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gloomy chasm
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But that means people will only be able to download that preview update.

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Are you using the UITK debugger maybe?

final stag
main pebble
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I am getting better hang of the debugger, its not in the "Draw" field but it IS in the Property field but really out of sync

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it looks like this

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this is evidently the first checkbox

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gloomy chasm
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It literally shows the draw instructions that are being sent to the C++ drawer (QT iirc)

main pebble
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Thats weird.. i just selected the first element and went one by one in the list.. the checkboxes were never highlighted

gloomy chasm
main pebble
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it just picks the whole window

gloomy chasm
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The whole inspector window?

main pebble
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yes

gloomy chasm
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Can you show a video of you doing it?

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You are getting some unexpected behaviour

main pebble
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sure give me a second

gloomy chasm
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(gtg for about 30)

main pebble
whole steppe
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this keeps happening i have no idea why how do i fix it?

gloomy chasm
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If you want to send me SkillRange2DArray I can try opening it my self and see if I can't figure out whats up.

main pebble
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sure, its really simple thought

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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

[System.Serializable]
public class SkillRange2DArray
{
    [System.Serializable]
    public struct rowData{
        public bool[] row;
    }
    public rowData[] rows = new rowData[6];
}
whole steppe
gloomy chasm
whole steppe
gloomy chasm
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What version are you on?

main pebble
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how.. ill try making empty object with just that one class instance

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2019.4.37f1

gloomy chasm
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Yeah I would try to create a simple component with only a SkillRange2DArray field.

main pebble
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ye it works when its solo, although the array version is a little bit janky

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maybe theres a limit to how much unity can show in inspector?

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I mean i can do it using space + tabs so i guess thats something

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anyways thanks for the help

gloomy chasm
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Sure thing, good luck!

waxen sandal
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I vaguely remember some weird behaviour with toggles and them reserving too much space in 2019.4

main pebble
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Ill try upgrading to newer version im just afraid it will screw some things up

tawny venture
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Do you guys know what I can do to modify a package's source code? The package manager keeps reverting my changes. I tried copying the package to the Assets folder and then uninstalling the package (cause there were duplicate namespace errors) but then get errors about some of the namespace not being found... It's like it only sees half the package. Is there a proper way to move a package to the assets?

gloomy chasm
tawny venture
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mmmm ok

gloomy chasm
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What package?

tawny venture
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A* pathfinding project

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I'm using the beta version which only installs as a package.

gloomy chasm
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oh, like the AssetStore asset? Either way, you can read what the errors are to get an idea is missing

tawny venture
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yeah its not very detailed

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al it says is that patfinding.rvo is not found

gloomy chasm
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It will still give the namespace and that is all you need

tawny venture
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but its there

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none of the files are missing that im sure of, so its probably a config thing somehwere

gloomy chasm
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A 'config' thing wouldn't result in compile errors.

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I would ask on their support forums.

tawny venture
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Yup I'm going to do that thank you 🙂

west drum
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Hi fellas. I need a code review, because I am not very convinced of how I am doing things. Let me explain the situation:

I have a graph tool, and I am using some properties as variables for the graph, kinda like ShaderGraph has "pills" for things like "Vector3" and so one. So far I only have bools and floats, but I want to expand it more.

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This is the implementation I have:

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This is the base class for all properties

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And this is how I am creating each type of property:

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It is working, but somehow I have the feeling that I am doing things more complicated than necessary... Am I right? Does someone see some improvement that could be made?

gloomy chasm
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Secondly, if you use SerializedObject and SerializedProperty, you can just use a PropertyField element for the value of the property

west drum
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dammit, yes

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@gloomy chasm Well, it is UIElements anyway, so it should not give problems, I think

gloomy chasm
west drum
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I managed to create builds, so I guess I am not using any Editor element. But you are right, I should take them out of there

gloomy chasm
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In 2020 the IntField is editor only for example

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And the FloatField for that matter

west drum
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Then I wonder how did my build work...

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I will recheck

gloomy chasm
west drum
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I believe you 🙂

fiery oasis
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Does anyone know how to open unity editor in batchmode with dedicated server as -buildTarget ?
The only options in the docs are
• Standalone
• Win
• Win64
• OSXUniversal
• Linux64
• iOS
• Android
• WebGL
• WindowsStoreApps
• tvOS

but no dedicated server?

peak bloom
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uh.. any dedicated servers will require some sort of operating system to run

gloomy chasm
# fiery oasis Does anyone know how to open unity editor in batchmode with dedicated server as ...

I don't really know anything in this area. But maybe this could shed some light on it for you? https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-2021-2-dedicated-server-target-and-stripping-optimizations-now-live-please-share-feedback.1143734/

Unity Forum
Unity Multiplayer - Unity 2021.2: Dedicated Server target and strip...

Last year, we shared our goals for 2021. Three of our key focus areas have been improving workflows and usability, improving performance and iteration...

peak bloom
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in the dedicated server, you just choose the target platform's os when building

fiery oasis
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Yeah I've had a dig around on there. I don't think they've added the flag yet :/

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yeah but from batchmode you cant do that, at least as far as I can tell

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For instance tried something like

"C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2021.2.13f1\Editor\Unity.exe" -quit -batchmode -buildTarget DedicatedServer

as a crude attempt lol
But returns error

Build target platform name 'DedicatedServer' is not valid.  Supported targets: Android, CloudRendering, EmbeddedLinux, GameCoreScarlett, GameCoreXboxOne, Linux64, Lumin, OSXUniversal, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, WebGL, Win, Win64, WindowsStoreApps, XboxOne, iOS, tvOS
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Trying to automate a bunch of build scripts

peak bloom
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I forgot what was the flag, something like no-graphics

peak bloom
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Continuing from my yesterday issues that already been solved, turns out the binding/unbinding of those elements quite expensive, proly due to the delegate that tied to the elements that get re-created when re-binding? I'll skip that for now, as it already works perfectly

gloomy chasm
obsidian pine
# west drum

you know we have the new hotness for serializing backing fields of properties now?

//old busted
[SerializeField] private int _myInt;
public int MyInt
{
  get => _myInt;
  set => _myInt = value;
}

//new hotness
[field: SerializeField] public int MyInt { get; set; }
peak bloom
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the problem, is that I can't just rebind specific element when tagged with if-else as in the video posted... i must rebind it's children that's within the scope of the if-else when some child elements get reshuffled/re-ordered

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that said the items in if-else's block can be a lot, depends how the artists that will use it

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man, my english is very awkward

west drum
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Does anyone know why "UnityEngine.Color" doesnt seem to be a valid parameter for an attribute?

peak bloom
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you mean for uielements? you must use StyleColor instead new StyleColor(new Color(1.0f, 0.640f, 0.994f, 1f));

west drum
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No, like this:

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Attribute constructor parameter 'color' has type 'UnityEngine.Color', which is not a valid attribute parameter type

peak bloom
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how many overload slots available? perhaps not in the right order?

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you can do something like this tho.. paramName: Color.white

west drum
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I have this:

peak bloom
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I think you just missing the reference

west drum
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Like this?

peak bloom
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no no... as the error says, it must derives from UnityEngine.Color

waxen sandal
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This is a CLR restriction. Only primitive constants or arrays of primitives can be used as attribute parameters. The reason why is that an attribute must be encoded entirely in metadata. This is different than a method body which is coded in IL. Using MetaData only severely restricts the scope of values that can be used. In the current version of the CLR, metadata values are limited to primitives, null, types and arrays of primitives (may have missed a minor one).

west drum
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@waxen sandal Thanks... 🤦‍♂️

peak bloom
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why mine works

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oh.. custom class... haha

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my bad

west drum
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😛

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So I guess I just need to make my own Color class??

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Can you show me your VColor?

waxen sandal
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Could also be difference in scripting backend

peak bloom
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the simplest is just wrap it with a custom class

waxen sandal
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I'm curious what your implentation is as well

peak bloom
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just an enum for some predefined colors then returns the color value via reflection?

waxen sandal
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Ah, right

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Makes sense

peak bloom
west drum
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I guess that wont work with me. Enums are not really extendible.

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I will have to stick to rgb int/floats

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If I do it this way, it wont also work

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Because

An attribute argument must be a constant expression, 'typeof()' expression or array creation expression of an attribute parameter type

lethal helm
obsidian pine
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What do you mean

lethal helm
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what do you mean what do i mean 🤔

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what does [field: SerializeField] do

obsidian pine
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It does exactly what the chunk above it does but in one line

visual stag
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Except it'll be serialised as <MyInt>k__BackingField

fossil plume
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I'm getting a malware advisory warning about com.unityeditor.coroutines

kindred nova
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how do i create custom menus like that

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hybrid glade
gloomy chasm
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@hybrid glade For future reference you can use these 🙂

whole steppe
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Why do my first 2 elements overlap each other???

