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timid coyote
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is it possible to access the fields of a serializefield scriptable object thru editor code?

private SerializedProperty _inputDataProperty;
_inputDataProperty = serializedObject.FindProperty("inputData");
median ravine
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just finished following Brackeys custom inspector video but my buttons are going out of view when i have the inspector window to its smallest width, is there a way to make it so if there isnt enough room for all the buttons it starts to wrap?

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doesnt seem to work, it just pushed it to the side and is now fully hidden

timid coyote
median ravine
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i put it right after the Set Default Color button

timid coyote
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it needs to be before GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();

median ravine
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seems to have just put some spacing above the buttons now

timid coyote
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GUILayout.MaxWidth(Screen.width - offset)

tall hare
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looking for a way to delete multiple components from objects but I don't know what objects have them exactly, so selecting multiple objects doesn't show the component

muted cave
tall hare
muted cave
whole steppe
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i already have visual studio 2022, its prompting me to install 2019
what can i do

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oh nvm, i had a pending download in VS installer

bitter rover
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Hey, this is a LONG shot, I am very new to writing editor things. I created a class to contain all my generic variables which is then turned into a list.

Now when I try to display the fields, it fails to show anything in the inspector. If I then take out all these variables from the class and call them, it works without any issues and the variables display in the inspector.

Anyone know why?

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waxen sandal
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Really going to need to post code

gloomy chasm
ivory hearth
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I have an audio editor extension and it works just fine in the editor but for some reason when its built its just completely absent?

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it doesn't appear on android or pc help

waxen sandal
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Shooow code

ivory hearth
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of what? here is the plugin

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waxen sandal
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Sooo what's missing..?

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Also, this is not a support channel for any editor tools you download into your project

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This is discussion about developing custom editor extensions

ivory hearth
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oh I got redirected here last time from code beginner and then someone helped out

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Is there any help channel for that then @waxen sandal ? on a deadline and I can't find anything online

waxen sandal
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If the developer does not provide support channels then you don't have many options, #archived-code-general might work, I suppose technically this channel could also work since you'll kind of be developing it but you'll have to provide a lot more context

ivory hearth
waxen sandal
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What's missing, how do you know it's missing, do you get errors?

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Where is the code that's supposed to be included

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Do you have a link.xml setup?

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Are you building il2cpp or mono

ivory hearth
waxen sandal
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It looks like (from your screenshots) you have runtime code in the editor assembly, which means it won't get included at runtime

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but that could also just be confusing namespaces by the developer

ivory hearth
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Its referring to a Runtime Assembly definition asset which is in a seperate Runtime folder Under the Editor folder?

visual stag
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That PlayCondition code is in BrightLib.Animator.Editor

ivory hearth
visual stag
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Surely it should not be in there?

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It's in there because that's the assembly definition it's closest beneath

ivory hearth
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So should I move the Play condition script into the runtime folder?

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thats where the runtime definition is in

visual stag
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Any code that you want to work in the build needs to not be in an editor assembly

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So I imagine a lot of this is in the editor assembly and is just stripped, and null when built

ivory hearth
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all the scripts seem to use the "BrightLib.Animation.Runtime" hmm

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also the runtime folder is inside the editor folder is that okay?

waxen sandal
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No

ivory hearth
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is there a specified place I should put the runtime folder or just anywhere outside the editor? @waxen sandal

visual stag
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Folders don't matter, assembly definitions do

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The assembly definition this code is below is an editor assembly

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Presumably you have no runtime asmdef

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No idea

waxen sandal
ivory hearth
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ok i've moved them and now they seem to be under runtime

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visual stag
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Should work fine then

ivory hearth
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should I move the other scripts in the runtime just in case?

visual stag
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As long as they don't reference editor code

ivory hearth
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oh wait

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pain

visual stag
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Presumably you've broken some assembly references

ivory hearth
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hm they need to be in the editor folder to work, could I have a duplicate of them under the runtime maybe?

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Ok i have the playaudioclip and Playcondition in both runtime and editor no errors so far

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also just quick question why does one assembly asset have "Include Platforms" and other "Exclude?"

visual stag
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If they're both editor, one isn't correct

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The runtime one should be referencing all, it doesn't need to exclude the editor (and shouldn't)

ivory hearth
visual stag
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Yeah this one is wrong. Don't exclude the editor. You want code to work in the editor!

ivory hearth
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after some errors I have pretty much all the scripts duplicated in both runtime and the editor as they both require it seems

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sounds still workss

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no full on errors at the moment

visual stag
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Duplicated 🤔

ivory hearth
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its either the editor is mad its not in the same file or the runtime ;/

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having both folders have all scripts seems to be only way to have no errors hm

visual stag
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Well... I doubt that's correct. See if you can build

ivory hearth
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yeah ill go test it

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k its built moment of truth

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damn no sound UnityChanPanicWork

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weirdly having them duplicated didn't error just didn't work either rip

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would it be good to try seperating the runtime folder outside the editor folder?

visual stag
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If it makes it make more sense to you

ivory hearth
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nope still nothing :( man

visual stag
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You just need one editor and one runtime assembly. The runtime one builds for all assemblies, the editor-just the editor. Only the editor scripts go in the editor assembly, and that assembly can reference the runtime one. The runtime scripts are objects you use in the build.
That's it

ivory hearth
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ok it seems to work just editor assembly in editor folder and all the scripts inside runtime with the runtime assembly

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so the editor seems to reference them in the runtime now

ivory hearth
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:O

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Success!

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sorry for having to deal with me im absolute toddler at this @visual stag UnityChanCelebrate

short tiger
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Is it possible to serialize something in a ScriptableObject, but editor only? I know I can use #if UNITY_EDITOR but Unity doesn't like when serialized properties suddenly disappear in builds. I know ScriptedImporter can serialize editor-only import settings for an asset, but this is just for a regular ScriptableObject, nothing imported.

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I guess I could make a proxy ScriptableObject with my editor-only properties and have a way to map the real assets to the editor proxies.

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But it would be cool if I could serialize something in the .meta file, like how import settings does it.

peak bloom
short tiger
peak bloom
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oh dayum...

short tiger
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It's an old screenshot, maybe they've changed it like you said

peak bloom
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oh..

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yeah you should test it in 2022.2.x 2021.2

short tiger
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I'm on 2021.3 LTS, you think the fix is included in that?

peak bloom
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wait,,, I mean 2021

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that didn't work?

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thats unfortunate

short tiger
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I haven't tested it yet

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Still just looking for the best approach

peak bloom
short tiger
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Alright, I'll go that route then. Thanks!

peak bloom
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goodluck!

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just taking a another quick look, and yeah, the docs clearly says it should...

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if not, oh well.

ebon mist
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greetings, the latest substance plugin seems to only work with 2021, is there a way to find the 2019.2 version?

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im just trying to import spp files

gloomy chasm
ebon mist
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So weird they deprecated such a recent version

gloomy chasm
ebon mist
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Sabotaged my plans

supple swift
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is there a way to edit a game objects transform (or a transform in general) as if you have selected it in the hierarchy without actually selecting it in the hierarchy? This selection will be triggered through a custom inspector btw.

primal minnow
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Does GUILayout.Button not support Rich text ?

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It does with GUIStyle but I got the width and height look of the button fucked.
Edit:
Used GUISkin.button to copy the default configurations and modified required ones(richText = true)

cosmic inlet
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is there a way I can reorder these?

gloomy chasm
cosmic inlet
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I just read about that

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how does it work in simpler terms?

gloomy chasm
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How does what work? The priority parameter?

cosmic inlet
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yeah

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I see it's in 11s or something

gloomy chasm
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It just orders the menu items in their priority order from the smallest number at the top of the menu and the largest number at the bottom. I don't remember how it works with nested items exactly.

cosmic inlet
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well I can't order them perfectly but it's okay like this

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thanks for the help!

magic lintel
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Wondering

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It is possible to extend the animation events, to for example, add a custom parameter to be send?

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I am creating a custom FMOD integration and I would love to be able to skip using event paths directly

timid coyote
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i have a SO that gets created and its _name variable gets assgined by a editor script, but after 1 or 2 unity project's restarts the value clears itself and i dont understand why

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gloomy chasm
timid coyote
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dirty = LoadAssetAtPath?

gloomy chasm
timid coyote
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oh

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thanks 😄

timid coyote
gloomy chasm
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All SetDirty does is basically tell Unity that the object has changed and needs to be saved. So next time Unity does save, the object will also be saved

timid coyote
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this is the SO that i modify and it has others SO as children, but now i cant assign the children to a field

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gloomy chasm
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I don't get what you're asking

timid coyote
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i can assgin the child SO to an array but i cant assign it to a field

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gloomy chasm
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Hmm, should work just fine

abstract solar
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ok so, I want to be able to build a node graph visually in the editor by having little spheres I can move around and visual lines I can see, like the light probe thing. How do I go about doing that?

whole steppe
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how can i see a bigger error message, it's cutting off

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and how can i write shader code in VS?

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intellisense isnt working

visual stag
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Only Rider has intellisense for shaders afaik

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you may be able to find a plugin for other IDEs, but 🤷

whole steppe
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In addition, I have these errors

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earnest talon
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Trying to create a section of a plugin for Render Textures. a SerializedObject of a camera cannot access targetTexture for modifying Render Textures. Anyone know why this is? (Unity Version 2020.3.29f1)

abstract solar
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Ok, so I have a list containing points that I want to draw position handles on. How do I select which one I draw handlkes on without manually setting the index

crude relic
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save the index in the custom editor you created

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@abstract solar

arctic terrace
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Hello, I'm trying to make a test script save a list of transforms.
Base script:

{
    [SerializeField]public List<Transform> transformList;
}

and it's editor:

using UnityEditor;
using System.Collections.Generic;

[CustomEditor(typeof(TestingScript)), CanEditMultipleObjects]
public class TestScriptInspector : Editor
{

    TestingScript testingScript;
    SerializedProperty transformListSer;

    private void OnEnable()
    {
        testingScript = (TestingScript)target;
        var serializedObject = new SerializedObject(target);
        transformListSer = serializedObject.FindProperty("transformList");
    }
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        var serializedObject = new SerializedObject(target);

        serializedObject.Update();
        EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(transformListSer);

        serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
    }
}
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What am I doing wrong? (it's not saving the list when I modify it)

waxen sandal
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Don't create your own SerializedObject, there's already one in the base class

arctic terrace
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Thank you 🙏

tight pine
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Hello guys! 🙂 If I create a OnPreprocessPrefab(GameObject g) g is the is the scene object that just got dragged into the project to make a prfab or is it already the prefab itself?

waxen sandal
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Probably the prefab

tight pine
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Yeah, I thought so too but I am getting weird behaviours... I am doing weird dangerous things though 🙂 (Removing child objects....)

waxen sandal
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Maybe you want onPostprocess instead?

