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lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 7:31 PM

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but I'm getting an error on a 'EditorGUILayout.LabelField', so not on one of those properties

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there is logic in the error

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I only get the error when the material change makes the conditional 'true'

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 7:33 PM

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Because its the first of the list

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Simple as that

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Move it and observe the result

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 7:34 PM

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Yeah that's right

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 7:35 PM

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Put a debug log of the event type. And check where exactly is the error spat

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And just before the condition, put a log as well of the name

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 7:37 PM

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Happens like this

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so inbetween repaint and layout

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 8:09 PM

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Double repaint then double layout?

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That is not suppose to happen at all

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 8:10 PM

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It's because I was putting a debug.log in the OnInspectorGUI and then again right before the conditional

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 8:11 PM

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And what about the name?

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 8:11 PM

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the name of what exactly?

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 8:12 PM

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The shader

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The one in the conditional

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 8:15 PM

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alright something is definitely weird on my end then

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This is when I drag a 'desktop' material variant onto the object

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I get 4 of these 'mismatched' errors in a row, then finally this

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and then the error stops

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So it seems as if for a while it's 'unsure' which material is applied, or switches back and forth or something

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Ah.. so the error only shows up (and keeps showing up) when I have the material selected, drag it over the object, and then keep holding it

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but once I release the mouse, the error is over

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But now I know that's the issue, I think I'll be able to figure it out

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 8:26 PM

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XD

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 8:55 PM

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Alright, errors gone and all is good.

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I'm sorry for all the questions I ask Mikilo, you've helped me so much already (and others too in this channel) since the start of this server ❤️

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 8:57 PM

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How did you fixed it?

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I mean, I knew it was related to the name, but I still feel something is missing out

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 9:00 PM

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So in the conditional I checked if the shader name was equal to "Shader Graphs/Stylized Water For URP Desktop" right?

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I changed it to a bool

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and then I set the bool value in another function

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that isn't called as often as 'OnInspectorGUI'

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And I believe that did it

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but I'm unsure tbh

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 9:04 PM

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You change the boolean in a non-GUI method i guess

lucid hedge Mar 16, 2020, 9:05 PM

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Yeah I do

waxen sandal Mar 16, 2020, 9:09 PM

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That should fix it

gloomy chasm Mar 16, 2020, 10:06 PM

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So, I was wondering, how do you load assets in the editor, without hardcoding all the paths?

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 10:20 PM

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You need a path to load it

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Or you need a hard link

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Through ScriptableObject

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Or else

visual stag Mar 16, 2020, 10:23 PM

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searching using AssetDatabase.FindAssets with the type and name is how I do it

dull summit Mar 16, 2020, 10:50 PM

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Not sure if this goes here, but anyone familiar with checking/updating a prefab only when it's drug into a scene?

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I want my editor script to check the prefab when someone drags it into the scene in the editor. Not when the game is running. But I don't want to do this a bunch of times. Just once, because it's a time consuming thing and I don't want that to keep happening over and over again.

past sky Mar 16, 2020, 11:53 PM

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I created a ScriptableObject by editor, it works in editor mode, but will become null after load, how to fix that?

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onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 11:53 PM

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the particle seems not saved

past sky Mar 16, 2020, 11:54 PM

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It has no file asset

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Could it got saved in the scene?

onyx harness Mar 16, 2020, 11:54 PM

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hum... not sure

visual stag Mar 16, 2020, 11:54 PM

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@past sky please only post in one channel at a time.

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I have removed your other messages

past sky Mar 16, 2020, 11:55 PM

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Ok,sorry

visual stag Mar 16, 2020, 11:56 PM

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Have you dirtied the object with Undo, SerializedProperties/Object, or SetDirty?

past sky Mar 16, 2020, 11:56 PM

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Yes, I dirtied all the scriptableObjects

visual stag Mar 16, 2020, 11:57 PM

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The object in the scene though

past sky Mar 16, 2020, 11:58 PM

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EditorUtility.SetDirty(target)?

visual stag Mar 16, 2020, 11:58 PM

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sure

past sky Mar 17, 2020, 12:00 AM

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I just tried that, not working

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Do I need to do something with the SerializedObject?

visual stag Mar 17, 2020, 12:02 AM

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I would just make an asset out of the SO, I've not worked with serializing SOs inline before, and I imagine that's the cause of your problems

past sky Mar 17, 2020, 12:03 AM

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I would create a large amount of SO, I don't want such a large amount of assets

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How do Mesh and Material realize that? They would't be lost after loaded.

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I knew they were inherited from UnityEngine.Object, but I tried my custom Object, still lost on load

onyx harness Mar 17, 2020, 12:12 AM

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"after loaded"? From where?

unreal phoenix Mar 17, 2020, 12:17 AM

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I can't seem to find this anywhere, but does anyone know if it's possible to reuse the default unity icons for buttons created through UI-Elements stuff, i.e. if I do

# in .uss

.myToolbarButton {
  background-image: url("stylesheets/northstar/images/toggle_bg.png");
}

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var myToolbarButton = new ToolbarButton();

It can't seem to load it, even though that's what is shown when I inspect other elements in the editor via UIE tool.

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There are other styles that are applied correctly, but the background image explodes / is not found.

past sky Mar 17, 2020, 12:21 AM

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"after loaded"? From where?
@onyx harness Maybe from scene?Isn't SO serializable?

onyx harness Mar 17, 2020, 12:23 AM

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Mesh and Material loaded from scene?

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They are loaded from the project, not from the scene

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Or am I missing something?

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@past sky

unreal phoenix Mar 17, 2020, 12:25 AM

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@past sky You have to manually save the scene for SO's to serialize to disk, unless you force the asset database to save.

past sky Mar 17, 2020, 12:26 AM

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I tried save scene, they're still lost after play

unreal phoenix Mar 17, 2020, 12:26 AM

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i.e.

EditorUtility.SetDirty(myScriptableObject);
AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
AssetDatabase.Refresh();

past sky Mar 17, 2020, 12:27 AM

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They are loaded from the project, not from the scene
@onyx harness I tried new Mesh or new Material, never lost after loaded even they have no assets in project;

unreal phoenix Mar 17, 2020, 12:28 AM

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The mesh / material stuff is serialized into the scene itself, IIRC, the same way any serialized object is that is stored on another object, unless it's in a prefab

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Could it be that you're newing up / setting it onenable or awake or etc?

past sky Mar 17, 2020, 12:30 AM

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Oh!I remenber there are "sharedMaterial" and "sharedMesh", are they storing the reference of Material and Mesh?

onyx harness Mar 17, 2020, 1:45 AM

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Shared create a copy

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They are not suppose to persist

visual stag Mar 17, 2020, 1:54 AM

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it's the non-shared that copy

onyx harness Mar 17, 2020, 3:42 AM

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Oh yeah, I'm stupid and tired X)

wispy phoenix Mar 17, 2020, 5:26 AM

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is there a fix for the Debugger for Unity not working in VS Code? It's been acting up for days and I don't even know what's going on

craggy sedge Mar 17, 2020, 5:03 PM

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Microsoft changed like the internal name for the C# extension recently, which the debugger and some other things depended on

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In my case after an update to the Unity extension it's working again but takes a long time for Intellisense to start working, like 5+ minutes

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When it first happened I had some luck reverting the C# extension to the previous one (1.21.12 I think), but since the package name changed you won't be able to do that using the in-app menu, you'll have to download the VSIX installer manually

waxen sandal Mar 17, 2020, 5:12 PM

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I haven't noticed anything

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:50 PM

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oh great, as if UIElements wasn't already a confusing name

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UI Toolkit, lets make it as generic as possible so people can more easily confuse this with the other multiple ways you can develop UI in Unity

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Unity UI, Unity UI Toolkit? which are you using? do you even know?

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what is the canvas system called?

waxen sandal Mar 17, 2020, 5:51 PM

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UGUI

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:51 PM

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Unity UI

waxen sandal Mar 17, 2020, 5:51 PM

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What's Unity UI Toolkit though?

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:51 PM

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its UIElements

waxen sandal Mar 17, 2020, 5:52 PM

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What

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:52 PM

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"We are renaming UIElements to UI Toolkit. The new name better describes the set of features and functionality that the UI Toolkit contains. UI Toolkit now lets you create runtime UI with the same tools you can use to create Unity Editor extensions. We are also moving UI Toolkit to a package, which will be available in Preview later in the Unity 2020.1 beta cycle. For updates, keep an eye on the UI Toolkit forum."

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so we have

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Canvas: Unity UI
UIElements: UI Toolkit
IMGUI: IMGUI

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yeah, this isn't confusing

short tiger Mar 17, 2020, 5:53 PM

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Many people won't have heard of UIElements though, so it will just be UI Toolkit to them.

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:53 PM

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Unity UI is a really stupid name

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Its not that its confusing because it used to be UIElements

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Unity UI != UI Toolkit, totally separate incompatible technologies

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IMGUI however is compatible with UI Toolkit, but is not part of it

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oh and then theres this fantastic part

waxen sandal Mar 17, 2020, 5:54 PM

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Got a link?

short tiger Mar 17, 2020, 5:54 PM

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Would a more descriptive name for UIElements/UI Toolkit be better?

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:54 PM

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waxen sandal Mar 17, 2020, 5:55 PM

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At least you can google it then 😛

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:55 PM

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Navi, its in the blog post they just put up

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honestly, MS, the issue is that they just keep making new, crappy, kits

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UIElements is great, and should really be the only option

short tiger Mar 17, 2020, 5:55 PM

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It's still the same toolkit

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It's just getting renamed

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:56 PM

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yes

short tiger Mar 17, 2020, 5:56 PM

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Are you saying the name UIElements is great, or UIElements is great?

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Because if UIElements is great, then UI Toolkit is great

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:57 PM

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UIElements the technology is excellent, the name isn't really important other than that they have 3 GUI frameworks which compete with eachother and have significant overlap and one of them is stupidly named Unity UI

short tiger Mar 17, 2020, 5:57 PM

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So they should deprecate Unity UI?

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and IMGUI?

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 5:57 PM

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Well yes, both Unity UI and IMGUI should be deprecated

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They can't yet, they don't have enough coverage

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there are a number of things you simply cannot do with UIElements only because of how they positioned it

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there is no concept of windows, so you have to be able to get down to a lower level system if you happen to need windows

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which may actually mean they can't deprecate the old systems...

short tiger Mar 17, 2020, 6:00 PM

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I can't see them deprecating IMGUI in favor of UIElements

severe python Mar 17, 2020, 6:00 PM

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They are basically soft-deprecating it

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the UI in 2020.1 is mostly replaced with UIElements

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The actual Window and Tab tech is still basically IMGUI though

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that might not really be accurate to state

split bridge Mar 17, 2020, 6:21 PM

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I don't mind too much about a name change.. I just want something good for googles... not sure I love toolkit or elements for that

bleak flicker Mar 17, 2020, 7:59 PM

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Hi :)
I'm trying to get a basic Editor Script with a TextField to run (for an XNode Graph), but the field always loses focus immediately when redrawn, so I cannot type any text. Is this a known unity EditorGuiLayout problem or am I missing some basic thing?
My code looks line this:
_newKey = EditorGUILayout.TextField("Key", _newKey);
where _newKey is a private string field in the editor script

onyx harness Mar 17, 2020, 8:05 PM

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We need more context

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This line of code is not enough to understand your issue

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Because its on you

bleak flicker Mar 17, 2020, 8:10 PM

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Context is the OnGui Method of the EditorWindow which gets spawned by xNode

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https://github.com/Siccity/xNode/wiki/Graph-Editors

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But that is just a standard EditorWindow with some added functionality, so a simple input should work fine. In theory

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this input just will not keep the focus

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shadow moss Mar 17, 2020, 10:08 PM

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Somehow I didn't see this channel

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I have a .png asset, and I'm trying to update it by writing some pixels to it. I've already loaded the asset in as a Texture2D

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But without enabling the write flag in the texture importer, I can't update it

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Is it possible to load the texture, clone it so I can't write to it, then replace the original asset and keep the same GUID?