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waxen sandal
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Bug in 2021

whole steppe
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Still exists 😦

somber kiln
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Is it possible to serialize a list in the preprocessor step? I want to assemble a list of a certain type of asset and serialize it automatically when I build. I know it's possible in the custom inspector GUI but human error and all.

fossil plume
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You should be able to just FindObjectsOfType<T> it. What do you mean by 'serialize it'

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or AssetDatabase.FindAssets()

barren moat
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You can just edit assets in place before you build.

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Just use the regular editor tools to modify the fields you want, and they will be included in compilation as if you'd done it yourself in the inspector.

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I do something similar by automating setting the version when I build

somber kiln
somber kiln
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I think I may have corrupted a scriptableobject earlier and it was giving me issues

barren moat
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Which may be different.

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But I would expect it to be fine.

somber kiln
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Hmm, may have been an issue with my editor script then lol, good to know! I haven't used preprocessor before now

barren moat
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I didn't use the preprocessor though

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I just have a build method that I call

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I mean it would be pretty pointless if you couldn't modify the project in there though wouldn't it?

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You may need to mark the asset dirty after modifying it (or you just should regardless)

somber kiln
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Is there a different SetDirty() method? the gameobj one says it's deprecated

barren moat
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AssetDatabase.SetDirty IIRC

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Otherwise the editor won't recognize it as modified.

somber kiln
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yeah right now I'm calling SaveAssets() although that may be a bit taxing when the project grows

barren moat
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SaveAssets only saves assets that have been marked dirty

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So, depending how you're modifying the list, it will do nothing.

somber kiln
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Oh you know what, yeah

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I misread the first one

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I don't see the setdirty method but I'll do some googling

barren moat
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The first is for one, second is for all

somber kiln
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yeah lol I thought it said "SaveAssetsIfDirty"

barren moat
somber kiln
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Yeah just found that

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ty ty

barren moat
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If you do this on build, won't that mean that your network IDs are wrong in editor?

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Before you build

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But after you create a new prefab

somber kiln
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Yeah I'm not sure where to put it. Right now it's just in a menu window w/ a button. Is there a way to do it before play as well? or perhaps more conveniently when I add the component to an obj?

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<-- Not very used to editor shenanigans

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Well well well Reset() seems to be just for this purpose, nvm

jade leaf
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oops

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sorry

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the delete message button isnt there wtf?

trail dawn
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Not sure why you couldn't, but deleted for you.

wispy delta
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I'm creating a property drawer for a generic class.

[System.Serializable]
public abstract class StyleBinding<T> : StyleBinding, ISerializationCallbackReceiver
{
  [SerializeField] protected UnityEvent<T> binding;
  ...
}

The property drawer needs to get the type of T on the StyleBinding it's drawing. I'm trying to use the fieldInfo property that is provided by the PropertyDrawer class, but I can't find the generic type on it.

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My property drawer is for the generic StyleBinding<>

[CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(StyleBinding<>), true)]
public class StyleBindingDrawer : PropertyDrawer

and it is drawing in the inspector correctly. I just can't figure out how to get its generic type.

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Is it because there's one property drawer used for every field, regardless of generic type?

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Oh it's because it's a list of StyleBinding so the field info can't know the T from each StyleBinding<T> element since it could be any type. Hmmm.

gloomy chasm
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iirc

south beacon
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hi, does anyone have a cool alternative to continuously clicking on a point in the scene to select the desired gameobject in it? When a scene has a lot of objects at one point it can become really difficult to select the one you want. I'm thinking about building a extension that shows a list of all objects located at your current mouse-position, but wanted to know if something like this already exists 🙂

visual stag
south beacon
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EPIC ❤️ Thanks 🙂

outer ether
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In an IL2CPP project, do editor scripts run as IL2CPP too?

short tiger
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IL2CPP only applies to builds. That means user scripts also don't use IL2CPP in the editor.

wispy delta
jovial zealot
# wispy delta i am not sure if that will work. the field info is for the `List<StyleBinding>` ...

You'll have to deduce the type from FieldInfo, then to loop through the individual elements of the array or list by accessing the properties at indices via the SerializedProperty. There's no way to get the field info of individual elements, because there is no field info for individual elements in an array, since there's no field. And there could be polymorphism practically only for types derived from UnityEngine.Object. There's also polymorphism for normal classes in Unity serialization, but I'm not sure on the semantics of that.

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You can get properties at specific indices though, then get the value with objectReferenceValue, then just GetType() on them, I think it should work.

wispy delta
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unfortunately I am using polymorpism on plain classes thanks to SerializeReference so objectReferenceValue won't work since it's only for engine Objects

jovial zealot
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Yeah I don't know how that works, haven't tried that

gloomy chasm
wispy delta
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oh wait wut there's a managedReferenceValue lol

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on serializedproperty

gloomy chasm
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And managedReferenceType (or something like that)

wispy delta
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are those new or have they always been a thing since SerializeReference was introduced? 😅

gloomy chasm
wispy delta
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well that's awfully convenient haha

gloomy chasm
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You couldn't read the value from managedReferenceValue though until a newer version

jovial zealot
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ah yes multiediting likely won't work if you read individual values either, there are some subtleties

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so if you do something funky, you might want to bail out if multiediting is enabled

wispy delta
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ok good to know, thanks

shadow violet
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Not sure if this question entirely belongs here, but it is for an editor, so maybe? Im working on an editor that manages scripts and figured the best way would be to make a external folder outside the Assets folder but in the projects directory (where ProjectSettings, Library, Logs, .sln files, etc exist), I could also make it work by creating ScriptableObjects in the Resources folder - for what I need from the files, it seems like theres no need to clutter the Assets folder with even more one-time files, so im thinking it would be better to do this externally - for myself this is no issue, but would an asset like that be allowed on the store?

gloomy chasm
wanton silo
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hello, would someone be able to help me with my custom properties

livid remnant
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PropertyField returns a bool

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like the error says

wanton silo
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but how come

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it should be serializing audioclips

livid remnant
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it does serialize audioclips, but that doesnt change the fact that PropertyField returns a bool

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I believe the edited values are saved automatically because of the first parameter

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its a serilalizedproperty

wanton silo
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oh wow it was really as simple as adding serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();

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thank you

whole steppe
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do i ask here about unity engine UI?

stark geyser
shadow violet
tough cairn
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is it ok to store SceneAsset as a Unity Object reference in a mono script ?

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im worried it will load the scene object during gameplay in memory

livid remnant
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SceneAsset is only available in UnityEditor, so as long as your script is not supposed to be in the final build, you can use that

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and it doesn't load the whole scene don't worry

tough cairn
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oh that's neat

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i made a custom property drawer

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that's how i can reference it

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i can't paste code now ? ( it deletes my code pastes ... - this is stupid - now the discord channel search is useless ) oops . * - sorry for the tag

livid remnant
tough cairn
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sigh

tough cairn
weak spoke
tough cairn
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ye ik , my point was that sometimes i use this channel as a search engine

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for example

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median kraken
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Anybody knows why tooltips are not displaying?

peak bloom
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is UnityEditorInternal.InternalEditorUtility.isApplicationActive still used nowadays to check if an editor window is focused?

torn zephyr
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I'm making a custom editor window, and trying to display a list of prefabs via buttons, and simply display the selected prefab's default inspector in a ScrollViewScope like this. It's not working as expected. I just want to display the prefab exactly as it would be in the default inspector.

protected SerializedObject _selectedObject;
...
using (var prefabViewScrollScope = new EditorGUILayout.ScrollViewScope(_prefabScrollPos))
{
  _prefabScrollPos = prefabViewScrollScope.scrollPosition;
  UnityEditor.Editor objectEditor = UnityEditor.Editor.CreateEditor(_selectedObject.targetObject);
  objectEditor.OnInspectorGUI();
}

This page mentions a GameObjectInspector that's internal, but I think I want something like this, but obviously not internal?

There is a class inside the UnityEditor assembly that is called "GameObjectInspector" which implements the GUI you see at the very top of the inspector window when you select a gameobject.
https://answers.unity.com/questions/1030243/how-do-you-get-the-default-inspector-to-draw-for-p.html

How do you get the default inspector to draw for Prefabs ? - Unity ...

