#💻┃code-beginner

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frosty hound
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Great, we can move on.

neon sable
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lmfao

sour fulcrum
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they wanted to know the difference between c header files and c# interfaces

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which is a far bigger question than "how do interfaces work"

frosty hound
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They're not comparable. Next question?

sour fulcrum
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they didnt take that for an answer lol

neon sable
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stack

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over

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flow

frosty hound
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It's the answer, next question?

swift crag
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the user is now spamming "stack overflow" at us over and over

naive pawn
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as if that's a bad thing, tbh...

frosty hound
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No problem, next question?

naive pawn
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it has its ups and downs but the downs are blown way out of proportion lmao

frosty hound
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Yes, it's usually someone's go to when throwing a tantrum if they don't get what they think they want (usually misunderstanding something entirely).

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Okay, so it seems there's no more questions. We can wrap this up.

neon sable
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not at all, its more like you guys just arent explaining it well enough for someone to conceptualize

naive pawn
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did you even read my explanation

sour fulcrum
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its a big question

neon sable
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but yes you can say its "throwing a tantrum"

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but its well known this is a common thing when learning in the development field

naive pawn
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i mean, calling answers "ego" is pretty close, i'd say 🤔

frosty hound
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Okay, well I'm sure they're sorry they couldn't help. But we don't have to keep complaining about it.

neon sable
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I said 3 times I'll wait for someone else to help who can explain it better

naive pawn
naive pawn
frosty hound
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Stop trying to justify yourself. They can wait and ask again later.

sour fulcrum
frosty hound
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If they get the same answer, they get the same answer.

neon sable
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no, im not saying ur wrong at all

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i just dont understand the way your explaining it

naive pawn
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then say so instead of ignoring?

neon sable
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i did

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3x

sour fulcrum
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15 minutes to go from

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naive pawn
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you've been saying that prior to explanations being sent

sour fulcrum
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like it's hard to teach someone that's being an asshole

neon sable
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i mean i wasnt wrong in the 1st statement

frosty hound
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Enough already fucking hell

neon sable
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but that doesnt say ur wrong either

naive pawn
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no, of course not, because that's an opinion

frosty hound
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Make a thread, everyone stop yapping.

undone orchid
neon sable
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the mod already said to stop im posting a thread

undone orchid
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or js politely say thank you and google it 😭

undone orchid
neon sable
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issue isnt listening, or reading btw, its more i dont understand the way its been layed out in front of me

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especially when claude is telling me im correct

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mixed signals

burnt vapor
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Just to be clear, bots barely do fact checking. Asking "Is x correct" often yields a positive response, especially with a lack of context, when it often isn't

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It's not going to continue asking for more info to make sure it's correct

neon sable
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the entire context is interfaces though

burnt vapor
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So asking a bot if something is correct isn't really going to help a lot. Better you just ask about the topic in general

neon sable
solar hill
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Youre trying to prove to us youre correct because your personal yes man is saying so

neon sable
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not really

solar hill
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so whats the point of posting these screenshots here long after the mod told you to drop it and make a thread?

neon sable
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? i was literally making a thread and you decided to react and others decided to chime in

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you guys are instigating then wondering why im continuing to reply

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lol

sour fulcrum
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(dumb ai gaslighting is worth laughing at, sorry)

burnt vapor
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So why aren't you making a thread then?

neon sable
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im literally midway writing it, wdym?

naive pawn
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could probably just create a thread first, so anyone that wants to chime in can chime in there, while you write the message

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ah, you made a post

polar acorn
pliant light
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Why are all the assets I'm taking from the store missing shaders and animations and everything? I have seen and know how popular unitychan is but for me she doesn't work, just a pink outline but as soon as I put down kyle as a prefab he instantly works

swift crag
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shaders, specifically, will depend on the render pipeline you're using

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if an asset was designed for the built-in render pipeline, it will not work right in URP/HDRP

pliant light
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how can I check what their compatible with? is it possible, or rather easily possible to make them compatible?

swift crag
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the Asset Store package will tell you which pipelines the asset was designed for

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In this case, you probably just need to switch the materials to use a different shader

polar acorn
swift crag
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for example, if you're using URP (which is the most likely scenario), you can switch the materials to use the URP/Lit shader

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well, i think it's called Universal Render Pipeline/Lit

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this is a substitute for the original Standard shader

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This should be the only thing that you need to fix

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I can't think of any core systems that have changed in such a breaking way

pliant light
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it just makes it gray, here is an example of the other material and how they look

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naive pawn
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this is a code channel btw

swift crag
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you'd need to apply that "diffuse" texture to the "Base Map" property of the new material

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this is some kind of custom toon shader

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so it will not be an exact match

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(and yeah, this would be more fitting in...where would it fit, actually?)

solar hill
mint imp
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Would there be a significant preformance issue when adding/removing components at runtime?
I noticed that "Add component" existed and had idea for it

sour fulcrum
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depends on what your doing

sour palm
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im cooked

polar acorn
mint imp
sour fulcrum
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hard to answer in isolation

sour palm
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Where would i go for like custom Manager help?

naive pawn
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manager for what, exactly?

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that's a very vague descriptor

sour palm
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emote manager for vrc 🙁

sour fulcrum
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!vrchat

radiant voidBOT
sour palm
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ffs

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its in unioty

naive pawn
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is it in vrc?

sour palm
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no

naive pawn
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you just said it was vrc lmao

sour fulcrum
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no one knows anything about that

sour palm
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lmao

naive pawn
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yeah it's vrc

sour fulcrum
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you'll have to go to that server

naive pawn
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so ask in the vrc server

sour palm
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fairs

mint imp
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lmao

naive pawn
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all the vrc devs are in the vrc server, not here lol

sour palm
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aight

polar acorn
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Don't ask VRChat questions in here unless you want Unity answers. Things like "don't use this component just write your own script that changes animations however you please"

crisp oar
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Hello, I really need help with my project. I've been using AI to develop the code, not that I haven't tried learning C# and C++ but I get soooooo overwhelmed and my expertise is more on the art side. All I want to do right now is to take away the limits of where the camera can pan because it only pans in the bottom left part

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that's kinda where im at. It's supposed to be a fire emblem type game aka grid based strategy

sour fulcrum
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(Not many people here are too keen to help fix ai generated code)

desert summit
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i’m kinda new at unity does anyone know how to make joystick movement for a vr game

crisp oar
# sour fulcrum (Not many people here are too keen to help fix ai generated code)

yeah, and im kinda ashamed that i used it. but learning code can be soo overwhelming. I wish I had someone to do it for me but I know that it's not that simple. Coding is something you'll have to do. It's unavoidable, and this was kinda just an experiment. I was only gonna use AI for the code and do all the art and animations by hand but it seems that it's not that simple

sour fulcrum
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I'm not judging

crisp oar
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I might just start over idk. I have a really good idea but I can't code. I might attempt to learn it again but I know that'll lead to quick burnout from getting overwhelmed. There's not alot of documentation but maybe AI could teach me some of the basics and I could go from there

sour fulcrum
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there is a substantial amount of documentation

crisp oar
naive pawn
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there aren't docs for that because that's a game mechanic, not an engine/language feature

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you'd be looking for guides or tutorials for that

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but yeah that aside - that seems like quite the involved goal. if you start on this, you'll have to juggle learning many things at the same time

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consider going through simpler guides and such to get the hang of individual systems first, then work on combining them as a separate task

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gotta space yourself properly

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there are beginner resources pinned in this channel, and consider checking out unity learn

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!learn

radiant voidBOT
crisp oar
# naive pawn

ill look at that thanks. Coding is just overwhelming because the things I want to include requires a deeper understanding of code that I don't have the mental capacity for at the time but I do want to have that mentality to master it.

naive pawn
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then start from the shallow end

sour fulcrum
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Feels like my question fits here more than #🤖┃ai-navigation,
Anyone have any suggestions for a nice clean way to limit my player controller's movement to the NavMesh? Couple ways I can think of off the top of my head but curious if anyone has found success in any route

crisp oar
# naive pawn then start from the shallow end

I also struggle with patience but yes you are right. I need to create simpler stuff. Coding with AI does kinda give me an idea of how all the code is supposed to work with each other

verbal dome
naive pawn
sour fulcrum
verbal dome
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You could simply snap the final position with NavMesh.SamplePosition

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Ok not sure how it'd work with a dynamic one

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Can you like jump and stuff?

sour fulcrum
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na

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top down 3d

verbal dome
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Forcing rb to a position is always a bit hacky if you are using dynamic rb

sour fulcrum
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to be honest i don't recall why it's not kinematic, that could be a solvable problem

crisp oar
sour fulcrum
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i try hard to avoid making player controllers

naive pawn
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is the navmesh a complex shape? could you just put up invisible walls lol

sour fulcrum
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not particually but it would be nice for level iteration

verbal dome
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I was thinking of generating invisible walls (boxes) on the navmesh edges too, but they'd need to be offset from the edges by the radius of the agent, which gets tricky

verbal dome
sour fulcrum
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i expected some jank

verbal dome
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Top down kinematic controller wouldnt be too complex I inagine

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Actually you dont even need physics, you can just use navmesh raycasts and sampleposition 🤔

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I did make a navmesh player controller like this once as an experiment

verbal dome
sour fulcrum
verbal dome
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How's your scene view following the object?

