from your class to show up as some kidn of dropdown, right?

Or am I getting something wrong 😄

[wind forum]

Yes, but the kicker is that functions should be allowed (ie delegates that return values)

[naive pawn]

i guess you could use reflection like how animation events does it, but.. that's kind of a fragile system. since you're in control, doing it yourself would probably be easier

[midnight plover]

as I said. you need reflection, when you wanna get all methods from a class

[wind forum]

I definitely do not want reflection 😄

[midnight plover]

Do you want to assign them in runtime?

[wind forum]

No, I just want to be able to hook things up in the editor rather than in code

[midnight plover]

then why not use reflection

[wind forum]

In my experience reflection is super fragile in all situations

All I want is to be able to say Public Function<string> foo and point that to something in the editor

As Chris aluded, if Function was serializable then this would be doable easily

[naive pawn]

couldn't you just have the inverse relation, or an interface

[midnight plover]

I am using reflection to get a list of methods from my instance classes, I know I have an instance type at runtime. from there I can assign any method and call it in runtime through that instance reference without any issue

[naive pawn]

ah shoot, can't serialize interfaces.

couldn't you have a base class with a known virtual method, or an inverse relation

[wind forum]

I am not exactly clear on how this would work but it feels like it's fighting against how Unity expects you to work

Are you using the function names?

[naive pawn]

have the provider reference and update the button, or have the button (well, its driver script) reference the provider

[midnight plover]

the important part is, it works 😄 I have to reflect against namespaces and types to get the correct list

But lets get to your setup. So you want to tie a function, that returns something to an object, that should receive it?

[naive pawn]

the important part is that it's easy to get wrong

[wind forum]

If it works that's good, I think I will not go down that path though 😅

[naive pawn]

that's the issue with reflection

[obtuse yoke]

...sorry to butt in i can see you guys are deep in the middle of something lol. Do any of you have any experience with the unity behavior package

[midnight plover]

Of course it is. But thats with everything in life, right 😄

[naive pawn]

!ask https://dontasktoask.com

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[naive pawn]

@wind forum why not just reference the relevant objects instead of trying to reference the specific function

[midnight plover]

Than you gotta create some wrapper method that takes some Action object with a generic value or multiple overrides and a receiving object, that you have to cast correctly with some checks to get your connection to work 😄

[obtuse yoke]

im trying not to be rude and interrupt and asking if any of you have any experience dealing with what im asking about... hence why i gave some small amount of info.

[naive pawn]

definitely not

[naive pawn]

that just wastes both our time

[wind forum]

I will try make the example succinct; I have a series of buttons that do upgrades, each has a description text that embeds values from an object; eg "+{bonus} damage, costs {cost} gp". If I was working in a different framework I would use a lambda here.

[wind forum]

Out of simplicity.

[naive pawn]

sounds like something the localization package would handle easily

[naive pawn]

what im describing is the simple thing

[obtuse yoke]

ok.
I am trying to get some information out of a behavior subgraph, and bring it back into the 'parent' behavior graph.. and i cant see to work out how to do this, i've used shared blackboards.. and shared variables.. and... variable overrides...

..but i just cant work it out, and i cant see to find any good examples, that i can 'follow along' with
-so if anyone has any experience with this, any help would be appreciated.

[naive pawn]

i might be wrong, but i vaguely recall something about graphs not supposed to care about subgraphs

though, this is the code channel. behavior isn't exactly code, try asking in #💻┃unity-talk (though, not many people seem to be using it, so might take a few tries.)

[wind forum]

I will google it. Cheers!

[midnight plover]

As my questions have not been answered by him, I was just guessing what he might need 😄 Still not sure, what he was to tie together exactly. But if you got it and the solution, ill stay silent

[tired python]

how do you go about referencing a GameObject having the static type? is it compulsory to create another class which holds references to prefabs or is there some other way to do so?

[sour fulcrum]

A lot of people use Singletons

[naive pawn]

having the static type
what do you mean by that

[tired python]

modifier?

[naive pawn]

yeah modifier, it's not a type

[sour fulcrum]

static is not per object

where do you expect that to show

[naive pawn]

you can't serialize static fields

do you even need that to be static

[tired python]

ya, i just got to know that that's why i asked how do you reference one...although, if you do use singletons to refer to prefabs, then welp, les just say, i have a to redo a lot

[naive pawn]

I don't see why you'd need a prefab field to be static

[tired python]

i think so...? unless you know of a better way to do it.

[naive pawn]

why does Create need to be static

[tired python]

good question

[naive pawn]

also, you probably don't want GameObject there

use the type of the relevant component on that gameobject, so you don't have to do another GetComponent

i keep getting more confused as i read your code lmao

what exactly is ShootBullet

is it the thing shooting or the bullet itself

you should probably step back and design it more clearly

so, why is the bullet responsible for creating the bullet (it shouldn't be)

[tired python]

so...i have a unit, which has a collision check in it. if a collision occurs, its supposed to spawn this bullet object. so, this script, is attached to the bullet object in the heirarchy. i am trying to set it up such that, when its instantiated, the script attached to it changes its position by itself. if possible, i just want one script to do that.

[naive pawn]

you can't

you'll need an entry point anyways

you would have the script that calls Create currently be responsible for the instantiation and initialization

[tired python]

this video does something along these lines though...

[naive pawn]

is that a screenshot from the video, or...

[tired python]

i tried copying the video, and this is what i came up with...

said bullet in question

[naive pawn]

i'd rather not go through the entire video, got a timestamp?

[tired python]

https://youtu.be/Hp0ovwSC4FE?t=593 works maybe?

dunno what exactly you wanna see though...

[naive pawn]

well, whatever you were trying to show me?

the "something along these lines"

[tired python]

that's basically the whole code up until 9:55. whatever he has implemented up until that point, is what i am trying to replicate

for the result produced because of this, you can skip to 10:14

[fallow ether]

yo can someone explain what this actually means? i dont know the terms well enough to figure out what im actually supposed to do here yet

im trying to use the new movement system beucase how ive been taught is making my playing move backwards continously but becuase of that Im trying to apply it to an already extremely messy project that ive been hacking at

would scrap the entire project but its a group thing so aint an option

even on an entirely fresh scene its still doing it

[timber tide]

Don't use the new input system much but sounds like Unity has a singleton instance of a input map and the editor is complaining here that you should use a new standalone instance instead of that singleton asset

If you right click in your directory you can usually make a new input action map and use that

[fallow ether]

the guy im programming with unfortunately set it as that so I got no choice, what is really good is I resolved the error after turning my whole project upsidedown for it

turns out the input system wasnt offically assigned in the menu for it in scripts

had it assigned in project settings so kinda confused but hey works works

thanks Mao:))

[real thunder]

any drawbacks making a projectile shooting weapon using particles?

well physics wise

collisions... I see basic particle system uses simple spheres?

in general should I bother using a particle system or just use GameObjects?

pros and cons looks ambiguous for me

[timber tide]

Unity's particle system?

[real thunder]

yeah basic one

[rough granite]

Whats the contect where you want to use a particle system to detect collisions in a weapon

[timber tide]

It has rigidbody support, but I think it's limited. It doesn't have the more CPU heavy speculative modes (but I'd double check on that)

[naive pawn]

@tired python so seems like the tutorial you were following basically had a factory, with centralized assets.

if you don't have centralized assets, imo it doesn't make that much sense. besides, the logic could be deduplicated from other projectiles too if that's such a priority

don't treat tutorials as gospel, use them as learning resources. make stuff that suits your needs.
you gotta take some time to design your own systems

[real thunder]

stuff like flamethrower rocket launcher and a crossbow

[tired python]

centralized assets...as in singletons with references to all the assets in game right?