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Currently, I'm just doing this, but obviously this is gross, and I can't add/remove components, etc this way. There has to be a better way

// Get each component and create a default editor for them, and display.
// Very, very slow. ToDo: Cache/rebuild this when selecting object
if (_selectedObject.targetObject is GameObject gameObject)
{
    Component[] components = gameObject.GetComponents<Component>();
    foreach (Component component in components)
    {
        UnityEditor.Editor objectEditor = UnityEditor.Editor.CreateEditor(component);
        objectEditor.OnInspectorGUI();
    }
}
snow bone
patent venture
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Hello, how can I draw a toggle with neither a true nor false value, like the static flags toggle for GameObjects? Is this a styles issue or is there some obscure editor method that I'm not aware of?

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gloomy chasm
peak bloom
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Unity window

gloomy chasm
peak bloom
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ah ok, thanks 👍

peak bloom
torn zephyr
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I'm very new to editor scripting, and there's so many different UI things it's hard to keep track

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Ah, thanks

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Oh my God

gloomy chasm
torn zephyr
torn zephyr
gloomy chasm
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If you are using UIToolkit then you can just use the InspectorElement class

torn zephyr
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I don't think I am using it, just regular editor code AFAIK

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I'm trying to keep it simple

peak bloom
torn zephyr
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I think UIToolkit's the one I was told to avoid because it's not worth the added complexity, but I'll keep it in mind

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Thanks

peak bloom
gloomy chasm
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I mean, they probably were told that. But by someone who doesn't like UITK 😛
UITK is the future of editor dev so it is best to learn it instead of IMGUI. Though there is more resources for IMGUI

gloomy chasm
peak bloom
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uitoolkit, sometimes can be clunky to work with, but compared to the good ole imgui, uitoolkit is clearly the winner here... I mean, my productivity for making editor tooling is like 2x faster now...

torn zephyr
peak bloom
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you know how to c#, uitk will be like a walk in the park

patent venture
torn zephyr
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So I've been googling for a few hours now without luck. I just want to display a prefab in a custom editor window, as is. UI Toolkit looks like I'll spend weeks reimplementing an editor. Does a version of Unity run on UI Elements? It has to be possible to do this

I've tried every search string I can think of for this, coming up dry. Where do I even start looking on how to approach this?

gloomy chasm
torn zephyr
gloomy chasm
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var element = new InspectorElement(testObject);
element.style.flexGrow = 1;
rotVisualElement.Add(element);
torn zephyr
gloomy chasm
torn zephyr
gloomy chasm
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Oh, looks like it is still internal

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Ehh, it is editor extending, something being internal has never stopped anyone

torn zephyr
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I don't understand this injection bit. I know it does something because it breaks all my prefab displays just existing, and breaks them in a way similar to how my prefabs currently display

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I used it as a guide to get what I've got, not getting the magic the comments refer to 😢

gloomy chasm
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Give me a couple of minutes and I will try to get it sorted for you

torn zephyr
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Oh wow. That'd be awesome

gloomy chasm
torn zephyr
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Noticing that haha. Thanks for looking though. I appreciate it

gloomy chasm
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You would basically have to recreate a large set of the the inspector

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Showing a single component is not as hard though of course

torn zephyr
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Yeah, that's what I'm gathering. It's just so weird that this is so hard. The inspector does this how many times a second?

empty python
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Quick question. Does anyone here know and or use unity Editor UI scripts and functions. More specifically ContextMenuItem. I have a list on a scriptable object and I want a context menu item for each of the elements in the array. this context menu item will remove the element from the list but also get the asset inside that element and delete it from the asset folder in my project.

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Too complicated?

gloomy chasm
empty python
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Any thoughts on how i'd go about that?

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@gloomy chasm Unity already has what I'm looking for as shown in the pic but I just want to be able to have it run an extra bit of code on top of it with the element at that index I right click

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How did unity go about adding delete array element

gloomy chasm
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The issue is that it is a global callback

empty python
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how would that mess things up?

gloomy chasm
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It means that it is called any time you open the context menu for any property

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So you would need to add in some checks to know if you would want to actually add the item or not

empty python
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ahh I see

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but would that work for each element of the array or just the base list variable?

gloomy chasm
empty python
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and when I use EditorApplication.contextualPropertyMenu it gets it the stuff in side the element of the array?

gloomy chasm
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no

empty python
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like say the element was for a prefab I would have access to that prefab?

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then how can I do that or still impossible

gloomy chasm
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When you right click on a property field a context menu comes up right?

empty python
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yeah

gloomy chasm
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That event is called when that menu opens up

empty python
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ahh I see, I guess I just need someway to get the index of whatever element in the array I click so i can then do changes to that in the void

gloomy chasm
empty python
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I guess I'm not understanding then

gloomy chasm
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Just get it to debug.log or something first

empty python
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okay will do. thanks for all the help you provided

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Okay I got it working but for some reason the context menu wont show on my scriptable object

peak bloom
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one of billion other cases of how you should consider using ListView in uitoolkit for this 😃

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whoever invented Listview in the uitk needs a raise!

empty python
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ListView? I can look into it, Thank you

empty python
gloomy chasm
empty python
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Darn it but I did find Editor.target and am trying to get that to work

gloomy chasm
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Did ya try doing what I suggested?

gloomy chasm
empty python
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Okay I will and I'll get back to you. I appreciate it

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Okay that worked Just need a way to feed what it outputs to my script. Ill find a way to do that. Thanks again for all the help.

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empty python
empty python
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@gloomy chasm Okay I got it mostly working just the only problem is it only wants to work on the second click and I get the error type is not a supported int value UnityEditor.SerializedProperty:get_intValue ()

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I have been looking online for the past 30-40+ min on this whole thing

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I def feel like I put it in the wrong spot but i'm not sure. will talk more on it in the morning after I try soemthing

visual stag
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The serialized property you are accessing is not an int

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You can debug propertyType to determine what the type of the SerializedProperty is, and alter the code accordingly

empty python
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Ahh, I see. thanks for that bit of information. sadly VS didn't give me an error when typing it so idk, Will try that

crude relic
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Vs wouldn't give you an error bc serialized property types is a runtime concept

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There's nothing syntactically stopping you from trying to read a string value as a boolean -- this why they throw the runtime error

empty python
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Ahh I see epic

gloomy chasm
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Anyone know how to draw a grid in a scene render using GL.LINES?

gloomy chasm
#

Turns out it is this to render GL lines in a preview scene.

GL.LoadProjectionMatrix(camera.projectionMatrix);
GL.modelview = camera.worldToCameraMatrix;
GL.Viewport(camera.pixelRect);
hoary grove
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Anyone who uses NaughtyAttributes, do you know if you can show a Infobox based on a conditional check?

tender olive
tender olive
# hoary grove Anyone who uses NaughtyAttributes, do you know if you can show a Infobox based o...

You could also mod the NaughtyAttributes scripts a bit. You'd have to move them out of Packages and into your Assets folder though. I just tested out adding a new parameter to the InfoBoxAttribute constructor of type bool called IsVisible. It caches it like the other parameters in a public get private set property. Then in InfoBoxDecoratorDrawer, in OnGUI, you can just do:

if (!infoBoxAttribute.IsVisible)
                return;

at the beginning. And in GetHelpBoxHeight:

if (!infoBoxAttribute.IsVisible)
                return 0f;

Also had to add the parameter to the InfoBoxText file classes and it was good to go.

west drum
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Does anyone know why a serialized Rect has this field serializedVersion?

waxen sandal
#

Probably because they changed it at some point?

tough stream
#

Hi there!
Anyone knows how do i rename a scriptable object in script?
I tried setting it's name, but i'm just getting a "Main Object Name does not match filename" error

peak bloom
tough stream
#

thx!! :)

crude relic
# west drum

Certain serialized structures have it, particularly those that are partially or completely handled by Unity's internal serialization as opposed to their more general serializedobject structures. It identifies the version of the serializer so that if something changes down the line, it knows how to handle it properly

peak bloom
#

what is uitk transitionProperty for moving ? I've seen only rotate, scale...

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tried animating with transition property.. but dayum this thing is quite mouthful to write in c#

List<StylePropertyName> properties = new List<StylePropertyName>();
properties.Add(new StylePropertyName("translate"));
//Given a VisualElement named "element"
character.charaPortrait[0].portraitContainer.style.transitionProperty = new StyleList<StylePropertyName>(properties);
character.charaPortrait[0].portraitContainer.style.transitionDuration = new StyleList<TimeValue>(new List<TimeValue> { new TimeValue(1.0f, TimeUnit.Second) });
peak bloom
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...

