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[shell sorrel]

if that does not work go to the top right where it says layout

and set it to default

[dusky beacon]

I FIXED IT

ty all of u and sorry for my cretincy

[balmy vortex]

hi does onMouseEnter() and onPointerEnter() work properly for you ppl?

assuming any of you use it ofc

[grand snow]

Im 95% sure I explained this already to you. The Monobehaviour OnMouseEnter and similar events do NOT WORK when using New Input System only

The doc pages for these functions state this fact if you dont believe me.
If you have issues still with the event system IPointerxx events then state what you have done since last time

[balmy vortex]

uhh ok but that's not really what I was asking

[grand snow]

It kinda is

You are hoping they are magically broken so it explains your stuff not working

[cosmic quail]

yes

[grand snow]

I have told you when it doesnt work and how the event system ones DO work

See note here: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseEnter.html

[queen adder]

where can I learn C#

[versed stump]

https://learn.unity.com/course/beginner-scripting
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/tutorials/

[warm iris]

can someone help pls? it keeps printing (0,0), no buttons work

[grand snow]

@balmy vortex I've made an example project that showcases using the click pointer event and the drag pointer events. It has an example scene and scripts implementing this
https://github.com/rob5300/Unity-EventSystem-Events-Example

[warm iris]

hey rob u were helping me yesterday

maybe wanna repeat this again? lol

[grand snow]

I was but dont expect anything

[warm iris]

alr

[grand snow]

is "2D vector" type Value?

[warm iris]

yeah

I mean the Move is

2d vector has no option as value

its digital normalized

but thats what people had in all guides

[grand snow]

Ignore what i said before this should work. Let me show an example of one I know works...

[warm iris]

ok

[grand snow]

@warm iris

[warm iris]

this is exactly the same as mine

[grand snow]

No its not

action type should be "Value"

[warm iris]

bro ive been trying to make the new input system work since 3 days 😭

[warm iris]

yeah I changed it to value

I was just testing pass through

to see if it will work

can u show the code?

maybe thats the problem

[grand snow]

If you add the "Normalize Vector 2" processor it may make it print what you expect.
You have read the value correctly.

[warm iris]

this is my current code

I copied it 1:1 from some guide

[sinful zinc]

does deleting the library folder auto update some packages

i noticed my steamworks.net was updated to the latest version, but im not sure if it is from something else

[grand snow]

it shouldnt but may do that for git packages

I forget if that stores the commit it uses or not

check your packages.json file

[warm iris]

@grand snow so what can I possibly do to make this work

[grand snow]

It really should already work. double double check the WASD keys are set up with the correct directions

[warm iris]

yeah they are

but nothing happens

[grand snow]

perhaps you need to configure your rigidbody correctly such as disable gravity?

dont presume input is broken when something else is incorrect

[warm iris]

it is exactly the same

[grand snow]

is the new input system enabled in the project? (project settings, player, other)

[warm iris]

yeah

else I wouldnt be able to create input controls right?

[red igloo]

@warm iris are you using OnEnable / OnDisable For your input action reference?

[warm iris]

no

[red igloo]

Try using them

[warm iris]

but I just made another testing game

and it works...

why it doesnt work on the main one

[red igloo]

Idk clearly you're doing something wrong. I remember when my input wasn't working when everything was set up what fixed it was using OnEnable and OnDisable.

[warm iris]

IT WORKS

FINALLY

I just deleted everything and redone it

bro I spent 3 days on it 😭

gta VI devs are faster than me

[solemn crypt]

I spent 2 days on that key 🔑 code

[rocky whale]

Im trying to make a ship sprite change colours when it takes more damage.the first colour change works but the second doesnt, but it still goes into the if loop. Can you only change colour once or smthg ?

[naive pawn]

if statements aren't loops. anyways, do some debugging, see which part of the condition isn't passing

[ivory bobcat]

Show more code

!code

[radiant void]

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[rocky whale]

nvm it worked after using Color32

[naive pawn]

ah, everything was full yellow, wasn't it

[rocky whale]

yea

do uk the reason ?

[naive pawn]

Color goes from 0 to 1, if you read the docs

[red rover]

Is there a convenient way to check if a gameobject is eventually a child to another gameobject (like, if its a child, grandchild, and so on)

Or should I just climb the parent tree and check manually

[naive pawn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Transform.IsChildOf.html

[red rover]

Ah perfect, exactly what I was looking for.

I had a feeling unity had a built in way to do this lol

[naive pawn]

check docs

[safe root]

How do I Instantiate a object to a parent object?

[keen dew]

Have you checked the documentation for Instantiate

[safe root]

I have and I see the parent area but I don't see where they use it in the code

[safe root]

But the transform, I need to actually assign it to the object as a parent

Wouldn't it just set in at it's current position and that's it?

[keen dew]

no

[safe root]

Then if don't mind, could you explain a little on it

[keen dew]

What's the confusion? If you want to set the instantiated object's parent you pass it as a parameter. There's nothing else to it

[safe root]

Where i'm confused at is that it's says the transform parent. So it will place the object on the parents position but won't assign it to it? If it does, then how does it do with only the transform?

[keen dew]

Transforms are what have the parent-child relation

The hierarchy view in the editor shows how the transforms are related

[safe root]

Ah, I see. Thank you

[ivory bobcat]

The second and third overload for the Instantiate method is expecting a second parameter of type Transform. The name listed for the parameter is parent but in actuality, it could be named anything. As good naming conventions go, this hints that the Transform parameter may have something to do with parenting. Where the docs explain that the field parent is the

Parent that will be assigned to the new object
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

[glass summit]

Does anyone know what this error means?

[timber tide]

Show code

[grand snow]

the return type of the function should be IEnumerator and not void (i presume this is a coroutine)

[glass summit]

{
    warning.SetActive(true);
    startGame.SetActive(false);
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(3);
    startGame.SetActive(true);

}```

[grand snow]

do what i said

[glass summit]

Thanks

It works now, but for educational purposes, may I know what caused the issue?

[grand snow]

Exactly as the error states. The method return type needs to be an iterable interface (which is usually IEnumerable) as this is how coroutines work behind the scenes.

You can click the CS1624 in VS and it will take you to the doc page for this compile error
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/compiler-messages/iterator-yield#structure-of-an-iterator-method

Just google "unity coroutines" next time, check the example and compare

[rocky whale]

do you need to do smthg in the coroutine func for the wait time to kick in

[glass summit]

Oh so to keep in simple terms, yield return can only run in coroutines and not public void?

[wintry quarry]

Context?

[rocky whale]

Im tryna wait for a few seconds b4 the main stuff happens in my game

as like a grace period

[timber tide]

NoobDev actually gives you an idea in their code ;p

[wintry quarry]

Sure, but like, show your code etc, because idk what you're asking

[wintry quarry]

This coroutine doesn't do anything

Coroutines don't delay other code

They delay themselves

[rocky whale]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

ty

[naive pawn]

yield return can only work to supply enumerators/enumerables

a method that returns "void" doesn't return anything - it doesn't give any values

[timber tide]

ye and since you are returning a yield instruction, if the method was void then the return wouldn't work

[grand snow]

Coroutines cleverly use the iterator functionality of c# which is why this works as it does

[timber tide]

unity coroutines just a little hacky cause it is somewhat confusing that you're using these interfaces as you might have previously used them on a custom collection you've made

[naive pawn]

haha lazy evaluation go brrr

[grand snow]

Async would have been the natural choice and is my preference now

[warm iris]

Hey guys just asking cuz I feel like something like this might exist, is there a vector2 function that says for example up or north if the vector 2 points to up?

like if its (0, 1)

[grand snow]

You are probably going in the wrong direction to even ask this question

[warm iris]

why

[grand snow]

Sounds like you want to hard code specific logic per direction.
Anyway you can compare the input to Vector2.up and such

[warm iris]

oh yeah thanks

that is kind of what I was asking for lol

[naive pawn]

if you have analog/continuous values, you could probably find the direction with eg Atan2 and separate out the specific cases

[warm iris]

I could easily do this without it but I was just curious

is there a case thing in c#?

[naive pawn]

if you're doing something like assigning Vector2.up directly, you could also just assign "Up" in the same place instead of using the vector as an intermediate for that

[naive pawn]

pretty much all languages have a version of switch/case, yes

[warm iris]

is it switch or case in c#?

[naive pawn]

(the primary feature is the switch aspect, not the case)

[naive pawn]

both

case is a part of switch syntax

[warm iris]

oh yeah sorry lol

[naive pawn]

...this is the case in most languages, with some variance in specific keywords

[warm iris]

I got it confused with python

cuz there its match

[naive pawn]

python has match/case

it's the same thing

[warm iris]

yeah yeah ik

and I confused match with switch lol

[naive pawn]

the language feature is match, which includes the case keyword

[warm iris]

but thanks

why do people name something like this?

with _ first

what is the use case for it

what does it represent

[naive pawn]

this feels reminiscent of an xyproblem to be honest
https://xyproblem.info

[grand snow]

Some like to indicate a variable is private by doing this

[warm iris]

oh ok thanks

[grand snow]

Some do m_foo which I hate

[warm iris]

I definitely wont be doing that lol

[naive pawn]

it's a private field, rather than a local variable
it's a relic from before ide integration was really extensive, it made code easier to read. some people still use it out of familiarity or because they don't want to hover the variable to figure out where it's from every time

in the same vein as hungarian notation (including the type in the identifier)

[warm iris]

btw what will happen

if vector 2 has .71,.71

like just if player holds 2 keys

will this count as both right and down?

or up and left idk

[naive pawn]

depends on how you check

[naive pawn]

i called it lmao

[warm iris]

I will use switch case and Vector2.up down etc

[naive pawn]

with equality checks?

