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minor hound Feb 5, 2020, 12:33 PM

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Try re-importing it 🙂

distant vortex Feb 5, 2020, 12:33 PM

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thats how i noticed the error

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by reimporting

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📎 Screenshot_1.png

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is that a problem on my editor's side?

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im using vscode

minor hound Feb 5, 2020, 12:36 PM

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Try what NFMynster said, regen your c# project

distant vortex Feb 5, 2020, 12:42 PM

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im sorry, can you explain how to do it?

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suggestions on the web say to choose vscode again

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by browsing

minor hound Feb 5, 2020, 12:46 PM

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Opening the .sln file in a different code program and switching back would work, or you can do what he said and delete the .sln file from your project folder, right click in the asset folder and open C# project

distant vortex Feb 5, 2020, 12:48 PM

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right

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ill try thanks

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i can see its some omnisharp problem

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because tmpro doesnt work too

minor hound Feb 5, 2020, 12:49 PM

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The error is a generation problem so it might fix it, report back 🙂

distant vortex Feb 5, 2020, 1:00 PM

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Well, i swtiched to visual studio 2019

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reimported the package

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and now it works

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im scared of switching to vscode now

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😄

minor hound Feb 5, 2020, 1:11 PM

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Haha, you can always switch again back to vs2019 😉

severe python Feb 5, 2020, 1:18 PM

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vs2019 is better

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😄

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runs away before the debate begins

minor hound Feb 5, 2020, 2:01 PM

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I write my code on paper and scan it in

distant vortex Feb 5, 2020, 2:13 PM

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genius

muted pelican Feb 5, 2020, 9:15 PM

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Anyone experienced with setting a TextMeshPRO text using a custom editor script?
Have a problem where I can't find the property to set the text properly.

lucid hedge Feb 5, 2020, 10:07 PM

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What's the difference between using

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#if UNITY_EDITOR

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and

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if (Application.isEditor)

visual stag Feb 5, 2020, 10:10 PM

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One does not get compiled if the preprocessor argument doesn't exist

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The other does

lucid hedge Feb 5, 2020, 10:11 PM

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Do you have an example of when I should use one of those instead of the other?

visual stag Feb 5, 2020, 10:13 PM

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If you want to add editor code outside of an editor assembly (be it an Editor folder or an asdmdef) you want it to be in a preprocessor if so you can build your game

lucid hedge Feb 5, 2020, 10:13 PM

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Ah that makes sense

visual stag Feb 5, 2020, 10:14 PM

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If you used a normal if the compiler for a build would tell you it has no idea what UnityEditor is

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Another example, you can set up assmdefs to add preprocessor arguments if another package exists, so you can add code that refers to that package that only compiles when it could reference the package's content

lucid hedge Feb 5, 2020, 10:17 PM

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Oh that's useful, I do have code that uses the UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal namespace, so I could use preprocessor arguments to only compile the code if the URP package is present? Neat!

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I'll do some research

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thank you

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I see your comments on the Unity docs, thank you for that as well 🙂

ivory crater Feb 5, 2020, 10:20 PM

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what does asdmdef and assmdef means?

lucid hedge Feb 5, 2020, 10:21 PM

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Assembly Definitions

ivory crater Feb 5, 2020, 10:21 PM

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ahh ok ok

onyx harness Feb 5, 2020, 10:31 PM

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Asdmdef does not exist. Vertx meant 'asmdef' I guess

visual stag Feb 5, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Look, mobile phones aren't the best

ivory crater Feb 5, 2020, 10:35 PM

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yeah I understand it but since I didn't know what does they mean I didn't know it was a typo, everyone does typos, we are still humans xD

onyx harness Feb 6, 2020, 12:36 AM

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That's why I clarified, we're just humans after all

severe nacelle Feb 6, 2020, 12:43 AM

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Hi. I'm using TextMesh Pro sprites feature (TMP_SpriteAsset) to generate emojis, but I'm trying to see if there is any way to access to the invidual sprites so I can use them in other places as well from the same atlas. I wonder if someone could do it and have some clues for me?

shadow violet Feb 6, 2020, 2:09 AM

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Is it possible to use GUI.Box (or something similar where I can create a box and define its position), with contents like multiple buttons and text and images inside of GUILayout? Or do I have to manually set the Rect for each of the GUI.Button, GUI.Label, etc? (Im wondering if I can have elements kind of "auto format" themselves like GUILayout does, or if I have to specify each items rect and do the math myself for the "formatting")

visual stag Feb 6, 2020, 3:23 AM

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using(new EditorGUILayout.VerticalScope("box")) {
  ...
}```

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(obviously cache the guistyle)

willow wind Feb 6, 2020, 3:28 AM

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Hey! What would be a way to show a UnityEvent in OnInspectorGUI?
I was able to show the event when I used one of my own events. I don't know how to show the event from a Slider. I have tried the following:

//GUICLASS
serializedObject.Update();
serializedObject.FindProperty("SliderEvent")
serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
//MyClass
public Slider.SliderEvent SliderEvent
    {
        get => slider.onValueChanged;
    }

//GUICLASS
serializedObject.Update();
serializedObject.FindProperty("slider").FindPropertyRelative("onValueChanged")
serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();

shadow violet Feb 6, 2020, 5:03 AM

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Hmm, I cant seem to specify a rect position for the vertical scope, even cashing the gui style, it does have margin which seems to kind of help, but I cant seem to "reset" the x back to 0 for a new row of content, I tried messing with the first param of margin a bit and it just continues to space out, is there something im missing?

var style = new GUIStyle("box");
                        if (i % 5 == 0 && i >= 5) { drawHeight += boxSize.y + padding.y; itemsInRow = 0; style.margin.left = 0; }

                        style.margin = new RectOffset((int)padding.x, (int)padding.x, (int)drawHeight, 0);
                        using (new EditorGUILayout.VerticalScope(style))
                        {
...
}

sterile steppe Feb 6, 2020, 11:38 AM

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Hello everybody, I'm working on a project, which i want to update a version number and date when exporting to Unity package. The fact is, I'm really lazy and I work with other people who sometimes forget to updates these datas. My question is, are there events thrown by Unity before and/or after an export/import package ?

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I don't know if these informations are mandatory, but I'm working on Unity 2019.2.8f1

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 12:11 PM

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In Custom PropertyDrawers, how can I get a reference to the variable that I'm currently displaying?

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So that I may edit its value and whatnot

waxen sandal Feb 6, 2020, 12:13 PM

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You get passed thet serialized property in your ongui method

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 12:14 PM

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Yes, but do I just... cast it somehow? I am not clear about how to change it

waxen sandal Feb 6, 2020, 12:14 PM

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Read up on serializedobjects and serializedproperties

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It's too much to just explain

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 12:16 PM

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I see, I'll keep digging around then

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But let's say that

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My property has a long type inside of it

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I read that "property.longValue" is actually described as "value of an integer property as long"

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Is there a way of getting a long declared value?

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... I'm gonna guess this is also explained somewhere on the manual so I'll back to that

waxen sandal Feb 6, 2020, 12:17 PM

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Yes

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But you can get a long by doing serializedproperty.longValue

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 12:18 PM

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Despite the method's description implying it's designed for transforming an int into a float? Ok then, guess they just need to revise that description

waxen sandal Feb 6, 2020, 12:19 PM

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The description is just shit

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 12:19 PM

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Got it

waxen sandal Feb 6, 2020, 12:21 PM

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It's probably because a long counts as a SerializedPropertyType.Integer

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 12:22 PM

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Is there

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Nvm

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I'll just use long

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I wanted to use ulong but I ain't gonna risk trying if it works or not

waxen sandal Feb 6, 2020, 12:25 PM

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That should work just fine

onyx harness Feb 6, 2020, 3:00 PM

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@sterile steppe yes.

sterile steppe Feb 6, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Thank you

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 10:00 PM

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Perhaps I am missing something... I have made a Custom Attribute such as the following:

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Field)]
public class CreatureTypeArrayAttribute : System.Attribute {}```
Destined to be assigned to string arrays. And then I have made a custom PropertyDrawer for it:

[CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(CreatureTypeArrayAttribute))]
public class CreatureTypeAttributeDrawer : PropertyDrawer
{
//... OnGUI is overrided with a couple of Debug Messages.
}```

But it appears to not be working at all, I. E. the property with the attribute assigned to it still displays as if I had not overridden any method (it's not throwing any debug messages through the console). Any ideas as to why? What did I do wrong? Is it because the Attribute is an empty class or something?

visual stag Feb 6, 2020, 10:09 PM

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PropertyAttribute

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not Attribute

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 10:12 PM

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... oh god, thanks

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Yeah, it's UnityEngine.PropertyAttribute, thanks bud

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~~... doesn't seem like it's working yet~~

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Yeah it ain't working

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Ok I think I see a behaviour

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But I don't like it

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It seems to be applying the PropertyDrawer to every string in the array but not treat the array itself as the main property?

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Does that make sense?

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It's basically put such that:
[CreatureTypeArray] public string[] data;

visual stag Feb 6, 2020, 10:24 PM

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Yes

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PropertyDrawers don't work on arrays/lists

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 10:25 PM

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... Guess that's my problem then

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What's a solution or workaround? Just make a class then?

visual stag Feb 6, 2020, 10:25 PM

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Yep

karmic cliff Feb 6, 2020, 10:25 PM

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I tried to be smart about it. Guess it ain't happening. Thanks for the help.

visual stag Feb 6, 2020, 11:29 PM

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just put the node positions in a #if UNITY_EDITOR block

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or keep them as separate data

gloomy chasm Feb 7, 2020, 1:27 AM

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I was just messing around with UIElements, and it seems that the Min-Max slider doesn't have value fields. Is there any good way to add them? I know I could just add 2 to the end, but was hoping to add one after the label, and before the slider.

severe python Feb 7, 2020, 1:40 AM

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you want to inject something into the slider field?

gloomy chasm Feb 7, 2020, 1:44 AM

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I got a min-max slider, but I want to see the actual values. So I added 2 fields at the end to show what the min, and max are. But on I want the min field on the left side, and the max on the right side.
So.. I guess so?

📎 wGU7JdQ.png

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You know what, it isn't that big of a deal.

But if you happen to know how to change how many decimals places are allowed by default by a silder that would be cool. I don't need like 6. 😛

sand spindle Feb 7, 2020, 2:50 AM

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How can I get the Debug.Log output in the visual studio debugger even when Unity is frozen due to a resource hungry code?

onyx harness Feb 7, 2020, 3:03 AM

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You open the Editor.log and listen to it

sand spindle Feb 7, 2020, 3:13 AM

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So I can not check it out in real time?

visual stag Feb 7, 2020, 3:15 AM

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Rider gets the log piped to it, but if you're using VS you just need to look at the log with a text program that refreshes often with changes

hollow spruce Feb 7, 2020, 8:43 AM

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i know i shouldnt just simply ask question here, but does anyone have an editor script to group object + add empty game object as parent at the center of the group?
i feel like im missing a short cut for such simple stuff

waxen sandal Feb 7, 2020, 10:56 AM

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Just don't make it public or serialized?

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Or use hide in inspector

dim walrus Feb 7, 2020, 11:07 AM

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Yeah scriptable objects don't need to be assets

onyx harness Feb 7, 2020, 2:42 PM

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@ancient moth No.

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A ScriptableObject is serializable by nature. If you store it under another asset, it can't be hidden.

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Changing the accesor (Public), or unserialize the class (which is not possible) or toying with the hideflags (HideInInspector) won't work.

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When you state "save it in another SO", you means saving it as an asset in the project right?

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It is save in the animator asset.

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Every piece of information you see is save somewhere.

stark geyser Feb 7, 2020, 2:47 PM

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@ancient moth You can store data in binary format then load and serialize it at runtime. It won't be human readable in files.

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What exactly is your goal?

onyx harness Feb 7, 2020, 2:49 PM

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This is the face of an empty Animator Controller

📎 unknown.png

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You can see the position in there

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The position at the end, these are your nodes

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Hum... I think you should not worry about this thing

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Well

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We know

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That's why I am backing my last sentence, you should not worry about this thing

stark geyser Feb 7, 2020, 2:51 PM

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The stuff that is not used at runtime and not in Resources would not be built in.

onyx harness Feb 7, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Inspector can not inspect something that does not derive from Object

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You can hook into Selection to be aware when the selection changes

ashen wyvern Feb 8, 2020, 4:50 AM

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does anybody here uses Roslynator with VSCODE?