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Is that a feature

sour fulcrum
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ctrl f

verbal dome
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In unity

sour fulcrum
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haha yeah

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select in hiearchy then ctrl f

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shift f

naive pawn
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woah

verbal dome
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4.3???

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How have I never done it by accident bruh

sour fulcrum
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yeah thats old tech i got off a random brackeys video lmao

verbal dome
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Well, thanks 😄

sour fulcrum
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🤝

shell sorrel
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It's been around since at least 4.x

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Maybe even 3.5 I can't remember anymore

tough lagoon
thorn kiln
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I'm following a tutorial from 2 years ago making an angry bird clone, the guy is using this code to make a list of the baddies in the scene

        Baddie[] baddies = FindObjectsByType<Baddie>();
        for (int i = 0; i < baddies.Length; i++)
        {
            _baddies.Add(baddies[i]);
        }```
But I'm using 6.3, so it says FindObjectsOfType is obsolete. Is there a clean replacement? FindObjectsByType  which is suggested gives an error
chrome shell
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Does anyone know how to prevent an enemy to spawn inside another object?

tough lagoon
thorn kiln
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Appreciated

undone rampart
# thorn kiln Appreciated

I would advise that you use the version of FindObjectByType without the sort mode parameter, since that is marked as obsolete in unity 6.4

carmine pasture
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hello

tame juniper
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does anyone know why the square sprite dosent show up on my 2d sprite?

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nvm i found it

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why is there an option to hide sprites??

real thunder
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Does anyone have an idea why does it it not look like a hex when the amount is 6 and angle is 60?
(dispersion is a float)

private void ShootOneSpurt()
    {
        wpn_go.damage_parsys_go.transform.position = fps_cam.transform.position;
        for (int i = 0; i < wpn_data.amount_of_hitbox_particles; i++)
        {
            float angle = wpn_data.angle_between_hitbox_particles * i;
            Vector3 dispvec = new Vector2(Mathf.Cos(angle), Mathf.Sin(angle)) * wpn_data.dispersion;
            Quaternion rot = Quaternion.LookRotation(Vector3.forward + dispvec);
            Vector3 shot_forward_vector = fps_cam.transform.rotation * rot * Vector3.forward;
            wpn_go.damage_parsys_go.transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(shot_forward_vector);
            wpn_go.damage_parsys.Emit(wpn_data.projectiles_per_shot);
        }
    }
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...I prolly screwed up basic trigonometry

wintry quarry
real thunder
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oh thanks

swift crag
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consider using Quaterion.AngleAxis to do the rotation! it lets you skip the trig

oak marlin
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why do I teleport through objects using UnityEngine;

public class playerController : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("Player Stats")]
[SerializeField] private float walkSpeed = 20f;
private float speed;
[SerializeField] private float sprint = 30f;

private float verticalInput;
private float horizontalInput;


// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    speed = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) ? sprint : walkSpeed;

    verticalInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
    horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

    // moves forward and back
    transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * verticalInput * Time.deltaTime * speed);

    // moves left and right
    transform.Translate(Vector3.right * horizontalInput * Time.deltaTime * speed);
}

}

rich adder
radiant voidBOT
rich adder
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you have to read the part about 📃 Large Code Blocks

oak marlin
rich adder
oak marlin
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Thats what I said! but these people said that this is a good way of movement

rich adder
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maybe someone was trolling ? idk but you don't use translate if you don't want to phase through walls period.

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the only way to hit colliders properly is using a physics based movement / controller like Rigidbody or Character controller
using their move methods

oak marlin
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I can't stand these people man

keen dew
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Last time you were here everybody who replied said that moving a physics object via translate is not a good idea

swift crag
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It's perfectly valid if you aren't using physics 😉

oak marlin
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well I now decided to use the line rb.AddForce(horizontalInput * speed, 0, verticalInput * speed); but now there is latency in the movement and it gets stuck on things like a golf ball with the mass of 0.2

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can someone give me an idea of why this is wrong and what I can do better?

rich adder
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post code using links shown in the bot msg @oak marlin

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and AddForce has acceleration thats why plus its accounting for the mass, there are different forcemodes you can use

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or alternatively .linearVelocity can be used to get an instant move

oak marlin
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I dont understand the bot bro

rich adder
polar acorn
oak marlin
polar acorn
timber tide
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translate can work but large steps will effectively causes misses

oak marlin
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look, this is one of the messages [ZEQA],
AleksiH🏘️ 🏘️ 🏘️ — 4/1/26, 12:26 PM
If anything, moving via transform should be much less jittery than anything with physics. Unless you have a rigidbody on the same object fighting against the translate. If the object has a rigidbody, then moving via transform isn't great, don't know how any of that implies anything being outdated. to me sounds like he wants to be a smart alek and not help with the issue

timber tide
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so you have to implement your own detection methods -> raycast the step beforehand

polar acorn
oak marlin
polar acorn
timber tide
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If you're going to move something directly by transform then it's probably for some visual object that doesn't need collision info

oak marlin
timber tide
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so your 3 options out of the box for a character controller is either Unity's character controller, Unity's rigidbody, or PhysX kinematic

keen dew
timber tide
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spoiler: unity's stuff is objectively worse than just making your own

oak marlin
oak marlin
rich adder
naive pawn
oak marlin
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I literally am using this cs new Vector3(horizontalInput * speed, 0, verticalInput * speed); But it only moves on the x and y but not forwad back right left according to how the player is rotated. I am making first person

naive pawn
# oak marlin look, this is one of the messages [ZEQA], AleksiH🏘️ 🏘️ 🏘️ — 4/1/26, 12:26 P...

they aren't saying to use transform
they're saying this

  • if the object has something that controls the transform (eg rigidbody, CC, root motion animator) then use that.
    • in the case of rigidbody, it work on the fixedtimestep, so it can be jittery, if interpolation is not set correctly.
  • otherwise, using the transform should be done per-frame, so it wouldn't be jittery.

none of these solutions would be jittery if used correctly

naive pawn
rich adder
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btw its 3 ` backticks, not '

night raptor
slender nymph
waxen adder
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What do you guys think about this?

I have a Collectible class. It extends monobehaviour, so it represents the actual physical thing in the game world. It's responsible for figuring out if it's been collected.

The actual things that happen when it's collected is handled in a stored CollectibleData scriptable object, where effects get applied and such.

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I'm leaning towards just having both responsibilities in one class. I'm having a hard time thinking of a good reason for the seperation versus yesterday when I made this system XD

torpid sparrow
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Ive got a nice chunk loader going that uses additive scenes and a scene config that loads scenes around the pllayer based on position, but implimenting origin shift with this method is a nightmare! is this a bad approach?

wintry quarry
grand snow
wintry quarry
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Because then you can have the Collectible reference the CollectibleData for what it is, and you could have an Inventory for example that also deals with CollectibleDatas

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and inventory UI elements

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etc

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As well as putting it in a serializable save data

grand snow
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Ive always stored all information like this externally and things are much better for it

waxen adder
wintry quarry
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not easily/directly

waxen adder
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Gotcha. Well, good thing I asked, because I went and switched to one class only. Would've been a big mistake from the sounds of it

wintry quarry
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Deserialization with a monobehavior is essentially impossible

grand snow
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sharing a scriptable object reference? easy!

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a mono instance? utter shit

waxen adder
grand snow
waxen adder
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Asking because I'm thinking about "state" type classes, that record the state of something

grand snow
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Basically either use a scriptable object to define data for some thing OR an id that maps to data you load in your own way

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Information about an object or concept should be defined once and re used

simple stump
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hey, im creating this remake of a game, but i have to deal with this issue:
player collision is a cube (edge collider 2d), these other tiles are then a box collider 2d. Player cannot pass to these 1 tile blank spots while i want them to. Previous tests with sphere or tinier box shows that it seems to be tied with player velocity since it can pass to a blank spot if the spot is at a certain level where velocity is lower. Sphere collider was promissing but issue still occur
was thinking of using Rays on the player collider in its corner to the direction but not really sure if thats only option and seems complicated, is there suggestion to let player pass this tile? the original game seems to reset the velocity if going to that direction but that would be a case of specifically how

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wintry quarry
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Why are you using an edge collider though instead of a box collider

simple stump
simple stump
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the original game acts like this, at end i showscase what appears to be the velocity being set to zero which i wonder how to properly do in unity and what checks to do

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wintry quarry
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Just move the collider lower

simple stump
wintry quarry
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part of this is why capsules are normally used for characters

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because sharp corner edges get caught on stuff

ivory bobcat
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Why? Does it not work if you leave some gap on the top of the sprite?

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Having smooth corners would help as well

simple stump
edgy tangle
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Without knowing more about precisely why not, I agree that this likely could be solved by using a smaller, rounder collider. Have you tried using a BoxCollider2D with EdgeRadius? That will round the corners.

cunning pond
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guys when i switch my project to il2cpp it kicks me out of the game whenever i test it out but when i switch it back to mono it lets me play. anyone know the situation?

sour fulcrum
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use mono 😛

cunning pond
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its a vr game

teal viper
cunning pond
simple stump
muted sand
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    private (float final_pitch, float final_yaw) CalculatePitchYaw() => (0f, 2f);

Do the parenthesis matter in CalculatePitchYaw()?