[warm iris]

based on the docs it will do nothing

[warm iris]

yh

[naive pawn]

is (0.71, 0.71) equivalent to (0, 1)

[warm iris]

yeah its not

[grand snow]

Be warned this is usually unreliable but if you have your input normalised it should work in this case

[naive pawn]

go give this a read. what are you trying to achieve here

given it's player input you would not want to use equality checks here, they'd immediately break if you consider using analog inputs lmao

[warm iris]

so how would I do it

[naive pawn]

what are you trying to achieve here

i don't know what "it" is here

[warm iris]

a snake game, currently trying to get what direction the snake should be looking at

so if its vector2.up he will look up

for .right he will look right

etc

[naive pawn]

your snake can go diagonally?

[warm iris]

no

[naive pawn]

then you don't need to consider this at all

you don't need to check the vector at all

you wouldn't be using a vector

[warm iris]

so how would I do it

[naive pawn]

you would store which direction the snake moves as its own thing, detached from player input

probably an enum in this case

you'd set the enum value based on specific conditions, only checking perpendicular inputs

(with analog inputs you might use the dot product to see if it's close enough to perpendicular for example)

[warm iris]

how would I do that? Im a very beginner

this is literally my first game after copying 1 simple game from tutorials

[naive pawn]

which part specifically?

[warm iris]

enum value

[naive pawn]

is there a specific term there you don't understand or something

[warm iris]

and the rest I didnt really understand so idk lol

what would be the "specific conditions"

[naive pawn]

checking for perpendicular inputs

[naive pawn]

do you know what an enum is

[warm iris]

not in unity

[naive pawn]

this isn't a unity thing

[warm iris]

but like a data type you create

right?

[naive pawn]

there's a bit more nuance to it, but sure

to make sure we're on the same page - you want a string output of the direction somewhere?

[warm iris]

tbh I dont have it all figured out lol

but yeah prob store this in a variable

and then rotate the snake's head

and make him move in that direction

[naive pawn]

what is it that you want here

that wouldn't require a string

[warm iris]

k so how to do that

[naive pawn]

man x/y problem is such a pain

ok, so you would probably just use a vector then

just point the head in the direction of the vector

no need for intermediate data

[warm iris]

do I need if statements or is there a method for this?

[naive pawn]

no enum, no string etc

[naive pawn]

it's math

no conditionals

might just be one assignment depending on how it's set up

[warm iris]

how to do that

[naive pawn]

well, how do you plan to rotate the snake head?

[warm iris]

idk tranform.rotation = ...

[naive pawn]

if it's a gameobject you could set the transform's up direction

or right depending on how the sprite is set up

[warm iris]

ok what to set the up direction to?

[naive pawn]

the direction vector your snake is moving in

[warm iris]

this?

oh yeah it works but after I release the button it goes back to pointing up

[naive pawn]

you wouldn't receive the direction vector directly from input, as mentioned before

you would store the direction separately, and modify it based on input

otherwise you'd be able to go diagonally or backwards into yourself

(these constraints are specifically from the game of snake)

but hey, this is half the task

[warm iris]

so what is wrong?

I did this and it works almost as I want it to

I just need to add so it wont work for diagonals too

[naive pawn]

i mean.. i just said it...

[warm iris]

oh sorry

I missed that lol

[naive pawn]

btw, you can just write !(a == b) as a != b

[warm iris]

oh bruh I did that but something was wrong

and on yt someone did the !()

k so just another function to check that right?

[naive pawn]

could be, sure

might want to try writing out the logic for what actions are allowed first, and then how to check for them, and then implement it in code

[warm iris]

is switch case fine?

for this example

cuz I will get rid of 0,0 and holding multiple buttons fast

[naive pawn]

probably, yeah

it'd make code pretty repetitive. you could make it less repetitive by using dot products like i mentioned before, but that might be a bit much lol

make it work before making it good

[warm iris]

yeah ok thanks

but Ive got to go

so Ig I will finish it later lol

thanks for the help tho I appreciate it

[patent plaza]

sooooo im new to this and i dont know how to solve the issue it wont run

[naive pawn]

hi, this is a unity server. for general csharp help, try the csharp server

!csharp

[radiant void]

<:error:1413114584763596884> Command not found

There's no command called csharp.

[naive pawn]

!cs

[radiant void]

Join the C# Discord server, a programming server aimed at coders discussing everything related to C# (CSharp) and .NET. https://discord.com/invite/csharp

[patent plaza]

okay

[plucky sage]

I need help my player's rigidbody has completely stopped moving, I've disabled the animator and only left the movement funciton working. I even still get a rigidbody.linearVelocity value from it. No other script acceses the thing too

[naive pawn]

is the rb dynamic or kinematic

[plucky sage]

dynamic

[naive pawn]

wth, 3d rigidbodies don't have an info dropdown?

anyways, have you tried reducing the linear drag, and is the position of the transform changing?

[plucky sage]

yep it as the linear dampening @ 100 instead of 1

[stone oar]

hey guys, question - how would a jumping enemy work (like how the jump would be performed), if the enemy uses navmesh and character controller (no rigidbody)?

[grand snow]

Animation via code or animator to perform the "jump"
may need to move a child so the navmesh agent wont fuck it up

[stone oar]

and then snap the agent to the destination?

[tame juniper]

hello, im trying to make a face to put on these blocks in my game, and want to have a random face from a couple face assets i have, how do i do this?

[grizzled crag]

can you elaborate?

[vagrant lynx]

hello

do you guys use state machines for movement in character?

or just use if-else instead

[void geyser]

i am losing my MIND. I've been programming a healthbar all day and I eventually crapped out this code:

[grizzled crag]

I think the animator system already has that covered?

[void geyser]

then created code for the player which tests if the slider actually works

[grizzled crag]

what is your goal

[void geyser]

attached it to the player

pressed play

and i got this

[grand snow]

!input

[radiant void]

How to Set Input

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

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

[void geyser]

i've been coding for a solid like

2 days now

[grand snow]

READ the error

Input class is for old input system

Learn how to migrate: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.17/manual/Migration.html#keyboard

@void geyser ^

[void geyser]

thank you

i see what's wrong now

i'm following a 5 year old tutorial lmao

[silent elk]

Do you need help?

[void geyser]

i managed to fix it and it's working as intended now (thank god)

[silent elk]

Ok, it shouldn’t be too hard, all you have to do is copy values over

Should be a single line of code if I’m thinking correctly

[crystal shell]

Glad I'm not the only one

[deep heron]

Yoo guys. I am really new to Unity. I might need some help. So I imported this animated Pistol Gun Model from sketchfab. I already did this before with an Mp5 and it worked fine. The Problem now is, it won't show the model in the animations anymore. The preview is basically missing and the animations therefore are not working inGame.

This is the model in case you were wondering:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/animated-rifle-1cfaabe4c0bd4db189d4768ead272e8a

[grand snow]

The preview issue could be due to funky model scale. Try adjusting the import scale to make it normal size.

[deep heron]

How exactly am I adjusting it?

[grand snow]

99% of fbx models I have imported need a scale of 0.01 to be normal sized
You can try also dragging in a different mesh to the preview window but otherwise it should be based on the skinned mesh renderer the animator is on

[deep heron]

Well, I tried it, It doesn't seem to help. On top of that If I drag the model into the scene now its way too small. Before it was normal size already.

[grand snow]

When you drag the model into a scene does it have scale 100,100,100? If so then the import scale should be adjusted to 0.01

[deep heron]

No. If I drag it into the scene the scale is 1, 1, 1

I don't know if this helps but I did find something in the animation clip preview. It looks like some pipes, I don't really know.

[deep heron]

I really don't know what to do. Maybe you can try it yourself or something if you have time. I would be grateful

[mild lake]

I have private, serialize fields i want to get, and set later. But, i'm ending up with piles of these methods. Is there a better way?

public float GetSpeed() { return _speed; } public void SetSpeed(float speed) { _speed = speed; } public float GetDashSpeed() { return _dashSpeed; } public void SetDashSpeed(float speed) { _dashSpeed = speed; }

[naive pawn]

c# has properties, this isn't java lol

[mild lake]

can you still serialize them for the editor if they have getter and setter properties?