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I don't udnerstand how to set it up 😦

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I mean, it's working but it's detecting the "uncalled" methods in my monobehaviours

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and it shouldnt 😕

split bridge Feb 8, 2020, 1:16 PM

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FYI for those using UI Builder, looks like loads of great fixes & improvements in 0.10.1 released a couple days ago

severe python Feb 8, 2020, 1:47 PM

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@gloomy chasm You can do what you want with the slider with what you have and a little USS magic

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You'd probably want to make a new visual element class that automatically adds the slider and the two text boxes into a parent control just to make it easy to re-use
Then you'll need a style to adjust the width of the actual slider bar, possibly by adding margin or padding to either side of the slider, as well as the thumbs on it.
After that you can use relative positioning to position the textboxes

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You'd want to use the UIElements Inspector, and maybe UI Builder to make this a bit easier to work through

covert quarry Feb 8, 2020, 6:40 PM

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Does anyone know why, whenever I click an button with the animation

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it has a small delay

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sometimes when I click, it doesn't play the animation

waxen sandal Feb 8, 2020, 6:41 PM

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Wrong channel

covert quarry Feb 8, 2020, 6:41 PM

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Where should I ask it then?

waxen sandal Feb 8, 2020, 6:45 PM

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#💻┃unity-talk #💻┃code-beginner #🏃┃animation

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You're going to have to provide more information though

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Since it's possible to determine why it's happening atm

vestal sand Feb 8, 2020, 7:56 PM

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can I ask help about polybrush here?

waxen sandal Feb 8, 2020, 8:02 PM

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If you're developing polybrush then yes, otherwise no

rugged herald Feb 9, 2020, 1:39 AM

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has anyone had the misfortune of trying to work with the Chromecast unity plugin lately?

visual stag Feb 9, 2020, 2:00 AM

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@rugged herald Do not cross-post. This channel is for extending the editor, not for questions about plugins

rugged herald Feb 9, 2020, 2:00 AM

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aren't plugins editor extensions?

visual stag Feb 9, 2020, 2:01 AM

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Sure, if you were making one that modified the Unity Editor yourself then this would be a relevant question.

rugged herald Feb 9, 2020, 2:02 AM

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it seemed like a cross topic sort of thing.. so i posted it here... on the hopes that someone might have some experience in it...

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was worth a shot

visual stag Feb 9, 2020, 2:03 AM

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Next time pick one channel and if you're not getting an answer after an hour or so, then you can think about cross-posting.

rugged herald Feb 9, 2020, 2:04 AM

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my bad... i shouldn't disturb the crickets in here...so busy my text just flew right by

rich marlin Feb 9, 2020, 5:46 AM

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having a strange issue where I can't seem to get this scrollview to encompass all of the content I'm rendering in an editor window. I'm literally just doing

scrollPos = EditorGUILayout.BeginScrollView(scrollPos, false, true);
EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(serializedProperty);
EditorGUILayout.EndScrollView();

but it only gives a small amount of scrollspace (pictured)

📎 unknown.png

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there are two more elements underneath these

waxen sandal Feb 9, 2020, 8:08 AM

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Are those items using a custom propertydrawer?

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If so then you're probably not setting yourheight correctly

rich marlin Feb 9, 2020, 1:34 PM

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They are yeah

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How would I go about getting the correct height

simple cove Feb 9, 2020, 1:44 PM

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is there a way to add a component to an object and NOT mark it as dirty?
in the end I want the added component to not be saved at all
(I can do that with hideflags I believe, but not sure how to not mark dirty while calling AddComponent<>())

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there is this method but I only want the add component part 🙂 https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorUtility.CreateGameObjectWithHideFlags.html

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oh.... https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorUtility.ClearDirty.html

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nvm my monologue then 😄

twilit flume Feb 9, 2020, 2:21 PM

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so iv been working on this project i only recently heard about pixel perfect. so i tried implementing into my game but I'm using clinemachine for the camera. pixel perfect is freaching the heck out because of this clinemachine.
just wondering if any of you guy and girls have had this issue?

near wigeon Feb 9, 2020, 2:28 PM

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I posted in #archived-dots, but didn't get much of a response. Has anyone written a custom inspector or scene handle gizmos in a Tiny project or even just for DOTS components/authoring?

visual stag Feb 9, 2020, 6:53 PM

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@cosmic dagger this channel is about extending the Editor, not general questions

vestal sand Feb 10, 2020, 9:48 AM

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PLEASE i need an help regarding Polybrush

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if somebody have confidence with it let me know

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I have a issue while trying to instanciate bushes

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those got placed at 90degrees 😐

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it ignores the editor rotation overwrite

simple cove Feb 10, 2020, 5:29 PM

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@versed flower check my messages a few lines up

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you should be able to do EditorUtility.ClearDirty or even assign it some HideFlags (not 100% sure on how to check if it's marked as non-editable from Perforce though)

versed flower Feb 10, 2020, 5:32 PM

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Hmm, I think I saw other functions which are related to the checking out process specifically

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I wanted to know if it was something already in the engine or not

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because for example I worked with Unreal Engine before and when a file is checked out by another user you can't even save the file, which is the functionality I want to avoid file conflicts

grand portal Feb 11, 2020, 10:12 AM

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Hi, I'm trying to integrate some UIElements in one of my projects. Would be possible to use binding-path to bind my EditorWindow's float x to a label or FloatField without having to query it?

waxen sandal Feb 11, 2020, 10:14 AM

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I think you can bind your editor window to the root of the uxml and have all children of that element try to use that instance

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At least

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That would be logical which you can't assume with UIElements

grand portal Feb 11, 2020, 10:23 AM

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makes sense, maybe is what im missing

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but shouldn't that happen when I call quickToolVisualTree.CloneTree(root);

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my uxml contains some fields with binding-path to some members of my editorwindow

waxen sandal Feb 11, 2020, 10:29 AM

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I've got no clue

grand portal Feb 11, 2020, 10:48 AM

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I mean, i can access that with rootVisualElement.Query<UnityEditor.UIElements.FloatField>("LenghtThreshold").First().value but that sucks

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There must be a nicer solution

severe python Feb 11, 2020, 1:45 PM

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no

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Bind only occurs against objects that BindableElement.Bind is called upon

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Insinde the Inspector this occurs automatically for each inspector listed

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however in an Editor window this never happens

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so if you'd like to bind in another window to different objects then you need to call bind yourself

minor herald Feb 11, 2020, 3:08 PM

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Trying to add keyboard event to my UIElements
Like this:

rootVisualElement.RegisterCallback<MouseDownEvent>((e) => Debug.Log("Hello"));
rootVisualElement.RegisterCallback<KeyUpEvent>((e) => Debug.Log(e.keyCode));

Does anyone why MouseDownEvent is working
But when I try to use KeyUpEvent or KeyDownEvent that does not work.

waxen sandal Feb 11, 2020, 3:14 PM

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Is your element focused?

severe python Feb 11, 2020, 3:14 PM

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Can your element be focused is the question

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It needs to be focusable

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Which is a boolean on visualelement iirc

split bridge Feb 11, 2020, 3:30 PM

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Renaming a subasset - when I select the asset the name is updated but the name isn't updated in the project view until I force a recompile. So far I've tried a combination of ``` serializedProperty.serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
serializedProperty.serializedObject.Update();
AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(assetPath, ImportAssetOptions.ForceUpdate);
AssetDatabase.Refresh(ImportAssetOptions.ForceUpdate);

edit: Looks like if I change folder in project view and back again, it updates.. hmm

minor herald Feb 11, 2020, 3:35 PM

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No my element is not focused will try setting the focus to it

split bridge Feb 11, 2020, 3:36 PM

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@minor herald just to be extra clear, there's a property called focusable that you need to set to true (rather than calling .Focus() or something)

minor herald Feb 11, 2020, 3:37 PM

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Yeah I saw the focusable property

vapid kiln Feb 11, 2020, 4:01 PM

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Hello! I Want to publish a mobile Game on google play But I got a few problems with sign app, if u want to help me text me and i will give more information about this problems. Thanks

minor herald Feb 11, 2020, 4:06 PM

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Setting the visual element to focusable = true worked
Thanks 😄

vapid kiln Feb 11, 2020, 7:00 PM

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Hello, i want to publish a mobile game on google play and i encountered some issues with signing app (keystore). When i try to build the project i get the errors shown below. I really don t know what to do, i checked every thing and same, the paths are correct

📎 capture-20200211-183705.png

opal needle Feb 11, 2020, 8:12 PM

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hey

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I'm looking for a simple way to make sandy islands

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like smooth single objects

ruby kraken Feb 11, 2020, 8:20 PM

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not sure if right channel, if not remove please or ping me.
Does someone know why MaterialUI theme in rider looks like that?

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onyx harness Feb 11, 2020, 8:23 PM

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@ruby kraken Not the right channel, go the Slack at unitydevs.slack.com and ask for citizenmatt, he works for JetBrains

long storm Feb 11, 2020, 10:37 PM

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Is VS Code borked on Unity 2019.3?

visual stag Feb 11, 2020, 10:37 PM

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doubtful

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Also, not the right channel #💻┃code-beginner

long storm Feb 11, 2020, 10:38 PM

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gotcha

brittle sorrel Feb 11, 2020, 10:38 PM

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yes it is

gloomy jolt Feb 11, 2020, 11:15 PM

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My Visual Studio isn't autocompleting anything? Miscellaneous files. How can I fix this?

visual stag Feb 11, 2020, 11:16 PM

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This is not the right channel (it's for creating editor extensions) but:
in Unity make sure Edit > Preferences > External Tools > External Script Editor has Visual Studio set correctly

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@gloomy jolt

gloomy jolt Feb 11, 2020, 11:17 PM

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Thanks!

tropic zenith Feb 12, 2020, 2:03 AM

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hey, so I'm trying to write code that auto-docks instantiated windows, here's my method

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` public static void DockTab(this EditorWindow rootWin, EditorWindow dockWindow) {

    var hostViewFieldInfo = rootWin.GetType().GetField("m_Parent", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.GetField);
    var hostView = hostViewFieldInfo.GetValue(rootWin);


    var addTabMethodInfo = hostView.GetType().GetMethod("AddTab", new Type[] { typeof(EditorWindow), typeof(bool) });

    var parameters = new object[] { dockWindow, true };
    addTabMethodInfo.Invoke(hostView, parameters);


}`

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it works, but there's a resulting bug that breaks the functionality. after docking there appear two be two instances of the window (one docked, one undocked), but after doing a check for open windows unity only recognizes one instance as being open -- so if I close either one, the other says 'failed to load'

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anyone have any idea wtf is happening?

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please tag me if you do; I had to write this tool because an old now-deprecated library I'm using has bugs I need to use this as a workaround for for my game, so this is holding up my progress and once I fix this damn bug I can get back to work!

minor herald Feb 12, 2020, 8:38 AM

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Currently my root visual element scales the height of the visual elements I add to it.
When I add a UIElement.Box with a height of 150px the height when it is added is around 50px.
Does anyone know how I can resolve this?

minor herald Feb 12, 2020, 9:06 AM

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Here is a gif of it happening

📎 VisualElementScaling.gif

lucid hedge Feb 12, 2020, 10:08 AM

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Hey Vertx, I tried setting up an asmdef

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So like this I could check if the package is there

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📎 unknown.png

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And when I look at the inspector of my scripts, they indeed have my asmdef marked as 'definition file'

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but now I get these errors

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"The type or namespace name 'Universal' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine.Rendering' (are you missing an assembly reference?)"

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Basically what I want is for the scripts in my folder to only compile IF the com.unity.render-pipelines.universal package is installed AND the version is >= 7.0.0

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I see you're on mobile, so I want to mention that there is no hurry at all 🙂

visual stag Feb 12, 2020, 10:41 AM

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You still need the reference to the universal assmdef files too, and wrap the relevant code in that define so it doesn't compile without the pipeline.

lucid hedge Feb 12, 2020, 11:26 AM

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What do you mean?