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ditched the above, instead, I did a simple mod to make LeanTween works with uitoolkit... it works but the position sorta messed up, see the video attached

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this what I used to covert the values

character.root.transform.position = value;
Vector3 newPosition = RuntimePanelUtils.CameraTransformWorldToPanel(
character.charaPortrait[0].portraitContainer.panel, value, Camera.main);

character.charaPortrait[0].portraitContainer.transform.position = new Vector2(newPosition.x - 
character.charaPortrait[0].portraitContainer.layout.width / 2, newPosition.y);
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any idea what did i do wrong?

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the character supposed to tween to the middle of the screen

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just like that same character in the middle

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perhaps I did the math wrong? any clues on how to solve this?

vapid prism
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What's the style/method to draw a header that looks similar to the one used for components? I.E the collapsible ▼ Transform part of any game object inspector. If there is one out of the box.

tawdry kraken
#

GUIContent Tooltip in Modal window is not working.
It works as expected in a normal window, but with Modal or ModalUtility that does not seem to be the case.
I'm working on making a custom Rect for the GUI.Label with GUI.Tooltip, so that it follows the mouse, but currently having problems making the online examples work.

Is it necessary to make a custom Rect, or can the tooltip used in the normal windows be inherited over to a Modal window?

whole steppe
#

Is there a way I can make an editor tool where I feed it a sprite, two strings, a script of type Item and two colours

And it will take that information, take an existing prefab, make a new variant, insert the information into it and put it in a specific folder?

If so, where do I start? What should I look up?

tawdry kraken
# whole steppe Is there a way I can make an editor tool where I feed it a sprite, two strings, ...

This is possible, though which functions to use is not always that straight-forward to figure out.
Off the top of my head, you need to combine these individual concepts

  • Clone existing prefab (with Instantiate() )
  • Modify clone
  • Save clone as an Asset (AssetDatabase.CreateAsset() )
  • Editor/Inspector GUI, layout, buttons etc.

In order to access the classes required for these things, you need to create a folder anywhere named Editor and create a new C# script.
This script cannot be a MonoBehaviour.

So instead of mono it should be either a ScriptableObject, EditorWindow or a pure C# static class.
If it is a ScriptableObject, it does Not need to have any instances, and can function as a static class with internal access to Unity classes (such as MonoBehaviour).

Finally, with a script inside an Editor folder, you can add using UnityEditor; to the top of the script.
This gives you access to things like AssetDatabase, EditorUtility and PrefabUtility.

Hope this helps you on the way.

whole steppe
karmic ginkgo
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any one liner to draw a list in editor window?

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gist or something

gloomy chasm
karmic ginkgo
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whats the api?

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i need something like EditorGUILayout.List()

livid remnant
#

PropertyField will draw the list if the object you pass is a list

karmic ginkgo
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i dont have serializedproperty

gloomy chasm
karmic ginkgo
#

unity moment

empty python
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Okay so I have some code that gets the property.propertyPath of a list and I 've been searching for a while on how to get it to actually translate into code so i can start using it to remove an item from the list and take the asset inside the list and remove it from the asset folder itself.

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frank rune
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idk if this is quite the channel for this question, but how would I remove a package from "My Packages" in the package manager?

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I just want to keep it a bit cleaner

gloomy chasm
gloomy chasm
empty python
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The question I have with that that is how would I get the index for that position. Is the name its returning correct for that?

cosmic inlet
#

does anyone know how I can listen to keyboard input while I have the Graph View window selected?

#

I am trying to listen for when the Spacebar is pressed, so I can open a menu at the current mouse position

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in order to create nodes

cosmic inlet
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ok so apparently

#

you do it using this

# 
nodeCreationRequest = context => SearchWindow.Open(new SearchWindowContext(context.screenMousePosition), searchWindow);```
whole steppe
#

Those are my variablescs string url = "/texture.png"; Color cyan = Color.cyan; Color magenta = Color.magenta; float duration = 3.0F; float ti;I'm using this method to make a color effectcs void OnInspectorUpdate() { Repaint(); ti = Mathf.PingPong(Time.time, duration) / duration; }And in here, I have my texture painted```cs

void OnGUI()
{
    if (texture != null)
    {
        Rect rect = new Rect(5, 5, 100, 100);
        ScaleMode mode = ScaleMode.ScaleToFit;
        Color color = Color.Lerp(cyan, magenta, ti);
        GUI.DrawTexture(rect, texture, mode, true, 0f, color, 100F, 100F);
    }
}```One thing I didn't have in mind is that `GUI.DrawTexture` is a static declaration, therefore it won't work properly...

Is there no way to get this done? If it's possible I'd love to know how that's done!

peak bloom
cosmic inlet
#

I mentioned a function they provided for that

cosmic inlet
cosmic inlet
peak bloom
#

you'll end up with bunch of bloats for functions or callbacks... with shortcut handler you'll just end up with just one...

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nothing wrong with what you're doing tho

#

just saying

cosmic inlet
#

It's just one and it's intended by unity so I'll use that

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But I was not aware of the Shortcut manipulator so that may come in handy

peak bloom
#

ok, goodluck 👍

frozen cove
#

Hi all,
I've got a custom PropertyDrawer. I've made an array of them and when I change one it changes all of them.
I've had the issue before and it was a quick fix, can anyone remind me?

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In fact, it's not modifying all of them, it's just showing the first one over and over again

waxen sandal
#

Show the source

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The instance of the propertydrawer is reused so it shares any fields on the class

frozen cove
#

@waxen sandal I've got the source, 4 files, you ok with a zip?

waxen sandal
#

Wat

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Just post your propertydrawer on hastebin

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or something

frozen cove
#

So it's a property drawer inside a property drawer

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but ok I'll do them both

waxen sandal
#

Have you checked whether it only happens in that combination or also when you use the property drawer on its own

frozen cove
waxen sandal
# 
        private int indent;
        private Rect rect;

        private SerializedProperty parameterType;
        private SerializedProperty stringValue;
        private SerializedProperty intValue;
        private SerializedProperty floatValue;
        private SerializedProperty boolValue;

There's your problem

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Or at least one problem

frozen cove
#

yeah?

#

I've saved the rect?

visual stag
#

you are caching the properties so why would they be different when you draw a new one

#

the drawer is shared across properties

frozen cove
#

Ahh ok, so get them a fresh each OnGUI call

#

gotcha! I tried to optimise

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No longer caching...

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@visual stag

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hot quarry
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hello everyone!

#

I'm very unskilled when it comes to editor extensions but i got something simple i cant quite figure out..

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lets say its just function overload.. everywhere i look theres so many different things at work

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i have this simple window alls i do is drag in a prefab..

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and the code is simple as this note : idk even know if this is the corrrect way to go about it but it works

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now i'd just like to draw its prefab minithumbnail to the window

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but i can't figure out how to do so.. any helpful nudges in the right direction?

gloomy chasm
hot quarry
#

EditorGUI.DrawPreviewTexture (new Rect(rt.x, rt.y, 20, 20), AssetPreview.GetAssetPreview(obj)); this looks promising

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yea yea just found that

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👍 think with some tinkering i could get that to work for my use case

gloomy chasm
#

No need to use DrawPreviewTexture all that does is if it has transparent background it will giving a checkered background

hot quarry
#

ohh ok, good to know thnks mate 🙂

gloomy chasm
#

Yup

hot quarry
#

🙂 🙂 🙂

#

1 question tho if u dont care

#

i did something like this first

#

but with GetMiniThumbnail

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but it just shows the default icon

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any clue as to why?

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gives me this ^

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i mean doesn't really matter since the AssetPreview works as intended

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was just curious

gloomy chasm
#

Because prefabs have sort of 2 previews, a prefab specific preview (the render preview) and a type icon/preview. That is the icon you see there. The type preview is used for things like when the project browser is showing assets in a list. The rendered preview would just be unreadable if it was used.
Other assets also work like this such as audio files and sprites (iirc). So there are different methods to get different previews.

hot quarry
#

ohhh that makes alot of sense

#

thanks again 🙂 this will help placing props 10x faster 🙂 cheers

whole steppe
#

I am having issues understanding the property drawer and I am hoping someone could provide advice.
I have a property drawer for a class called ActionType which contains an enum and an array of another class called Actions which contains a Unity Event and a scriptable object reference.
I am just wanting the ActionType enum to control if the Actions class array is shown or not.
This is the default inspector.

defaultEditor.gif
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When I try to apply a PropertyDrawer to it I am having trouble displaying the array of Actions that would show the Unity Event and scriptable object. By default it won't show. Which is intended and working fine. But when I want the array to show I am not sure how to go about that.
I am assuming I need to explicitly tell it to draw all those class properties as well even though I only want to hide or show the default array setup?
If that is the case how do I access the properties of that class when the PropertyDrawer is drawing a different class. When I try to get the properties they seem to just be null. Sorry if this is an obvious question or anything. This is the attempt at the custom drawer.