[naive pawn]

getters and setters aren't properties, they're part of properties

[mild lake]

regardless

[naive pawn]

your question is ambiguous because of that

[mild lake]

like [SerializeField] private float speed { get; set;}

[naive pawn]

unity can't serialize properties, but properties with automatic backing fields have, well, backing fields

[naive pawn]

right, this wouldn't work, because that isn't a field

but, with this { get; set; } case, that's an autoproperty with a hidden backing field

you can target the backing field to serialize it by marking the property [field: SerializeField], that makes the attribute target the backing field

[mild lake]

haha i didn't know how much there was to fields, i'll need to read up on it

[naive pawn]

Type name; // field
Type name { /* ... */ } // property
Type name { get; set; } // property with auto-generated backing field

getters and setters are collectively called accessors in most languages

sometimes setters are called mutators

[solar hill]

is it possible to store monobehavior components inside a SO and then edit their serialized inspector fields inline as if they were attached to a game object?

[grand snow]

No because monobehaviour is not meant to be used in any other way. (it may actually serialize but you would need to still copy data out to a real mono instance)
sounds like you need a plain class to store data that you can use in both places

[solar hill]

I thought about storing like polymorphic data objects but i dont know if thats applicable here

[solar hill]

i also thought of just straight up moving the serialized fields into the scriptable object but im also using abstract classes

and i guess unity cannot serialize abstract SO fields directly

so thats also out of the window

[grand snow]

Id expect abstract classes to work if using SerializeReference

As long as you have a valid class reference assigned to be serialized it should work
You may need editor code to assist with assigning a value to begin with so it shows in the inspector

[solar hill]

actually i think i get how im going to do it now

thanks!

[gilded badge]

How do I get the transform component of an object in a script attached to said object>

[slender nymph]

hint: look at the documentation for Component (or MonoBehaviour)

or, in a configured IDE type this. and look at the available properties

[nocturne palm]

Hello

[warm iris]

can someone tell me why do I keep getting error?

whats wrong here, why is it red

[prime goblet]

if it's red it will tell you in the console in unity

also your input vecotr

it wont return up down left right

[warm iris]

I mean I get this

[prime goblet]

That's a transform's thing

[slender nymph]

your cases must be constants or patterns, those properties are not constant

[gilded badge]

That worked, but how do I do it for classes from other files, I don't want to have to drag the transform component every time. I tried using static ... but that doesn't work

[prime goblet]

you cant use up down left right, you have to use the x and y

[warm iris]

how is (0,1) not constant

[warm iris]

its literally short for (0,1) why wouldnt this work

[slender nymph]

if you are referring to dragging a component reference, then you just use the type of component you are trying to get. otherwise, again, look at the documentation for relevant methods

[slender nymph]

because it's literally returning new Vector2(0,1)
there is no possible way to make that constant in the first place

just because you can write (0,1) doesn't mean it can be treated as a compile time constant

[warm iris]

so I have to use ifs here?

[prime goblet]

you can do case input.y > 0.1 etc..

[slender nymph]

yes, but also what is the actual point of this? you're just returning what you expect the input to be?

literally "moveDir = input;" accomplishes the exact same thing here

[warm iris]

its to not get 0,0 or 0.71, 0.71 if 2 buttons are down

its a snake game

I only want to get up down left right

[prime goblet]

then you can do checks for greater/less than

[grand snow]

The image above shows dumb logic anyway so why bother with this switch?

[slender nymph]

then check each axis and only move it along the strongest axis instead of attempting to check each of the possible values

[grand snow]

You read input and you already have a direction to move on a 2d grid

[prime goblet]

an input Vector2 is equivalent to -x being left, x being right, -y being down and y being up, so you dont need to use these

[grand snow]

we already talked about this topic yesterday but that part hasnt gotten through yet 😆

[prime goblet]

Also your logic isnt good, what if someone wants to move up AND left

[warm iris]

so like math.abs and then check the greatest value?

math.abs so -1 will be greater than 0.71

[slender nymph]

they explained it's Snake. there is no diagonal movement

[prime goblet]

ah

i must have missed that part

[grand snow]

Then you can just adjust the input value to say clear Y if X is non zero

[prime goblet]

if 2 buttons are down it should instead be so that it chooses the input of the most recent button press
i.e. if the user presses up, keeps holding, and presses right, it goes right, instead of just going to whatever one has priority in the case

the case is really not a good solution

[lethal meadow]

yes but it wouldnt matter

his code is for if 2 are pressed in the same frame

it should just disregard it and keep whatever was done before

[prime goblet]

tha'ts what im talking about

that's bad user experience

it should not disregard new inputs

[solar hill]

theres an actual name for it

i cant remember but its a pretty important qol

[lethal meadow]

if the user goes from going up, to going down and right the next frame which direction does it go

[prime goblet]

it should go whichever was pressed most recently

[copper jasper]

    private void RotateBody()
    {
        if (!IsBodyTurning) return;

        float BodyYaw = RB.rotation.eulerAngles.y;

        if (CurrentDrift > ActiveStart * SlicesTotal ) CurrentTurnSpeed = SlicesTotal * SliceSpeed;

        float NewYaw = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(BodyYaw, TargetYaw, CurrentTurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

        RB.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Euler(0f, NewYaw, 0f));
    }

    private void HandleBodyRot()
    {
        float BodyYaw = RB.rotation.eulerAngles.y;
        float CamYaw = CamHolder.eulerAngles.y;

        CurrentDrift = Mathf.Abs(Mathf.DeltaAngle(BodyYaw, CamYaw));

        ActiveStart = MovementHandler.MoveDirection != Vector3.zero ? MovingStartTurnAngle : StartTurnAngle;
        float ActiveStop = MovementHandler.MoveDirection != Vector3.zero ? MovingStopTurnAngle : StopTurnAngle;

        if (CurrentDrift > ActiveStart)
        {
            TurnTotal = Mathf.Abs(Mathf.DeltaAngle(BodyYaw, CamYaw));
            IsBodyTurning = true;
            SlicesTotal = Mathf.RoundToInt(TurnTotal / ActiveStart);
            if (LastSlicesTotal != SlicesTotal) { TargetYaw = CamYaw; }
            LastSlicesTotal = SlicesTotal;
        }

        if (CurrentDrift < ActiveStop && IsBodyTurning)
        {
            IsBodyTurning = false;
            IsInPanicTurn = false;
        }
    }

---

I’m trying to recreate an Unreal-style first-person camera in Unity where the camera is free but the body turns in fixed 35° slices with increasing speed to catch up. The issue is heavy jitter and stuttering during continuous camera rotation because the body’s rotation target and speed keep changing mid-turn, causing it to slow near the end and repeatedly restart. I’m stuck on how to restructure the yaw logic to stop this and would really appreciate help.

[prime goblet]

it's unlikely that a usser can press 2 buttons in the exact frame

[full bane]

Linux . Ive noticed unity versions older than 2022 are more probable to get stuck at Initial Asset Database Refresh, I recommend using versions higher than 2021, most of 2021 have failed in my os (cachyOS) this is my case if anybody is experiencing this, try what ive said.

[lethal meadow]

both are in the same frame

[prime goblet]

that would be incredibly rare unless the user was macroing

[full bane]

wdym

[prime goblet]

im not replying to you

[lethal meadow]

low/capped framerate

or if hes using the current inputs and not the GetDown variant

even still its very possible even on high fps

[full bane]

no i know i just dont get why u said that (respectfully)

[prime goblet]

that a user presses two buttons in the exact frame is rare?

[grand snow]

With low framerate its very easy for many keys to begin their press on a frame

[full bane]

in the same frame bro??

thats kinda hard

[prime goblet]

low framerate is true though

[gilded badge]

How can I access special fields of gameObjects in other scripts (like movingSpeed n stuff)?

[grand snow]

GetComponent

you learn that on day 0

[gilded badge]

thanks

[grand snow]

and all components have a gameObject property to get the gameobject the comp is on

[prime goblet]

also based on his function name, his code is to handle any and all inputs, not edge cases

[warm iris]

@grand snow @prime goblet this good?

[prime goblet]

does it work?

[warm iris]

lemme chekc

I just meant code quality for now

im trying to learn effective and clean code right away

since im only new to unity, not coding in general

[prime goblet]

making clean code is a hard thing and it's subjective what might look good

the best way to do it is just format it in a way where it's not a mess to look at and understand what it does

[lethal meadow]

if 2 axis of inputs are being entered it will move only horizontally

not good design

[prime goblet]

yes?

[warm iris]

I just mean effective solutions which are easy too read and works well

[copper jasper]

I’m trying to recreate an Unreal-style first-person camera in Unity where the camera is free but the body turns in fixed 35° slices with increasing speed to catch up. The issue is heavy jitter and stuttering during continuous camera rotation because the body’s rotation target and speed keep changing mid-turn, causing it to slow near the end and repeatedly restart. I’m stuck on how to restructure the yaw logic to stop this and would really appreciate help.

[prime goblet]

have you tried the code yet

does it work?

if it does then it's good

[warm iris]

im trying it rn wait

[lethal meadow]

theres no diagonal movement since its a snake game no?

[warm iris]

yeah exactly

[prime goblet]

it is snake

[lethal meadow]

if the user enters 2 axis then just ignore the inputs

vec2(0, 0)

[grand snow]

open a thread in #1390346827005431951

[copper jasper]

i did 😭 But i gotta get it done asap

[grand snow]

ya forgot the preamble

[warm iris]

for some reason holding s and a is the same as s and d

why?

it is always 0, -0.71

shouldnt it be positive 0.71 for one of them?