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Idk if it's there for prefabs tho

tight pine
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Yeah, that's what I wanted.... but no luck.... I think that does not exist for prefabs

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I'm trying AssetPostprocessor

waxen sandal
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There's the OnPostProcessAllAssets as well

tight pine
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Ha great!!

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Thanks a lot

zealous coral
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[Unity 2018.3]
anybody here has experience extending the tilemap GridPaintPaletteWindow ?

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i am trying to implement a hotkey for the arrow buttons to select the tile to the up/down/left/right of the current selection
i managed to move this selection box (eg. to the left when i press left arrow) through reflections, but it doesnt actually change update my brush's tile

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empty sphinx
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Hey guys 🙂 Noob question: I've written a custom field for a texture and I would like the changes made during playmode to be saved permanently, i.e. the texture stays the same in the inspector after changing back to editor mode. How can I achieve this?

zealous coral
primal minnow
hybrid glade
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I have a custom [Serializable] class with an associated property drawer. I'd like to re-define how some of those are drawn with a custom property attribute in the field declaration, like [Custom(params)]. This, so far, appears to be overriding the editor GUI but I'm worried it's just luck / order of operations. Anyone know if drawers from property attributes always have preference over property drawers, or a way to guarantee as such?

gloomy chasm
void cosmos
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hi guys hope you doing well . i just want to Ask a question have . I download the 2020.3.30f1 unity version before and it worked fine but when i tried to install the New Lts version 2021.3.2f1 it fully download but didn't install

hybrid glade
gloomy chasm
hybrid glade
hybrid glade
void cosmos
hybrid glade
patent pebble
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Is there any way of refreshing the Asset Database without triggering a Domain Reload?
I'm calling AssetDatabase.Refresh from a Script and I was expecting it NOT TO trigger a Domain Reload

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AssetDatabaseRefreshing.html
This documentation page says this:

Unity performs the following steps during an Asset Database refresh:
1. It looks for changes to the Asset files, and then updates the source Asset Database
2. It imports and compiles code-related files such as .dll, .asmdef, .asmref, .rsp, and .cs files.
3. It then reloads the domain, if Refresh was not invoked from a script. <------------- ?????
4. It post-processes all of the Assets for the imported code-related files
5. It then imports non-code-related Assets and post-processes all the remaining imported Assets
6. It then hot reloads the Assets
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step number three seems to be inaccurate?

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my code triggers a Domain Reload when it shouldn't (according to the documentation)

gloomy chasm
patent pebble
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so I guess the documentation is just poorly worded?

gloomy chasm
patent pebble
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I'm now assuming that anything that triggers a recompilation will also do a Domain Reload and reset the scripting state?

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if that's the case, 3. is just wrong, because Domain Reloads happen regardless

gloomy chasm
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Yeah it seems to be worded poorly/incorrectly. I think it means it will force a domain reload regardless of changes when refresh is not invoked from a script.

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Maybe...?

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Or maybe it is just straight up wrong

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Regardless, it should only cause a domain reload when a code asset changes

patent pebble
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I think it means it will force a domain reload regardless of changes when refresh is not invoked from a script.
hmmmm you may be right, for example like entering Play Mode always triggers a Domain Reload

gloomy chasm
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Really wish the docs were on github and accepted PRs. They could be improved so much by the community. Even if just fixing small things like this.

patent pebble
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yeah

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I think further down in the docs they somewhat clarify on this


When you change and save a script, Unity hot-reloads all of the project’s script data. It first stores all serializable variable values in all loaded scripts, reloads the scripts, then restores the values. All of the data stored in non-serializable variables is lost during a hot reload.
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I've always had trouble reading their docs on these topics (script compilation, serialization, domain reloading, etc)
they include a lot of information but it's a little bit all over the place

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and there's many places where information seems contradictory if you don't have hands-on experience with the particular topic

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😓 eh

low crown
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I'm trying to figure out a way to draw the Texture of the sprite the player selected (for no other reason than the fact I think it looks good lol), yet I'm struggling to figure out a way to reference what texture the user chose

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earnest talon
low crown
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I'll give that a try, thanks!

earnest talon
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If you're using PropertyField, use FindProperty(propertyname).objectReferenceValue

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can cast to the Texture value.

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I know how much of a pain Editor Extensions can be

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been ground-up rewriting my camera management system from my uni group's project. Had to solve a lot of hiccups and it's not been fun.

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earnest talon
# low crown I'll give that a try, thanks!

also you're probably gonna want to clamp the values of GUILayout.Width() and GUILayout.Height() to fit in the editor window if you're pulling a texture, otherwise you'll pull the full resolution texture and mess your editor window's sizing.

low crown
earnest talon
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yea it's quite... un-fun.

low crown
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wish more people knew how they worked so more tutorials would be out there lol

earnest talon
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and then you have to deal with asmdefs or asm files if you're doing a package.

low crown
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I haven't even scene a file with that extension sounds super fun lol

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I'm making a dialog manager thingy for my main project & to have something to do over the summer

earnest talon
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asmdef (Assembly Definitions) are files used for plugins

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they're usually within a package and not often seen solo

earnest talon
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but it's a fairly obscure part of unity compared to what many use unity for.

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I'm the only one in my uni course to do an extensive custom editor window. In the history of the course.

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The only reliable documentation

low crown
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as far as I'm aware my uni doesn't have a class about tools/editor extensions

earnest talon
earnest talon
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We barely even touch custom inspector changes

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Level 5s and 6s don't exactly touch Editor Windows either.

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I'm curious on what you're doing with your editor window.

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e.g. how you're tackling styles

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my plugin rewrite creates style files and style-related background textures if they're missing.

low crown
earnest talon
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my old version used constantly recreated GUIStyles every refresh.

low crown
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I haven't had to make any style files yet

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I just followed gamedevguide's vid

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and got here lol

earnest talon
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Unity does allow for some default GUIStyles.

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custom styles give you more ability to change the contrasting sections

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low crown
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Oh I see, I'll have to look into that once the basic functionally is done

earnest talon
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I save the source texture backgrounds as texture files encoded to PNGs then rebind them when necessary if ever the styles lose the texture binding.

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(which happens occasionally)

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the GUIStyle format can just be saved as a JSON file because that's what it pretty much is. A giant JSON file that the unity devs had a chuckle implementing.

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GUISkins are also an option but I prefer the extra agility I can get from separate styles that can be pulled independently and extended or modified.

low crown
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Yeah I really like what you have so far, looks very professional

earnest talon
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a lot of my current rewrite has been just background additions and extra stuff

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I added Multi-Camera support which is still being actively worked on and rewritten

low crown
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I am curious as to why you would need to write a custom editor script for camera management, I've only ever used cinemachine as a crutch lol

earnest talon
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because I'm not using what CineMachine does

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nor do I exactly need it.

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I'm adding in a system that lets people test various types of camera movement

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e.g. focus events, follow object, linear track, cutscene track

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and has systems that can work between different types of cameras - 2D, 3D, Cinematic being the main ones.

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I'm also working on Scene Renderer slaving for cameras that can be attached to a main camera so you can do extra render techniques such as shaders.

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and Camera Presets that you can save and load, provided you have extensions for any third-party custom camera systems added to obscura.

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Obscura is also fairly decently integrated into Unity's general shortcuts and hierarchy.

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currently it only filters for cameras but it's going to get more efficient over time.

low crown
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Idk what to say besides "that sounds so cool" lol

earnest talon
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there'll also be scriptable cameras using exposed Obscura functions

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so you can disable runtime altogether and just do what you want

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it'll be entirely open-source

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oh and setting up a camera will be in two separate stages

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Developer Setup using a full-fat script that contains every function

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then a Compiled Setup which takes the specifically used modules and creates the separated component versions of the modules for efficiency.

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Developer Setup being so you can just change anything and have it take less time than the compiled setup, which should really be for when you've decided on what that level should have camera wise.

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I know for certain others have their own ideas of what to use for cameras

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CineMachine, Pro Camera 2.5D, etc.

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but they just don't fill the specific needs

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the original Obscura I was working on only ever worked on one camera system

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and it would break if more than one camera was in a scene.

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A handful of people have been constantly been giving me QA feedback for both versions too

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and so I've built the rewrite around the lessons I learnt for spending the first 3 months on the uni project version

cosmic inlet
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how can I make something like this?

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little toolbars like this in the editor

waxen sandal
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There's a relatively new api for that but I forgot what it's called

cosmic inlet
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dang

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good to know it's new tho

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and not the old way of making ui

waxen sandal
cosmic inlet
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omg thank you so much!!

patent pebble
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is there a way to get the PropertyDrawer that corresponds to a PropertyAttribute?

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TagAttribute --> I have this
TagDrawer    --> I want to get this type
patent pebble
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ah nevermind, I went for a different approach
I used reflection to get the drawer directly from the SerializedProperty

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which leads me to another question, a field can only use a single PropertyDrawer? correct?
and it seems if you try to use multiple drawers on a single field, it will use the first you provide?