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in the 'Assembly Definition References' section?

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Which ones do I need to reference? There are a whole bunch

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visual stag Feb 12, 2020, 11:28 AM

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Whichever ones contain the code you care about

lucid hedge Feb 12, 2020, 11:29 AM

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Alright!

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And so I should just wrap my whole script, top to bottom in that 'UNIVERSAL_RENDERER' define I created then? If I don't want the script to compile unless the universal package is in the project

visual stag Feb 12, 2020, 11:33 AM

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Yup, #if. I think Cinemachine is a good example of this with their post processing integration

lucid hedge Feb 12, 2020, 11:33 AM

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Will take a look!

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And thank you, after adding the necessary references, compiler errrors are gone 🙂

split bridge Feb 12, 2020, 12:02 PM

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UI Elements question - does anyone know of a callback for a ToolbarMenu opening/being clicked?

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It's super hacky but using MouseCaptureEvent for now 😧

severe python Feb 12, 2020, 1:13 PM

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I don't know off hand, but I would personnally investigate the source code for it

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Otherwise said, I'd open ToolbarMenu in the reference source and see what is there

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ToolbarMenu has a PointerClickable manipulator on it

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so using a MouseDownEvent on the control should be functionally equivalent

split bridge Feb 12, 2020, 1:19 PM

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When I tried a MDE it didn't fire - but perhaps I needed to force the bubbling or something

severe python Feb 12, 2020, 1:19 PM

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Sorry, apparently its a PointerDown event?

split bridge Feb 12, 2020, 1:19 PM

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btw do you know the difference between Pointer vs Mouse?

severe python Feb 12, 2020, 1:19 PM

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PointerDownEvent

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Not a clue, this is literally the moment I became aware of its existence

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I think, it looks like, the pointer events are an abstraction of Mouse/Pen input

split bridge Feb 12, 2020, 1:21 PM

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hmm yea.. not sure why you'd ever want MouseDownEvents in that case really... but anyway, unfortunately PointerDownEvent with/without TrickleDown doesn't detect anything

gloomy jolt Feb 12, 2020, 5:41 PM

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I have my Android phone with Unity Remote. I've set it on any android device but it won't start when I press play

lucid hedge Feb 12, 2020, 8:20 PM

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How could I open the package manager window by script?

onyx harness Feb 12, 2020, 9:04 PM

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Execute the menu item?

gloomy chasm Feb 13, 2020, 12:27 AM

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I am starting to work on a more complete Graph editor + data structure, that extents the UIElements Graph view.
But I am not sure if it would be better to make a base, that you would copy the code of, and add the functionality that you need to it directly. Or to make a framework, that you would extent to add the functionality you needed.
Any thoughts on what would be easier to work with?

steel crystal Feb 13, 2020, 7:12 AM

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Heyo, anyone knows a way to save prefab with nested prefabs in runtime?
As far as i understand loaded prefabs are being unpacked in runtime, so what i need is to somehow pack that instance back into prefab along with its nested prefabs - modify it in runtime and then save it as a new prefab (with same nested prefabs)

visual stag Feb 13, 2020, 8:32 AM

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Prefabs don't exist at runtime, but you can convert gameobjects into prefabs using the PrefabUtility functions just fine if it's Editor code

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There's slides from a talk about prefabs pinned to this channel that describe some of the PrefabUtility functions for doing that sort of thing

grand portal Feb 13, 2020, 9:09 AM

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so if you'd like to bind in another window to different objects then you need to call bind yourself
@severe python Thanks! This solved it and it's much cleaner than querying each field every time!

root.Query<BindableElement>().ForEach(x => x.Bind(new SerializedObject(this)));

left gate Feb 13, 2020, 1:23 PM

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why does OnPostprocessAllAssets get called twice for the same object imported?
once when the asset is createdonce when the asset is created
then again when the project is saved
both times the asset is in the importedAssets list

minor herald Feb 13, 2020, 2:32 PM

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Does anyone know why my rootVisualElement scales down my nodes when I add multiple nodes to the rootVisualElement

Online documentation of UIElements isn't really helping

This is the code I use to add the node to the rootVisualElement of my editor window

public void Draw(VisualElement root, ContextualMenuPopulateEvent evt)
{
        nodeRoot = new VisualElement();

        box = new Box();
        box.style.width = 150;
        box.style.height = 200;

        root.Add(nodeRoot);
}

📎 VisualElementScaling2.gif

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 2:34 PM

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Your rootVisualElement has a style on it

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that style has a FlexBox and that is what is organizing your elements

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All elements by default have some styles on them, so you should understand those defaults in general so that you understand the default behavior

split mural Feb 13, 2020, 2:36 PM

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btw, @severe python know of any good examples of getting used to UIElements? last time I tried it was to bind some imgui stuff to it to create a card editor - but it's been a while since I've done it lol

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 2:38 PM

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honestly, no, not anything super basic

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A good place to get started is to build UIElements Inspectors however, since a few things are done automatically (the binding system setup)

topaz heath Feb 13, 2020, 2:39 PM

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There is this video in the sticky, but it looks a bit older, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ39btQ0XlE

YouTube

Unity

Customize the Unity Editor with UIElements!

UIElements is a new retained mode UI framework for Unity, available now as a public API for Unity 2019.1. In its current form, it’s a tool that makes it easier for you to extend the Unity Editor. In-game support and visual authoring will come in future releases.

➡️Learn more ...

▶ Play video

minor herald Feb 13, 2020, 2:39 PM

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Thanks Twiner I will see what I can find about FlexBox

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 2:39 PM

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A lot has changed code wise

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I know I'm being all self promoting, but with VisualTemplates in theory yuo don't need to write much, if any code

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its all just UXML and USS

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and if you use UIBuilder it should be simpler

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however, you don't really have to write much code regardless

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mostly just adding behavior to controls like buttons

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but you can bind to object properties as along as the binding system is setup

topaz heath Feb 13, 2020, 2:42 PM

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@severe python is this something for the asset store or just an open project you're working on for now?

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 3:21 PM

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just an open source project

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that I keep throwing at people and Unity

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because DataTemplates should be part of UIElements out of the box

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and their templates are not data templates

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it might be broken atm

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If you want to use it though, its MIT Licensed

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I think I need to commit some stuff

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Binding to and dealing with Arrays in SerializedProperties is a fucking pita

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their ListView control is dumb because it forces you into doing a bunch of stuff in code that should just be a referenece to a template in the UXML

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and it should handle binding

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it does neither

topaz heath Feb 13, 2020, 3:39 PM

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i just tried to load your examples project and the latest 2020 build is throwing all sorts of weirdness at me with the packagemanager, saying i dont have privileges to the packages and the code (just shoved in assets folder) can't find the entities package so im about to decide if its worth investigating further or if this build is just hosed.

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 3:48 PM

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uhm

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Create an EmptyProject, import VisualTemplates via the Package Manager

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then load Visual Template examples by cloning it under your assets folder

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that should work

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if not I probably need to commit some shit

topaz heath Feb 13, 2020, 3:49 PM

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i think maybe its this build, because in Hub the default templates all fail to create a new project; ill try to remember how to download a specific older version and give that a try.

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 3:50 PM

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uh, last time I built it was on 2020.1a19 I think

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the project is setup for 2020.1.a17 in my hub

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so thats what it actually was

slender juniper Feb 13, 2020, 5:28 PM

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Hey, I am new to Unity (I have a few years of coding experience now).
And wanted to ask what Classes I'd need to create something in the Direction of Terrain.
(Like a new 3D object I can add into a scene, maybe also with a similar way of adding neighbors)
And also, would this be the correct channel for that kinda stuff? Or would general-code be better?

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 5:30 PM

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if you're asking about making terrain, you may try the #🔀┃art-asset-workflow Channel, if you're talking about making a custom implementation, this channel may be appropriate, or #💻┃code-beginner

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but you may start here
https://learn.unity.com/search?k=["q%3Aterrain"]

slender juniper Feb 13, 2020, 5:31 PM

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I don't want to create Terrain perse

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 5:31 PM

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discord doesn't like that link

slender juniper Feb 13, 2020, 5:31 PM

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More into the direction like something I could add here.

📎 unknown.png

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And adding custom tools for those things like the terrain has for example.
Like I am not looking to do anything project specfic, but just learning the internal of Unity and creating tools that might be useful for the future.

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Ah, I think I found the name of what I am searching. Basically I want to create new Behaviours

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Would that still go into #💻┃code-beginner or is this place the right one? I am not sure yet whether it's extending the editor or just works like most other objects.

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Oh, ok nevermind, finding the name of that stuff seems to have been enough. I can figure out everything else on my own, thanks anyway ^^

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 6:01 PM

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That would be this channel just to be clear

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Those are MenuItemAttribute that you can place on MonoBehaviors, or in the case of ScriptableObjects you can use the CreateAssetMenuAttribute

steady crest Feb 13, 2020, 9:23 PM

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if I have a dictionary defined like this [SerializeField] private Dictionary<string, Mesh> dictionary;
This is not a valid operation Instantiate(dictionary[item.ToString().ToUpper()]);? It does not seem to do anything

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https://hatebin.com/ovdtdgpnfl

slender juniper Feb 13, 2020, 9:50 PM

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I don't think you can instantiate a mesh like that.
Isn't Instantiate just for GameObjects/Prefabs? (I am still a noob with unity, but I hope I understood that part correclty)

scenic elbow Feb 13, 2020, 10:09 PM

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@severe python just saw your link to visualtemplates, do you have any docs or samples?
looking to learn what problem it solves and how

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if you could give quick rundown that works too

steady crest Feb 13, 2020, 10:13 PM

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@slender juniper you might actually be right. I think i just assumed it would cast implicitly to a gameobject with a meshcomponent

severe python Feb 13, 2020, 10:38 PM

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If you navigate up I have an example project

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Its solves the problem of picking a visual layout template based upon the data type its bought d to

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Bound to

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VisualTemplatesExamples is heavily doc commented

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I havent made any markdown documentation really however, if your familiar with unity editor coding its built off that obviously so just start from the editors and view the results

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However it may be broken atm

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Currently trapped doing computer repairs so I cant fix it atm

scenic elbow Feb 13, 2020, 11:02 PM

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ah i see it now
ty Twiner
looks good

ocean geyser Feb 14, 2020, 9:20 AM

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Hello! Does anyone know if there's a way to get find all of the projects that Hub shows?
I'm currently parsing AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs\info-log.json to find out what has been opened recently, but there must be a file somewhere else with the actual list in it?

waxen sandal Feb 14, 2020, 9:23 AM

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IIRC there is a registry key

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Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Unity Technologies\Unity Editor 5.x\RecentlyUsedProjectPaths-*

ocean geyser Feb 14, 2020, 9:30 AM

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oh nice! thank you!

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got it, that's perfect

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🔥

left gate Feb 14, 2020, 9:45 AM

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How can know if an editorwindow is open and visible

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(it does not need to have focus)

waxen sandal Feb 14, 2020, 9:55 AM

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FindObjectsOfTypeAll should find it iirc

left gate Feb 14, 2020, 10:38 AM

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that seems terrible

waxen sandal Feb 14, 2020, 10:40 AM

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Yeah

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

left gate Feb 14, 2020, 10:50 AM

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That returns true if the tab is hidden, unfortunately

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i.e. if the window is docked with other tabs, and another tab is active, it still thinks its true

waxen sandal Feb 14, 2020, 11:03 AM

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Perhaps if you get the root element of hte window

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There is some way to get whether it's visible

left gate Feb 14, 2020, 11:07 AM

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Hmm maybe

unborn bluff Feb 14, 2020, 12:39 PM

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If I have a Prefab A and then creates a Prefab Variant named AB, is there an API that allows me to ask "Get me all prefab's that has A as their root/parent prefab" and then it returns AB?

short tiger Feb 14, 2020, 12:47 PM

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@unborn bluff If it exists, it would be here
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PrefabUtility.html

minor herald Feb 14, 2020, 1:59 PM

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Is it possible to not give a VisualElement a flex direction and have it spawn on a given position for example spawn an element on the mouse position?