[naive pawn]

yeah

which i honestly think is unnecessary

[tired python]

i looked into what you said about it being static, and i kinda think, if i do remove static, i might be able to implement it

using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public class ShootBullet : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] GameObject prefabBullet;
    Vector3 currPosition;
    Vector3 targetposition;
    public void Create(Vector3 spawnposition, Transform target)
    {
        GameObject projectile = Instantiate(prefabBullet, spawnposition, Quaternion.identity);
        
        ShootBullet shootbullet = projectile.GetComponent<ShootBullet>();
        shootbullet.Setup(spawnposition, target);
    }

    public void Update()
    {
        Vector3 direction = (targetposition - currPosition).normalized;
        if (Vector3.Distance(targetposition, currPosition) <= 10)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }

    public void Setup(Vector3 spawnposition, Transform target)
    {
        targetposition = target.position;
        currPosition = spawnposition;
    }
}

[naive pawn]

it'd probably be easier to just.. not have Create

[tired python]

using UnityEngine;

public class EnemyCollision : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] string EnemyTag;
    private GameObject target;
    private ShootBullet shootBullet;
    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == EnemyTag) Debug.Log("Duck was detected.");
        if (!target) target = collision.gameObject;
    }

    private void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        Transform shootFromPosition = GameObject.Find("ShootFromPosition").transform;
        shootBullet.Create(shootFromPosition.position, target.transform);
    }

    private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        target = null;
    }
}

[naive pawn]

no, this doesn't make sense at all.

[tired python]

so...how would you do it then?

[naive pawn]

isn't this a tower defense game

why is there a single "shootfromposition"

[naive pawn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[tired python]

so like, it's a child gameobject attached to the unit droplet whose position has been set, you wouldn't think that a droplet would spew water bullets at you from its eyes or head right, that's why, i want it to shoot the pellets from its mouth, which is where shootfromposition is set to.

[naive pawn]

so there's only one droplet ever?

[tired python]

no, there are gonna be many clones of the droplet

[naive pawn]

ok, so how would you know which shootfromposition to use

use serializedreferences for that, not Find

[tired python]

every droplet has its own shoot from position which is diff

or wait, lemme check

[naive pawn]

and you're making no distinctions between them in this code

is EnemyCollision supposed to be on your units?

[tired python]

oh ya, it's working aight

[tired python]

yes

the towers

[naive pawn]

...you gotta name your stuff better

you aren't even using collisions

[tired python]

i am though

[naive pawn]

you're also shooting every fixedtimestep?

[tired python]

to figure whether there's a enemy within sight

[real thunder]

yeah that does not look very promising

[naive pawn]

you aren't, you're using triggers

[tired python]

no like, i have another thing which requires collisions

[naive pawn]

so why is the thing that uses triggers, called collision

[timber tide]

My experience with it has been fine with anything but really high speed particles, but with the example of something like a flamethrower you might not want every single particle to apply damage if you're using hundreds of particles, which is where having your own collision checking would be more preferable as you can do it in larger shapes.

[real thunder]

or I can just make a cooldown?

well, I don't really know much examples but valve just went for using particles for a flamethrower

[naive pawn]

oh god there's so many issues with the code you showed...

[timber tide]

Well, you also have hundreds of particle collision checking is isn't as performant as a few queries

[tired python]

then what should i name it...isn't it a Collider2D O_O

[tired python]

oh wait, did you mean the class or the argument used for private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)

[timber tide]

Well, you can also make a secondary particle system too if you want that just handles collision with less particles as an idea (no rendering). Oh, another idea is make particle systems in chunks where the parent is the larger colliders and then subsystems for the many particles

[real thunder]

yeah now I recalling how much cursed things valve have done I am not sure I should blindly assume their examples are great

[naive pawn]

major issues:

• you are using GameObject.Find to find objects by name, when there are multiple objects with the same name. this is unreliable.
• shootBullet is never set.
• you're trying to shoot every fixed time step, with no configurability.
  minor issues:
• you're using Find using a hard-coded string. this is fragile.
• you're using tags, which arguably could be replaced by component checks, or in this case, proper collision layer setup. the tag is fragile.
• you're using Find every fixed time step, a potential perf issue.
• the OnTriggerStay2D does not check if there is a valid target.

solutions:

• use serialized references instead of Find.
• get rid of Create, it's not doing you any favors.
• serialize shootBullet and assign the prefab properly.
• you probably don't need OnTriggerStay2D tbh - a question of design, really. the way you have it set up means it can't change targets when the current target goes out of range either.
• set up collision layers properly instead of the tag check

[naive pawn]

neither are collisions.

[naive pawn]

colliders are not collisions.

[naive pawn]

if you don't understand something there, please do ask. i'm happy to clarify, i just can't read your mind

[naive pawn]

2 would not work, since these are unity components. they have a lifetime managed by unity.

5 is not true

for 6, Find is an expensive operation, even more so with GameObject.Find.
OnTriggerStay2D is a message that runs continuously. you don't want to be running that expensive operation continuously for no reason.

[tired python]

i don't understand what you mean by this though "set up collision layers properly instead of the tag check"

[naive pawn]

for 7, OnTriggerStay2D will be called for each collider that's in the trigger. if one of the collider leaves the trigger, target gets set to null, but you'll still get OnTriggerStay2D messages from the remaining one

you can avoid this by just not using OnTriggerStay2D

[naive pawn]

do you know what collision/physics layers are

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/Manual/LayerBasedCollision.html

Make it so literally only the things you care about checking even count as colliding at all

[tired python]

so...suppose the enemy does go out of the range, and hence, target is set to null. how would i get what the target right after that one is (assuming that there are a lot of other targets inside the range)

[naive pawn]

you'd probably keep a list of all that are in range

[tired python]

and keep on updating it when something does go out of range and then set the target to the first index of said list?

[naive pawn]

sure, that'd work

[real thunder]

how does garbadge and memory allocation works?

Why does a RaycastNonAlloc exists for multiple hits but not for a one, and also, is it bad to create arrays of stuff inside a method just for a use inside of this method?

[naive pawn]

raycastnonalloc doesn't alloc because it needs you to alloc

[real thunder]

yeah I get that part

but why does a single hit raycast don't have non alloc version

then

[naive pawn]

because it doesn't alloc (i'll get to that, ill answer the other question first)

is it bad to create arrays of stuff inside a method
bad in general? no, not really.
one thing to focus on would be whether it makes sense for something to be an array, or if it could be something else - a struct, for example.

but in the context of perf, you would start worrying about garbage in 2 situations

• you have a known "hot path", aka code that's executed a lot (hundreds to thousands to even start worrying, though). this could be in Update, or inside a loop inside Update, etc.
• you start to have perf issues, and you've narrowed down the cause to excess garbage.

[real thunder]

I got a vague idea what every time I create something it allocates hence garbadge unless it's inside a method which means thing will get discarded instantly (heap/stack thingies, I got poor understanding but yeah)

[verbal dome]

The single version returns a struct (RaycastHit) which is not a reference type and does not allocate memory on the heap. An array on the other hand is a reference type and is allocated on the heap.

Even if its an array of structs

[real thunder]

now I understand that bit better

so it's about reference types?

[naive pawn]

(this will be simplified to the relevant parts, cpus are really complicated)
in typical modern computers with modern programming languages, there's 2 areas of memory, the heap and the stack
the heap is just a blob of memory that can be allocated for various uses.
the stack is a structure that represents the call stack - when you call and return from functions, there's a FILO behavior, this is managed using the stack.

when stuff "allocates", this usually refers to allocating on the heap. reference types, eg classes, arrays, delegates, are stored on the heap, and their "value" is just a reference to that object on the heap

on the other hand, value types, eg structs, enums, are stored directly. if it's on the stack (eg a local variable) the value is on the stack. if on the heap (in a class, in an array) the value is on the heap

[real thunder]

that sounds like one could "cheat" by using a struct as an array

[naive pawn]

so when you create a struct to return, you're really just copying its actual values, rather than allocating stuff on the heap and returning a reference

[naive pawn]

structs are fixed size

[real thunder]

so an array?

[naive pawn]

what?

ah, right.

[real thunder]

I mean imagine if you know you would get 0-10 things

so instead of using an array u could use a struct?

with 10 things?

[naive pawn]

a struct as a concrete type has a fixed size.
an array as an instantiated value has a fixed size.

different scopes.