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If they don't what practices should i follow?

ivory bobcat
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Basicallycs private Type CalculatePitchYaw() => Value;

muted sand
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Since its like a lambda

ivory bobcat
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I'm not sure where you're seeing a lambda but this looks like a method.

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For it to be an lambda, you have to be using an assignment operator if you're wanting to associate it with a variable name

muted sand
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Okay

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But the () in CalculatePitchYaw() are optional?

ivory bobcat
ivory bobcat
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A method requires the parenthesis

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A property would not (if it's a property)

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I'm assuming it's not a lambda.

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A property would look like this:cs private Type CalculatePitchYaw => Value;

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Reminder that this isn't a lambda function. We're using a single expression body statement. => doesn't make it a lambda function.

muted sand
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Okay

naive pawn
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it's just the {} that has changed

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normal methods require () even if they don't take params, don't they? 😉

muted sand
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thanks

mossy cave
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hello, im still a bit of newbie with scripting and unity overall. is this where i can ask a question, or where may i find that chat? :)

naive pawn
mossy cave
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Ive been having an issue with a moving platform and my character. Whenever i add this script to my platform, it works fine in terms of the character staying on the platform. However, he deforms/stretches. I know it's because the platform itself isnt scaled 1,1,1 like he is (he doesnt distort when i set the platform to 1,1,1) is there a way around this, and would it be in my script, or unity itself?

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ive seen a forum or 2 about it but no solutions have fixed my issue. I may be doing something wrong though

naive pawn
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if the graphics don't align, have them as a separate child with different scaling

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but the root object of the platform would be 1,1,1

mossy cave
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so i'd make my platform a child of an object/parent with a scale of 1,1,1?

naive pawn
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you would have the logical "platform" be scaled 1,1,1
then you would have the graphics of the platform, eg the mesh, as a child that's scaled

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so it's just the graphics that's getting scaled

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components like this StickyPlatform would be on that unscaled parent

mossy cave
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Like this? I deleted my previous message thinking I figured it out but it kinda did kinda didn’t lol (it works only when standing on the invisible box)

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naive pawn
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please don't take photos of screens

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that doesn't even show any relevant info lol

mossy cave
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should i show my script or?

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which info would be relevent

naive pawn
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show the hierarchy properly with a screenshot, describe what objects are what, eg which one has graphics, which ones are scaled, etc

mossy cave
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The moving platform is the main one to look at here. specifically Ground and Visual Ground. "Ground" is the logical invisible platform set to 1,1,1. "VisualGround" is the child object of Ground that you can see. The Stickyplatform script is set on "Ground"

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it works in the sense that if i step on "Ground, I move with no distortion. But if i stand on "VisualGround" I no longer follow the platform when standing on it. It just doesnt look right, as im floating on a box lol. So i guess no technically issues, just visual issues. "Ground" is the invisible box outline, "VisualGround" is the green rectangle

long fjord
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Hi, I am making a platformer and run all the movement methods through fixed update. Obviously it isn't as responsive as update, hence why I read input there, and save it in a boolean, as seen in the example code. I am a bit obsessed with trying to be optimal, which is why Im wondering whether there are any better ways to combat this. Any answer would be helpful, thanks!

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wintry quarry
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looks good

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As for "optimal" you'd have to explain what you mean by that.

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Performance? Code architecture? Readability?

long fjord
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thanks for the response, I know "optimal" depends on certain factors, but it just feels strange, I am not very experienced in unity and i figured they would have some simple method or something to read input accurately on fixed update.

wintry quarry
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there's nothing strange about this

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input handling goes in Update

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physics goes in FixedUpdate

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using variables to communicate information between the two is standard

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read input accurately on fixed update.
It has nothing to do with "accuracy". FixedUpdate simply does not run every frame

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so it is not a suitable place to read single-frame input like a button press

mossy cave
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i solved my issue! it was a box collider thing, i made the box collider shape the same shape as my visualground. Thanks for the help!

naive pawn
naive pawn
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please do not spam

bright hill
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im trying to figure out with dynamic bullet spread (when player stands he shoots perfect, when player moves he shoots bad). bullet spread updates every frame and moves to zero every second. im bad at math and i dont know why it works like this

    {
        bool isMoving = controller.isMoving;
       

        if (isMoving == true)
        {
            gunData.bulletSpread = Mathf.Lerp(gunData.bulletSpread, gunData.bulletSpread * 2, 0);
        }
        else if (isMoving == false)
        {
            gunData.bulletSpread = Mathf.Lerp(gunData.bulletSpread, gunData.bulletSpread / 2, 1);
        }
    }```
keen dew
#

Those 0 and 1 at the end of the lerps literally tell it to go instantly to 0 (start) or 1 (end)

#

Lerp is the wrong tool here anyway. Use Mathf.MoveTowards instead

bright hill
#

sounds like what i need

#

lemme try

#

it works, i added min spread and max spread, now it works like i thought

   private void Start()
    {
    gunData.bulletSpread = gunData.minSpread;

    }
    public virtual void Update()
    {
        bool isMoving = controller.isMoving;
       

        if (isMoving == true)
        {
            gunData.bulletSpread = Mathf.MoveTowards(gunData.bulletSpread, gunData.maxSpread, 0.5f * Time.deltaTime);
        }
        else if (isMoving == false)
        {
            gunData.bulletSpread = Mathf.MoveTowards(gunData.bulletSpread, gunData.minSpread, 0.5f * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }
spice burrow
#

Hi guys! I haven't gotten the code for this yet, so I can't show anything.

I have a question about rb2d velocity.

I'm trying to single out the transform.up velocity of an object (the vertical velocity of the gameobject, i.e. forwards/backwards. How do I do that?
I need to know whether the forwards/backwards velocity of my object is above a certain number in order to brake.

keen dew
#

Which is it, rigidbody or transform velocity?

spice burrow
#

A rigidbody 2d

#

I'm using addforce

naive pawn
#

the rigidbody velocity in the direction of transform.up, no?

spice burrow
#

yup

keen dew
#

A rigidbody has a .linearVelocity property

naive pawn
#

you could use transform.TransformDirection/Vector for that (or InverseTransform, i forget)

#

probably the non-inverse version

spice burrow
naive pawn
spice burrow
naive pawn
#

on what exactly? have you checked the docs

#

it'd take me a bit to figure out which one is the right method since i don't have anything to test it on lol

keen dew
#

Vector3.Dot(rb.linearVelocity, transform.up) gets the velocity in that direction only

naive pawn
#

the overall concept is just transforming between local space and world space, and they take in a Vector3 and return the equivalent Vector3 for a different space

spice burrow
#

now I remember

#

thanks

spice burrow
naive pawn
#

ohhh that's nice

spice burrow
#

why does it KNOW so much 😭 is this normal??? has never happened on my school laptop

image.png
#

HAHHA i just realised it doesn't even make sense

#

its not very smart after all

naive pawn
#

it's AI, yeah

#

i'd recommend just turning it off tbh

spice burrow
#

that sucks

#

ew

# 
if(Keyboard.current.wKey.isPressed)
{
    targetVelocityVert = baseTargetVelocityVert;
}
else
{
    targetVelocityVert = 0;
}

if (Keyboard.current.sKey.isPressed)
{  
    targetVelocityVert = (-baseTargetVelocityVert);
}
else
{
    targetVelocityVert = 0;
}```

Would it make more sense to turn these into one if/elseif/else statement instead?
#

I don't see any way it would fuck up the logic

naive pawn
#

if S isn't pressed, targetVelocityVert would be 0, that's the last thing checked

spice burrow
#

yeah it'd probably freak out if i pressed both w and s

#

right

#

true

#

ill change it

naive pawn
#

nah, the first if/else isn't used at all lol, now that i think about it

#

if you set up input actions properly you'll get automatic handling for this fwiw

spice burrow
# 
if(Keyboard.current.wKey.isPressed)
 {
     targetVelocityVert = baseTargetVelocityVert;
 }
 else if (Keyboard.current.sKey.isPressed)
 {  
     targetVelocityVert = (-baseTargetVelocityVert);
 }
 else
 {
     targetVelocityVert = 0;
 }```
fixed 😝
naive pawn
spice burrow
#

how could I do that, though?

