↕️┃editor-extensions

[lilac wave]

all uniform now

[tawdry kraken]

What do you mean by this?

[lilac wave]

is there a way to avoid having to write EditorGUILayout.Space() everytime I want to add a space, can't it be shortened somehow

[lilac wave]

it seems it only sets a minimum width

[tawdry kraken]

Yes, of course. It's automatically aligned. One of the better features in the system.

I'm not sure what else you'd want or why

[lilac wave]

I just wanted all labels to have a fixed size like above

which works now

just have to override it for each label 🤷‍♂️

[tawdry kraken]

This sounds weird.

[lilac wave]

why

if I set labelWidth they aren't all equally sized

[tawdry kraken]

and at that point, none of them have the GUILayout.Width() ?

[lilac wave]

yeah

wait lemme try it again

EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth = 80;

this line

results

[tawdry kraken]

Post the full script
https://gdl.space

[lilac wave]

https://gdl.space/orowomecok.cs

might be messy

the way I understand it though

just because you reserve 80 pixels doesn't mean it won't be bigger

[tawdry kraken]

This following line inside OnGUI is a bit overkill.
Place it inside void OnEnable instead. Then it runs only once, instead of several times per frame.

_managerScript = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("GameManager").GetComponent<GameManager>();

[lilac wave]

ah

[tawdry kraken]

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

[lilac wave]

I wasn't aware onenable was available

yeah I had that tab open but didn't scroll down far enough

but yeah seems like I have to override all my labels manually

[tawdry kraken]

You're somewhat extremely lucky that I've been available all this time, and have previously fixed this issue.
Replace GUILayout.Label() with EditorGUILayout.LabelField()

The mess between GUI and EditorGUI classes will easily make anyone's head spin.

It's an incredibly vague mismatch

[lilac wave]

well

I changed it to label fields and all

but now the width of my labels is the same, except I can't really change it

unless I missed something

actually the labelWidth thing doesn't seem to have any effect... 🤔

[tawdry kraken]

Well this is perplexing.
I have solved this in two projects before, but my initial tests right now cannot make it actually do anything.

[lilac wave]

https://gdl.space/vukefahaho.cs

did I miss anything

also in general how is the code structure

Curious, it does actually affect the width, but I can't seemingly get it smaller than what is shown above

but definitely bigger

ig for now I'll just stick to manually overriding them

probably gonna make a helper functio

[hollow trail]

I have created a property drawer to expose some variables of an object when its added in the inspector. This works when its a regular property, but if i add the object to an array it does nothing. Do i have to do something special for it to apply to lists?

[tawdry kraken]

My testing was skewed by using OnEnable, as I did not reopen the Window between tries. Use it inside OnGUI when testing.

[lilac wave]

i do have it in OnGUI

@tawdry kraken

but it does not work

I'll just use a workaround for now

🤷‍♂️

[tawdry kraken]

Doesn't work? What about what you said earlier?

it does actually affect the width, but I can't seemingly get it smaller than what is shown above

[lilac wave]

because it doesn't get smaller

[lilac wave]

than this

the label I mean

[tawdry kraken]

Doesn't work isn't the same as being too limited to do what you need.

Np

[lilac wave]

true

Fair point

this is what I wanted to achieve though

anyway thank you

tremendous help overall today

[tawdry kraken]

This is how you can make an array of GUILayoutOptions.
It's one of the more difficult to comprehend.

GUILayoutOption[] options =
{
    GUILayout.Width(10), 
    GUILayout.Height(10)
};

I don't use it at all, but from these issues I suspect you may find it useful.

[tawdry kraken]

You're welcome 👍

[lilac wave]

Ahhh

That seems pretty good

I solved it like this for now

since for now I only have labels like this

and if I wanna change the width I don't want to edit 100 labels

[tawdry kraken]

That's a good solution.
Alternatively:

private GUILayoutOption[] _width = { GUILayout.Width(10) };
//..
EditorGUILayout.LabelField(str, _width);

mostly useful if you're going to mix and mash layout options

@lilac wave Last thing, your Window needs better code to Open/Close correctly.
And perhaps a hotkey for easy access.
^ is CTRL

is Shift

& is Alt
_ is no modifier

private static bool _isOpen;

[MenuItem(" Tools / My Window _F12")]  // <-- no modifier F12 
private static void Window()
{
    _window = GetWindow<MyWindow>("My Window");

    if (_isOpen) _window.Close();
    else
    {
        _window.Show();
        _isOpen = true;
    }
}
private static void OnEnable()
{
    _isOpen = true;
}
private static void OnDisable()
{
    _isOpen = false;
}

[visual stag]

The Shortcut attribute is much improved and I wouldn't add shortcuts directly to menu items any more

[tawdry kraken]

That sounds interesting, and it seems to tie into Shortcuts (the manager window)
But I see two problems:

1. Doesn't display tooltip in Shortcuts
2. Doesn't show up in the actual menu item.

[visual stag]

I'm not sure what you mean by the tooltip thing, but yeah that does suck. Personally it's a small price to pay for rebinding, conflict resolution, and a sensible attribute constructor. I'd love if they added it to menu items though

[tawdry kraken]

For large projects or collaborations, it seems a priceless tool.
For beginners, a bit impractical for the scope.

Thanks for making me aware. @visual stag

And for anyone reading, the docs are a bit unclear:

[Shortcut("Name in Shortcuts", KeyCode.F11, ShortcutModifiers.Control | ShortcutModifiers.Shift)]
private static void Example() //...

// Additional overloads
// Context: Only when this EditorWindow type is open. 
[Shortcut("Name in Shortcuts", context: typeof(EditorWindowTest), KeyCode.F11, ShortcutModifiers.Control | ShortcutModifiers.Shift, displayName = "Optional name in shortcuts")]

[tawdry kraken]

Ah, it is possible to add a shortcut to any existing MenuItem, including ones created by users. (Shortcut window)

[visual stag]

Does the shortcut end up appearing on the menu item in that case? Itd be weird if it did if it doesn't when you additionally use a ShortcutAttribute

[tawdry kraken]

Huh, indeed it does appear!

At least there's that :)

That probably means it's possible to use ShortcutManager.instance.etc to rebind all existing binds 🤔

Thus fixing that

[visual stag]

I imagine there's some specific combo of paths or something that would tie the menu item to the shortcut attribute. Maybe I'll look into it when I'm home

[tawdry kraken]

That would be nice.
At worst, I fear you need to dig into the source code.
ShortcutManager isn't doing anything for me yet. Might need internals.

[hardy needle]

I hope this is the right place to ask this, but I am trying to find a way to edit the 2d animation package to fix a known bug, but every change I make reverts. I've been searching how to edit Unity packages, and the best thing I have seen says I have to remove the copy the package and edit the copy, but that would break everything else even if it did fix my issue 😄 anyone have a direction for me?

I'll keep asking around too. 🙂

[tawdry kraken]

I'm not really familiar enough to say, but as a side note: If you have instructions which can reproduce the bug, Unity themselves should be able to fix it.

[hardy needle]

From what I have been told it is a known issue, but I am not really sure because the fix seems really straightforward. Just an issue with a Count parameter being used as a method, so all I have to do is delete a bunch of empty () parentheses and its fixed, but it keeps reverting it back.

seems like if they knew about it a hotfix could sew thing up quickly, but what do I know.

[tawdry kraken]

There's a copy of every package in the local AppData cache
My first bet is they are using that. But they might be checking online, or even validating those as well.
Make sure the local copy is also your modified version.
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Unity\cache

Only other thing I can consider, is perhaps giving your package a higher version number.
(I really don't want to bloat the chat any more than necessary.)

[peak bloom]

@north sphinx here

Either @gloomy chasm @waxen sandal can definitely answer your doubts here... I'm just an NPC regarding SOs as I'm not too fond about it

for context #archived-code-advanced message

sorry being sus here 🤘

[waxen sandal]

If you have a domain reload then all instances get recreated (since well, the domain is unloaded so there's nothing left)

Not sure what you mean without domain reloads @north sphinx

[north sphinx]

I disable domain reload

[waxen sandal]

Are you seeing an actual issue or is this hypothetical

[north sphinx]

hypothetical

as of now I just unsub on every registered event

but it's kind of

doubles amount of code

[waxen sandal]

In that case you are responsible for cleaning up references and subscriptions

[north sphinx]

So SO C# objects are persistent between Play modes?

[waxen sandal]

I think there's no guarantee that they are destroyed but they might be in some cases

[lilac wave]

why this over init?

[tawdry kraken]

the name of the method doesn't matter

[tawdry kraken]

SOs don't reset their data when exiting Play Mode, unless you create a function that does it

[north sphinx]

not data, C# instance

[tawdry kraken]

Ah, they are assets, so I don't believe they are destroyed.
But C# instance, I can't say 🤔

[lilac wave]

I think this might have a bug though

window gets closed instantly when I try to openit

[dreamy grotto]

hey i have a prefab and i change materials of gameobjects that gameobject has, lets say i have a level and i have 3 items in level. when i press button item colors changes. but i dont want this to be overriden. when i save the prefab and exit prefab mode i dont want this to be overriden

in this level prefab item colors changed if i save and exit prefab mode

basiclly i dont want this changes to be saved to prefab

is there a way to achieve this?

maybe a method from prefabutility

[tawdry kraken]

I am using this exact code in two other projects.
Post your full script.

[lilac wave]

Yeah I might have forgotten something lol

https://gdl.space/azewayilid.cs

[tawdry kraken]

Restarting Unity might fix it.
Only difference is your GameManagerWindow window is local instead of private.
Just make it private.

[lilac wave]

I'll see how it is with the restart

it did not change

like it works once to open it, and when I close it then it won't open again

it works if I don't do add the onEnable/Disable

and handle the isOpen stat in the open function

[tawdry kraken]

Pardon the late reply. Good that you made it work.
I'm not sure why you're experiencing errors with code which works for me, unless I'm messing up, or you're on a different version of Unity. I'm on 2021.3.
If you can bother, I would like to read the code which works for you.
Otherwise, good luck and have a nice day.