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I guess literally the only option is to write to the file itself...

short tiger Mar 18, 2020, 9:53 AM

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@shadow moss Ultimately, you'll have to write to the file if you want to end up with a modified PNG file.

tough cairn Mar 18, 2020, 12:26 PM

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how to set up a texture for IMGUI so it will support 9 slicing in code ? right now i just make a 1x1 pixel texture for solid color , was wondering if something like a 9x9 texture with a single pixel in the middle for the color and the rest for the border is doable from within c# ?

waxen sandal Mar 18, 2020, 12:26 PM

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You need to create a custom GUIStyle

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Then I think they're called border

tough cairn Mar 18, 2020, 12:27 PM

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ahhh

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true that

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totally missed that one

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cheers

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That what i am currently using

sBtn = new GUIStyle(GUI.skin.button);
sBtn.fontSize = Mathf.FloorToInt(14 * scale);
sBtn.normal.background = Texture2D.grayTexture;
sBtn.wordWrap = true;

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wasn't expecting a gradient

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short tiger Mar 18, 2020, 12:32 PM

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Change the filter type of the texture to Point

tough cairn Mar 18, 2020, 12:32 PM

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var tex2D = new Texture2D(3, 3);
for (var x = 0; x < 3; ++x)
    for (var y = 0; y < 3; ++y)
        tex2D.SetPixel(x, y, Color.white);
tex2D.SetPixel(1, 1, Color.black);
tex2D.Apply();
sBtn.normal.background = tex2D;// Texture2D.grayTexture;

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right

lucid hedge Mar 18, 2020, 12:41 PM

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Hmm so UIElements is UI Toolkit now

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I like the new name

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@bleak flicker what is that colored dot on that editor window

waxen sandal Mar 18, 2020, 12:45 PM

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It's internal mode

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aka hacker mode

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If you open the about window and type internal you unlock it

lucid hedge Mar 18, 2020, 12:46 PM

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aah that's why I've already seen it in presentations of people working at Unity

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cool

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is it useful?

waxen sandal Mar 18, 2020, 12:46 PM

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It has some useful features

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Like a different debug inspector

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And some internal/alpha editor windows

shadow moss Mar 18, 2020, 5:04 PM

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@short tiger Yeah, that's what I ended up doing... thanks

visual stag Mar 18, 2020, 9:35 PM

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@lucid hedge I'm ready and pumped for all my code to break and ready to insert #if defs to support all the inbetweens Unity

waxen sandal Mar 18, 2020, 9:36 PM

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So excited

radiant sinew Mar 19, 2020, 12:22 AM

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hi question

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im making a custom editor for some odd reason my changes on unapplied prefab properties get lost when entering playmode

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works fine on non prefabs and works if i apply changes but if i enter playmode with some unapplied modified property changes things get lost

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any idea why im assuming im missing something api wise

visual stag Mar 19, 2020, 12:25 AM

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can you link to some code?

radiant sinew Mar 19, 2020, 12:31 AM

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ohhh gg

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i found the bug

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gonna make a ticket

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looks like its a seralizedreference bug

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it looks like the property in question is a seralized reference if you do not apply modifications of it to the prefab and enter play mode changes will be lost

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sigh, so so unfortunate

gloomy chasm Mar 19, 2020, 2:31 AM

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How do you make it so when setting the background in a style it doesn't stretch the corners? Every time I need this I forget how and have to ask again 😛

tough cairn Mar 19, 2020, 10:18 AM

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anyone knows about addressables ? im puzzled on when do the profiles are getting used

lyric hamlet Mar 19, 2020, 1:30 PM

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I've been using tiff files named after scripts in the GIZMOS folder to get custom icons for my scriptable objects, so I can tell them apart at a glance. In 2019 this doesn#t seem to work anymore - it uses the icon for the script file, not the scriptable object. Anyone have an idea to get that to work?

dusk path Mar 19, 2020, 5:28 PM

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Someone good with Puppet Master?

unborn bluff Mar 19, 2020, 11:10 PM

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Bah! Do anyone of you know whether you can use Graphics.DrawMeshNow or Graphics.DrawMesh in an EditorWindow?

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I am currently using Graphics.DrawMeshNow in OnGUI and nothings seems to work.

short tiger Mar 19, 2020, 11:18 PM

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@unborn bluff If all else fails, you should be able to draw to a render texture and then draw that texture using one of the GUI functions

unborn bluff Mar 19, 2020, 11:19 PM

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@short tiger oh, I was talking about whether I could execute those functions from within an Editor Window. I was not certain you had to use them in an Update loop or something similar. I just tried using Graphics.DrawMeshNow in OnGUI in an EditorWindow, which did not work. Luckily, it seems to work for Graphics.DrawMesh though.

short tiger Mar 19, 2020, 11:20 PM

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You want it to draw in the editor window or in the game view?

unborn bluff Mar 19, 2020, 11:20 PM

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In the game view

short tiger Mar 19, 2020, 11:21 PM

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Oh. Yeah, Graphics.DrawMeshNow will draw a mesh in the current context, which would probably be the editor window. Although it's also likely that OnGUI is called before any rendering is done and just queued up to render later, so the mesh wouldn't get drawn anywhere

unborn bluff Mar 19, 2020, 11:21 PM

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Ah, makes good sense.

visual stag Mar 20, 2020, 1:40 AM

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@fresh yoke you can use the EditorTool api to get it under this, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you're looking for?

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fresh yoke Mar 20, 2020, 1:41 AM

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that could work

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I've never added anything to that bar before so total noob on it 😄

visual stag Mar 20, 2020, 1:42 AM

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Mikilo's more familiar with it than I am, I'd probably just hack it with UIElements

fresh yoke Mar 20, 2020, 1:42 AM

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found this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorTools.EditorTool.html

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yeah, I know he has some solution for that on his tool

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anyway, thanks for the heads up

visual stag Mar 20, 2020, 1:43 AM

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the internal Toolbar.toolSettingsGui seems like an easy way to do it actually

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internal static event Action<Rect> toolSettingsGui = delegate(Rect rect) {};

fresh yoke Mar 20, 2020, 1:44 AM

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I'm mainly looking to add few buttons for sending meshes to different apps

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(live links for DCC)

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but could just do keyboard shortcut I guess

scenic elbow Mar 20, 2020, 2:45 AM

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just read about the rename to UI Toolkit

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i guess searching for info wasn't hard enough yet

mellow bridge Mar 20, 2020, 10:56 AM

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Anyone here know how i could find a button that is currently hovered over? (highlighted)

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in script

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:19 AM

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Has anyone written any large/complex editors?

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In UIElements?

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Wondering whether the PackageManager being slow af is a UIElements issue

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:26 AM

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somewhat complex but I don't find PackageManager particularly slow? In interaction generally or..?

short tiger Mar 20, 2020, 11:27 AM

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It's often been slow to download the package list and show it, but I doubt that's UI related.

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:28 AM

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Not sure if it's UI related, that's what I'm trying to figure out

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It is abysmally slow though

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We have our own package repository

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And it takes minutes to open the window

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I tried profiling it

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And I got a 90gb page file because it was trying to swap before it crashed

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Profiling the package manager with just the default package repository already has terrible results

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There's a bunch more related things to the package manager but that's neglectable to the thousands of allocations

short tiger Mar 20, 2020, 11:31 AM

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Feels pretty fast to me now though, maybe because I'm recently using 2019.3 or maybe it's been cached. What Unity version are you using?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:31 AM

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With just adding our package repository to the manifest.json it increases to over 500mb allocated

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And millions of allocations

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2019.1.14

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I'll try a newer version soon

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:32 AM

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hmm.. yea I'm on 2020 and been a long while since 2019.1 so definitely worth a go

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in editor I have what looks like about 7kb/frame due to an immediate renderer within UIElements from what I can guess... mb's of gc sounds v bad

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:36 AM

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What about when you refresh it or open it

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:37 AM

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for the first frame of opening yea it's about 20mb

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:37 AM

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Yeah that's the issue, whatever they're doing there

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:38 AM

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that's causing you an issue? one frame of 20mb gc?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:38 AM

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Probably creating thousands of UI Elements

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No the time that that is taking

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I couldn't care less about the GC

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But they're doing so much shit that it's crashing the profiler

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:39 AM

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fyi takes ~130ms on my machine for that first frame

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but I do have a v fast ssd & 3900x

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:40 AM

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i7 8700k and a very fast ssd as well

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But opening it with the default packages is fast enough

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But with our own package repository it's just terrible

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:40 AM

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interesting

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:41 AM

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Like if you open it you can just go get a coffee and have a chat

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And it'll still not be done

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That's my swap file after trying to profile it

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split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:42 AM

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wow, ok that's what you mean by an age 😅

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:42 AM

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And it still grew to 93gb

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Before Unity crashing

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:42 AM

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sounds like some recursive horribleness?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:42 AM

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I'm not sure I would want to know

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:42 AM

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some manifest cyclical dependency or something...? I have no clue

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:43 AM

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For some reason it also depends how many packages you have included in your project

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This is just with adding our repository

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I'm not sure if I dare to enable deep profiling

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:44 AM

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hmm

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:45 AM

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Might as well

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:45 AM

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see you next week 😆

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:45 AM

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Have nothing better to do anyways

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Quarantine you know

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 11:46 AM

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I'd try with e.g. 2020.1 as a start to see if it's a bug/edge case that they've fixed

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if it's the same, I'd guess there's something within your own package that's malformed or a cyclical reference or something.. in which case I guess you'd have to pair it back and gradually introduce things back to see when it messes up.. which would be v painful I assume

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 11:51 AM

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I doubt that's the case

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It seems like without my package repository and deep profiling

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It just shits the bed as well

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:08 PM

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Can I use custom PropertyDrawer with EditorWindow?

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If not, is there another way to create custom field for EditorWindow?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:10 PM

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EditorGUI.PropertyField?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:26 PM

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Seems like it's shit like this that causes the issues @split bridge

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My swap file has now grown to 100gb

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 12:28 PM

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How do you set ShouldProposeLatest Versions to true? 😅

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:28 PM

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Do you really want to know?

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It's just linq call upon linq call

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 12:30 PM

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yea.. that would do it

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:30 PM

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split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 12:30 PM

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def worth making a forum post about this... though not sure what would help you in the short term

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:31 PM

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200 thousand calls to a where query!

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And this is without any custom repository

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It's iterating over more than 7 million items in total

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Every time you refresh the package manager

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 12:41 PM

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All I can offer is sympathy 😬 - it's a shame given how long upm's been around now. Def make a forum post about it. That said, in order for the window to take e.g. 5mins to open in Unity.. that means it's doing 1000+x the work for when you add your package than the work for all the existing packages? So something's still up there right?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:42 PM

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It's the same thing as Corona, log scaling

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:42 PM

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@waxen sandal for PropertyField I can't seem to get the SerializedProperty for it, how can I get it?

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I saw examples with serializedObject.FindProperty but I don't have a serializedObject

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:43 PM

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You can just make a new SerializedObject of the target object

fresh yoke Mar 20, 2020, 12:44 PM

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a totally separeted note: I recently tried package manager on 2018.4 and it's WAY snappier to use there than say, on 2020.1.0b2

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:44 PM

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@waxen sandal I am trying to make this work:
https://gist.github.com/eral/f64399a2b6859a29f9f3

Gist

Quaternion Euler Property Drawer

Quaternion Euler Property Drawer. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

fresh yoke Mar 20, 2020, 12:44 PM

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I guess the amount of packages and dependencies all over is taking it's toll

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:44 PM

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but Its not a serializedObject, does it matter?