naive pawn
#

quite a few ways

  • take advantage of the inputsystem to do it for you
  • use a "cumulative" direction, not sure how to call it exactly
targetVelocityVert = 0;
if(Keyboard.current.wKey.isPressed)
{
    targetVelocityVert += 1;
}
if (Keyboard.current.sKey.isPressed)
{  
    targetVelocityVert -= 1;
}
targetVelocity *= baseTargetVelocityVert;
```something like this, for example
- add a separate case to handle when both are pressed
long fjord
#

Hi, fyi: the jump is called in fixedupdate, and the input is read in update. The jump registers, but every single time it is the shorterjump(velocity/3), even when Im not actually releasing the button. I suspect it has soemthing to do with fixed update.

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spice burrow
#

how do i turn off thw ai bullshit suggestions in visual studio :/

queen vale
sour fulcrum
#

Probably intellicode

naive pawn
naive pawn
naive pawn
#

this is very little context to go off of

#

show more context and send code appropriately please

#

!code

radiant voidBOT
queen vale
spice burrow
naive pawn
spice burrow
#

I think it's intellisense cuz any ai update would have 39 popups and shit each time it recommends a single thing

naive pawn
spice burrow
#

ohhh

#

okay

#

turned anything i deemed useless off

queen vale
#

I'm rocking VS 2019, can't say I've seen intellicode. Wondered by people were using that term lol

spice burrow
#

as long as im not an expert i dont want an ai helping me out

#

if you're bad and use ai to write code it stops being a tool and starts being a replacement

#

i dont want that

#

i got this sick concept

queen vale
#

If only microsoft took that advice for windows 11

spice burrow
#

so basically each time i apply force using addforce i get faster, but i dont want to go beyond my max speed. how? well, i just came up with an idea to fix it. i check how many percent of max speed have been reached and subtract 1 with it. i take the regular "push froce" and multiply it by that number. simple. smooth.

#

chat, is this diea goated or nah

long fjord
# 
    {   
        jumpBufferCounter += Time.deltaTime;
        ReadInput();
        JumpBuffer();
   
        moveDirection = moveAction.ReadValue<Vector2>().x;
        
        print(jumpAction.WasReleasedThisFrame());
        
    }

    void ReadInput()
    {
        
        if(jumpAction.WasReleasedThisFrame())
        {
            jumpReleased = true;
        }
        
    }
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        
        ApplyMovement();
        HandleGravity();
        HandleDeceleration();
        Move();
        Jump();
    }


    void ApplyMovement()
    {
        rb.velocity = refVelocity;
    }

    
    void Jump()
    {   
        //GroundCheck
        if(Physics2D.OverlapBox(groundCheckBox.position, groundCheckBox.localScale, 0, groundLayer))
        {
            isGrounded = true;
            gravity = baseGravity;
        }

        else
        {
            isGrounded = false;
        }


        //actually jumps
        if (jumpPressed)
        {
            jumpPressed = false;

            if(isGrounded)
            {   
                canJumpBuffer = false;
                canJump = true;
            }
        }

        else if(canJumpBuffer)
        {   
            canJumpBuffer = false;
            canJump = true;
        }

        if(canJump)
        {   
            canJump = false;
            refVelocity.y = jumpHeight;
        }

        if(jumpReleased && refVelocity.y > 0f)
        {   
            jumpReleased = false;
            refVelocity.y = refVelocity.y / 2;
        }
        
    }

    void JumpBuffer()
    {
        if(jumpPressed && !isGrounded)
        {   
            jumpBufferCounter = 0f;
        }

        if (isGrounded && jumpBufferCounter < jumpBufferLimit)
        {
            canJumpBuffer = true;
        }

        else
        {
            canJumpBuffer = false;
        }
    }
naive pawn
naive pawn
long fjord
naive pawn
#

use the pastebin links provided

queen vale
naive pawn
#

it's a negative feedback loop but only in one half

#

hmm i guess if you allow the fraction to go over 1 to add a slowing force, i guess that could work

long fjord
spice burrow
naive pawn
queen vale
#

Wonder if there's something you could do by using the inverse. 1/maxSpeed.

naive pawn
spice burrow
naive pawn
#

you could do ClampMagnitude on the horizontal velocity

#

or if you're in top-down 2d, you would just clamp the entire velocity

naive pawn
long fjord
#

the jump always reverts to the shorter jump, even if I hold down the button.

spice burrow
# 
            if(velocityVert < targetVelocityVert)
            {
                //the first variable is asuper weird way of writing "percent of target velocity reached (for vertical movement). vert always refers to transform.up velocities in this case.
                percentTargetVelReachedVert = (Mathf.Abs(velocityVert * 100)) / targetVelocityVert;

                forceToApplyVert = 1 - percentTargetVelReachedVert;
                
                //ill add the force using rb.addforce somwehere way below this function.
            }```
haven't added the magnitude clamp yet. would this work to add less force the closer the object gets to the target velocity?
#

it's simple enough

long fjord
#

it works fine when I call the variable directly like this, and run jump in the update: cs f(jumpAction.WasReleasedThisFrame() && refVelocity.y > 0f) { jumpReleased = false; refVelocity.y = refVelocity.y / 2; }

#

method i mean

long fjord
#

talking to myself here but I finally solved it

#

finally

fickle plume
#

@open crater Dont cross-post. Pick a channel and remove from the one you are not using.

haughty girder
#

Does anyone knows a good documentation for Unity using the C# language?

One that's not awfully extensive?

slender nymph
#

!docs

radiant voidBOT
slender nymph
#

unless you mean a course that teaches it, in which case there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel

spice burrow
#

How do I set the velocity of transform.up to 0?

#

I need to make my obejct do a full stop when it is below a certain vetical velocity

# 
 else
 {
     if(velocityVert < 0.5) //velocityVert is just (Vector3.Dot(rb.linearVelocity, transform.up))
     {
         //remove transform.up velocity??
     }
 }```
spice burrow
rich adder
spice burrow
#

alright

rich adder
#

you want do remove the velocity of the rb

spice burrow
#

yeah

#

that's probably what i meant

#

but just the velocity of that direction

rich adder
spice burrow
# 
else
   {
       if(velocityVert < 0.5)
       {
           rb.AddForce(transform.up * -velocityVert);
       }
   }```
like this?
rich adder
#

rb.linearVelocity -= transform.up * velocityVert;

spice burrow
#

ohhhhhhh

#

yeahhhh

#

right

#

HAHAHA

#

i forgot you could just do that

#

thats stupid of me

#

alr

#

thanks dude

rich adder
#

it work how you wanted?
You could also 0 out the copy of velocity but this might be more sketch

spice burrow
#

oh wait. for some reason, one of them is a vector3 whilst the other is a vector2

#

I suppose it must be velocityVert since im using a rigidbody2d

rich adder
#

only when you do math operation they should be the same you can easily cast them if needed

#

eg
myVector2 - (Vector2)myVector3 (Vector3)myVector2 - myVector3

spice burrow
# 
if(velocityVert < 0.5)
{
    rb.linearVelocity -= (Vector2)(transform.up * velocityVert);
}```
this worked. it is a marvel to me, since this line of code looks very cursed to me. what the fuck
#

thanks a lot!

rich adder
cosmic bolt
#

Hey guys, how do i go through this thing of not being able to remember variables or just code in general when i want to let's create a WASD movement input

rich adder
cosmic bolt
#

Or just programming in general

rich adder
#

both

swift crag
#

that way, you aren't just copying it or doing rote memorization

tough forum
#

quick question, do i need a "quit" type of thing (like a button) for a webgl game?

swift crag
#

not really, since the game isn't a standalone application

#

it's like how mobile games don't have a quit button

#

you just leave the app

tough forum
#

thx stonks

wintry quarry
swift crag
#

oh, sure, but i'm guessing this is a "quit game" button

#

everything else continues to make sense

#

relatedly: do not forget to put a quit button in your desktop game 😉

naive pawn
swift crag
#

oh yeah, you can

#

it's just awkward for users who aren't familiar with doing that

#

I think cmd+Q is a lot more commonly used on Mac than alt+F4 is on Windows

naive pawn
#

fair enough

#

i haven't used windows in ages 😅

spice burrow
# 
if(targetVelocityHoriz != 0) //horiz means horizontal btw
{
    if (velocityHoriz < targetVelocityHoriz)
    {
       
        percentTargetVelReachedHoriz = (Mathf.Abs(velocityHoriz * 100)) / targetVelocityHoriz; //1

        forceToApplyHorizMult = (1 - percentTargetVelReachedHoriz); 
    }
    else
    {
        forceToApplyHorizMult = 0;
    }
    //apply force
}
else
{
    if (Mathf.Abs(velocityHoriz) < 0.5)
    {
        rb.linearVelocity -= (Vector2)(transform.right * velocityHoriz);
    }
    else
    {
        brakeForceHoriz = brakeStrengthHoriz * Mathf.Sign(velocityHoriz) * -1;
        //2 
    }
//apply force 
}```

Small problem. See, on the line I've marked with "1", I've made this really cool little thing that decreases the force added when the object in motion gets closer to the maximum speed (or, "target velocity"). In the place I marked with "2", I'd like to replicate it, now slowing the addition of force as the object nears 0.5 as its slowest speed (as you can see, below 0.5, it just stops). I know how to do it in theory, but I CANNOT for the life of me figure out how to do the math. I cant figure out the mathematic formula for this one. i know this is really stupid but someone please help me, I'm really bad at structuring formulas in my head.
#

i refuse to use ai to do simple mathsfor me so I seek help from all you altruistic wonderful server members instead

swift crag
#

i like to think of these problems as two steps:

  • figuring out how "close" you are to something
  • making a decision based on that value
#

in this case, you want to figure out how close you are to stopping

#

my go-to for this is Mathf.SmoothStep

#

For example:

Mathf.SmoothStep(10, 5, x);
spice burrow
#

unity documentation my beloved

swift crag
#

this produces 0 if x is 10 or higher and 1 if x is 5 or lower

#

I use this all the time in shader code

#

so, in your case, you might do

# 
Mathf.InverseLerp(0, 3, speed)
#

0% force at 0 speed, 100% force at 3 speed

#

if you need more than 0% at the low speed, just throw in a Mathf.Lerp afterwards

# 
float fastness = Mathf.InverseLerp(0, 3, speed);
float brakingForce = Mathf.Lerp(0.5f, 1f, fastness);
#

(there is no Mathf.Remap, annoyingly)

verbal dome
# spice burrow ```C# if(targetVelocityHoriz != 0) //horiz means horizontal btw { if (veloci...

I often do something like xVel = Mathf.MoveTowards(xVel, xTargetVel, controlFactor * delta) where controlFactor controls the "snappiness" or acceleration/deceleration speed