[lilac wave]

I can always bother

https://gdl.space/utehadanac.cs

but tbh my unity has been wonky recently anyway

whenever I drag a script to a component it gets added twice, some gizmos are not displaying properly

[tawdry kraken]

Which version are you using?

What do you mean by 'added twice'?

[lilac wave]

2021.3

[lilac wave]

it's not the right channel but when I drag in a script it gets added twice

instead of just once

[vital zephyr]

I'm having trouble making a custom editor for a component. Here is my code (located in /Assets/Editor/)

using Levels.Game.Scripts.Environment;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

[CustomEditor(typeof(TimeOfDay)), CanEditMultipleObjects]
public class TimeOfDayEditor : Editor
{
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        //base.OnInspectorGUI();
        GUILayout.Label("HELLOW!");
    }
}

But still the Inspector shows the normal editor (when it should show only the Hello label)

What am I doing wrong?

Nevermind i see that after compiling i must de-select / select the component before it will show up with the updates

[abstract solar]

Question: I want to have a button on a component that opens up a pop-up window for you to enter a value in, and then when you hit accept it closes the popup window and uses that value. How do I make a pop up window like that?

[earnest talon]

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

This is one of the few classes that allow you to make popup windows

Though a trade-off is you can't drag the popup around

Another means if you're looking for specifically making a popup-style editor window is: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorWindow.ShowPopup.html

[abstract solar]

how do i get a return value from this?

[snow pebble]

if i have a base abstract class with a custom inspector - how do i get it to show with a derived class which doesn't have a custom inspector?

because it seems i have to make an editor script for every derived class to show the base class inspector which is ridiculous

all my base class does is show a label field

[visual stag]

The CustomEditor attribute has a Boolean you set to be derived

[snow pebble]

i set that to true but it didn't show the custom inspector

[CustomEditor(typeof(ObjComponent),true)]

you mean this right?

when it is set to true all that changed was it showed a notice about multi object editing:

but doesnt show the base class inspector only the Condition class which is derived

[visual stag]

If you see the multi object editing thing without having multiple objects selected you should reselect it to fix the editor

[snow pebble]

ahh

so it is !

thank you 🙂

[earnest talon]

You'd need to serialize the object you're modifying and set the value through serializedObject.FindProperty()

once you've changed the value, if the accept button is clicked then you do SerializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties()

[abstract solar]

oi

[earnest talon]

Yeah?

[abstract solar]

What if I just passed a string back to a callback method? somehow?

[earnest talon]

Are you just trying to set a string value?

Is this for a game object - or is it for a ScriptableObject?

[abstract solar]

Could be either, but the most important is scriptable object. Basically, I have 2 scriptableobjects (that gameobject components depend on) that can connect to eachother by an ID. I want to make a popup on a custom inspector for the scriptableobject I've made that allows you to select another one from a list (Ive already written the list) and it will "connect" both by adding the ID references to eachother

[earnest talon]

So you want to do more probably a GenericMenu?

Generic Menu is arguably more suitable to that task as that's all you need for the popup behaviour you're looking for.

You have to manually add each element though

[abstract solar]

I'll have to look at that

[earnest talon]

I have a method for it

I'm just trying to figure out the specifics

so, if you were to have say a list of objects - A, B, C, D, E and F

if you wanted to link A to C, you clicked on the option then A will be linked to C

and then C would link to A in return

[abstract solar]

yeah, basically. I would hit the button on A and a popup would let me choose C

[earnest talon]

I sent you a method for automatically laying out a dropdown in DMs because it's experimental and the documentation is a bit finnicky with it.

I'll try to help you as best as i can

[dreamy grotto]

Is there a way to only revert fbx overrides?

this reverts everything

[glad cliff]

Is it possible, and if it is, how to implement somewhat of a custom component system? I wanna make some state machine creator with xNode framework and I wonder how to achieve funcionality implemented in AnimatorController, where to every state you can assign StateMachineBehaviour class, just like a MonoBehaviour to any GameObject. I already peeked a bit into AnimatorController source code, but it is a massive chunk of not commented code that I dont understand at all. All I got from it is that StateMachineBehaviour class derives from ScriptableObject and is somehow "converted" into what it is, but that is all that I uderstand unfortunatelly.

[snow pebble]

how do you get a dictionary in a custom editor so you can iterate its keys/values? i tried serialized property but i cant figure out from there how to get the data back to the type i want

[gloomy chasm]

Dictionaries cannot be serialized by default by Unity

[snow pebble]

well i also tried reflection but thats giving me problems too

[gloomy chasm]

What are you wanting to do?

[snow pebble]

oh it suddenly decided to work

i just wanted to text output the dictionary

reflection did the job

seems reflection is a lot simpler than unity's serialised property nonsense

var result = typeof(TestObj).GetField("_test", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(target) as Dictionary<int, float>;
foreach (var kvp in result)
    Draw(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);            

was how i got it to work

[placid rune]

how could i make it to where, let me explain in simple (ish) terms:

i have a WeaponSystem script.
i want to have custom values i can edit based on what Round Type i choose
for example, if i chose "shell" it would only show up shotgun settings.
how would i go across doing this?

[snow pebble]

im confused how do i change a field from serialized properties? I have in my scriptable object:

[SerializeField, HideInInspector]
    Color _pathColor;

And then in my editor class i have:

var c = serializedObject.FindProperty("_pathColor");
c.colorValue = EditorGUILayout.ColorField(c.colorValue);```

but this doesn't seem to work how do i make sure it applies to back to the field `_pathColor` in my scriptable object?

very confusing api unity have made for this

[tawdry kraken]

Right-click the Property in the inspector.
Select: Copy Property Path

[tawdry kraken]

also, in order to actually apply the changes you made, use serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties()

[peak bloom]

You'd want WeaponSystem to implement some interface and check if ISomeInterface implemented to WeaponSystem

[snow pebble]

ah was missing the apply

thanks ! docs dont make this easy to find ! 😄

[tawdry kraken]

It's a bit overwhelming when starting out. A good tip is to simply copy the docs examples and see how they run.

[snow pebble]

yeah though a lot of their code examples dont cover much or explain much

i had to dig deep into the forums to figure out how to click in the editor window without losing focus in inspector on my scriptable object

[tawdry kraken]

On some of that, I would agree, but the more I learn, the more the docs make sense.

[tawdry kraken]

In 2021 you can now right-click any Object (including components) and select Properties,
to get a separate window that will not have focus conflicts. It wasn't persistent between sessions before, but it is now.

[snow pebble]

i meant for selecting things in the scene window

if i clicked to select a node it would defocus the scriptable object in the inspector lol

was a pain

[tawdry kraken]

exactly, you can either Lock the inspector, or have a Properties window

What solution did you come up with?

[snow pebble]

apprently adding this:
HandleUtility.AddDefaultControl(GUIUtility.GetControlID(GetHashCode(), FocusType.Passive));

before you use the event fixed it

[tawdry kraken]

Interesting.

[snow pebble]

now i can add nodes and it wont lose focus

[tawdry kraken]

That's handy.

[snow pebble]

yeah!

[snow pebble]

is there a way to call an editor function from another editor script for example a player references a scriptable object, now i want the scriptable object's path to be drawn in the editor when i select player which is a method in the scriptable object's custom editor

[tawdry kraken]

I think you have to be more specific.
What type of function are you going to use to draw?

or do you mean File Path to the asset?

[snow pebble]

Player has a reference to scriptable object Path @tawdry kraken when you select SO Path it shows the path in the scene view, but i need it to also show when i select the Player which has a reference to that Path

[tawdry kraken]

Show the code you're already using.

[snow pebble]

to show the path in editor?

[tawdry kraken]

How does it show the path in the scene view?

[snow pebble]

i have a method in PathEditor : Editor which draws on SceneGUI:

                for (int i = 0; i < points.Count; i++)
                {
                    var point = points[i];

                    if (_modifyIndex == i)
                    {
                        Handles.color = new(1, 1, 1, .3f);
                        Handles.DrawSolidDisc(point, Vector3.up, .55f);
                    }

                    Handles.color = _colorProperty.colorValue;
                    Handles.DrawSolidDisc(point, Vector3.up, .5f);


                    var pos2D = HandleUtility.WorldToGUIPoint(point);
                    var rect = new Rect(pos2D.x - 60, pos2D.y - 10, 120, 20);

                    Handles.BeginGUI();
                    Handles.DrawSolidRectangleWithOutline(rect, new Color(0, 0, 0, 1), _colorProperty.colorValue);
                    GUI.Label(rect, _target.PathName + " -> " + i);
                    Handles.EndGUI();
                }

looks like this

this is when the SO is selected

but i need the path to also show now when i clicked the object that has been assigned this path

[tawdry kraken]

I would imagine something like
That code segment should be a public method.
Make a custom editor for the Player (or use a different approach)
so that when the player is selected, it executes that public method.

[snow pebble]

is it possible for PlayerEditor : Editor to access PathEditor class from the player's reference of the Path class?

i get the impression it isn't possible

because Path doesn't have a reference to PathEditor

[tawdry kraken]

If you can move the logic to the static, I believe it should be possible that way, but I have not actually done this before (with custom editors).

Do you have a firm concept of how static works? @snow pebble

[reef hornet]

Hi there (dunno if this is right here to ask)
does anyone know how to use a custom property drawer inside a custom editor script?

[wise forge]

Custom property attribute doesn't work (help)

[errant shale]

• If it's valid to ask about custom tools here, are there any manuals out there on how do i add interactive gui elements to my objects? In a nutshell, i make an alternative resize tool, being able to expand and contract my "object". I'm a complete beginner to this and i struggle to find anything related to this, probably because of my poor terminology

[earnest talon]

You can use [DrawGizmo] on a static void.

This is a problem I encountered with my own custom AI regions system in university.

What you would do is have: ```c

// In selection hierarchy if you want to have it display when the object attached to a path is linked
[DrawGizmos(GizmoType.Selected | GizmoType.InSelectionHierarchy)]
public static void DrawAssignedPath(yourObjectType t, GizmoType gizmoType)
{
// ... Path Drawing Code here for Gizmos ...
}```

This attribute is able to work in editor scripts.

this is the attribute in action with my AI path system (ignore the UI, it was placeholder by another student in our team project)

[errant shale]

• I managed to make a resize tool with 4 ScaleSlider handles around it. It invokes a method of the edited object directly, passing the drag value in there. So it's first 1, then 2 and so on. This makes my object expand by 1, 2, 3 etc. grids, and this causes my object to scale way faster than the cursor tells it to. How can i work it around?

