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[mild furnace]

Is that also responsible for showing the asset references near the class definition?

[gloomy heart]

yes, i have a main DB class that stores all the const variables and the file is some lines long but it goes for each variable and its too hard to see the actual declared variable

[naive pawn]

the tips between lines are called codelens in general. different extensions can provide info for codelens separately

it seems like the references one is from c# and the serializedfield is from unity, so they should be separately configurable i think

[mild furnace]

Restarting now, that seems to be the fix!

[naive pawn]

though, "Unity Message" here is probably from the same provider. i don't think it'd have that amount of granularity to enable that but disable the serialized field one

[mild furnace]

"Look at all this functionality guys! Here, have some functionality!" - Unity probably

[naive pawn]

what option was it specifically?

[mild furnace]

Under Unity, its Enable Code Model

[naive pawn]

this one, right?

[mild furnace]

ya

[naive pawn]

well, it says it does something for Hover too, so... not sure what that entails. thought hover stuff would be handled just through c# docs

[mild furnace]

I'm sure it could be useful but I'd like some extra settings on there,
maybe there could be a place for feedback on that

[naive pawn]

well, at least i found out what to blame for... messages autocompleting halfways

[tired sandal]

which channel can i ask for help?

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[naive pawn]

like, how does this shit happen lmao

[mild furnace]

I disabled code model and performance got worse

Its using all my cpu again when tabbing back into the editor and trying to play

[naive pawn]

huh, that's weird. i'd think it'd be doing less

[gloomy heart]

Why are my scripts just gone

[naive pawn]

maybe it lost its cache after the restart?

[naive pawn]

you moved or renamed it, probably

[gloomy heart]

The entire Scripts folder is gone

[naive pawn]

could be any number of things, none of which would be related to unity specifically

[polar acorn]

So you moved, renamed, or deleted it

What does it look like in the file browser

[naive pawn]

or something else did. is your project in onedrive

[gloomy heart]

They're back suddenly, im using git from now, can't lose them after this incident also my ssd sapce is low

[gloomy heart]

Haven't touched the project since yesterday

[restive canyon]

guys if i want to create a building system like scrap mechanic alone is it even worth trying im a beginner or should i just give up on it, i find like 0 tutorials on it

[polar acorn]

You are unlikely to find tutorials on how to make exactly the game you want to make. The point is to actually learn how the systems work and synthesize new information from multiple sources

[naive pawn]

why are those IntegerDB members public and settable

why is it possible to change the value of one

[wicked cairn]

Just an interesting idea that I used in my db is stored the number as a string, for example 1,4,6,1,2 and in code split the numbers by , another thing you could possibly do with that is read it to put it into array and swap a number

[twin pivot]

!learn and start with the basics

[radiant void]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[restive canyon]

just a stupid question if i watch alot of tutorials and just do them and try to learn will i even learn?

[naive pawn]

if you only copy tutorials you won't learn

you gotta treat tutorials as learning resources rather than just following them blindly

[polar acorn]

Learning isn't something that just happens. You have to actually put in effort.

[restive canyon]

oki

why dosent this work if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) && isGrounded)
{
rb.linearVelocityY = 2f * jumpPower;
}

[naive pawn]

define "doesn't work"

are you getting an error

[restive canyon]

my 2d character isnt jumping i have a working groundcheck and all that

[naive pawn]

are you getting an error

[polar acorn]

Is this code running at all

[restive canyon]

lemme check

[polar acorn]

Try logging the values before you check them

[restive canyon]

lol my brain is dead i didnt call the function

[ivory bobcat]

Depends. You'll probably pick up minor patterns like the Unity callback functions (Start, Update, etc), control statements (if/case statements, loops etc) and properties of certain types by repetition but unless you're actually aware of why these statements are a solution to the particular problem.. you'll likely not be able reuse what you've seen elsewhere.

What exactly are you trying to learn?

[restive canyon]

im just honesty trying to learn how to make games without searching up every single part and solve things myself

oo my code worked

yay

[ivory bobcat]

So.. are you trying to learn the unity api, programming in general, how others approach game development problems, how a certain feature is implemented, the game development life cycle or ...?
Game development is a very broad subject and overlaps a large array of skills. It's normal to lookup/learn new things you've never seen or implement before.

[restive canyon]

Well Unity game development, i want to be able to make games on my own and in the end maybye release them on steam. I can do gameart so thats fine. but the part im tring to learn is understanding unity so for an example i dont have to look up "how to make a 2d movement script" so i can just come up with it myself

[wintry quarry]

i dont have to look up "how to make a 2d movement script" so i can just come up with it myself
This only comes with months or in fact years of experience

[ivory bobcat]

Alright, so repetition. Just be aware that it's normal to lookup the docs or tutorials for behaviors like the input system as changes are common with updates.

[mint flicker]

Hey i need some Help is there Logical way to make the camera not fly across i have two cameras and the one on the other side swings depending on wich way you enter

[timber tide]

set the position of the camera

[wintry quarry]

What does this have to do with code?

Is this cinemachine? Ask in #🎥┃cinemachine

[mint flicker]

it has code

[wintry quarry]

Then maybe share the code!

[mint flicker]

yes

[mint flicker]

the camera i did postion it but it just flys for some reason

[timber tide]

well, would like to see code but if you're just juggling virtual cameras then it will always lerp to the next priority

[mint flicker]

oh i will serch lerp

[timber tide]

nono, it lerps it for you already

[mint flicker]

ohh

[wintry quarry]

What you actually need to read about is this https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@3.1/manual/ControllingAndCustomizingBlends.html

[mint flicker]

blends yes i will reserch

[wintry quarry]

assuming you're switching cinemachien cameras here

[mint flicker]

yes

[final fjord]

Can I get eyes on a code I made for a ‘potion making’ sim? It’s a script meant to recognize items as ‘ingredients’ and change the potion color accordingly and also make a potion when given the correct ingredients and delete the ingredients when they collide with the cauldron

(Sorry that may sound supper convoluted)

[silk night]

If there are issues you can ask about them here, for code reviews this might not be the right server

[naive pawn]

!code

[radiant void]

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[final fjord]

using UnityEngine;

public class CauldronTrigger : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Liquid")]
    public Renderer liquidRenderer;         // The material that will change color
    public Color defaultColor = Color.black;

    [Header("Ingredient Colors")]
    public IngredientColor[] ingredientColors;

    [Header("Potion Crafting")]
    public string ingredientA = "Herb";
    public string ingredientB = "Crystal";
    public GameObject potionPrefab;
    public Transform spawnPoint;

    private bool hasA = false;
    private bool hasB = false;

    private void Start()
    {
        if (liquidRenderer) 
            liquidRenderer.material.color = defaultColor;
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        // Check if it's an ingredient
        IngredientData ingredient = other.GetComponent<IngredientData>();
        if (!ingredient) return;

        // Change liquid color if this ingredient has a color defined
        foreach (var entry in ingredientColors)
        {
            if (entry.ingredientName == ingredient.ingredientName)
            {
                liquidRenderer.material.color = entry.color;
            }
        }

        // Track crafting ingredients
        if (ingredient.ingredientName == ingredientA)
            hasA = true;
        if (ingredient.ingredientName == ingredientB)
            hasB = true;

        // If both are present → make potion
        if (hasA && hasB)
        {
            SpawnPotion();
            hasA = false;
            hasB = false;
        }

        // Destroy the ingredient that fell in
        Destroy(other.gameObject);
    }

    void SpawnPotion()
    {
        if (potionPrefab && spawnPoint)
            Instantiate(potionPrefab, spawnPoint.position, spawnPoint.rotation);
        else
            Debug.LogWarning("Potion prefab or spawn point missing.");
    }
}

[System.Serializable]
public struct IngredientColor
{
    public string ingredientName;
    public Color color;
}

sorry- im a student and specialize in 3d modeling not really code

The issue is that literally none of it is functioning, the potion isnt changing colors, it isnt deleting ingredients, and it isn't creating the prefab its given

[slender nymph]

what calls SpawnPotion? ah nevermind, is see this inside OnTriggerEnter now
also for making sure OnTriggerEnter is called go through these troubleshooting steps: https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

[final fjord]

does this look correct for my purposes?

[slender nymph]

the link i sent walks you through all of the things you need to check, so just pay attention to it

[wintry quarry]

All of these colors have 0 alpha, btw

(I am just jumping in at the end here so idk if that's relevant but I bet it's not intended)

[final fjord]

yeah i fixed them so they're emission instead of base

[final fjord]

oh my gosh, good catch, youre the best

[dry anchor]

Is there a good way to decouple your input code from a player script? I was trying to use events, but I'm still kind of new to the input system so I kept getting errors. Also when I perform a jump action, I know that functionality should go into FixedUpdate method since I'm using a rigidbody, but I'm not sure how to implement that without making my code a mess. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks.

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

[wintry quarry]

Also when I perform a jump action, I know that functionality should go into FixedUpdate method since I'm using a rigidbody, but I'm not sure how to implement that without making my code a mess.
For a one-off force like a jump (assuming it's just a one-off in your game), it's fine to add the force at any point. FixedUpdate is not necessary.

But even if it was, all you have to do is store the player's intent to jump in a variable and consume that intent in FixedUpdate

Also I'm not really seing anything in here that needs decoupling

you are already using events.

[dry anchor]

Okay cool

I was just trying to have the input functionality in a different script

instead of inside the player script

using an event but I kept getting a null reference error

[wintry quarry]

Can you be more specific about what "the input functionality" is?

and why you feel it needs to go in a different script?