[lethal meadow]

what did i say bro

[warm iris]

right

oh ok

how to check if theres 2 axis?

is there a quick property for it?

or do I have to check taht

[lethal meadow]

if (abs(x) > 0.4 && abs(y) > 0.4) // diagonal movement so ignore it
return new Vector2(0, 0)

or actually

[warm iris]

why 0.4?

[lethal meadow]

return the snakes current movement before

[lethal meadow]

its just a value

you could do 0.5

as long as its above 0.001 and under 0.7

[warm iris]

yeah ok I get it

but Im gonna do the same for the 0,0

cuz I dont want too'

yeah I think it works thanks

[grand snow]

Id check if the abs value is above float epsilon

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Mathf.Epsilon.html

[gilded badge]

are you sure I can use that to for example get the speed field?

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Player Component References")]
    public Rigidbody2D rb;

    [Header("Player Settings")]
    [SerializeField]
    float speed;

    [SerializeField]
    float jumpingPower;
...

[grand snow]

if speed was public then yes

[gilded badge]

how

im losing m,y mind

[grand snow]

Change it to public float speed;

if you dont specify anything its private

[gilded badge]

okay and then?

bad example

sorry

[warm iris]

rob does this look good and clean?

[grand snow]

now you can do GetComponent<PlayerController>().speed = 20f;

[lethal meadow]

gameobjectThatHasTheComponent.GetComponent<PlayerController>().speed

[gilded badge]

thanks

[grand snow]

Learn about c# access modifiers: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers

[lethal meadow]

since you're accessing the class variables from outside the class they need to be public

[warm iris]

guys @grand snow @lethal meadow does this look clean now? may I go to sleep lol

[grand snow]

if there is no good reason plz dont ping me

[warm iris]

ok sorry ill try to remember that

mb

[grand snow]

its always user choice to participate

unless it was a thread where only a few users were active

[warm iris]

yeah ik its just that its getting late and idk if u read this message and ignored it or did u miss it cuz u were responding to the other guy

but mb

thanks for the help

gn

[elfin pike]

Can somebody tell me, when variable gets referenced or set. Sometimes write code and reference without knowing. I fix by using .clone() as type

[grand snow]

I hardly get what you are asking but sounds like you need to learn about reference types and value types in c#
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/value-types

@elfin pike ^

[elfin pike]

Yes, I have to learn them or is there tool to see if it's value or reference?

[cosmic dagger]

You can tell by looking at the variable type; that's all, really . . .

[grand snow]

your IDE should colour code type names based on them being a class or struct
if you navigate to the type you can then confirm (or you can check the unity docs/whatever docs to also confirm)

[stone narwhal]

guys quick question, for playfab is there not a way to make it so you can add an exisiting guest account (created with a custom ID) to a username and a password without requiring an emal.

[grand snow]

You learn over time too. Vector2 and Vector3 are structs so are Value types

[stone narwhal]

Because I tried Addusernameandpassword

and it still asks me for an email input?

[cosmic dagger]

structs are value types; classes are reference types . . .

[grand snow]

yea thanks for saying the same thing

[pallid heron]

what do I using to use PlatformToolkit stuff?

I have the package imported

[teal viper]

Check the docs..? 🤔

[pallid heron]

The unity manual just explains what code to use but not what namespace to import

[shell sorrel]

the name spaces are in the scripting api part of it

Unity.PlatfromToolkit

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.platformtoolkit@1.0/api/Unity.PlatformToolkit.PlatformToolkit.html
has a namespace field

[teal viper]

If still not recognized, you're likely using assembly definitions and need to configure them to use the package assembly.

[slender nymph]

or if the error only appears in your IDE you need to regenerate the project files

[pallid heron]

Oh, hrm. I was including Unity.PlatformToolkit and it wasn't working but now it does.

I guess yeah it needed to regenerate proj files or something

oof

[shell sorrel]

whats the oof

its telling you exactly what it requires you do in that error

[pallid heron]

yeah I know but that's the code the manual told me to use so I have to do some deeper digging into what's going on

oh wait

within an async

sorry I'm dumb

[shell sorrel]

await can only be used in async methods

[pallid heron]

yeah I thought it was complaining about GetAchievementSystem

Sorry I'm being distracted lol

[shell sorrel]

simple way would just make it async void assuming SaveWithTimestamp is a fire and forget type function and the timing of what you call after it does not care of its done yet

[pallid heron]

Damn. getAchievementSystem does not exist.

[shell sorrel]

yes it does,

you have to get a account first

[pallid heron]

ah I forgot to Establish

thank you 🙏

[silent elk]

does anyone know how to work with vfx like particle systems to make a muzzle flash type effect

[slender nymph]

i imagine the people who hang out in #✨┃vfx-and-particles might know

[frosty hound]

Easily to Google as well, plus look on the asset store if you want to just get something:
https://www.google.com/search?q=unity+muzzle+flash+particles&oq=unity+muzzle+flash+particles

[silent elk]

they kinda either do or dont reply

[slender nymph]

well if your entire question boils down to "how to make it" then you need to put more effort into research

[silent elk]

ive grasped making bursts and how to kinda make the shape

but i dont know how to make it look like muzzle flash

ive tried pretty much all recent tutorials and none has worked (when i say most ive spent 4+ hours trying)

[frosty hound]

That's an impossibility, and we often have people claiming that tutorials are somehow all not useable.

But if you're convinced of that fact, just get something off the asset store.

Regardless, this isn't a coding question, so #✨┃vfx-and-particles if you want to try seeing if anyone will essentially regurgitate whatever a tutorial would show you.

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/particles/war-fx-5669

There are even free ones 🤷‍♂️

[silent elk]

each tutorial just made the same thing so i think im doing the wrong ones or something

[copper jasper]

    private void HandleIdleBodyRot()
    {
        BodyYaw = RB.rotation.eulerAngles.y;
        CamYaw = CamHolder.eulerAngles.y;

        YawDrift = Mathf.DeltaAngle(BodyYaw, CamYaw);
        float ABSDrift = Mathf.Abs(YawDrift);

        if (!IsBodyTurning && ABSDrift > TurnThreshold)
        {
            IsBodyTurning = true;
            Debug.DrawRay(Player.position, CamHolder.forward, Color.red, 10, false);
        }

        if (IsBodyTurning)
        {
            // track camera while turning (kills the hard-stop jitter)
            TargetBodyYaw = CamYaw;

            TurnSpeed = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, ABSDrift / PanicAngle);
            float newYaw = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw, TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
            Debug.DrawRay(Player.position, Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f) * Vector3.forward, Color.blue, 10, false);

            RB.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f));

            // stop only when drift is actually small
            if (ABSDrift < StopThreshold) IsBodyTurning = false;
        }
    }

How do i fix this jitter

[edgy sinew]

Perhaps apply some smoothing to the RB.MoveRotation part,
There’s nothing smooth about MoveTowardsAngle as far as I know. It just has a maximum delta per frame.

[copper jasper]

how could i make it smooth tho cause it has to be an angle and doesnt it use turn speed to make it smooth

[edgy sinew]

It also may be a result of not having Interpolation on, or not using it correctly / the camera not being set up correctly.

[copper jasper]

let's say, I turn instantly at 180 degrees, it's perfectly smooth, everything's perfect. But if I try to use my mouse to consistently turn at 180 degrees, since my mouse's mouse speed is inconsistent, it jitters. But what part of the script is causing that?

basically for the cam i js do this

    CamHolder.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(VerticalLook,HorizontalLook,0);
    CamHolder.position = CamTarget.position;

[edgy sinew]

Are you familiar with Quaternion.Slerp

[copper jasper]

kinda but does it have the same angle thing as MoveTowardsAngle

[edgy sinew]

And, the camera should be in Update mode so the interpolation is visible, not FixedUpdate, I think. But that’s likely not the issue

[copper jasper]

i move and rotate the cam in late upadate

and i rotate the character in fixed

[edgy sinew]

Okay, so the jitter is just from that code itself, which doesn’t smooth it out

[copper jasper]

should i do it like this

TurnSpeed = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, ABSDrift / PanicAngle);
float newYaw = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw, TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
RB.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Lerp(RB.rotation, Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f), TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime));

ig not its still jittering

oh shit i used lerp oops

nvm still jitterting

[edgy sinew]

Well you could smooth out the TargetYaw, maybe that will work?

[copper jasper]

maybe a bit less tho

[copper jasper]

hmm lemme try that rq

[edgy sinew]

Achieving smoothness is tricky, especially with Rigidbodies, so it’s quite a process.
You must experiment & pinpoint the exact part of code that is causing the issue. I can only provide suggestions based on my experiences with Rigidbodies

[copper jasper]

so i kinda dont know how to smooth out the target yaw any ideas

[copper jasper]

been trying for over 15 hours and its 1 am I have a college interview tmrw i gotta show this 😭

[edgy sinew]

Yeah it’s tricky. Takes time.
Well “newYaw” is a float, so maybe pull it out of the function and just use Mathf.SmoothDamp

Make sure to not WrongLerp, you can find that whole thing on UnityHowHuh website.