[snow pebble]

@earnest talon@tawdry krakenah i had a suspicion i would have to use statics - okay i will go for that then, thanks!

[snow pebble]

How do i use enums with serialized properties? I tried this:

_typeProperty.enumValueFlag = EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup("Type: ", _typeProperty.enumValueFlag); 

but it seems to not like it im not sure how to do it correctly

[meager reef]

So how do you get editor variable fields to display in the Inspector, as opposed to an existing custom window?

[peak bloom]

how can I display OnInteractivePreviewGUI in a VisualeElement (uitk) container?

[visual stag]

why not just EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_typeProperty);?

[peak bloom]

oh I forgot IMGUIcontainer exists

[barren moat]

When creating a new asset, Unity will automatically rename it to prevent duplication. AssetDatabase.CreateAsset will silently overwrite an existing asset if you give it a path that already exists. Is there a function I can call that will give me a path that doesn't conflict (by adding the correct number to the end)?

for example:

[barren moat]

Seems there's this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ObjectNames.GetUniqueName.html

But that's for scene names?

oh, list of existing names...

Okay, so I can load all assest in a folder and check

[tawdry kraken]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.GenerateUniqueAssetPath.html

[barren moat]

oh, amazing!

Thank you!!! <3

[tepid bramble]

Is it possible to make a scriptable object numeric, dynamic ID system?
e.g I create a new object, which auto generates a readonly id which equates 64, because there have been 63 other objects of that kind.
Is there any way to cache a variable into the unity editor?
Then, on validate for my scriptables, I could just assign the id based on the cached count.

[frozen perch]

I'm having a teeny issue. I'm trying to get a struct to have a custom editor, but all I'm getting is a "No GUI Implemented" message. It works for other elements that I have made, so I'm scratching my head as to why this does not work

In this example, Level is of the Stat_int type

[frozen perch]

I have found my answer 😄

[gloomy chasm]

I really don't recommend doing this. What if you are working on a team, you create one, and someone else on the team creates one. Neither of you push so both would have the ID of 64. You could of course do some sort of validation on asset import or something else. But unless you really need it to be an integer I would recommend using System.Guid.

Here is a serializable implementation that I use all the time if you want it 🙂
https://gdl.space/uyicoruzaz.cs

[tepid bramble]

@gloomy chasmThank you!!

[hybrid yoke]

Anyone know how I could insert the custom editor buttons along side each element?

[fierce cave]

Hi there!

I'm having trouble with my editor preview system. Whenever i set a color on the same sprite on two custom tile the colors merge I have provided in the video what is happening, here is my script:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Tilemaps;


[CustomEditor(typeof(LevelTile))]
public class LevelTileEditor : Editor
{
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        base.OnInspectorGUI();
    }

    public override Texture2D RenderStaticPreview(string assetPath, Object[] subAssets, int width, int height)
    {
        Tile Target = (Tile)target;
        if (Target.sprite != null)
        {
            Texture2D newIcon = new Texture2D(width, height);
            Texture2D spritePreview = AssetPreview.GetAssetPreview(Target.sprite);
            Color[] pixels = spritePreview.GetPixels();
            for (int i = 0; i < pixels.Length; i++)
            {
                pixels[i] = pixels[i] * Target.color; // Tint
            }
            spritePreview.SetPixels(pixels);
            spritePreview.Apply();
            EditorUtility.CopySerialized(spritePreview, newIcon);
            EditorUtility.SetDirty(Target);
            return newIcon;
        }
        return base.RenderStaticPreview(assetPath, subAssets, width, height);
    }
}

Thanks!

[fierce cave]

pls

[fierce cave]

anyone

[next robin]

having a look for you. Is this what you are trying to create or am I missing something?
https://gyazo.com/65ea9fe67d89e8b647b4c84ba73b9d17

[fierce cave]

Kinda, i'm trying to make the icon on a custom tile (inherited i think is the word) appear, as it doesn't appear whithout doing some funky code The object's code is

public class LevelTile : Tile
{
    public TileType Type;

}```
Just inheriting, with taking a TileType.

Thanks!

But yeah, kinda like that

[next robin]

https://gyazo.com/8d0cda868f29a17bd395c33ee9064156
https://pastebin.com/nMZmjeFu
@fierce cave think this does the trick. I used sprite.texture but might be able to still use sprite 🙂

To resolve it, I made a copy of the current assetpreview texture which I saved in a new Texture2D, this way there is no way the texture is applied globally to all previews.

[fierce cave]

Thanks! That completely fixed it!

Now all i need to do is finish replicating all the tile editor formatting stuff 😅

[peak bloom]

How can I zoom in/out OnInteractivePreviewGui? ... pretty sure we can do this by default when previewing in inspector but when put in a IMGuiContainer just the model being shown

var t = new IMGUIContainer(() => edtr.OnInteractivePreviewGUI(GUILayoutUtility.GetRect(prevWindow.contentRect.width, prevWindow.contentRect.height), bgColor));

I can manipulate the Rect for zooming in/out but still looking for a built in solution if any

[peak bloom]

aight, seems like OnPreviewSettings is what I'm looking for

[full badge]

How do I save a sprite generated in the editor to asset folder?

[barren moat]

By "sprite" do you mean a Texture2D?

[full badge]

Yeah

I figured it out though

[barren moat]

Nice.

In the past I have output it as a PNG

Using System.IO to actually save it to the file I want

There might be a better way.

[gloomy chasm]

Just AssetDatabase.CreateAsset("Assets/MyPath/MySprite.png", sprite); 🙂

(In case that isn't the way you figure out)

[earnest talon]

AssetDatabase is extremely handy

[gloomy chasm]

Indeed!

[earnest talon]

One thing I'm looking to find is if I can forcefully set the background of the editor window element itself.

[gloomy chasm]

What do you mean?

[earnest talon]

To directly change the GUIStyle that an editor window is created with

instead of having it in the default, usual grey

changing it to be, say, transparent

or cache the screen

one of the two would work.

[gloomy chasm]

No, there is no way to make a editor window transparent.

I have tried a lot 😛

[earnest talon]

well then I'm thinking

Cache the screen

and use that as an overlay for a draggable windows HUD, of sorts.

I know we can make draggable windows but the limitations of events isn't good.

[gloomy chasm]

Can you explain what you are wanting to do?

[earnest talon]

Create a popup window with a semi-transparent overlay so I can create a grid which I can use to provide developers with the means of creating draggable, borderless windows in an overlay.

I've seen caching the screen done before, for a contained editor window

and if that's possible then you can for sure do it for popups

only reason to do this route is because, even with draggable windows without such a technique the means to handle mouse dragging stops if the mouse cursor falls out of the editor window itself

meaning you can't actually take into account editor window offsets based on cursor position

[gloomy chasm]

Oh, wait so you just want it for your own window, not every/any window?

[earnest talon]

yeah

[gloomy chasm]

OOOH

[earnest talon]

What I want is

[gloomy chasm]

That makes it way easier!

[earnest talon]

Unity Editor stays the same

we don't touch that

that would be a bad idea

very bad spaghetti code idea

[gloomy chasm]

https://medium.com/@jimfleming/translucent-editor-windows-in-unity3d-b21778c04de9

There is an article on it

[earnest talon]

thanks, that helps a lot.

My reason for this

is I'm building an Editor Framework

I've got a 1.0.0 done and I'm doing documentation for it actively

[gloomy chasm]

I thought you were wanting it to be for any editor window. And that would require a bunch of reflection and stuff. And even then it would be iffy.

[earnest talon]

It's nothing fancy, I'm building it so others students at my university can get an easier introduction to Editor Windows.

[gloomy chasm]

Oooh?

[earnest talon]

yeah that's gonna be dumb lol

but it's basically a lot of simplified nomenclature and stuff that abstracts Unity's IMGUI-style editor window creation (for context on why I deleted the image, just got a message to delete it from someone else - not moderators/unity staff)

[gloomy chasm]

Ooh, very cool!

[earnest talon]

(also I'm fine with my uni being known for various reasons, this would be in the final publication anyway)

[gloomy chasm]

If you can I would look in to UIToolkit, probably be easier to learn for some people!

[earnest talon]

I considered it

only issue is

[gloomy chasm]

Also, IMGUI is going the way of the doe doe (at some point)

[earnest talon]

some of the versions of Unity our uni uses

isn't compatible with UI Toolkit

[gloomy chasm]

Ahh

[earnest talon]

I'd immediately say

deprecating IMGUI for editor windows is a bad idea

It's definitely the most accessible way for programmers (or ones that I've shown it to, now they understand it)

some of the stuff I added into Cappuccino are personal taste, others are more broader-reaching

[gloomy chasm]

I mean, IMGUI isn't going to be deprecated. It is used in far too many assets and projects. But all of the default editor is being rewritten to use UIToolkit.

[earnest talon]

ah fair

that's good

here's one of the things I've added with Cappuccino

A property wrapper

allows me to create (kinda) serialized properties, directly pull the value as a cast-necessary object

and find underlying properties directly w/o FindPropertyRelative

there's also extensions, hence the partial

Array Handling, CProperty.Draw (simpler than EditorGUILayout.PropertyField in a lot of ways but just uses that & EditorGUI.PropertyField)

[gloomy chasm]

I see... well whatever works for you!

[earnest talon]

yeah it's definitely not the best in some regards

other regards ofc being more personal opinion

thanks a lot for the screen capture article though

that's going to be extremely helpful for creating the first extension for this framework

[earnest talon]

by far the most creative error I've ever seen in unity.

[gloomy chasm]

LOL

[earnest talon]

I did get it working before, mostly

just decided I wanted to capture the whole screen

Turns out 128GB might not be enough for over 8 million pixels worth of colors.