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gloomy chasm
whole steppe
#

Here is the code. The commented section is where I am not sure how to go about displaying the array.

gloomy chasm
whole steppe
#

No it doesn't. It shows the class name Action with the drop down arrow but doesn't actually show the data

gloomy chasm
#

Can you share the data class too? It is a bit hard to figure out what exactly is going on without it (sorry I should have asked for it as well to start with)

whole steppe
#

oh yea sure

#

https://gdl.space/yijugicidu.cs
Sorry about that here you go. Top class is the class the drawer is being applied to and the bottom one is the array class that needs to be hidden/shown

gloomy chasm
#

You might just need to give action on line 22 more height. I can't remember but it al looks alright

whole steppe
#

okay I will try and play around with it

sleek basin
#

Hey all. I am trying to find best docs for creating action buttons in editor. Specifically I wanted to create a copy of a prefab.

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I am finding a lot of different ways inspector buttons are created but it sounds like Unity Toolkit is the best "out of the box" solution

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hmm which one should I use ??

peak bloom
#

any idea why Image.scaleMode = ScaleMode.ScaleToFit of UIElement would not work here? as show in the video, the sprite gets shrunk vertically to fit the container

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as a matter of fact, all ScaleModes would not effect the Image element at all

wanton monolith
#

I have a class that I serialize and save on a file. I wanted to edit this file in a custom editor. Is there an easy way for me to display all its serialized fields much like a regular monobehavior object, without actually doing it by hand for each field?

wanton monolith
#

What I meant in code form was. If my class is this:

    [Serializable]
    public class Health
    {
        public int amount, maxAmount;
    }

And my current editor window is this:

              health.amount = EditorGUILayout.IntField("Health", health.amount);
            health.maxAmount = EditorGUILayout.IntField("Health Max", health.maxAmount);

Which scales horribly, is there a way for me to simple do something like:

  health = EditorGUI.<something>(health);
waxen sandal
#

DrawDefaultinspector?

#

SerializedObjects?

wanton monolith
#

Afaik a plain c# class wouldn't have a default inspector.

#

I'll check out serializedobjects tho, tyvm

visual stag
peak bloom
#

I mean, you sorta solved your own problem... that's what custom attributes are for.. to restrict the resizing of an element, you can do so by explicitly assign it's width/height ... this assuming you're using uielements and not imgui

#

oh, so you literally asked for a plugin recommendation.. lol

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I've no idea then

wanton monolith
gloomy chasm
# sleek basin I guess someone explained it here https://discord.com/channels/48922216872751923...

Ah, well I am he!
Which one to use? Depends on which one sounds easier for you to understand/use. There is also more info on IMGUI since it is older. But if both sound good then I would say use UI Toolkit.
Here is how to create an editor window using UIToolkit to teach you the basics. You should be able to transfer the knowledge from to making a inspector. Feel free to ask if you have more questions!
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/ui-toolkit-first-steps#

Unity Learn
UI Toolkit - First steps - Unity Learn

In this example, you’re going to create a simple toolbar window with buttons to instantiate primitive objects in the Scene.

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Nope, tbh I can't remember ever seeing one...

vapid prism
#

How do I make a label draggable for a custom drawer? I.E how you can click and drag on transform position "x" to change the value.

wintry trout
#

Is there a way for custom inspector to have a method called every frame?

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Or once every some time

sleek basin
gloomy chasm
sleek basin
#

Uhh

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How do I fix that

#

or can I just use the UI toolkit instead

abstract meteor
#

Hello, I want play a animation on EditorWindow, Who can help me? Please

brazen tiger
#

What are the best online resources to learn editor scripting? Can anyone suggest any youtube channel/playlist

visual stag
blazing imp
#

I was wondering which softwaring should I go with to write code

#

Should I go with vs code
Or
Visual studio community

#

??

clear kite
# blazing imp ??

This is not correct channel. This is dedicated for "Discussion around Editor Windows, Property Drawers and more"

blazing imp
#

In which channel should i ask

clear kite
blazing imp
#

K

patent venture
# brazen tiger What are the best online resources to learn editor scripting? Can anyone suggest...

Hopefully these lovely people should get you started. ACDev especially, he has some really useful tutorial series on editor scripting.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdCmd2KBz0tOF_kQKsxDJg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4sR1LBPsNx0R2KEQK6_mg

YouTube
ACDev

My name is Adam Chandler and this channel is all about the ins and outs of Game Development. I create game-dev tutorials using Unity and Unreal with a programming emphasis, but not exclusive to programming! I also enjoy talking about Sound Design and Aesthetic as well, so be on the lookout for those videos. We'll explore a good mix of basic, int...

YouTube
Otter Knight

Otter Knight is the self proclaimed world's coolest indie game developer and publisher. We're a small team that want to make experimental games. On the way, we try our best to make devlogs aimed at entertaining and showing off our projects, as well as educational videos.
The educational videos are focused on beginners and specific niches or obs...

patent venture
#

I have another really weird and stupid question. How can I replicate the AudioListener component? There is no dropdown button on the component and it does not have a body, just the typical header controls that components have. I have input classes which act as middlemen with no real editable fields and I want to save space in the Inspector. I've tried overriding inspector GUI methods and have an empty component body, but cannot hide it completely.

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gloomy chasm
patent venture
#

Not even through reflection? Is it like actual C++ code?

gloomy chasm
#

But either way it isn't possible to do it. You can make a custom editor and override the GUI method so it just wont show anything. This is what some scripts in HDRP and URP do.

patent venture
#

Yeah, that's what I already have for the component above.

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Ahh well, its not too important, I was just curious to see if it was possible. Thanks.

gloomy chasm
#

Yeah, I get it. I like my editor stuff to look nice and clean too!

dapper niche
#

Hey guys, I hope this goes here. If not can you point me to the appropriate channel?

2D mode, editor, scene view. I want to have a keyboard shortcut to instantiate a prefab wherever the mouse is. I can do the instantiate, the problem is finding out the mousePosition, and I can't believe I'm not finding how to do this.

The best I've found is, inside an OnSceneGUI, use something like:

Vector2 position = Event.current.mousePosition;
position = SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.camera.ScreenPointToRay(position).origin;
position = new Vector2(position.x, -position.y);

InstantiateFunction(position);

The thing is, it places the object approx 1 unit below of where my mouse is pointing. Everything I've found on the topic is posts 10 years ago and no solution. There must be a way.

worn trail
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Hello, I am creating a custom editor for a scriptable object, and I am using serialized properties to change values of the scriptable object. How can I add an element to an serializedproperty array in unity?

waxen sandal
#

increment arraysize

worn trail
#

and then insert?

waxen sandal
#

There's also an insert method

worn trail
#

i increment then insert at the last index right?

waxen sandal
#

No you increment then GetArrayelementAtIndex

worn trail
#

The array is a string, so when I increase the size, unity automaticaly adds an empty string?

waxen sandal
#

Pretty much

nova swallow
#

Hi
I have a problem with scriptable objects, serialization and modification from a custom inspector.
On the SO, i have a list of serializable objets that contains some fields.
On each of theses objects i have a button that open a popup and automaticaly edit the object's fields with the user choices.
It works, but the SO is not saved, and when i reopen the editor, the edition is lost.
If i allow to modify directly a field, the SO is correctly saved.
Is there a way to force the dirty flag of the SO on the script of the button of my subobject ? Without knowing the current edited object on the inspector.