[Tag] [ReadOnly] [SerializeField] private string _someTag; --> uses Tag attribute
[ReadOnly] [Tag] [SerializeField] private string _someTag; --> uses ReadOnly attribute
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in 2020.3 it only had a list of DecoratorDrawers
in 2021.1 they seem to have added another list for PropertyDrawers

vapid prism
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If I modify the Handles.matrix do I need to manually reset it once done?

elfin wolf
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My fav way of doing this is to make it a disposable scope

zealous goblet
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tried to use Handles.DoPositionHandle in EditorWindow and unity returned me NullReferenceException in UnityEditor.Handles.GetCameraViewFrom :(

Pain. Is there any extentions that allow to use this sorts of handles in GUI?

slim vector
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i dont recall seeing any DrawCylinder in the Gizmos class and i was thinking maybe it was drawn using Handles?

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Handles are the only thing i can think of right now

crude relic
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you can draw a cylinder using two circles and four lines

slim vector
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using Handles?

crude relic
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yes

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though nothing stopping you from using gizmos

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just have to draw the circle using lines

round blade
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Is there a way to wait for AssetDatabase.ImportAsset() to finish before proceeding with the build? I call ImportAsset() from IPreprocessBuildWithReport.OnPreprocessBuild() and it imports the asset just fine in the editor but the imported asset does not exist in the built exe

slim vector
crude relic
round blade
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ok thanks

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ok i seem to have identified the problem incorrectly, the file does get added in the build, it is just using the wrong extension

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thanks for the answer tho

crude relic
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gtk

cosmic inlet
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how can I do this?

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I can't seem to find any tutorials

gloomy chasm
cosmic inlet
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oh ok thanks

gloomy chasm
upbeat ocean
earnest talon
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I'm using ObjectField to let the end-user assign a RenderTexture to a camera's TargetTexture but it's marked as obsolete. Creating a SerializedObject version of the Camera and attempting to use PropertyField for targetTexture does not work. Is there any alternative? - Unity 2020.3.29f1

cedar condor
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Does anybody know how to get the type or reference to a deleted asset? I’m building a tool that should refresh when certain data-containing scriptable objects are deleted from the project

cedar condor
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Any help is appreciated

round blade
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I created a ScriptableObject instance through CreateAssetMenu. Then I modify this scriptable object using Resources.Load. I save the changes using EditorUtility.SetDirty and AssetDatabase.SaveAssets.

During play mode, I load this scriptable object and then unload it using Resources.UnloadAsset. The problem is the scriptable object resets to its default state when I do this (in this case, the serialized List inside it becomes empty). This doesn't happen when I don't use Resources.UnloadAsset.

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I am not using any Editor scripts during Play Mode.

round blade
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Figured it out. You can't use Resources.Load and then modify the asset. You have to use AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath which is difficult since I want the user to be able to put the asset in any resources folder, not just Assets/Resources.

cosmic inlet
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do I have to make something like this myself or is there an official way of doing it?

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a menu like this I mean

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where it prompts you with settings and you have a button to fix all as well

rough sphinx
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Hello, I did a custom editor for a ScriptableObject, I used
EditorGUILayout.PropertyField for most fields and I have a changeCheck that applies the changes to the serializedObject.

Howerver, when I do CTRL-Z to Undo the editor is not being repainted. If I switch selection and go back I have the undo-ed value.

I tried calling Repaint manually but it didn't work. I also tried overriding RequiresConstantRepaint but it did nothing.

cosmic inlet
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is there a way I can detect when a script is added to an object?

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like, kind of like a Start() on the script that just checks for that

crude relic
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If the script has execute always attribute then it will call awake

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But otherwise I don't believe so

cosmic inlet
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alright thanks!

glacial sail
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Are there naming convention guide somewhere for editor stuffs?

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Eg what to name classes for windows, custom editors, menu items, etc.

cosmic inlet
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It's fine I figured out a way

gloomy chasm
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Everything else is basically whatever. The general rule of thumb is to end the name with what it is.

glacial sail
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Thanks.

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What about a class that just adds a menu item?

gloomy chasm
#

But if you want them in their own class, I would do something like MenuItems or AssetMenuItems(as an example, of course if it is not related to assets then don't use that)

stable nebula
#

I'm making a CustomEditor for a class that has an array of an interface marked with SerializeReference. Use case is picking an implementation of that interface in the inspector and adding an instance of that implementation to the array. Works fine until I try to actually access the array in my CustomEditor to add the new instance. I have a SerializedProperty for that array (and drawing it works fine with EditorGUILayout.PropertyField), but accessing managedReferenceValue throws the error "managedReferenceValue is only available on fields with the [SerializeReference] attribute". The array is definitely marked with SerializeReference, so I'm assuming this is the wrong way to do this. So how do I access that array (and write to the property after)?

gloomy chasm
stable nebula
#

I had an idea and actually made it work haha. In case you are interested, the trick was that SerializeReference applies to the elements in the array, not the array itself, but my SerializedProperty is the array. That's why managedReferenceValue didn't work. It works by adding an element to the property with InsertArrayElementAtIndex, getting the SerializedProperty for that new index with GetArrayElementAtIndex and then setting managedReferenceValue on that one instead of the whole array.

gloomy chasm
whole steppe
#

can someone help me figure out how to get HSLS editor to indent new line?

umbral rover
#

what's the ratio that defines when unity shifts elements down and tries to put them on a new line? Trying to support it with my custom property drawer

unknown.png unknown.png
#

This is what happens when I make the inspector thinner. playing around with some values and two monitors makes it seem like it's ~3/10 of the screen height but that feels a bit weird

spiral rover
#

so everything works fine on my other pc, but i just got this laptop up and running. when i try to play the game on it some things don't show up in the scene or look kind of weird a tiny bit? mostly just that one of my projectiles doesn't show up when its instantiated, it's still hitting things and doing damage and im not getting any errors

#

i just cant see it

#

and its on the right layer

#

like certain animations don't play and some sprites just dont show up

waxen sequoia
#

Heyas,
I ran into an issue using the [SerializeReference] in a ScriptableObject's custom inspector. I want the field to be nullable, but be drawn and edited in the inspector when not null. This is done through the code below:

    if (GUILayout.Button ("Add Stat Modifier")) buff.statModifiers = new ObjectStatisticsCollection ();
} else {
    GUILayout.BeginHorizontal ();
    content = new GUIContent ("Statistic Modifier", "A collection of statistical bonusses that will be applied to a unit while the buff is active.");
    EditorGUILayout.PropertyField (serializedObject.FindProperty ("statModifiers"), content, GUILayout.Width (EditorGUIUtility.labelWidth + 300));
    if (GUILayout.Button ("X")) buff.statModifiers = null;
    GUILayout.EndHorizontal ();
}```
Now, without the [SerializeReference] tag on the statModifiers everything gets drawn as intended, but as soon as I do add the [SerializeReference] tag to that field it will only draw the name and a little expand arrow, but nothing else (see image below). 

So, how would I get the custom inspector to draw this class (preferably without having to do so manually)?
b.png
gloomy chasm
meager copper
#

I have a question about editor coding, i'm not that advanced but i wrote some Editor/Inspector scripts already... i was wondering if there would be a way to generate a object which act as a folder in the scene hierachy but monobehavior would not see them as a game object (so if this "folder" is a parent of a go, the child go would not see itself under the folder, it would think its directly in the scene)

#

hope i managed to explain whats in my brain

#

this would come very handy in some networking solutions as they dont like the nested objects in some cases and i use empty go's for structuring my scene

wraith coyote
#

I have an EditorWindow which has 2 reorderable lists in, If it's open when exiting play mode or discarding changes to a scene, then the SerializedObject is destroyed and I get type mismatch in the reorderable lists.

unknown.png
# 
public class BuilderLists : ScriptableObject
{
  public List<VehicleAudioData> audioData = new List<VehicleAudioData>();
  public List<CollisionEffectsData> collisionData = new List<CollisionEffectsData>();
}

private BuilderLists _dataObject;
private SerializedObject _serializedObject;
private ReorderableList _reorderableAudioDataList;

private void OnEnable()
{
  _dataObject = CreateInstance<BuilderLists>();
  _serializedObject = new SerializedObject(_dataObject);
  FindVehicleBuilderSettings();
  SetupReorderable();
}

private void SetupReorderable()
{
  _serializedObject = new SerializedObject(_dataObject);
            
  _reorderableAudioDataList =
    new ReorderableList(_serializedObject, _serializedObject.FindProperty("audioData"), true, true, true, true)
    {
      drawHeaderCallback = rect => { EditorGUI.LabelField(rect, "Audio Data"); },
      drawElementCallback = (rect, index, active, focused) =>
      {
        var element = _reorderableAudioDataList.serializedProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index);
        rect.y += 2;

        EditorGUI.PropertyField(new Rect(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight), element, GUIContent.none);
      },
      onAddCallback = addList =>
      {
        var index = addList.serializedProperty.arraySize;
        addList.serializedProperty.arraySize++;
        addList.index = index;
        var element = addList.serializedProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index);
        element.objectReferenceValue = null;
      }
    };
}

private void OnGUI()
{
  _serializedObject.Update();
  _reorderableAudioDataList.DoLayoutList();
  _serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
}```
gloomy chasm
#

Just calling it in OnEnable should fix your problem

wraith coyote
#

It's already in there

#

edited the above code to how it actually is

#

it appears the _dataObject is the thing that's getting destroyed

#

Adding this at the top of OnGUI() has sorted it

if (_dataObject == null) 
{ 
   _dataObject = CreateInstance<BuilderLists>();
   _serializedObject = new SerializedObject(_dataObject); LoadPrefabSetup(); SetupReorderable(); 
}```
gloomy chasm
wraith coyote
#

the error says it got destroyed

gloomy chasm
wraith coyote
#

Putting a log in OnDestroy() is logged out too

wraith coyote
gloomy chasm
wraith coyote
#

exiting play mode, or a discard of scene changes

gloomy chasm
#

Ahh

wraith coyote
#

I guess that's a domain reload ?

gloomy chasm
#

Before creating a new one, try doing Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll<BuilderLists>() and see if you get any.

wraith coyote
#

doesn't find any

gloomy chasm
#

Ooh, I know why duh

#

So what is happening when exiting play mode is that Unity cleans up all the resources and resetting things. This includes GCing all of the loose UnityEngine.Objects

#

You can prevent this from happening by using the HideFlags.DontSave

#

Doing so means though that you need to make sure to clean it up via DestroyImmediate(..) or it will create a memory leak

waxen sequoia
# gloomy chasm That is because it has nothing to draw. Unity serializes things by value by defa...