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 2:03 PM

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you'll just need to set its position type to absolute

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position: absolute | relative

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https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UIE-USS-SupportedProperties.html

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you do this via USS

minor herald Feb 14, 2020, 2:05 PM

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Thanks again! @severe python

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 2:05 PM

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after that you can use any of the other position values to set its location

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np

minor herald Feb 14, 2020, 2:06 PM

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I really like how UIElements works but I just wished there was a bit more documentation and examples for it😅

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 2:06 PM

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Its mostly just CSS honestly, so most of that documentation applies

minor herald Feb 14, 2020, 2:07 PM

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Yeah I never worked with CSS so that does not help

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 2:07 PM

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the underlying visual element code is different obviously, but you can ignore it most of the time till you start doing more powerful things

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yeah, getting your head wrapped around selectors is tough at first

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its a bit of a cliff

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once it clicks it will make much more sense

unborn bluff Feb 14, 2020, 2:30 PM

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In a meta file, what does the field fileID represent?

📎 unknown.png

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 2:45 PM

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you know, a specification for the asset meta files would be dope

waxen sandal Feb 14, 2020, 2:47 PM

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Depends on the asset

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For scripts in a dll it's some md4 hash of the script name + namespace

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While the guid refers to the dll

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If your script is in the asset database then the file Id is a constant value while the guid refers to the asset

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I'm not sure how it works for others assets though but I'd imagine the same

unborn bluff Feb 14, 2020, 4:00 PM

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@waxen sandal what about prefabs? How does fildID relate to those? Anywhere i can read up on these things?

waxen sandal Feb 14, 2020, 4:13 PM

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No clue

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I'd assume the guid is the prefab and the file Id are the subassets

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 4:29 PM

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UI Elements - struggling to prevent the scroll wheel from scrolling the scrollview. Any thoughts? I've tried adding a WheelEvent callback to the scrollview and stopping propagation amongst other things. Source here - https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Modules/UIElements/Controls/ScrollView.cs

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:02 PM

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you just want it to never scroll with the scroll wheel?

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or is it more complicated?

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:07 PM

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basically trying to mimic behaviour of the built-in timeline - scroll wheel zooms instead of scrolling up and down

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:07 PM

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ohh

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you know what I'd do

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I'd subclass ScrollViewer

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though no, that doesn't really work

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but you could copy the code and replace the functionality in OnScrollWheel

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https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Modules/UIElements/Controls/ScrollView.cs#L830

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:08 PM

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yea... can't subclass because the method isn't accessible

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it's probably less hassle just to manually track and set the scrollOffset .. maybe I'll leave some feedback in the hope they support it

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:09 PM

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Unity still displays a poor understanding of UI frameworks sadly

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well lets back up

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You have a SCrollViewer in your layout, why

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because you want a zoom scroll functionality?

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:09 PM

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well the source does have the note // TODO: Same behaviour as IMGUI Scroll view so I assume more work is planned

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:09 PM

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You want behavior that already exists in the GraphViews

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:10 PM

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what's GraphViews? 😄

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:10 PM

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zoom to cursor

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you know, VFX Graph, Visual Scripting Graph, ShaderGraph

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:10 PM

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I see.. well.. this is almost identical to Timeline - just not quite close enough to be able to use Timeline itself

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so 2 way scrolling & clipping

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zoom to cursor and dynamic time labels etc is all working fine and was quite quick to set up

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:12 PM

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but you can't prevent the scroll while zooming?

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:12 PM

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yea 🙂

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wip for reference

📎 unknown.png

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:13 PM

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interesting looking tool you're building

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uhm

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:13 PM

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ECS based Tweening tool with animations as assets

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:14 PM

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Get the scrollers, and disable them

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wtf

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     // Set availability
            horizontalScroller.SetEnabled(contentContainer.layout.width - contentViewport.layout.width > 0);
            verticalScroller.SetEnabled(contentContainer.layout.height - contentViewport.layout.height > 0);

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:14 PM

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hmm but I want them useable still

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:14 PM

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just disable them when you start the zoom, and then enable them when the zoom completes

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:14 PM

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I think the scroll happens before the zoom... but I like the idea

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will check

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:15 PM

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tbh, I'm guessing at this point

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I'd probably build a custom control for this myself

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:15 PM

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appreciate the thoughts

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this won't be released for months yet so I'll try my luck with posting feedback on the forums and move on for now I think

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:15 PM

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nods

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:16 PM

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There also appears to be a bug with binding that I can't get to the bottom of as well.. need to make a small project to repro 🥺

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:18 PM

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whats the issue?

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or what is the symptom

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it may be relted to issues I've had in some circumstance

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Also, they are supposedly introducing a new binding system because they don't like the current setup

amber jackal Feb 14, 2020, 5:18 PM

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📎 lineas_blancas_brujas.png

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:18 PM

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and It seems they may be abandoning SerializedProperties based upon some of the road map for UIElements

amber jackal Feb 14, 2020, 5:19 PM

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what are those white lines blocking my view?

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It only happens in 2d view

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:19 PM

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it looks like a post processing effect to me, but we don't really have any context here

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:20 PM

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hmm the issue is related to calling BindProperty on PropertyFields - I check the binding paths after a delay and they're fine but then in the property drawer I check their binding path after a delay and they're all set to the last one created. Except for occasionally. 🙂

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:20 PM

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from what I understand PropertyDrawers are still a problem with UIElements in general

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:21 PM

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I see

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:21 PM

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bare in mind, that could be out dated

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I was reading about it a few months ago, so it coul dbe fixed by now

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I personally have avoided using BindProperty, and instead use Bind on entire object / view trees

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I recall having much trouble with it

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:22 PM

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yea unfortunately I can't in this instance - ideally I actually want to draw the property using the property drawer without binding it to a particular asset...

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but anyway... I'm about to face two more issues I wonder if you have thoughts on? haha

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marquee selection - there's nothing built-in you know of is there?

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:23 PM

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I'm not sure what you mean by marquee selection

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like scrolling selection?

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:23 PM

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yea, click, drag, draw rect, select clips within rect region - I can obviously do it all manually but just checking before I do

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'binding' fields to multiple serializedProperties - similar to CanEditMultiple or whatever that attribute is called - I assume that (quite reasonably) I would need to do not bind to anything and handle all of the chang events manually

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:28 PM

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oooh

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no, there is nothing like that which exists, you'd have to make it, but it should actually be pretty trivial

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there is a function for checking hit points and you can just create an element with position:absolute;
Log the start click position, and then set the Width/Height of the element to the difference in start mouse position and current mouse position

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there may actually be an element overlap check

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well, I should say, I'm not aware of that kind of tool existing

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it seems like something that'd exist in Graphs

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as far as multiple targets go

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I have no idea

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I never understood how that works

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:31 PM

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Thanks for thoughts 🙂

severe python Feb 14, 2020, 5:32 PM

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oh actually hit points is probably silly

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you could just find all the elements taht are selectable in the tree, and then check if they are contained or however it is you want to handle it

split bridge Feb 14, 2020, 5:34 PM

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yea that's cool, should be straight-forward and I think there is an overlap method I can use

arctic wyvern Feb 14, 2020, 6:45 PM

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hmmm... would this be the right channel to ask a question relating to making custom PlayableAssets for the Timeline?

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 8:22 PM

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whats the best way to get a scriptable object reference into an editorwindow by searching it in the assetdatabase?

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 8:25 PM

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AssetDatabase implies it is saved in the project.

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Is it?

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 8:26 PM

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it will be used at runtime as well so i should probably put it in resources

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 8:26 PM

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Never do that

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I mean, except if it is for your own need.

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 8:27 PM

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its a collection of letters that generates a 3d mesh

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    private void Awake()
    {
        var asset = AssetDatabase.FindAssets("Letters")[0];
        _lettering = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(asset, typeof(Lettering)) as Lettering;
    }

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was thinking something like this in the editor window

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 8:28 PM

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What you are doing with it does not matter. Resources is never the answer.

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If you can reach it at runtime, it means you must have a way to reference them before building

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Unfortunately, AssetDatabase is Editor only

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 8:29 PM

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well for editor window that is fine, when I use it at runtime I need to reference it somewhere in a monobehaviour

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I have a dictionary in the SO and a function to make a combined mesh. I just cant seem to find the right syntax to load from the assetdatabase

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oh nvm I found it

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FindAssets returned an id, not a path

scenic elbow Feb 14, 2020, 9:10 PM

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i really wish there was something similar to assetdatabase for runtime

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just something that lets you get assets through strings

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i know strings blech but they make it so easy

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without having to hook up direct references in some proxy object

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 9:14 PM

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And you will end up with thousands of issues you 'never expected' because of this poor design

scenic elbow Feb 14, 2020, 9:19 PM

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if you really wanted, you could use consts and a seperate lookuptable that converts string to GUID, to prevent typos and moved file issues

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dunno what other downsides there are

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Resources is bad but it's not because of strings imo

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it's because it's basically a shitty 0.001 version of an assetbundle without the benefits of real assetbundles

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 9:20 PM

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Resources is bad mainly because of memory.

scenic elbow Feb 14, 2020, 9:21 PM

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ya

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i wrote my own resources class that is basically just a dictionary with string lookups to assets baked during build

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but assetdatabase.findassets is slow and it runs every time you hit play so would be nice if there was proper unity support

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addressables seem like something that might solve it, but then every asset you load will be asynchronous so you end up having to go through callback hell or poll until loaded

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 9:34 PM

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how do I deal with that inconsistent line endings ? i know its fine and all but it does annoy me

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 9:35 PM

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VS > File > Advance options
Set the line ending

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 9:35 PM

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oops, that coulda been #💻┃code-beginner , it happened in an editor window and my brain didnt deduce it wasnt editor relevant xD

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aight thx

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weird, I dont see an advanced options in the dropdown

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 9:38 PM

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Might be hidden, you need to add it

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@steady crest https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3802406/configure-visual-studio-to-use-unix-line-endings/47318778#47318778

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 9:41 PM

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there are so many options there i didnt know about

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what the hell

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oh god, so amny options, which should it be on?

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nvm that was encoding that was huge

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there we are, tyvm

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 9:43 PM

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The post explains it very well

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Good 🙂

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 9:44 PM

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this script took me way too long, but it was quite fun to do xD

onyx harness Feb 14, 2020, 9:45 PM

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This is the way to go 🙂

steady crest Feb 14, 2020, 9:45 PM

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string -> 3dmesh of letter object thorn into a mesh combiner

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fun 😄

karmic cliff Feb 15, 2020, 12:15 AM

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Quick question, any way within a CustomPropertyDrawer to press TAB to go to the next field?

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 12:16 AM

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It's all handled automatically by IMGUI

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Is it not working?

karmic cliff Feb 15, 2020, 12:17 AM

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Not really, instead it adds a tabulation to the current... TextField...

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...Is that my problem? Should it not be TextField? Whoops

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 12:18 AM

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You never stated TextField

karmic cliff Feb 15, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Yeah I think that's the issue

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Not an issue

karmic cliff Feb 15, 2020, 12:19 AM

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Well, it still does the [press tab] > [add tabulation to the text]

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Which is not what I want in my case

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 12:33 AM

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You can catch the event before the TextField

karmic cliff Feb 15, 2020, 1:38 AM

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Why is it that when I draw with a CustomPropertyDrawer, if the Property is inside an array, the "distance" between horizontal elements increases?

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Case in point: Above a variable, and down below a List

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The way I calculate those widths it is by using "position.width * 0.5f" and then adding or subtracting something... Is it because of that?

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 4:45 AM

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we need code

quiet solstice Feb 15, 2020, 4:52 AM

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Guess this is the best place to ask about package manager questions? The thing I'm trying to do has to do with custom editors.

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For some reason, target in PostProcessEffectBaseEditor is marked as internal, but I need to use it in my effect editor. Is there a way to modify packages from the package manager?