[naive pawn]

what if you had to be able to store more than 10 things

[real thunder]

well different situation

[verbal dome]

Yes, you could implement or use a fixed size struct array for specific use cases if you know the max count

[real thunder]

that's, like, valid?

[naive pawn]

that.. doesn't invalidate my question

[verbal dome]

There's actually some discussion related to that going on:
https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1444761170279006490

[naive pawn]

a struct has a fixed size as a type - if you need to store more, you have to change the entire type, whereas the array type can be of any length - just can't change after constructing

[real thunder]

then I would have to use an array
or had an infinite amount of structs with different lengths or something

[naive pawn]

you'd also need a ton of methods to return each one

[real thunder]

yeah

[naive pawn]

you can't selectively return different structs

that's the main issue with the argument of "use a struct instead"

but if you do know how many, then yes, you can use a struct.

we already do

[real thunder]

I wasn't saying, like, in general

[naive pawn]

Vector2, Vector3, Color, Quaternion, etc, could all be represented as arrays

[real thunder]

I was assuming situations where I know I would get a reasonable small amount of value types

[naive pawn]

"reasonably small" doesn't really cut it

you'd need to know exactly what the limits are

[verbal dome]

Regarding the RaycastNonAlloc stuff, you can (and probably should) allocate an array once in the class and reuse it if you perform the raycast a lot

[real thunder]

I know

[real thunder]

yeah I do that

[verbal dome]

Or event a static array as long as you understand how static works

[real thunder]

but I got curious why ain't I do that for simple raycasts

[real thunder]

yeah I do that

thing is I don't directly see/know how memory management work aside of scary alloc at profiler so

[verbal dome]

Then you should read about "heap vs. stack" / "reference type vs. value type" / "class vs. struct"

[naive pawn]

or spend some time with c/c++ lol

[real thunder]

"The size of memory required is already known before execution." oh yeah

missed that part

explains struct vs array

[verbal dome]

I keep watching/reading C++ content but haven't gotten out of my C# comfort zone yet...

It looks so non-standardized and messy to me

[naive pawn]

well you aren't.. super wrong

it inherits some quirks from C where some stuff was made before it got standardized

[real thunder]

what does standartization mean this context?

[naive pawn]

having an authority that defines how the language must behave, and what a "correct" implementation must implement

here's c#'s https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-334/

[real thunder]

people can shapeshift the language? 😮

[naive pawn]

backwards compatibility is typically one of the most important goals when developing new standards

[verbal dome]

This is more low-level stuff, like making compilers and hardware work with the language I think

[naive pawn]

so stuff is typically added, not changed

[naive pawn]

no

[real thunder]

that barely make sense that language with the same name have different functionalities
that's confusing

[naive pawn]

...huh?

not sure what you're referring to there

[real thunder]

I can get that new versions getting new features

[real thunder]

I interpreted is as different people made their own changes to the language so

and did not merge

[naive pawn]

well, that is how proposals work

but they don't really get added to the language until consensus is reached that it should be added

[brave compass]

There's one standard by one authority, but multiple implementations that follow that standard

[real thunder]

so what differences are allowed inbetween different implementations?

[naive pawn]

well, there isn't an authority "approving" implementations

technically they can have any differences they want

but if they don't follow the standard, then it's just not a full correct implementation of that language

sometimes there are some things that aren't specified, those can be different

some implementations can also add different features beyond the standard as well

[real thunder]

I meant what are differences within the standart

which would make sense

[real thunder]

like, that?

or also something bigger

[naive pawn]

sure, supporting different targets could be a difference between implementations?

[brave compass]

How garbage collection works can be very different between runtimes, and can affect performance. The standard doesn't tell you how you should implement garbage collection, just that there should be.

[naive pawn]

standards define what should be possible and how stuff should behave, and oftentimes they give constraints, but they usually don't specify how to achieve those requirements

[real thunder]

sigh

[naive pawn]

tbh i feel like you aren't really asking effective questions because you don't really understand what specs/standards actually do

[real thunder]

that many different programming languages were already looking too elaborate to have
and there are different version of those languages

[real thunder]

fair point

[naive pawn]

there's also different runtimes

eg in unity there's mono and il2cpp

[real thunder]

well in Unity C# is used through mono, not as a language, right?

or how to call it properly

wait what's il2cpp

C# to C++?

C# > Mono > C++?

that's sure alot of layers to make a silly game running

[naive pawn]

c# is the language
mono is the runtime

c# is compiled to il, then... i guess converted to cpp. i don't really know how il2cpp works tbh

pretty sure it does not go through mono though

[naive pawn]

wait til you hear about syscalls and opcodes and d flip flops and jk latches...

technology is amazing

[real thunder]

at this point are there even people who have a solid grasp on how all the chain and I mean all the chain technically works

[naive pawn]

probably

i mean, yes, it is a lot.. but it's definitely achievable

[sour fulcrum]

yes, and they are the ones fighting in the nerd wars to determine the fate of future language versions

we honour their knowledge and nitpickyness

[plucky harbor]

hey guys, im a beginner at unity vs code and i wanted to try doing a shoot them up on it. But idk how to make my player flashing when it's get dammaged

[naive pawn]

break it down into smaller tasks - detect the hit, make it flash

those individual tasks should be easier to research

[plucky harbor]

i did something like that

[thorn trellis]

Hello, im a beginner doing scripts in VS Code, and I wanted to participate this channel. Hope you guys to be respectful 🙂

[naive pawn]

well, does it work? if not, explain what the issue is in #1390346878394040320

[plucky harbor]

no 😭 cause idk why but the player just stay invisible

[naive pawn]

i don't think that's how a for loop should work. #1390346878394040320 would be able to help you

[crisp quest]

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

My obj is initiating but im not able to add force into it , somebody help me correct my code

[real thunder]

MovePosition is not adding force

AddForce adds force

[naive pawn]

MovePosition takes a position, not a delta

[real thunder]

also why would u use delta time there yeah

[crisp quest]

what does move position do btw?

[naive pawn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MovePosition.html

[naive pawn]

well, that'd be correct if it expected a delta

[crisp quest]

when to use deltatime?

[crisp quest]

what is delta?

[naive pawn]

a difference

MovePosition doesn't take an amount to move, it takes a position to move to, as the docs say

[real thunder]

you need to use the rigidbody on the instantiated bullet

whatever rigidbody you assigned in the inspector won't cut it

[naive pawn]

you'd probably be better off learning from a tutorial at this stage

[serene pulsar]

Everyone
Iam Making An AI
That Creates 3D Models
Is It Help Full?

[naive pawn]

not really

also not a code question

[serene pulsar]

😭

[crisp quest]

i have rigid on bullet but i don't use gravity for it

[naive pawn]

that doesn't matter

[real thunder]

if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.C))
{
GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bullet, instpos.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(pushforce);
}

you meant to do something like that I think?
but I would rather do something like

bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().linearVelocitt = pushforce * bullet.transform.forward

idk

[naive pawn]

@crisp quest you clearly don't have enough fundamental knowledge to start working on your own at this point
use the available resources instead of fumbling around randomly

[real thunder]

might sound dissapointing but I agree

[crisp quest]

yea i have no-one to teach me so and I'm learning things from you guys so

[naive pawn]

!learn

[radiant void]

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[naive pawn]

there's that and also google

[gloomy heart]

Brackeys and GMTk

[crisp quest]

i will try it maybe it is what i want so

[naive pawn]

that code isn't correct though fwiw

(which is why you shouldn't spoonfeed...)

[crisp quest]

nahh i dont want perfect code but idea , a ground to work on

[naive pawn]

no forcemode means it's continuous, which wouldn't work there.

[naive pawn]

it's not "imperfect", it's broken.

if you want a solid foundation to work on, go learn instead of copying

[real thunder]

yeah... had a sense I forgot something

[crisp quest]

thats why i was messing with my code since 30 mins to figure out it by myself anmd then i came here to take an idea

[naive pawn]

yeah, no

that's called guessing, not learning

use proper resources

[real thunder]

wait what's default force mode?