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "Dialog", menuName = "Game/Dialog", order = 1)]
public class DialogObject : ScriptableObject
{
    [SerializeField] List<LocText> m_texts = new List<LocText>();
}

[Serializable]
public class LocText
{
//the two hidden fields
    [HideInInspector]
    [SerializeField] int m_id = LocTable.invalidID;

    [HideInInspector]
    [SerializeField] string m_textID = "";

#if UNITY_EDITOR
        Rect m_setupRect;
#endif

    [OnInspectorGUI]
    private void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
    //add a button on the element inspector to select the wanted located text and fill the two fields
#if UNITY_EDITOR
        if(GUILayout.Button("Setup", GUILayout.Width(100)))
        {
            PopupWindow.Show(m_setupRect, new LocSelectionPopup(this));
        }
        if (Event.current.type == EventType.Repaint)
            m_setupRect = GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect();

        GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
#endif
    }

    //update the 2 fields from the LocSelectionPopup window
    public void SetText(int id)
    {
#if UNITY_EDITOR
        m_id = id;
        var table = LocList.GetEditorList().GetTable();
        m_textID = table.Get(id);
#endif
    }
}
peak bloom
#

to be able to save the changes you must SetDirty

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also, I think you can just do hide and serialize in one go [SerializeField, HideInInspector]

#

also, why you keep tagging #if Unity_Editor 😆 ...

barren plinth
#

Sorry if wrong channel, how can I create shader graph in hdrp unity 2021.3? In all packages it says that it's installed but there's no create new shader graph option

peak bloom
#

and to save it explicitly from the code you can do AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();

nova swallow
#

to be able to save the changes you must SetDirty
LocText is not an unity object, i can't do that.
Or i can inherit of unity object to be allowed to do that ? 🤔
also, I think you can just do hide and serialize in one go [SerializeField, HideInInspector]
I know but i prefer like that
also, why you keep tagging #if Unity_Editor 😆 ...
Mixing editor and "gameplay" code in the same file. The editor stuff wont build in the standalone game

nova swallow
peak bloom
#

wut

gloomy chasm
#

As Slime said

nova swallow
#

I don't have a ref on the so on the LocText type, as i can use it everywhere, it's only a data that is linked to a located text.

peak bloom
#

that's just a custom class

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tag it with [Serializable] I was blind it's already there :/

nova swallow
#

maybe there are a global to have the current item on the inspector ?

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see my snipet, it's already the case

gloomy chasm
#

The real issue is that you are mixing editor and runtime code. If your OnInspectorGUI code was instead a PropertyDrawer or in a custom editor for DialogObject this wouldn't be an issue

nova swallow
#

that's true, it was easier with theses odin callback, but it look like it fuckup the serialization.

nova swallow
#

i'm going to switch to a PropertyDrawer, to support the undo too
Thanks guys

pseudo jasper
#

is there a way to get the serializedobject associated with a given Object? e.g., a material

gloomy chasm
pseudo jasper
#

perfect! thanks very much

final vector
#

Hey guys! Not sure if this is the right place to put this and it might seem kinda stupid to ask, but I'm making a scriptable object and the editor is messing with me. Anyone know how to get the first item in this text area for an array of strings to expand a little?

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It being all skinny like that's gonna make it a little annoying to work with, ha ha.

visual stag
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Try updating to the latest version of Unity in your release

#

they've all had a fix for first-element sizes for custom drawers in collections

final vector
#

Copy, trying that as we speak!

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Hot damn, that did the trick -- thanks!

brave wigeon
#

Visual studio or Rider?

visual stag
brave wigeon
#

Studio

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Im typo

visual stag
#

If this is a question about whether you should use Visual Studio Community or JetBrains Rider, use Rider if you can afford it or get it for free imo.

brave wigeon
#

How to get it for free

visual stag
brave wigeon
#

I'm still in middle school, which one should I use

#

by the way thanks for answering my question

#

is jetbrains rider for students really completely free?

visual stag
cunning acorn
#

is it possible to have object spawned directly at the creation of the scene ? (like if i create a scene it will have the player directly implemented in it)

clear kite
cunning acorn
#

this EditorSceneManager.newSceneCreated is interesting thx :)

cunning acorn
#

is there something special to do with those callbacks ? because i cant make it work or did i forgot something ? (i'm not really good with callbacks and event...)
the code :

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

[InitializeOnLoad]
public class DefaultSceneModifier
{
    static DefaultSceneModifier()
    {
        UnityEditor.SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager.sceneClosing += SceneClosing;
        UnityEditor.SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager.sceneClosed += SceneClosed;
        UnityEditor.SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager.sceneOpening += SceneOpening;
        UnityEditor.SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager.sceneOpened += SceneOpened;
        UnityEditor.SceneManagement.EditorSceneManager.newSceneCreated += NewSceneCreated;
    }

    static void SceneClosing(UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene scene, bool removingScene)
    {
        Debug.Log("SceneClosing");
    }

    static void SceneClosed(UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene scene)
    {
        Debug.Log("SceneClosed");
    }

    static void SceneOpening(string path, UnityEditor.SceneManagement.OpenSceneMode mode)
    {
        Debug.Log("SceneOpening");
    }

    static void SceneOpened(UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene scene, UnityEditor.SceneManagement.OpenSceneMode mode)
    {
        Debug.Log("SceneOpened");
    }

    static void NewSceneCreated(UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene scene, UnityEditor.SceneManagement.NewSceneSetup setup, UnityEditor.SceneManagement.NewSceneMode mode)
    {
        Debug.Log("NewSceneCreated");
    }
}
waxen sandal
cunning acorn
nocturne cypress
#

does anybody know if it's possible to add a custom preview mode to this menu? I wanna be able to preview a render texture that's rendered to in a specific render pass but from the scene view

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reef lance
nova swallow
#

it's usefull for the gameplay too, but some part are editor only

reef lance
#

I see

reef lance
#

Or so other methods also set these?

#

Usually, Editor code is completely seperate from the actual runtime code

nova swallow
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they will never change outside of the editor

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but yes, it's a little dirty

smoky plover
#

How to gets callback when I add an element to a list?

# 
        public override void OnInspectorGUI()
        {
            base.OnInspectorGUI();
            EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(_assetProperty, new GUIContent("Target Reference Tracker"));

            if (_assetObject != null)
            {
                SerializedProperty iterator = _assetObject.GetIterator();
                bool enterChildren = true;
                while (iterator.NextVisible(enterChildren))
                {
                    enterChildren = false;
                    EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(iterator, true);
                }
                _assetObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
            }
            serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
        }

I'm using this code to show my list

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it shows like this:

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smoky plover
#

How to unexpose an exposedReference by code?

short tiger
#

I don't know how you get that table though

smoky plover
#

this isn't called

#

ClearReferenceValue is called when you unexpose property manually

valid sonnet
#

Hello

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Is it possible to draw a 3D scene in an EditorWindow?

coarse lion
#

Hey I got an issue with Plastic csm. Ever since I got into the project, it's been giving me like a hundred different changes I need to commit- but the issue is, I can't commit them because it gives me an error. and I can't undo them either. Please help.

coarse lion
#

ok, it fixed itself automatically.

wispy zenith
#

have a bigger project which is now taking 30s to play -- I see RestoreManagedReferences is taking 4s on its own -- anyone have any clues on how to do better?

trail dawn
#

@languid mulch You've been already directed to use the forums for recruitment.

whole steppe
gloomy chasm
gloomy chasm
whole steppe
#

Damn

#

That’s cool lol

gloomy chasm
#

Yeah! 😄

queen prism
#

I am making Stat Data Base Editor, which allows to manage scritptable objects. Can someone help me please with an error
https://hatebin.com/hefpbhzrnu
It does not even show window for some reason, even though "ShowWIndow" is called

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gloomy chasm
#

That or database is null

#

Actually it is probably that one.

queen prism
#

Visual tree has it

gloomy chasm
# queen prism Visual tree has it

Right, then it is because database is null. You don't set it until the selection has changed but try to use it when the window opens.

queen prism
#

I took this code from the video, and it works for him...

gloomy chasm
#

But, it must be different because there is no way this code will work as is

#

There is a chance that Unity changed the call order of OnSelectionChanged. However even if that was the case, it will still break as soon as you open the window with anything besides a StatDatabase object selected.

queen prism
#

Otherwise, it does not make sense

queen prism
gloomy chasm
queen prism
#

Since it is called before, it should not be bull on the line 51

gloomy chasm
# queen prism yes

Well, try doing some Debug.Logs to find the issue. It is a bit of waste of time for me to keep trying to guess what might be the issue

queen prism
#

even when I do not open any SO

gloomy chasm
queen prism
gloomy chasm
queen prism
#

but my collection editor for sure has stats

gloomy chasm
queen prism
#

The name is the same

gloomy chasm
queen prism
gloomy chasm
queen prism
#

yes

queen prism
#

I can show my screen if it helps

#

I am already stack for 5 hours on this one (i was trying rebuilding it multiple times, since I thought i made an error before)

gloomy chasm
queen prism
#

I commented out all code below root.StyleSheets.Add

#

However, it does not open anything

#

the code ShowWindow is called, but nothing appears

gloomy chasm
queen prism
#

this does not change anything

#

I left only this

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and call it through window panel in unity

#

restarting unity fixed this

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Love when it happens

#

By the way, you do not need show

twin egret
#

Question, I'm building a MenuItem but I'd like to pass a variable, is that possible in some way? Or is there a way to get one or multiple variables in a prompt from the user?