[dry anchor]

I'm still new to unity and was just trying to recreate Flappy Bird since I figured it would be an easy project

[wintry quarry]

I can't possibly comment on any errors from some hypothetical code that you're not showing. Show the code that caused the error and the error message itself and then I can help you with that

[dry anchor]

The only input I have rn is a mouse left button down

[wintry quarry]

That doesn't really answer my question

[wintry quarry]

this question

[dry anchor]

When I press mouse left down I want to jump or fly up

[wintry quarry]

Flappy bird is very simple. I don't see why you'd want to complicate it with extra scripts

[wintry quarry]

Why does that need to be in a separate script?

the script you shared doesn't do anything except that

so what would be left in this script when you remove that?

that's literally the one thing this script is doing

[dry anchor]

I'm just starting the project. I was just trying to make the code clean

Figured it would be nice to have that functionality in different scripts

[wintry quarry]

In different scripts from what?

there's nothing else in this script

[dry anchor]

One for input from the input actions and a seperate one for just player functionality

[wintry quarry]

that doesn't make sense

you don't have any input code here

you have player functionality here

[dry anchor]

Its because I did the C# generate option for the new input system

[wintry quarry]

But if you really wanted to just remove any and all mentions of "input" from here, you could just make this exact code but instead of calling the Rigidbody stuff directly, you call a function on a separate player script

[dry anchor]

There's like 5 different approaches

[wintry quarry]

I'm well aware

[wintry quarry]

especially for such a simple script with so little code already, I highly recommend not making things more complex just for the sake of making it more complex

but what you're describing is ultimately just "call a function on another script".

[dry anchor]

Yea I was trying to do that, but I kept getting a null reference error when I put the InputAction instance in a different script and assigned the flyup method to the delegate in there

[wintry quarry]

Here this is basically what you're looking for:
paste.mod.gg/qvsqgasvdeos/0

And again, if you need help with a specific error you would have to share the specific code you tried

I can't help you with a vague error without seeing the code that caused it

As you can see this is almost twice as much code to do the same thing (and you need to attach two scripts)

not worth it when the script is so simple

[dry anchor]

I was just trying to follow good coding principles and not mix up code even if the project is simple. Let me revert my code back to what I had and then I'll post what I had initially

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

[wintry quarry]

Unless you have a good reason like you're doing networked multiplayer with client prediction, or your game involves some kind of swappable characters or AI that requires adding an abstraction layer to "drive" the character with, I would argue good coding principles would preclude adding an extra layer of complication here.

[wintry quarry]

This code has a race condition with the two Awake methods. If the GameInput one runs first, you will get an NRE when you try to do:
_inputActions.Player.FlyUp.performed += Player.Instance.FlyUp; because Player.Instance won't have been assigned yet.

I think using a singleton pattern for this reference is poor practice

These are presumably two components on the same GameObject. There's no reason not to use normal Unity dependency injection such as a serialized field or GetComponent

[dry anchor]

Yea it looks like the Awake methods were the issue thanks. Yea the singleton pattern was probably unnessary I could of just created a simple instance like you did

[edgy sinew]

Hi all, I am wondering what is your recommendation to solve weapon aiming/equipping, likely with IK, using code?

Thus far I have written some basic IK / armature related code,
Like for attaching an item to armature hand onto a specific point on the item, with some specified rotation (Euler angles), etc
Indicating where to attach the left hand onto said weapon, if item requires two handed equip
(assign target position every frame, since "change target GameObject of IK" required Rig re-building and such.)

An issue has come up with aiming, where, the animations move the item too much, for example steadily aiming a 2-handed rifle,
Though I have had some success avoiding animations altogether and simply assigning OverrideTransforms to "aim" an item.
Thank you

[timber tide]

for one I wouldnt use eulers

[frosty yarrow]

i have a problem in my code tht's the enemy when hits the ground the score doesn't go up
enemy script: using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class enemytestcode : MonoBehaviour
{
float minx = -8.5f;
float maxx = 8.71f;
float fixedy = 5.03f;
public GameObject enemy;
public Movement player;
void spawn()
{
float x = Random.Range(minx, maxx);
Vector2 spawnpos = new Vector2(x, fixedy);
GameObject enemy_instance = Instantiate(enemy, spawnpos, Quaternion.identity);
}

public void Update()
{
    player.UpdateScore();
}
private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D col)
{
    if (col.gameObject.CompareTag("floor"))
    {
        spawn();
        Destroy(enemy);
        player.score_num++;
        player.UpdateScore();
    }
    if (col.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
    {
        player.score_num = 0;
        player.UpdateScore();
    }
}

}

Player function update score part:public void UpdateScore()
{
score_text.text = "Score: " + score_num.ToString();
}

[edgy sinew]

I wasn't able to configure in the first place, with what rotation to attach the item, any other way

[edgy sinew]

Please don't post such large blocks of code, we're in the middle of talking thanks

!code

[radiant void]

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[edgy sinew]

Well thanks for the help I guess how else to pre-configure some rotation to then use when equipping the item?

[frosty yarrow]

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

[timber tide]

I dont really use realtime IKs. I usually just bake my animations from blender

I'd assume you'd need to do a lot of clamping if values are exceeding what you're expecting

I'll get back to you when I finally get time to do the procedural spider animations I've been holding out on

[edgy sinew]

Hm? No it's just that any animation I have, has too much shaking included, to steadily aim a weapon.

[timber tide]

some dampening then?

[edgy sinew]

So far I've been avoiding like, controlling the weapon's position directly and just using some Two-Bone constraints to slap the hands on.

[edgy sinew]

What do you mean by that?

[frosty yarrow]

https://paste.mod.gg/ydjlimrnhlty/0 can someone help me in this because the score in not scoring

[timber tide]

Similar to what cinemachine does to prevent the camera from sperging out when lerping

like you don't want the camera to shake like crazy when you're driving a vehicle, ect

[edgy sinew]

Add some Debug.Log to the different sections of code that are supposed to be reached
It's probably more than the score that's not working. Are the objects even colliding properly such that the OnCollision is reached?

[frosty yarrow]

i already did and everything is working perfectly except the score is getting up but not showin in the score section in the ui

[edgy sinew]

Ah okay. Honestly just getting the shoulder/elbow/wrist rotations configured to "aim without any aim animation" was already so tough

Probably just controlling the weapon's transform directly is the easiest solution. And simple Two-Bone IK for both hands of character

[edgy sinew]

Have you reviewed some UI related videos? I've seen this exact kind of thing, to show some value on the UI, and it was a little tricky.

If you add the score variable in an OnGUI, it shows the correct score there?

        GUI.Label(new Rect(10, 10, 100, 20), "The score is ", score);
}```

[frosty yarrow]

i made as a string with a int it is "score: " + socre_num.tostring();

[edgy sinew]

I see, so that shows the score fine. So we can conclude the UI is not properly connected to the variable then.

[scenic lotus]

Hello

[frosty yarrow]

when i tried to change the num from the main code it worked so now we know the problem from the enemy code

[scenic lotus]

I am new to game development in unity, where do i start?

[frosty yarrow]

check a video tells you what the defult buttons and ui do then do a game from a tutorial

[scenic lotus]

Yeah I considered that, I mean in a deeper level starting from C#

[timber tide]

from the very bottoms of c#?

[scenic lotus]

Mhm

[timber tide]

https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

[frosty yarrow]

learn the normla c# first

[edgy sinew]

C# is not really gonna get in your way, it's a pretty modern language & configured to be able to do all the cool stuff required

[timber tide]

Do everything up to classes (including classes)

[scenic lotus]

Is that just general C# or unity game development oriented course?

I can't tell the difference yet my bad

[edgy sinew]

I recommend you determine what kinda game you wanna build and start watching YouTube (Unity 6 videos only, avoid low view channels)

[timber tide]

that's the 'you probably want to know that otherwise unity will confuse the heck out of you' development course

[scenic lotus]

Yeah I already have the plan ready, I got sketches and models I prepared in blender. All I need to do rn is start building it

[scenic lotus]

So they're not the same

[edgy sinew]

You can start planning out the actual game systems too, esp. with diagrams
That route is invaluable and effectively game-engine-independent

In any game engine you move an object, rotate it, attach stuff to it, assign some "runtime values" to it like Health or Mana points

[sour fulcrum]

I think the fastest way to learn what your trying to learn is to just throw yourself at small parts of your project and figure out what specifically you don't know how to achieve in c# in Unity. From there you can research or ask here about those things specifically

[scenic lotus]

Yeah am leaving engine related stuff for now until I am comfortable with the system

[timber tide]

You can do a lot with the editor tools, but this isn't like Unreal where you can get by with visual scripting

you'll be doing a lot of coding

[scenic lotus]

Yeah I followed some yt videos for post processing and light baking and a little bit of programming tricks

[edgy sinew]

Always try to use the best method up front rather than "hack together" a solution that "just works"

https://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/state.html

[sour fulcrum]

I completely disagree with this

[edgy sinew]

For example

[scenic lotus]

Agreed, visual scripting is limited that's why I avoided it

[sour fulcrum]

Fail fast and fail often, doing it the bad way first is the fastest way to prove the concept and figure out if this is the kinda thing you want

[edgy sinew]

Okay 👍 I found that hacking stuff together quickly just to see a result yields future headaches /

Ohh yeah liek that? yeah of course fail fast

[sour fulcrum]

If your new doing the jank way fast also helps in learning stuff initially and coming to the conclusions that would justify doing the better ways

[edgy sinew]

As long as you fully wipe the 'janky new code' once you've proven that it'll work, and then re-write it using proper concepts

done that a hundred times

[scenic lotus]

Alr

[sour fulcrum]

Plus most games have a ton of permanent "temporary" solutions 😛

[scenic lotus]

There is also the official unity build with code course

Idk if that's right

[frosty yarrow]

so did you find out what is wrong with my code ?

[edgy sinew]

You saw the score show correctly on the GUI right? For realsies?

[frosty yarrow]

onlt when i try in the main code but my system need it form another code but when i do it from another code it doesn't work

[edgy sinew]

So you got a reference to the "main code" in the "another code" right?
So then you can access with mainScriptReference.score ?