And controlFactor would be calculated based on your current speed (with methods similiar to what Fen mentioned), target speed (for example, higher factor when stopping) and maybe other factors like a recent knockback effect

spice burrow
#

Your answers are cool, but i feel like actually just doing it raw. I'm calculating it roughly on a piece of paper right now. (the function of the whole thing) my brain is extremely friend right now,but im making progress.

naive pawn
#

these math functions aren't particularly complex, they just make it easier to read the intent

wheat gorge
#

hey guys does anyone know why OnMove() isnt being called?

using Unity.VisualScripting.Dependencies.Sqlite;
using UnityEditor.Timeline.Actions;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class PlayerInputManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody playerRigidbody;

    private Vector2 inputVector = Vector2.zero;

    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    public void OnMove(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        inputVector = context.ReadValue<Vector2>();
        Debug.Log(inputVector);

    }


    void Update()
    {
        if (playerRigidbody)
        {

            playerRigidbody.linearVelocity = new Vector3(inputVector.x, playerRigidbody.linearVelocity.y, inputVector.y);
        }
    }
}
image.png image.png
stuck parrot
#

Hey Guys, im a beginner and I am following tutorials to learn how to make games (weeks ago I didnt even knew how to make a player move) and I'm following this video right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liba3xGI4gM&list=PLaaFfzxy_80HtVvBnpK_IjSC8_Y9AOhuP&index=8 that shows how to do UI systems. the code she is using ```using UnityEngine;

public class MenuController : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject mainMenu;
void Start()
{
mainMenu.SetActive(false);
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
{
mainMenu.SetActive(!mainMenu.activeSelf);
}
}
}is not working for me because im using the new input system. SO i tried to make it work with the new one but I think I messed up. this is my versionusing UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class MenuController : MonoBehaviour
{
TopDownTemplate input; // "TopDownTemplate" is the name of the input action asset

public GameObject mainMenu; // Reference to the main menu GameObject

private void Awake()
{
    input = new TopDownTemplate(); // creates a new instance of the input action asset
}

void OnEnable()
{
    input.Player.Enable(); // enables the "Player" action map
    input.UI.Disable(); // disables the "UI" action map to prevent conflicts with the menu controls
}

void Start()
{
    mainMenu.SetActive(false);
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (input.Player.Pause.IsPressed())
    {
        mainMenu.SetActive(!mainMenu.activeSelf);
    }
}

}``` and the idea was to just create a variable that stores the pause input from the input system and use it in the if statement. sadly this created weird behaviour. pressing escape switches the menu on and off rapidly so sometimes it stays on the menu, sometimes it jumps back to the player mode. any tipps?

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Menu UI with Tab Switching - Top Down Unity 2D #6

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slender nymph
wheat gorge
slender nymph
slender nymph
wheat gorge
slender nymph
#

if you're gonna be sarcastic i can just not help 🤷‍♂️

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

i mean, you're just looking for a method to use. surely you can find that

wheat gorge
#

i have no idea what the issue is

#

everything seems correct

#

i had the same thing going on another project

#

the only difference is that i changed versions

naive pawn
stuck parrot
swift crag
slender nymph
#

if you're not looking at the page that also has that IsPressed method, then you're for sure looking at the wrong place

naive pawn
stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

i'll give a hint though, i said the name of the method in that message i sent about what you are doing wrong

slender nymph
swift crag
#

this tells you how a MonoBehaviour works

#

it will not help you with anything other than that

#

you're going to want to look at the docs for the InputAction type

spice burrow
#

im gonna test all the code ive written in 8 hours now

#

moment of truth yall

swift crag
#

check out the "Methods" section

swift crag
naive pawn
wheat gorge
stuck parrot
naive pawn
#

the docs are pretty.. fine, you didn't find the right site

slender nymph
#

how am I as a new user going to find what I need
by using google and other basic research skills

naive pawn
#

there is a bit of a learning curve to it sure, but don't just throw in the towel because your first guess wasn't right lol

#

i guess not really a curve. ig maybe just gotta have it click after using docs for a bit

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

the site you were looking at was for the core engine. as i pointed out, and was linked multiple times by others, you need to be looking at the input system documentation

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

then i guess you have to give up because the documentation apparently sucks and google/research doesn't give anything useful

stuck parrot
swift crag
#

in nuke's defense here, searching for unity docs can be kind of janky

#

notably: google search often gives you ancient UI docs

slender nymph
swift crag
#

the package documentation pages are weighted much worse

#

If you need information about a specific package, you'll want to look at its doc page.

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

that's not even one of the ones that was linked to you until after i said that

stuck parrot
slender nymph
stuck parrot
stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

it's literally not the same thing

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

it's the same site as the one you linked, yes. but they are specific pages that actually answer your fucking question

swift crag
#

well, yes

#

websites can have many pages

#

i linked you to the documentation for the InputAction type, which is used to do things like read the current action value

#

or, in your case, to check if the action was pressed this frame

stuck parrot
wheat gorge
#

hey no sweating

#

swearing

#

no

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

like the one Chris sent specifically points out what you need to do. the one Fen sent has a list of methods that you can look at and it will be obvious from context which you need

swift crag
#

The new Input System can be used in many ways, and this can make it a bit overwhelming at first

#

there is no one objectively correct way to work with it

#

If you're not sure how to use a package, the Manual is an important place to start

#

It talks about concepts

stuck parrot
swift crag
#

for example, this page (in the "Introduction" section) explains exactly what you're doing

#

with the exception that it's just direcetly looking for actions by-name, rather than using the generated class

#

either way, you're finding an action, then getting a value from it

stuck parrot
# swift crag either way, you're finding an action, then getting a value from it

I do know how to set up those input systems and how to reffer to them in code for player movement but I did that in update because i want to read input every frame. for UI its something different but I dont seem to find whats right. i click trough the docs but it can take ages to find the right thing with all the info there

swift crag
slender nymph
swift crag
#

the Event System handles UI input for you

slender nymph
#

if the input was pressed this frame

public bool WasPressedThisFrame()

the world may never know what i was alluding to

stuck parrot
# slender nymph

you are not helping, If I didnt know the answer 5 minutes ago, I dont magically know it now

slender nymph
#

then try reading 🌈

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

your issue is not an event system issue. your issue is that you are not paying attention to what is being told to you now

stuck parrot
slender nymph
#

i literally just gave you the answer

swift crag
#

i doubt this is relevant right now, though

#

but you mentioned UI input

stuck parrot
solar hill
#

that does not seem better or easier in the long term

swift crag
#

What are you actually doing?

stuck parrot
# swift crag What are you actually *doing?*

basicly following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liba3xGI4gM&list=PLaaFfzxy_80HtVvBnpK_IjSC8_Y9AOhuP&index=8 but she uses the old input system and when I do that unity starts to cry

YouTube
Game Code Library
Menu UI with Tab Switching - Top Down Unity 2D #6

Let's add the UI in for our games menu system and add tab functionality! We'll be able to add as many tabs as we like to the top and switch between the corresponding pages. Then we'll be ready for our inventory and settings that we'll add in future videos - as well as any others you may want to add!

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swift crag
stuck parrot
swift crag
#

the most precise replacement for Input.GetKeyDown(...) is to check if an action was pressed this frame

#

any other approach (e.g. subscribing to the performed event of an action) will not result in the same code structure

stuck parrot
grand snow
#

doc page for InputAction

grand snow
swift crag
#

see also

grand snow
#

Im glad unity woke up a few years ago and started using events

stuck parrot
#

thanks @grand snow and @swift crag

swift crag
#

getting mad at the engine and docs won't solve your problems; it just makes it harder to help you

#

keep that in mind.

naive pawn
#

what the hell happened here

stuck parrot
# swift crag getting mad at the engine and docs won't solve your problems; it just makes it h...

Dont get me wrong, I'm not mad, just frustrated because every time I seach for a specific problem I have and I think "let me quickly search for a snipped that fixes this" and I end up 2-3 hours without getting any further with my projects. I often just ask ChatGPT because he gives the code right away but I learned that this results in me asking the same questions because i dont memorize stuff and just copy and paste. even to I am now more capable to acutally read code than just seeing hieroglyphics

bleak glacier
#

So like, what's so wrong withthis? Somehow, it does the same thing that my player death script does. It looks exactly like player set active false.

I've debugged and confirmed that that isn't what's going on. But like, whenever I enter my box it does the player set active false thing. I just don't know what's causing it, if that makes sense.

This is the code

    {        
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            Destroy(collision.gameObject); // Destroy the object (which it does)
            inventoryManager.GetComponent<InventoryManager>().addItem();
        }
    }```