Thanks for the reply; that makes a lot of sense.
I'm still kinda stumped, though. I don't know how to get from this reference to the actual (StatModifier) object that I'd like to draw. I attempted to just make my own draw function inside of StatModifier object, and simply call that from it's instance (bypassing the SerializedProperty). This works perfectly fine for base types (bool, int, etc), but to draw the classes within I'd use PropertyField() which takes a SerializedProperty; I don't know how to bridge that either. SerializedProperty's are a pain, is what I'm saying.

How do I get from this SerializedProperty containing the pointer/reference to a SerializedProperty containing the actual object to be drawn?

gloomy chasm
waxen sequoia
keen raptor
#

I have been using visual studio code for the longest time and it felt wrong to use visual studio 2019 for my unity related work

#

today i tried switching and failed miserably

#

unity fails to load intelisense

#

my error is as follows:

[fail]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectLoader
  The reference assemblies for .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.1 were not found. To resolve this, install the Developer Pack (SDK/Targeting Pack)  for     this framework version or retarget your application. You can download .NET Framework Developer Packs at https://aka.ms/msbuild/developerpacks```
#

i have installed this version, uninstalled it and repaired it to no avail

#

if anyone could help me that would be great

visual stag
keen raptor
#

yep

#

installed and reinstalled

#

aswell as the .net sdk 6.0.3

#

ive fiddled with path variables

#

ive fucked about in the file explorer

#

what would the normal path variable be?

keen raptor
#

please help im still struggling

earnest talon
#

Have you changed editor preferences

#

and installed the Unity Extension for VS 2019

#

It's also available through Visual Studio Installer and you can install Unity from there too.

weary spear
#

Have you checked to make sure that the SDK is not installed in both x64 and x86?

keen raptor
#

i did have the extension installed and up to date and i deleted all dotnet related stuff and re-installed

#

is there a way to configure the path for omnisharp

slim vector
#

help needed, why does the debug ray only render properly if my cursor is moving, and when my cursor is stationary the debug ray is rendered infront every object?

private void OnSceneGUI()
{
    Debug.DrawRay(CalculateStartingVector(point), -_detailPatch.transform.up * _height);
}
gloomy chasm
slim vector
#

ahh alright

#

one more thing, how can i make the red Handles go "darker" when it is below an object? currently using Handles.zTest = UnityEngine.Rendering.CompareFunction.Less; but it's not drawing the Handles that are below an object?

gloomy chasm
#

Please direct your question to the #💻┃unity-talk channel. This channel is for programming related discussion (like creating custom windows).
Don't forget to remove this message first since posting the same thing in multiple channels is not allowed. Best of luck 🙂

prime cairn
#

ok thanks

slim vector
#

ah my bad, here's the code

private void OnSceneGUI()
{
    Handles.zTest = UnityEngine.Rendering.CompareFunction.Less;

    Handles.color = Color.red;

    // Draw top and bottom disc
    Handles.DrawWireDisc(_detailPatch.transform.position + (_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)), _detailPatch.transform.up, _radius);
    Handles.DrawWireDisc(_detailPatch.transform.position + (-_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)), _detailPatch.transform.up, _radius);

    // Draw 4 corners lines
    Handles.DrawLine(_detailPatch.transform.position + (_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (_detailPatch.transform.forward * _radius), _detailPatch.transform.position + (-_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (_detailPatch.transform.forward * _radius));
    
    Handles.DrawLine(_detailPatch.transform.position + (_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (-_detailPatch.transform.forward * _radius), _detailPatch.transform.position + (-_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (-_detailPatch.transform.forward * _radius));

    Handles.DrawLine(_detailPatch.transform.position + (_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (_detailPatch.transform.right * _radius), _detailPatch.transform.position + (-_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (_detailPatch.transform.right * _radius));

    Handles.DrawLine(_detailPatch.transform.position + (_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (-_detailPatch.transform.right * _radius), _detailPatch.transform.position + (-_detailPatch.transform.up * (_height / 2)) + (-_detailPatch.transform.right * _radius));
}
#

extremely messy

gloomy chasm
#

Did you look at the example in the documentation?

slim vector
#

ohhh

#

must've missed the other part

#

thanks!

gloomy chasm
#

Er, I misspoke, it is not another color, you basically just draw the same thing a second time but with a different color and zTest

slim vector
#

alright will give it a try

winged epoch
#

Hi. I have editor tool that loads prefab with PrefabUtility.LoadPrefabContents, edit it, then save with PrefabUtility.SaveAsPrefabAsset. How can i record this changes to 'Undo'? Or there is some other way if i want to go back to previous prefab wersion?

gloomy chasm
last knot
#

I have a slider in a GUI class but always when I start the game its reseting its values, what could be the problem?

gloomy chasm
carmine basalt
#

Got this annoying bug where if i have a protected var and i add SerializeField and my custom HideInSubClass attribute, it gives me an error saying NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. HideInSubClassAttributeDrawer.ShouldShow (UnityEditor.SerializedProperty property) (at Assets/Scripts/Property/HideInSubClassAttributeDrawer.cs:13) Any ideas?

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

[CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(HideInSubClassAttribute))]
public class HideInSubClassAttributeDrawer : PropertyDrawer
{
    private bool ShouldShow(SerializedProperty property)
    {
        Type type = property.serializedObject.targetObject.GetType();
        FieldInfo field = type.GetField(property.name);
        Type declaringType = field.DeclaringType;
        return type == declaringType;
    }

    public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
    {
        if (ShouldShow(property))
            EditorGUI.PropertyField(position, property, label); //fun fact: base.OnGUI doesn't work! Check for yourself!
    }

    public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
    {
        if (ShouldShow(property))
            return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label);
        else
            return 0;
    }
}```
#

it works if i only have a public var using the custom atr (i guess that is the original idea, but still)

#

also line 13 is the Type declaringType = field.DeclaringType; line

patent pebble
#

@carmine basalt

Type.GetField(String)

that only works for public fields

#

you need to use the overload that takes in a BindingFlags parameter

#

check the Microsoft docs for that method

patent pebble
#

ah, forgot about this one
you can probably also just do

Type declaringType = fieldInfo.DeclaringType;
obsidian pine
#

question: does anyone know how to create modifications to the existing unity tab views, like console specifically

#

i've seen other packages that create custom consoles with log channels and i wanted to make something similar, but i have no clue how to create an editor that will override or subclass the existing one

wild edge
gloomy chasm
obsidian pine
#

oh ok. is there any reference on how to create one of those windows from scratch? because the editor window code for the console window is on the github. i assume i could copy pasta most of the core functionality

#

but constructing a class with the same format didn't seem to work

gloomy chasm
#

There are pinned messages for getting started with creating custom windows in general. And you cannot copy paste from the console window code from github both because it uses a number of internal APIs and because the code is reference only, meaning you cannot redistribute it.

obsidian pine
#

i didn't copy paste the whole code i was just trying to construct a window that overrode the console, so i copied the class inheritence and the window name attribute

#

and did a base implementation of the specified interface

obsidian pine
#

i checked code beginner/general/advanced, her, i'm not sure where its' supposed to be

gloomy chasm
cedar condor
#

Quick question. I'm using AssetDatabase.RenameAsset to rename a scriptable object used by my editor extension through code, however when it does this it reimports the object and loses all of its variable values that have been assigned in the inspector. Is there any way to keep the values?

gloomy chasm
cedar condor
#

Oh thanks!

#

I missed that

cedar condor
gloomy chasm
cedar condor
#

Cool

#

Thanks for the help 🙂

clear kite
carmine basalt
#

@patent pebble I'll check these out, thanks! Also I'll highly likely return with some more questions since im relatively new to this

slim vector
#

should i use SerializedProperty when making custom inspectors?

#

or does it depend on my use case?

waxen sandal
#

Yes you should

#

Almost always

#

Unless it's not possible

slim vector
#

i see

#

the thing is, i cant always get the values i want with SerializedProperty

waxen sandal
#

Got an example?

slim vector
# 
public class DetailPatch : MonoBehaviour
{
    public DetailPalette detailPalette;
}

public class DetailPatchInspector : Editor
{
    SerializedProperty _propDetailPalette;

    private void OnEnable()
    {
        _propDetailPalette = serializedObject.FindProperty("detailPalette");
    }

    private void Test()
    {
        _propDetailPalette.???
    }
}
#

like

#

how can i get my dedtailPalette value?

waxen sandal
#

You can't get the instance, but you can find properties in detailPalette using FindPropertyRelative

slim vector
#

oh?

waxen sandal
#

_propDetailPalette.FindPropertyRelative("something")

slim vector
#

so if my DetailPalette is something like

public class DetailPalette : ScriptableObject
{
    public Mesh[] meshes;
    public Material material;
}

i can get the material value like this: _propDetailPalette.FindPropertyRelative("material")?

waxen sandal
#

There's also a bunch of ...Value fields on a SerializedProperty for Unity object types and most basic types

#

Yes

#

so to get the value of material you can do _propDetailPalette.FindPropertyRelative("material").objectReferenceValue as Material

slim vector
#

i see i see

waxen sandal
#

Arrays are GetArrayElementAtIndex or something similar

slim vector
#

ahhh yea it's GetArrayElementAtIndex

#

so i guess for the array it's _propDetailPalette.FindPropertyRelative("meshes").GetArrayElementAtIndex(0) huh?

#

what if i wanna check if _propDetailPalette is null or not?