[frosty yarrow]

i did that and you can check here too https://paste.mod.gg/ydjlimrnhlty/0

[edgy sinew]

You added the Debug.Log in both if statements, in OnCollisionEnter2D, and that prints?

Does everything else work - spawn, Destroy, etc?

[frosty yarrow]

debug . log working and everything is fine

[edgy sinew]

I'm not sure honestly. Need more details, any one thing could be the issue

What does the score_num look like, what does the .UpdateScore look like?

[frosty yarrow]

i gave all the details

[frosty yarrow]

score num: [HideInInspector] public int score_num = 0;, uodate score: public void UpdateScore()
{
score_text.text = "Score: " + score_num.ToString();
}

[edgy sinew]

So if you add a Debug.Log in UpdateScore,
That will show up when it is called from the OnCollisionEnter2D?

when you do player.UpdateScore()

[frosty yarrow]

yeah that is what i did

[edgy sinew]

In other words, trying to verify that the enemy MonoBehaviour is successfully calling the player.UpdateScore()

I see. Well, it sounds like witchcraft then! I'm sure something is off somewhere along the line.
There's no way you call a function and then nothing happens 🤷‍♂️

Isn't it a bit strange to be doing player.UpdateScore() every frame in Update() - and then even more in OnCollisionEnter2D?

[frosty yarrow]

i did that because i was hopeless because i tried for 3 hours

[sour fulcrum]

where is the textmeshprougui in the scene view

like is it on the screen

[frosty yarrow]

yess

[sour fulcrum]

can you show that

[ashen sorrel]

uhh help i have made the unknown

[ionic sorrel]

I've been trying over and over to figure out how to work this out and it still hasn't been working.

I've been trying to use different methods to do this since those that tried explaining it to me didn't work either.

No matter what I do... The player is still able to jump midair

[frosty yarrow]

are you new ?

[ionic sorrel]

Yes?

[frosty yarrow]

add the = true in the ()

[frosty yarrow]

it is okay rookie mistakes

[frosty yarrow]

sorry make it == true not one =

[ionic sorrel]

... Now there is a... Compiler error?

[frosty yarrow]

show me plz

[frosty yarrow]

nothiung is wrong

[ionic sorrel]

In the screenshot it doesn't show... But it says "possible mistaken empty statement"...

At the bottom of the screen.

[frosty yarrow]

oh you shouldn't add ; in the if statement

[frosty yarrow]

you can only add in for loops and in spesific stuff

[ionic sorrel]

Wait really? :O

[frosty yarrow]

yes

[frosty yarrow]

i prefer for better c# and no weird ide errors use visiual studio is more advanced and full packeged but a little clanky

[ionic sorrel]

But... I am using VS?

[frosty yarrow]

you are in vs code

[ionic sorrel]

What? There's a different VS? :O

Alright hang on Imma get this.

Alright, I'm installing VS.

[frosty yarrow]

vs code has all of the langs but in c languages including c, c++, and c# is so hard to use and setup and doesn't support everything you will need but vs is more heavier and support all c triangle langs and to setup just choos the language and press download and that it and you can do any thing with it like c# program

[frosty yarrow]

i think you will need a little help in it

[ionic sorrel]

How do you mean? :O

[frosty yarrow]

you will need to open vs modifer then download c# package then unity link package and then open unity and change the ide

[ionic sorrel]

I see :O

[frosty yarrow]

i just want to say unity is still hard and sometimes you will hate your life with it like me 1 hour ago because a problem especially in newest version because the neww input system doen't match the tutorial and you will need to change and do and do stuff but you will be able to make codes without even knowing

[ionic sorrel]

I must admit, I have been feeling a bit frustrated trying to figure this all out on my own.

[frosty yarrow]

i wasted 2 years learning and i am still a junior💀💀💀

[ionic sorrel]

So... This C# package in the modifier... Is that the Unity one? Or is it a different one?

[teal viper]

You need to configure your ide(vs code)

!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

[frosty yarrow]

C# package is for normal c# and doing program but after installing it download unity package

[teal viper]

Though, it does look configured. Why is there no error there🤔

[frosty yarrow]

you will find all in the modifer

[ionic sorrel]

I think I got it set up? :O

I decided to rewrite the code as well.

[frosty yarrow]

niceee

[frosty yarrow]

are you using unity 6

[ionic sorrel]

Indeed!

[frosty yarrow]

try learning new input system

[wicked cairn]

Thats a lot of movement code, you may need a short break!

[spring snow]

tuff

what did you rewrite though

[ionic sorrel]

I appreciate that you're concerned ^^

[ionic sorrel]

Just in case that it doesn't work.

[frosty yarrow]

there is an easier way to make a ground check

[spring snow]

what

there isn't any code though other than the built in script

[ionic sorrel]

Is that right? :O

[real thunder]

So, shooting, tracers, bullets...
I am shooting projectiles, from a gun, and a gun using smaller FoV than anything else
The obvious issue is that projectiles spawn where real gun is, I fixed that by just manually making starting point deeper but then I found a post saying code like:

shooting_pos = main_fov_cam.ViewportToWorldPoint(weapon_fov_cam.WorldToViewportPoint(barrel_pos));

would work and it does seem to work, however two issues arise
first is that if a gun is inside a wall projectile fly backwards, what would be a common fix?
second is that it needs a camera and I don't have a camera stack I use URP render feature, is there a formula or something which just use fov instead of a whole camera?

[ionic sorrel]

Well idk. I had errors when I reopened the project. I don't mind though, its not like I'm on a time limit or anything

[frosty yarrow]

the code is write but you can just give the floor a tag and check if the play on the floor if make a var called grounded make it true if not on ther floor make it fals and mkae when the player jump and grounded == true then add force

[ionic sorrel]

You don't say...

[real thunder]

on second thought

shooting_pos = main_fov_cam.ViewportToWorldPoint(weapon_fov_cam.WorldToViewportPoint(barrel_pos));

might overstretch it on Z axis but I am not sure how does fov work

[frosty yarrow]

IT IS GOOD

[ionic sorrel]

I'll do the best I can

[spring snow]

rude

😔

[frosty yarrow]

why yoy descreption say i am a femboy

[spring snow]

dont look in the description bro

[frosty yarrow]

why

[spring snow]

it's not worth it

[spring snow]

dont

[frosty yarrow]

why

[spring snow]

cuz

dont

[frosty yarrow]

ok]

[spring snow]

thank you bro

[ionic sorrel]

Well that was random

Thank you guys for helping me at least.

[frosty yarrow]

alr

[real thunder]

oh, it seems like to grasp those concepts I would need to get into projection matrixes which I don't want to

I feel like I am missing something

[spring snow]

the phrase projection matrixes already scares me enough im not getting anywhere close to that

[real thunder]

doesnt look very hard but like
there gotta be an easier solution somewhere! right?

because it feels like I am doing the most basic thing ever

yet somehow every time I try to do most basic things ever I usually realize that somehow, somehow doing it right is very hard

[azure forge]

i was following a tutorial on youtube for adding sliding to an fps game but ended up with a null reference exception. i did a bit of research and found out that it's a very common error and found a guide to fixing these errors. im very inexperienced with code though and im not sure how to re write the code to find the null object.

[rich adder]

did you assign rb ?

[azure forge]

im pretty sure i did on line 10

unless that isn't how to assign it

[slender nymph]

!ide 👇 you need to get visual studio configured

[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

[slender nymph]

also no, that is not an assignment, that is a declaration

[rich adder]

not thats not assignment

[real thunder]

find the null object that sounds kinda funny
anyway, like, don't treat is as an abstract error, it just means that code tries to do something which is null so... figure out why the variable is null
it's either you forgot to assign it before use or it got destroyed on the way or unassigned

[azure forge]

ah i see

[real thunder]

tho destroying is unassigning under the hood I suppose....

[slender nymph]

it's not. it doesn't unassign, and destroyed objects don't throw a NullReferenceException, they throw a different exception altogether

[real thunder]

ah ok, do they do that only at Editor btw?

[slender nymph]

they don't even get unassigned in the editor, they just turn into a "Missing" object (assuming you are referring to what you see in the inspector) and that object is still literally the same object on the C# side, it's just that the object on the native side no longer exists

[real thunder]

I just got something like a suspicious memory in my head saying that on builds there is no such thing

[rich adder]

"Destroy" is a unity thing anyway

[rich adder]

its native code in the engine, its the same thing

if you checked Player Log file you will get the same message as console in editor

[slender nymph]

there is no such thing as that "Missing" object you see in the inspector during builds because naturally that is drawn purely for the inspector. destroying an object does nothing at all to the variable that referenced that object, the variable will just now reference the destroyed object which is only "destroyed" on the native side because that's not a concept that C# has. you have to manually set it to null if you want it to be null.
This is actually precisely why the null conditional operators and pure null checks don't work properly for unity objects

[rich adder]

its like trying to look for the same object at specific "area" but no longer finds it so its missing, unlike null saying it was never there to begin with..assuming you don't set it to nothing yourself ofc with = null

[slender nymph]

eh, you can technically still perform some operations on destroyed objects, provided anything you are doing never touches the native side so it's more like finding a broken object there rather than a missing one

[rich adder]

back to this, did the tutorial not show you assigning rb? surely they didn't post a video with errors ?

[azure forge]

im working on getting visual studio configured right. im assuming that this was the problem and not any issues with the script...