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Should I create instance of QuaternionEulerPropertyDrawer or QuaternionEulerAttribute?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:44 PM

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How do you currently get the field that you're trying to draw?

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@fresh yoke Oh no 🙈 😭

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:45 PM

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I didn't I used Vector3Field

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If you mean the value itself, its from transform.eulerAngles

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or localRotation

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:46 PM

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I'm assuming you have a transform or something you're drawing right?

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:46 PM

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Yeah

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:46 PM

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So you create a SerializedObejct of the transform

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Then do FindProperty on that

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 12:46 PM

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so with the expo linq calls and Unity adding packages over time, it's got slower.. probably it was <50ms.. now it's closer to 300ms... ( @fresh yoke I wonder if it might be because a lot of packages are disallowed with older unity versions rather than the upm code being better) but for adding your package to make it jump to 30,000ms... that just doesn't sound intuitively like the same order of magnitude to me 🤷‍♂️

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:47 PM

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Yeah but what do I search for in FindProperty?

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The value?

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:47 PM

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m_LocalRotation

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:48 PM

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I dont have that value

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I meant, I am getting it from the transform itself

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of a GameObject

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That is what I am trying to display but in a custom field

waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 12:48 PM

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var so = new SerializedObject(transform); EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(so.FindProperty("m_LocalRotation"));

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Something like that

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 12:49 PM

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You sure?

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because there is nothing to link it with

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https://gist.github.com/eral/f64399a2b6859a29f9f3

Gist

Quaternion Euler Property Drawer

Quaternion Euler Property Drawer. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

half karma Mar 20, 2020, 1:15 PM

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i need help with editor

mighty lily Mar 20, 2020, 2:23 PM

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Guys, how to show radius variable in inspector? Do i need to override OnInspectorGUI or it can be done another way?

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waxen sandal Mar 20, 2020, 2:24 PM

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Need to write your own editor

mighty lily Mar 20, 2020, 2:27 PM

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Can i just add fields to current panel editor or i have to do it from scratch?

solid thicket Mar 20, 2020, 5:46 PM

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Anyone know how to get rid of the space between?

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I used EditorGUILayout.LabelField and EditorGUILayout.FloatField

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tried styling with GUIStyle applying fixedWidth (to 0 and to other numbers) with no effect, and stretchWidth with no effect

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tried using this as well:

var textDimensions = GUI.skin.label.CalcSize(new GUIContent(label));
EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth = textDimensions.x;

Again, with no effect

smoky atlas Mar 20, 2020, 6:13 PM

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@mighty lily you have to start from scratch

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 6:57 PM

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I'm trying to add an object field to a scriptable object, but the scriptable object is not an asset

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So I can't drag and drop into the object field

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However, it seems to be embedded into the file's .meta file

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fileFormatVersion: 2
guid: dd423314c345bb540a165b4ea497c87c
ScriptedImporter:
  fileIDToRecycleName:
    2800000: Atlas_Spritesheet_1
    11400000: _TilesetScriptObject

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How do I allow for the file (inside my project) reference _TilesetScriptObject?

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 PM

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I don't really follow your issue but if you want to get hold of _TilesetScriptableObject, it's a file identifier within an asset (that has a guid) so I think what you're looking for is the AssetDatabase.TryGetGUIDAndLocalFileIdentifier method 🙂

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or... sorry, perhaps AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath

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which returns an array of UnityEngine.Object's

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:01 PM

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Ignore the ScriptedImporter type

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The _TilesetScriptObject is of type SuperTileset

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Using AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath wouldn't work if I don't know the path, right?

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Nor the GUID

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:04 PM

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var allObjects = AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath(AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(yourMainScriptableObject));

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:04 PM

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Hm, I see

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Let me try that

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I'm looking into SerializedProperty

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:05 PM

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then loop through the results and find the one of type SuperTileset 👍

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:05 PM

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Cool, let me see

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I know the next challenge will be to "deny" objects from being set

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:07 PM

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wait... unless you're not talking about loading the related asset... if you have a serializedObject you can do e.g. serializedObject.FindProperty("_TilesetScriptObject")

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:07 PM

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Similar to how dragging and dropping allows objects of the specified type

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Ah yeah

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:08 PM

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can't you use the type to restrict what goes in there?

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:08 PM

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I tried

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:09 PM

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serializedObject.FindProperty("_TilesetScriptObject").objectReferenceValue I think would be what you want

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if you put full code up on hastebin or something, might be able to help a bit easier too

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:09 PM

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I'm looking to see how to convert the object to a SerializedProperty

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Sure, that would be helpful

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SerializedObject

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:30 PM

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@split bridge Gah, it works...

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Apparently the damn asset was bugged. I force reimported, and the type works

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Simple SuperTileset

split bridge Mar 20, 2020, 7:31 PM

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nice one

shadow moss Mar 20, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Frustrated, but it works... wasted 30+ minutes. Now I guess I'll force reimport if anything fails like this again

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Thanks again for all the help!

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I guess hopefully last question, but is there a way to have ObjectField only list folders? I'm using DefaultAsset, but it shows files as well

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Files that I guess aren't associated with a type

severe python Mar 20, 2020, 8:47 PM

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Is it possible to include a layout with a package?

onyx harness Mar 20, 2020, 9:07 PM

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Nope, the layout are stored elsewhere

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You must generate it yourself

severe python Mar 20, 2020, 10:01 PM

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Could you write code to setup a custom layout?

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where are layouts stored?

onyx harness Mar 21, 2020, 1:46 AM

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The layout is just yaml file

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Could you write code to setup a custom layout?
@severe python yes you can setup it yourself via code

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where are layouts stored?
@severe python in the AppData

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Don't remember where

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The layout is just EditorWindows stored in a file.

ancient spoke Mar 21, 2020, 3:59 PM

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Hello, can somebody tell me how can I shoot a ray from the camera trough the cursor position in the editor that works in 3d? I'm trying to find some information on google but with no luck. I want to get the point in a mesh where the mouse is and I have no idea how to do it ..

wheat brook Mar 21, 2020, 7:01 PM

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Im trying to import Prototype Materials pack to my new project but all the textures are missing

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what am i doing wrong? im just pressing import in asset store

shadow moss Mar 21, 2020, 7:07 PM

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I have a Window, and when ever I compile, the window disappears

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Even though my window is located under Assets/Editor/MyWindow

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And I'm making changes to Assets/Scripts

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Is there a way to keep the tab/window present without having to reopen it every time?

waxen sandal Mar 21, 2020, 7:16 PM

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It does by default

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So you must have code closing it

shadow moss Mar 21, 2020, 7:44 PM

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What do you mean?

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Is there an event I need to listen to?

half karma Mar 21, 2020, 9:19 PM

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Hi, I have problem with Unity. When I start any project, the editor loading window stays for 5-7 seconds and disappears. Can you help please?

visual stag Mar 22, 2020, 9:03 AM

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@half karma This channel is for creating editor extensions, your question's better suited to #💻┃unity-talk , though you might have luck by looking around the logs which are pinned to that channel

half karma Mar 22, 2020, 9:03 AM

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Ок

whole steppe Mar 23, 2020, 8:14 AM

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My own custom sprite mask:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/24i5ow8ggqnb1v0/bandicam 2020-03-22 23-33-10-119.mp4?dl=0

Dropbox

bandicam 2020-03-22 23-33-10-119.mp4

Shared with Dropbox

minor herald Mar 23, 2020, 12:36 PM

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Does anyone how I can tell a ContextualMenuManipulator to not bubbles upwards?

I currently have a grid which has a context menu and on this grid I have nodes which also have a context menu.
If I right-click on the grid I get only the menu actions for that context menu but if I right-click on the node I will get both menu actions for the node and the grid.

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Nvm the answer was the StopPropagation function😅

wispy delta Mar 23, 2020, 4:19 PM

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I'm guessing this might not be possible, but would there be a way to intercept a double click on a file of a certain type in the editor? Could be determined by extension or by asset type. Just need a way to intercept the opening of the file so I can do something else with it

onyx harness Mar 23, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Gui callback for project @wispy delta

wispy delta Mar 23, 2020, 4:22 PM

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EditorApplication.projectWindowItemOnGUI @onyx harness?

onyx harness Mar 23, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Yep

wispy delta Mar 23, 2020, 4:22 PM

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check Event.current in there?

onyx harness Mar 23, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Yep

wispy delta Mar 23, 2020, 4:22 PM

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A+, thanks!

waxen sandal Mar 23, 2020, 4:32 PM

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Isn't there a way to register whatever is done with the asset on double click?

split bridge Mar 23, 2020, 4:34 PM

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@wispy delta ```cs
[UnityEditor.Callbacks.OnOpenAsset(1)]
public static bool OnOpenAsset(int instanceID, int line)

waxen sandal Mar 23, 2020, 4:34 PM

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Was about to link that 😅

split bridge Mar 23, 2020, 4:34 PM

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🙂

wispy delta Mar 23, 2020, 5:51 PM

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well that's nice, thanks @split bridge !

brave moon Mar 24, 2020, 3:08 AM

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Quickie question:
How I display List in custom editor? (not serialized or whatever called)

visual stag Mar 24, 2020, 3:21 AM

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if it's not serialized you need to iterate over it and draw all the fields manually as far as I know

ancient sable Mar 24, 2020, 3:24 AM

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Does anyone know of a modern way of getting the rect of the inspector without having to use reflections. My last bit of sanity says I should ask (^)

brave moon Mar 24, 2020, 3:26 AM

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@visual stag , when you say all frields.. what exactly im supposed to draw here? I tough you could just make it like

scriptName.listName = GUILayout.Propertyfield("name here", scriptName.listname) ; or something but ofcourse doesnt work like that.

visual stag Mar 24, 2020, 3:27 AM

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PropertyField requires serialization

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 3:27 AM

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Setting up a PropertyDrawer. Can someone give me a quickie about making my field takeup whatever space is available in that row?

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Say I have a Label with a fixed width, some spacing, and then a field that will just take up the rest.

visual stag Mar 24, 2020, 3:27 AM

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It gives you the position rect, use that?

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Use a https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.PrefixLabel.html

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 3:28 AM

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Or A label fixed width, field take up whatever, and a space following for a small icon?

visual stag Mar 24, 2020, 3:28 AM

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Well, the non-GUILayout version of PrefixLabel

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It returns the modified rect

timid whale Mar 24, 2020, 6:36 AM

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Anyone here think it's worth building a node system using UnityEditor.Experimental.GraphView (Unity's new Graphs are all using that, I think), or will I be in danger of the API going private like Shader Graph?

minor herald Mar 24, 2020, 10:14 AM

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Is there a way to draw lines on of top visual elements?

gloomy chasm Mar 24, 2020, 2:05 PM

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@timid whale No, you should be in 0 danger of it going private. Shadergraph, VFX graph, and their new visual scripting all use it, I can't imagine them making it private. I, my self have been working on a graph system using it.

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 2:06 PM

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They don't tend to make APIs private

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Without a replacement for it

severe python Mar 24, 2020, 2:07 PM

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As you can see this isn't really a concern, they know they have people using GraphView, it was released as a tool for non-unity developers and unity developers to use to make more and better tools

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there was some great piece of documentation someone linked in here...