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Of course, in instances where I'm trying to access something internal, I always second guess, should I be doing this? But there's no other way to do what I need to do, and target is marked as public in Editor.

visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 5:16 AM

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you cannot modify packages. You haven't explained what you want to actually do

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You can always use reflection to get the value of an internal property

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Also, a cheat way of doing it without reflection is using the FindProperty function they provide and then property.serializedObject.targetObject

quiet solstice Feb 15, 2020, 5:44 AM

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making a custom editor script for an effect. I want to serialize an enum and change some of the parameters when the enum is changed depending on which value is chosen. but it looks like that cheat worked. not a fan of "cheats", but I feel much better about that than introducing Reflection. thanks for the help, guess I've got to think outside of the box more

feral karma Feb 15, 2020, 10:04 AM

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@quiet solstice you can either use reflection or change the package to have internals visible to your code

lucid hedge Feb 15, 2020, 1:36 PM

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Using UIelements but also in other cases I sometimes use "EditorGUIUtility.Load" to load things like .uss files, .uxml files and icons.

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Using a path variables like asset/textures/tex1.png or something

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But so when someone messes with the project hierarchy, this can break things.

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What would be a better way of loading .uss and .uxml files that does not rely on a path?

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Should I just use references?

visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 1:42 PM

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https://github.com/vertxxyz/NUtilities/blob/master/Editor/Controls/StyleExtensions.cs#L26 is what I do

lucid hedge Feb 15, 2020, 1:44 PM

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Thank you!

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Why do you prefer that over using references like this?

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visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 1:46 PM

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I barely ever touch that interface tbh. I don't really understand its limits when it comes to inspectors, property drawers, and editor windows. Doing it via the assetdatabase works in all conditions

lucid hedge Feb 15, 2020, 1:47 PM

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Okay!

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And just to be sure, the license on the piece of code you shared is MIT?

visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 1:48 PM

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Yeah, I need to add that lol

lucid hedge Feb 15, 2020, 1:48 PM

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There is a license file in your project stating MIT

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in the NUtilities repo

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so you're good 🙂

visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 1:49 PM

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Ah cool, there's a few packages of mine where I've missed it

gloomy jolt Feb 15, 2020, 1:59 PM

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When I try to open a script my unity freezes?

visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 2:01 PM

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@gloomy jolt Please do not cross-post

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This channel is also for extending the editor and has nothing to do with your question

burnt dove Feb 15, 2020, 2:12 PM

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Given a SerializedProperty is possible to determine if it belongs to an Scene (its gameobject is inside an scene) or if it belongs to a prefab (it's gameobject is in a prefab file [not confuse with a prefab instance, which can be either in an scene or another prefab]) and get that scene or prefab file?

whole steppe Feb 15, 2020, 4:49 PM

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Is there any way to access selected item in Project window inside Editor Script?

waxen sandal Feb 15, 2020, 4:53 PM

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The Selection class?

whole steppe Feb 15, 2020, 5:03 PM

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Noticed this one, so far I am able only to get scene elements out of it

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oh got it activeObject works, thanks

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 5:09 PM

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Hey so, though this would be a better chat to ask about my problem, which is that a FloatField keeps resetting to its original value https://gyazo.com/5fdc7fb041cd4dc569102d6c02f445fb

Gyazo

▶ Play video

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this is the code for that part of the script var region = worldController.regions[selectedRegionIndex]; region.height = EditorGUILayout.FloatField(region.height);

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.height is not changed anywhere else than here

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except from the inspector where its also changeable

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(code is in OnGUI method)

steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 5:57 PM

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@worldly charm is that a serializable value?

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or readonly? what is that height property

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 5:58 PM

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this. I made the setHeight function for testing but not used so I could remove that if not needed

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the regions[] is a array of TerrainTypes

steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 5:59 PM

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have you tried it with an integer not in the struct?

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cuz i ve not yet seen this approach with structs

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or maybe try making it a class?

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 6:01 PM

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Oh shit yeah, changing it to a class actually fixed it

steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 6:02 PM

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probably structs are not serialized, classes are. not sure why or how thats a thing xD

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so yeah, dont use structs for serialization xD @worldly charm

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 6:06 PM

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gotcha lol

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Struct are handled by Unity. Don't remember since when, but it is.

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In your case, this is because you are setting a struct's field, and you forgot to reassign the region after

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@worldly charm

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@burnt dove SerializedProperty does not imply you are working on an Object. If it does, there is API that let you know if you are on a Prefab or instance of it, or none.

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:18 PM

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Huh alright

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I dont get how to get this to work..

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steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 7:26 PM

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what parameter is additem expecting there?

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:27 PM

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AddItem(GUIContent content, bool on, MenuFunction2 func, object userData);

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:27 PM

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either a void Func()
or void Func(object obj)

steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 7:28 PM

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cant you pass in a lambda?

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:28 PM

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but i woudlnt be able to convert the object sent to a list right

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:28 PM

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you can

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regions is an array of Region right?

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but i woudlnt be able to convert the object sent to a list right
What do you mean?

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:29 PM

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public List<Region> regions;

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i want to pass that

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:29 PM

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well, you can

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:29 PM

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how

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:30 PM

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just wrap your callback with new GenericMenu.MenuFunction2(callback)

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:30 PM

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dont know what you mean

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:31 PM

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menu.AddItem(new GUIContent("Delete"), false, new GenericMenu.MenuFunction2(callback), regions);

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:34 PM

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?

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onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:34 PM

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wait, what is callback?

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:34 PM

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public void Callback(List<Region> regions) { }

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or does it need to be (object regions)

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:37 PM

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yes, it must be object

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:37 PM

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alright and then how do I make it into a List<Region> ?

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 7:38 PM

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you just cast the argument variable to it

worldly charm Feb 15, 2020, 7:38 PM

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thank you

whole steppe Feb 15, 2020, 8:06 PM

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Is there any way to have elements with Prefab preview in custom Editor Window? i.e. is there any 'PrefabField/View" available?

steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 8:32 PM

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you mean if you have an object field taht it shows the prefab in a preview? @whole steppe

whole steppe Feb 15, 2020, 8:33 PM

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I would basically like to recreate Project window, that is mixed with some aditionall controls

steady crest Feb 15, 2020, 8:34 PM

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try setting the width and height of an objectfield in the custom inspector

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if that doesnt work you can get the prefab assets preview render and show that

whole steppe Feb 15, 2020, 8:44 PM

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ok will try that, thank you

burnt dove Feb 15, 2020, 9:34 PM

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How can I get the path where something is being stored inside Unity Editor?
Imagine I have this:

Assets/base.prefab
Assets/base variant.prefab -> which is variant of Assets/base.prefab
Assets/scene.scene

scene.scene has 3 gameobjects inside:

base instance -> an instance of base.prefab
base variant instance -> an instance of base variant.prefab
gameobject -> a common gameobject

This is what I want to do when I execute this method in a SerializedProperty vs what I get.

Open scene.scene and execute method in any serialized property of gameobject or children. Got Assets/scene.scene. Correct.
Open scene.scene and execute method in any serialized property of base instance or children. Got Assets/scene.scene. Correct.
Open scene.scene and execute method in any serialized property of base variant instance or children. Got Assets/scene.scene. Correct.
Open base.prefab and execute method in any serialized property of it or children. Got null. Expected Assets/base.prefab
Open base variant.prefab and execute method in any serialized property of it or children. Got Assets/base.prefab. Expected Assets/base variant.prefab

This is my code, any idea?

public string GetWhereIsStored(SerializedProperty property)
    string path = null;
    UnityEngine.Object targetObject = property.serializedObject.targetObject;
    if (PrefabUtility.IsPartOfAnyPrefab(targetObject))
    {
        GameObject root = PrefabUtility.GetOutermostPrefabInstanceRoot(targetObject);
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(root.scene.path))
            path = PrefabUtility.GetPrefabAssetPathOfNearestInstanceRoot(root);
        else
            path = root.scene.path;
    }
    else
        path = ((Component)targetObject).gameObject.scene.path;

    Debug.Log(path);

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 9:39 PM

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I would suggest you to try all the methods in PrefabUtility, because there are a lot of them, and who is doing what is blurry (to me)

burnt dove Feb 15, 2020, 9:40 PM

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I am actually doing that but no luck

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For example, if you open a prefab file in the scene viewport PrefabUtility.IsPartOfAnyPrefab(targetObject) doesn't recognices it as a prefab. Is seems that that method (and all others) only works for instances.

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 9:43 PM

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Have you try PrefabStage?

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or its utility PrefabStageUtility?

burnt dove Feb 15, 2020, 9:43 PM

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No, I will give them a look

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Thanks

onyx harness Feb 15, 2020, 9:44 PM

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To know who belongs where, it's a mix of few APIs

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Which leads to a mess

burnt dove Feb 15, 2020, 9:47 PM

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Impressive, PrefabStageUtility.GetPrefabStage((Component)targetObject).gameObject).prefabAssetPath seems to work like a charm. Thanks

young island Feb 15, 2020, 11:09 PM

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would this be the right place to ask about getting an external editor working with unity? trying to get vscode to work and its giving me problems my other pc didnt give me.

visual stag Feb 15, 2020, 11:10 PM

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@young island it's not the place, probably #💻┃unity-talk, but is it just intellisense?

young island Feb 15, 2020, 11:11 PM

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omnisharp seems to be missing a file

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and idk why

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        FAILURE: Could not locate 'C:\Users\myuser\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.csharp-1.21.11\.omnisharp\1.34.11\.msbuild\Current\Bin\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.resources.dll'.```

burnt dove Feb 16, 2020, 12:36 AM

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How can I extract a sub asset from an asset file? AssetDatabase.ExtractAsset only works from materials embedded in model assets

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Just noticed I can do

AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(Instantiate(selection), newPath);
AssetDatabase.RemoveObjectFromAsset(selection);
AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
AssetDatabase.Refresh();

onyx harness Feb 16, 2020, 8:21 AM

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@burnt dove LoadAllAssetsAtPath?

ivory crater Feb 16, 2020, 1:33 PM

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I want to create a precompiler script, is there any way to execute it without attaching a monobehaviour to the scene or creating a menu/editor?

short tiger Feb 16, 2020, 1:34 PM

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@ivory crater There's the InitializeOnLoad attribute

ivory crater Feb 16, 2020, 1:34 PM

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woh thank you ^^

steady crest Feb 16, 2020, 2:24 PM

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when making an FSM, do I use delegate functions or unityevents? what do you feel are the benefits of either?
additionally, are delegates serialized like unityevents? or should i just make derived unityevents with parameters?

waxen sandal Feb 16, 2020, 2:25 PM

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Delegates aren't serialized

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So if you care about serialization you gotta use unity events

steady crest Feb 16, 2020, 2:27 PM

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given the states of the FSM will be SO i do need to be careful about it

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wa thinking to be able to make it work using just C#

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so i dont depend on unity, and i can use it outside of unity

steady crest Feb 16, 2020, 3:07 PM

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hmm. unityevents do not support return values...

waxen sandal Feb 16, 2020, 3:46 PM

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Lemme chekc if I have an implementation that does

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I don't but I think it could be converted fairly easily

steady crest Feb 16, 2020, 5:50 PM

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I found a way around it since I am using xnode for the visual editor for the FSM

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I needed to output the state of the behaviour so i just wrapped the event in a function

dense cobalt Feb 16, 2020, 6:57 PM

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Hey guys, i'm using VS Code as editor and everytime i start a new project i can't get Intellisense(?) to work, usually after 1/2 restart of VS Code and / or Unity it works but it don't look like atm

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Like i would expect the usual window to open and list the methods and components of the Input class

waxen sandal Feb 16, 2020, 7:06 PM

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Wrong channel

burnt dove Feb 16, 2020, 8:43 PM

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Does SerializeAttribute do something in ScriptableObject?

unborn bluff Feb 16, 2020, 10:17 PM

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Hi all, I have made an editor script that manipulates with a prefab instance in my scene. But after making modifications through my custom editor and entering play mode those changes disappears and are totally gone, even after returning to edit mode. However, if I unpack the prefab and do the same changes my changes are persistent throughout play/edit mode. Would anyone know why I lose these changes, but only if the instance is a prefab?