[rich adder]

the code editor has nothing to do with how the script is run so no, but yeah you should configure that first

after read up on this https://unity.huh.how/references

[real thunder]

I mean, where are you assigning the rigidbody? show it

If I were you I would just use [SerializeField] and put it right in the inspector

[rich adder]

ideally

[azure forge]

im pretty sure here

[rich adder]

still, lookup what assignment is / does

configured editor now tells you whats wrong with your start

hover the green underline

[real thunder]

not capital letter start, rip

[rich adder]

void Awake(){ start(); } 😆

[azure forge]

oh my god.... it was that simple...... i literally scoured my code like 3 times over comparing it to the tutorial guys code and i was so sure every single character was correct

[rich adder]

rb is probably one the only acceptable variable you can abbreviate like that

[real thunder]

I got plenty of those

[rich adder]

using abbreviations esp 2 letter variables is pretty smelly

[real thunder]

"parsys"

[rich adder]

your future self will hate you for it

[real thunder]

is rndrr acceptable in your book

[rich adder]

if its a serious q, no cause I can't read it and know exactly wat it is

[real thunder]

a renderer of course

[rich adder]

thats a pretty gross abbreviation lol

[real thunder]

no idea where did I pick this up but I use "no-vovel-case" time to time

well, probably as long as I am not sharing my code it's fine

[rich adder]

not a fan, but its your code do as you wish.. as long as you know what it is and ain't workin with a team having to explain to everyone what the hell it is

[real thunder]

I have indeed hated myself for vague abbreviations

[rich adder]

annoyingly unity still has legacy code where renderer was built in property

[real thunder]

yeah

[rich adder]

same with light

[real thunder]

let there be lght

[azure forge]

that was a result of me copying the tutorial guys code as closely as i could. you're probably right that abbreviation probably does suck...

[rich adder]

true..but yeah its a bad habit imo (and shared across good code conventions)

variable names should be descriptive as possible

if its PlayerMovement component then playerMovement you know exactly what that variable is for instead of pm ? is this a clock ? time? peeMan?

[real thunder]

speaking of code conventions I realized I hate CamelCase and like snake_case
using latter in Unity feels... illegal

[rich adder]

pretty common in c++

[real thunder]

since it exists I am pretty sure it's pretty common at some spaces

[rich adder]

unity engine has the most mixed up conventions ever

[real thunder]

My code have the most mixed up conventions ever

[rich adder]

camel case properties, c++ conventions for fields like m_ prefix etc

in the end it doesn't matter, as long as you can read it and works for you . They are suggestive to keep consitency across devs, not really hard set rules

[real thunder]

hey m_! exists, good to know that I am not crazy
I just randomly started to name fields I am not meant to use outside of properties like _field

by randomly I mean always but I invented it for myself

[rich adder]

C# conventions says you prefix private fields with _ but barely see that anymore, i myself don't like code looks nasty with _ everywhere.. does help find fields in IDE but just looks messy

not even C# docs does it anymore

[real thunder]

those _fields just hanging near properties in code and never used anywhere(unless weird stuff) so

doing it ever since I accidentally used a field over a property

[rich adder]

to me, if its Pascal its either a property or a method, plus naming convention (they are pretty much similar anyway)
naming convention also help distinguish them anyway from classes.. eg ActionsDescription vs Object names
(methods are mostly verbs)

https://unity.com/how-to/naming-and-code-style-tips-c-scripting-unity

[real thunder]

since I started using snake_case for variables it made it so easy to distinguish CamelCase methods and long_ass_self_explanatory_variables

[rich adder]

yup as long as the variable name is descriptive, the casing is less important how you do it

[real thunder]

great, I diagnosis myself with sever "using" underusing

or am I

this example is so vague

[rich adder]

oh jeez I never noticed this part..

Use meaningful names. Don’t abbreviate (unless it’s math): Your variable names should reveal their intent. Choose names that are easy to pronounce and search for – not just for your colleagues but also to provide extra context to the code for when using AI tools, as this can contribute to more accurate code generation and suggestions
🙄

[real thunder]

can we promptinject something by posting variables with prompts as their names on github

anyway if a class using alot of other class's stuff using won't help if it's an exemplar right?

I know it's not a nice practice to begin with, but...

at least I limit myself with just one layer of doing that

[rich adder]

you talking about using directives?

[real thunder]

I suppose

[rich adder]

I mean if you fully qualify every class, your dependency does not change..

its just convenience for you

[real thunder]

I don't really care about dependencies (and somehow getting away with it)

but if I use another class's variable instead of calling it's method it's... fine
however if I use another class's linked class's variable it's not fine

I feel like I am mixing up classes and other types of fields here but like u got the idea

[real thunder]

anyone can save me much time describing how does WorldToViewportPoint works internally?

[real thunder]

someone else's code work but it's always sliiightly off, good enough I guess
nvm it's not off it was on me

public static Vector3 Test(Vector3 aCamPos, Quaternion aCamRot, float aFov, float aAspect, Vector3 aPos)
    {
        Vector3 p = Quaternion.Inverse(aCamRot) * (aPos - aCamPos);

        float f = 1f / Mathf.Tan(aFov * Mathf.Deg2Rad * 0.5f);
        f /= p.z;
        p.x *= f / aAspect;
        p.y *= f;

        p.x = p.x * 0.5f + 0.5f;
        p.y = p.y * 0.5f + 0.5f;
        
        return p;
    }

Is this really necessary for proper shooting using 1 camera an different fovs? Sigh, it seems so

[wicked cairn]

It’s only necessary if you are using more than one camera or trying to have a different fov than what’s actually being seen

It depends on your other setup, can’t judge by just that function

[light cave]

please someone tell me what the hell am i supposed to do

im a patient man and thought unity finishes it

but it compiles the empty file FOR 18 MIN

and i pressed cancel hoping it does something but it didnt

and i know if i use task manager i will lose mah work

[twin pivot]

Yea every time that happens i just kill it with task manager and hate myself for not saving

[light cave]

._.

gimme a moment

can i kill the compilation part itself?

[twin pivot]

Never tried that actually

[light cave]

FAHHHHHHHHHHHh

i killed the whole

damn it unity

actually

it saved everything

[gloomy heart]

You can get help from The Multiplayer Category, there are various links and resources

[slate badge]

https://youtu.be/zbYuLu_8spI?si=Hr8iy9vNA4bfIxiP

I recently followed this youtube tutorial to add dialogue choices in my game but, I don't know how to make the wrong choice go back to the question.

For example, if a person chooses "no", how do i make the dialogue box say smth lk "let me try again" and then asks the question again

Thank you if u can help!

[wintry quarry]

I don't think anyone's going to watch this whole tutorial just to help you. You should post the relevant code snippets.

In general you would just make that dialogue option point to a path in the dialogue graph that loops back to the decision point again

If this tutorial isn't modelling dialogue as a graph, then it's not a very good framework

Rough sketch of the dialogue graph

[glass summit]

hey for my VN project, i want to make it so that the person that is speaking should be set active on screen, but the other characters should not. however when a scene starts, there is a fading animation for all the characters, from visible to invisible. so when i try to set certain characters active for specific moments, the fading animation always plays while the text is moving. How can i modify my code so it doesn't animate when they're speaking, but only when the scene starts?

this is my code

https://paste.ofcode.org/MNhzRdXZpdRynq5TTtk7rN

[sour fulcrum]

did you make this code

[glass summit]

yes

it might be repetitive since i'm new to programming and idk a better way to make loops while having the speak texts different

[naive pawn]

well, note the parts that are different. a loop can count up or go through a list, so you can detect a change in each iteration. that can be what makes each iteration different

[queen adder]

yo

[glass summit]

yeah dw i don't mind repeating the same lines of code (at least for now)

i kinda need help with what i mentioned above

[naive pawn]

fair, but you should keep it in mind

removing unnecessary repetition makes it easy to tweak or fix, and you remove the risk of "X1 works but X2 doesn't because they're slightly different"

[naive pawn]

where's the fading animation handled?

is it an Animator that does that when the gameobject is activated?

[glass summit]

yes i made the animation from Unity's animation window

[naive pawn]

then either
a) don't deactivate and reactivate your gameobjects, you'd do something like enabling/disabling the spriterenderer or set an animator trigger to show/hide the sprite
b) don't have it fade on active/inactive, use triggers to control the fade

or both

[glass summit]

how could i do these? 😅

i want to try the second option since that sounds easy enough, but not sure how to do it yet

[naive pawn]

do you know what animator parameters are

[glass summit]

well no 😅

I only know what animator controllers are

[naive pawn]

try googling those

[spare saddle]

Do you follow a course or just search up whatever you currently want to code in your projects? Is it worth taking courses?

[twin pivot]

!learn

[radiant void]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[gloomy heart]

Self learning is useful is you know the basic fundamentals or building specific projects and know the Environment like what the editor does and what are the options, courses are good when you want step by step guide or you're new to a topic

[dusty sail]

so i got a question gng why does my object go to the canvas corner when i am trying to move it??

    {
        pt=transform.parent;
        transform.SetParent(transform.root);
        transform.SetAsLastSibling();
    }
    public void OnDrag(PointerEventData eData)
    {
        transform.position=SharedData.MousePosition;
    }
    public void OnEndDrag(PointerEventData eData)
    {
       transform.SetParent(pt);
    }

snippet of the actual code (learning form youtube)

[wintry quarry]

first off what kind of object is this? Is it a UI element in a canvas?

[dusty sail]

yep ui in canvas

inventory system gng

[wintry quarry]

You're doing this:
transform.position=SharedData.MousePosition;

Mouse position is generally in screen space.
The Transform.position for a UI element is going to be in a different coordinate space. Exactly how that relates to screen space depends on what your Canvas and CanvasScaler settings are

also I would highly recommend getting the position from the PointerEventData directly

e.g. eData.position

rather from elsewhere

[dusty sail]

how to use onDrop to add to someother slot hmm?

cuz the pointer is not dropping if i do that

is there another way to add to a slot?

[spring snow]

i just watched a few vids to understand unity and c# then whenever i get stuck i research new mechanics so it's a mix of both

[dusty sail]

what to do for drop the item to a inv slot?