[naive pawn]

Force

[real thunder]

so it would just apply it for 1 frame?

proprotionally to delta time?

[crisp quest]

i thought if i do error and trials then code behaves differently then i might be able to learn practical usage of different methods !

[naive pawn]

no clue, continuous modes aren't supposed to be used in the update time step

[naive pawn]

so you'd rather learn 50 ways to do it wrong than the 1 way to do it correctly?

please stop making excuses and just go learn

you are wasting your own time here

[crisp quest]

hmm okay

[real thunder]

that's not art (arguably), in code you meant to know exactly what you do before you do it

[crisp quest]

Noted ! i was thinking differently and wrong

[naive pawn]

trial and error does have its place. but you need fundamental skills and a degree of understanding to avoid the obviously incorrect ways

you don't have that experience yet

[real thunder]

my trial and error usually comes from not knowing API well ><

[crisp quest]

it is actually time wasting , so better i should watch some tutorials and learn atleast what those keywords says

thanks guys to guide me

[real thunder]

what would be places for trial and error

wait, not what I would want to ask

I always got a hypothesis and try out to code that

which qualifies in my head as knowing what I do before doing it

are there moments where it's not like that

[naive pawn]

reverse engineering sometimes, or when stuff isn't documented well, or when stuff is internal or obfuscated

those are just a few examples

you usually shouldn't need it

(in the context of getting code to do what you want it to, i mean. trial and error for something else like game design is fine)

[real thunder]

kinda cursed situations but I see trial and error would be useful

[crisp quest]

trial and error would be useful in game design but not in the context of code . i guess that is what you want to say?

[real thunder]

me? I mean that I see now how it can be useful at coding as valid approach

generally I mean

at making a game trial and error coding sounds like a bad idea

eh, who am I kidding, to make games it took me so much trial and error

through shitton of tutorials amolgamating what they talk about into my games

it feels like at any field at certain point you just gain enough knowledge from tutorials/other learning that it feels like you know what you are doing and new info no longer feels like new info but rather something to get integrated with already known system of how things work

before that point it feels like banging a head against a wall, after that point it feels like you are actually doing what you are supposed to do

I wonder if there is a psychology of learning or something which explains those

[crisp quest]

i guess if we have enough basic knowledge of any thing we are learning then the other thing which are related to it feels like easy and exciting to learn, as we learn capital letters and small letters of english then writing words with letter would become easy and feels creative to us (not easy but atleast creative )

human loves creativity, or you can say that we love to FEEL that we are creating or solving problems (i might be wrong of course)

[real thunder]

I sure love feeling that I am creating problems

[hollow lava]

So, anyone can explain me how really works Player Animations, like an 3d Model ?

[rough granite]

Sorry could you reword this to be gramatically correct

[sullen epoch]

Hello! Question about interfaces, why use an interface to tell a script that a class "should" contain some data values such as methods or fields. instead of inheriting a class that already contains those values. sorry if thats wordered poorly.

[zenith cypress]

Interfaces are more like "traits" and classes are more like "parents". You can have many traits but only one parent(s).

So things like "can be attacked" IHurt (or w/e), can blow up IExplode, can be disposed IDisposable, can check pointer events IPointerClickHandler etc

[sullen epoch]

okay.... but what would IHurt contain? because if it had a method inside it for example wouldn't i be required to rewrite that method for every class that contains IHurt?

[ivory bobcat]

Interfaces don't actually contain fields btw. They're meant to promise that the type will implement certain behaviors.

[real thunder]

search on rigging

[tulip gust]

would it be efficient to store a large tile map by using a custom class for each individual tile data and throw it into a 2d array, or should I use ScriptableObject?

for reference, I think the world is 1000x1000 tiles large and I'm not sure if a single array is efficient

[keen dew]

Efficient for what? And how would you use a SO instead?

[tulip gust]

efficient to load the data I think. I haven't touched ScriptableObjects yet afaik and using 2D arrays was the first solution I had to reduce lag when loading chunks especially if I was going to increase the world size from 750x750 and my digging led me to this link which I was reading

[verbal dome]

ScriptableObjects are also C# classes, and they can also contain a reference to a class that you store the actual data in. So its just a matter of how you want to reference/store the data

[tulip gust]

is there really a difference?

from a performance standpoint, I mean. If it's very minimal, I think I'll stick with 2D arrays.

[verbal dome]

Again, how would you replace the array with an SO?

[tulip gust]

or should I use both

[verbal dome]

You can have a SO that contains an array, sure

[tulip gust]

I suppose store each individual array into an SO to draw it as a 2D array?

[verbal dome]

Are you modifying the array data at runtime?

[tulip gust]

probably not

[zenith cypress]

It would contain functions and/or properties. It's essentially a contract/promise of what this object has to be made of. So yes you would have to add what the interface says to add. Here is a quick example that isn't a good case or anything, just a showcase of what an interface can do.

// pseudo code example
interface IHurt {
  // could also have int Health { get; } but kinda icky imo
  void Hurt(int damage); // a required function
}
interface IDummy {} // just a dummy interface

// notice one class, many interface
class Enemy : Mono, IHurt, IDummy {
  int health = 100;

  // realistically I'd have a shared Entity class
  // with things like this, but just an example :)
  public void Hurt(int damage) => health -= damage; 
}
class TucanEnemy: Enemy {}

// can also virtualize it so inheritors of Enemy can change what Hurt does
public virtual void Hurt(int damage) => health -= damage;

// pseudo code example for input on a ui thing
// can have many IPointer* interfaces when needed
class ExampleUIElement : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler, IPointerDownHandler {
  public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData pointerEventData) {
    // this ui thing was clicked
  }
  public void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData pointerEventData) {}
}

[tulip gust]

it's generated and barely touched afterwards

(except for the other noise generation that happens after the map is created)

[keen dew]

The forum thread you linked to is about a specific asset that just happens to use ScriptableObjects. It's not something that's inherently built in to ScriptableObjects.

[tulip gust]

oh?

would the best solution just be to store the array into a scriptableobject or am I seriously overestimating performance issues

the editor lags when generating a 750x750 world and I'd rather it not freeze if I go over the 1500 threshold

[keen dew]

You're getting hung up on the SO

[tulip gust]

2D arrays would be perfectly fine?

[keen dew]

ScriptableObject is just a basic class that has some extras to integrate it with the editor

[eternal needle]

sometimes you may end up with classes just doing the same implementation of an interface but it really shouldnt be so frequent that this becomes a concern. If it is, that speaks more about the classes you're making.
you could always make some base class that implements the interface, and other classes can derive from the base class.

[tulip gust]

what would be a scenario where a ScriptableObject would be applicable? I thought it wasn't good practice to instantiate a new Tile every time it's rendered

I was just going to render tiles/chunks within a certain range of values rather than everything at once and thought a ScriptableObject would be more efficient

[astral cedar]

hey guys quick question about delegates:

if i subscribe to a delegate, and then recall it without unsubscribing, will it cause memory leaks?

[ivory bobcat]

I find that the tree gets nasty fast with inheritance whereas with interfaces, you simply add and implement the certain behaviors you're wanting. Both do get nasty but the first does so more quickly and is less flexible. A change of hierarchy or behavior would devastate existing code with inheritance whereas each interface would ideally be independent and valid wherever promised.

[rocky canyon]

no.. yes..

[keen dew]

It's not about efficiency, it's about convenience. You can edit SOs in the editor very easily because you can edit the values directly in the inspector and make new ones with the menus. If you use custom classes you'd have to make a custom editor extension to do the same or work purely in code. Efficiency is pretty much the same.