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 2:09 PM

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Thought we pinned that but apparently not

severe python Mar 24, 2020, 2:10 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KHGH0fPL84

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

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https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/531977407247155212/680081840375201812

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 2:11 PM

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@visual stag Can we pin that?

severe python Mar 24, 2020, 2:11 PM

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oh lol, it was shared by AbsoluteTundra right here

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I do hate how much footwork their ui library makes you do

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I hope they get a good binding setup

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Suddenly, I wish I could have youtube display its video on my monitor in some corner ontop of other stuff like you have on the phone...

gloomy chasm Mar 24, 2020, 2:14 PM

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Yeah, you really do have to do a lot of setup. I mean it is less than doing it manually of course, and it is very flexible. But I wouldn't mind if they handled a bit more of the leg work.

severe python Mar 24, 2020, 2:15 PM

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My first step would be to make a node that is capable of being bound to some object

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and have its content automatically rendered from a template or something

timid whale Mar 24, 2020, 2:22 PM

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Thanks for the replies! My concern arised because I had customized Shader Graph scripts and they made that API private so I thought I'd ask before diving in.

minor herald Mar 24, 2020, 2:25 PM

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Sorry I didn't respond I didn't know if they would make it private or not

severe python Mar 24, 2020, 5:22 PM

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I don't think ShaderGraph is really positioned to be an API, but GraphView definitely is

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 8:38 PM

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Making custom editor.
If I start drawing my own custom layout just using EditorGUI, it's working just fine. But afterwards, I just want to quickly pop in a couple buttons at the bottom using EditorGUILayout, but the layout system treats them as if I drew nothing with EditorGUI and overlapping occurs.
How can I tell EditorGUILayout where I want to start drawing instead?
Or am I going about this wrong?

onyx harness Mar 24, 2020, 8:48 PM

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@quaint zephyr Use EditorGUILayout.Space() to tell GUILayout that you consummed some space already

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 8:49 PM

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Like, after I draw all my EditorGUI content, add up total height that it took and pass that into EditorGUILayout.Space()?

onyx harness Mar 24, 2020, 8:49 PM

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Yep

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 8:50 PM

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My man! You saved me hours of research haha. Thank you! @onyx harness

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 8:51 PM

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Or use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUILayoutUtility.GetRect.html

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:06 PM

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@waxen sandal I just started scripting, I'm still not sure how to use GetRect and GetControlRect despite reviewing Unity's documentation on it multiple times over.
I guess I just need someone to translate it in plain english for me 😛

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 9:09 PM

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GetRect is pretty much letting unity calculate how big something should be based on the content

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I'm not exactly sure what GetControlRect is useful for

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Someone else can probably tell you

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:10 PM

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So I should use GetRect when implementing EditorGUI items?

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 9:10 PM

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You don't have to

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It's another option to calculating your rects manually

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:11 PM

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I know. I'm just trying to go for a speedy workflow.

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 9:11 PM

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I'd prefer GetRect if you're going to be mixing things

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And want pretty standard behaviour

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Then you also don't have to deal with the SingleLineHeight and WideMode

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:12 PM

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Oh, I think I see how it works. First I setup the UI Item that I want, then I call GetRect with that UI Item. Unity does the magic. And pass that return value in the draw method?

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 9:12 PM

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Pretty much yeah

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:12 PM

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Sounds simply enough. Thanks. I'll try this method out.

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@waxen sandal It seems as though using GetRect by passing GUIContent it always sets the width to be full. What if I want to layout some GUI items on the same line without going in the next line?

waxen sandal Mar 24, 2020, 9:23 PM

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You can pass a guilayout.width

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Not sure how to deal with things next to each other

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Mostly use guilayout myself

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:25 PM

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Yeah I would default to layout as well, but in this case, I can't get layout to do what I need done, so I have to resort to plain old EditorGUI instead 😛

onyx harness Mar 24, 2020, 9:26 PM

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@quaint zephyr Use EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal()

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:28 PM

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I wrapped them with that, and it still gave me the same result using GetRect

onyx harness Mar 24, 2020, 9:28 PM

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Show me your code then

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 9:28 PM

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Oh, I think that would work if I draw using Layout instead of just EditorGUI.

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Let me try.

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It works, but it doesn't fit it all inside the window.

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I'm gonna go for lunch break. Let me post what I got with that method...

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for (int i = 0; i < map.buttons.Length; i++)
            {
                // Name Label
                EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal();

                EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Name:");
                map.buttons[i].name = EditorGUILayout.TextField(map.buttons[i].name);

                EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Key:");
                map.buttons[i].code = (KeyCode)EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup(map.buttons[i].code);

                EditorGUILayout.EndHorizontal();
            }

It puts lot of space on the fields...how can I control that using Layout?

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onyx harness Mar 24, 2020, 9:35 PM

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It puts lot of space on the fields...how can I control that using Layout?
@quaint zephyr EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 10:19 PM

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@onyx harness I set EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth = 1 and I still get too much spacing. It's better, but not what' I'm looking for.

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Oh and I tried 30 and 50 and 100 and they don't change much unless I go over to a higher pixel value.

quaint zephyr Mar 24, 2020, 11:13 PM

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What if I wanted to make a small "x" per row that is clickable and will execute action like Button but not look like a button...?

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Would I draw a button, but style it somehow?

onyx harness Mar 24, 2020, 11:57 PM

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Button, with a Label style yes

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Strange, EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth is suppose to change it exactly

quaint zephyr Mar 25, 2020, 2:25 AM

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Yeah I thought so too, but for some reason it won't go lower than 30 ish.

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I decided to scrap it and just go the EditorGUI way instead.

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 6:05 AM

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Does anyone know how to remove a RectTransform from a prefab asset via code? DestroyImmediate doesn't work. Not sure if there's a utility method somewhere, or whether I would actually have to edit the file. I think the Remove Component part of the context menu is also all extern

weak bone Mar 25, 2020, 8:18 AM

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Any idea why error doesn't display when q = 0 and I hit the create button?

📎 Capture.JPG

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 8:19 AM

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Because it's immediate mode

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there would only be a single instant when the button is pressed

weak bone Mar 25, 2020, 8:25 AM

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So, how can I display the error after the button is pressed ?
Direct it to another function which checks whether q = 0 and display the error?

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 8:32 AM

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you need a state that you save if that has happened, that is queried and displays the help box

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just picture the GUI loop is called all the time, an if statement needs to be true all the time to display the thing inside of it during that time

weak bone Mar 25, 2020, 8:39 AM

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Oh, yeah .
Thank you.

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 8:47 AM

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Does anyone know how to remove a RectTransform from a prefab asset via code? DestroyImmediate doesn't work. Not sure if there's a utility method somewhere, or whether I would actually have to edit the file. I think the Remove Component part of the context menu is also all extern
@visual stag have you tried reassigning the mono script of the RectTransform?

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 8:48 AM

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Nope, though I suppose that would work. Never done it via code though.

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Would you just do it via serialized property or is there a different method?

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 8:49 AM

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Use ScriptableObject of the RectTransform, get the property of the file, get the MonoScript of Transform, set it.
Dont if works though

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 8:50 AM

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I'll take a look when I'm next with unity. Good suggestion

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 8:51 AM

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Set the ScriptableObject's mode to internal. I don't think the file appears if it is not in internal mode

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Not sure though

woeful spruce Mar 25, 2020, 11:50 AM

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Is there a way to open text file from the editor with another application instead using visual studio?

spring dagger Mar 25, 2020, 12:43 PM

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Is there a way to open text file from the editor with another application instead using visual studio?
@woeful spruce You can Listen to OnOpenAsset (https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Callbacks.OnOpenAssetAttribute.html)

Here's a simple example from some time ago. Should help you get on the right track 🙂

📎 OpenShaderFileListener.cs

woeful spruce Mar 25, 2020, 1:03 PM

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@spring dagger thank you, it's perfect. Sidenote for others interested: it has an external dependecy that you have to download from the Asset Store (BitStrap)

spring dagger Mar 25, 2020, 1:19 PM

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@spring dagger thank you, it's perfect. Sidenote for others interested: it has an external dependecy that you have to download from the Asset Store (BitStrap)
@woeful spruce Yep, but is easily modifiable, if you don't want to use bitstrap. You could just hardcode the path in the script or create your own little editor window 🙂

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 1:44 PM

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Hello, I would like to hide some "ScriptableObjects" (not modifiable outside of code) from the "assets" folder and I found that setting the object's hide flags should work (I've also verified in the asset's meta file that objectHideFlags' value is correct) but the objects are still visible. There is also a EditorHideFlags but I don't know what it is or how to set this one 🤔

lean berry Mar 25, 2020, 2:53 PM

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Hi all, can I save my colour palette manually into the .color swatch file for unity with HSV, RGB0-255 or Hex, or do I need to convert the colours first to 0-1 float values?

astral hemlock Mar 25, 2020, 4:29 PM

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How do I make a ScriptableObject that always exists, similar to the DynamicsManager or AudioManager or anything the ProjectsSettings directory?

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I want to build a system that spawns reactions (i.e. particle systems / plays audio) when 2 objects collide. And the reaction would be based on the colliding object's "effect material"

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 7:50 PM

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post processing stack v2 gives like 400 errors

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any idea how to fix?

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i think i need to update to newer version or something but i don't know how

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the asset manager doesn't have an option for updating

summer basin Mar 25, 2020, 8:11 PM

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What are the errors saying?

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:21 PM

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wait

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@summer basin

📎 unknown.png

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498 errors

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apparently im not the only one who is having this problem edit: more like these, problems, haha got it? ok sorry

summer basin Mar 25, 2020, 8:30 PM

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Phew ye looks like a bug on unitys side

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:30 PM

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is there something i can do about it?

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i paid like 13eur for this extension, i HAVE to get it working

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:43 PM

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That's not a psot processing stack throwing errors

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That is probably just missing a reference to post processing stack

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:44 PM

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how can i fix it?

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:46 PM

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Is there an asmdef file in that plugins folder?

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:49 PM

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what plugins folder? @waxen sandal

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:50 PM

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Assets/blackant/playmaker postprocessing or w/e

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:50 PM

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nah

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:51 PM

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try t: asmdef

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:51 PM

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nothing

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waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:52 PM

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That's probably the issue

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:52 PM

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i don't even know what an asmdef is ( i probably don't need to know )

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but how can i add it?

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:53 PM

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You can just create one and add references to the things you need

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But that's hard to figure out if you don't know how these things work

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:53 PM

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should the a be capital? does it matter?

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:53 PM

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Which a?

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In the search field?

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Nah

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:54 PM

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should the folder be asmdef or Asmdef

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:54 PM

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It's not a folder

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It's an asset

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:55 PM

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when i click on create, an "asset" doesn't show up on the list of things i can create

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is it a C# script?

waxen sandal Mar 25, 2020, 8:56 PM

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It's probably called assembly definition file or something like that

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 8:57 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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2

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which one?

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 8:57 PM

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Hello, I would like to hide some "ScriptableObjects" (not modifiable outside of code) from the "assets" folder and I found that setting the object's hide flags should work (I've also verified in the asset's meta file that objectHideFlags' value is correct) but the objects are still visible. There is also a EditorHideFlags but I don't know what it is or how to set this one 🤔
@subtle ether HideFlags does not hide from the Project. Only from Hierarchy.

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 8:59 PM

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I played with the flag and it did hide them from the Assets folder

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 8:59 PM

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Which flag? O_o

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:00 PM

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hideFlags

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 9:00 PM

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I know, but which one?

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:00 PM

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HideInHierarchy

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 9:01 PM

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@waxen sandal i can't even open the assembley definition on visual studio

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subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:01 PM

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and HideInInspector, I set both on so I dunno which one it is exactly x)

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 9:01 PM

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Both are not suppose to do that (not in their name at last)

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I make some test after

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:02 PM

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Well I thought so too, but it did hide them for me thonk

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Let me test it out one more time

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 9:03 PM

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it says that it is incompatible

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subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:04 PM

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@onyx harness Ok it doesn't hide the main asset

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But it hides the subassets

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 9:04 PM

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Interesting

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:04 PM

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Do you happen to know what "EditorHideFlags" is ?

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I saw it in the .meta file of my asset and it is always 0

onyx harness Mar 25, 2020, 9:07 PM

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dunno

subtle ether Mar 25, 2020, 9:08 PM

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Seems like this should be the one but I can't find any information on how to use it 🤷‍♂️

whole steppe Mar 25, 2020, 9:25 PM

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@waxen sandal i tried this but there is still an error

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wait i did something else and i no longer get errors but i still cant use the features of the extension

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oh wait now i have 26 errors

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~~i feel like i'm talking to myself~~

manic pewter Mar 25, 2020, 10:01 PM

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Does anyone here know how to force a repaint for UIElements every frame?