[light cave]

i have issue

sound plays twice when colliding

void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{

    float collisionForce = collision.relativeVelocity.magnitude;
    float collisionVolume = collisionForce * 0.1f;
    collisionAudioSource.volume = collisionVolume;
    collisionAudioSource.pitch = Random.Range(0.95f, 1.05f);
    if(!collisionAudioSource.isPlaying)
        collisionAudioSource.Play();

}

[polar acorn]

What script is this on

[light cave]

Car object has rigidbody and boxcollider2d

[light cave]

on the car object

[polar acorn]

Are there multiple copies of this script on that object, or on both objects involved in the collision?

[light cave]

i don't understand

i use rigidbody for movement

[polar acorn]

Are there multiple instances of this script between the two objects involved in the collision?

[light cave]

i only use this script once

[polar acorn]

Then it's probably colliding with two things. Try logging collision.transform.name to see what you're colliding with

[light cave]

there is one collision

yet two sound playing

[polar acorn]

How do you know there is one collision?

[light cave]

nevermind

i actually put an echo in the audio mixer

[dusty sail]

Nah i used this cursed thingy (which i came up on my own)transform.position=new

Vector3(SharedData.camera.WorldToScreenPoint(SharedData.MousePosition).x,SharedData.camera.WorldToScreenPoint(SharedData.MousePosition).y,transform.position.z);

and allowed raycast and added some canvas group thingy
(chatgpt helped me,i was hell bent on not using ai but sadly i gab in)

[naive pawn]

why would you do the calculation twice

hey, at least you're doing it yourself

[ionic sorrel]

My grounding code works now! :D

[naive pawn]

that's.. cool and all, but.. did you just not process any of the advice about using parentheses

[polar acorn]

Why are you checking isGrounded twice in the same if statement

[gloomy heart]

his intentions are beyond our comprehension..

[frail hawk]

now implement flipX

[ionic sorrel]

flipX? :O

[frail hawk]

so your player looks into the direction you move

[ionic sorrel]

Oh! That! :O

I don't have a fully drawn character at the moment, the character is only a box... But I will get there, I promise ^^

[ionic sorrel]

Wait... You mean I didn't need the OnCollisionEnter and the OnCollisionExit? :O

[polar acorn]

I literally have no idea how my question led to this conclusion

Like, how did you get from point A to point B

This is a completely different sentence

[naive pawn]

no, on line 29. parens are a thing

[ionic sorrel]

Look I'm new to coding, so I have no idea what you're trying to tell me

[polar acorn]

I'm asking why you're checking isGrounded twice in the same if statement

There is literally only one line in the code you've shown that checks isGrounded at all

[naive pawn]

we get that, but these are basic sentences. you can't use that as an excuse for not understanding a basic sentence

you also can't use that as an excuse for not understanding basic math, ive tried to explain operator precedence to you already

if there is a specific word or phrase you don't understand, ask instead of jumping to wildly incorrect conclusions

[zenith cypress]

Instead of this back and forth nonsense. He means this:

// this has the IsGrounded check twice
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && IsGrounded || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W) && IsGrounded) {}

// that can just be this
if (isGrounded && (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W))) {}

// or this
if (isGrounded) {
  if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W)) {}
}

// etc

[frail hawk]

#💻┃code-beginner message even gave him the soloution cause he was struggeling for hours

[ionic sorrel]

Oh! I see! :O

Thank you.

[naive pawn]

[naive pawn]

you were pretty much given that same thing yesterday

[ionic sorrel]

Well... Either way, thank you for trying your best to thoroughly explain it to me

[naive pawn]

do you understand operator precedence at this point

you really should

and you already do, just maybe not with that name

[ionic sorrel]

Possibly... But Imma get back to my project later. Thank you for your constructive feedback, guys

[naive pawn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[slender nymph]

id:browse

[frail hawk]

for advanced you could visit #1390346827005431951

[naive pawn]

because it's archived

[slim solar]

Hey where can i ask about UI components like Input?

Would that be here or is there a more general unity area?

[zenith cypress]

#📲┃ui-ux #🧰┃ui-toolkit

[slim solar]

I didn't have those channels visible, thanks!

[wintry quarry]

input is not a UI component.

There's #🖱️┃input-system for input related matters

[slim solar]

Sorry I meant toggle lol, not input

But great, just customized all my channels, didn't realize so many were hidden by default

[pliant dome]

What is the GetAxis == 0 equivalent to GetButton?

[slender nymph]

well what type does GetButton return?

[proper compass]

Can anyone with a high knowledge in Photon PUN, Playfab and C# help me? I am trying to make quite a hard script (at least for me) and i am not too sure how to do it.

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask
also #1390346492019212368

[proper compass]

oh

nvm then ig

[slender nymph]

don't crosspost, but also this question probably belongs in a thread #1390346827005431951 (which means you need to delete it from other channels when posting it there)

[proper compass]

but it also links to codding not just networking

[slender nymph]

and yet it's still networking related. did you know that network related code still belongs in the networking channel on account of it being networking?

[proper compass]

Did you know a question regarding codding can also go here?

Its not just network related

[slender nymph]

how about you post your questions in the correct place so you can get correct information

that was not directed at you

[proper compass]

Like this>?
https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1446244122641043617

[ionic sorrel]

@zenith cypress thank you again for telling me the thing earlier.

[polar acorn]

What about the people who told you the exact same thing yesterday

[ionic sorrel]

Well... Thank them too ^^

[frigid swift]

can somebody tell me what im doing wrong here?

[slender nymph]

!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

[frigid swift]

ill keep that in mind but may i get an actual explanation of what im doing wrong please

[slender nymph]

if you configure your IDE you'll have an easier time realizing what you did wrong. it is also a requirement to have a configured IDE to get help with your code here

[frigid swift]

okuyy,,

ok well how do i do that?

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[frigid swift]

i see the links ur trying to send me but idk what specific things its trying to tell me to do thats the problem 💔

i have it linked to unity and ive got the unity extension for vscode and everything

[slender nymph]

did you try reading the linked guide to find all of the steps you need to complete?

because the issue is that vs code is not linked to unity, at least not fully

[frigid swift]

i already have the visual studio package and i have it set as my external editor i dont know whats happening

[slender nymph]

okay and what about the other steps

[frigid swift]

is this the right page??

[slender nymph]

yes, try reading all of the steps on that page

[frigid swift]

ok. the problem is.

this IS all the steps on the page

[slender nymph]

and have you installed the "Unity for Visual Studio Code" extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace?

[frigid swift]

yes, i do

[slender nymph]

then pay attention to the errors in vs code

[frigid swift]

im trying to get some help seeing what to change based off of this error because i have no idea what ive done thats wrong

[slender nymph]

you need to get vs code configured first.

[frigid swift]

can i have a more in depth explanation of how to do that than being pointed towards something that clearly isnt helping me?

[slender nymph]

hey remember when i said "pay attention to the errors in vs code" and you completely ignored that?

[frigid swift]

theres no errors in here at all

[slender nymph]

if you see no errors at all including in the Output panel or whatever it's called (and no, i don't mean errors in the code right now, i am referring specifically to *within vs code) then you probably just need to restart your computer

[frigid swift]

i restarted my computer and opened vscode and this error popped up, could this be the problem?

[slender nymph]

yes, that is exactly the problem. make sure that the .net sdk is actually installed

[frigid swift]

ok yeah it works now lmao sorry for being snarky it was frustrating me abit

[slender nymph]

great, if vs code is now properly underlining your errors, you should retype that line you're having trouble with making sure to use the intellisense to help you

[wide fable]

I'm planning to make a RPG engine should i make the player a prefab?

[slender nymph]

not exactly a code question, but probably

[frigid swift]

can someone tell me why calling the audiosource component is making the variable not exsist

ok its just not exsisting at all even without calling it somebody help

[rich adder]

what do you mean "not existing"

[frigid swift]

its greyed out and when i tried referencing it later in the script i was getting an error telling me it doesnt exsist

[rich adder]

where are you typing that, show entire code

!code

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[rugged beacon]

the type and namespace doesnt exist yes

the field right there

[frigid swift]

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float moveSpeed;
    private float horizontalInput;
    private float verticalInput;
    public bool isDead;
    private SpriteRenderer sprite;
    public Sprite Deathsprite;
     AudioSource playerAudio;
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        sprite = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        playerAudio = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        verticalInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
       if(isDead == false)
        {
             transform.Translate(Vector2.right * moveSpeed * horizontalInput * Time.deltaTime);
        transform.Translate(Vector2.up * moveSpeed * verticalInput * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }
    public void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Kill"))
        {
            Invoke("Die", 0f);
        }
    }
    void Die()
    {
        Debug.Log("works");
        sprite.sprite = Deathsprite;
        playerAudio
        isDead = true;
    }
}

[rich adder]

so you need to access a property or method on it...

[frigid swift]

i deleted that on accident hold on

[fallow ether]

yo guys how do you save scenes? I had to remake a ton of shit when I clicked onto a new scene (despite saving the whole project a ton) and I really dont want a repeat experience

[torn mango]

how does one change color of the material?

[rugged beacon]

no you dont need to, default is private
the field does exist there

try .volume or smt

[frigid swift]

wjat

[rugged beacon]

your error

[rich adder]

what shader is that?

[frigid swift]

what is .volume gonna do?