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Headsup! This issue is ONLY present for one of my fields and that field is a List<ISomeInterface> where I am using the new attribute: [SerializeReference]

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It could potentially be related to this bug: https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/cannot-override-type-of-serializedreference-fields-in-prefab-instances?_ga=2.150978612.326270132.1581851612-1599025493.1566285874

Unity IssueTracker - Cannot override type of [SerializedReference] ...

To reproduce: 1) Open the attached project and scene 2) Select Polymorphic Prefab in the hierarchy 3) Change Derived Class 1 to some...

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And another bug report here. https://forum.unity.com/threads/broken-references-for-prefabs-with-serializereference-fields.827727/ Nevermind my question, it seems like that their are some issues with Prefabs and SerializedReferences.

Unity Forum

Broken references for prefabs with SerializeReference fields

Hi everybody.

I'm trying to get advantage of the new SerializeReference attribute, but encounter difficulties to make it work with prefabs.

Setup :...

waxen sandal Feb 17, 2020, 6:47 AM

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@burnt dove I don't think you have to have it but i often do put it on the class automatically

burnt dove Feb 17, 2020, 12:32 PM

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Ok

gloomy chasm Feb 17, 2020, 3:20 PM

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I have the mouses position in screen space, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to convert it to gui/current editor window space. I thought GUIUtility.ScreenToGUIRect(...) would do it, but it doesn't seem like it does much of anything.
Any ideas?

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 3:48 PM

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When you manipulate the content of a prefab's .meta file is there some specific way to ensure that the changes are saved to disk? My current attempts have failed so far and it seems like it simply reset back to basic when i close/open unity

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I am using PrefabUtility.SavePrefabAsset(sourceRootPrefabB); but I am not sure if that is the one I should be using.

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Anyone know of any resource that can help me get a better understanding on how the prefab system works on a .meta file level?

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:00 PM

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@unborn bluff You mean you are writing to the meta file, but Unity overwrites it eventually?

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:04 PM

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I honestly don't know exactly what is happening - That is why I am looking for more resources to understand it properly. I am trying to change the linking references among prefabs so, as an example, Prefab C references Prefab B instead of Prefab A. I do this by opening up Prefab C and replace Prefab A GUIDs with Prefab B GUIDs. This also works to a certain extend and my Prefab C succesfully reference Prefab B instead of Prefab A however, my unique changes, only applicable on Prefab C is gone from within the editor. But if I open up Prefab C again I can see those unique changes are still present in the .prefab file, but not in the editor.

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So in short:

Prefab C inherits from Prefab A
Add a sphere to Prefab C
Replace Prefab A GUIDs in Prefab C with Prefab B GUIDs
4: Prefab C now references Prefab B, but the sphere is gone.

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:07 PM

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You can try either saving any changes there might be in memory before modifying the .prefab file or unload the changes before modifying, using Resources.UnloadAsset

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:08 PM

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How does Resources.UnloadAsset work with this? My prefabs are not related to the Resource folder in any way?

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:09 PM

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Unity decided to put runtime asset management stuff into Resources.

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There might be an AssetDatabase method that does the same thing

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:09 PM

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Could you elaborate on that? What do you mean by that? That the "Assets" folder is a Resource folder in disguise for editor time stuff?

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:10 PM

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No, Resources is just a confusing name for the class

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:10 PM

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Oh

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:10 PM

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It happens to match the name of the Resources magic folder

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And happens to have methods related to that

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But also has other unrelated methods

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:11 PM

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Alright, noted - But how do you think it works in my situation again? If I invoked Resources.UnloadAsset prior to saving the asset, wouldn't I lose the reference?

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:12 PM

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I can't think of any reason why Unity would overwrite the changes you make unless there are some unsaved changes in memory.

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That's why I suggested trying to save before modifying or unload in-memory changes before modifying.

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:12 PM

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Its a tad more strange than that I believe - The sphere is still present in Prefab C, but simply minimizing the editor and returning back to it will make it disappear.

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:13 PM

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So the .prefab file is never modified after you modify it?

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:13 PM

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My hunch is that it somehow relates to the PrefabLibrary, but I can't find any information about this library.

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No

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After I have done my GUID replacements, I simply minimize the editor and the Sphere disappear.

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:14 PM

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Are you modifying any .meta file for this? Your original question mentions .meta files, but it sounds like you're just replacing GUIDs inside the .prefab file.

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:15 PM

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Yeah, I am sorry about that, I actually mis-stated what I did. I don't touch the .meta file at all. I only touch the .prefab file.

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Sorry for the confusement

north marsh Feb 17, 2020, 4:15 PM

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anyone know if Bolt or Playmaker can be used to write editorwindows? or if there is a visual scripting solution to making custom editor tools?

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:16 PM

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@unborn bluff Are you able to recreate the same bug if you manually replace the GUIDs? Are multiple instances of the original GUID getting replaced or is it just one?

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:17 PM

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I can try and do it manually just to make sure. I am replacing multiple instances of the same GUID in a single .prefab.

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Yeah, manually replacing the GUID also makes it disappear

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Are you sure that the prefab your replacing it with has all the same properties as the original?

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In PrefabInstance, there's m_Modifications which has all the modifications. Most of the original base prefab's GUIDs are in there. I'm seeing things like:

m_Modifications:
- target: {fileID: 2711930948762089810, guid: df42e6bc6b121c44892ef68f81e29c76,
    type: 3}
  propertyPath: _offset.y
  value: -0.188
  objectReference: {fileID: 0}

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That fileID is the ID of the component in the original prefab

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So you probably have to replace that too, unless the prefab you're replacing it with is also a variant of the original prefab.

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:26 PM

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Here is an example of my Prefab C: https://pastebin.com/1xDSbEXB

Pastebin

%YAML 1.1 %TAG !u! tag:unity3d.com,2011: --- !u!1 &68544825382203...

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Notice that there is an object called "Sphere", but none of the GUIDs or FileIDs related to Sphere is modified. The only GUID replacements which happens are after the line: --- !u!1001 &1018047463815447383

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In short, I am replacing all instances of GUID 9484ab42cded34ef2a1d991e6e05f49d

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:30 PM

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I'm assuming if you search for fileID: 400000 in Prefab A, you'll find something like

m_Component:
- component: {fileID: 400000}

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400000 is the ID of a Transform component in Prefab A that Prefab C is overriding some values in.

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I assume Prefab B doesn't have a Transform component with the id 400000

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So the prefab file becomes invalid, because it's trying to override values of a Transform component that doesn't exist in Prefab B

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:33 PM

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So your idea is that Prefab C becomes invalid and simply boost out Sphere? But I can make changes to Prefab B and those changes are reflected in Prefab C.

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I just tried deleting all the Modified fields from Prefab C and it doesn't change anything.

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I don't know if this changes anything, Prefab A is technically an FBX file, but if I am not mistaken Unity treats it in a similar way like a prefab.

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:39 PM

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I'm trying to recreate this bug

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:40 PM

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I am on a bike and on my way home. Ill ping you when I get online again.

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:45 PM

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I still think this is due to a wrong fileID. I couldn't recreate it in a quick test, but that's with Prefab A and Prefab B are identical, so they have identical file IDs.

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What about

Transform:
  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 7660554750686849776, guid: 82705d16fc71da1488d80eb3dbc63d5a,
    type: 3}

which I see at the bottom of my prefab variant. Maybe you need to replace the fileID there.

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 4:47 PM

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Yeah, that is a possible suspect

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 4:48 PM

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Yep, if I change that to something different, then it doesn't add the new game object

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My explanation is that if something goes wrong when deserializing the base prefab, then it skips the next steps, which probably includes applying modifications and added/removed game objects/components.

lucid hedge Feb 17, 2020, 5:27 PM

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In UIelements I have this toolbar

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They are toggles

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And I want the different buttons (toggles) to be selectable, but not all at once, only 1 at a time

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Right now I use this code

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But the issue is that once I press the support toggle, I want to set the other toggles to 'false', but then their respective callbacks are triggered and the support toggle gets unchecked again

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How should I approach this?

short tiger Feb 17, 2020, 5:30 PM

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@lucid hedge Toggle.SetValueWithoutNotify()?

lucid hedge Feb 17, 2020, 5:32 PM

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That seems to work!

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Really cool, thank you very much 🙂 🙂

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Although it seems kind of buggy, will test some more

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Is SetValueWithoutNotify supposed to work with the new UIElements system @short tiger ?

fleet remnant Feb 17, 2020, 6:25 PM

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how can i display the stuff in the ResourceStorage class in my custom editro

fleet remnant Feb 17, 2020, 6:42 PM

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i have tried everything from serialize field to a custompropertydrawer

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it is just tooo complicated for me

fleet remnant Feb 17, 2020, 7:05 PM

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our should i use serialized property ?

visual stag Feb 17, 2020, 7:06 PM

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Oh no, please do not call Resources.LoadAll in a GUI method! Initialise that puppy in OnEnable

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Draw them with PropertyDrawers with serializedProperty

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you'll need to create new SerializedObjects out of them to be able to get their contents

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(something you should do in OnEnable)

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The alternate method would be to get editors for them (Editor.CreateCachedEditor) and draw the appropriate editors.
But that's probably unnecessary with this few properties

earnest minnow Feb 17, 2020, 7:47 PM

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Hey guys. I am having an issue with creating my custom Unity package. I've been following Unity's tutorial on this topic and managed to pack and compile scripts, but for some reason my custom packages do not show in Project inspector. Could someone please give me a hint on what could possibly cause the issue?

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waxen sandal Feb 17, 2020, 8:11 PM

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What Unity version?

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I've been having the same issue

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They might've introduced a bug somewhere

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We're on 2019.2 but it seems fixed in 2019.3

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@earnest minnow

visual stag Feb 17, 2020, 8:15 PM

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They have modern UI, it must be .3 or 2020

waxen sandal Feb 17, 2020, 8:18 PM

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2019.3.0f6 works for me

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Possible regression or old 2019 version

earnest minnow Feb 17, 2020, 8:25 PM

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I'm on 2019.3.1 @waxen sandal

waxen sandal Feb 17, 2020, 8:26 PM

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Lemme update and I'll see

visual stag Feb 17, 2020, 8:28 PM

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Mine work fine, so perhaps it's empty or the package.json is saying it wants to be hidden or something

earnest minnow Feb 17, 2020, 8:30 PM

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I believe I've explicitly set the package to be visible in the .json

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visual stag Feb 17, 2020, 8:35 PM

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I would remove the type, I'm suspicious about what a module is/how it could be displayed

earnest minnow Feb 17, 2020, 8:39 PM

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Thanks!

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@visual stag This type property was supposed to be used with dependsOnType hiding mode, but seems like there is something wrong with it in the end. Anyways, my issue is solved, thank you very much!

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lucid hedge Feb 17, 2020, 9:22 PM

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Does anybody know what Unity uses to draw this toolbar?

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I'm trying to draw a similar toolbar (with the icons on the right)

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 9:28 PM

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@lucid hedge EditorGUILayout.InspectorTitlebar

lucid hedge Feb 17, 2020, 9:33 PM

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Yeah you're right

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that draws the toolbar

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but I didn't explain properly, what I want to know is how they draw the icons on the right

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because I'm doing this

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to draw a foldout like this

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and instead of the 3 dots on the right, I would like the question mark like in the toolbar of the mesh renderer

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 9:35 PM

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Editor uses this EditorGUIUtility.s_EditorHeaderItemsMethods

lucid hedge Feb 17, 2020, 9:36 PM

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The BeginFoldoutHeaderGroup does take an extra GUIStyle called "menuIcon" but I'm unsure on how to pass an icon there..

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I'll take a look mikilo

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So like this

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this "EditorStyles.foldoutHeaderIcon"

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makes it so the "3 dots" icon shows up

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hmm

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Looks kind of blurry but it's working

brittle sorrel Feb 17, 2020, 9:57 PM

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sexy

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 9:58 PM

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That's why I draw everything myself. I never touch [Editor]GUILayout

lucid hedge Feb 17, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Yeah but how does Unity draw it so crisp lol

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Looks good I guess

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:04 PM

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yep

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:04 PM

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I am messing around in a nested .prefab and I wish to understand how this nested prefab reference its parent prefab. I know the GUID can be found in the .meta file of the parent prefab, but I can't seem to locate the fileID. Where is that stored?:

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onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:04 PM

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You need to use internal stuff

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:05 PM

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@onyx harness i assume that response was for @lucid hedge ?