I was suggested MarkDirtyRepaint but can't get that to work.

Trying to get a IMGUIContainer with a PreviewRenderUtility to refresh every frame but can't seem to figure it out

severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:07 PM

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this might be being stupid

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but how would I go about verifying the actual data in a monobehavior when I"m seeing an issue in the editor

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📎 serializationIssue.gif

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 11:09 PM

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Just use debug mode in the inspector

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(if you actually don't know what that is)

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severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:10 PM

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of course

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so somehow I'm creating extra data and assigning it to things it can't be assigned too...

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📎 unknown.png

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IComponentData isn't a ISharedComponentData

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I'm surprised this is even possible, I was assuming this was just a UI bug in my ui code

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which means this must be a bug with my SerializedProperty management?

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Is there a good example of how to correctly work with arrays via SerializedPropertys?

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 11:15 PM

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just arraysize++

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and then GetIndex

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and set the values

severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:19 PM

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so

void AddItem(object value){
  serializedProperty.arraySize++;
  var indexProperty = serializedProperty.GetIndex(serializedProperty.arraySize);
  indexProperty.managedReferenceValue = value;
}

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lets just pretend serializedProperty actually exists in this scope

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 11:19 PM

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GetArrayElementAtIndex, but sure

severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:19 PM

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right

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 11:19 PM

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and that would be arraySize-1

severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:20 PM

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right, of course

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derp

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thanks for calling it out or I would have probably just done it not thinking

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 11:20 PM

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I think I usually one-line it var otherProp = prop.GetArrayElementAtIndex(prop.arraySize++);

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I haven't used managedReferenceValue before. Is that a handy way of just setting values or is it explicitly for the serialized ref attribute?

severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:21 PM

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I'm doing so much with SP in this code

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its the SerializedReference backing value

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settable only

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its what I'm using to allow assigning IComponentData and related interfaces to an array in a struct

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primarily just to explore it while I also work on VisualTemplates

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oh

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So this is really stupid of me then eh:

            int arraySize = boundArray.arraySize;
            boundArray.arraySize = arraySize + 1;
            boundArray.InsertArrayElementAtIndex(arraySize);
            var cdsp = boundArray.GetArrayElementAtIndex(arraySize);

visual stag Mar 25, 2020, 11:30 PM

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there's your double 😛

severe python Mar 25, 2020, 11:33 PM

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oh its glorious, I think that fixes the last bug in VisualTemplates

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Still, its facinating that doing this causes the wrong data to be populated in an array which can't technically support it

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its also fascinating that unity handles that without apparent issue

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VisualTemplates is a go, time to commit and update some projects

📎 VisualTemplates.gif

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the way that loops is really confusing

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its even ui builder compatible thanks to Mr.Damian

weak bone Mar 26, 2020, 12:30 PM

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Hi,
I store some string values by playerprefs at runtime..
I will know the key names but how can I edit it by adding that many string fields ( I mean EditorGUILayout.TextField) at runtime?

Number of values stored may vary so depending on the number of values how can I add that number of string fields?

keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 4:05 PM

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@weak bone you could create a loop to go through all the strings you have stored, an use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.TextField.html to draw a text control for each one inside the loop.

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(this means you may need to count how many string you have, before being able to start the loop- but you also mentioned you klnow how many that will be- so maybee not)

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I have a question myself: (EDIT: FOUND ANSWER)

I’m using EditorGUI.Vector3Field to draw a vector. I had been incrementing the Rect passed in here by a single line height, which usually works well, but if the inspector is made narrow, it is drawn on two lines (one for the label, one for the x,y,z fields).
I thought there was some kind of GetLastControlRect function, which would work fine, but I can’t find it in the docs now.
How do I determine the height of the control will require when drawn?
(I'm NOT using SerializedProperties here, so cannot use plain ol' GetPropertyHeight)

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also.. not even sure if a GetLastControlRect function would work, since I'll need to adjust the height of the rect I pass to draw the Vector3Field function BEFORE I actually draw the field)

whole saffron Mar 26, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Hi there, I'm looking for a way to replace a script with another script (in prefabs) using an editorscript. You now like, when you put the inspector in DebugMode and then replace a script and every reference is kept? I want that, just as an Editor script.
So far I can open the assets and find the component with GetComponentsInChildren and then comparing it with the Script I'm searching for ( using MonoScript.GetClass() )
I'm just stuck and can't find a way to replace the script. Any ideas?

keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 4:27 PM

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@whole saffron Does AddComponent<newScriptType> not fit what your looking for? If not, what DOESN'T it do?

whole saffron Mar 26, 2020, 4:28 PM

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I want to replace the current script with the new one without loosing assigned properties, references etc.

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the scripts I want to swap are basically identical, just in a different package

keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 4:30 PM

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I don't see how thats possible, unless you manually assign the new component values, before removing the old (or after recording the old values). hmmm.. I guess you COULD use reflection to find members of the two components with the same name and type, and copy over that data in a loop. Would be a bit trickier, but would be more generalized.

whole saffron Mar 26, 2020, 4:31 PM

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hmm sad :( I thought because unity basically does this in the inspector there would be an easy way to do it and I'm just googling the wrong keywords or something. Appreciate the help! :)

keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 4:34 PM

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https://answers.unity.com/questions/530178/how-to-get-a-component-from-an-object-and-add-it-t.html?_ga=2.156998971.1215613895.1585133208-1758085936.1506183559 found this guy.. example of that reflection method I mentioned.

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not EXACTLY what you need, be seems very similar

whole saffron Mar 26, 2020, 4:36 PM

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thanks! I'll look into it :)

whole saffron Mar 26, 2020, 5:08 PM

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I found a way! :) https://answers.unity.com/questions/1374678/how-to-switch-script-in-editor-via-code.html

How to switch script in editor via code? - Unity Answers

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I haven't yet checked a real use-case but it works in my test and it seems promising

keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 5:13 PM

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nice, thats MUCH simpler! (dont forget to upvote Q and A if helpful)

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hmmm.. I guess you'd need to make sure that the two versions of the component serialize/deserialize the same way, to use this method.

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 5:27 PM

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https://answers.unity.com/questions/530178/how-to-get-a-component-from-an-object-and-add-it-t.html?_ga=2.156998971.1215613895.1585133208-1758085936.1506183559 found this guy.. example of that reflection method I mentioned.
@keen pumice don't use the Reflection method, use the utility instead

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keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 5:29 PM

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somin was asking actually, but what Utility are you refering to? we couldn't find one (edit: in the API).

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@whole saffron note above ^

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 5:50 PM

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somin was asking actually, but what Utility are you refering to? we couldn't find one (edit: in the API).
@keen pumice there is either the manual way (Reflection), or the utility.
Look at the 2nd answer in your post

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 5:51 PM

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Is there anyone here who is actually intereseted in VisualElements and its progress?

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I know atleast a few people have starred/watched the github, I presume most came from here or the forums

wispy delta Mar 26, 2020, 7:42 PM

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I've got a plain class stored in an EditorWindow, which I'm serializing with a SerializedObject. I can find the serialized property for the POCO via serializedObject.FindProperty(...), and would like to access the actual object on said property at a later date so I can call a function on it. Is this not possible?

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I see property.managedReferenceValue but it doesn't have a getter

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 7:46 PM

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Use the target, and fetch using Reflection @wispy delta

wispy delta Mar 26, 2020, 7:47 PM

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i've got a bit of an odd setup. this is all happening in an EditorWindow so there isn't a target property

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 7:48 PM

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You said you serialized using a SerializedObject

wispy delta Mar 26, 2020, 7:49 PM

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yea, i'm creating one in the window in OnEnable and passing the window to the constructor so that i can work with serialized properties

private void OnEnable()
{
    so = new SerializedObject(this);
    seedProperty = so.FindProperty("seed");
    containerProperty = so.FindProperty("container");
    modeProperty = so.FindProperty("mode");
    radialProperty = so.FindProperty("radial");

    Undo.undoRedoPerformed += Repaint;
    SceneView.duringSceneGui += OnSceneGUI;
}

private void OnDisable()
{
    so.Dispose();
    
    Undo.undoRedoPerformed -= Repaint;
    SceneView.duringSceneGui -= OnSceneGUI;
}

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 7:51 PM

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so, you have the "this" available

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Either I don't understand you, or you don't understand me, or the problem is not clear

wispy delta Mar 26, 2020, 7:54 PM

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the only reason i'd like to reference the object via the property is because it will make my code a lil less messy. i can grab the field directly, but part of my gui is switching on an enum and drawing a single serialized property based on the result of the switch.

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if i can just grab the object from the serialized property that'd be nice, but no biggie if i cant

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 7:54 PM

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"would like to access the actual object"
You can't.

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You need to fetch it from the target, but since you already have it

wispy delta Mar 26, 2020, 7:56 PM

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gotcha

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thanks

keen pumice Mar 26, 2020, 8:16 PM

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@wispy delta looks to me like so = new SerializedObject(this); is the SO that would normally be the "target", in an inspector editor.

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Use the target, and fetch using Reflection @wispy delta
@onyx harness ( so this suggestion might actually work for ya )

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 8:29 PM

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ManagedReferenceValue, which is the backing store for SerializeReference doesn't provide a way for you to get the underlying object value

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They gave some reasons for it, I don't recall what they were, but it seemed reasonable to me

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however, you can set ManagedReferenceValue to anything, even if it violates the types structure

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which is probably bad

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 10:02 PM

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Writing a custom PropertyDrawer for a Class that uses getters/setters. Is there a workaround to force the ability to have the custom PropertyDrawer script write/treat the getters/setters as regular values so I can trigger them when updating them (exposed) in the inspector?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 10:16 PM

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@quaint zephyr no

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Getter/setter is a method. Not a field.

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But you can apply a SerializedField to auto property.

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 10:30 PM

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It's not auto.

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I figured out a workaround though. Got super messy at first...but after fidgeting, got it to work how I wanted 😉

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 10:31 PM

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Then the property is a simple method. Simple as that

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 10:31 PM

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?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Meaning you can't get the PropertyDrawer (PD) to handle the property as a value. Since it is not serializable

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 10:33 PM

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🤔 But I think I just did...

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Maybe we are talking about 2 different things? 😛

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I was trying to get the Custom PD to write to getter/setter (not auto), instead of just plain ol` properties.

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And the getter/setter has a check that will fire an event 😛

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:08 PM

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Well, now I'm running into another issue. It works as I wanted, except for whenever I hit "Play" the values reset or reinitialize. So they don't carry over whatever I set in the inspector before Play mode. And when I exit playmode, they remain in reset.
Is there something I need to do to prevent this and have the values stay as whatever I put them in edit mode?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:11 PM

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you would need to update the serialized property

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:12 PM

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Ah, then that would break my workaround for getter/setter haha

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dang.

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:14 PM

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Try https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedObject.Update.html

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which would need to be called after your modifications

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you may need to call SetIsDifferentCacheDirty before that too.

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Not sure if it would work

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:19 PM

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No, it didn't work. And it won't because I am not going through the traditional way. I attempted to write a drawer that will use the getter/setter fields instead of properties. Although I succeeded, I am running in to the setting it dirty/updating issue now. If you saw my script, you'd understand what I mean...and probably laugh too haha

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:21 PM

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the getter/setter fields
That sounds wrong O_o

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:22 PM

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Sorry, I'm a n00b

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props right?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:22 PM

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Show us the code

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So we can laugh with you

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:26 PM

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Oh god lol. Should I just paste it all here? Or is there a more cleaner way?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:26 PM

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Large code blocks should be posted as links to services like:

http://hatebin.com/
-https://paste.myst.rs/
-https://hastebin.com/

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:28 PM

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Ok. Here is the class: https://hastebin.com/zudolumoge.cs
And here is the Custom PD for it: https://hastebin.com/iwilotuhec.cs

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Ends up looking like this. Just how I want it. (visually speaking)

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onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:30 PM

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_value is not serializable

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:30 PM

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That's why it's not saving?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:30 PM

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serialization == saving

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:30 PM

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All I gotta do is slap a [SerializeField] thing?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:31 PM

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same with Unit

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:31 PM

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Holy guacamole! It worked!