[rugged beacon]

to prove the field exist

[rich adder]

ctrl + s

[frigid swift]

oh. where do i put that im dumb

[torn mango]

it says URP

[rugged beacon]

just use the audio variable like normal

[rich adder]

uhm after that

[torn mango]

when I change to standard my 3d asset turns transparent

[rugged beacon]

the error saying you are typing as a type not as a variable

[fallow ether]

no but like ive saved the whole project a ton and booted it back up and then wiped 3 days of unity work when I went to make a menu screen

[torn mango]

sprite lit default

[rich adder]

wdym "saved the whole project "

[fallow ether]

ctl + s a ton

[frigid swift]

im sorry i stull dont understand what your telling me to do 💔

[rich adder]

!learn

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[rugged beacon]

ignore the error, and just your variable normal

[frigid swift]

i cant playtest the game if theres an error

[rich adder]

mate you need to learn the basics of c#

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/csharp-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners/

[rugged beacon]

fr

[frigid swift]

i know kinda how the variables work im in a class for it rn

[torn mango]

why did my plane turn transparent

[frigid swift]

i have no idea why this isnt working

[rich adder]

use version control and see if its registering the changes / saves

[fallow ether]

aight

[rich adder]

you need to learn the basics of dot operator and access its properties / methods

[fallow ether]

i have been able to close and boot up the project a ton without issue tho

[rugged beacon]

rn you just having a single word staying there doing nothing man

[frigid swift]

because its telling me it doesnt exsist im trying to figure out why it doesnt exsist 💔

[rugged beacon]

it exist, read the error again, it saying the type doesnt exist

[rich adder]

which pipeline you have selected in graphics in project settings

[rugged beacon]

it even link to the field

[frigid swift]

im trying to do something like this tutorial

[rugged beacon]

yeah and type out the rest man

[torn mango]

should I just use standard?

[rich adder]

the tutorial is accessing the method on the variable

[rich adder]

no

why dont you just make a default material, why did you change shader on it

[frigid swift]

oh.

im so fucking stupid

[torn mango]

I cant change the color of the default mat I created

[rich adder]

because you have selected a 2D sprite shader

normally the color for that is changed through sprite renderer

[torn mango]

I see

[rich adder]

otherwise it has to be done through code using _Color in the method directly messing with shader

[frigid swift]

ok ignore squidward how do i move the layers on the ui

[rich adder]

hierarchy order. also not a coding question

[frigid swift]

sorry

[fallow ether]

yo me and a friend are about to check in a buncha work on the same project

is that gonna overwipe anything if we didnt do anything on the same scene

[slender nymph]

if you were not working on the same files then there will be no merge conflicts. also not a code question

[fallow ether]

oh right sweet

tyy

which channel can I ask questions like that in?

[teal viper]

If you can't find the right channel( #🔎┃find-a-channel ), ask in #💻┃unity-talk .
Assuming it's really unity related question.

[fallow ether]

thank you!

[sour fulcrum]

i've tried googling this but my brain is blanking please forgive me, how would i format an int to a string with two places? eg 7 -> 07 & 12 -> 12

I see a lot for decimal related stuff but i can't figure out how to do it out of decimal context

[eternal needle]

ToString("D2") should be it

this is everything for string formatting
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-numeric-format-strings
guess its easy to skip over because its called decimal

[sour fulcrum]

🙏

[upbeat forum]

As someone who is new to C# but has some basic understanding of coding concepts (variables, functions, loops, a bit a of classes and Inheritance) would you guys consider the coding learning path on unity learn worth going through?

[keen dew]

yes

[fallow ether]

definately

ive tried a bajilillion different ways, I just cant stop my first person player from being able to turn around and shoot itself beucase the object doesnt rotate with the camera

since its for a game jam ive sorta just resigned myself to the fact I just have to make levels all face only one direction and hope to god the player doesnt turn their camera

[upbeat forum]

Have you tried attaching the camera to the object and rotating the object instead?

[fallow ether]

currently this is the setup

very indicative of someones first ever 1st person cam whose also on time crunch

[blazing kiln]

hello! for an isometric tactics game where I'll need to do tile distance-based calculations, allow the player to click on a certain tile to move a character to, apply logic based on what tile a character is on etc. is an isometric tilemap more trouble than it's worth or is it appropriate? The alternative I was thinking of being just having a bunch of gameobjects with a quad mesh

[fallow ether]

that actually works a bit better!

only problem is got is the nozzel position aint following now

got it working:D

thanks!

[wicked pulsar]

You might want to take a look at the grid component, which is really all about enforcing that objects keep configured in a grid of N dimensions. Tilemaps are solely responsible for tiling sprites.

[blazing kiln]

right, I'm trying to figure out which configuration would make aligning visuals with game logic easier/harder. In particular idk how easy it is to change things about the tilemap using scripts. But I've found another problem which is that I'd like to have smooth camera rotation and an isometric tilemap doesn't seem to be suited to that

[wicked pulsar]

A tilemap is just a container for instances of TileBase, so you could take a look at TileBase and see if extending it would give you the features that you want.

All Tilemap really does offer methods to modify and retrieve TileBase. It's a really simple collection class with minimal controls for positioning child objects.

[upbeat forum]

Glad I could help!

[fallow ether]

ay guys I dont use IEnumerators much so trying to figure out where I went wrong here

[midnight plover]

Please paste your code

!code

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[gloomy heart]

Add using System.Collections;

[fallow ether]

using UnityEngine;

public class Cannibal Attack : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("test")]

    public GameObject turretBulletPrefab;

    public Transform nozzle;

    public float reloadTime = 0.6f;
    public bool reloading;

    public EnemyRadar radar;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        radar = GetComponent<EnemyRadar>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (radar.isActive && !reloading)
        {
            Debug.Log("Fire!");
            Instantiate(turretBulletPrefab, nozzle.position,
           nozzle.rotation);
            StartCoroutine("Reload");
        }
    }

    IEnumerator Reload()
    {
        reloading = true;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(reloadTime);
        reloading = false;
    }
}

yee got it

lmk if ya perfer it in one of the sites

[midnight plover]

your IDE should tell you, that the fix is to add the collections namespace as akgamzer suggested

[fallow ether]

oo thanks yall

thats a IEnumerator thing right?

[midnight plover]

Whats an IENumerator thing?

[fallow ether]

IEnumerator Reload() this thing, first time trying to use em

[midnight plover]

First of all, its not the best idea to start a coroutine from Update, but I still dont get your question. IENumerator is an IENumerator 😄 its a coroutine you start which can yield its execution

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/Coroutine.html

[fallow ether]

i have found the issue and I honestly deserve this

I tried reusing some code I knew already worked so that messed it up in a buncha fun unforseen ways

unity was like "nuh uh we doing this by hand again"

[midnight plover]

Glad you found the issue

[fallow ether]

tyy for the help:))

[warped valve]

I'm trying to make a retro resident evil style door system, the player should be able to go up to a door, press E, then the camera will switch, the door animation will play, then the camera should go back to the player camera. At the moment, nothing happens when you go up to the door for an unknown reason.
Here is the gate animation script:
https://paste.mod.gg/thvkchqyvfju/0
Here is the camera transition script:
https://paste.mod.gg/pyvmjkwmduxw/1

[gloomy heart]

Is the door collider set to trigger, and your player's tag is "Player"

[warped valve]

Good point, I changed the Player tag to player from default, although it's still not working. The door collider is set to trigger

[gloomy heart]

Does it register the TriggerEnter? also you can remove the else{} from the OntriggerEnter cuz its not needed when the collider isn't the "Player."

[warped valve]

How can I check if it's registered?

[gloomy heart]

Log it to console

[warped valve]

I did a print function in the 'OnTriggerEnter' function and it prints in the console so it must be registering

[wintry quarry]

Ok OnTriggerEnter itself is running. But u haven't shared where you put your log so that doesn't guarantee the rest is

You need to do more debugging

[warped valve]

whoops, this is the camera transition code https://paste.mod.gg/txgwaesnhodt/0

[wintry quarry]

Add more logging

When you start the coroutine, and at various points within the coroutine

[tiny island]

hi , does someone know where i can find a document on how to change a sprite permantely even after the game is closed?

[keen dew]

The simplest way is to save a value to playerPrefs, and check if it's set at game start and set the sprite then

[sour fulcrum]

Ideally good to not use playerprefs for that kinda stuff tho

[keen dew]

meh, good enough for one-time use

not that good if there's lots of them

[silk night]

Look for savegame system, there are several tutorials out there on how to save and serialize gamestate into a file and load it on game start

the knowledge about that can be easily transfered to saving and loading config files

[little meteor]

The new PT pacakge has a neat save system too that works across platforms and is very easy to use.

[tiny island]

rn i'm trying the PlayerPrefs thing as i only need to save a bool but it doesn't seems to work.

i get the "nuhuh" message when i launch the game but the gameobject isn't getting destroyed

am i doing something wrong?

[keen dew]

You're not doing anything with val

[wintry quarry]

yep, definitely doing something wrong

[rough granite]

Some how i dont think this is the whole class what makes Saved true?

Nvm i see it in Save()

[wintry quarry]

I mean the code just doesn't make any sense and the Saved variable is pointless, as written

[rough granite]

But this would mean that to load you must save in that same instance before hand

[tiny island]

sound about right , time to read again

[rough granite]

Wait no i think you just gotta change the if(Saved) to use your bool variable declared in load

[tiny island]

tkx , i didn't notice the val not being used

the facepalm is real

[wintry quarry]

yeah but like

look at this

Saved is pointless here, and so is the ternary operator

it will always be true, so you will always be setting to 1

you can delete all of this except PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Bot_Sprite", 1);

[tiny island]

if i delete the : 0 unity say there is a syntaxe error

[wintry quarry]

look more carefully at what I put

it's not just deleting the : 0

[tiny island]

oh...mb

[slim solar]

Hey guys what's the proper way to load a map without blocking/freezing?
SceneManager.LoadScene("Main");
Freezes until the level loads

even if I put a black 'loading' screen on first, it's frozen

[verbal dome]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync.html

[wintry quarry]

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[sudden hamlet]

yes

[tiny island]

it's working as intended now , tkx

[raven smelt]

I have a problem with this code. I don’t have much programming experience and I need help. The issue is that the animations won’t change, not even when using an integer variable. I already asked ChatGPT before, but it didn’t solve the problem. Can someone help me, if possible?

[naive pawn]

how are you trying to change the animations?