```    public void addItem()
    {
    Debug.Log("adding item");
    foreach (ScriptableObject so in item)
    {
        // Cast to ItemData
        ItemData data = so as ItemData;

        if (data != null) // make sure cast worked
        {
            if (data.stackSize < data.stackAmount)
            {
            data.stackAmount = data.stackAmount + 1;
            }
        }
    }

    }```

I'm properly baffled
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It's almost like it's destroying the player.

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I guess it is destroying the player

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oh

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Fixed it. I was destroying myself with my crap logic

stuck parrot
grand snow
#

also scriptable objects should NOT BE USED for runtime data like this

bleak glacier
grand snow
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99% chance you can do it better then

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List<ItemData> myCoolItems

bleak glacier
grand snow
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Then i can give better advice!

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Scriptable objects can be used for defining item data and information. This data should not change at runtime

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You should have a new class/structure for runtime inventory data

naive pawn
grand snow
#

anyway more can be said if you care to reply

bleak glacier
grand snow
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thats fine i just want to avoid wasted effort

bleak glacier
# grand snow anyway more can be said if you care to reply 
{
    public string itemName;
    public Sprite icon;
    public int stackSize;
    public int stackAmount;
    public bool useable;
}```

I've basically just been using them as containers. I'm feeding the objects into an array. The only value that's changed in runtime is stack amount.
grand snow
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stack amount should be removed

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and then elsewhere you use this:

public class Item
{
  public string itemName;
  public int amount;
}
#

the name is then used to look up the item data, perhaps via a dictionary: Dictionary<string, ItemData>

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also means its very easy to serialize this data to re load later (e.g. via json)

bleak glacier
grand snow
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its not because scriptable objects keep changes made to them during play mode in editor which is NOT THE CASE IN BUILDS

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So re using scriptable object types for runtime variable data is just a bad idea

bleak glacier
grand snow
#

basically. scriptable objects for read only config 👍

bleak glacier
#

Not good

bleak glacier
grand snow
bleak glacier
# grand snow

'Tis working beautifully now!

Now I just have to link everything up w/ my inventory grid

open crater
#

Guys im trying to create doors with hinges on the extreme side. If u collide with these doors AND player's velocity is greater or equal to the speed required from the door to be opened, they will open by 90 degrees. The second condition is the most important. Just like doors in supermario bros in the sewers:

Screenshot_20260404_232813_Google.jpg
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Im finding difficulties, pls help

polar acorn
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OnCollisonEnter gives you a collision object that can get you the normal of the impact and the relative velocity of the impact.

sick pollen
#

i need help with my script, trying to make it play audio but its not working

`using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

[RequireComponent(typeof(AudioSource))]
public class MathGameScript : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("UI & Game Objects")]
public GameObject mathgame;
public GameObject UI;

[Header("Audio Clips")]
public AudioClip mathGameSound;
public AudioClip markusTutorial;

[Header("References")]
public PlayerScript player;
public AudioSource musicSource;
public GameObject markus;
public Animator markusAnimator;

private bool inMathGame = false;

public void MathGame()
{
    if (!inMathGame)
    {
        inMathGame = true;
        StartCoroutine(StartMathGame());
    }
}

public IEnumerator StartMathGame()
{
    // Enable math game UI
    mathgame.SetActive(true);
    UI.SetActive(false);

    // Start or continue playing background music
    if (!musicSource.isPlaying)
    {
        musicSource.clip = mathGameSound;
        musicSource.loop = true;
        musicSource.volume = 0.5f;
        musicSource.Play();
    }

    // Play Markus "Talk" animation
    markusAnimator.Play("Talk");

    // Play Markus tutorial voice (this allows overlapping voices safely)
    AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(markusTutorial, Camera.main.transform.position);

    // Wait for voice clip to finish
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(markusTutorial.length);

    // Return Markus to idle
    markusAnimator.Play("Idle");

    inMathGame = false;
}

}
`

muted sand
#

do y'all use GetComponent?

polar acorn
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Not sure what alternatives you have

rugged beacon
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yes serialize drag drop

frail hawk
sick pollen
raven wagon
#

i was trying to add somthing to my vr game but got this error and someone told me to install the all in one oculus xr plugin, so i did.

Screenshot_2026-04-05_141200.png
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but now i get this error, does anyone know how to fix this

Screenshot_2026-04-05_142157.png
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i think i need to delete a line of code in a script, but im not sure which one. if anyone knows please lmk

hallow adder
#

What happened when you opened the package manager and uninstalled the OpenXR Plugin as the error message describes?

spice burrow
#

When I press W, the object accelerates downward for some reason. When I press S, it accelerates up. Super weird.

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I somehow can't change directions. If it's decided its going p, it keeps going for a while. I don't know if it ever stops because it leaves the screen a tad too quickly.

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yeah no it never stops

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wtf

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its super weird

#

I think I need to clamp the speed somehow. Haven't done that yet, but even if I did, the rest would still be very broken. I genuinely cannot figure out what's wrong with the code.

naive pawn
#

what's up with all those vars in Start lol

#

you should have those serialized so you can tweak them in the inspector

#

you don't seem to be resetting isGoingNegativeVertMult anywhere, it just compounds every fixedupdate

#

what's it even for?

spice burrow
#

it multiplies the push force by -1

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if the target velocity is below 0

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the latter

naive pawn
#

you could just use Math.Sign() in the addforce directly

#

this doesn't need to be a state

spice burrow
#

true

keen dew
#

The code is way too complicated for its own good but I assume the force direction flipping happens here:

percentTargetVelReachedVert = (Mathf.Abs(velocityVert * 100)) / Mathf.Abs(targetVelocityVert);
forceToApplyVertMult = (1f - percentTargetVelReachedVert);

The first line calculates percentages (0-100) and the second line treats it as a fraction (0-1)

naive pawn
#

the logic in the percentage is also wonky

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ah too slow

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i don't think you really need to separate the negative/positive case at all

spice burrow
keen dew
#

I know what it's supposed to do but it's not doing it right

spice burrow
#

oh

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oh

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OHHHHH

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now i feel kind of dumb

naive pawn
#

in general you don't need percentages

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just fractions

spice burrow
#

yeah

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I know

naive pawn
#

only use percentages if you need to show to user

spice burrow
#

I legit didn't think about that at all

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I had forgotten how to calculate a fraction so i went online and looked for the formula for getting them

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but ofc the people who upload them show them as percent

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and i jsut ripped that without thinking

naive pawn
#

a fraction is just a/b

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that's what it means

spice burrow
#

i know

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i mean the ujhh whats it called

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the rate of change i needed

naive pawn
#

this is in top-down 2d, right?

spice burrow
#

yup

naive pawn
#

you shouldn't be separating the 2 axes then

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ok i realize this is going to sound like a lot to change, but this will simplify the logic and handling quite a bit

spice burrow
#

I did that since I wanted the vertical movement to be slower

naive pawn
#

that seems iffy for ux, but sure

spice burrow
#

or, a lot of things

#

I actually expect to have to change a lot of things when i stitch stuff together like this

naive pawn
#

i'll give this as general advice rather than a suggestion for the specific case then
if you compose the input into a single Vector2, then you can use vector math to handle movement as a single thing rather than the 2 separate axes
it would also allow you to work with the overall magnitude of the vector, rather than the 2 separate axes

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it'd make diagonals more uniform

spice burrow
#

oh jesus

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could I get some relevant unity documentation pages?

naive pawn
#

but for this circumstance, yeah i don't think you need to separate the positive and negative case

naive pawn
spice burrow
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yeah alright