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:31 PM

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Though it still won't save properly I don't think?

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:31 PM

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haha. I get to use getters/setters on property drawers now! Woot woot!

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:32 PM

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What happens if you remove your Begin/EndProperty?

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:32 PM

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I just tested it. and it saved

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You want me to test it without begin/end prop wrapper?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:32 PM

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What does it do to the result yes

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:32 PM

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Sure on sec.

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Didn't do anything diff. Works just the same.

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Guess I don't need them

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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I have no idea how that would make any sense

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do you have cs sO.SetIsDifferentCacheDirty(); sO.Update();?

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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Nope

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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Now, make a change, save your scene/prefab. Restart Unity

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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Confusing huh?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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See if the change persisted

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:33 PM

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Uh oh...gulp. One sec.

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Still there.

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Or if you prefer, just make a change, save, open the file, and analyze the YAML to see if the change is in there

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Made change. Clicked Play, value persisted.

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Saved scene

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closed unity. Restarted. Value still there!

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Ok

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:34 PM

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Wow

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I don't know how this works. but it works!

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 PM

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I really don't know how that would work

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you're not even dirtying the object in any way

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 PM

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Thank you @onyx harness & @visual stag You guys saved me a bunch of head wall banging

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 PM

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@visual stag Me too, I would have thought the same. But maybe we are being fooled due to PropertyDrawer != Editor

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 PM

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Nope. I seem to have found a magic bug 😛

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Yeah, just FYI, this is not a Custom Editor, it's a Custom Property Drawer.

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:36 PM

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I really don't know how that would make a single bit of difference

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do you also have a custom editor?

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:36 PM

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Me neither. I was just trying to sound smart

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I have custom editor. but not for this class

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🤓

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:36 PM

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But, is it around the property

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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No

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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so, this property is on a default editor?

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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The property sits in a non-custom editor

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yeah

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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Bizarre

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:37 PM

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I would say, doing through an Editor, it is required.
Maybe the default Editor is doing stuff for PropertyDrawer

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That's the only explanation I have

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:38 PM

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Want me to draft up a custom editor script for the script where that property sits on?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:38 PM

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No no, it's fine

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:38 PM

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I will just do a base.OnEditorGUI or DrawDefaultWhateverItscalled()

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see if data persists.

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Mikilo you brought up a interesting point. Maybe default does the magic. But if I were in a position where I had both custom editor and drawer, you say I would need to call the .Update() function?

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If so, would I be needing to call SetIsDifferentCacheDirty(); and Update(); in the property drawer, or the editor?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:40 PM

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Yes.
You need to call Update first, to force the SerializedObject to update its "representation".
Then live your life.
Then apply if dirtied

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:40 PM

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you would use a ChangeCheckScope to only do that if your fields change

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I'm looking at the default editor right now and I don't see anything special that bypasses my knowledge of how things work 😛

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:41 PM

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Oh boy, more shit I need to learn about...just when I thought I had this down lol

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So would I call Update on the editor or the property drawer?

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:42 PM

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Update is on the wrapping object (The SerializedObject)

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:42 PM

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The way I understand it is that if you modify a field value whilst using a serialized property you need to update the serialized property representation. Calling Update

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and often Update will not know things are dirtied so you may also need to call SetIsDifferentCacheDirty

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 11:44 PM

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wait is that why I get those diff tree messages?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:44 PM

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Perhaps you're lucky and the update cache has never been dirtied for your object, and then ApplyModifiedProperties that's done by the Editor never overrides your changes

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:44 PM

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Just tested on Unity 2017.4.
It behaves as we expected @visual stag. Something is different in his rig.

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:44 PM

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and then you're dirtying the object somehow, which is applying it appropriately

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 11:44 PM

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Can I just say, I feel like the SerializedProperty documentation could be better

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maybe I just suck, but they seem really arcane

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:44 PM

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it's very very verbose

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and it does feel ridiculous to use at times

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if you do have questions though I think Mikilo and I have learnt over time how they work 😛

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 11:45 PM

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like, I feel like you shouldn't be able to increment arraySize, and tbh, I'm not sure why I thought that couldn't lead to a problem

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and I understand that at this point its a backwards compatibility issue so it can't be solved

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:45 PM

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it's the same as incrementing it via the editor

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it'll just dupe the last field

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:46 PM

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Well thank you for the help anyway. I feel a little more at ease now with your explanations.

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 11:46 PM

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wait, if I use insert does it not duplicate?

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the duplication issue is something I have to constantly work around

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it causes messy problems with SerializeReference

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:46 PM

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Insert would dupe too, yes

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but I don't think insert works for the last index

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might be wrong though

severe python Mar 26, 2020, 11:47 PM

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thats probably why I incremented the array

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well, I guess thats what happens when you're hacking a solution

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:49 PM

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@quaint zephyr Could you tell us which version of Unity you are working on?

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:49 PM

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The latest 2019.3.61f I think

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I didn't update to the newest one released today/yesterday

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yet.

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Quick question. Am I allowed to customize the native components? Say I want to do a CustomEditor on typeof(Rigidbody)?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:52 PM

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you can, you just need to create an editor of that base type and then redraw it if you want to keep what's there by default

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eg. https://github.com/vertxxyz/NUtilities/blob/master/Editor/Inspectors/AnimatorInspector.cs

quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:54 PM

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What's wrong with this code?

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

[CustomEditor(typeof(Rigidbody))]
public class RigidbodyInspector : Editor
{
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        //base.OnInspectorGUI();
        EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("OVERRIDE!", MessageType.Warning);
    }
}

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Nothing happens. The Rigidbody stays the same. With or without the base.OnInsepctorGUI()

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Script is located in Assets/Editor/RigidbodyInspector.cs

onyx harness Mar 26, 2020, 11:55 PM

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Not sure, but add an argument in CustomEditor()

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To set it as fallback?

visual stag Mar 26, 2020, 11:56 PM

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works fine without

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quaint zephyr Mar 26, 2020, 11:56 PM

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Hmm...

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Oh!

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I see what went wrong.

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I had my inspector "Locked" to that same object. After I "unlocked" it, the component changed.

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:18 AM

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When attaching a custom editor on rigidbody, even though I'm passing in base.OnInspectorGUI() or DrawDefaultInspector(), the component does not draw the Constraints section as well as the Info section.
They appear as soon as I take out the custom editor.
Is this a bug? Or is there something I need to do extra to keep Rigidbody fully intact when making Editor script to it? All I want is just a helpbox on top to display some messages, is all. But the rest I want normal.

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 12:20 AM

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I told you already
https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/533353544846147585/692883655885848578

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the stuff involving the field defaultEditor is relevant

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:22 AM

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Oh. I see. I apologize for not catching that at first. I will try it now.

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 12:22 AM

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This is the Rigidbody's OnInspectorGUI(). As you can see, it does things manually. That's why you need to follow @visual stag's recommendation.

public override void OnInspectorGUI()
{
    base.DrawDefaultInspector();
    Rect controlRect = EditorGUILayout.GetControlRect(new GUILayoutOption[0]);
    EditorGUI.BeginProperty(controlRect, null, this.m_Constraints);
    this.m_Constraints.isExpanded = EditorGUI.Foldout(controlRect, this.m_Constraints.isExpanded, this.m_Constraints.displayName, true);
    EditorGUI.EndProperty();
    base.serializedObject.Update();
    RigidbodyConstraints intValue = (RigidbodyConstraints)this.m_Constraints.intValue;
    if (this.m_Constraints.isExpanded)
    {
        EditorGUI.indentLevel++;
        this.ToggleBlock(intValue, RigidbodyEditor.m_FreezePositionLabel, 1, 2, 3);
        this.ToggleBlock(intValue, RigidbodyEditor.m_FreezeRotationLabel, 4, 5, 6);
        EditorGUI.indentLevel--;
    }
    this.ShowBodyInfoProperties();
}

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:27 AM

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This is a little over my head. I think I will just copy @onyx harness code for the time being.
I just tried @visual stag part about the defaultEditor and got StackOverflowException and unity crashed lol.
I think there are some other things I might have missed?

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 12:27 AM

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Don't copy my code.

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 12:27 AM

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I don't know how that could occur, so you must have done something wrong

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:27 AM

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That's for damn sure lol

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 12:27 AM

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also, yeah, that code won't work

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 12:28 AM

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I just gave you one single piece. You fill face a zillion more issue if you continue this way

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:28 AM

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lol ok

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Well this is what I tried:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

[CanEditMultipleObjects, CustomEditor(typeof(Rigidbody))]
public class RigidbodyInspector : Editor
{
    private Editor defaultEditor;
    
    private void OnEnable()
    {
        if (defaultEditor == null)
            defaultEditor = CreateEditor(targets, System.Type.GetType("UnityEditor.RigidbodyInspector, UnityEditor"));
    }

    private void OnDisable()
    {
        if (defaultEditor == null) return;
        DestroyImmediate(defaultEditor);
    }

    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        //Rigidbody rb = target as Rigidbody;
        //float pounds = Mathf.Round(Convert.MassToPounds(rb.mass));
        //string msg = string.Format("This object weights {0} lbs right now", pounds);
        //EditorGUILayout.HelpBox(msg, MessageType.Info); 
        defaultEditor.OnInspectorGUI();
    }
}

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 12:28 AM

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hrm

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:28 AM

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Oh!

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Wait I think I see the problem.

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Oh no wait, that's right nvmd

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 12:30 AM

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RigidbodyInspector is not a thing

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:31 AM

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Oh. I typed in RigidbodyInspector in my Visual Studio and IntelliSense pulled up a class from UnityEditor

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So I figured it was a thing. What would I replace it with?

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 12:31 AM

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This is not RigidbodyInspector, but RigidbodyEditor

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 12:31 AM

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I would really look at the source before asking

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but yes

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 12:32 AM

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Sorry, I'm not a seasoned coder at all. I'm learning as I go. I'm not even sure what I am doing with the defaultEditor, I'm just blindly trusting your code 😛

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@onyx harness , just typed in RigidbodyEditor, and everything worked.

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Thanks guys! I appreciate it very much

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https://i.pinimg.com/736x/43/c7/38/43c738b17972e3adec62a943bb7b9043.jpg
as a thank you for your efforts 🙂

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 12:36 AM

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It's fine, we all started somewhere

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:06 AM

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@keen pumice
I had tried this too, but if I edit one value all the value gets edited

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keen pumice Mar 27, 2020, 1:14 AM

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@weak bone well, it sound like you have two "layers" here, the runtime array you store the strings in, and the playerprefs that store these values persistently... which one(or do both) of these have all it's values change when you edit one?

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:20 AM

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I append strings into a playerprefs string...
After each string there would be a space to divided the whole text into parts (substring) .
So, I will append a new string every time a playerpref is created..
So, now I know the number of playerprefs stored and their names...

Now, I want to display and edit these .

So, If I do
for (i=0 ; i<numberOfSubstrings;i++)
Val=EditorGUILayout.TextField("Edit",substrings[i]);
That many fields will be created but the value in each will be the last value that is substrings[numberOfSubstrings - 1]....

keen pumice Mar 27, 2020, 1:24 AM

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not sure what Val is.. perhaps... Val=EditorGUILayout.TextField("Edit",substrings[i]); -> substrings[i]=EditorGUILayout.TextField("Edit",substrings[i]);

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:24 AM

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And if I try to edit one field, every fields gets edited

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Val is a string

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I'm assigning substrings as the value for Val.

keen pumice Mar 27, 2020, 1:26 AM

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yeah, I dont see why.