[copper jasper]

am i smoothing too much 😭

TargetBodyYaw = Mathf.Lerp(TargetBodyYaw,CamYaw,15 * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

        TurnSpeed = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, ABSDrift / PanicAngle);
        float newYaw = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw, TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
        Debug.DrawRay(Player.position, Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f) * Vector3.forward, Color.blue, 10, false);

        RB.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Slerp(RB.rotation, Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f), TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime));

[edgy sinew]

You took too many steps forward in one shot. Have to delete the other attempts before trying this new one

[copper jasper]

ye i js a got a lil confused on what i should smooth out

[copper jasper]

I tried smooth damp on new yaw firstly it didnt work and secondly it broke the rotation cause its not angle based

My confusion is the turn speed is supposed to be the smoother but idk

And smoothing out the rigidbody didnt work either

neither did the targetyaw

so ig nothing work 😄

[edgy sinew]

There’s a lot at play here,
I do recommend Quaternion.Slerp the most if you can figure out how to use it in your context

[copper jasper]

Isnt this how i use it tho

RB.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Slerp(RB.rotation, Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f),TurnSpeed * Time.deltaTime));

[edgy sinew]

That seems fine, but a bunch of other things could be wrong in your setup/code

That’s not how the Unity docs use MoveRotation, so I’d start there

[copper jasper]

well i js asked chat gpt and even hes saying i shouldnt use slerp on the rigidibody since im already using movetowardsangle on the new yaw

[edgy sinew]

Yeah, I know. They’re completely different approaches that cant be combined, that’s why I said if you can figure out how to use Slerp in your context

[copper jasper]

the issue isnt with smoothing tho ive seen it myself its cause each time the targetyaw changes the new yaw lerping or whatever has to reset

so it stops then starts again

[edgy sinew]

Did you check out the Unity docs for MoveRotation? They compute some “deltaRotation” and multiply it

[copper jasper]

i did

[edgy sinew]

I’m sure you will figure it out. But troubleshooting here is not valuable, literally 5 or more things could be causing the jitter. It’s tricky for real

[copper jasper]

😭 I wish i was a unreal engine dev

they has gasp

they get everything for free

meanwhile i gotta work my ass off js to deal with some camera

should i move the cam in update or late update

acc nvm

[edgy sinew]

Try out GASP, it feels whack lol.
Not saying it should feel good right out of the box, but, I was very unimpressed & uninstalled right after

[copper jasper]

i was looking at the wrong thing

[copper jasper]

i find it rlly cool

like the motion matching

its rlly realistic but u gotta work on it a bit to perfect it

[edgy sinew]

It shouldn’t matter with interpolation on.
If I were you I would try to just get rotation working without user input,
Make it work smoothly like that. Then you will learn more about which part of the code causes the issue

When you try to do too much in one shot, you have to step back & achieve a more basic accomplishment first

[copper jasper]

i have a quick turn mechanic that turns the cam by 180 degress and that has no jitter when turning

[edgy sinew]

The cam or the player? I thought the player is the rotating Rigidbody in question.

[copper jasper]

it rotates the cam

[copper jasper]

no the cam rotates the player and the rigidbody is the player

[edgy sinew]

…

[copper jasper]

is that bad 😭

[edgy sinew]

So the player is supposed to follow the rotation of the camera?

[copper jasper]

ye

like in unreal engine

[edgy sinew]

What about WASD and such?

[copper jasper]

thats based on forward of the player rotation

[edgy sinew]

[copper jasper]

movement works fine trust me

its js the damn jitter

if i could fix the jitter i can get onto do so much

[edgy sinew]

Putting stuff into Debug.Log can help, OnGUI even better for some cases

[copper jasper]

what should i put tho

i can already see my variables in the inspector

[edgy sinew]

It’s your project, how would I know 😪

[copper jasper]

pain

[edgy sinew]

Keep troubleshooting different things until you pinpoint the issue,
Or ask ChatGPT maybe it knows more

[copper jasper]

chatgpt is the stupidest mf ever it keeps saying random things

ive been finding out the cause of my issues this whole time

[edgy sinew]

Your RB is kinematic right? I think interpolation for MovePosition and MoveRotation only works on kinematic RB

[copper jasper]

I EVEN MADE IT READ THE UNITY DOGS

[copper jasper]

nah its not

oh shit

so ig i do this? RB.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f);

[edgy sinew]

Awesome so dynamic RB are only supposed to use AddForce and AddTorque to maintain interpolation

[copper jasper]

well that seems the same even with rotation =

[copper jasper]

wait so for rotation dont i do rotation =

[edgy sinew]

Yeah probably is, interpolation isn’t going to work in either case with those functions

But you said you are able to rotate the player smoothly, just not when you add the whole user input stuff? Strange.

[copper jasper]

it doesnt work well with mouse movement cause its inconsistent

so it keeps reseting the rotation smoothness

idk how the whole lerping stuff work so ye

but it restarts them

so then it gets that small pause and bang jitter

well atleast thats what i think is happening

This is how it looks with the values do u see anything odd SUS

[edgy sinew]

That’s not how Slerp works, nor Springs,
Properly used they are supposed to adapt well to new inputs as they change

You’re still using MoveTowards right? That has no smoothness within it

[copper jasper]

but im using lerp on turnspeed

TurnSpeed = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, ABSDrift / PanicAngle);
float newYaw = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw, TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

[edgy sinew]

Maybe dlich sees the issue better.
I feel like you have multiple issues already with the approach that will make smoothness difficult to achieve

[teal viper]

This looks like your character is rotated in fixed update without interpolation.

[copper jasper]

its in fixed update

[teal viper]

Well, then it's broken for whatever reason. Probably because you're not rotating in a physically compatible way.

[edgy sinew]

Not supposed to use MoveRotation on Dynamic RB… interpolation doesn’t work in that pairing AFAIK

[copper jasper]

    private void HandleIdleBodyRot()
    {
        BodyYaw = RB.rotation.eulerAngles.y;
        CamYaw = CamHolder.eulerAngles.y;

        YawDrift = Mathf.DeltaAngle(BodyYaw, CamYaw);
        float ABSDrift = Mathf.Abs(YawDrift);

        if (!IsBodyTurning && ABSDrift > TurnThreshold)
        {
            IsBodyTurning = true;
            TargetBodyYaw = CamYaw;
            Debug.DrawRay(Player.position, CamHolder.forward, Color.red, 10, false);
        }

        if (IsBodyTurning)
        {
            // track camera while turning (kills the hard-stop jitter)
            TargetBodyYaw = CamYaw;

            TurnSpeed = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, ABSDrift / PanicAngle);
            float newYaw = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw, TurnSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
            Debug.DrawRay(Player.position, Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f) * Vector3.forward, Color.blue, 10, false);

            RB.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, newYaw, 0f);

            // stop only when drift is actually small
            if (ABSDrift < StopThreshold)
            {
                IsBodyTurning = false;
            }
        }
    }

All it should do is every 35 degrees the cam is away from the bodys forward it should rotate

[copper jasper]

i stoped using moverot tho

[edgy sinew]

Manually assigning is like the same.
Dynamic RB only interpolate properly with AddForce and AddTorque. Those are harder to use, too.

[teal viper]

First, setting rb.rotation would break interpolation.

[copper jasper]

well how do i change rot then

[copper jasper]

should i use addtorque

[teal viper]

Forces/torque, or setting velocity. Not entirely sure about MoveRotation. 50:50.

[copper jasper]

im not gonna get any sleep am i 😭 I hate unity so much but its too late to quit now

[teal viper]

MoveRotation should work according to the docs

[copper jasper]

alr ima test torque ig

[copper jasper]

ye thats what i was thinking too

[teal viper]

Then there probably was something else that was breaking it.

[edgy sinew]

Google it or ChatGPT it 🤷‍♂️
“Unity 6 does MoveRotation interpolate when using Dynamic Rigidbody”

I don’t have time to dig through where I found that stuff but, I’m like 90% sure.

[teal viper]

I remember movePosition and MoveRotation working properly in the past. Though it was a long time ago.

[copper jasper]

chat gpt said

Yes — but only visually.

MoveRotation does NOT interpolate by itself.
With a Dynamic Rigidbody, interpolation happens only if Rigidbody.interpolation = Interpolate, and it’s just visual smoothing between physics steps, not real rotation smoothing.

If the target rotation changes every frame → jitter still happens.

[edgy sinew]

That’s cap.

https://discussions.unity.com/t/rotation-doest-get-interpolated-while-using-rigidbody-moverotation/1701459/2

[copper jasper]

hmm thats weird

oh boy

Short answer: NO.

This does not have proper interpolation logic — it only has visual interpolation if the Rigidbody is set to Interpolate.

Why ❌ (very direct):

RB.MoveRotation(...) teleports the body each FixedUpdate

Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle is fine only if the target is stable

You are changing TargetBodyYaw = CamYaw every physics step

That means the target keeps moving → the step size keeps changing → micro jitter

Rigidbody interpolation cannot fix a moving target feedback loop

What is working ✔️

Physics-safe rotation (non-kinematic ✔️)

FixedUpdate timing ✔️

Visual smoothing ✔️

What is not working ❌

Logical interpolation toward a locked target

Stable angular progression

Deterministic turn completion

One-line verdict:

This code is chasing the camera, not interpolating toward a fixed goal — so jitter is expected.

btw half of the things there chat gpt told me to do

just fyi 💀

[teal viper]

Please avoid posting AI answers here. This is against the server rules and an easy way to invoke the server wrath on you.