#

ehhhh?

unknown.png
waxen sandal
#

.objectRefernceValue

#

_propDetailPalette is never null since it's serialized by unity

#

Or rather it shouldn't be

#

I think there's some edge cases where it is but you shouldn't be able to draw a propertydrawer/editor for it anyways then

slim vector
#

i see i see

#

can i just do a null check using _detailPatch.detailPalette?

# 
if (_detailPatch.detailPalette != null)
{
    //do something
}
slim vector
#

hmmmm why is it null?

unknown.png unknown.png unknown.png
# 
public class DetailPalette : ScriptableObject
{
    public Mesh[] meshes;
    public Material material;
}
forest nest
#

Hey everyone, been a while since I did editor scripts. Im trying to create a custom editor for a scriptableObject. Made a CustomEditor script, which works for monobehaviours but it does not seem to work for scriptableObject assets, Am i missing something? Should the GUI calls be in the SO script itself?

forest nest
gloomy chasm
#

Hey @patent pebble iirc you were working on a PropertyDrawer who's height depended on the width. Did you ever find a good solution to that?

wintry badger
#

Hi all! I am trying to make an editor script that duplicates an existing prefab at new location. I am using AssetDatabase.CopyAsset however the issue is, if a prefab already exist at the new location, I'd like the GUID of the duplicate prefab to remain the same. With CopyAsset, Unity creates an entire new asset and assigns it a new GUID.

I found EditorUtility.CopySerialized but it doesn't seem to be working. If I try to copy a prefab with a Terrain component, the new prefab does not have a Terrain component attached. Has anyone worked with this method and know if it should be copying the Terrain correctly (maybe I have a bug somewhere). Or do you know of another way to make a copy of an asset while preserving the GUID of any existing assets being overwritten?

patent pebble
#

maybe this one?

#

what exactly are you looking for?

gloomy chasm
#

Yeah that looks like it! How did you calc the height?

patent pebble
#

and also this extension method

# 
using UnityEngine;

public static class GUIStyleExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Calculate the size of an IMGUI control with a constrained width.
    /// </summary>
    public static Vector2 CalcSizeWrapped(this GUIStyle style, GUIContent content, float maxWidth)
    {
        Vector2 size = style.CalcSize(content);

        if (size.x > maxWidth)
        {
            size.x = maxWidth;
            size.y = style.CalcHeight(content, maxWidth);
        }

        return size;
    }
}
#

@gloomy chasm i think that's all the relevant code

#

if you need anything else I can dig further

#

I just came from vacation so I've lost track of a lot of stuff 😅

#

in that PropertyDrawer i use the code like this (pseudocode-ish)

public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
    // Calculate error box size
    Vector2 errorBoxSize = PropertyDrawerErrors.GetErrorBoxSize(_propertyRect, linesAmount: 2);

    // Calculate combined height of all valid types boxes
    float validTypesBoxesHeights = CalculateValidTypesBoxesCombinedHeight(errorBoxSize.x);

    return Mathf.Round(errorBoxSize.y) + PropertyDrawerStyling.SpacingY + Mathf.Round(validTypesBoxesHeights);
}

private float CalculateValidTypesBoxesCombinedHeight(float errorBoxWidth)
{
    return IMGUIUtility.GetVariableRectsGridHeight(_typesContents, PropertyDrawerErrors.TypeBoxStyle, errorBoxWidth, PropertyDrawerStyling.TypeBoxLineHeight);
}
patent pebble
#

it's still a bit wonky

eh.gif
#

so the height calculations may not be 100% solid

#

don't know if that's caused by GUIStyles, by my height/width calculation or what

#

i still need to iron out a bunch of small bugs

gloomy chasm
#

I see what you do. Thanks.

wild dragon
#

so, my property drawer looks like this:

unknown.png
#

What do I need to fix it?

#

(current problem: the size of the property not extending to contain the entire property)

wild dragon
#

I think I need to edit GetPropertyHeight but I don't know how: public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label) { return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label); }

#

also to clarify, this is a property drawer for a class, not a monobehavior or etc.

patent pebble
#

probably with includeChildren set to true

wild dragon
patent pebble
# 
base.GetPropertyHeight

v
v
v

EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight

@wild dragon

wild dragon
#

well, that did something

unknown.png
#

but not quite what I intended

#

it seems like it's affecting the formatting of the properties' height as well

patent pebble
#

hard to tell without seeing the code you use to draw

wild dragon
patent pebble
#

probably they way you are calculating the rects

wild dragon
#

I did pull it straight out of a tutorial video, with slight modifications for the lines (as I couldn't tell how to make a new line in the drawer otherwise)

#

I'm willing to bet I need a new method for new lines and that will fix it

patent pebble
#

use different colors for each

wild dragon
#

green is position, red blue and yellow are min/mirrored/maxrect

#

what I need to know is how to make the element's window larger

waxen sandal
#

You have to calculate the height of the elements you are rendering, easiest is to just go through the same ones you are rendering and sum them with EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight

wild dragon
#

and set what variable/run what function to make it so that only the background changes size, not the properties?

#

I've been trying to look at examples but it's unclear what sets the drawer's background's size without changing each individual property's size in the process

waxen sandal
#

OnGUI gets the size of the total area it's allowed to draw it

#

How you use that space is up to you

#

Overriding GetPropertyHeight lets you change the height of that area

#

You're really not giving information so I can't tell you how to fix it, if you're calling PropertyField (or any other GUI draw method) with the rect you get as parameter then that's the problem

#

You need to calculate the right size for your field and only draw in that area

wild dragon
#

is it EditorGUI.PrefixLabel that sets the backdrop's size?

patent pebble
#

@wild dragon without seeing the class you are drawing with your PropertyDrawer it's hard to tell
EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight() will give you a height for the entire drawer, based on all the properties it has to draw
so for example if you have SomeDrawer to draw the class SomeClass and there's 3 string variables in that class
you will get from EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight() a height of 3 rows

waxen sandal
#

You're using position.height directly, this is always the height of the whole area that you are allowed to draw in

#

Not the height of a single element

patent pebble
#

^

waxen sandal
#

There's a single element height field in EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight

#

Or, you can use EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty) to get the height that is needed for a given PropertyField

wild dragon
#

Alright, we'll do this a different way since I'm not understanding. I have this example property drawer that only draws 3 labels:

unknown.png
# 
public class TestPropertyDrawer : PropertyDrawer
{
    public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
    {
        EditorGUI.BeginProperty(position, label, property);

        Rect minRect = new Rect(position.x,
                                position.y,
                                position.width * 0.4f - 5,
                                position.height);

        EditorGUI.LabelField(minRect, "Line 1");
        EditorGUI.LabelField(minRect, "Line 2");
        EditorGUI.LabelField(minRect, "Line 3");

        EditorGUI.EndProperty();
    }
    public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
    {
        //return EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(property, label, true);
        return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label);
    }
}```
patent pebble
#

the problem is you are using the position

waxen sandal
#

position.height should be EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight in that case

wild dragon
#

it should be clear how the drawer should look, but it looks like this:

unknown.png
waxen sandal
#

Also you're not changing your y or x

#

So it's always at the beginning

patent pebble
#

it tells you it will calculate the height of your property, including all the children

wild dragon
waxen sandal
#

Yes because your math is wrong

patent pebble
#

if you have this class

public class SomeClass
{
    public string a;
    public string b;
    public string c;
}

that method will tell your drawer the height for the entire thing will need 3 lines (for A, B and C)

so then yourpublic override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label) will receive that height

#

Rect position has now a height of 3 lines

#

as you can imagine, you don't want to use the full 3-line height for every single sub-property

#

or you will end up with a total height of 9 lines

#

for a simple class with 3 strings like that one doing this will take care of the 3 strings automatically

public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
    EditorGUI.PropertyField(position, property, GUIContent.none, true);
}
#

because it's drawing the entire class using the 3-line height, so everything is fine

if you on the other hand, wanted to draw every sub-property manually, you would do like so

public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
    Rect r1 = new Rect(position.x,
               position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing) * 1, //Line 1
               position.width,
               EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight);

    Rect r2 = new Rect(position.x,
               position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing) * 2, //Line 2
               position.width,
               EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight);

    Rect r3 = new Rect(position.x,
               position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing) * 3, //Line 3
               position.width,
               EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight);


    EditorGUI.PropertyField(r1, property.FindPropertyRelative("a"));
    EditorGUI.PropertyField(r2, property.FindPropertyRelative("b"));
    EditorGUI.PropertyField(r3, property.FindPropertyRelative("c"));
}
wild dragon
#

Let me explain my line of thinking right now, so you can help me understand: You are saying that the reason the backdrop and the elements are changing size at the same time is because of a math problem. But as I am trying to just change the size of the backdrop alone, I do not see what you mean or why that is. If I'm approaching this the wrong way, then let me ask another way: What's the right way to make an element get drawn on a new line instead of the same line?

#

Because the method I used draws the extra elements off of the backdrop.

#

what it sounds like you're saying is that position will automatically adjust to what the height of all of the properties should be, and that the issue is that I'm using position to calculate the rect. Okay. I understand that.