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don't you want to put the new value into the substring array element?

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:27 AM

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Yeah I will do it later, but the problem now is all value gets edited if I edit one...
I can send you a video if you need after 10min

keen pumice Mar 27, 2020, 1:28 AM

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AFTER you run the loop, and have adjusted the values in your substrings[] array, rebuild your PlayerPref string using string.join(substrings)

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.join?view=netframework-4.8

String.Join Method (System)

Concatenates the elements of a specified array or the members of a collection, using the specified separator between each element or member.

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(I'm assuming you created the substring array from the storedPref array using https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.split?view=netframework-4.8)

String.Split Method (System)

Returns a string array that contains the substrings in this instance that are delimited by elements of a specified string or Unicode character array.

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:32 AM

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Yep, I did.

keen pumice Mar 27, 2020, 1:34 AM

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great so "workflow" would now be : convert playerPrefString to substring array-> display & modify substring array -> use join to convert substring array to playrprefstring -> store playerpref

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:35 AM

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Well, the problem is with display and modify...
Sending a video in 5 min.

keen pumice Mar 27, 2020, 1:35 AM

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yes, I know. you are not modifying the array, your modifying Var

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Val=EditorGUILayout.TextField("Edit",substrings[i]); is, I think, wrong, and should be substrings[i]=EditorGUILayout.TextField("Edit",substrings[i]);

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 1:37 AM

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Will try and get back.

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Oh, yeah.
It's working and I understood it
Thanks

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Or just use Begin/EndChangeCheck

quaint zephyr Mar 27, 2020, 5:15 AM

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Anyone on right now?

visual stag Mar 27, 2020, 6:20 AM

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There are always thousands of people on btw, it's a useless question

severe python Mar 27, 2020, 11:20 AM

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http://www.dontasktoask.com/

Don't ask to ask, just ask

warm gale Mar 27, 2020, 1:47 PM

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I'm using Unity 2019.3.5f1 and was adapting one of my editor scripts, it didn't seem to be working. Then I realised I didn't have gizmo's active in the scene window and it worked when activated.
My question is with respect to Editor.OnSceneGUI() should it only fire when gizmo's are enabled or is this a bug?
If not a bug is it possible to work around?

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 3:48 PM

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I made a script which spawns objects randomly on a sphere and box.

There's an uneven terrain on which I have to randomly spawn objects like trees.
How can I achieve this?

waxen sandal Mar 27, 2020, 3:54 PM

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Raycasts

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Or sampling the height

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 3:55 PM

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I don't want it to spawn where I click...
Instead, I wanna spawn "randomly"

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Oh, i can also raycast from the camera, and spawn things.
Is this what you meant?

waxen sandal Mar 27, 2020, 3:58 PM

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For example

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Or get the bound of the terrain

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And raycast from the top downwards

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Then you can also check whether you're hitting the terrain rather than some other object

weak bone Mar 27, 2020, 4:00 PM

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Yeah, this thing didn't flash in my mind..

whole steppe Mar 27, 2020, 4:13 PM

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wtf

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what is this help

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whole steppe Mar 27, 2020, 5:20 PM

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restarted unity and it works now idk

jade island Mar 27, 2020, 6:57 PM

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Does anyone know of a simple/easy method of adding a horizontal divider in the inspector?
I found this page: https://forum.unity.com/threads/horizontal-line-in-editor-window.520812/
And I really liked the look and (supposed) simplicity of alexanderameye's solution however I can't seem to get it to work.
I added the function, and when I go to call it, thats where I don't think I fully understand how to implement it.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! 🙂

Unity Forum

Horizontal Line in Editor Window

How do you make Horizontal lines like in Unity's lighting window in an EditorWindow
I found a few ways by searching but none look as good as the...

onyx harness Mar 27, 2020, 8:12 PM

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EditorGUI.DrawRect is pretty simple

daring bough Mar 27, 2020, 8:22 PM

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I have a few variables that I want to hide/show depending on which enum a variable has selected, how would I do this? I have the custom editor class made but I'm not sure what to put in the OnInspectorGUI method

waxen sandal Mar 27, 2020, 8:25 PM

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Look up IMGUI

quaint zephyr Mar 28, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Using EditorGUI.Foldout in the PropertyDrawer script. How do I get it to work without it overlapping neighboring variables in the native EditorScript?

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So it behaves something like this without having to write up a custom EditorScript

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visual stag Mar 28, 2020, 2:31 AM

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you need to override GetPropertyHeight appropriately

quaint zephyr Mar 28, 2020, 2:39 AM

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Perfect! Thanks!

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Alright. Would something like this be hard to make?

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visual stag Mar 28, 2020, 2:45 AM

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you're in complete control of the rects

quaint zephyr Mar 28, 2020, 2:45 AM

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I guess all is left is for me to believe that haha.

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It's just a matter of manipulating the position Rect huh?

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Hang on, let me try something and if I have no luck, I'll pop back up.

quaint zephyr Mar 28, 2020, 3:16 AM

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Alright! So far so good!

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Couple questions.

When I click on the Weight label, the Foldout toggles properly. But when I click on that arrow icon next to it, nothing happens. How can I make it react to that arrow?
Tolerance uses a Slider, But it is maxed out at rightValue parameter. Is there a way to detect if the user attempts to input a value higher than that so I can expand the slider accordingly?

scenic elbow Mar 28, 2020, 12:41 PM

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there's this button for changing editor grid settings (at least in 2019.3 dunno if it was there before)
on the right side of the toolbar

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does anyone know if these settings can be changed from code?

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no idea what to look for

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even just toggling enable/disable would prob be good enough because i want to turn it off and replace with my own grid system without making user (dev) press another button
EDIT: solved, apparently there is SceneView.showGrid
still interested if anyone knows how to modify the actual settings tho

unborn bluff Mar 28, 2020, 1:00 PM

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Do anyone of you know how to draw this part in an Editor Window?

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Figured it out: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.InspectorTitlebar.html

left gate Mar 28, 2020, 1:09 PM

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Can you get the currently focused VisualElement

severe python Mar 28, 2020, 1:47 PM

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yes

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I forget how at the moment, but I do know that elements that are VisualElement.focusable can be focused

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if its not focusable it cannot be focused, and there is a FocusEvent and BlurEvent for when things become focused and unfocused

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if you acquire the FocusController from your visual tree root, which is accessible from any VisualElement, then you'll be able to use the focusedElement member to get the currently focused element

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https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/UIElements.FocusController.html

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https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/UIElements.VisualElement.html

left gate Mar 28, 2020, 1:53 PM

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I ended up registering a callback

        Area.RegisterCallback<FocusInEvent>(evt => focused = ((VisualElement) evt.target).parent);

real glacier Mar 28, 2020, 1:53 PM

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I'm making a dialogue system. Initially, it all was great, but then I began to work on the localization, and shifted the dialogue text from the scriptable objects that stored it to a separate text file, leaving behing only string names. It instantly made things significantly difficult. Can I edit the code for the object so it would fetch the required strings from the file when selected? Here's a mock-up of what I want:

📎 2468c06d6fb629deba5af1b205054532.png

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The code's is currently this:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using TMPro;
using Platformer.Core;
using Platformer.Mechanics;

namespace UnityEngine
{
    [CreateAssetMenu(menuName = "Platformer/Conversations/ConversationPhrase")]
    public class ConversationPhrase : ScriptableObject
    {
        [SerializeField] public bool pauseDialogue = true;
        [SerializeField] public EConvNames speakerName;
        [SerializeField] public Sprite speakerPortrait;
        [SerializeField] public EConvSide speakerSide;
        [SerializeField] public AudioClip soundclip;
        [SerializeField] public float delay;
        [SerializeField] public bool doesTriggering = false;
        [SerializeField] public string triggerKey;
        [SerializeField] public string[] speakerText = new string[1];
    }
}

covert heath Mar 28, 2020, 10:28 PM

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Hi! would anyone have a script to replace a prefab/asset by another prefab/asset in unity 2018.4 ? found one on the unity forum but it wont work in 18.4 it seems 😒

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thanks!

onyx harness Mar 28, 2020, 11:51 PM

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@covert heath NG Asset Finder

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There is a free version

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Or you go manual way, and replace GUID with what you want

covert heath Mar 29, 2020, 1:03 AM

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Thanks ! Oh GUID didt think of this thanks Im guessing its a file I can notepad?

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 1:23 AM

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there are some labels that you can hover mouse over click and draw value...how can i add that effect on mine?

onyx harness Mar 29, 2020, 1:27 AM

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Thanks ! Oh GUID didt think of this thanks Im guessing its a file I can notepad?
@covert heath Open the prefab's meta, get the GUID, replace by text

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 1:40 AM

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any1 know?

visual stag Mar 29, 2020, 1:42 AM

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GUIContent takes a tooltip parameter

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 2:03 AM

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@visual stag was that for me?

visual stag Mar 29, 2020, 2:03 AM

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Yes

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Oh I'm sorry I made a typo, I know about the tooltip, thanks for that. But I mean click and drag the value.

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Kind of like a slider...except without the slider lol

visual stag Mar 29, 2020, 2:05 AM

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there's nothing you can do to do it that I know of without manually writing the code to do it or calling internal functions

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 2:06 AM

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Oh. Bummer.

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Thanks

visual stag Mar 29, 2020, 2:08 AM

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https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Editor/Mono/EditorGUI.cs#L1956 is where it is internally

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 4:21 AM

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Oh right on. Thanks I'll check it out!

quaint zephyr Mar 29, 2020, 4:44 AM

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@visual stag How do you find this stuff so quickly.

visual stag Mar 29, 2020, 4:45 AM

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I know it's on a float field, so I go look at that and navigate down to the method. If you keep a local copy of that repo it's really quick to navigate

swift steppe Mar 29, 2020, 8:13 AM

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Hey guys got a question. Currently working on a project to import MDL files into Unity using ScriptedImporter and so far it's going great, but I'm just getting stuck up on adding the mesh bones.

The model is made up of several meshes, so I combined them all into a single mesh and threw that into a SkinnedMeshRenderer and also added the bone transforms to the SkinnedMeshRenderer but it's still not quite working.

So my question is: Where does Unity expect to receive the bones data about the mesh? Clearly I missed that step somewhere. I already added the boneWeights but that didn't help much.

weak bone Mar 29, 2020, 12:27 PM

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Can the color of the text that will be displayed by different enumpopup, intfield etc can be different ?
If yes, how ?

waxen sandal Mar 29, 2020, 12:50 PM

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https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUI-color.html

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probably

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Maybe with GUIStyles but you probably can't override the element styles

weak bone Mar 29, 2020, 12:52 PM

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GUI.color changes all the texts...
I only want 1 to change

swift steppe Mar 29, 2020, 12:53 PM

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Pretty sure you gotta reset the GUI.color after you draw the colored text

weak bone Mar 29, 2020, 12:54 PM

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🤔

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If I create a new guistyle and change its normal.textcolor and pass it as the argument the value color of that label changes...
Similarly I need for the label...
I created a new editorstyle variable and tried to change the label color.. But was not able to

swift steppe Mar 29, 2020, 4:29 PM

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Update regarding my earlier question (https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/533353544846147585/693734534784483379): I found that SkinnedMeshRenderer has bones, so I tried adding all the bones to their corrosponding Transform but that doesn't seem to change anything either.