[copper jasper]

oh mb 😭

[teal viper]

I'd also add that you both confuse and get confused by the AI since you don't really understand the topic.

[edgy sinew]

Try making your RB kinematic for a sec! Maybe MoveRotation will be interpolated then.
Then accept that for Dynamic RB you will have to suffer through learning AddTorque

[teal viper]

It's reply is a jumble of unrelated info in this case.

[copper jasper]

alr gimme a sec

[edgy sinew]

I posted a Unity discussions link. But ok whatever.

[copper jasper]

ai has destroyed my mind lol

damn it worked

[teal viper]

I see that, but that thread is quite sus.

[copper jasper]

😭

is kinematic fixed the jitter

but i dont want kinematic

kinematic suckssss

[edgy sinew]

Yeah of course. Now suffer with AddTorque (hint Vazgriz PID controllers video)

[copper jasper]

oh boi

well ima get to it

lets see how this goes 😭

[teal viper]

I'd suggest trying velocity before torque

[copper jasper]

wdym

like add force?

[teal viper]

set the velocity

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-angularVelocity.html

[copper jasper]

ah alr ima test that first then

[copper jasper]

it says i gotta give it a turn speed but then how will i get the actual target rot set

idk if my minds fried at 2am or what

[edgy sinew]

dude it’s called delta lol
Compute the difference between current and target

[teal viper]

You check how far you are from the target rotation. If not reached yet, set the velocity. If reached, don't(or reset to 0).

[copper jasper]

so is it my new yaw

my brains defo fried

[teal viper]

it's y rotation

because it's around the y axis

[copper jasper]

RB.angularVelocity = new Vector3(0, TurnSpeed, 0);

i cant look around at all now

like my body doesnt turn

[teal viper]

Then there is an issue with your logic. Debug it.

Or the rb is kinematic

[copper jasper]

rb is not kinematic ima check the variables

this should work ig

            float yawError = Mathf.DeltaAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw);
            float absError = Mathf.Abs(yawError);

            float turnSpeedDeg = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, absError / PanicAngle);

            // angular velocity expects radians per second
            float angularVelY = Mathf.Sign(yawError) * turnSpeedDeg * Mathf.Deg2Rad;

            RB.angularVelocity = new Vector3(0f, angularVelY, 0f);

            // stop only when drift is actually small
            if (ABSDrift < StopThreshold)
            {
                RB.angularVelocity = Vector3.zero;
                IsBodyTurning = false;
            }

ig not...

ughhhhhhhh

[edgy sinew]

Dude… You probably have to multiply the value a bunch,
Angular velocity may factor in and angular drag value

You’re supposed to know a lot of stuff before you try doing Rigidbody related stuff especially kinematic

[teal viper]

You need to debug instead of making random changes.

[edgy sinew]

What I mean is, “Winging it” is not recommended when working with Dynamic RB

[teal viper]

No it doesn't. Not mass.

[copper jasper]

ik but i just want to fix this and sleep bro ive not slept in 24 hours

well not 24 but i woke up at 5 yesterday and now its 2 am

and yesterday i slpet at 2 am

im cooked 😄

[teal viper]

Well, it would be way faster if you debug and understand the issue first, then trying numerous solutions randomly.

[edgy sinew]

Try multiplying the angular velocity Y value by some multiples,
Or try lowering angular drag on the Rigidbody component. Might be called something else they change the name a lot

[copper jasper]

Im trying to understand it as i go but my brain is js a pancake rn so im focusing more on js fixing it which i know is wrong but im stupid 😄

[edgy sinew]

Yeah that seems fine. Try multiplying the angular velocity so it reaches like 100 total value or something

(The Y value not the entire Vector3)

[copper jasper]

thats weird its saying its 0

        float yawError = Mathf.DeltaAngle(BodyYaw, TargetBodyYaw);
        float absError = Mathf.Abs(yawError);

        float turnSpeedDeg = Mathf.Lerp(MinTurnSpeed, MaxTurnSpeed, absError / PanicAngle);

        // angular velocity expects radians per second
        float angularVelY = Mathf.Sign(yawError) * turnSpeedDeg * Mathf.Deg2Rad;

        RB.angularVelocity = new Vector3(0f, angularVelY, 0f);
        print(RB.angularVelocity);

time to use my final idea to debug this method 😭

        print(yawError);
        print(absError);
        print(turnSpeedDeg);
        print(RB.angularVelocity);

[teal viper]

You can't fix what you don't understand, can you?

[copper jasper]

im so dumb 😄

it works decently

but it kinda has some lag

not rlly

like hmm

nah it has the same jitter as before

acc no

im getting confused XD

ah alr each time i turn and reach the target point it jumps a lil

[edgy sinew]

Jumps? Like the character itself, into the air?

[copper jasper]

no lemme send a vid 1 sec

well ig not rlly a jump but a hard stop that feels like a jump or a speed bump hard to see but easy to feel

ig i gotta find out how to smoothly stop the rotation

[edgy sinew]

PID controllers… Vazgriz has a useful video on it. Not particularly easy stuff

Maybe there’s an easier way since you’re not using AddTorque. But I’m not sure

[copper jasper]

i wrote a note to watch the vid tmrw so i can finish this first then improve it

Cause if i dont finish this then i wont be able to sleep it will be stuck on my mind and i will prob spend hours planning

@edgy sinew and @teal viper Thank you so much for spending ur time to help me it means alot youve both saved me from not sleeping at all and not being able to show off my game to my college interviewer

[teal viper]

@edgy sinew @copper jasper
Made a small test scene and it does indeed seem like interpolation doesn't work with MoveRotation on a dynamic rb... The moment it's switched to kinematic it starts working.

[naive pawn]

well, isn't moverotation specifically for kinematics

[edgy sinew]

Yes. And MovePosition

[teal viper]

Yeah, the docs fail to mention this though

[edgy sinew]

Yep exactly. I remember suffering through this before and only could find that info in Unity Discussions

[naive pawn]

wait this is 3d right?

oh wait i just misread docs, yeah ok

[edgy sinew]

Use Rigidbody.MoveRotation to rotate a Rigidbody, complying with the Rigidbody's interpolation setting.
It says this, which is quite misleading 🥺
I used the "Report a problem on this page" feature at the bottom,
But there was nowhere for me to specify what information is incorrect. But it says "they" will review it

Whatever that means. I wonder if there's a channel here to suggest Unity Docs improvements.

[teal viper]

You can click on the report button again to add a comment.

[edgy sinew]

I don't see anything like that. Do you mean that "Something else" button

[teal viper]

After I clicked "information is missing", then clicking on the button again revealed a comment ui.

[edgy sinew]

Ohh omg I didn't notice the 'provide more information' button. Thanks, good eye

[copper jasper]

yall should go through each doc and tell unity how to make em all peak 😄

it will only take afew days 😄

[edgy sinew]

Yeah literally. Well maybe more than a few days I’ve only even read prob 20-30% of the Docs.

[copper jasper]

is the docs that long 😭

[edgy sinew]

Combined effort of multiple people though, yeah maybe.

[copper jasper]

imagine the person writing it

[naive pawn]

unity is a really big project

[naive pawn]

it's not gonna be one person, it's entire teams (plural)

[copper jasper]

yikes

[sinful zinc]

what do these errors mean ?

They are coming from post processing scripts such as bloom editor, volume component editor and tone mapping editor

I deleted global volume from scene yet still get these erros

and turned off post processing on camera

[ivory bobcat]

Try restarting Unity.

[sinful zinc]

thanks, fixed it

[undone wave]

        ClassA instanceOfA;
        switch(thing)
        {
            case "case1":
                instanceOfA = Instantiate(prefabOfSubclassOfA);
                SubclassOfA instanceOfSubclassOfA = (SubclassOfA)instanceOfA; //SubclassOfA is a subclass of ClassA
                instanceOfSubclassOfA.propertyB = someValue; //propertyB only exists for SubclassOfA
                instanceOfA = instanceOfSubclassOfA; // instanceOfA is returned after the end of the switch block
                break;
            ...

Is this how you're supposed to do this kind of type conversion?

[naive pawn]

man, the people here aren't gonna know. #↕️┃editor-extensions

[undone wave]

the editor part is just variable/class names though?

the main question was about type conversion

[naive pawn]

there's probably some convention to make editor stuff safe/easy tbh

i understood the question as being about the flow for editor stuff tbh

[undone wave]

edited the code to be more general-case

[naive pawn]

i mean, if you're asking about the general case, no you would not be casting without checking

the editor field type being in the switch is kinda significant there

[undone wave]

but is that how you normally apply values to an instance of a subclass,

when you have a variable in the parent class?