[simple cove]

anyone tried UIElements? looking for feedback on if u liked it and why
looking to set up editor stuff soon and I'm already quite familiar with the vanilla way.. wondering if it's worthwhile going with UIElements instead for w/e reasons

[waxen sandal]

If you just want to hack something together go with imgui

Need to maintain it longer? Go with uie

[earnest talon]

I'll just say

UIElements is practically what happens when Unity butchers web-dev languages.

As much as I can understand why they went for it and why it's a more native layout language

It just won't surpass IMGUI in terms of legibility a lot of the time.

[simple cove]

i'm planning for long term yeah.. curious why you say so though (?)

[earnest talon]

With UI Elements, you're dealing with (Essentially) forked CSS & XML

[waxen sandal]

Unity has said it's the future and it's arguably easier to maintain more complex editors

[earnest talon]

Well, complex editors can be easier to maintain

with just a good file structure

an some basic housekeeping

I use a practice of "Editor" and "Panels" layout, where Editor Windows and each subsequent attached panel are separate

[simple cove]

the project is some quite complex (hoping to simplify over time via design iterations) visual scripting

[earnest talon]

the Editor just being a container

You using GraphView Lyrcaxis?

[simple cove]

no, I'm a vanilla guy

[earnest talon]

ah

guessing you're not much for experimental stuff

[simple cove]

everything is pretty much copy-pasteable to Unity 2017 😛

[earnest talon]

still experimental for god knows how long

I'd be surprised if there's any devs working on Unity 2017 nowadays

[simple cove]

yeah I sticked with Unity 2017.4 until unity 2021.3 was here 😄 REALLY not much for experimental stuff 😄

[earnest talon]

The way to put unity and experimental stuff into context

the entire engine's experimental.

[simple cove]

oh well the stability and performance makes up for it in every way

[earnest talon]

They've left GraphView on experiemental for years

and I don't know if they just forgot a few years back to remove the experimental tag

or they just forgot to finish it

[simple cove]

anything to back it up? 😛 either from Unity's side or yours

[earnest talon]

If you're going 2017.4

go IMGUI

[simple cove]

no I'm with 2021.3 now

[earnest talon]

well then there's no concern really

you can do either/or

[waxen sandal]

Nothing public from my side, idk what unity currently has as public demos

[earnest talon]

I'd argue IMGUI purely for legibility (provided you don't write code without comments and follow some sense with structure)

and for backwards-compatibility.

UIE is basically butchered web-dev crammed into the engine

UIT barely works on earlier verisons of unity because it was designed for later ones

[simple cove]

what is UIT?

[earnest talon]

UI Toolkit

Without a doubt though, IMGUI is probably one of the best GUI creation toolkits I've ever seen for a game engine

purely for how straightforward it is.

[simple cove]

I totally agree

[earnest talon]

if you're a programmer and you have a grasp for what Rects and Vectors are

as well as a basic understanding of "sprites" (kinda), you're able to pull off LOTS of crazy stuff with IMGUI that just

you can't really with others

IMGUI is just that flexible and powerful.

[simple cove]

ikr lol.. UnityEditor.dll in general is so OP

and UnityEngine.dll is just simple.. which can be good as well

[earnest talon]

the fact I can do all this in IMGUI

and still understand every line of code

it's way better.

I'd say for sure UI Elements is a good inclusion into the engine

It'll enable web-developers to start getting involved with toolkit creation

but there's nothing that compares to the careful management you can obtain with IMGUI

[simple cove]

btw are GUI calls also considered IMGUI?

[earnest talon]

yeah

Immediate-mode GUI

all that's just done via Handles (in the scene view)

I just like to include extra wrappers like this personally

pretty much how that handles GUI works.

[simple cove]

cool!

[earnest talon]

I would have an aneurysm trying to exploit the way editor windows are created

if I were ever forced to use UIE for it

[simple cove]

I'd imagine the only difference in UIE would be the design of the layout stuff.. Like literally expecting to use it in editorWindows like so

override void OnGUI() => UIE.EmbedLayout("..somepath", context: this);

[gloomy chasm]

Do you mean on the future part or on the easier to maintain part?

[simple cove]

either, but I'm mostly interested in the maintaining part

[gloomy chasm]

Forever, Unity is replacing it with something called GraphToolsFoundation which will be a more complete package and all graph based tools in Unity will use.

[earnest talon]

I'm guessing it'll still be in the API at least

[gloomy chasm]

Ahh, well it tends to be easier to maintain for a number of reasons. It separates style from logic so there is less clutter and mixing of concerns. It tends to be easier to do more complex things in a more readable way.

[earnest talon]

considering the amount of people who experimented with, well, experimental tech

It'd make at least some sense to keep it in

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah I would imagine so, at least for a number of versions.

[earnest talon]

when it comes to UI Elements though, I don't think it's easier to maintain for everyone

USS and UXML are forever web-dev language forks

[gloomy chasm]

Also, they have stated repeatedly that IMGUI (and UGUI) is going to be replaced with UIToolkit. It is quite literally the reason they made it. They are working on rewriting every editor window currently. The inspector, and sceneview have already switched over. I know they are working on the Hierarchy, and I think they said they are rewriting all of the custom editors as well.

[earnest talon]

I'd use UI Toolkit for sure, just right now it's not compatible with half of the versions we use at university.

for some reason it just force CTD's Unity Engine every time you try use the package.

(Unity 2020.2/Unity 2020.3 is the versions this is happening in)

[gloomy chasm]

It does what?

[earnest talon]

Crash to Desktop

Unity 2020.2/2020.3 just doesn't like UIToolkit

maybe it's some patches more than others but some of us have had our projects corrupt because of it

(which is probably in part due to the PC security too)

[gloomy chasm]

Ehh, that is odd. 2020.3 works fine for me. I have developed an asset on that version that makes heavy use of UITK.

[earnest talon]

reading more about Unity's documentation for UI

it seems they take a more nuanced approach on who should use UI Toolkit (or rather who it's most suitable for)

and I'm guessing it's all based on preference given their considerations in the manuals

[gloomy chasm]

Which version are you looking at? Also, their runtime and editor UI recommendations are different.

For the editor, they recommend UITK now

[earnest talon]

2020.3, 2021.2, 2021.3, 2022.1, 2022.2, 2023.1

and yeah I can see why they recommend it

and I've been reading carefully about it

For the use cases and structuring I follow

IMGUI is better

that and I don't like doing web-dev-like code because it's just annoying with tags.

[simple cove]

anyone knows if and how would I be able to suppress this warning in specific cases? (e.g.: when [SomeAttribute] is applied to something)

[tawdry kraken]

You'll have to show code, instead of screenshots.

Is it enough to manually write the workaround each time?

[simple cove]

no, lol.. I want a solution that just works

prepared to add an analyzer if no solutions are found.. would just like to avoid that for some extra performance in compilation

[tawdry kraken]

Do you know how to suppress warnings in general?

[simple cove]

yeah in either a per-case context or a global context.. I just want to get rid of the false-positives tho -- specifically to events I apply the attribute on

[tawdry kraken]

Hm. Why does this error appear?
Why is there an event which is not being used?

I'm not trying to be coy. I am looking for the phrase for something I think might work.

Meanwhile, I wonder what could identify if it would not be used

But it's a compiler-level thing, so I'm not sure if that would make sense even if it was possible

[simple cove]

I'm using the attribute to scan usages via reflection, and inject on them -- so the events are used, but as far as the compiler can tell, they aren't

[tawdry kraken]

Would it cost you to write it so that it is being used?

My search yielded no results.
A pragma warning disable is the normal way to deal with this issue.
I'm not aware of any other ways. There could be a VS Extension for it.

[simple cove]

you mean instead of using reflection for invoking it? or create a dummy class that just accesses it?

[tawdry kraken]

a dummy class or anything called DoNothing or IJustExist

There is actually a function in Unity's documentation named DoNothing() {}

[simple cove]

well I would consider invoking it to another dummy class, but it's an event, only invokable by the class that hosts it

[tawdry kraken]

child class then?

[simple cove]

and I REALLY don't wanna add a random unused function to all the classes that use that attribute

still not possible. events are only invokable by the class that hosts them

I could potentially just discard the event keyword as last resort lol.. but curious on how one'd go for it normally

[tawdry kraken]

Does the event have to be used in that manner?
What if you just print the name of it, so that the variable itself is in use?

[tawdry kraken]

an event, only invokable by the class that hosts it
Apparently, there seems to be a hack to work around that.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4378339/raise-an-event-of-a-class-from-a-different-class-in-c-sharp

[simple cove]

these wouldn't work either -- the warning won't go away unless there's an .Invoke() call of some sort

[tawdry kraken]

Well, last idea I have is you could write a VS Snippet to encapsulate existing code in a pragma warning disable

would be fast and translate to any other project

[simple cove]

thanks, I'm more considering this though -- if it's hard for the compiler I can only imagine how hard it'll be to debug in the future

I'll give it a day and decide tomorrow whether I wanna just go for an analyzer or completely rewrite the architecture lol

thanks! was good crossing out all potential solutions and getting feedback

[tawdry kraken]

Disclaimer: I don't know of all solutions 😅

[hybrid yoke]

Anyone know how to input editor buttons within a class drop down?

like if you make a custom class that's serialized so it's viewable in the editor, and then want to make a custom button within that default drop down menu, how would you do that?

[gloomy chasm]

Might be helpful idk https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73074218/suppress-warning-when-attribute-is-being-used-c-sharp-unity

[gloomy chasm]

You would use a Property Drawer https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PropertyDrawer.html

[hybrid yoke]

This could be what I need, and definitely is for most things, but would this work with GUI buttons?

[gloomy chasm]

It is just a GUI call, you can put any GUI code in there that you would put in a editor or window

[hybrid yoke]

You sure? Cause one of the tutorials I'm looking at calls it a custom property drawer, and im used to putting the buttons in custom editors

[gloomy chasm]

It is a custom property drawer. When you do EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(myProperty) that is basically just calling the custom property drawer's OnGUI method.

[hybrid yoke]

Interesting, I'll definitely play around with it and thank you for the tip

[barren moat]

Should I be concerned about this?