If anyone has any experience or knowledge with generating skinned meshes or just in general messing with Unity bones and u can help out, would be much appreciated! 🙂

haughty surge Mar 30, 2020, 6:40 AM

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Does anyone have a clue on how to get something to happen on a scene between entering play but right before static batching?
I'm using IProcessSceneWithReport, but that interface is unreliable as it's running asynchronously with the static batcher

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:13 AM

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Hi folks :)
I'm trying to replace some scripts in my scene that did not compile with the ones that do. (I want to replace existing scripts with ones from a package. But as they are duplicate at the moment they won't compile)
Whenever I get the compoment though it will return null. (I'm using "GetComponentsInChildren<Component>( true )")
The inspector shows the script that failed, so the info is there somewhere. Any idea how to get the component even if the script that is assigned failed to compile?

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 8:15 AM

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@whole saffron Inspector relies on data from the C++ side.
You won't be able to fetch a Component that is not "known" or broken at runtime.

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:15 AM

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oh, no, its in the editor

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 8:15 AM

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Anyway, if the Component does not exist. Unity won't fetch it to you

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:16 AM

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mh. damn :)

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 8:17 AM

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in your case, it exists, but is broken

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:18 AM

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well, all i really want is the name and the properties assigned to it... and then to replace the "m_Script" with the working one

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thing is, it works if i do it manually in the inspector. I just don't want to replace 1k scripts manually in all my scenes...

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 8:19 AM

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go the manual way

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Find & replace the GUID

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:20 AM

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can you elaborate? I'm not sure what you mean by that. In the metafiles?

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 8:20 AM

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yep

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Meta or .prefab or .scene

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:20 AM

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huh, interesting. I'll look into it! thanks :)

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 8:21 AM

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If you are switching between plain C# files and DLL

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Use NG Missing Script Recovery to auto-repair your project

whole saffron Mar 30, 2020, 8:22 AM

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ah, no I basically just moved scripts into a package to share between projects. So its still the same files basically

minor herald Mar 30, 2020, 8:59 AM

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@real glacier Use a dictionary with a key type string which wil be a unique ID you can use to find the correct dialog and the value of the dictionary is the dialog and all the other data you might need.

than you can do dictionary[id].dialog for example or dictionary[id].speakerName

remote garden Mar 30, 2020, 11:22 AM

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Hi, I'm making a motion-guide for a sprite moving on a path and I want to show a preview ghost of the sprite so our animators can line stuff up.
But I can't get the sprite texture to stay at the same size as the sprite.


Texture text = fSpline.previewGhost.sprite.texture;
GUIContent content = new GUIContent(text);

float size = HandleUtility.GetHandleSize(pos);

style.fixedWidth = text.width * size;
style.fixedHeight = text.height * size;
style.contentOffset = new Vector2(-text.width / 2, -text.height / 2);
Debug.Log(size);// ????
Handles.Label(pos, content, style);```

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I looked at HandleUtility but it's going off of some constant that I'm unaware of.

waxen sandal Mar 30, 2020, 11:25 AM

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GetHandleSize might not work properly for 2d things

remote garden Mar 30, 2020, 11:25 AM

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It was just the 1st thing on Google

waxen sandal Mar 30, 2020, 11:25 AM

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Why not instantiate some sprite with hideflags set to DontSave?

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https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/HideFlags.HideAndDontSave.html

remote garden Mar 30, 2020, 11:27 AM

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Sounds like a memory leak. How does it work only in Editor mode?

waxen sandal Mar 30, 2020, 11:28 AM

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Yeah it's only in Editor

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And obviously you'd destroy them if you no longer need them

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But they won't be saved in your scene and the user can't interact with them

remote garden Mar 30, 2020, 11:34 AM

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I don't understand how to get it to behave exactly like a Handle.Label though. Seems like I'm jumping through a lot of hoops to invent a wheel when my initial problem was the wheel being the wrong size.

weak bone Mar 30, 2020, 1:17 PM

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How to display editor window when asset is imported for the first time in unity ?

minor herald Mar 30, 2020, 1:41 PM

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@weak bone this might be what your looking for
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetPostprocessor.html

weak bone Mar 30, 2020, 1:52 PM

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So, shall I create a window inside OnPostprocessAllAssets() ?

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@minor herald

minor herald Mar 30, 2020, 2:06 PM

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Yeah and you can loop through all imported assets and see if it matched your file type

weak bone Mar 30, 2020, 2:09 PM

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Thanks 😃

upper basalt Mar 30, 2020, 2:14 PM

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guys, how do I access the selected PSD file via script?

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Selection.activeObject is showing the correct file, but how do i get it to return this settings component

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 2:20 PM

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SerializedObject

rain crystal Mar 30, 2020, 5:36 PM

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Might just be googling the wrong phrase, but can you specify where an item from CreateAssetMenu attribute goes? Does it need to be like filename="Assets\Folder\DataObject"?

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The answer is yes 🙂

severe python Mar 30, 2020, 6:20 PM

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Is it possible to load an assetbundle inside unity as a data source?

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like, if I want to package up a bunch of shaders, can I put them in an asset bundle and load them in the editor for usage?

keen pumice Mar 30, 2020, 6:28 PM

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EditorStyles.foldoutHeader.normal.textColor EditorStyles.foldoutHeader.onActive.textColor Neither of these control the text color of an expanded Foldout field's label. Which GUIStyle & GUIStyleState, should I use for that?

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Alternatively, and probabably even better... is there a way to change the color of ALL labels.. weather for a foldout or not? (EditorStyles.label.normal.textColor does NOT seem to do it)

short tiger Mar 30, 2020, 6:48 PM

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@severe python Load them in the editor and have them persist, you mean? Or just load them during play mode in the editor?

severe python Mar 30, 2020, 6:49 PM

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not playmode, I want to produce a set of assets that can be used in the editor and in a game, but can be used to create new content in the editor

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ideally the user couldn't cause that to fall apart

short tiger Mar 30, 2020, 6:50 PM

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The issue there is that the shader source isn't included in the asset bundle, just the compiled shader. I don't know what will happen if you load the asset bundle and get the shader and try to save it as an asset.

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Maybe Unity will let you use it, but I kinda doubt it.

severe python Mar 30, 2020, 6:50 PM

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well ignore the shader aspect at the moment

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I used an unnecessarily specific example

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I want to have a variety of things, if one didn't work and required an alternative setup that'd be fine

short tiger Mar 30, 2020, 6:51 PM

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You can say the same thing about most assets. The source files are compiled into some binary format that Unity recognizes.

severe python Mar 30, 2020, 6:51 PM

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but could I package up assets like textures, meshes, etc. and load them at Edit time, so they can be correctly referenced by assets that will deploy to a different AssetBundle

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and then both of which woudl be loaded at runtime in the game

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basically I want to make an asset library that can be used to create new assets

short tiger Mar 30, 2020, 6:53 PM

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And the user would be able to see the assets in the project as if it's any other source asset?

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If so, what would happen if the user tried changing the import settings? The asset has already been "imported" and packaged.

severe python Mar 30, 2020, 6:55 PM

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They would have to be able to place prefabs or something in the scene, utilize textures, etc. yeah

onyx harness Mar 30, 2020, 6:59 PM

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Alternatively, and probabably even better... is there a way to change the color of ALL labels.. weather for a foldout or not? (EditorStyles.label.normal.textColor does NOT seem to do it)
@keen pumice GUI.color?

keen pumice Mar 30, 2020, 7:02 PM

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@onyx harness alas, no visisble change in the inspector with that one.

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thats was incorrect.. there WAS some unexpected changes.. but still showing the wrong color for my foldout

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I found this one based on your suggestion @onyx harness, which doesn't effect backgrounds. But the "tint" it applies to black text always comes out black (seems almost like it's multiplying the text color and the tint color, rather than Lerping between them)

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https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUI-contentColor.html

keen pumice Mar 30, 2020, 7:38 PM

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think I found it: looks like the onNormal GUIStyleState is for an expanded Foldout. Now I just need to figure out to change the little trinagle icon color.

pearl sentinel Mar 30, 2020, 9:33 PM

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Hi! I have certain game objects I don't want to move on one axis in the editor. While I can override the transformation inspector by providing a CustomEditor for Transform, I also want to override the scene view tool gizmo and hide the axis. Does anyone know an approach how to do this?

keen pumice Mar 30, 2020, 9:53 PM

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not sure how to hid just one axis of the transform gizmo... but you could always make it non functional by adding a monobehavior to them: hook the behavior to EditorApplication.Update, and in that callback revert the position coordinate to the starting value, if a change is detected. @pearl sentinel

quaint zephyr Mar 31, 2020, 1:50 AM

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So I got to the point in my scripting, where I now need to use the static class to keep a list of all instances. And this works good when the application is running. However, the issue that I am running into is while in Editor, the inspector is throwing errors specifically because it doesn't register the instances to the static class, so when I make calls to Static.Get(instanceId), I get NullReference exceptions.

It seems when I get out of Play mode, the Editor (for some reason) doesn't honor the constructors of my instances, which assigns that instance a unique id and registers it to the static list. Can't seem to figure out a work around for this. Has anyone else ran into this sort of issue, it would seem that this would be a common speed bump? And if so, what would you recommend be a good remedy for this situation?

quaint zephyr Mar 31, 2020, 4:49 AM

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Ugh this is so frustrating. So I tried a couple things and no avail. The last thing that I tried was that I created a separate class that would act as the manager. In the main class that I am working on, the constructor would instantiate an instance of the manager class and save it as a singleton in the static if it doesn't exist already.

And then the manager class which is [System.Serializable] and all it's privates are [SerializeField], would then just keep track of the instances. Again, works flawlessly during play mode, but in edit mode, it's still throwing NullExceptions. Apparently, in Edit-mode, it DOES NOT execute ANY of the constructors of that class structure. Apparently I don't think I understand Unity's protocols of executing scripts while in edit mode. BTW, none of these classes inherit from MonoBehaviour They are just naked classes.

onyx harness Mar 31, 2020, 5:21 AM

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Because Unity allocates them directly in memory? Not constructing the Object

waxen sandal Mar 31, 2020, 5:39 AM

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Yeah don't use constructors for serialized objects

onyx harness Mar 31, 2020, 5:58 AM

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Use the callback ISerializableCallbackReceiver

remote garden Mar 31, 2020, 2:15 PM

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Is there any way to access the AnimationClip window? (the one with the keyframes)
I've spent the past week transcribing a Flash animation into a Unity equivalent - and I'm doing a lot of repetitive tasks to make keyframes that use linear or stop-frame animation. It's very frustrating.

I've googled for ways to manipulate or automate the AnimationClip window but it's called something else - or bits of it are referenced (like the gameObject recorder) but I can't find the object that owns it.

pearl sentinel Mar 31, 2020, 4:08 PM

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@keen pumice Thanks, that would have been my fallback plan as well. However if someone could point me to the transform gizmo class that would be even better, then I could at least disable the tools and use my own without having to rewrite the entire transform tool.

keen pumice Mar 31, 2020, 7:27 PM

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@pearl sentinel Though it would be faily simple to create your own gizmo to do this using an (otherwise empty) monobehavior with OnDrawGizmos(), I was unable to find anyway to disable the builtin transform gizmo neither in this article, google in general, nor poking around in the unity editor. LOOKS like they do it in the article, but still not sure how: https://naplandgames.com/blog/2016/08/27/unity-3d-tutorial-custom-transform-inspector/

Napland Games - Blog

Sean Mann

Unity 3D Tutorial - Custom Transform Inspector

Hi everyone! One of the awesome things about Unity is you can customize the editor to add all sorts of cool

pearl sentinel Mar 31, 2020, 7:44 PM

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yeah i looked through that too. You can somewhere set the static Tool.current to none (and reset on de-selection) and then it won't show any of the tool gizmos

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but then i'll still need to rewrite 90% of the original gizmo. that's why i'm also wondering where it's currently implemented.

unborn bluff Mar 31, 2020, 10:21 PM

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So, for some reason I can't drag a Transform, from within the Prefab Editor, into my custom EditorWindow object field, but I can do it in the regular inspector window. Anyone have an idea why?

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