[raven smelt]

And here is the rest of the code. About 70% of it was generated by the AI. I may have made a mistake somewhere in the code.
I can’t upload the code directly because I don’t have Discord Nitro, but I shared a Google Docs link. I hope that’s not a problem.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qj3Zfvt_7qFFMxXVhSvpAa4Z7wEsS-t_LQvuZXtIsLA/edit?usp=sharing

[gloomy heart]

New code sharing method unlocked

[naive pawn]

that.. definitely is a problem

!code

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[naive pawn]

share it properly

[raven smelt]

yes I also passed the code retrofit; if there's another problem

[naive pawn]

and.. yeah, not many people will want to help with AI bs code

it's such a pain to work with because you, as the asker, have no idea what's going on

you should ditch the AI and learn for yourself

[sour fulcrum]

Especially when generally the goal when helping is to teach the person not just the solution but ideally how they could have come to that conclusion themselves

fixing ai code doesn’t help that

[raven smelt]

I understand what you mean. I don’t want the AI to do all the work for me; I’m using it as guidance while I learn programming. I’m learning gradually, but I’m stuck with the animation system. I’m doing it on my own, but as I mentioned, I’m not an expert in Unity programming.

[peak flame]

Guys I'm new to C#. What should I start with as practice? Also would it be possible for me to make a full game by 2026 despite only now starting to learn script In Unity

[naive pawn]

make something simple

Also would it be possible for me to make a full game by 2026
depends on what you mean by "full". that's a very vague description

but many marketable games take multiple years to complete even for people with a ton of experience

[raven smelt]

Thank you, now you can pass commas, details, the programming👍
https://paste.mod.gg/wdqeuqnaxugb/0

[naive pawn]

I’m using it as guidance while I learn programming
you shouldn't

[naive pawn]

you also didn't actually answer this

[raven smelt]

[naive pawn]

...are you actually gonna answer that

or are you unable because AI has done that and you don't know how anything is supposed to link up

[rough granite]

Why is it that none if these sites work on my phone

[naive pawn]

they aren't really designed for it

[raven smelt]

This selects the box but it's not changing the animation, I don't know why.

[naive pawn]

why would that change an animation

[raven smelt]

I don't know if the AI ​​passed it to me incorrectly.

[naive pawn]

are you using layers in place of animation states?

[rough granite]

They load i can see the code but then if i tap anywhere to scroll it bring up my keyboard and it goes all black and reloads the site -_-

[raven smelt]

The problem is that I have several animations, and when the character is close to an enemy or aiming at them, the animation should switch from 2D to a 4-direction 2D animation.
When the character aims or locks onto an enemy, the animations don’t blend or combine correctly, and I don’t know why.

[naive pawn]

ok, you can use different states for that. layers are the wrong tool

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/animator-controllers-2019-3?version=2019.4

there's also this
https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-animation/tutorial/control-animation-with-an-animator?version=6.0

[queen adder]

Is there a way to customize what the template script looks like when one is created and opened for the first time?

Ie instead of the start and update functions with two comments on top, I could put whatever I'd prefer myself

[naive pawn]

yes, you can edit the templates used

i don't remember where exactly though

[gloomy heart]

Like a custom boilerplate

i also want that

[queen adder]

C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Data\Resources\ScriptTemplates

Figured it out

They're all in there

The path might look a little different for some of you, but you'll find your way

[gloomy heart]

found them

[swift crag]

note that LoadSceneAsync will still cause a noticeable hitch: it just prevents the game from freezing while the assets are loaded

unity still needs to throw out the old scene's objects and instantiate the new ones

and there's generally a garbage collector pause in there, too

[slim solar]

Yeah for sure, it's just so the load screen can have a bit of animation 😛

[swift crag]

I play a very brief transition animation, let the scene activate, and then reverse the animation

when I use the Recorder, the giant hitch goes away, and it looks really nice

shame that it's not so good in practice

[astral sentinel]

is this course good for learning unity? also is there any course you guys suggest.

[midnight tree]

For beginning of learning Unity everything is good actually.
If you want to learn something specific then that's another question.

[charred monolith]

I got a question, how i can get the components from another gameobject.
so like i got a script that gets the component but i need component from another gameobject.
that means GetComponent doesnt work.
in my case, im case i instantiate the Prefab and i ALSO get the component but the component is not on the gameobject.
its on the child. Also it has to be on child due to my other scripts.
Here is my single line of code where i need help at:
https://paste.mod.gg/iuzseitxvefy/0

[polar acorn]

Call GetComponent on it

[charred monolith]

btw please do not hate on me what i did wrong

[charred monolith]

the component i want to call, is not on the gameobject.

[polar acorn]

Then call GetComponent on the object that has it

[charred monolith]

but right now i am instantiating a parent with 3 childs

[frail hawk]

do you want to call the GetComponent on a instantiated prefab?

[polar acorn]

Is the component you want on the parent or the child objects?

[raven smelt]

Yes, the merge works, but now I have another problem: the animation mask isn't working correctly.

Also, as I mentioned, I still have some experience, but the AI ​​made mistakes because it typed some things in lowercase.

[charred monolith]

its on the child object. i instantiate the parent with those 3 childs. and the 1st child has the component i need for the script.

[charred monolith]

please write at #🏃┃animation

[charred monolith]

hold on imma try this

[polar acorn]

Either put a reference to it on a script on the parent, then go through the parent's script to reference the child, or use GetComponentInChildren

[charred monolith]

yea i just did it works

but thanks for helping me anyway

im so glad that theres a getcomponentinchildren function

[frail hawk]

something is legacy in your code (veraltet) i can read

[polar acorn]

It's slower than a normal get component, so if the child object's component is always present, you could make a public reference on the prefab parent and drag in the reference, then you can access it through the parent object.

[charred monolith]

idk why it says that i think it was without those <> in the past. but i choosed the right one so dont worry.

[charred monolith]

do u mean It takes more time to get the component in children or do u mean performance issues?

[polar acorn]

That's the same thing. Taking more time to do things is what causes performance issues

[nocturne kayak]

Hello guys why is the cooldownUntilNextPress having + 5 each time i press the button when i set CooldownTime to 1 ? script :
`public float CooldownTime = 1f ;
float cooldownUntilNextPress = 0f ;
private void Awake()
{
m_click = InputSystem.actions.FindAction("MouseClick");
m_item_1 = InputActions.FindActionMap("Player").FindAction("Item1");

}
void Update()
{
   m_clickAmt = m_click.ReadValue<float>();


    print(Time.time);
    print(cooldownUntilNextPress);
   
    //TKT SCR
    if (m_item_1.WasPressedThisFrame() && cooldownUntilNextPress < Time.time)
    {
  
        print($"Has been pressed : "+ isItemHold);
        isItemHold = !isItemHold;
        cooldownUntilNextPress = Time.time + CooldownTime; 

    }
}

}`

[zenith cypress]

Is the inspector value set to 5

[nocturne kayak]

oh i didnt think of that let me check

[frail hawk]

cooldownUntilNextPress < Time.time this would make more sense if it was Time.time > cooldownUnitlNextPress

[nocturne kayak]

Yeah, that was my problem. It sucks 😭 .i thought the value automaticly updated

[nocturne kayak]

yeah your right :)

thanks guys

[zenith cypress]

The value in the script is basically the "default value" when it is first created, then it works off of the serialized value when the object itself loads. Mainly a unity object thing, normal classes use the "new" value like you'd expect.

[nocturne kayak]

Oh okay it make sense now .

[frail hawk]

and when resetted

[nocturne kayak]

wait i dont think this would work

[frail hawk]

as soon as time is higher than your cooldown it shoudl allow your press

[nocturne kayak]

oh Yes

Maybe I should stop for today, I'm just messing around lol

[undone wolf]

https://gyazo.com/2b1af54c9b86516f3d5f31b94f832c59 hey, my game has some weird flickering effect going on in my tiles. any suggestions?

[frail hawk]

disable anti aliasing

there are a few ways to solve this however.

[undone wolf]

already disabled for me unfortunately, i did only hook up my camera to my player as a child for a quick'n'easy follow. think that's the problem?

[frail hawk]

no, i don´t think that is the problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf98KrAyB2I&t=1s

@undone wolf this should solve the problem.

[undone wolf]

it did, thank you very much

[supple phoenix]

whats the best way to save informations between scenes?
should i just add to thing that i want to save:
private void Awake()
{
if (instance == null)
{
instance = this;
DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
}
else Destroy(gameObject);
}

or should i make GameData script that saves information that i need in variables then it loads everything at the start of the scenes.

or maybe both?

[wintry quarry]

Both, all of the above, either

it depends

[frail hawk]

many ways, it depends on the data you want to save

[wintry quarry]

Jsut saying "DDOL Singleton" would suffice, you don't need to share the code

[supple phoenix]

yhym ty yall for help.

[north walrus]

When should I consider ServiceLocator pattern for wiring system in a game compared to singleton managers?

[short gust]

for 3D objects/scenes: at runtime, does toggle on and off isKinematic and Colliders when I need/don't need to use physics per object positively affects performance in general or it will introduce some overhead with jumping in and out of simulation (I don't know if it's even a thing, lol)?

oh, I forgot about rigidbody's Sleep/WakeUp thing, so my question is kinda stupid, heh

[eternal needle]

if you're temporarily disabling something just because, that's probably just a waste of time to think about. use the profiler to see what your performance issues are

imo its a design issue if you have so many rbs that your game has performance issues. If an object just doesn't need a RB from the start, that's different

[timber tide]

When you want to overcomplicate a project. But for real, if you feel like you've too many singletons then service locator could be seen as another abstract layer for your singletons.

[thorn ginkgo]

I have a prefab that I can see when looking at just the prefab. However, I do not see it when I put it in a parent component--that is itself in a canvas.