[rocky canyon]

i think its like.. if both publisher and subscriber are alive.. ur good.. @astral cedar {fun fact, theres (4) Maik's in this server}
but if the subscriber gets destroyed but the publisher still holds a reference to it throu the delegate the GC cant collect its garbage

i could be totally wrong tho.. i remember someone telling me something like that

[tulip gust]

in this case it's not worth it because I'm not touching the tiles after, right?

not modifying them in meaningful ways ish

[rocky canyon]

i always do

    void OnEnable()
    {
        GameEvents.OnTick += HandleTick;
    }

    void OnDisable()
    {
        GameEvents.OnTick -= HandleTick;
    }```

[keen dew]

Can't tell if it's worth it or not for you

[tulip gust]

probably not worth it because I can always index the tile in the array and edit it from there. If efficiency's the same then that's fine by me

thanks for the help!

[astral cedar]

alright good

[sage oyster]

!code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[astral cedar]

yeah i do the same too, but does the OnDisable trigger even if the object gets destroyed? i don't have time to test it

[rocky canyon]

yes

[rocky canyon]

think of it like Disabling first.. and then getting Destroyed/Deleted when u call Destroy() on it

same way OnEnable and Start/Awake get called

so as long as u unsub OnDisable() your always fine..

no leaks.. 🥬

[astral cedar]

alright thank you spawn

[tired python]

an update, i was able to implement most of the solutions you suggested me, and it works out. now, i only need to setup some sort of a delay to the bullets getting spawned cus there are way too many bullets spawning right now

[frail hawk]

any code to show?

[tired python]

public class EnemyCollision : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] string DuckTag;
    private List<GameObject> EnemyList;
    public readonly List<GameObject> PublicEnemyList = new List<GameObject>();

    private void Start()
    {
        EnemyList = new List<GameObject>();
    }
    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == DuckTag) Debug.Log("Duck was detected.");
        EnemyList.Add(collision.gameObject);
        PublicEnemyList.Add(collision.gameObject);
    }
    private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        EnemyList.RemoveAt(0);
        PublicEnemyList.RemoveAt(0);
    }
}```

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public class ShootBullet : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] Transform prefabBullet;
[SerializeField] private Transform transformOfSpawnPoint;
[SerializeField] EnemyCollision enemyCollision;
[SerializeField] int BulletSpd;

private void Update()
{
    if (enemyCollision.PublicEnemyList.Count != 0)
    {
        Transform bullet = Instantiate(prefabBullet, transformOfSpawnPoint.position, Quaternion.identity);
        BulletMovement(bullet, enemyCollision.PublicEnemyList[0].transform);
    }
}

void BulletMovement(Transform bullet, Transform target)
{
    Vector3 direction = (target.position - bullet.position).normalized;

    bullet.position += BulletSpd * direction * Time.deltaTime;

    if (Vector3.Distance(bullet.position, target.position) <= 1f)
    {
        Destroy(bullet.gameObject);
        Destroy(target.gameObject);
    }
}

}

i ideally wanna try to figure it out myself, if you wanna give me advice, you can spoiler your message. chances are, i won't be doing any coding anymore today. my neck hurts like crazy

[frail hawk]

so rn you are spawning a bullet every frame and you want a small delay?

[tired python]

so like, currently, for every duck that's within range, i am spawning like 4 -5 bullets before the duck gets destroyed, so there are 3-4 bullets remaning undestroyed. i will implement a pooling mechanism later on

[frail hawk]

easiest and cleanest way would be to use a Coroutine

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

[tired python]

yeah prolly

did not think of that

[frail hawk]

do you know how htey work?

[tired python]

ya, its basically a function which goes through all the functions or smth along those lines. i forgot the specifics

i will be able to implement it, i am confident.

cus i remember using it in some part of my code earlier

[frail hawk]

nice

[tired python]

[white matrix]

yo so i wanted to animate my player and every time im jumping it clicking and going back to idle its like doing 0.1 sec jump then go right back to idle how do i fix it? also when i am in the air and i click again jump its working someone know why? where the code https://paste.mod.gg/inpklfhymvlx/0

[polar acorn]

What are the conditions from jump to idle? What calls OnLanding?

[white matrix]

oh its on the controller

im gonna send

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

[polar acorn]

Seems like it's detecting ground after you jump and calling your OnLanding. Try logging the result of the OverlapCircle, or using debug rays or gizmos to visualize the circle.
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/Debug.DrawRay.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/Gizmos.DrawSphere.html

[white matrix]

wait what happend i closed the animator tab and i try to re open it but its not showing the stuff i had on it you know how to bring it back?
\

[polar acorn]

select the animator you want to view

[white matrix]

oh nvm btw when i run and jump its working

[thorn ginkgo]

Good evening. I am trying to get my "Last 5 Messages" and its content to be displayed on screen. The first image shows the scene while the game is running and the 2nd image is the game itself. Can anyone give me some thoughts, tips, and tricks to figure this out? I have ensured the Canvas is operating at the highest layer

[wintry quarry]

What do you mean by "the Canvas is operating at the highest layer"?

Can you show the inspector of one of your text objects?

[thorn ginkgo]

Highest sorting layer. Screenshot incoming

[wintry quarry]

Also can you show a screenshot of scene view after double clicking or pressing F on the Canvas object in the hierarchy?

[wintry quarry]

What's going on with this Z position?

[thorn ginkgo]

whoa!

changing the z value (manually while game was running) fixed it

now I need to see what happened to the z value in the first place

[wintry quarry]

My guess is your code that instantiates them is incorrect

Make sure when you instantiate UI elements that you use the Instantiate(prefab, parent); form of Instantiate

(with the vertical layout group Transform as the parent)

Also make sure the prefab itself doesn't have any weird position values

[thorn ginkgo]

I think I know what happened. I made a typo somewhere when I set those UI elements. Those 5 messages are static GameObjects based off a Prefab

I have some dynamically-created ones elsewhere

Thank you! My (latest 😉 ) problem is resolved.

[shrewd topaz]

hi

[wintry quarry]

#🏃┃animation or #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[mild citrus]

My Pac-Man gets stuck in a loop at the passage. Please help (I tried to screenshot but it didn't show the glitch so I took a pic with my phone)

[patent vortex]

The passages are placed at both sides right?

[mild citrus]

yes

[patent vortex]

It is obvious that when the character teleport to the other side, trigger the passage and teleport back.
For a quick hack, make the collider smaller + the teleport position far away from the collider

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe teleport next to the other portal relative to whichever side you're on

[mild citrus]

that worked thank you so much

[rich adder]

!vscode

[radiant void]

Visual Studio Code guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[hot wadi]

I got this reference exception
"UnassignedReferenceException: The variable _sphereCollect of CoinMagnet has not been assigned.
You probably need to assign the _sphereCollect variable of the CoinMagnet script in the inspector"
But the only _sphereCollect I have in CoinMagnet class is non-serialized and already assigned
private Collider[] _sphereCollect = new Collider[20];

[teal viper]

Might want to share a screenshot of the error with its callstack visible.

[solemn dawn]

This is far more of a rendering/shader thing than coding, but anyone know where I can ask for help regarding materials, specifically regarding workflows for characters with fur/hair?

[timber tide]

#1390346776804069396

[hot wadi]

I think I fixed it. There was an out-of-bound array iteration because I set i <= coinNum instead of just <

{
    var returnCoin = _sphereCollect[i].GetComponent<Coin>();
}```
But I thought that would have to be a null exception, no?

[teal viper]

It should.

[hot wadi]

Yeah, it threw UnassignedReferenceException somehow

[waxen adder]

So I made a 3rd person character controller, and I wanted to know where you guys put the camera in the player prefab's hierarchy? Right now, I have:
-Prefab Root (completely empty with only a transform)
--Player Object
--Camera

At first I thought about making the camera a child of the player object, but I decided to seperate them in the prefab.