(assuming all casts are valid)

[naive pawn]

if you have a variable in the parent class, you wouldn't need to cast to the child..?

that assumption is significant

you would not normally make that assumption

https://xyproblem.info

the people in #↕️┃editor-extensions would know whether it makes sense to use that assumption in that editor-specific context, and whether it's appropriate to cast directly because of that assumption

[undone wave]

alright, but i'm just asking for the preferred method to access subclass-specific fields, from an instance of its parent class,

not specifically about that method or this context, just the generally preferred method

(or if one exists, if it doesn't)

[naive pawn]

check before casting

[undone wave]

so essentially, it's just casting

[naive pawn]

there are also as and is with pattern matching checks

[teal viper]

I don't know the whole context, but you typically don't need to access subclass fields from a base class. This is a code smell. You'd typically use polymorphism.

[molten otter]

hey guys I got a really weird one in my DOTS project. I'm trying to put my code in different assembly definitions, but when I did that and referenced all the needed assemblies, Unity stopped recognizing the Baker class

Baker should be in Unity.Entities, which I'm referencing here

when I put that script back outside an assembly definition, everything is back to normal

is this a bug or what?

[teal viper]

What makes yoou think that the class is in the Unity.Entities assembly?

[molten otter]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.entities@6.5/api/Unity.Entities.Baker-1.html

[teal viper]

Are you using entities v 6.5?

[molten otter]

yep

let me double check the package actually

[teal viper]

So unity editor 6.5?

[teal viper]

Also, this is showing the namespace.

Not the assembly

[molten otter]

ok I see now the package manager says 1.4.4

[teal viper]

The assembly in 6.5 is Assembly: Unity.Entities.Hybrid.dll
In earlier versions: Assembly: solution.dll, which I'd assume is included in the core

[molten otter]

oh interesting

oh wait I see where it says that now

oh yeah everything works now :)
so not only was I looking at the docs for the wrong version but I was looking at the namespace instead of the assembly name

[unreal basin]

Hellow there kind fellow devs,
So I was trying to make a dialogue system thinking it won't be that hard, but system wise I realized (as always) how hectic it can be to manage so many assets.
Currently am using scriptable objects to store data for the dialogues and then using another separate ones specifically for logic only,
So one for logic flow one which will have all the events and choices there can be, while the data for languages which is stored separately
I know people always say to not reinvent the wheel so I want to ask where can I find the wheel to learn or observe about how can I create a scalable system and easy for designers to use for dialogues with the options for different languages built into it?
Thank you for reading.

[stray fog]

Hm anyone built like a crafting system for placing prefab building parts eg floor wall roof? Just wondering how you did it, was it just ”grid” based or you also did a snapping where you add snap points on prefab that other prefabs could snap onto?

I think I’ve answered my own question, best bet is to create gameobjects on prefab mark then as a snap layer and have the game object on each side and look for that. Unless anyone know a better way

[teal viper]

I'd suggest looking at some open source/free(maybe paid too if they provide source code) asset solutions to learn different ways to tackle such problems.

[charred monolith]

i need help about my Skin not following camera corretly.
i cant do this with parenting since then some networking issues i use occur.
how do i make the skin follow my head?
i got a script that should do the job but it doesnt work well.
https://paste.mod.gg/twaezrvqbbgm/0

[ivory bobcat]

You could probably use a parent constraint component rather than setting position and rotation.
This would allow you to freeze particular constraints if you aren't wanting the parent to effect those particular values.
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/Manual/class-ParentConstraint.html

The last four would seem to be related to what you're doing in Update

Note that the component doesn't make the object parent-child one another but instead provides a similar behavior without requiring parenting.

[charred monolith]

Ok thanks im Looking onto it later

[ivory bobcat]

Is this a code question? If not, try #💻┃unity-talk

[elfin pike]

fixed, yes wrong chat. chunk culling auto is terrible

[real thunder]

is there an API to greate an array from a piece of existing array?
like from elements 4-10

[midnight plover]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.array.copy?view=net-9.0

[real thunder]

thanks, somehow missed

I mean the calls with indexes

[keen dew]

also https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/ranges-indexes

[naive pawn]

fyi this would be referred to as a slice or a range or a sub[sequence/array/string/list/graph/set], for ease of searching in the future

[median hatch]

i got a dialogueManager that can receive any LocalizedString[]

thats it really

[tawdry rock]

Im not sure if this is a code or design problem but how do you solve this problem? What i want to achive is when the player enters the house it should trigger the "isInside" bool and basiclly reduce the ambient sound (like wind, bird noise etc.) The image shows the layout of the house and the yellow squares are the inside part (top down view). I did a ontrigger enter and exit which works if you enter any of the section of the house but if you go to the next section it sets back the bool to false due to ontrigger exit and doesnt register the next ontriggerenter. Im curious how this could be resolved since collider shapes are limited it just a problem when the interior has a L shape.

using UnityEngine;

public class InsideOutside : MonoBehaviour
{
    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.tag.Equals("Player"))
        {
            randomBirdSound.i.ambientSound.volume = 0.1f;
            Reference.i.isInsideBuilding = true;
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.tag.Equals("Player"))
        {
            randomBirdSound.i.ambientSound.volume = 0.7f;
            Reference.i.isInsideBuilding = false;
        }
    }
}

[median hatch]

you can add an extra check other.compareTag("Player") && isInsideBuilding

[tawdry rock]

So like this?
edit: thats the same result

 private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
 {
     if (other.tag.Equals("Player") && !Reference.i.isInsideBuilding)
     {
         randomBirdSound.i.ambientSound.volume = 0.1f;
         Reference.i.isInsideBuilding = true;
     }
 }

[median hatch]

yea like that

give it a shot

if it doesnt work then check your colliders

[keen dew]

That won't work because the exit event still triggers

Is there a reason why the colliders cover the entire house and not just the entrances?

[tawdry rock]

but why the enter wont trigger on the other box collider? is the playercontroller moving too fast?

[median hatch]

that too

OnTriggerEnter is usually a thin collider

otherwise you'll have OnTriggerStay

[keen dew]

The enter triggers before the other collider's exit

[tawdry rock]

Ohh actually i never tought of that, so i just should put a thin collider between the doors? Otherwise no any reason to cover the whole inside part

Like this

[keen dew]

Usually you have a collider on the inside that sets the "is inside" state and one on the outside for the "is outside" state

Red collider enter: player is going inside, green collider enter: player is going outside

[tawdry rock]

ahh yeah, i see i give it a try and both collider just have ontrigger enter event right? and set the bool for the state

erm, something is off. by default isinside is false and when i touch the first trigger (green) it set to true, and when i touch the second (red) it sets back to false but then im inside the building by that point.

[keen dew]

You need different scripts for both collider types

the inside collider always sets isinside to true and the outside collider always sets it to false

[tawdry rock]

oww, i try that. hold on. 🙂

[keen dew]

also it probably works better if you use the exit event instead to avoid issues when the player moves back and forth near the door

[tawdry rock]

Sorry got carried away. I dont want to say it too early but i think its working now properly. Thank you for your time and help.

[hard hollow]

I'm getting different results when caching the reference returned by the following lines:

GameObject.Find("objectName").GetComponent<Transform>();

transform.Find("objectName");

I'm aware that the former is inefficient but surely these do the same thing (The objectName that it's trying to find is neither disabled or has a duplicate in the scene)

[midnight plover]

transform. searches for children

[tawdry rock]

gameobject.find search all the gameobject from the hirearchy from top to bottom, transform.find only searches childs on the given gameobject

[sour fulcrum]

(Also both are awful)

[tawdry rock]

for performance wise, transform.find is good, for searching based on a string, yup. if its a const then i would use the second if i must

[hard hollow]

Which method would be preferable to either of these? Using the Unity editor and storing the reference instantly?

[hard hollow]

But they should theoretically return the same transform if the gameobject that the transform is on is neither a duplicate or inactive right? I'm just a bit confused why one works and the other doesnt

[naive pawn]

it's better relative to GameObject.Find, but it's still not good.

[queen adder]

is there any video explaining the multiplayer system for unity in detail

[naive pawn]

yes, direct serialized reference are the recommended way

[naive pawn]

you're gonna have to be more specific - how exactly is one of them not working?

[midnight plover]

do not crosspost

[verbal dome]

My rule of thumb is to use the Find methods for quick prototyping only, if anything

[hard hollow]

When using the GameObject.Find I'm getting completely wrong information about the objects transform. As soon as I change it to the transform.Find and recompile it fixes the issue

[verbal dome]

Direct reference is usually possible

[tawdry rock]

depends, if you can, you should make the reference and drag it from the editor (the less code you run the more optimalized it is), if you make a reference runtime then the second.

[verbal dome]

Did you confirm that they find the same object?

[queen adder]

this channel is for code help that why i asked here to

[hard hollow]

Oh I'm fairly new and I'd read that its okay to do it a bit as long as its not in an Update method. Is it really that much of a concern

[hard hollow]

I'm using Debug.Log() to print the objects name and there are only a handful in the scene and only one with the that exact name

[verbal dome]

Not a huge concern for beginner, but its good to know that can be very slow. These methods get slower when your scene grows in object count (GameObject.Find) or if the transform has more children (Transform.Find)

[naive pawn]

there's a lot of aspects to "okay".
that one definitely isn't true though.

there's 2 main issues with find, the fragility of indirect references through a magic string, and the performance to find retrieve the target

the performance is not too much of a concern if it's not being done constantly - like in Update, but also in any other cyclic contexts

but the fragility is always there

[verbal dome]

I'd learn to do it properly from the beginning (avoid Find)

[naive pawn]

pick one channel to post in, don't crosspost.