Child GameObject 'Wall_Narrow_Block(Clone)' was not registered into undo system and became dangling during an undo operation.
Use Undo.RecordCreatedObject to correctly add a child GameObject which can be handled by the undo system

UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal_CallGlobalEventHandler ()

I have registered every object with the undo operation, but I think repeated creation + destroy of objects during the same undo step is causing issues.

[simple cove]

yeah you should fix it imo

1. it's annoying to see a warning
2. you might wanna actually undo at some point

I'd say go for a single undo addition per mouse release, instead of when merging blocks / on SceneGUI or smth

[tawdry kraken]

Which Unity version?

[barren moat]

There is only one per mouse release, the problem is that as the mouse is moving it's creating and destroying many objects (at least that's my assumption as to what is happening).

Perhaps I can keep track of the first round of deletions and the last round of additions. I'd need to somehow get the release event to submit them, which I'm not sure I can get from a drag handle.

[simple cove]

no you should just not delete them until the mouse is released -- imo

-- mark them for deletion, then mass perform OnMouseReleased with a single undo

can 'hide' the 'marked-for-deletion-objects' if this sort of thing is THAT important. I'm usually marking them with red and fading their alpha while keeping them in some list

or, well.. if it's a grid thing in which you know no more than 1 objects will be on that specific grid cell at the same time, then deleting real time and forgetting is an option

[barren moat]

Hm. Yeah I could do that. I'm generating a wall that updates as you swing it around. Seemed easy to just use the normal generation code that deletes all and creates them again.

But if I can somehow get an event for when the handle stops moving I could do something like that

But it's kind of just called once per frame so I'm not sure how I'd find it when it ends

I'll have a think about it. There must be some way to do it.

[gloomy chasm]

Feels like you be doing in a way that should not be done. Also, yeah you should be concerned about the warning. Assuming I remember correctly, that GO is still there in memory, just sitting there. That can cause unexpected behavior and also over time increase the memory usage of Unity.

[barren moat]

Thanks. That was my concern re: memory.

I'll have another go at the problem tomorrow. Might take a bunch of unwanted code but I'm sure I can solve it somehow.

[gloomy chasm]

Kind of a long shot but I will go ahead and ask here.
I have a method that creates VisualElements for each item in a list and 'binds' their value to the expanded state of a the serialized property. However the expanded state is not keeping for all of them.

foreach (SerializedProperty fxItemVariableProperty in fxItemsProperty)
{
  var headerFoldout = new ScatterFXHeaderFoldout();
  headerFoldout.value = fxItemVariableProperty.isExpanded;
  headerFoldout.RegisterValueChangedCallback(evt => {
    Debug.Log($"Set {fxItemVariableProperty.propertyPath}, to: {evt.newValue}, from: {fxItemVariableProperty.isExpanded}");
    fxItemVariableProperty.isExpanded = evt.newValue;
  });

  // Other stuff here...

  _fxItemsContainer.Add(headerFoldout);
}

Here is the inspector that it creates. Note that the two expanded items are set to "preset", and they are numbers 3 and 4. Only when things are set to "preset" are the expanded state saved for some reason.
Additionally, you can see the debug.log message that is sent when you select a the Scriptableobject that the editor is for. You can see that neither 3 or 4 show up. It spams the value changing 10 times for each other item (weird UITK thing?) and it oddly sets the to true a couple of times. Any ideas?

[barren moat]

Any idea how to find out when the drag event ends in the editor?

It seems that the change check returns false during the drag

Basically my problem is this: I'm dragging a wall around using handles, and generating blocks to fill out its length. They get created and destroyed during the drag. I want to be able to undo this operation afterwards, but I get a warning about dangling references if I both add and remove the same prefab instance during the same drag operation.

[visual stag]

probably would need to see how ScatterFXHeaderFoldout is implemented

[barren moat]

lol tried to make a video

Obtained 35 stack frames
0x00007ff7d4125381 (Unity) DestroyOrphanedObjectHierarchy
0x00007ff7d4124618 (Unity) DestroyOrphanedChildrenAndComponents
0x00007ff7d4122b19 (Unity) StructureUndoBase::ApplyInternal
0x00007ff7d41345c0 (Unity) ObjectUndo::ApplyUndo
0x00007ff7d4134f7c (Unity) UndoManager::ApplyUndo
0x00007ff7d4140f02 (Unity) UndoManager::Undo

Yep, this does seem bad.

Does Undo.RecordObject include its child objects and components?

[gloomy chasm]

It is nothing special, basically just a copy of the unity foldout element https://gdl.space/udupenerow.cpp

[gloomy chasm]

No

[barren moat]

Cool. Okay... So I feel kinda stuck with this, but I know there must be a way.

[visual stag]

there's a lot of setting values in loops in this code, like _headerToggle.value is set in value, and then SetValueWithoutNotify is called, which also sets it.
I'm fairly sure that it wouldn't loop a bunch, but I wouldn't write code that relied on that fact

[gloomy chasm]

Oooh, it does loop you're right!

[visual stag]

so you could click the button, which sets header toggle, which sets value, which sets header toggle twice... it's a lot

if you set you set value, which calls _headerToggle.value, which then calls value again the first time I think, and then you have it running twice

value should definitely be using _headerToggle.SetValueWithoutNotify, and so should SetValueWithoutNotify

[gloomy chasm]

Yep, you're right! Switched it. Though it didn't change anything.
Worth noting, if I do Select > Expand > Deselect > Select it will still be expanded, but going Deselect > Select again it will no longer be expanded.

[visual stag]

I can't really think of why it would do that, but I can only imagine that your logic is setting the toggle or value somewhere else, or perhaps some logic is the inverse of what you think it is, like a toggle appears expanded but returns false

[gloomy chasm]

Idk why it would only be doing it for "preset" though. "preset" is a pool so I almost wonder if that could be messing it up. Also feels like there is a chance there is a Unity bug. Will probably try to repro it I guess

[visual stag]

I haven't seen any pooling logic, but if there is any that sounds like a point of concern for sure

[indigo pilot]

        public static void GenerateAgentTypeNamesEnum(string path, string enumTypeName, string namespaceString)
        {
            int settingsCount = NavMesh.GetSettingsCount();

            if (settingsCount <= 0) return;

            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            stringBuilder.AppendLine($"namespace {namespaceString}");
            stringBuilder.AppendLine("{");
            stringBuilder.AppendLine($"\tpublic enum {enumTypeName}");
            stringBuilder.AppendLine("\t{");

            for (int i = 0; i < settingsCount; i++)
            {
                string agentTypeName = NavMesh.GetSettingsNameFromID(i).StripSpaces();

                int agentTypeID = NavMesh.GetSettingsByIndex(i).agentTypeID;

                stringBuilder.Append($"\t\t{agentTypeName} = {agentTypeID}");

                if (i < settingsCount - 1)
                {
                    stringBuilder.Append(",");
                }

                stringBuilder.AppendLine();
            }

            stringBuilder.AppendLine("\t}");
            stringBuilder.AppendLine("}");

            File.WriteAllText(path, stringBuilder.ToString().TrimEnd());

            AssetDatabase.Refresh();
        }
    }

For some reason this is not giving me agent names beyond the first one.

This is what it produces:

    public enum AgentTypeName
    {
        Projectile = 0,
         = -1372625422,
         = -334000983,
         = 1479372276,
         = 65107623,
         = -629701670
    }

Strange and confused

Nvm I was dumb, it expects ID instead of Index

[velvet aurora]

Hey all! I'm trying to make an extension for the editor for a project im working on, and while the extensions works fine...ish, it's not creating the asset due to the asset's class being abstract. How can I make the asset with it being abstract? Code is at the pastebin below

https://pastebin.com/ZeYXjDuV

[simple cove]

hey. you can't create instances of abstract types. no way around it

what you should be doing instead is to change the definition of the method to this: static void CreateBlankCard<T>(T CardTemplate) where T : new(), CardTemplateSO
..and find the proper type to pass as T (e.g.: var x = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<EnemyCardTemplateSO>(); CreateBlankCard(x);)

[velvet aurora]

I think i'm getting somewhere with it, it's just driving me crazy trying to actually execute the method XD

[simple cove]

any questions let me know 😄 idea is that whatever object you pass in the parameter CardTemplate, will be used to assign the generic Type of the method

so if you do this: var x = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<EnemyCardTemplateSO>(); CreateBlankCard(x);, you're actually invoking CreateBlankCard<EnemyCardTemplateSO>(x)

aannd.. the where T : new(), CardTemplateSO part is there to make sure you can only use non-abstract types that derive from CardTemplateSO to invoke it

[velvet aurora]

so im trying to run the method when the gui button is pressed, but I can't figure out what I need to put for it. All i've got is

CreateBlankCard(CardTemplate)

}```

[simple cove]

you check if cardTemplate is not null and then invoke the method with a completely different variable CardTemplate? 😛

[simple cove]

Just this would suffice:

        if (GUILayout.Button("Create Blank Card"))
        {
            CreateBlankCard(ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<EnemyCardTemplateSO>());
        }

in place of EnemyCardTemplateSO you just have to specify a type that is not abstract and inherits from CardTemplateSO

like

public class DummyCardTemplateSO : CardTemplateSO { }

[soft zenith]

Hi, i'm doing a custom editor window for my Sprite Animator, how do i create a preview like this ?

so i can put in here >

[burnt dove]

Question, given a path, how can I know it's from an scene and (if so) how can I read the scene to iterate its content?
A simple AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath(path) fails

[gloomy chasm]

What do you mean "know it's from a scene"?

[burnt dove]

Is that path an scene?

[gloomy chasm]

Check the file path for a .scene extension?

Or better yet AssetDatabase.GetMainAssetTypeAtPath(someAssetPath)

[burnt dove]

Ok

But then, how can I get the root gameobjects of the scene and other assets stored in that scene (i.e: scriptable objects)?

[gloomy chasm]

What are you trying to do?

[burnt dove]

It's a bit complicated, but I'm opening all prefabs and all scenes, then iterating over all components and scriptable objects, and the through reflection, traversing all the possible paths.
Basically, I want to reach all the objects which are reachable...
Then, for each one of this objects, I check if they implement a custom interface of mine (and/or if the field which contained them has a custom attribute) and do some custom logic with that.