I did this because making the camera a direct child to the player makes it so if you rotate the player, the camera changes position as a child object would. I want the player object to rotate without affecting the camera. Is there any better options? I ask because the Player Object needs access to the Camera and since this whole thing is a prefab, I have to go to the prefab root first and then use GetComponentInChildren from the root. It just seems like a lot and could be done better

[patent vortex]

For me, I use the Cinemachine Camera as a seperate game object and use the Follow component to, follow the player

[hot wadi]

Or u can try using Cinemachine. Basically it gives u virtual camera placeholders so u can switch between views

[waxen adder]

Time to go toy with cinemachine

[naive pawn]

here's the typical pattern for doing something multiple times, while also handling inconsistencies due to the period not syncing with deltaTime
||```cs
time = 0;
while (true) {
time += deltaTime
while (time > period) {
doThing()
time -= period
}
yield return null
}

[fallow ether]

yo somethings up with my jump

it detects if im on ground and all that jazz but when it gets to the actual action of jumping it doesnt do it

[keen dew]

Does it print the log message?

[fallow ether]

yupp

it says it gonna jump and then just doesnt

[naive pawn]

is your rb kinematic

ah wait it's 3d and you're using velocity

[fallow ether]

yee its 3d

[keen dew]

Either jumpForce is zero or very small or the normal movement code overrides the y velocity

Show the entire movement code

!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.

[fallow ether]

figuring out how to use the posting code thing

https://paste.mod.gg/basic/viewer/bqzxtsyyutss/0

does this show yall my code?

[keen dew]

What's the value of jumpForce in the inspector?

[fallow ether]

12, heres the full set of values in case ya need it

[keen dew]

rb.AddForce(transform.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse); this is a bit strange, if you zero out the global Y velocity then this should also use Vector3.up

[fallow ether]

oh sweet that might be the problem

[keen dew]

but that would explain it only if the player orientation is wrong

[fallow ether]

huh

[fallow ether]

so like replace transform with Vector3?

[keen dew]

yes

[fallow ether]

dammit no change

at least I know my oreintation is good tho

[keen dew]

Next try to change the jump force to much bigger like 120 or 1000. You multiply all other forces by 10 as well but not this one

[fallow ether]

aight tested the jump force at 50 and 1000 and no change

[naive pawn]

how's the rigidbody set up

[naive pawn]

you've frozen the Y position

[fallow ether]

oh

daymn

tyyy guys

Nitku and Chris, yall have been awesome, love ya!!

[tender mirage]

//Does anyone know how i can apply a enum to equal to a another int? you can do 

//You can do 
int testInt = 1;

enum testEnum += testInt


//But you cant do

enum textEnum = textInt //Error! since it thinks i'm trying to turn enum into a complete int

if (Keyboard.current.rightArrowKey.isPressed)
{
    if (selectedAction < 3)
    {
        //Change action +1
        selectedAction += 1;

    }
    else
    {
        //Wrap back to 0
        selectedAction = 0;

    }

    //Error here
    currentAction = selectedAction;


    print("Right Pressed");

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(pressDelay);

}

Oh. Lol.

[tender mirage]

This is just annoying. It would be really nice if i could just swap between enums

[sour fulcrum]

the way enums are ints is not minimal enough for there to be a single expected behaviour from int to enum

[gloomy heart]

currentAction = (testEnum)selectedAction;

[sour fulcrum]

can you give abit of context on what you wanna do here

[tender mirage]

Yes i can. i'm trying to make a menu here that swaps between current actions

When you press the right or left arrow, and i need to wrap the actions back to eachother

[midnight plover]

Actions is an enum, not a method 🙂 So you need to cast your int to (Actions)yourInteger

And be sure to give your enum values actual integers attack = 0, and so on. because if you gonna extend them and want to reorder, your integer values are still valid

[tender mirage]

Sadly i've already tried that.

currentAction = Actions(selectedAction);

oh wait i did it backwards.

🤦

Oh my god it works.

[gloomy heart]

actions goes to the inside

[tender mirage]

That's so confusing lol! thanks alot. I really gotta learn these enum rules properly.

it seems essential for everyday use

[midnight plover]

Its just Method("YourParameters") is always a method, (YourType)yourValue is always a casting against YourType

[tender mirage]

ahh yeah it's like a reversal cast

i get it.

I have not touched casting at all. and this is what happens when you're unfamiliar with it. Glad there are some experienced people here that know their stuff xD

[tender mirage]

Again thanks alot.

😃

[sudden cypress]

Hi guys

[gloomy heart]

yo

[sudden cypress]

Hows it going

May I ask something

[hexed terrace]

!ask

[radiant void]

:thinking: Asking Questions

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

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

[sudden cypress]

Ohh that interesting

I guess ill ask sometime else when I get screenshots XD

[hexed terrace]

and make sure to use the right channel, this is a code channel

[sudden cypress]

Yes I get that

[hexed terrace]

a hell of a lot of people dom't 😬

[sudden cypress]

Meanwhile could you tell me , is it possible to make realistic water in unity using code , like simulation of physics and stuff

If i walk into it , the waves like dislocate

[verbal dome]

I feel like most of them just read "beginner" and ignore the "code" part lol

[sudden cypress]

Idk how to frame the question

Its like going inside a pool

And you see water displaces

[hexed terrace]

You'd use a shader, there are a lot of them out there that do all this already

[sudden cypress]

Ye i checked out visual scripting and this one. I think you could use both right

[hexed terrace]

shader questions go in #1390346776804069396

[sudden cypress]

Oh i thought youd use like fluid physics or whatever , cause i used basic render pipeline and all shaders were hdrp

Sorry

I didnt know it was shader based only

[hexed terrace]

tis np, was just an FYI

[gloomy heart]

[hexed terrace]

there's no render pipeline called basic - I assume you mean URP?

[sudden cypress]

Ah not that, 3d something , the first one

[gloomy heart]

oh, the built in one?

[verbal dome]

Built in render pipeline

[sudden cypress]

Yes that one

[hexed terrace]

Built-in RP, the old one that is slowly becomming redundant

[sudden cypress]

I chose that one cause i thought it would be easier

[hexed terrace]

There are shaders that do what you want for that

[sudden cypress]

Also cause i thought it would be better to run

Oh nice , I see

[verbal dome]

#📱┃mobile

[elder canyon]

Vector2 lookInput = inputSystemActions.Player.Look.ReadValue<Vector2>();

I think lookInput is framerate independent? So we dont need to multiply deltaTime with this right?

[keen dew]

Mouse and controller stick input is framerate independent, yes

[naive pawn]

mouse delta is per frame, controller stick input is not

[crisp quest]

why it is happening and how to solve this

[midnight plover]

Its warnings, probably due to an editor update and you might need to update your packages. Read the warnings, they actually tell you whats wrong.

[real thunder]

I got a classic issue "weapon fov is not the same as real weapon fov" while shooting projectiles (and honestly while making bullet trails too)
Is there an equasion I should use to shift an actual shooting point (it's non multiplayer fps so I don't think there would be issues) so it looks valid from first person perspective with low fov of a weapon? Or there are better solutions?

[crisp quest]

let me ask AI then

[crisp quest]

i'll ask AI and tell ya what was the prob

[naive pawn]

@crisp quest please do not

we do not need bullshit spam

[crisp quest]

i ain't gonna spam tho

[real thunder]

my I ask what is the context when you started to get those errors?

[naive pawn]

you just said you were gonna spam AI bs

they aren't errors anyways

they're just warnings

you could ignore them

it's internal too, not your own code

you could try a library reset if you think it might be mismatched versions

but i'd guess VS is just picking up warnings from places it shouldn't

[real thunder]

I dunno I won't ignore "value never assigned so always null" kind of thing

[naive pawn]

maybe you just opened an internal file and VS started analyzing

[naive pawn]

VS doesn't know what SerializedField is. it can't analyze reflection.

[crisp quest]

nah i didn't

[naive pawn]

they're all internal, so you can't fix them anyways

[crisp quest]

so should i just ignore them?

[naive pawn]

you could, but they could be obscuring warnings related to your own code

what did you do when they started showing up

is your ide configured properly

[crisp quest]

i was just making my code , nothing much and when i saved it then it started showing up

[naive pawn]

do they show up again if you restart vs

[crisp quest]

https://paste.mod.gg/aioyhkvtksyf/0 this was my code

[crisp quest]

let me check it

VS just got updated and now it is fine

there was an update pending , i guess that was the reason

[real thunder]

That might make the job done I guess
mainCam.ViewportToWorldPoint(fpCam.WorldToViewportPoint(point))
It's annoying that I don't actually have a second camera to use but caching will do, no idea how does this work internally mathematically

what was that attribute for a method so you can call it from the editor any time?