[queen adder]

okay

[naive pawn]

imo, don't worry about perf for now. worry about having sensible, safe, maintainable code, and perf will follow (at least at this stage in learning)

[verbal dome]

I did have a project with a huge scene and doing a few Find/FindObjectOfType calls in awake/start actually made it noticeably slower to enter playmode etc.

[naive pawn]

ok, and did you get the same name

[hard hollow]

Yeah it's the exact same

[naive pawn]

what's the issue then exactly?

have you tried just logging Find(...) == transform.Find(...).gameObject?

[tawdry rock]

this is why i said if you can you should drag the reference from the editor instead of flooding awake or start.

[verbal dome]

What wrong info?

[solar hill]

Its not always possible unfortunately

[hard hollow]

I'm plugging the transform into a player controller and I'm getting completely different movement when using the two methods of getting the reference. I've got it working with the transform.Find but I'm just wondering how they would be different.

[verbal dome]

Any runtime errors in the console?

When using either

[hard hollow]

No errors at all

[naive pawn]

ok to be blunt, you just aren't giving any info that would let us answer your question
what exactly was the issue you had, what wrong info?

[tawdry rock]

yes, when you runtime instantiating something, then you should store that reference immidiatly when you make it.

[hard hollow]

Getting the transform.forward is yielding different results between the two references. The game object reference doesn't seem to be updating at all and staying static

Apologies for not being super helpful, I'm not entirely certain what the problem is to begin with. Which is mainly why I'm asking so I can learn

[naive pawn]

well Transform is a reference type, so that shouldn't be happening

you weren't caching the forward vector, right?

[verbal dome]

Maybe showing the actual code would help, might be an obvious mistake

[naive pawn]

if you still have the code that you encountered this issue with that'd be very significant/useful context

[real thunder]

can I like
create a new basic materal from code

[naive pawn]

new Material()?

did you try googling "unity create material code" at all

research is the expected first step here

[real thunder]

sorry I will try to be more thoughtful

[naive pawn]

!code

[finite sable]

so im like NEW new to game development, (no shame please) but uh how do i make a 2d sprite move and collide with the sprite of the floor

[radiant void]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[naive pawn]

there'll be tutorials for that

!learn

[radiant void]

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[finite sable]

aight thanks man owe ya

got any general tips for a newbie junior lil cousin

[naive pawn]

just in general, try to find existing resources first, especially for general questions. chances are it'll be faster and more in-depth. spaces like these work for more specific questions or issues

[finite sable]

might need it down the road

[naive pawn]

pace yourself and rest, burnout is a bitch and brainfog does not help

[finite sable]

ay thanks okay okay

keep that in mind

[naive pawn]

oh also, no such thing as 100%-ing a skill. you never stop learning and there's always space to improve. don't set your goal to perfection, you'll always come up short

[ripe oracle]

Is anyone here interested in indie game development?

[real thunder]

A moment when I asked I thought it's borderline impossible (idk why)
Albeit a bright idea to search followed quickly and I found an answer about a moment I got an answer and got surprised it's simple
I feel like I am bad at thinking today

Also I thought that channel is... more casual but I guess it's not
I got used to use quick question channels elsewhere as a faster form of google because people hang out there and it's like symbiotic I get an answer bit faster than doing research and they got some kicks out of helping and explaining (I know that because I am one of those)

[naive pawn]

!collab

[radiant void]

:loudspeaker: Collaborating and Job Posting

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[naive pawn]

even in more casual spaces, trying to research a bit is expected imo

[real thunder]

you d be surprised

[ripe oracle]

Okay let's talk about it

[naive pawn]

no, let's not

[real thunder]

sometimes I feel like that my question is cohesive and makes sense is above the mark

[naive pawn]

i do hang out and help in other casual spaces, there is a limit to how "casual" it can go imo. these spaces aren't google proxies

[ripe oracle]

Are you interested?

[naive pawn]

no, read the bot message

[remote lynx]

just saw this are interfaces serializable now or only IAudioGenerator?

[frosty hound]

@deep heron #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

@limpid skiff
#1390346776804069396

Neither of these are coding questions.

[limpid skiff]

ops sory

[deep heron]

My bad. The other channel was not in my list.

[verbal dome]

Unity's been able to serialize interfaces for a while now (with SerializeReference), it just never had a built-in way to display it in the inspector

This field is likely being drawn manually from the audiosource editor

You can use packages/custom drawers to draw fields for serialized interfaces. Would be neat if unity had that natively though...

[remote lynx]

SerializeReference works for concrete implementations only it cant serialize UnityEngine.Objects

[twin pivot]

!collab

[radiant void]

:loudspeaker: Collaborating and Job Posting

We do not accept job or collab posts on Discord.
Please, use Discussions to promote yourself as job-seeking, advertise commercial job offers, or look for non-commercial projects to participate in:
• ** Collaboration & Jobs**

[twin pivot]

Also cant help but notice the lack of experience in unity

[verbal dome]

Oh yeah true. I couldnt find anything about new interface serialization though, so maybe it's just custom editor code for audiosource. You could test it out though?

I can see it being very useful especially for ScriptableObjects

[mystic hemlock]

why things gets hidden in the editor when I get to a specific distance? it was normal yesterday

[keen dew]

Not a code question, but select any object in the scene and press F

[mystic hemlock]

I didn't know where to ask 😅 .
but thank you. it got fixed. Can you tell me what happened exactly and how?

[keen dew]

The scene view camera's clip planes were wrong and focusing on an object reset them

#💻┃unity-talk for questions that don't fit any other channel

[mystic hemlock]

thank you

[zenith musk]

Hey guys

[charred monolith]

Zoom out

[polar acorn]

More detailed version: Unity will try to dynamically set clipping planes based on the size of the last object that was "focused". Various things can cause an object you're editing to come into focus, so if that thing was something very large like a terrain object or a big mesh, it'll set some pretty generous clipping planes to make sure you can see all of it. If you then zoom in and try to look at something very small that needs to render things up very close, it's not going to be set. You can manually focus an object at the size you want to look at like Nitku suggested, which is usually the best way. There's also a camera icon near the top-right of the scene view window to manually dial in settings if you want precise control over them.

[mystic hemlock]

I guess it was because I was focused on doing the UI on the canvas. since the canvas is very large. Thank you for the help 👍

[polar acorn]

Yep, that'd do it

the canvas is big

[unreal basin]

Alright I will try that out! If you know any open source ones it will be very helpful

[unreal basin]

Mhm that's convenient, but I mean if there are so many scriptable objects or variables that you have to keep tweaking again n again, I thought there will be a better way to do it, like a dialogue graph system or something so visually it's more debugable which thing goes where

[slim solar]

Heya, isn't OnEnable supposed to run every time a GO/Script is enabled, after being disabled?

[naive pawn]

only if the GO is active

[slim solar]

Ohhhhh. So I have a little ! (new item icon) on my menu buttons that is disabled, and I want it to enabled itself when the button appears if something is new

But I guess because the ! is already disabled, when the button enabled itself, the !'s script doesn't run

Yeah that makes sense, thanks

[naive pawn]

i'm not sure what the situation is there

but uh, ok

[slim solar]

My ! had it's own script on OnEnable to enable itself if there is something new

but the ! itself is disabled, so obviously it's OnEnable doesn't run lol

[naive pawn]

oh sorry, shouldve been more specific - i was referring to how the hierarchy was set up (or what your question was exactly) but i think i figured it out after a few rereads lol

[slim solar]

The button got enabled and I was thinking the !'s script would run, but the ! was still disabled during that time 😄

[naive pawn]

OnEnable fires when a behaviour becomes enabled on an active gameobject
either it's already enabled and the GO becomes active, or the GO is already active and the behaviour becomes enabled

[slim solar]

Yeah your msg made me realize my goof lol 😛

That's what I mean, the button got enabled, but the ! was still disabled, so it's OnEnable didn't run 😛

[naive pawn]

also to be pedantic - GOs don't get enabled/disabled, they get activated/deactivated. sometimes that distinction can help with clarity

[slim solar]

yeah, enable is just quicker to type lol

[naive pawn]

there's also a component called button so "button got enabled" just sounds like the component getting enabled, but i'm not sure if you mean that or if you have a gameobject named button that got activated

those would be very different situations

[slim solar]

Yeah lol, just dumbing it down but I can see how those specific words could 100% mean something else 😛

[rough granite]

Make the icon in a container that gets hidden / shown and not script (then have the script be a part of the parent object (which shouldn't get deactivated)

[slim solar]

Oh it's cool, I just made my menu find the ! and run it's code manually when needed 😛

[rough granite]

I mean guess that works...

[slim solar]

just needed for 4 objects, I was just being lazy lol

[kind charm]

I wanna make something like this, but I cant really code…

https://www.crazygames.com/game/escape-from-prison-multiplayer

[keen dew]

Better start learning then

[rough granite]

Then learn with something like unity pathways

!learn

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