[gloomy chasm]

I assume this is editor only. Maybe using Unity Search would be a good option with a custom indexer.

It is multi-threaded

[burnt dove]

Editor only

Didn't know about Unity Search.
I'll take a look.
Thanks

[full moat]

@sleek island Stumbled across your post from April of last year here while searching how to do exactly what you were trying:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/draw-a-curve-graph-in-the-inspector.1168892/#post-8090540
It sounds like you succeeded at implementing, so I'm trying to give it a go. The pieces are mostly there but just a bit incomplete. It doesn't help that I've always relied on Odin to make custom inspectors... this isn't my forte.

I don't have any console errors and it appears that the custom drawer element is there, at least according to the UI Toolkit Debugger, but I don't see it. Anyone have any ideas what I'm missing? I assume there's nothing wrong with the CurveDrawerElement.cs or ParametricCurve.cs as I copied those exactly... I built this editor script CurveEditor.cs and perhaps I'm missing something to make this display 😵

[sleek island]

I would suggest maybe try removing the whole OnInspectorGUI block from your CurveEditor.cs, as this is only for the legacy UI system

[slender sandal]

why does this text box get weirdly cut off?

[full moat]

Appreciate the response! On your suggestoin, I've given that a try and migrated the CurveEvaluator lambda into the CreateInspectorGUI, but no dice 😦

I was monkeying around in the UI Builder and I can see what it's supposed to look like in there:

[sleek island]

Back when I did this, I'm not sure I ever attempted to draw it in a custom inspector. I managed to make it work in UIBuilder but I gotta admit I'm not sure what's missing to make it work in inspector

[full moat]

Ahh, okay. So if I want to follow in your footsteps on this one, I should spend some time learning UIBuilder?

[sleek island]

It should be possible to make it work in the inspector I would guess. Maybe a good first step would be to draw a simple box in your custom inspector, and once you have this working, try to switch it up with the CurveDrawerElement

(it's been a long time since I attempted editor UI programming, I unfortunately can't be of much help)

[full moat]

For sure, I appreciate the attempt all the same! ;D

[slender sandal]

and how can I make a panel using that same logic

[full moat]

This. This is the solution. 🤷‍♂️ 😂

[gloomy chasm]

Because you set it to be 100px wide and 50px tall

[slender sandal]

Then what do I set it to?

Can the ui toolkit allow me to make ui and turn it into code for the next he ongui function?

[slender sandal]

@gloomy chasm instead how can I use a uxml file or uss?

if so do you have a tutorial?

like I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2KNj3bw0Bw but i can't really understand it

[slender sandal]

Ok well I found out how to do it with gpt but how can I make the ui scale with screen size basically that option in a canvas

[simple cove]

anyone ever bothered trying to retrieve XML documentation in editor?
like display it in an editor window or smth

[halcyon panther]

Hello guys, I am playing around with GraphView and i am just curious - how to change the icon of the port to yellow square like this? (as default it is circle):

[wise forge]

I need some help understanding why custom propertyattribute is behaving like it is

[gloomy chasm]

You just use AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath like you would with any other asset

[gloomy chasm]

If you open the UIElements debugger and select the port. You will see it has a uss class. You can then use a style sheet to set the border radius and border color.

[halcyon panther]

Thank You a lot! 🙂

[soft zenith]

Hi people, i have a custom editor window, and upon opening that window i get the reference to a serializedobject, the problem is whenever a recompile happens it loses reference to that object, how to avoid that ?

here's the code

[gloomy chasm]

You can't and shouldn't. Instead you pass it the spriteAnimationObject, and in the window you create the serializedobject from it.

Make sure to mark the field in the window as [SerializeField]

[soft zenith]

sorry, i explained it wrong, when i open the window i create the serialize object from the spriteanimationobject, it works just fine, however whenever a recompile happens it loses reference and the editor window stops working properly

[gloomy chasm]

I understand, what I am saying is to keep the reference to the spriteAnimatedObject, and recreate the serializedObject in OnEnable

[soft zenith]

like this ?

[gloomy chasm]

yup

[soft zenith]

it's giving me an error: ArgumentException: Object at index 0 is null

for some reason the "_spriteAnimationObject" is always null by doing this

nvm, fixed it, thank you very much for all the help

[meager reef]

What's the best way to assign a texture to an editor GUI object. Since it's a static editor window, I don't exactly want to have texture references to assign

[gloomy chasm]

Hey, so I sort of figured it out. It looks like it is Unity being dumb. I switched out my header foldout with the unity foldout.
The issue seems to be some sort of binding issue. If I add a field that is bound to a bool as a child of the foldout. If the bound bool is true, than the foldout's expanded state will be true. It cannot be false, however it can be expanded without the bound bool being true.
And binding a child to the custom class causes it to have the behavior I was having originally.

[gloomy chasm]

Just AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath

[meager reef]

Tried that and it kept giving null answers. Maybe I'm not using it correctly.

[gloomy chasm]

Share the code?

[meager reef]

Texture2D transitionArrowTexture => (Texture2D)AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath("Scripts/State Machines/directional arrow.png", typeof(Texture2D));

[gloomy chasm]

You need to start at Assets/Scripts/..

[meager reef]

oh yeah it could be looking for packages as well

nope, still null

whoops

hang on

now it works

thanks @gloomy chasm

[gloomy chasm]

np 🙂

[meager reef]

How do you use GetCachedIcon()?

Seems smarter for this purpose

[gloomy chasm]

That is used to get the preview icon that you see in the project browser

[meager reef]

ah gotcha

One thing I was trying to figure out is how to make the Inspector display a set of values, based on something selected in an editor window.

Like how in the animator state machine you click on a transition and that data is shown in the editor window

[slender sandal]

please help

[gloomy chasm]

You mean setting it so it takes up the whole window space? Probably are looking to set the style to flexGrow = 1

[slender sandal]

I dont fully understand what would that as a line of code look like?

[gloomy chasm]

Well I don't know what your setup is. If it is code, you do myVisualElement.style.flexGrow = 1; If it is a css file, you do .my-style-sheet { flexGrow: 1; }

[slender sandal]

Like this?

https://pastebin.com/4uKwLsXS

[gloomy chasm]

No it would be ui.style.flexGrow = 1;

[slender sandal]

like it doesnt work i'm aiming to get the ui to look the same no madder the window size and nothing getting cut off

[gloomy chasm]

Can you show what you do want it to look like?

[slender sandal]

I dont have an image but I can explain it. In roblox studio for example if ui elements are set to scale and not offset it will look the same if its on a computer or a phone

which is basically what im trying to do. In which my window size is the size of the device connecting to roblox

[robust venture]

Is there any access to the Animator/Meccanim EditorWindow API, so I can write custom node-based tools with same GUI controls? Infinite canvas, arrows, etc.
I'd like to create an FSM visualizer as a separate window...

[glad cliff]

If tool im writing uses its own resources and I locate them by EditorGUIUtility.Load("Assets/MyTool/MyFolder/Myfile"), what happens to it if I export it as a package? Should I manually change path everywhere to "Packages/MyTool/MyFolder/MyFile", or what?

[peak bloom]

the path will be carried in the package, nothing will be changed...

[glad cliff]

what you mean? this means that before exporting i have to manually change the path everywhere, right? :/

[tawdry kraken]

I haven't actually published yet, but you should have Assets/MyPublisher/MyTool

[tawdry kraken]

You could try using a path relative from the location of the script. I think that might work. (untested)

[fervent kelp]

is there a way to show a list that is in the target script in the custom editor, i have a list that is made of a custom class, this custom class contains a gameObject and an int but it only draws this, i cant get it to show me whats inside. I know i am doing it right as i have another list that is just made of ints and that shows find. i read a bit and turns out its doesnt liek the monobehaviour that is maybe in the gameobject type? any solutions

[waxen sandal]

Show code

[fervent kelp]

one sec

[waxen sandal]

You probably have to create a serializedObject around each field and find the children using that and draw them

Don't forget to dispose the serializedObjects

I'm going to walk the dog

[fervent kelp]

https://paste.ofcode.org/p8EFbFV2VMQUcJJaPRY3Ln

[short tiger]

Is it any different if you remove the [HideInInspector]?

[fervent kelp]

sorry didnt read that correctly

no

[fervent kelp]

draws it twice if i take it out but does techincally show the inside but still not a desirable outcome

[short tiger]

Ok, but that's the problem then. I don't think there's anything you can do to make it ignore that attribute for your PropertyField call.

So I think your only options are to either draw the list and each child property manually or stop using the base.OnInspectorGUI / base.DrawDefaultInspector and draw all the fields yourself in the order you need them in.

[fervent kelp]

🥹 ok well i will look into all that, might just leave it for now as this is not a necessity, thank you anyway

[tawdry kraken]

The container class needs the [Serializable] attribute, in the class declaration.

[fervent kelp]

i think the best path forward it make everything manually, maybe using this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PropertyDrawer.html

[tawdry kraken]

Have you tried my suggestion?

ah nevermind (you did)

[fervent kelp]

i have put serializable and serializefield everywhere in the code just in case lol

[tawdry kraken]

from the code example I'm seeing, I would remove [SerializeField] inside the Serializable class

do not think that is necessary

[fervent kelp]

yh i know it was just me adding stuff to see if anything made it work i have returned everything to how it was and i am just going to move on for now tbh its no big deal

[tawdry kraken]

Whops, I was not aware I was the editor channel when initially replying 😆
Looks like PropertyDrawer is the way to go. The only other thing I could think of trying, is [field: SerializeField]
which works for properties without a customized getter or setter.

[fervent kelp]

yep that already tried too unfortunately

[tawdry kraken]

perhaps a workaround - What if the GameObject field is private, and you have a GetGameObject() method that returns it instead?

you could have a string name to reflect which game object it is

unless you need to set the references in the inspector

[fervent kelp]

i need the reference in the inspector but tbf i was thinking of somthing similar as theoretically i dont want the obj to be changed from the inspector because it has to be set from a loaded file

[simple cove]

that's 'the' solution yeah 😛 I'd say create a custom/manual drawer for List<T> and .Draw using that (likely a standalone thing)

[tawdry kraken]

You could possibly have a separate list of game objects which correspond with index.