[naive pawn]

one of these?
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/ContextMenu.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/MenuItem.html

[real thunder]

yeah first one thanks

[tribal fulcrum]

can someone help me? im trying to reference another script in a script and im getting the error "The type or namespace name 'PlayerMovement' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"

i have a script named PlayerMovement so idk why its not working

[gloomy heart]

Use the exact class name and if its under any other namespace add it using <namesoace name>;

[tribal fulcrum]

oh i just found it, my class was named playerMovement

thank you

[graceful abyss]

Hello, I have an issue to change the game resolution in HDRP

I tried to write a post in unity's forums, but, I'm not sure people go in there ^^"

https://discussions.unity.com/t/windows-screen-setresolution-or-simply-alt-tab-the-game-focus-makes-it-crash/1695931

Basically, calling Screen.SetResolution might cause crashes or freezes

I'm using Unity 2022.3.62f2. And I managed to reproduce the issue in the HDRP sample project without changing its settings (apart from adding the scene I made).

--> Hence the following questions: Is it a known issue ? Is there any workaround ?

I'm writing this in Beginner as I believe this to be a basic feature? (maybe I'm wrong?)

The simple script that reproduces the issue:
https://paste.mod.gg/ptotvlrcbkqk/0

[naive pawn]

!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.

[graceful abyss]

In case the message gets lost in discord's thread, I've copied the message here: #1445446615883055155 message

[slim solar]

Hey guys I have a built in project I wanna change to URP. I have a massive built-in particle pack

I can't remember, is it reliable to convert all shaders to URP?

I remember that feature existing but not actually working for 90% of them
Edit: wrong channel my mistake

[frail hawk]

how is that related to coding?

[wintry quarry]

Maybe try it and see what happens. But yeah wrong channel

[slim solar]

Oh shit my bad lol, thought it was a diff channel

[empty cairn]

I am trying to make a teleport script but the player stops at the first wall because of the Rigidbody, how do I still get it to teleport? (I've tried setting it to kinematic before the teleport and then back but that didn't work)

[slender nymph]

show relevant code. because it doesn't sound like you are actually teleporting it

[wintry quarry]

set the position

rb.position = newPosition;

[naive pawn]

you kinda can't not use it

the first O in OOP is "object"

this covers classes and structs in c#, along with the native classes and structs in c++ land

[polar acorn]

C# is strictly object-oriented

[naive pawn]

c#'s object type and unity's own UnityEngine.Object should also give some hints

[obtuse ether]

im trying to make a basic sword thing for my game and to get it to point forward i have a child object with the texture at rotation -45, but for the animation to work, im trying to set the rotation on the Z axis back to 0, then after some time reset the Z axis rotation to -45 again, how would i go abt doing this?

i tried changing the transform.up and even tho it does change the rotation, it does it weird and not at the specific rotations i want it to set to

[naive pawn]

!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.

[obtuse ether]

https://paste.mod.gg/esmjqstyuafi/0 like this?

[wintry quarry]

weaponTexture.transform.up = new Vector2(0,0); setting up to the zero vector is nonsensical

[obtuse ether]

oh alr

[wintry quarry]

You need to give it an actual direction vector

[obtuse ether]

so like (1,1)?

[wintry quarry]

sure, that's a direction pointing 45 degrees up/right

[obtuse ether]

Yeah the thing is it ends up looking really scuffed

i dont know why its doing that since its not the gameobject being rotated torwards the camera

[wintry quarry]

because you're hardcoding the directions and using them regardless of which way the player is actually facing

first off you probably want to be modifying the localRotation of this thing, not world space stuff.

.up is a world space thing

[obtuse ether]

oh okay, how does that work

[wintry quarry]

you do myObject.localRotation = <some quaternion> or myObject.localEulerAngles = <some euler angle vector>

[obtuse ether]

i got it to work now tysm 🙏

[ionic sorrel]

Is there a place where I can look over certain terms and variables and stuff and see what they mean?

[slender nymph]

!api

[radiant void]

<:error:1413114584763596884> Command not found

There's no command called api.

[slender nymph]

!docs

[radiant void]

Documentation

Get the most out of Unity Editor by accessing our documentation!

💻 API

📖 Manual

[slender nymph]

i could've swore there was a separate api command. oh well.
anyway @ionic sorrel the api documentation sounds like what you are looking for ☝️

[ionic sorrel]

This actually helps a lot! Thank you, I'm new to all of this

[strong wren]

Note that these pages only cover Unity specifics. You can find C# documentation on Microsoft's site https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/

[ionic sorrel]

Thank you very much c:

[true crown]

should i be putting this in #1390346776804069396 ?

im gonna guess yes, gimme a sec to do that

done

[obsidian grove]

is there a way to make the editor (not build) open a specific scene when you first open it? (instead of most recently open scene)?

[midnight plover]

You could have a static class that runs once and loads your scene and then never runs again, using sessionstate for example

[humble summit]

hello this might not be the right channel but maybe it is. i have this mixamo animation

where the guy runs

but the end of the animation always resets back into the starting position even when i loop

do i have to write a script in order for it not to go back to starting point?

[naive pawn]

i guess you could, but it'd be easier to set this up with the animator system. try asking about the issue there #🏃┃animation
and show how you have stuff setup

[humble summit]

wrote that in there

thanks

[soft lotus]

Can someone please help me get Depth of Field working in my 2D game? I thought switching to orthographic camera would help, but it seel doesnt really work?

The frontmost sprite shouldnt look blurred at all, changing the settings in the effect itself doesnt help that

Here's how it looks without depth of field

[fickle plume]

This is a code channel. Ask in #💥┃post-processing and be sure to checkout the manual as well. https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.4/Documentation/Manual/urp/depth-of-field-volume-override.html

[soft lotus]

Oh, sorry!

I checked the manual, but it didn't have anything about 2d as far as i've read

[fickle plume]

Check the different modes and play around with distance options. 2d objects like sprites also can be positioned at different distance from camera in 3d space and probably are a subject to this post processing effect

[soft lotus]

I think it's the issue with how 2D stuff is handles specifically, i tried adding a 3d cube, and it worked fine on that one

the modes & settings don't change much, all the 2d sprites appear equally blurred regardless of Z distance

[fickle plume]

Alternatively you can render different distances with another camera. Because effect does work just doesn't seem to respond to distance. (to have another post-processing volume applied to it)

[soft lotus]

That would probably work, but that sounds very unwieldy? I would need to add a new camera for every layer

this feels like something that should be easily fixible, but i can't find anything. Most of questions/posts asking the same thing are either super old, or dont lead anywhere

and i doubt it's an uncommon problem? quite a few 2D games use depth of field

[fickle plume]

#💥┃post-processing message

[kindred plume]

"elementaddermenucommandattribute" could not be found and idrk how to fix this

theres the full console log

same for this too

the return part

[hexed terrace]

if you're not using visual scripting, remove the package

[kindred plume]

but its not in unity anywhere

[gloomy heart]

using UnityEditor;

[hexed terrace]

this makes no sense, what?

[kindred plume]

found it in

"in project"

in package manager

[hexed terrace]

yep

[kindred plume]

alright, cool thanks, works all good

thank you

[azure tide]

Can anyone recommend good tutorials that are like "Follow along as I break down this idea?". Most tutorials are usually predetermined about the approach and final result, but I'm looking for something where I can really get into the mindset of "Here's the problem and here's how I would approach it"

[sour fulcrum]

It's abit high level but sebastian lagues ideos might scratch that itch

[azure tide]

I'll check it out but can you think of anything more specific? I'm quite new to C# but am comfortable with python and tech art in maya. I'm just trying to translate that line of thinking/approach to unity and C#

[sour fulcrum]

Honestly not too much I know of that fills that demographic, I wish there was a lot more

[keen dew]

You're unlikely to find beginner level tutorials that are like that because any experienced Unity coder wouldn't have a problem with implementing basic stuff

Devlogs or VODs of devs who stream their work might be the closest

[azure tide]

I'm not necessarily looking for beginner level (I realize I posted this in the code-beginner channel 😅 ) . I'm fairly comfortable working as an artist in unity but am just finally getting into c#

[fickle plume]

https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/ Has very detailed follow along tutorials. But it's more focused on a technical concept, like making a hex map ready for game play.