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:05 PM

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Nope, you

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:05 PM

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Oh alright, so the fileID isn't located somewhere?

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In a browsable text file or anything?

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:07 PM

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https://pastebin.com/HVCpYeLy

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FileID can be found in the Library metadata. Or by calling some API.

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@unborn bluff This is the code I use to retrieve the FileID handling different Unity versions.

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:12 PM

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@onyx harness thank you, I will surely give that code a try. Where in the Library is the FileID stored? In the artifacts folders?

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onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:13 PM

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On my end I have this:

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But Artifacts seems to be the new name

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(I work with Unity 2017.4, that's why)

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:15 PM

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Interesting, also, related to the code that you linked how is fileID different from LocalFileIdentifier? I found that AssetDatabase have the following function AssetDatabase.TryGetGUIDAndLocalFileIdentifier : https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.TryGetGUIDAndLocalFileIdentifier.html

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:15 PM

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Artifacts appears in 2019.3.

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This method appeared in 2018.1. And is suppose to do a similar job.

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But back in the time, this method was only returning an integer as FileID. Which is factually wrong. They fixed it with a long few versions after.

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Or maybe I am confusing with Unsupported.GetLocalIdentifierInFile which was returning an integer instead of a long.

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:17 PM

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Alright, that makes sense.

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:18 PM

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Unsupported.GetLocalIdentifierInFile appeared first in Unity 4.
While Unsupported.GetLocalIdentifierInFileForPersistentObject appeared in U2019.1.

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I'm talking a lot of about versions, but because I have to support older ones. If you are not impacted, stick to the latest

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@unborn bluff Thanks to you, I just realize that Artifacts is fundamentally different than metadata. There are no more .info to provide the FileId.

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Well, we must rely on API then

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:32 PM

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How come? Because everything is packed into binaries now?

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Also, where do you read up on stuff like that? I can't really seem to find much information about it.

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:33 PM

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Yep, except if you know the protocol used behind, I don't have time to reverse engineer this =X

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You don't. I read stuff randomly on the internet, I dive into things, discover stuff, a lot are random and curiosity

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:35 PM

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Fair enough, I am trying to get an understanding of how the .prefab files work and what all the fields such as m_SourcePrefab or m_CorrespondingSourceObject represents and how fileID relates to everything.

visual stag Feb 17, 2020, 10:36 PM

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They've gone through a bunch of it in the Asset Database 2.0 talks lately

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:36 PM

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GUID is the unique identifier of the asset. FileId is the unique identifier of the entity in the asset.

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I should probably watch them then

severe python Feb 17, 2020, 10:39 PM

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what are these Asset Database 2.0 talks? where can I find them

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searching for stuff on the unity blog is pointless eh?

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:41 PM

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And I just discover that: https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/GlobalObjectId.html
Oh

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:43 PM

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Oh neat, does that mean all GameObjects have a persistent ID we can reference?

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:43 PM

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@unborn bluff When diving into prefab, you will stumble a lot into fileId:1150000.
Look up this one, and you will understand more: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ClassIDReference.html

severe python Feb 17, 2020, 10:44 PM

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oh my

unborn bluff Feb 17, 2020, 10:45 PM

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Oh thank you @onyx harness that just answered a bunch of questions I had.

severe python Feb 17, 2020, 10:45 PM

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I was not aware of this entire section of the manual

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:46 PM

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If you want to know more about FileId, read this guy's investigation, it's a wonder:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/yaml-fileid-hash-function-for-dll-scripts.252075/#post-1695479

severe python Feb 17, 2020, 10:46 PM

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is there a format specification for asset bundles?

onyx harness Feb 17, 2020, 10:59 PM

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can't tell, I don't know much about AssetBundles

visual stag Feb 18, 2020, 1:27 AM

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@severe python @unborn bluff https://youtu.be/VF-Qe-0zXlc is one of them I think

YouTube

Unity

Speed up your asset imports for big projects - Unite Copenhagen

The release of the new Asset Database provides a solid foundation for further speeding up asset imports. Learn about the improvements in the way Unity handles very large projects and discover some of the upcoming features directed towards making the asset pipeline more extensi...

▶ Play video

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Also not sure if this one had some of that info in it... https://youtu.be/S2P9n5U9xVw, I forget, I'm out and going off what I've watched

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 2:24 PM

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how can i record an undo operation in a custom editor window ?

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 2:26 PM

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Use the Undo class

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 2:27 PM

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to record the whole window ?

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@waxen sandal im using change scope to see if a field was changed, but at this point its already to late to record the undo operation

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 2:30 PM

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I'd suggest to use serializedproperties and serializedobjects

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So you don't have to handle it yourself

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 2:30 PM

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huh never though to use it in editor window

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 2:47 PM

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no dice

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can't create SerializedObject

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public class WindowVars : Object
{
    public WindowVars() { }
    public int textureSizeIndex = 0;
}

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and

private void OnGUI() {
    if (vars == null) vars = new WindowVars();
    var svars = new SerializedObject( vars );
}

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error:

ArgumentException: Object at index 0 is null
UnityEditor.SerializedObject..ctor (UnityEngine.Object obj) (at ...

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🤔 ... i don't rly undo in the custom editor window * , one of those times ...

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 3:58 PM

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You shouldn't inherit from Object

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ScriptableObject is better

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 4:30 PM

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ah SettingsProvider is what i was looking for

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it is a scriptable object as well

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 6:28 PM

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is it possible to use something like InitializeOnLoad for editor window ?

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 7:04 PM

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Sure

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 7:13 PM

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i got it working after 20 attempts but i have a feeling it can be done simpler:

[InitializeOnLoad] public class TestWindowBootstrap
{
    public static int scriptSaveCount = 19; // temp
    static bool Dead = true;
    static TestWindowBootstrap()
    {
        if ( TestWindow.instance != null ) return;
        TestMono.onValidate += TestWindow.OpenWindow;
        AssemblyReloadEvents.beforeAssemblyReload += Annihilate;
        //EditorApplication.update += Terminate;
        Debug.Log("Test Bootstrap " + scriptSaveCount);
    }
    static void Annihilate()
    {
        //if (Dead || !EditorApplication.isCompiling) return;
        if ( TestWindow.instance != null ) TestWindow.instance.Close();
        //EditorApplication.update -= Terminate;
        AssemblyReloadEvents.beforeAssemblyReload -= Annihilate;
        TestMono.onValidate -= TestWindow.OpenWindow;
        Debug.Log("Test Dead " + scriptSaveCount );
        //Dead = true;
    }
}

class TestWindow : EditorWindow
{
    static new GUIContent title = new GUIContent("Test" + TestWindowBootstrap.scriptSaveCount );
    public static TestWindow instance;
    [MenuItem("Window/Test")]
    public static void OpenWindow()
    {
        Debug.Log("Open window" + TestWindowBootstrap.scriptSaveCount );
        if (instance != null) instance?.Close();
        var window = GetWindow<TestWindow>();
        window.titleContent = title;
        instance = window;
    }

    private void OnDisable() 
    {
        //TestMono.onValidate -= OpenWindow;
    }
    // ...
}

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@waxen sandal

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 7:18 PM

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Aren't you allowed to have a static constructor on the EditorWindow?

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 7:19 PM

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not sure , i did make a separate class for that

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yes it is possible

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i feel good 🙂

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 8:01 PM

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@steady crest I got bored https://github.com/JurjenBiewenga/SerializedFunc

GitHub

JurjenBiewenga/SerializedFunc

Contribute to JurjenBiewenga/SerializedFunc development by creating an account on GitHub.

onyx harness Feb 18, 2020, 8:08 PM

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Why do you need that if ( TestWindow.instance != null ) return;? @tough cairn

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 8:11 PM

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@onyx harness i don't know how it works under the hood so i added this line in case the static variable reference was some how left over

onyx harness Feb 18, 2020, 8:12 PM

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InitializeOnLoad guarantee you the class is being triggered during the very first frames

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After any domain reload, your code is being cleared from memory

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and you restart from the beginning

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Since the new system, you have to hook into some API to be triggered when a "false" domain reload occurs

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 8:20 PM

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the thing is that this code above will result in multiple editor windows being opened in the same time - all the old once will show "Failed to locate " or something like that , and some would also have some strange behaviours so i figured old code ( from previous compilation ) is still present

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@onyx harness

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that's why i force close the windows

waxen sandal Feb 18, 2020, 8:22 PM

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GetWindow shouldn't do that

onyx harness Feb 18, 2020, 8:22 PM

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I feel this line does not work :
static new GUIContent title = new GUIContent("Test" + TestWindowBootstrap.scriptSaveCount );

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 8:23 PM

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i removed it

onyx harness Feb 18, 2020, 8:23 PM

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I feel like you expected this title to be assign on any new window, but what is scriptSaveCount? Do you increment it?

tough cairn Feb 18, 2020, 8:24 PM

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yea each time i save and watch it recompile

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to see the debug logs and the window titles

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 4:29 AM

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Hello, I am working on making a Graph, using the UIElements GraphView.
I have been using the VFX Graph, and the Shader Graph as examples to go off of.

The Shader Graph uses Json to serialize its data in to a .shadergraph file. But the VFX Graph, doesn't. This is what it does

 public static T CreateNew<T>(string path) where T : UnityObject
        {
            string emptyAsset = "%YAML 1.1\n%TAG !u! tag:unity3d.com,2011:\n--- !u!2058629511 &1\nVisualEffectResource:\n";

            File.WriteAllText(path, emptyAsset);

            AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(path);

            return AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<T>(path);
        }

I am not exactly sure how to reproduce what it is doing. If I am right, it is writing the YAML for a VisualEffectResource class/object (It inherits directly from UnityEngine.Object) to a file. But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get the YAML like that for my own class/object.

waxen sandal Feb 19, 2020, 6:44 AM

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I don't think there is any public api for that

tough cairn Feb 19, 2020, 9:58 AM

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is it possible to cast a none physics ray and get a collision color pixel from it ? i was looking into making a ortho camera and changing the orthographicSize to something of a 1x1 pixel

waxen sandal Feb 19, 2020, 10:01 AM

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A none physics ray?

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You can get the uv coord of the hit and then look it up on the texture

visual stag Feb 19, 2020, 10:04 AM

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Reflect into InternalEditorUtility.ReadScreenPixel(Vector2 pixelPos, int sizex, int sizey)[0]; if you don't mind it being the displayed color and not the one directly on an object

tough cairn Feb 19, 2020, 10:50 AM

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@visual stag will that work for X amount of cameras or only for the main camera ?

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im planning to have 1000's of those

steady crest Feb 19, 2020, 10:52 AM

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im planning to have 1000's of those

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UnityChanShocked

tough cairn Feb 19, 2020, 10:57 AM

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looking for something that will behave like a 1x1 camera that got a position and a rotation

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essentially i need to know how unity handles the camera behind the scenes - i get it that the display size is dynamic and can be resized in real time - would be helpful to know how to make a custom light rays capturer sensor

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not physics based - but rather how the light is calculated for any object in scene *

visual stag Feb 19, 2020, 11:06 AM

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That method will only read a pixel from the screen

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if you're doing it 1000's of times, I have no idea what's best 😛

minor herald Feb 19, 2020, 2:12 PM

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Does anyone know how I can change the spacing between label and text input field on a TextField Visual Element in the UIBuilder Editor?

split bridge Feb 19, 2020, 2:23 PM

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I believe you can either add a style to override the minWidth or set the label on the text input field to be empty and add a Label field before it.

minor herald Feb 19, 2020, 2:29 PM

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Thanks I will just make the label field empty

severe python Feb 19, 2020, 2:35 PM

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@gloomy chasm Where did you start with using the GraphView, I tried to get started with it, but i was totally confused about what to od

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 3:21 PM

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@severe python I started with the ShaderGraph source, and just tried to reimplement it. It is a lot simpler that the VFX graph. Though I did have to spend several days looking at the source to understand what it was doing. And it seems to do some things that GraphView already does...