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okay

naive pawn
# 
fractionTargetVelReachedVert = velocityVert / targetVelocityVert;
forceToApplyVertMult = (1f - fractionTargetVelReachedVert);
rb.AddForce(transform.up * (pushForceVert * forceToApplyVertMult));
```just this could work, wouldn't it
the behavior is different though
in particular - this applies more force if you're going in the opposite direction, and opposite force if you go more than the target velocity
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replacing 89-111

spice burrow
#

yknow what

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I think it might be ebst if I just rewrite the entire thing

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so instead of (for example)

velocityHoriz = (Vector3.Dot(rb.linearVelocity, transform.right));```

I just use rb.linearVelocity?
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ohhh yeah

naive pawn
#

but for the bulk of the math you wouldn't separate the axes

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(you could even use the Transform methods i mentioned last time to transform the entire vector)

spice burrow
#

i lowkey just started over again

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i lowkey only know how to do it like i did though so i legit cant write the script differently 😭✌️

tough forum
#

what is a "local co-op"?

night raptor
#

Like Fireboy & Watergirl perhaps?

stuck parrot
#

Hey, I am learning unity and right now I am following a tutorial on how to set up a save game system. this is the code I am provided with ```cs using Cinemachine;
using System.IO;
using UnityEngine;

public class SaveController : MonoBehaviour
{
private string saveLocation;

void Start()
{
    // Set the save location to a persistent data path
    saveLocation = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "savefile.json");
    LoadGame(); // Load the game state when the game starts
}

public void SaveGame()
{
    SaveData saveData = new SaveData
    {
        playerPosition = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform.position,
        mapName  = FindFirstObjectByType<CinemachineConfiner2D>().m_BoundingShape2D.gameObject.name
    };

    File.WriteAllText(saveLocation, JsonUtility.ToJson(saveData));
}

public void LoadGame()
{
    if (File.Exists(saveLocation))
    {
        SaveData saveData = JsonUtility.FromJson<SaveData>(File.ReadAllText(saveLocation));
        GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").transform.position = saveData.playerPosition;
        FindFirstObjectByType<CinemachineConfiner2D>().m_BoundingShape2D = GameObject.Find(saveData.mapName).GetComponent<PolygonCollider2D>();
    }
    else
    {
        SaveGame(); // Create a new save file if one doesn't exist
    }
}

}and I am super confused with the event system. How do I camm theSaveGame()``` method without putting it in update or stuff like that? how do I use the event system properly?

queen vale
#

(Probably not what youre referring to, but reminded me of the movie)

vital barn
midnight tree
stuck parrot
midnight tree
stuck parrot
#

I know theres an event system but I dont know how it works and how to use it

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and the docs dont explain it well

keen dew
#

Do you not have any keyboard input in the game already?

stuck parrot
keen dew
#

So which is it, do you want to call it when a key is pressed or when a sprite is clicked?

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If you have keypresses in player movement it works the exact same way. Instead of jumping when pressing space, you call the method when pressing whatever key you want

stuck parrot
midnight tree
#

Add a button component on the sprite then?

stuck parrot
# keen dew If you have keypresses in player movement it works the exact same way. Instead o...

I dont know If we are on the same page. right now my player movement is all script ```cs using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
GameInputs control;
Rigidbody rb;
Vector2 moveInput;
bool jumpPressed;

public float speed = 15.0f;
public float jumpForce = 12.0f;


void Awake()
{
    control = new GameInputs();
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
}


void Update()
{
    moveInput = control.Player.Move.ReadValue<Vector2>();

    if (control.Player.Jump.triggered)
    { jumpPressed = true; }
}


void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector3 direction =  moveInput.y + moveInput.x;
    rb.MovePosition(rb.position + direction * speed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
    bool isGrounded = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, 1.1f);

    if (jumpPressed && isGrounded)
    {
        rb.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }
    jumpPressed = false;
}


void OnEnable()
{
    control.Enable();
}


void OnDisable()
{
    control.Disable();
}

}``` I dont used events there because it was too complicated to set up

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so I still dont know how to use events but with UI I hit the wall of having to use it

keen dew
#

If you want the thing to happen when clicking on a UI button then that has nothing to do with it

pastel cave
#

in Godot, there is a concept of Node "readiness"- That is, it is unsafe to attempt to access children before that point, as they, or their children, may not exist yet.

Unity appears to also have this. I have a MonoBehaviour with a simple rb private that gets a RigidBody2d on Start. However, There is a different component on a seperate GameObject that on Start calls a method on this component, Launch, that does a great deal of irrelevant things except that it attempts to set rb.simulated.
This generates a NullReferenceException, somewhat understandably. How would one (a)wait until it is guaranteed that a component/game object is "Ready"?

image.png
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I could check if rb is null and postpone if it is, but this does not sound idiomatic.

night raptor
pastel cave
#

I see! It didn't even cross my mind that there might be another timing- Thank you.

night raptor
#

The execution order of different scripts can also be modified but that is quite sketchy solution in most cases. I would use something else whenever possible

pastel cave
#

is Awake called during Object.Instantiate?

night raptor
#

It is

pastel cave
#

perfect.

timber tide
#

awake is where ya want to do the getcomponent bindings

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rule of thumb is awake is for prefab dependencies, while start is where you do the cross-scene referencing if you don't have a proper load order / management systems

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oh yeah if it's disabled these methods wont run

pastel cave
#

yeah, that all makes sense to me. I straight up didn't know it existed, lol. I find the documentation so poor that as a certain point I gave up looking there

timber tide
#

no wait maybe im mistaken. Gotta double check on the enabled behavior. I think it's DDOL that won't tag itself? Been a minute

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Maybe it's start that doesnt run because it runs on first update

pastel cave
#

Start not running would make more logical sense to me

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but what do I know

timber tide
#

Yeah, it's start that won't run. So gotta watch out for that if you do init prefabs disabled

pastel cave
#

frankly I don't really know what that is and I doubt I need it

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anyway, thanks again

stuck parrot
#

why does this one not working? public Vector3 defaultPosition = (0, 0, 0); isnt a Vector3 just 3 coordinates wrote (x, y, z)?

naive pawn
#

Vector3 isn't part of c# so there's no special syntax for it

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you just construct it

stuck parrot
naive pawn
#

(or in this case, you can use Vector3.zero)

timber tide
#

if it's not a value type, you're probabling constructing it / newing. BUT vector3 is a value type (struct), yet c# still requires you to call new anyway when constructing them. C++ you don't need to new structs unless you want to allocate to the heap.

stuck parrot
pastel cave
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new Vector3(0,0,0) (or new(0,0,0) if C# can infer you mean a Vector3)

stuck parrot
timber tide
#

you can cache it to a variable and use it yeah. Note that there are static vectors3 like Vector3.zero as chris pointed out

pastel cave
#

since most of the time you can tell you mean a Vector3

stuck parrot
midnight tree
queen vale
#

Stat points stored as a vector3?

pastel cave
#

I don't think stats were ever brought up

queen vale
#

No they weren't but im kinda inferring based on 'resetting points'

pastel cave
#

I think they mean as in respawn locations

stuck parrot
queen vale
#

my brain goes to player stats / points / etc

stuck parrot
pastel cave
#

in that case I think you might want to consider having a public Transform

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so that you can target a game object and move it around

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and then your "reset point" is just wherever that transform is located

#

maybe there's a more elegant solution someone more familiar with Unity would like to chime in with right now though?

naive pawn
#

nah that one's pretty typical

pastel cave
#

oh alright

stuck parrot
queen vale
#

Public referring to the variable, public Transform _spawnLocation;

pastel cave
queen vale
#

🤷‍♂️ everyone has their style

stuck parrot
queen vale
#

Transform you can drag-drop a gameobject's transform to use as a reference for the spawn location. Vector3 you'll need to manually enter the coordinates. - I think..(?)

pastel cave
#

"Hmmm. It feels like Random.Range is just always returning the exact same value..."

image.png
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I shoulda checked this sooner

queen vale
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A range between 1 and 1, will always be 1 yea

midnight tree
#

Ragebait lol

stuck parrot
#

Is there a list of what is usable because C# has its own (bool, int, float, ...) and then Unity adds own types and I dont know where they coming from and how many they are

queen vale
#

When you make a variable public you can access it via the inspector.
If you just say
Transform thing;
It's considered private and only accessible within the script itself. So you'd have to assign it within the script itself.

stuck parrot
queen vale
#

No because a gameobject is it's own type. Like floats and ints are different. A gameobject is not the same as a float, int, transform, vector3, etc.

stuck parrot
pastel cave
#

well being able to see all of Unity's types won't help because there's a truckload

stuck parrot
pastel cave
#

Ok so first
As with all Object Oriented Programming, "types" are arranged into a tree of inheritance.

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so both RigidBody and Transform are Components

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and all Components are things that attach to GameObjects

stuck parrot
pastel cave
#

Yes, and scripts that can attach to gameobjects are also Components

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you don't need to know
EVERY component

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as long as you understand the IDEA of a component, it makes more sense than building what you know about every type from the ground up every time

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similarly, you don't need to know EVERY type in Unity

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you just need to understand the BASIC ones

queen vale
#

I wanna offer a metaphor but idk if it'd do more harm then good lol

pastel cave
#

Why does the "Water" layer... exist?

stuck parrot
queen vale
#

Not inherently, there's also the CharacterController.

stuck parrot
queen vale
#

By causing further confusion lol

stuck parrot
stuck parrot
queen vale
#

foreshadowing me butchering this

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This may be a bad example (i need some sleep, cope I know)
uwu let me know if this is a poorly said..
You could kinda look at a gameobject as a house or rather invisible container.
Houses have lights, tv, walls, etc. Which normally would be other gameobjects, set as children of the house. (If the house moves, so do the walls).
A house has a location within the world, it's Transform.
That transform can be represented as a Vector3.
A house has walls that block things, thus (box) colliders (a component of the cubes[gameobject] used as walls).
The lights within the house have switches that turn them on and off, thus scripts.
If I want to turn off a light, I will interact with the switch, the script, to disable/enable that component or an aspect of said component.
That switch will need to listen for when I interact with it (Update function, etc).
You want to know all of the types but like uwu said there are a lot.
You have a project in mind, just focus on whats relevant. The brain is a crazy organ, you'll forget what's not relevant.

queen vale
fair shore
#

There should be a big square appear on my screen but somehow it is invinsible, why?

image.png
queen vale
keen dew
#

Open the scene tab, switch to 3d view and see where the squares are spawned and where the camera points at

fair shore
scarlet skiff
#

any1 know this error?

image.png
queen vale
swift crag
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it should go away after restarting the editor

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if it persists, resetting your layout (using the Layout dropdown in the top-right corner) should squash it

queen vale
fair shore
slender nymph
#

select one in the scene, what is its position

fair shore
keen dew
#

I'm sure the square is there, but you were supposed to check if it's in front of the camera

slender nymph
# fair shore What do you mean here really? I did selected one on the scene and it detected th...

I will break it down for you:

select one in the scene
this means to click one of the ones in the scene, you can do so using your mouse and moving the cursor to one in the hierarchy and pressing the left button or "click" to mark the object under your mouse as selected
what is its position
this is a question asking what the position of that selected object is, you can find this by looking at the window in the unity editor labeled "Inspector", using your eyes to read the information you will see an X, Y, and Z value labeled position. Once you find that, use your keyboard to type what those numbers are into your discord chat and send the message so we can see those numbers too

fair shore
slender nymph
#

provide the full position

queen vale
#

Z is 0 as well?

fair shore
slender nymph
#

and what is the position of the camera

keen dew