[rough granite]

Sebastian lagues sucks at giving details to what he does, at least in my opinion though i havent seenone of his videos in awhile

[azure tide]

This is perfect! Thank you! I'm just trying to hone my skill of "Here's a concept, how do I build it?". I wanted to focus more on specific goals instead of one big overarching game. I usually prefer articles to videos anyways.

[fickle plume]

He has additional notes on the process as well and there's a lot of insights into coding technique and tooling as well.

I would recommend his Hex Map tutorial just for learning coding even.

[azure tide]

I'll start there then, thanks again!

[slow viper]

I was tying to make on sprite the litle robot appear in midle of the dialog but i evean wont start the dialog can someone help me with it?

[naive pawn]

that's not much context to go off of

[hard warren]

are await on async same as coroutine?

[slow viper]

will send you code

[naive pawn]

no

they can fulfill the same needs or solve the same issues, but they aren't the same, no.

[slow viper]

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

[naive pawn]

what we need is more context. what's the overall flow you're trying to achieve, what part are you having issues with?

[slow viper]

ahhh

[hard warren]

so... i guess i can use coroutine on everything that need async yeah? I'm currently using database now

[slow viper]

the isue is that when i am trying to activate the diualog it wont activate

[naive pawn]

coroutines aren't exactly async, but if whatever you're using to interface with the database works with coroutines, then sure, you can use those

[slow viper]

i was trying to activate sprite when some line will be activated and trurn off the sprite when the achive other line

[naive pawn]

start debugging, at which point does it stop working?
check if your state variables are as expected, see if the coroutine is being called

you aren't giving dialogueManager any info, so i'd guess that you're reaching that point fine, but then dialogueManager just.. doesn't have anything to work with

but you'll have to debug to confirm that

[slow viper]

ok i will debug it

ohhhh

it dosent shos the UI

this is the problem

[hard warren]

are you guys using Coroutine or Awaitable?

which one do you guys recommend?

[naive pawn]

im using coroutines, haven't had a reason to use others yet

[gloomy heart]

coroutines

[naive pawn]

there is also another, unitasks

if coroutines aren't feeling great to use, then try out the alternatives

decide for yourself

[hard warren]

ok thx

[proper tinsel]

Hey! Does UI toolkit world space support events? Trying to add an eventlistener like this Head.RegisterCallback<ClickEvent>(ev => HandlePlayerClick());
But it doesnt seem to register clicks.
Works in my other UIdocument which isnt world space.

[wintry quarry]

#🧰┃ui-toolkit

[proper tinsel]

Sorry!

[ionic sorrel]

I may need some help with some of my code, would anyone here be willing to help me a bit?

[naive pawn]

!ask

[radiant void]

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[naive pawn]

and especially that last point https://dontasktoask.com

people are, for the most part, not going to agree to help without even knowing what you need help with

[ionic sorrel]

Well if that is the case... Then I'll say it. I am trying to program platforming in my project. It works for the most part... But with the jumping mechanic I implemented, it is allowing the player to jump infinitely... Even while in the air.

I'm not sure how to fix this.

[naive pawn]

well first off, you haven't saved in that screenshot

also your ide is not configured

!ide

[radiant void]

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Select one:

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[naive pawn]

anyways, the issue is that a || b && c is the same as a || (b && c) due to operator precedence.

you'll need some parens.

[ionic sorrel]

Honestly... I never knew this was a thing :O

[ionic sorrel]

Parens?

[naive pawn]

parentheses

[ionic sorrel]

Oh :O

[naive pawn]

"parens" is a common abbreviation, typing the whole thing out gets pretty tiring lol

[ionic sorrel]

Gotcha, I'll keep that in mind

[naive pawn]

you might also see "semis" for semicolons

[ionic sorrel]

Okay c:

Sorry about all of this... I'm very new

[tender mirage]

This is my first time hearing about a awaitable. Have you used a coroutine before?

[hard warren]

yes. I'm testing them now

[ionic sorrel]

Yeah... I have no idea what this means

[frail hawk]

just use ( ) to group

[naive pawn]

what's the value of 1 + 2 * 3

[gloomy heart]

impossible

[slow viper]

I have isue with that i have sprite that should deactivate after the line in dialog but it dont takes number after 39 in the condition here is my code

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

[wintry quarry]

do you mean this?

            if (i >= 19 && i <= 42)
                Robo.SetActive(true);
            else
                Robo.SetActive(false);```

[slow viper]

yes

[wintry quarry]

so what's wrong with it exactly?

looks like 42, not 39

[ionic sorrel]

I still don't know what that means

I'll come back to it later.

[naive pawn]

...do you know math

do you know what 1 + 2 * 3 is (im expecting you do)

[slow viper]

It has a robot sprite that is supposed to turn on on line 18 and turn off on line 42 but when I put it there it doesn't deactivate when I put a shutdown number below 40 it turns off fine but otherwise the dialogue has 45 lines

[frail hawk]

if i is higher then 42 guess what happens?

[gloomy heart]

6? or 7? depending on BODMAS or PEMDAS

[naive pawn]

it does not depend, no.

how do you even get 6 there

the wrong answer is 9

[gloomy heart]

3*3 =6

[slow viper]

it wont turn off the sprite?

[naive pawn]

.....you sure about that?

[rough granite]

3×3 is 9

3 + 3 is 6

[wintry quarry]

There are only 39 lines of dialogue in the code you shared

it starts on line 13 and ends on line 52. 52 - 13 is 39

[naive pawn]

that'd be 40 lines

[wintry quarry]

so when you put a number higher than the actual number of dialogue elements, yeah it never reaches that number so it will never shut off

[polar acorn]

... you might want to give that another go

[wintry quarry]

whatever, same issue

[slow viper]

ohhhhhhhhh i am so dumb

sorry for waisting time

[wintry quarry]

I highly recommend not using magic numbers in your code

[naive pawn]

your ide can also tell you how many lines there are if you select them all

[wintry quarry]

use npcDialogue.Length where needed

instead of a magic number

[polar acorn]

Also "BODMAS" and "PEMDAS" are the same thing just one of them is british

[slow viper]

ok thx

[gloomy heart]

oh

[polar acorn]

There's not different ways to do order of operations. Math is math. Whatever you call it the order of operations is absolute

No, there is no "it depends". There's the order of operations, then there's incorrect math

[ionic sorrel]

So... What exactly would I be grouping?

[frail hawk]

the 2 inputs

you still haven´t solved it yet? i thought you were kidding

[ionic sorrel]

I have never programmed anything my entire life. I don't know what anything means

[gloomy heart]

[frail hawk]

if ((input1 || input2) && isgrounded)

[ionic sorrel]

Oh! I think I get that :O

[naive pawn]

do you know what 1 + 2 * 3 is

* is multiplication here

god i don't have the patience for this

it's 7, and it's not 9 because you do the * before the +

that's what operator precedence is

you do && before ||

but you can change that with parens

[gloomy heart]

|| is for either of statement is true and && is for both to be true

[mild furnace]

Anyone found a way to disable this extra 'Unity Serialized Field' text that appeared after latest vscode extension updates?
Theres a lot of unnecessary text on my screen now above every variable and method.
I do like to keep the number of references though

[gloomy heart]

there is no direct setting for that ithink

[mild furnace]

🤮 at least they fixed some of the performance issues.
I had to literally close vscode any time I wanted to compile or enter play mode, otherwise 30+ second wait

now its fine, but this text is really hard to ignore

[naive pawn]

that's called codelens, you should be able to search for it in settings