The basic idea is this. You need to start by inheriting from GraphView, it needs a style that makes it expand to fill the space, because it doesn't do that automatically.
It uses things called Manipulators, for doing 'special' actions like dragging content AddManipulator(new ContentDragger());.
There are some actions that you listen for like nodeCreationRequest, and graphViewChanged, that are your main way of interacting with the graph.

Of course you need a data structure for your nodes, and graph.

There is a lot, I guess just look at the ShaderGraph if you want to learn?
I plan on putting my graph on GitHub once it is done. With full comments and, info on how to use it, and everything.

severe python Feb 19, 2020, 3:23 PM

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Would be nice if Unity Technologies would put out some info on utilizing the GraphView :/

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Yeah, definitely! It has been horrible trying to learn it from ShaderGraph.

severe python Feb 19, 2020, 3:26 PM

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thats basically what stopped me previously, I tried digging through the source, and really hated doing so

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so I gave up and just made my own solutions for what I was working on, which just ended up being a hierarchical graph

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 3:28 PM

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I was considering writing a blog or something about how to do it. But it is so much info, I think having a well documented Github would be easier and more helpful.

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And why is the GraphView still in 'Experimental'?

severe python Feb 19, 2020, 3:29 PM

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shrugs

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I mean UIElements was experimental still when ShaderGraph got "released"

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:44 PM

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/502171135350407168/679743886675148802/unknown.png

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any other way of doing this? the property field is a sprite variable.

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being able to edit a Sprite property through costume editor?

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:47 PM

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What do you mean? There are lots of ways to do.

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:49 PM

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can you suggest me one? I just want to change the value of variable newBulwark.Icon through property field

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it's underlined red cuz the EditorGUI.property() returns a bool

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:50 PM

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If I remember correctly, EditorGUI.Propertyfield automatically sets the property. There is no need to assign the value like that.

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:51 PM

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if that was the case i wouldn't have tried what im currently doing.

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i even have the serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties()

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but it doesn't work

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:52 PM

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What is icon? Is it a public field? A Property? A private field?

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:53 PM

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public field

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public Sprite Icon

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thats how I declared it

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gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:54 PM

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Okay, that looks fine. Though you don't need [SerializeField] on public fields. Unity already serializes them.

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:55 PM

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oh ok. was just making sure

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:55 PM

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Yeah, I get it. So is the field showing up, but you just can't set the value?

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:56 PM

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yes

gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:56 PM

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Can you show the editor script?

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:57 PM

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gloomy chasm Feb 19, 2020, 5:58 PM

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Hmm, yeah that should be working as far as I can tell...

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 5:59 PM

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everything else works except just for the Icon field

oak grotto Feb 19, 2020, 6:20 PM

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yo

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i have this error

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when i open unity

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any ideas how to fix it?

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 6:21 PM

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newBulwark.Icon = (Sprite)EditorGUI.ObjectField(new Rect(400, 7, 150, EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight * 5), serializedObject.FindProperty("Icon").objectReferenceValue, typeof(Sprite), false); this worked XD

waxen sandal Feb 19, 2020, 6:21 PM

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Try updating your rider integration

severe python Feb 19, 2020, 6:21 PM

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to talk about this. I'm working on a mod which will be a map making system for a game (Just for peoples comfort, I'm in regular talks with one of the Developers about this project, and he has said "zero reservations, that would actually be great to see" in response to me asking if he had any concerns or reservations about the project)
I'm trying to make it so I can reference existing assets from the game so they can be used in custom maps, but I want and am required to prevent those files being included in the asset bundles for the custom maps.
I'm having trouble working out how to solve this. Users are expected to know how to extract the game's assets, so I'm figuring I can set things up so that users just reference the extracted assets, and then I do some "magic" to turn those real references into a path reference that is populated at runtime from the games actual assets.

If my understanding of the situation is right, in order to do this I would need to setup my own system for constructing asset bundles, and replace things temporarily before the bundles are created.
Is my understanding of the situation correct, and is this approach feasible?
Alternatively, is there a better way to approach this issue that I'm not considering?

oak grotto Feb 19, 2020, 6:21 PM

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@waxen sandal

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whats rider integration?

waxen sandal Feb 19, 2020, 6:22 PM

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In your package manager there should be a package named Rider or something

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Update that

oak grotto Feb 19, 2020, 6:22 PM

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oh yea

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thank you

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you saved my life

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umm

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never mind

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now i have much more errors

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i am using unity 2019.3.0a8

sour pumice Feb 19, 2020, 7:21 PM

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Is there a way to have native plugins for editor only not get copied into the build? Assets/Editor/Plugins doesn't work.

onyx harness Feb 19, 2020, 7:27 PM

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Build does not embed Editor.

sour pumice Feb 19, 2020, 7:33 PM

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Yes but I can't get the editor to discover [DllImport] loaded DLLs outside of the Asset/Plugins folder which is embedding, isn't it?

onyx harness Feb 19, 2020, 8:55 PM

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@bold siren you are not using the SO and SP correctly. Your Update() is not at the right place.

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 8:55 PM

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well its working fine, i dont know what you mean

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for the applyModifiedProperties() to work?

onyx harness Feb 19, 2020, 8:58 PM

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Working fine does not imply you use them correctly.

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 8:58 PM

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then what's the suggestion?

onyx harness Feb 19, 2020, 9:01 PM

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You assigned fields directly on the 2 first fields.
Then you tried to update through a SerializedProperty.
Then Update & Apply.

Update() will refresh the representation of the object into the SerializedProperty. Meaning it will look into its target and update its data.
At this point, your Name & Description will get refreshed.
Your Icon was modified through the SP, before the Update(). If I am not wrong, it will be discarded.

Usually, you should stick to one path, not using both worlds (through SO with PropertyField, or IMGUI)
Switch PropertyField with ObjectField and set the Icon.

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And get rid of SerializedObject.

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@bold siren

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Or, just use SO, but stick to it

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 9:05 PM

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I see. thanks for clarifying!

onyx harness Feb 19, 2020, 9:08 PM

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Just note that, if you use both ways, you will stumble on issues like the one above. And if you don't understand how it works internally, it will just become a headache

bold siren Feb 19, 2020, 9:09 PM

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noted

vernal lake Feb 20, 2020, 1:57 AM

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So I was recently introduced to the Shader Graph editor in Unity. Funny enough, I was in the middle of building a custom graph editor for a type of asset in my game when I found it. The Shader Graph does literally everything I need my custom graph editor to do- has searchable types of nodes with specific inputs and outputs that process information in some way, has global constants/properties that can be fed into nodes, and is easy to use. The problem, is I need something like this that I can use generally. As in, not for shaders specifically.

Is there some way I could highjack the Shader Graph infrustructure to do this for me?
Are there any general purpose addons you know of that works closely to the Shader Graph?
Other suggestions? Shader Graph is a perfect example of what I need.

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This kind of thing

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minor herald Feb 20, 2020, 9:36 AM

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@vernal lake I found this video a while back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KHGH0fPL84&feature=youtu.be
Might be what your looking for(It's uses the GraphView Api to build a dialog graph)

YouTube

Mert Kirimgeri

UNITY DIALOGUE GRAPH TUTORIAL - Setup

In this tutorial we are going to create a SUPER SIMPLE node based dialogue system with the ability to branch story lines. We gonna create the main setup and make our graph entirely functional in this episode.

In the next episode, we gonna add save&load system for nodes and ga...

▶ Play video

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 12:41 PM

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thats a superb introduction

vernal lake Feb 20, 2020, 3:53 PM

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Hmm, GraphView? I’ll have to give it a watch when I have time. May be just what I need. Thanks!

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 4:01 PM

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If you want something like ShaderGraph, GraphView is what ShaderGraph is built ontop of, as well as the VFX Graph

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Actually, I'm going to go drop that video into resources

vernal lake Feb 20, 2020, 4:18 PM

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Yeah, watching the first 5 or so minutes of that video, I believe this is exactly what I need. Thank you! It’s surprising difficult to find this if you didn’t know it existed.

minor herald Feb 20, 2020, 5:25 PM

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Yeah I found it on the unity subreddit page.

After I made my dialog editor with IMGUI😂

vernal lake Feb 20, 2020, 5:27 PM

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😅

split bridge Feb 20, 2020, 5:30 PM

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Anyone know of any material at all re UIElements Usage Hints?

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 6:09 PM

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Learn to use MVVM style design with WPF then apply that understanding to how to use UIElements

waxen sandal Feb 20, 2020, 7:01 PM

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After you write a databinding framework

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 7:16 PM

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it already exists

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UIElements with editable fields are derived from BindableElement

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so you can do a lot with that already, then add on the fact that you can manually bind elements, that gets you a bit further

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UIElements lakes Data templates unfortunately, which i build a solution for In VisualTemplates, but its currently broken

tough cairn Feb 20, 2020, 7:34 PM

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with scroll scope

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with out scroll scope

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i want it to match the window size

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using GUILayout and EditorGUILayout

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how to prevent scroll scope from allowing child IMGUI to overflow ?

waxen sandal Feb 20, 2020, 9:04 PM

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Set a maxwidth/width on your layout

tough cairn Feb 20, 2020, 9:08 PM

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doesn't work

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using(var scope = new GUILayout.ScrollViewScope( scroll, GUILayout.MaxWidth( Screen.width ) ))

onyx harness Feb 20, 2020, 9:39 PM

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It means one of your nested layout is requesting this width

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or you requested it yourself

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show the code

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Hey, I know this is a reach, but anyone happen to know if there is a way to get UIElements into an inspector in Unity 2018.3?

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I know it predates CreateInspector

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and that you can't use GetRootVisualContainer();

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I just really don't want to write some imgui code right now lol

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I'd even been fine with it being some kind of reflective approach

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hmm

visual stag Feb 20, 2020, 10:34 PM

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There is definitely ways, I just can't remember as I've not used it for ages

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 10:35 PM

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its so much better now, I'm just working ina context where I can't be on 2020.1

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though, I'm trying to make that happen 😄

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anyways, in stating that I realized I can check out the 2018.3 C# source and probably find a way

visual stag Feb 20, 2020, 10:36 PM

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Totally. I mean, I've put kittens into every window (even toolltips) before, anything's possible with reflection and UI Elements ;P

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 10:37 PM

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I'm in love with UIElements, I cannot lie, I've been a huge fanboi over WPF, but UIElements in many ways is just better

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can UIElements draw ontop of IMGUi?

visual stag Feb 20, 2020, 10:39 PM

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Yep

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 10:39 PM

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so all I really need to do is find the root visual element via an editor context

visual stag Feb 20, 2020, 10:40 PM

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by editor context you mean an Editor?

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 10:40 PM

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yeah

visual stag Feb 20, 2020, 10:40 PM

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is there a reason for 18.3 and not 4 btw?

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 10:41 PM

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working on a stage editor for a game built in 2018.3

visual stag Feb 20, 2020, 10:47 PM

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If you get the Inspector window then it has a rootVisualContainer that's internal

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There's a static List<InspectorWindow> GetInspectors() method that you could use to get that.
Then you can look at the tracker property on the InspectorWindow, and ActiveEditorTracker's Editor[] activeEditors property to see whether your editor is in that

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there's probably a better way but that's what it's led me to 😛

severe python Feb 20, 2020, 11:05 PM

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yeah that seems reasonable

tough cairn Feb 21, 2020, 8:16 AM

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@onyx harness

var max_w = GUILayout.MaxWidth( Screen.width );
var lbl_w = GUILayout.Width(style_label_width);

using( new GUILayout.ScrollViewScope( scroll, max_w ) )
{
    using ( new GUILayout.HorizontalScope())
    {
        GUILayout.Label( "Lightmaps folder", lbl_w );

        GUILayout.Space(5);

        if (GUILayout.Button(preview_folder, EditorStyles.textField) )
        {
            // ...
        }
    }
}

steady crest Feb 21, 2020, 8:19 AM

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@tough cairn whats the question?

onyx harness Feb 21, 2020, 8:20 AM

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@tough cairn What is style_label_width?

tough cairn Feb 21, 2020, 8:20 AM

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float

onyx harness Feb 21, 2020, 8:20 AM

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but based on what?