[simple cove]

you may be interested in Odin Inspector if you haven't heard of it -- makes doing stuff like this a walk in the park

[fervent kelp]

is it an asset or something built in?

[simple cove]

$50 asset

[tawdry kraken]

Do you think there is any merit to the approach I suggested?

[fervent kelp]

well i cant use assets and i am broke

[simple cove]

this one?

[fervent kelp]

every approach is good it depends on the contex

the drawer one is the most "right way of doing it"

[simple cove]

well i would rather not have to create extra code each time I wanted to draw a list 😛 so I'd still go with the drawer

but if you don't mind that then sure, it'd work! (would still require drawer code to back it up though)

[tawdry kraken]

Thanks!

[simple cove]

check this out tho: https://answers.unity.com/questions/682932/using-generic-list-with-serializedproperty-inspect.html

you can iterate through objects of an array's serialized property to get the references

damn, those answers are so good and detailed!

[fervent kelp]

and very long....

[simple cove]

yeah 😆

[fervent kelp]

will look into that too lol

[simple cove]

and you can use this snippet to render any serializedObject (custom class or not)

SerializedObject so = new SerializedObject(SomeSOAsset);
SerializedProperty sp = so.GetIterator();
sp.Next(true);

// Skip drawing the script reference?
if (!includeScriptField)
    sp.NextVisible(false);

EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck();
while (sp.NextVisible(false))
{
    EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(sp);
}

so.ApplyModifiedProperties();

EditorGUILayout.Space();

if (EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck())
{
    Initialize();
    AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
}

actually that may only apply to UnityEngine.Object.. let me check

[tawdry kraken]

You wouldn't happen to have a full switch for correlating property types with the serializedProperty output type? 😅

It's not needed from 2022, but I'm on 2021, and not motivated to make one.

[simple cove]

I recall seeing someone sending that a while ago in #archived-code-advanced lol.. they even used object casts to make it easier, sec

[tawdry kraken]

For anyone reading, 2022 introduces serializedProperty.boxedValue

[simple cove]

ah it was here: #↕️┃editor-extensions message

seems it's not full code tho, sry 😄 you can ask them 😛

[simple cove]

trying to remember what I did with Lists rn..

oh it was just a

for (int i = 0; i < sp.arraySize; i++) {
    EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(sp.GetArrayElementAtIndex(i));
}

[tawdry kraken]

I saw he's working on a bigger solution.
But I suspect he has heard about boxedValue and maybe stopped

still seems it could have some use

[simple cove]

maybe they're the one that added it to 2022

@earnest talon did you end up completing your CProperty.Value thingy? 😛

[simple cove]

@fervent kelp this could be enough for what you're doing -- as soon as you have the list's SerializedProperty

[fervent kelp]

yep i actually just saw that in a forum answer looking into that right now

[earnest talon]

Oh yeah

Lemme get it in a mo

I've been working on a C# -> USS translator

set is basically just a bunch of castings that i can't compress to fit on an image

forgot to fix enum mb

I'll fix it later because i'm already focused on the USS conversion thing

for the value setting, there's actually three ways to set the value

property.Value

property.SetValueUnsafe(object value)

property.SetValue(type value)

[gloomy chasm]

What is it that you were trying to do that wasn't working?

[gloomy chasm]

btw, layermask corresponds to the intValue

[earnest talon]

thanks, the documentation can be hazy

[gloomy chasm]

iirc character is string

[earnest talon]

I'm guessing layermask is set via (int)value

[gloomy chasm]

generic means it is a custom class/struct, so basically means it is just a parent that contains other properties

[earnest talon]

how I convert that would be itself a rather unique task.

[gloomy chasm]

I think gradient references the same thing as animation curve. But that is just a guess. I never use it 😛

[gloomy chasm]

You don't 😛
Or you do reflection

[earnest talon]

pretty much why I don't plan to do it

I am using reflection, for other things

[olive salmon]

Hi! i'm not good with editor scripting so i''l ask for help.
I have 2 cameras and i want them to have always the same ortographic Size. So When i change the values in the inspector of one of theme, in edit mode, the value of the other also change.

[earnest talon]

just generic would be pretty much a pain

[gloomy chasm]

This is what I did https://github.com/MechWarrior99/Bewildered-Core/blob/main/Editor/Extentions/SerializedPropertyValueExtensions.cs

[earnest talon]

fair enough

I don't know specifically if I'll implement it

as those are hefty use cases and I'll be including proper documentation for cases like that

[gloomy chasm]

Probably would be easiest to have say, one camera maybe the main, that you set the values on, and then when you enter play mode you have a script that copies the needed values to the other camera.

[earnest talon]

it's neat to see bewildered-core though

What I might do with generic is instead of directly getting it

you can just do custom iteration

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah, it is kind of a pain. It is basically the newer boxedValue property. Just more of a pain 😛

[earnest talon]

nice

you working on any new things like that?

[olive salmon]

yea i thought on that as an ez solution, but i'm trying to do something more sophisticated. So when I tweak the values in EDIT Mode, the other change as well.

[earnest talon]

what you might want to do is

create two sliders in an editor window

or int values

or whatever you choose

and have those sync both *cameras' edits at once

so instead of changing one and applying the changes to the other

you change both at once

because otherwise why?

you'd have to update both SerializedObjects and apply the changes to both of them

but it'd be the same result

[gloomy chasm]

It isn't worth tbh. But if you want. You can use this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ObjectChangeEvents.html to get an event whenever an object changes And https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ObjectChangeKind.ChangeGameObjectOrComponentProperties.html to get the type. Then check to see if it was a camera that changed, and if it was you copy the values over.

But again, it is like 3 lines of code to do it at runtime.

[earnest talon]

you can do it at runtime and edit time

i'd personally say try do it anyway because even if it isn't worth it, the experience and experimentation is helpful

[olive salmon]

yea yea i know that in runtime is really ez but i want to see visual changes in edit also

[earnest talon]

what's the fun in life if you can't break a game engine or two

[olive salmon]

thats the point of this jajaja

[gloomy chasm]

Sure! Just wasn't sure what was important to you 🙂

[dusky marten]

Hello, I have a problem since I can not access the play mode by an error, someone could help me thanks. I have come to wait more than 30 minutes and it has not worked for me, any solution?

[earnest talon]

that's not.... an editor extension?

[fervent kelp]

its all good bro the answer is using drawers

[earnest talon]

one thing I don't think I'll do again, mech

[dusky marten]

Where can I ask for help?

[earnest talon]

write an interpreter for C# <-> USS

[gloomy chasm]

This channel is for creating custom editor stuff like windows. You want #💻┃unity-talk probably.

[gloomy chasm]

What... what do you mean?

[earnest talon]

literally.

C# <-> USS

I don't like USS

[gloomy chasm]

I feel like you have done something very cursed, but will hold judgement..

[earnest talon]

the reason being is

[dusky marten]

ok thanks

[earnest talon]

I prefer to work in C-based languages

I can use USS and UXML, I just don't like to.

so my result is, what if I just make it possible to read, write and modify USS stylesheets in C#?

because it's a very simple language

you can compile .uss files easily

you just need a few basic pieces of information

• property/selector name

• property/selector value(s)

-property/selector type

etc, etc

I was going to do this for UIElements as a whole anyway

for USS and UXML

but i wanted to do graphview

then gridbackground requires USS* (oh lord help me)

so, when I noticed the syntax again

it was just a case of "why not write an interpreter"

can't post gifs here

[gloomy chasm]

Gifs are not allowed, because it could be a meme or reaction gif. Sad. (sometimes gifs are allowed though.. dyno bot be weird)

[earnest talon]

fair enough

anyhow I am very well aware that I could just use (or suggest) UI Toolkit

and UI Builder

[gloomy chasm]

So you write a stylesheet in C# and it creates a uss style sheet from it?

[earnest talon]

yeah

and you can read a style sheet into that format too

decompiling all the rules, etc.

[gloomy chasm]

That is really cool! I hate it xD

[earnest talon]

I knowwww right!?

I really hate USS so much

but that's why I'm building it in now

I know interpreters are hard but at least USS is a sandboxed/simple CSS

and I want to be able to have an interpreter coded for 2019.1 and onwards

[gloomy chasm]

It seems like a cool/fun project to do! But also I really hate it, it takes away so much good of uss.

[earnest talon]

plus it'll look good on a portfolio that I did that

I mean it does technically

but also

I plan to include every base USS Property/Style Rule used

and all this

is so I don't have to gat dang use USS to supply a graph-view based editor window extension

and then it became part of Cappuccino's core package

because yes

I'm also fully cognizant and aware that I would not recommend this to people who can better use USS (this is pretty much a solution to an opinion-caused problem)

this is just for people who want strict C# usage.

[olive salmon]

mmmm trying but not sure how to use it

[earnest talon]

I can't wait to get even the basics up and running and see it work fully

[gloomy chasm]

I am never going back to IMGUI. You don't know the horrors (or maybe you do idk) of making a custom property drawer and changing fieldRect.width = 21, recompiling, see it isn't right, changing it
fieldRect.width = 23, recompiling, see it isn't right, changing it fieldRect.width = 22, recompiling, see it is good, then move on to the next field.

[earnest talon]

oh I'm aware of IMGUI that's why I'm creating Cappuccino

I love IMGUI a lot but (@ it) my sweet summer child you cause me and my fellow peers so much pain

and the only reason I love it is just I can write editors strictly in C# without issue.

[gloomy chasm]

You first create a static class that uses the InitalizeOnLoad attribute, in the constructor you subscribe to that event.

[earnest talon]

if I could use USS in C# directly, creating and modifying style sheets - I'd love it more

maybe even go further with that than IMGUI

but sadly I can't

[gloomy chasm]

You say that, but if it was true you wouldn't be massacring my sweet uss that lets you style without recompiling 😛

[earnest talon]

oh you-

that won't be possible?