#

(0, 0) world position does not mean top right corner

fair shore
#

Thanks a lot, so i should change the coordination of the sprite then.

slender nymph
#

instead of jumping to conclusions, you should consider answering the questions posed to you

#

along with the camera's position we'll need the position of the "Squarespawner" (assuming the (0,0) and other similar objects are the squares)

queen vale
#

Do those tiles exist prior to runtime or are they created by the Squarespawner/Squaremanager?

slender nymph
#

presumably the "Squarespawner" is spawning the squares at runtime. but that's likely irrelevant
9 times out of 10 the cause of this issue is the objects being too close to or behind the camera

queen vale
#

There's no prefabs that I can see. And we don't know what they have referenced within the inspector

slender nymph
#

they have a Square prefab and the screenshot of the hierarchy is at runtime where prefab instances aren't marked as such

queen vale
silver fern
#

how do I figure out how to go about finding a solution to a problem I can't solve

wintry quarry
silver fern
#

I don't know which direction to go in

#

it's too complicated for my brain and idk what to do about it

timber tide
#

🔎 still not seeing the problem

rich adder
silver fern
#

I don't even know what to study to figure it out

#

I need to get character information across scenes in multiplayer

rich adder
#

Put it in a DDOL or SO

silver fern
#

and then what do I do with it?

rich adder
#

ideally you send that info to the server so it can process it further

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"I selected this character, now spawn the model" or whatever else

#

if you are doing a game where you cannot select the same character as someone else you then need to process that w server during selection

timber tide
#

erase the idea of the multiplayer right now and figure out how to do it without multiplayer

silver fern
timber tide
#

depends

rich adder
#

the idea is similiar, yea thats probably best for you right now

timber tide
#

but you dont even know how to do it without the concept of multiplayer so you're probably going to run into more problems

sour fulcrum
rich adder
#

the multiplayer select part is pretty inconsequential, its more relevant if you are doing what I mentioned above (two people can't select the same char)

timber tide
#

you've more options in multiplayer though as you can always request info back from the server and just dump it locally

silver fern
#

the problem is getting the info to the server and making it available to other people in a different scene

rich adder
#

or use networkvars if you want

#

frankly its true, if you cannot do this without multiplayer, should you really be doing multiplayer rn

silver fern
sour fulcrum
#

what makes you think multiplayer changes this

rich adder
silver fern
#

is there really a reason to do it that way if there's no multiplayer though

sour fulcrum
#

yes?

#

i'd wager just about any major unity released game at least at some point in the game communicates between two different scenes

silver fern
#

that's not the part I meant

sour fulcrum
#

what part did you mean

silver fern
#

I can pick characters in single player but doing it in multiplayer requires a completely different approach

sour fulcrum
#

why

silver fern
#

because I used an approach in single player that is not like this at all

rich adder
sour fulcrum
#

not like what

rich adder
#

You cant be vague on how its supposed to function and expect anything but surface level suggestions

silver fern
#

in single player for example I can just pick a character and start the next scene with that information, but in multiplayer the scene may already exist because there can be other players so this doesn't work

sour fulcrum
#

the scene may already exist is an assumption you need to control

silver fern
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it depends on other players, so it may or may not already exist

sour fulcrum
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this is a very different question to what you originally asked (not a bad thing, just acknowleding)

sour fulcrum
silver fern
rich adder
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so what?

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regardless you need to start with a DDOL to have "global" accessible info

sour fulcrum
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(having something in DDOL means it would be somewhere where every player has it loaded, regardless of what other scenes they have loaded)

rich adder
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the server is going to setup the late joiners on which scene to go to and what info it should sync

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ofc you'd useNetworkManager.SceneManager.LoadSceneinstead

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Unity , and most networking platforms give you an easy way in by using networkvariables that keep things synced but you can also just manage this with RPC and at times its less expensive than netvars

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start with netvariables to make it easy and optimize it later

silver fern
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okay thanks

timber tide
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"but in multiplayer the scene may already exist because there can be other players so this doesn't work"
What? Everyone has their own scene

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Server doesn't even need to run a scene either technically.

silver fern
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that's the first time I hear of that

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multiplayer is hard

rich adder
silver fern
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it does make sense but none of the documentations that I've seen mention stuff like this

rich adder
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Yea the unity ones esp they kinda expect you to know all these work

silver fern
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mirror docs always refer to stuff like "the active scene" as if its the same one for every player

topaz gorge
pastel cave
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Why are Scenes tied to a build index?

sour fulcrum
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kinda long answer but in short from what i know is it's the first point unity uses to figure out what assets to include in the game

pastel cave
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But how would that differ from the process of verifying whether a prefab should be included?

sour fulcrum
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that process is done by seeing what prefabs are referenced in scenes or in assets in scenes 😛

pastel cave
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exactly

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am I missing something? Is there a state in which you WOULDN'T have at least ONE scene loaded?

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at least on boot

sour fulcrum
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there is not a state like that no

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at all times you will always have at least 2(3?) scenes loaded

pastel cave
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your entry point and DontDestroyOnLoad?

sour fulcrum
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yeah DDOL will always be loaded + HideAndDontSave + i think at all times a project based scene has to be loaded?

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the build index system is just a way they went to explicitly tell the project what scenes (and therefore content) to include in the build afaik

pastel cave
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odd

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why does this menu not just have an "add scene" button

sour fulcrum
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you can click the add open scene button or drag and drop iirc

pastel cave
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oh, okay, being able to drag and drop makes it a little less egregious

calm stirrup
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hey uhh im completely new to C# how can i get on my feet and start learning it? for a game im making

slender nymph
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there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel

calm stirrup
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chose unity cause it works for me way more.

tight vine
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Nvm found it

coral drift
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Man learning how to code can be complicated.

timber tide
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it do be like that sometimes

coral drift
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Like I dont even know where to rightly start, do I try and just learn the unity based coding language since its slightly different or learn the usual C# coding language by itself first which adds a bit more onto the pile.

zealous cliff
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what coding languages can I use on Unity?

coral drift
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Its primarily C#, not sure on what else is used inside it.

timber tide
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Stick to c# until you know your in and outs of OOP because unity does some funky stuff that'll confuse you otherwise

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you should understand objects before learning about gameobjects

coral drift
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The fuck is OOP?

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Looked it up, got it.

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So far, chatgpt has been my best friend in laying out some of these terms and making them simpler to write down so I can review and help remember them for later.

valid crag
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Hi all, I was hoping someone might be able to help me. I am trying to set the "a_reloadSpeed" float variable using the following code, but the a_reloadSpeed remains unchanged:

public void UpdateReloadSpeeds()
    {
        if (reloadAnimations.Length != gunTypes.Length || reloadAnimations.Length != weaponAnimators.Length)
        {
            Debug.LogError("AnimationManager: Array Mismatch");
            return;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < reloadAnimations.Length; i++)
        {
            weaponAnimators[i].gameObject.SetActive(true);
            reloadSpeedModifier = reloadAnimations[i].length / gunTypes[i].reloadTime;
            Debug.Log("Setting reload modifier for " + weaponAnimators[i].name + " to " + reloadSpeedModifier);
            weaponAnimators[i].SetFloat("a_reloadSpeed", reloadSpeedModifier);
            weaponAnimators[i].gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }
        currentAnimator.gameObject.SetActive(true);
    }

I have already double checked and my Arrays are aligned properly, and the debug also shows the correct value.

hallow adder
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double check the float parameter name in your animator

valid crag
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I have also done that

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hallow adder
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is it actually a float? are there any sneaky spaces at the end of the name? are you sure you're looking at the right animator? Debug.Log has a context parameter, pass the animator reference to it and make sure you're looking at the right animator instance

valid crag
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Yes, cause I am using it to multiply the speed value of the animation

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hallow adder
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in play mode, select the animator and look at that window again

valid crag
hallow adder
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that animator isn't running, so you have the wrong one selected

valid crag
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Oh right, sorry

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hallow adder
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add the context parameter to your debug log when setting animator properties in the code and make sure you're looking at the right instance. Maybe you are referencing prefabs instead of actual scene instances

valid crag
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Found the issue: It turns out that the SetActive() function was reseting the a_reloadSpeed to it's initial value

limpid wren
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Should I avoid singleton objects that inherit from monobehavior?

How does Unity deal with this when it comes to moving between scenes and such?

sour fulcrum
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have them live in DontDestroyOnLoad

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or use scriptableobjects

naive pawn
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most typically they live in a separate scene, either your own persistent scene or the DDOL scene

limpid wren
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So if I have, for convenience, a particle effects manager or something that is randomly accessed by lots of objects, it might be okay to singleton this

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As long as I make sure I deal with the objects being transferred between scenes

naive pawn
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might, sure. needs quite a bit more context than that to decide probably

sour fulcrum
limpid wren
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How do people usually deal with their higher level objects then like "level managers" or pools and such?

sour fulcrum
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its usually singletons or singletons middlemanning communication for objects they know about

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singletons to some extent are pretty bread and butter for most projects

limpid wren
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making the singleton the middleman is smart

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That way I can remake all the other objects as needed and get clean objects for everything else

sage mirage
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Hey, guys! Is a good practice to change at runtime data stored on Scriptable Objects? What I mean is if it's fine changing a value lets say for example at runtime?

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Or it should only have constant data unchangeable?