Does anyone have any tips to resolve this? Please note I just want the inspector to show the prefab. I am still working on the game portion

[timber tide]

Your hierarchy on the left there is disabled

[naive pawn]

I just want the inspector to show the prefab.
you mean the scene view?

[thorn ginkgo]

yes

[naive pawn]

it kinda already is

it's just not showing up because the object is inactive

probably due to a parent being inactive, considering the large swath of inactive gameobjects visible in the hierarchy (which i think mao was trying to point out)

[spare saddle]

Does anyone know what Im doing wrong here? Why the if statement is having red underline? I'm trying to make a script for my weapon model to make a basic weapon bob animation if the movement buttons are pressed (in this case I'm trying to make "w" which is foward.

[thorn ginkgo]

ah, I copy-pasted from a deactivated gameobject to make the root element

[naive pawn]

that's not how you use KeyCode

[slender nymph]

KeyCode is an enum, not a method

[polar acorn]

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

[thorn ginkgo]

that checkbox did the trick. Thank you

[spare saddle]

This better?

Yeah I'm still learning what enums are

[naive pawn]

the error message there should tell you what's wrong

hint: ||( needs to be paired with )||

[spare saddle]

Whoops. Easy to forget

[wintry quarry]

after you've been programming for a while unbalanced parentheses like this will look unnatural and wrong to you

[rough granite]

This makes me this you dont have your ide co figured

[rough granite]

!ide

[radiant void]

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[rough granite]

Might be wrong though

[naive pawn]

nothing there would imply that

errors are showing up as they should

[rough granite]

Aint there normally a swiggle across a whole statement is it isnt closed?

[naive pawn]

you try it out

(no, that's generally not how syntax errors are analyzed.)

[rough granite]

hmm seems so mb

[naive pawn]

the error message should give you a hint as to how they're analyzed

[tranquil forge]

anyone used unitask?
whats the different between the .switchToThreadPool and the .runOnThreadPool?
and what is this .create i cant find it mentioned anywhere else

[wintry quarry]

SwitchToThreadPool you call within a task to switch itself to that pool.
RunOnThreadPool starts a new task on the pool.

[naive pawn]

also, KeyCode and Input there seem to be highlighted appropriately as types, rather than unknown members as they sometimes appear in unconfigured setups.

though, that's kind of a guess, since im not familiar with light themes at all

[tranquil forge]

same function just different style?

[wintry quarry]

Did you read what I wrote? Not the same function.

[rough granite]

yeah i can see that now, i didn't notice at first since i also dont use any light themes

[tranquil forge]

i think i get it, what about the .create

[wintry quarry]

I don't know off the top of my head. I recommend checking the docs

[tranquil forge]

is there more to this readme on github? i ctrl f the unitask.create thats the only place it mentioned

[wintry quarry]

IDK what it is

[tranquil forge]

is there another doc ?

[grand snow]

UniTask.Create just invokes the delegate arg right away and returns the task

it is annoying that they dont document stuff more than the readme

[tranquil forge]

ah so this but return then, but why is it recommended to use this over .runonpool?

[grand snow]

Its that you should make sure you actually need to execute code on a different thread with those or not

you could use Create() and await another function to "move" to an alternate thread too

[frigid swift]

how do i even call this???

[teal viper]

Depend on which part of it you are talking about...

[frigid swift]

im trying to change the text through the code

[teal viper]

text should be the right field property name if I remember correctly. You can confirm in the docs.

[teal viper]

Also, configure your ide to avoid needing to ask at all.

!ide

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[frigid swift]

i have mine configured, im recieving an error in unity though

[slender nymph]

presumably nothing is assigned to your text variable
https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[teal viper]

This is a runtime error, not a compile error.

[frigid swift]

let me send my code hold on

[teal viper]

!code

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Posting code

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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.

[frigid swift]

using TMPro;
using UnityEngine;

public class NextDialogue : MonoBehaviour
{
    private int textNumber;
    public TextMeshProUGUI text;
    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
    void Start()
    {
        textNumber = 1;
        text = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if(textNumber == 2)
        {
            text.text = "test";
        }
    }
    public void NewDialogue()
    {
        textNumber += 1;
    }
}

im trying to get a button to increment up the integer and change the text

i have the TextMeshProUGUI variable assigned to the text i wanna change

[teal viper]

It's likely not assigned at the time of the error. Pause the game, switch to scene view and click the error to jump to the object that throws it.

[frigid swift]

it highlighted the canvas where the script is located

[slender nymph]

that object likely has this component attached to it when it shouldn't be

[frigid swift]

should i try attatching it to the textmesh instead?

[slender nymph]

the component uses GetComponent to get the TMP Text object, GetComponent is being called on the same object, if the Canvas does not have the TMP Text object on it then GetComponent will return null. So you need to either remove the GetComponent line and drag the reference into the slot in the inspector, or remove the component from the canvas and put it on the TMP object

[frigid swift]

okay thanks

OKAY IT WORKED thank you vro ❤️

[fallow ether]

yo this might be the wrong channel but does anyone know a good tutorial for coding an npc that runs away from the player? like in a hunting game context or something

not having much luck online

[placid jewel]

I don’t know any specific tutorials, but you might want to look into nav meshes or other forms of path finding (depending on your setup)

[fallow ether]

oo ok thanks!

[ashen sorrel]

g'day yall i have sprite sheet of my player in diffrent positons how do I split it when I need to use the diffrent directions

[slender nymph]

not a code question. but use the sprite editor

[ashen sorrel]

no no

i need to code it so If i need it it auto splits

wait wait

[slender nymph]

what is that even supposed to mean

[ashen sorrel]

i need to use 1 of them

[slender nymph]

you can drag individual sprites into individual slots in the inspector. which means you'll need either a separate variable for each or an array.
or just use animations and animation parameters

[ashen sorrel]

im stupid

[ashen sorrel]

also HOW DO I STOP IT FROM BEING SO BLURRY

[slender nymph]

filter mode and/or compression on the texture's import settings. also not a code question.

[ashen sorrel]

english please

also what other channel would I use then?

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[ashen sorrel]

not there

[ashen sorrel]

this please

[slender nymph]

wdym

[ashen sorrel]

in that find a channel its not there

it no say about help

[slender nymph]

read the information in the channel

[ashen sorrel]

i did sorry my reading is not good

[ashen sorrel]

i dont know what this means

[slender nymph]

have you considered looking at the import settings for your texture? you might find what you are looking for there

[ashen sorrel]

close but "dumber"

[slender nymph]

instead of playing this game where you pretend you know nothing at all and expect people to spoon feed you the answer, try actually asking clarifying questions about the parts you do not understand

[ashen sorrel]

i do not understand the import settings im sorry

[slender nymph]

but do so in the proper channel so someone interested in continuing this can help you because i'm done.

[ashen sorrel]

Ok

[celest mesa]

hi there I need help with scripting Im having a project and im just now working on coding and making a small game but when ever im ready to do script or code the C# Script doesn't show only create empty and when i click on that one it takes me to visual studios but it doesn't show me the pre set up if this makes sense

[teal viper]

Doesn't make much sense. A screenshot or a video of an issue could help.

[celest mesa]

here normaly when i watch videos or see it at school it opens a list of coding and when i do it i get this

[teal viper]

I'd assume that your ide(visual studio) is not configured correctly.

!ide

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[teal viper]

Go through the "installed manually" guide.

[bronze fossil]

Hiii

I was looking at optimizing my code
my game uses only one camera(main) and it is 2d game

is it recommanded that i put it as a static prop in GameConstants/GameManager
rather than calling Camera.main everytime in some scritps(most of the scripts only use Camera.main for one time so no need to store it there)

[frail hawk]

create a reference to the Camera

it is not a good idea to call Camera.main every frame.

[bronze fossil]

it's not calling it every frame

any script that needs to have Camera.main
only calls it one time

should i still put it as a static prop for all script to access?

[frail hawk]

i have no clue what you mean with static prop, can you show some of the code

are you using a singleton?

[bronze fossil]

yes

[frail hawk]

yeah that is fine

[bronze fossil]

public static GameManager Instance { get; private set; }

public static Camera MainCamera;
void Awake()
{
    if (Instance == null)
    {
        Instance = this;
        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
    }
    else Destroy(gameObject);

MainCamera = Camera.main;
}

so if other script wanted to have Camera.main then they would

GameManager.MainCamera

[bronze fossil]

oh ok

[frail hawk]

is your script called MainCamera?

[bronze fossil]

no GameManager

[hot wadi]

Camera is the component

[frail hawk]

ah ok at very top i see now. you had some empty lines. i think there is no need to make the Camera static. you will have to assign it via inspector because it is part of tha Instance.

[hot wadi]

There is always 1 main camera so I don’t see the point of static ref here

[frail hawk]

[SerializeField] Camera maincam;

[bronze fossil]

Ye
but i saw in some ai that it is costly to use Camera.main
so you can put it as a static prop

[hot wadi]

Camera.main already does the work

[bronze fossil]

oh ok

[hot wadi]

How costly? Never heard of that

[bronze fossil]

from what response i got

`It is highly recommended to cache it, but the reason has changed over the years.

The Short Answer
Yes, put it in your GameManager. Even though Unity has optimized Camera.main in newer versions (2020+), caching it is still faster and, more importantly, safer for your code architecture.

The "Why" (History Lesson)
In Old Unity (Pre-2020): Camera.main was incredibly slow. Behind the scenes, it literally searched through every object in your scene to find the one tagged "MainCamera" every single time you typed it. Using it in Update() was a performance crime.

In New Unity (2020+): Unity now does a bit of internal caching. It is much faster, roughly the same speed as GetComponent<Camera>().`

[frail hawk]

it says caching but nothing with singleton

caching simply means to create a reference one time and then use that instead of calling Camera.main every frame

[bronze fossil]

hmm ye

ok then

[hot wadi]

If it’s a scene object, it’s better to serialize it. Static can get a bit confusing