I'm not doing it to style w/o recompiling

if you can do that as a byproduct, neat

main goal is just to make it so I can create style sheets when they're missing for something.

[earnest talon]

and you're not alone in that feeling either

[olive salmon]

but its not necessary that this class inherit from Editor class no?

[earnest talon]

dad's a web developer and he saw what I was doing to a CSS-based langauge

and even he weeped

[gloomy chasm]

Correct!

[earnest talon]

well I know you can do that but I'm not looking to create it like that myself

I want to be able to assemble a style sheet directly in C#

[gloomy chasm]

I know, and that is cursed 😛

[earnest talon]

and so is IMGUI

but we still somehow coped with it

[gloomy chasm]

LOL

You do you my friend

[earnest talon]

I think that's just the beauty of this discord sometimes

we all have our own ways and we all get to laugh at the absurdity of some ways

[gloomy chasm]

Indeed!

[earnest talon]

also good luck with your projects!

I'm gonna go back to butchering the native tounge of web developers with C.

[olive salmon]

I feel like im close but no getting at all. Now when i change ANY value of ANY component in inspector, it print the mainCamera ortographicSize, but not the playerCamera.

[gloomy chasm]

Yep, that is how it works. You then do

for (int i = 0; i < stream.length; i++)
{
  if (stream.GetEventType(i) == ObjectChangeKind.ChangeGameObjectOrComponentProperties)
  {
       stream.GetChangeGameObjectOrComponentPropertiesEvent(i, out ChangeGameObjectOrComponentPropertiesEventArgs changeArgs);
       Object obj = EditorUtility.InstanceIDToObject(changeArgs.instanceId);
      if (obj is Camera camera)
      {
        // you can then see what camera it was and copy the value from one to another.
      }
  }
}

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ObjectChangeEventStream.GetChangeGameObjectOrComponentPropertiesEvent.html

[olive salmon]

The Editor world is a scary world🫠

[gloomy chasm]

Haha yeah. That is why I said it was easier in runtime only xD

[earnest talon]

to be honest it could be quicker to do it another way

[olive salmon]

yeah i wanted to do something cooler that those 3 lines in Start method, but im giving up

[earnest talon]

well it's not about cooler

it's about probably doing it

in a more extensible, universally appliccable method.

[gloomy chasm]

I mean, you are almost there at this point... might as well finish 😉

[earnest talon]

might as well go whole hog and not do that

instead doing something more reasonable like an actual editor window

[gloomy chasm]

Also, 'cooler' is 100% a valid reason to do editor scripting xD

[earnest talon]

which allows you to view the selection of and modify multiple cameras at once

instead of just two.

[gloomy chasm]

No, that is ~worse~ bad UX

[earnest talon]

if he's only ever doing it for two cameras for one project, yes

but it's more universally applicable

and you'd be able to modify more than two cameras

I don't see how that's bad UX personally - it allows you to do more than two fixed, single objects in one project's scene file

as a notice, it wouldn't be all in one panel

you'd have tabs, of sorts, within the panel

[gloomy chasm]

If you want a simpler way, but less performant, you can use EditorApplication.update. It runs just like the MonoBehaviour Update method does. You could use the InitalizeOnLoad thing again, and get the two cameras like are doing and just check them in there to see if they are different 🙂

[earnest talon]

I'm guessing in this case bad/worse UX is just dependent on the house rules of the company/companies you've worked for

[gloomy chasm]

It is poor UX for 2 reasons. Firstly, because you can still change the settings on one camera 'manually' and not have them propagate to the other camera which can lead to 'bugs'. And secondly, you would have to then remember both to open this window open, and which 'random' values should only be changed in this window.

[earnest talon]

and what rules/guidelines you use as a basis for your UX design.

[earnest talon]

you'd not change them on one camera?

???

you'd change both cameras simultaneously

like - you can do that?

you'd be selecting all the cameras and you'd be able to even add restrictions as you build the editor window

such as - only two or more cameras may be modified at a time

[gloomy chasm]

I mean, if you are using your window approach, nothing stops you from just selecting the camera in the inspector and changing it there.

Which means the second camera would not be updated

[earnest talon]

yes but that would be different to what I'd be doing

which would be actively modifying two cameras' values at once

using two (or more) fields and synchronising the values of both cameras

cause you don't have to rely on displaying one camera's values over the other's

you can just mass-modify

[gloomy chasm]

I know that

What I am saying is you might forget or someone new might join the project. And want to update the settings on the camera, so they just go select the camera directly in the hierarchy and change it's values in the inspector and never even touch the window.

[olive salmon]

i'm trying to finish this. In any case thanks both of you, im learning a lot and having a good time. Learing Editor scripting is something its in my plan ahahha

[earnest talon]

in the case of forgetting, that can be accounted for with additional measures itself and if a new person joins the project, I would be asking more questions as to why they were let in on the project without any sort of walk through of any of the tools

[gloomy chasm]

Sure, I love editor tooling, so feel free to ask away if you have more questions or issues!

[earnest talon]

any project management structure where you can just let new people join without any tool education (which is what happened at uni somewhat but between game engines) is questionable at best

[gloomy chasm]

Nah, it is pretty common xD

[earnest talon]

weird

you'd think someone in the development cycle would go "oh by the way we have a few changes done to our version* of x game engine. here's what we've done"

[gloomy chasm]

It depends on the size of the group and how much management experience they have

[olive salmon]

okay okay okay im alomst ther, but the problem is, I dont know how to get reference of the child camera object in editor

[earnest talon]

uhhh

[olive salmon]

this is what it prints

[earnest talon]

mainCamera?

so

what's going on with GetComponentInChildren<Camera>(); returning the main camera

that one is weird

[gloomy chasm]

Ahh, yeah that is a pain. For wahtever reason InChildren also checks the GameObject it is called from. mainCamera.transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<Camera>() to be safe you probably want to loop through the children instead of getting the first one

[earnest talon]

or mainCamera.transform.Find(childName) also works

though whether or not that would work in your case is hazy at best too

[gloomy chasm]

Please don't ever do that. Someone can rename a GO so easily.

[earnest talon]

well yeah, you generally wouldn't.

[olive salmon]

mmmm what!? this doesnt happens when in play mode no?

[gloomy chasm]

It does 🙃

[earnest talon]

but additionally, getting children themselves are also a pain as someone can also change the order of a game object accidentally

[gloomy chasm]

Yeah that is why I said to loop instead.

[earnest talon]

the main questions I have is how many clueless people are being let in on projects industry-wide

well either way it is what it is

[olive salmon]

AAAAAAAAA!

i got it hahahaha

it works poerfect, when i change the ortograpficSize of any of them, the other change as well

[gloomy chasm]

YAY! Congratulations! 😄

[olive salmon]

this code u send me, is something u use to use often, or it has been very specific for that?

[gloomy chasm]

Nah, I use it rarely. So far I have used it once to move objects between scenes in a world streaming system. And once to create ScriptableObject variants.

[olive salmon]

Maybe this is my starting point for learning more in depth Editor scripting

and just a final question, i dont want to bother any more, its necessary that the class who uses the [InitializeOnLoad] attribute is an static class?

[gloomy chasm]

No, I don't think it does. All it does is call the static constructor, and if memory serves, any class can have a static constructor. But don't quote me on that, I am blanking on if that is the case or not really

[olive salmon]

nice!

well, so after this break, i can continue with the gameplay hahaha, if i finally end this game i will mention u on credits😂

[earnest talon]

yeah it seems to not matter on that

even I was curious about that

I think the only dependency is static constructors?

and static voids maybe

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/RunningEditorCodeOnLaunch.html

[gloomy chasm]

The reason for the static method is because it is used in the static constructor. So in order for it to be called without creating an instance of the class, it needs to be static.

[gloomy chasm]

Haha, best of luck!

[earnest talon]

the more you know

never found an instance where I've had to static a constructor before so hey

learn something new every day

[gloomy chasm]

That is true for all static methods.

Not just static constructors.

[earnest talon]

yeah

I just never knew you could do it with constructors

[olive salmon]

By reading this i wonder if the ortographicSize change in build gameplay, it will apply the changes on both, or this is something just for the engine?

[gloomy chasm]

The thing you setup is editor only. So it will not change in build

[olive salmon]

so in build i will need that 3 lines code u said at the beginning of this journey

[gloomy chasm]

Yup, if you want to change them at runtime. But if they will not be changing, then there is no need since the values set in the editor will stay.

[olive salmon]

at this moment im not sure if they will change at runtime, but its good to have it in mind already

[earnest talon]

@gloomy chasm I will say that I didn't expect there to be so many USS Property types.

[gloomy chasm]

LOL

[earnest talon]

oh well

just hard-coding them all in anyway

(there's a reason for this, dw)

enum -1 : custom (not marked as variable, for any unsupported types that get added before support is added)

enum 0: variable, for any variables

i have to move this enumerator to a new script after though lol

100% though

I can see the appreciation behind USS and why it's useful

with all this

it's neat to see how I can translate it, but god damn this translator is cursed 💀

hurdles like this just make me more motivated to prove they won't get in the way of sheer determination

[earnest talon]

so many property types to convert to strings

i've done it but at what cost

[earnest talon]

well it's partly there now

@gloomy chasm I don't know specifically what the value types can be so I've got this for now.

it is cursed i know

[gloomy chasm]

Why not use StyleValue

[earnest talon]

as a naming convention?

only StyleValues exist which might be similar?

but no StyleValue

only reason I didn't so far is the absence of the ability to use keywords in the StyleValues type

such as auto, visible, hidden, etc.

[gloomy chasm]

Oh, nvm, I was thinking of StyleColor and StyleLength etc.

[earnest talon]

ah fair

like

I'm 100% aware this is a fully bad idea

for an interpreter

[gloomy chasm]

There is IStyleValue<>

[earnest talon]

it makes assumptions that you know what you're doing.

not for 2021.3

which is the version of unity I'm using primarily as a base for forward-porting and back-porting

I would love to go to 2023 if possible but it's not a personal choice sadly

it's a university course restriction due to the fact we don't get software installed unless:

A) a PC fails spectacularly and needs a reinstall of windows

B) it's summer and all PCs need new updated versions of software