#

So how do I draw an element on a new line?

wild dragon
#

just ignoring property fields right now

waxen sandal
# 
Rect element1 = new Rect(position.x,
                                position.y,
                                position.width,
                                EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight);
Rect element2 = new Rect(position.x,
                                position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing),
                                position.width,
                                EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight);

Rect element3 = new Rect(position.x,
                                position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing) * 2,
                                position.width,
                                EditorGUIUtility.SingleLineHeight);
wild dragon
#

so you have to have a new rect for each element ...

waxen sandal
#

Or in the case of PropertyFields

public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
var p1 = property.FindPropertyRelative("s1");
var p2 = property.FindPropertyRelative("s2");
var p3 = property.FindPropertyRelative("s3");
    Rect r1 = new Rect(position.x,
               position.y, //Line 1
               position.width,
               EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(p1));

    Rect r2 = new Rect(position.x,
               position.y + (r1.height * 2), //Line 2
               position.width,
               EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(p2));

    Rect r3 = new Rect(position.x,
               position.y + r2.height, //Line 3
               position.width,
               EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(p2));


    EditorGUI.PropertyField(r1, p1);
    EditorGUI.PropertyField(r2, p2);
    EditorGUI.PropertyField(r3, p3);
}```
waxen sandal
wild dragon
#

immediate guess is that the rect code goes in GetPropertyHeight(), but unless I'm overthinking it, I don't see how that works

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#

(because it's not recognizing SingleLineHeight)

waxen sandal
#

singleLineHeight

#

Not working with an IDE here 😛

#

In that example, your height that you return in GetPropertyHeight is EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight * 3 + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing * 2

patent pebble
#

GetPropertyHeight() is just the way of telling the system what height it needs to allocate for the ENTIRE property

wild dragon
# 
public class TestPropertyDrawer : PropertyDrawer
{
    public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
    {
        EditorGUI.BeginProperty(position, label, property);

        Rect element1 = new Rect(position.x,
                                position.y,
                                position.width,
                                EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight);
        Rect element2 = new Rect(position.x,
                                        position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing),
                                        position.width,
                                        EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight);

        Rect element3 = new Rect(position.x,
                                        position.y + (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing) * 2,
                                        position.width,
                                        EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight);

        EditorGUI.LabelField(element1, "Line 1");
        EditorGUI.LabelField(element2, "Line 2");
        EditorGUI.LabelField(element3, "Line 3");

        EditorGUI.EndProperty();
    }
    public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
    {
        return EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(property, label, true);
        //return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label);
    }
}``` where's the extra space coming from?
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waxen sandal
#

return EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(property, label, true);

wild dragon
#

and return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label); makes the backdrop one-line-tall again ...

waxen sandal
#

Either return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label); which is always one line

waxen sandal
wild dragon
patent pebble
#

@wild dragon can you share your FloorEvent class?

#

what variables does it have that are being serialized?

wild dragon
#

so I want to get this example done first

#

plus it's actually 2:11 AM here and I really shouldn't be up this late because I have class in the afternoon (late afternoon but still)

#

I didn't expect this to take as long as it did, simply put

patent pebble
#

EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(property, label, true) will just get the combined height of ALL the variables
if you want to have manual control over the height you have to do the calculations yourself
like i said

public class SomeClass
{
    public string a;
    public string b;
    public string c;
}

doing EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(property, label, true) for that small class gives me the height I want, 3 lines
but if I had a bunch more vectors and floats and ints, it would get all of them even if I just wanted a height for the 3 strings

#

in that case i would do something like

public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
    return (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + EditorGUIUtility.standardVerticalSpacing) * 3
}
wild dragon
#

that worked for the line example!

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patent pebble
#

it's the problem with following tutorials online
they give you all the code, condense the entire concept in a 10 minute video
and you miss all the actual meat of the topic

#

experimenting with very small, self-contained tests is way better to learn this stuff

#

written tutorials are usually better for editor stuff

wild dragon
#

I should be able to reverse engineer this to at least get started on properly implementing it for the FloorEvent class ... after sleep. I will most likely have some questions still since the class I'm making this propertydrawer for is ... packed, but I think I can at least get started now. Thanks.

#

(I work best with examples, which is why I figured it would be best to figure out a simpler "3 line" layout than trying to make the whole FloorEvent class support it when that's going to be more complicated than just "making a new line")

#

Gotta sleep now. Thanks for the help, truly!

waxen sandal
#

Good night

patent pebble
#

@waxen sandal 💀 rip, my reputation as a professional Unity discord helper has been tarnished

#

crawls away in shame

waxen sandal
#

Time to remove that role

patent pebble
#

rip

left river
#

Hi I am trying to debug my code with visual studio code on an M1 Macbook

#

I've followed all these steps

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#

but I'm not really sure what this step is asking me to do:

glacial sail
#

Anyone knows how to change the background color in PreviewSceneStage?

#

There's a "Background for Prefabs" in Preferences > Colors, so clearly it can be changed, just now sure how prefabs do it.

wild dragon
wintry badger
#

What is the proper way to launch a Modal window from a custom inspector editor window? Everytime I try I get an error message saying "GUI Window tried to begin rendering while something else had not finished rendering! Either you have a recursive OnGUI rendering, or the previous OnGUI did not clean up properly."

#

my modal window is being shown with ShowModalUtility

wintry badger
#

How can I make sure the custom inspector stops rendering before the modal editor window starts rendering?

#

I've tried throwing an ExitGUIException from the OnInspectorGUI code of my insepctor, when I open the modal window.

#

I've tried only opening the window when the current event type is Repaint or Layout

#

Well nevermind, I changed out ShowModalUtility for ShowModal and it now works fine, so I guess there is a bug with ShowModalUtility

waxen sandal
#

UITK people, Is there some way to do a binding template? I.e. I'm binding to a string and want it to show {Value} is something something normal text

slim vector
#

how can i change my gui button colour if a boolean is true? i wanna set the "Edit" button background to like black or something when _inEditMode is true

public class DetailPatchInspector : Editor
{
    private bool _inEditMode;

    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        if (GUILayout.Button("Edit"))
        {
            _inEditMode = !_inEditMode;
            Debug.Log(_inEditMode);
        }
    }
}
gloomy chasm
waxen sandal
#

🙄

#

Thanks

gloomy chasm
#

Yeah, the binding in UITK is a bit scuff still

waxen sandal
#

Yeah I've always complained about it

gloomy chasm
gloomy chasm
slim vector
tawdry kraken
#

Hello. I'm having trouble with LabelField() => https://gdl.space/ejozufujes.cs
I'm trying to show text from a string, which has been changed by a function.
Rewritten it a bunch of times to test different approaches, and googled a lot, but so far I don't get this.

waxen sandal
gloomy chasm
slim vector
tawdry kraken
gloomy chasm
#

I assume that s is empty

#

My guess would be that the path is not finding any \\ to split at

gloomy chasm
slim vector
#

what if i want it to be specific on only one button?

tawdry kraken
waxen sandal
#

You change it back after you've called your button

gloomy chasm
slim vector
#

ah i see

#

wait am i doing it correctly

public class DetailPatchInspector : Editor
{
    private bool _inEditMode;

    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        if (GUILayout.Button("Edit"))
        {
            _inEditMode = !_inEditMode;
            if (_inEditMode)
            {
                GUI.backgroundColor = Color.white;
            }
        }
    }
}
visual stag
#

No, you should set the color before you draw the button, and reset it afterwards

slim vector
#

ah

#

like this??

public class DetailPatchInspector : Editor
{
    private bool _inEditMode;

    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        if (_inEditMode)
        {
            GUI.backgroundColor = Color.white;
        }

        if (GUILayout.Button("Edit"))
        {
            _inEditMode = !_inEditMode;
        }
    }
}
gloomy chasm
slim vector
#

ahhh i see i see

#

i get it now

#

thanks man

tawdry kraken
#

Is it possible for a Button to change the value of a variable in a LabelField?
Fixed: I was setting the variable inside OnGUI (overriding any changes).

hidden schooner
#

Has anyone made an editor script so you can use the scroll wheel to navigate in the inspector while you are currently dragging something?

earnest talon
#

One thing I need confirmation on before I continue my independent study essay

#

Is it true that any folder named "Editor" is not compiled into the runtime application? (regardless of placement in the folder hierarchy inside Assets)

crude relic
#

@earnest talon yes

earnest talon
#

thanks, I've been running around documenting all sorts

wintry badger
#

Does anyone know how to recreate or access the default GUILayout button texture? I'm trying to disable button hover by assigning button.nornal.background to button.hover.background (or any of the other button states) does not work, because button.normal.background is actually null. So behind the scenes Unity must detect the null background and auto create a texture for it. Anyone know how to do the same? I want to capture the rounded corners of the texture.

gloomy chasm
#

Or it is something like that

glacial sail
gloomy chasm
gloomy chasm
#

Fun fact, all Editor UITK elements are created for every target change of any inspector. So even Property windows will rebuild if the target of an inspector changes.

wintry badger
# gloomy chasm Or it is something like that

Hi, I don't think so but I'll take a look. When you query the value of even button.normal.background you see that it is null, however Unity is drawing something, so obviously it is creating the texture or retrieving it at some point. I'll look in the source code however it's likely behind the c++ wall.

gloomy chasm
glacial sail
gloomy chasm
glacial sail
#

Well since all it's doing is just:

m_Camera.backgroundColor = StageNavigationManager.instance.currentStage.GetBackgroundColor();

I tried grabbing the current camera and changing the background color directly or every frame, doesn't seem to do anything though.

waxen sandal
#

@gloomy chasm I've got a listview with a bunch of buttons, when I click that button I want to get the item in the list. Obviously you can do that by just doing a lambda and capturing the index when subscribing, however you can't really unsubscribe in that situation anymore. How do you handle this?

#

Apparently you can set clickable to null which seems coutnerintuitive but okay

#

Also using icons results in shit quality, any ideas?

waxen sandal
#

Also ScrollTo doesn't always bring the item into view

peak bloom
#

you need to execute it next frame

#

and yeah, thats the thing with ListView

#

someThing.schedule.Execute(()=> {}).ExecuteLater(0)

waxen sandal
#

I don't think that matters?

peak bloom
#

funny thing is, if you're adding the element via .showAddRemoveFooter it would work flawlessly

peak bloom
waxen sandal
#

Sometimes it's just a few rows off

#

Idk why

peak bloom
#

thus, buggy as said above 😃 ...

waxen sandal
#

Anyways

#

Any idea why you can't bind an enumfield to an integer?

peak bloom
#

@waxen sandal have you tried adding it via .showAddRemoveFooter ? it's flawless, and the ScrollTois toggled on by default

waxen sandal
#

I don't want it on add

#

Or that's not what I'm doing

peak bloom
#

oh, then why not just ScrollView?

waxen sandal
#

wdym

peak bloom
#

you can tailor it the same as ListView

#

and more lightweight results

waxen sandal
#

Well, I still want reordering and stuff from listview

#

So

peak bloom
#

you can do the same with your own dragManipulator

waxen sandal
#

Right but effort

peak bloom
#

but yeah, it will bloat a bit

peak bloom
#

@waxen sandal try to rebind the List first, then srollto the next frame

#

ListView is a cool feature, but sorta broken...

waxen sandal
#

Yeah my list is a 1000 items, scrollTo does work but it's just off by a few rows

peak bloom
#

that is weird... proly report it as a bug

#

do you put a custom margin for each element or nah?