I want to do this:


    [MenuItem("Assets/Tools/Generate Animation (Framerate)")]
    public static void CreateAnimationWithFramerate(float amount)
    {
        CreateAnimation(amount);
    }

I currently have this, but I might have to add many more options, so my code is really bloating

    [MenuItem("Assets/Tools/Generate Animation (Framerate 4)")]
    public static void CreateAnimationWithFramerate4()
    {
        CreateAnimation(4f);
    }
    [MenuItem("Assets/Tools/Generate Animation (Framerate 6)")]
    public static void CreateAnimationWithFramerate6()
    {
        CreateAnimation(6f);
    }

    [MenuItem("Assets/Tools/Generate Animation (Framerate 12)")]
    public static void CreateAnimationWithFramerate12()
    {
        CreateAnimation(12f);
    }
gloomy chasm
peak bloom
#

lol, deleted, didn't see the code snippet when I 1st opened the channel lol

spice pumice
#

Hello curious what a good channel is for feedback on an editor bug?
Basically seeing some weird artifacts / misrepresentation of structs within the editor on the 0th element

#

Screenshot to help visualize the things im talking about
This happens for all structs being represented on the editor and only occurred after moving to vers 2021.3.4.1

#

left is "normal" where as the right is when i try to expand the 0th element

waxen sandal
#

Property drawer?

clear kite
# spice pumice

Thats already known issue and fixed on newer versions iirc

wintry trout
#

Is there a way to create an EditorWindow without name label on it?

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heady sleet
wintry trout
heady sleet
twin egret
#

Does anybody have a code reference/sample on how to make an animator blend tree from 4 premade animations from a custom GUIEditor? I have a few hundred variations of a char which all have the same animations/directions and I want to automate the process.

the animations are build from script and hold the direction of the character, which should be translated to the blend tree, which I would name based from a GuiEditor inputfield

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peak bloom
#

is there a way for a ListView of uielement to notify item changes BEFORE item creation? this callback ListView.itemsAdded or it's derivatives, happens AFTER item creation. Which will cause issue if I have my customEditor for frame-by-frame (some may call it flipbook) animation is still running in the background, if I can be notified as earlier as possible, like before item creation then I can deal with the changes.

Currently, I'm using a workaround by adding separate buttons for adding/removing items in the list then the order of execution won't be a problem this way bcos it's up to me how they should be executed. BUT if I was using listView.showAddRemoveFooter the built-in add/remove functionality of ListView how would I go about checking item creation/deletion BEFORE something is happening to the content of the ListView?

Hope that makes sense, and also english isn't my 1st language so let me know if you're confused with the above

south comet
#

hi id like to add specific behavior to variables in the inspector,

I have a Dialogue class that has a list of Lines; each Line has a DialogueCharacter and a Variant of that character; I want the Variant variable to show a dropdown menu with all of the provided DialogueCharacter's variants when the Dialogue object is inspected.

#

to clarify, this is the current behavior

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and this is what i want it to do (PHOTOSHOPPED PICTURE)

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barren moat
#

Is it possible to add an option to the field right click menu?

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I'd like to make a tool for mass-modfiying fields using algebra e.g. a popup where you could write x * 2 to double all field values in selected objects.

peak bloom
#

so you won't use var someVisEl = new IntegerField() but instead, your own

barren moat
#

I am not doing any new IntegerField() at all

#

I just want to write a simple extension.

peak bloom
#

is this uitoolkit or what?

barren moat
#

It's Unity.

#

I want to hook into an existing context menu.

peak bloom
#

no no.. I mean uitoolkit or the old imgui?

#

oh okay... haha... I always assume all questions here were uitk.. lol

barren moat
#

It's whatever the default inspector is

#

Or any given inspector, ideally.

#

I'm not talking about creating a new inspector

#

Or a new editor window (well, I'll need the popup, but that is irrelevant to this)

#

Basically I just want a way of having a function that is called when you right click on a field and choose a custom option, then I can loop through selected objects and modify the field that was clicked.

peak bloom
#

you're looking for this dude, --> @gloomy chasm ... I'm just an NPC here.. lol

gloomy chasm
#

Lol, alrighty, whats up?

barren moat
#

my hero!

barren moat
#

Is it achievable?

#

The use case is that we have many SOs that need rebalancing, and I want to make a tool for my designer to mass-select and scale any float/integer up and down using a popup dialogue

#

but the thing I'm unsure about is just how to get the field path in a callback from the context menu.

#

It's trivial to bulk-modify fields, but only to a specific constant.

gloomy chasm
#

Are you wanting it to be for any old field, or specific fields, is it only for a type or only for an object with a custom editor?

#

also, UITK or IMGUI?

barren moat
#

It doesn't seem obvious to me that that would apply, because I'm talking about default inspectors.

gloomy chasm
#

You can add global callback using the EditorApplication.propertyContextMenu (name should be something like that at least)

barren moat
#

Okay, amazing. That's what I want!

#

Yep. Perfect.

#

This will do nicely!

#

I can check for numeric types and add my option in there.

#

Thank you @gloomy chasm 🙏 ❤️🎉

gloomy chasm
wide ruin
#

Hi, I'm trying to create a custom Inspector that only shows a Transform field if an object is a specific type of enemy.
Here's the code I'm using

combatController.firePoint = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField("Fire Point", combatController.firePoint, typeof(Transform), true) as Transform;

It appears fine in the Inspector, but whenever I assign a Transform to it, it doesn't actually save it. I don't get the option to save the changes in the prefab. What's causing this?

livid remnant
timid coyote
#

is it possible to overlap the X button label onto the field under F4 text?

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gloomy chasm
timid coyote
#

idk what are those

gloomy chasm
#

Are you doing new ObjectField() or EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(..)?

timid coyote
#

for the field EditorGUILayout.PropertyField and for the image GUILayout.Label

gloomy chasm
#

Right, that is IMGUI (Immediate Mode GUI, means it is drawn each frame).
You can just use a GUILayout.BeginVertical() do the property field and label and then GUILayout.EndVerticle()

timid coyote
#

idk if i can integrate it into this

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firstly i draw the texts and then the properties

#

or like this?

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gloomy chasm
# timid coyote or like this?

You are going to have to use the separate begin/end methods. Put the begin at the start, and end at the end. And where you have if (sprite == null) continue you also need to put an end there before continuing

south comet
#

im using a custom property drawer for a class; how can i call a method of the object of that class? for context, i want to populate an EditorGUI.Popup with data from that object

timid coyote
gloomy chasm
#

You are just telling it to put each field in its own vertical group, but those groups will be put horizontally.

gloomy chasm
south comet
#

ah so thats why its so difficult to do

timid coyote
#

like this then?

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south comet
#

can you point me in the right direction of how i would start recreating that logic?

gloomy chasm
gloomy chasm
timid coyote
south comet
#

hi, currently im working with EditorGUI.PropertyField, how can i make the property width responsive? (like a fraction of the current inspector's width, rather than a fixed size)

wide ruin
twin egret
#

Question, how can I access the sprites within my texture from code:

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#

So in this example I know how I can make my GUIEditor see I have Druid_jump selected, now I want to grab hold of the Druid_Jump_0_00 until Druid_Jump_3_03 within my code sample (without interaction of my user), so that I can setup the 4 animations for them

twin egret
#

My code so far:

List<Texture2D> textures = new List<Texture2D>(Selection.GetFiltered<Texture2D>(SelectionMode.Unfiltered));
foreach (Texture texture in textures)
{
    if (texture != null)
    {
        string path = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(texture);
        string containingFolder = null;
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(containingFolder))
        {
            containingFolder = path.Remove(path.LastIndexOf('/'));
        }
        var importer = AssetImporter.GetAtPath(path) as TextureImporter;
        List<Sprite> currentFrames = new List<Sprite>();
        int index = 0;
        foreach (SpriteMetaData spriteMetaData in importer.spritesheet)
        {
            string[] slice = spriteMetaData.name.Split('_');
            if (slice[2] != index.ToString())
            {
                //CreateAnimation(currentFrames.Count, currentFrames);
                currentFrames = new List<Sprite>();
                index++;
            }

// The Code works fine until here, I need the "Sprite" type object to set up the animation
            Sprite sprite = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<Sprite>($"{containingFolder}/{spriteMetaData.name}");
            //currentFrames.Add(sprite);
            Debug.Log(sprite.name);
        }
    }
}
gloomy chasm
cursive skiff
#

how do i detect a click on the scene view while in the editor?