#

proly check if the VisualElement's height displayed the correct value

waxen sandal
#

Yeah that's fine

gloomy chasm
waxen sandal
#

Yeah, user data feels so hacky though

#

Anyways fixed that already

#

Now stuck making my own insert line in a list view

#

But will continue tomorrow

gloomy chasm
#

It seems Unity unloads the visual part of editor windows (like their UITK elements) after being hidden (in another tab) for a while. Anyone know a way to force this?

gloomy chasm
#

Is there like a end of update cycle event/callback, or for ever a repaint or after al IMGUI code is run or something...?

marsh wedge
#

I'm probably doing something wrong but after dragging the object I want into the inspector field, if I run the game it changes to None again

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gloomy chasm
marsh wedge
gloomy chasm
obsidian pine
#

like someone else said you can just serialize the member

lethal helm
#

hi there, i wrote some custom inspector code

#

these use PropertyField(FindProperty(..)) to be drawn

#

and then at the end of my inspector function i call serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();

#

this functions normally for 'path' and 'path length'

#

but I can't get the values to update for those fields with '3' in them

#

the two text fields are within DrawNode, sub function

#

that looks like this

# 
void DrawNode(int nodeIndex) {
            Road.Node node = road.nodes[nodeIndex];
            EditorGUILayout.HelpBox($"{Screen.width}", MessageType.Info);
            EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
            
            for (int i = 0; i < node.columns.Count; i++) {
                EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(serializedObject.FindProperty($"nodes.Array.data[{nodeIndex}].columns.Array.data[{i}].width"),GUIContent.none);
            }```
#

it comes from Road.nodes[i].columns[j] (which is of type Node.Lane) .width

#

and the value it's displaying is correct but it just isn't getting written back i suppose and i'm not sure why that is

#

so what can i do to make this property update correctly?

opal tapir
#

is there a way to make a list<> (for use in a scriptableobject) that doesn't expose the add/remove button to the user in the inspector?

patent pebble
#

it's a little bit of boiler plate, but it gives you a lot of control over the appearance and behavior

#

i think it's undocumented, but the API is public

#

Google should give you a bunch of tutorials

steady crest
#

Is there any way to access the mesh names that are inside an FBX? I can see them in the inspector but I would like to verify if they are named correctly when I import them into the database

#

not the mesh asset itself, I mean the subMeshes

#

oh, nevermind. I can just use the transform cuz they are technically prefabs

sage sedge
#

Anyone here use NaughtyAttributes? is there a way i can have an infobox in the inspector, not tied to a property? i want it to act just like a Readme. a brief overview of what the class does.

unknown.png
gloomy chasm
#

Also, Naughty is really unoptimized and does a bunch of reflection every frame.

sage sedge
#

Only apparent in editor though right?

gloomy chasm
#

Yeah yeah

lethal helm
#

How can I use GUILayout and BeginArea to set out a custom block in between other inspector fields?

#

for example i have a couple of EditorGUILayout.PropertyField here

#

and then afterwards i guess I want to grab a rect beginning at the next available layout space, can I do that?

waxen sandal
#

GUILayoutUtility.GetRect iirc

lethal helm
#

ooh ok :) i'll check it, thanks

swift inlet
#

Does anyone know if its possible to get the position and height/width of the Game window relative to the whole screen?

tawdry kraken
swift inlet
#

@tawdry kraken I ended up running in a circle on this one. Yes Screen.width should do it, but I also need the position of the window as well. I'm looking at EditorWindow.focusedWindow at the moment for all of that

tawdry kraken
lilac wadi
#

Hey guys i don't know if this technically qualifies as an editor extension or not, but there is a code file within an Editor subfolder that defines helper 'build' menu items. I think this is common to do. So it has a using statement referencing unity editor, which makes sense....however the build itself is failing because i guess this code file is referencing the unity editor and doing that from within the player code isn't allowed? Ok.... then how do i not 'include' this code file? It is already within a folder named Editor if that has any effect.

tawdry kraken
swift inlet
#

I have some hardware that is giving me an absolute position of the mouse cursor on my screen and I'm having trouble getting it to scale and position properly in the editor (standalone build is not an issue, this is just a development annoyance). This is a very particular problem in which I cannot use Input.mousePosition for.

waxen sandal
#

And then just use position

tawdry kraken
lethal helm
#

well the block itself will be manually laid out with rects

tawdry kraken
#

ah, then you have the correct solution, it seems

lethal helm
#

ty anyway :)

swift inlet
#

@tawdry kraken @waxen sandal EditorWindow.position got me what I needed. Thanks!

rough harbor
#

hey guys! anyone can give me tips on tracking when an object was renamed in the hierarchy?

#

i don't want to subscribe to EditorApplication.update

#

or onHierarchyChange

#

I want something like OnValidate, but for renaming

tawdry kraken
#

I use OnValidate with a bool that executes in Update

# 
using UnityEngine;

[ExecuteAlways]
public class OnValidateWorkaround : MonoBehaviour
{
    private bool validate;

    private void OnValidate()
    {
        validate = true;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (Application.isPlaying)
        {
            // Play Mode
        }
        else if (validate)
        {
            validate = false;
            // Editor 
        }
    }
}
gloomy chasm
rough harbor
rough harbor
# gloomy chasm Why?

you mean why I don't wanna use onHierachyChange? is there a good option with onHierachyChange?

rough harbor
tawdry kraken
rough harbor
rough harbor
# gloomy chasm Why?

actually, you know what, you are probably right, "why" is a good question here. i might have to use it actually

opal tapir
#

I'm writing my own PropertyDrawer and I made a selection popup
The propertydrawer is for a class with two fields (int, and another c# class)

After getting the returned int from the selection popup, I need to set the fields of said class
How do I do that?

#

basically I somehow need a reference back to the field being edited

median kraken
#

Anybody knows why probuilder is not snapping to the grid in Unity 2021?

#

Any help is appreciated

tame palm
#

good afternoon, how do I make something similar to this with OnInspectorGUI? When a condition is true, it plays a smooth animation showing the hidden property

unity-inspector.gif
visual stag
tame palm
clear kite
jovial zealot
#

get the properties by name relative to the property you're given in OnGUI (I'm assuming you're doing imgui)

opal tapir
#

i just worked around it but I basically needed to set a field whose type is not one of those

#

it's not an int/float/string/ whatever

jovial zealot
#

if it's a class, you need to reset the fields individually

#

same thing with structs

opal tapir
#

as in like the field isn't anywhere near something that had primitive typed fields lol

jovial zealot
#

what is it?

opal tapir
#

it's a c# object which I absolutely needed to pass around by reference

jovial zealot
#

if it's not one of those, or a struct/class with those fields, then it's not serializable

#

do a serializable class?

jovial zealot
#

like object?

#

an instance of what is this object?

#

if it's just object, you can't serialize that

wintry badger
tall wagon
#

I'm going mad trying to make a simple editor window that has a single serialized property

#

Can anyone give me a hand or shoot me a good tutorial on this?

jovial zealot
#

@opal tapir ?

opal tapir
#

I just did some code restructuring so I didn’t need that any more

carmine basalt
#

BindingFlags.NonPublic or BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy makes no difference tho (when using the overload)

visual stag
carmine basalt
#

yes i've read that, didn't help

#

i'll just make it not inherit instead, solves the problem quicker tbh

#

not like it needs to inherit anyway

tight pine
#

Hey fellas!! A quick one that maybe you can spot me on or point me on the right direction. If I want to populate an AssetReference (Addressables) on the editor from path (working from a custom drawer). Do I load the object on the editor with LoadAssetAtPath and then assign the objectReference or is there a different method for AssetReferences?

#

I guess there is another trick cause it doesn't work....

jovial zealot
tight pine
#

@jovial zealot Good point, let me try it out

#

I can create it but I cannot assign it:

string guid = AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID(path);
AssetReference ar = new AssetReference(guid);
int index = collection.arraySize;
collection.InsertArrayElementAtIndex(index);
collection.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index).objectReferenceValue = ar; // ERROR HERE: cause AssetReference does not inherit from Object.
gloomy chasm
tight pine
#

@gloomy chasm Thanks a lot... on it....

#

I will look into SerializedProperty see if I can find something. But I guess SerializedProperty should be agnostic to Addressables... no? There is no dependency.

#

Haaa wait... you mean in AssetReference

#

Sorry for my slowness....

gloomy chasm
#

Yeah I mean look at the source for AssetReference so you can see what field stores the guid (or whatever it stores) so you can then get that field with SerializedProperty and set it.

tight pine
#

Alllllmost got it!! 🙂 I feel I am getting close:

collection.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index).objectReferenceValue = ar.Asset;

No compiler errors but I get empty references

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gloomy chasm
#

Is it a list of AssetReferences?

tight pine
#

yes, an array

gloomy chasm
#

You need to set m_AssetGUID

#

it is a string

tight pine
#

huuuu nice!!

gloomy chasm
#

collection.GetArrayElementAtIndex(index).FindRelativeProperty("m_AssetGUID").stringValue = AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID(yourAssetPath);

tight pine
#

Holy crap..... It works perfect

#

You are the freaking god of reflection @gloomy chasm!!

gloomy chasm
#

Hahaha, well thanks! Glad to help.

tight pine
#

How did you find out the field? in github?

#

On the Addressables source?

gloomy chasm
#

What do you mean?

tight pine
#

Hooooo ofcourrrrrse!!! duhhh

gloomy chasm
#

Gotta use reflection

median ravine
#

how can i link a GUILayout.Toggle to a boolean in a script?

tight pine
gloomy chasm
#

Iirc it is EditorUtility.SetObjectIcon(object, texture)

gloomy chasm
tight pine
#

Of course, like @gloomy chasm said, myBoolValue should probably be a SerializedProperty.

gloomy chasm
#

Or just use SerializedProperty like you should haha.

tight pine
#

aniblobsweat You're totally right....

gloomy chasm
#

Basically there is almost never any reason you should not be using SerializedProperty.

tight pine
#

But it basically works the same way right? I should have written:

myBoolValue.boolValue = GUILayout.Toggle(myBoolValue.boolValue, "Toggle me!!");

Right?

gloomy chasm
#

Yup, exactly!

tight pine
#

Ha... ufff... Thought I had to re-write my life for a moment there... amegablobsweats

gloomy chasm
#

But really you don't even need to do that.

EditorGUILayout.Toggle(myBoolProperty, "Toggle me!!")

That is enough!

tight pine
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Ho really!?

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crap never noticed that one.....

gloomy chasm
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Oops, fixed it

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All the EditorGUI(Layout) methods that take a value have a override for just taking a SerializedProperty

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Of course you can also just use the EditorGUIlayout.PropertyField(anyProperty)

tight pine
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Yes, of course 🙂

tight pine
gloomy chasm
tight pine
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So you can use them indiscriminately?

gloomy chasm
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Because GUI and GUILayout were originally made to work at runtime and not just in the editor.

tight pine
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Yeah, I always found that strange indeed

gloomy chasm
tight pine
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Smarter every day! Thanks @gloomy chasm

gloomy chasm
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iirc EditorGUILayout actually inherits from GUILayout. But don't quote me on that.

tight pine
gloomy chasm
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Yeah, guess it doesn't. I must be thinking of a different class

last knot
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I am trying to make an editor drag and drop field so I can drop several sprites at once rather than having to drag and drop every single one. The Error it is giving me in the editor as soon as I drop my 8 frames is: "InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid."
Whats wrong??

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gloomy chasm
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You have to cast each item in the array. Think of it this way, you have a public class Object__Array { } and a public class Sprite__Array { }
As you can see, they don't have any relation so they cannot be cast from one to the other.
(Note that this is an imperfect explanation, but I hope helps a bit to get the basic idea)

last knot
gloomy chasm
gloomy chasm
last knot
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thank you, I think I got it

tall wagon
tall wagon
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Ok, I figured it out. Needed to create a scriptable object asset to save the window data in.

median ravine
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is there a way to have a button show a scriptable object in the inspector when i click it?

cloud meadow
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is there a tool out there somewhere that will analyze my code and give me a visual graphing / mapping like in visio? Like a block diagram. All the results for mapping and visualizing tend to be related to something different code wize.

jovial zealot
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Don't remember which class

waxen sandal
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Selection class

dreamy viper
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Hi, how can I catch the "Save" action in its Editor (i.e. custom Inspector)?

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last knot
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I have an array of rects that should be "pressable" I am currently trying it like that. The function creates the buttons but when I click one of them there is no feedback. what do I have to change? or is there even a method to click directly on the rects without having to lay a transparent button on top?

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timber scarab
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Hey all! Just wanted to post this here in case anyone finds it useful, I wrote a quick editor script that implements a hotkey to automate the process of building and running two local copies of your current open scene (for the purpose of local multiplayer client testing)

https://github.com/andrueandersoncs/unity-editor-scripts

*currently supports macOS specifically, but welcome to PRs to expand the functionality

GitHub
GitHub - andrueandersoncs/unity-editor-scripts

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last knot
sinful rose
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i tried to install the cinemachine package to my project and i got this error

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i dont know what it means

half scroll
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Is there a way that I can create a field that accepts multiple completely seperate types but limited to accepting these specific types? Secondly if you want to do validation on a custom type are there any other alternatives to EditorGUILayout.ObjectField since that is deprecated?

tight pine
# last knot I have an array of rects that should be "pressable" I am currently trying it lik...

Hi! when I want to create clickable areas I do not use buttons (because they could be areas with multiple elements). I catch the MouseDown event and check if it intersects the Rect.
like:

//Draw your clickable area here.... and then:
if (Event.current.type == EventType.MouseDown)
{
     Rect rect = GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect(); //If you have that info (or if you are in a CustomDrawer you can use the Rect that you used to render the clickable box directly)
     if (rect.Contains(m_Event.mousePosition))
     {
          //Area was clicked, do stuff here...
     }
}

repeat ☝🏻 for each of your areas.

peak bloom
lethal helm
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hi there

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working with custom inspectors

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i have a normal reference type here

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if the reference is not null i want to also display the inspector that referenced instance would have

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how could i do this?

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the HDRP does this

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it displays the contents of the referenced volume and that's what i'd like to do too

jovial zealot
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Hi where do I find the CONTEXT/stuff constants?

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For MenuItem

waxen sandal
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What constants

jovial zealot
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Like there's a CONTEXT/Component that adds a context menu item to the context menu that appears when you right click a component

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So the /stuff part constants

waxen sandal
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There's none

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Most of them are added in the cpp side of things

jovial zealot
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I want a list

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Of these

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Not necessarily literal constants in code

waxen sandal
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Component is just the type afaik

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There's no premade list

jovial zealot
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How to add buttons to hierarchy context menu?

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Like when you click an object in hierarcy

waxen sandal
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It's just GameObject/something

fresh yoke
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is there any trivial way to inject extra command to this button?

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I'm guessing most would just make their own build dialog anyway

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I'm currently running editor script for connecting Quest 2 via wifi with adb command and I need to hit that refresh (if I want to visually see the quest on the list) after that command is done, would be nice to get it all done with single click

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I guess the easiest alternative would be to use editor coroutine to keep the quest wifi link connected always, it's just not as elegant

fast trellis
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Hi, someone can tell me if there is some easy way to inspect a ScriptableObject instance?

waxen sandal
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Select it in the inspector?

fast trellis
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i have only a reference in a component

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it shows only the property field

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not the content

waxen sandal
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Double click it and it'll probably select it in the inspector

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You can also make a custom property drawer for it if you want

fast trellis
fast trellis
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"No GUI Implemented"

waxen sandal
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Well you gotta implement a gui lol

fast trellis
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I already created several property drawers in my project and they works. I don't understand what's the problem now

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(I implemented a gui anyway 😄 )

waxen sandal
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You should post the code, I don't have much time to check it btu someone else might

fast trellis
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btw is it ok to have a CustomEditor and a CustomPropertyDrawer for the same class?

timid whale
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I've downloaded 2021.3.3f1. First element of a custom class in a list isn't drawn correctly. Anyone else seen this behavior?

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Brand new project, no custom drawers or editors.

full cedar
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Hi, I am making a custom inspector for my script and I've found a useful thing called Foldout, however it needs to be done for every script individualy since it works like this example:

ExampleScript es = target;
isFoldedOut = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(isFoldedOut, "Name");
if(isFoldedOut)
show stuff like es.Something

so I was wondering, is it possible to make a custom attribute that you could use like this:

[Foldout]
{
var 1;
var 2;
var 3;
}
random carbon
full cedar
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what I want is to be able to serialize all my variables but show them in groups

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so have foldable:

[Foldout("Movement")]
{
  float speed;
  float jumpHeight;
}
[Foldout("Combat")]
{
  float health;
  float damage;
}
gloomy chasm
full cedar
gloomy chasm
# full cedar wym nope

I mean you can't. You would use what is called a DecoratorDrawer for doing this, however that only works on a single property at a time. So the bet you could do is to have a foldout for a single property.

The solution to this to write a custom base attribute and a custom default object editor where you manually resolve the custom attribute for drawing.

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Additionally, there is no way to get the contents between { } as they 'don't exist'

full cedar
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ok

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so I guess the best way to go about this is make multiple classes then?

gloomy chasm
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That would be kind of an ugly solution. But yes that would be the easiest. There are free packages that have grouping like what you want (except for the { })

full cedar
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I just want them to be grouped and be able to expand and collapse them {} just helped explain what I want

gloomy chasm
full cedar
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but I am kind of confused with what I should do and I couldn't find anything online on how to make a "foldable" attribute in unity

gloomy chasm
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Or rip the code that you want out

gloomy chasm
full cedar
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ok, I'll take a look at it and thanks!

brazen cloak
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Guys how do I get a reference of what port another port is connected to (in relation to the node/graph view)

lethal helm
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hi everyone

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how do i set the height of a GUIStyle where i made the font bigger?

lethal helm
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(while in editorGUILayout)

lethal helm
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uhhh

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i made the font larger with the GUI style

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now it exceeds the box

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but i can't find any way to make the reserved area larger?

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im very confused? this is a blind spot?

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the GUIStyle has a property for font size, so?

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i cant use a property drawer to affect the height because EditorGUI.PropertyField doesn't take a gui style

waxen sandal
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Code?

lethal helm
waxen sandal
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Idk how hdrp does that but it might just be a extra component that looks at the same profile and then draws its properties

lethal helm
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ok so i made some progress but i got stuck again and i need some help

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so i made this property called lod levels, you can see the GUI for it here

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this gui is being made in a usual way, through OnInspectorGUI

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the properties are sourced from serializedObject.FindProperty in the usual way. this works

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i have one quirk, that I pass it through a function first, like this

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but when it's running in the editor loop it works fine

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ApplyModifiedProperties there at the bottom

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so next: I have this property LodLevels also exposed in another object

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and the way i'm doing this is by constructiong a new SerializableObject during the GUI function based on the object that roadNetworkAssets is referring to

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and this ?sort of works? in the sense that the object represented is the correct object

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if i make the reference null, then there's nothing to display.

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so the object is correct

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as you may expect this is done by calling that exposed Draw function with the new target and serializeableObject