#

using a custom editor window

twin egret
languid storm
#

Does anyone know how to set the position of the Scene View camera? I am able to set its FOV (see code) but I can't find a way to set its position:

        settings = SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.cameraSettings;
        settings.fieldOfView = ...
gloomy chasm
languid storm
#

For context, the only reason I need this is because when you change the Scene View camera's FOV, it also changes its position (Try changing the FOV and then look around). I want the cam's position to stay the same as I adjust the FOV so it acts like a normal camera zoom.

languid storm
#

I managed to do it!
If you want to stop the Scene View camera changing its position when you change the FOV, here's how:

  1. Create a class inside a folder called "Editor" under Assets
  2. Make it not a MonoBehaviour, put [InitializeOnLoad] above public class..., and create a method: static void s(SceneView v)
  3. Add this constructor to the class:
    static NameOfYourClass()
    {
        SceneView.beforeSceneGui += s;
    }
  1. Create 2 variables for the cam's previous position and distance from pivot (first image)
  2. Inside s, write code (2nd image) that gets the cam's current position and the cam's current distance from its pivot, if the distance from the pivot has changed, take the difference between the cam's current position and its last position, and move the pivot by the opposite of that, cancelling out the camera's movement. The cam positions itself relative to the pivot, so you move the cam, by moving the pivot.
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mellow trail
#

guys what extension gives you suggestion for finishing words, methods after the dot operator, etc

gloomy chasm
mellow trail
#

ah thanks

mellow trail
gloomy chasm
mellow trail
patent quarry
#

This might not be the place but how can I use [HideInInspector] on a variable from the parent class?

gloomy chasm
lilac canyon
#

Hey, I'm trying to replace the 2d gizmos for certain types of entities in my scene with meshes to make things easier to look at and judge depth. I have these rendering with Graphics.DrawMeshNow() inside of OnDrawGizmos. This is great but I cant figure out how to make it so I can click on them in the scene view to select them like normal gizmos do. And I don't want to use normal gizmos since their graphics don't write to the depth buffer. Any suggestions?

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gloomy chasm
lilac canyon
#

Yeah. I want to be able to click to select as if I had a mesh renderer on them.

gloomy chasm
lilac canyon
#

I can't, unfortunately.

#

If I use Gizmos.DrawMesh I can, but that doesn't have some features that I want.

gloomy chasm
lilac canyon
#

They don't have textures or shading and gizmos appear through walls.

#

But gizmos will be good enough if there isn't a simple solution.

gloomy chasm
#

There is not

gloomy chasm
lilac canyon
#

Thanks. I will read through that.

lilac canyon
#

I think I could use that to cast a ray on click and check if I hit an entity. I would have to add colliders to all of my entities but it would probably be worth it. Thanks.

lethal helm
#

why does PropertyDrawer.GetPropertyHeight have a SerializedProperty parameter? How is it supposed to be used?

waxen sandal
#

If you want to change the height based on the values of a property

#

E.g. when something is expanded

lethal helm
#

alright

#

if it's not too much trouble could i get some guidance in making a property drawer with a variable height? it's for a serialized class

#

i could be mistaken but rn my understanding is that

#

the editor starts by calling GetPropertyHeight, and then it calls OnGUI with a rect set to that height

#

i'm trying to set a persistent height in the OnGUI call so that i don't need to duplicate the logic that determines what properties are displayed or not

# 
public class ProjectileActionPropertyDrawer : PropertyDrawer {
    float totalHeight = 0;
``` so i've got an instance variable
# 
    public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label) {
        totalHeight = 0f;
        EditorGUI.BeginProperty(position, label, property);
        PropertyFieldAndNextLine(position, property.FindPropertyRelative("startFrame"));
        totalHeight = 100f;
``` then i'm modifying it in OnGUI and hoping that it retains that value for the repaint
#

how do i find the height occupied by a call to EditorGUI.PropertyField(position, property);?

#

since the property in the propertyfield could be anything

waxen sandal
#

Yeah don't do that

#

You have to duplicate the behaviour

waxen sandal
lethal helm
#

thanks!

#

i figured it out! thank you

#

it looks like i can't use FindProperty on this field with getter and setter: public string name { get; private set; } do you know how to fix that?

waxen sandal
#

Make it a serialized field

#

You can also use [field: SerializedField] on the property

lethal helm
#

[field: SerializeField] public string name { get; private set; }

#

or

#

[SerializeField] public string name { get; private set; }

#

i wasn't able to find success with those

waxen sandal
#

Oh yeah if you do that then the seriailzed name is different than the name of the property

#

You should really just make a backing field that has the attribute

lethal helm
#

i see

#

thank you for your help :)

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dire hatch
#

not sure which channel to ask this in but when I go into the skinning editor, the sprites become like this, with these weird angles

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#

should be like this

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gloomy chasm
pseudo jasper
#

I'm having some unexpected behavior when trying to use serializedObject.FindProperty. It works as I expect for property names such as m_Name, m_Shader, etc, and gives me the contents of the serialized object properly. If I try to find m_ShaderKeywords, the property returns as null, but only in recent 2022 and 2021 - not on 2020 LTS.

#

the file contents look like this:

...
  m_Shader: {fileID: 4800000, guid: 71d6765ad72e11541bc1448c891bbcf9, type: 3}
  m_ShaderKeywords: COLOR_GRADING_ON RECEIVE_SHADOWS_ON USE_OBJECT_POSITION_ON
  m_LightmapFlags: 4
  m_EnableInstancingVariants: 0
  m_DoubleSidedGI: 0
...

all other properties I have no problems reading (including other string properties, such as name)

waxen sandal
#

Try iterating over all the serialized fields on the object and chdck if it has a different name

pseudo jasper
#

it seems like serializedObject actually uses only the struct fields from the expected representation, rather than using the file format (e.g. here it is a material, it seems like it expects a certain format so it doesn't let me see fields/formats from a previous version of unity)

dire hatch
upbeat phoenix
#

is there a way to assing prefabs to the script automaticlly when you open the window

#

selecting soemthing from a drop down will already have a prefab assinged to it

#

please @ me if you know

gloomy chasm
upbeat phoenix
#

well I referd to the editor as a script

#

I meant when the window is open its automaticlly assing

gloomy chasm
upbeat phoenix
#

okay

#

thank you !!

upbeat phoenix
#

any ideas on showing and unshowing options when a certian thing is selected from the drop down ?

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ping me with anything please thanks!

gloomy chasm
# 
if (option == someOption)
{
  // some controls here
}
upbeat phoenix
#

okay i didnt know if it was okay to do with editor

spare temple
#

what do i do when prefab does not exist?

upbeat phoenix
#

debug.log

#

how are you assinging

upbeat phoenix
spare temple
#

editor

upbeat phoenix
#

like how are you assinging it

spare temple
#

i dont undertand as im just exporting a package for a game

#

i know the basics lol

upbeat phoenix
#

ahhhh

#

I need a little more info what are you doing excatly

spare temple
#

trying to build and publish a model for vrc but im getting that long error on te bottom

trail dawn
spare temple
#

i shall go there then

#

thank you

quiet anvil
#

I'm trying to get visual studio code to work with unity, the problem is that intellisense doesnt work for anything exept the built in unity functions i.e ontriggerenter2d and such )and base csharp stuff. I have the Unity code snippets and unity tools extensions. Is there any way to fix this?

patent quarry
#

When I'm playing in editor my cursor can move out of the play screen, and when i click something while the cursor is outside of the play screen it unfocuses. How can i fix this?

shadow violet
# patent quarry When I'm playing in editor my cursor can move out of the play screen, and when i...

The editor does this for your own safety so you always have a way to control the editor while in Play mode - if you click on your game window after hitting Play, the game window will be focused and any code you have to change the cursor will apply - when you hit ESC, no matter what you will always unlock your cursor and be able to unfocus the game window - what are you wanting to have happen in your case?

patent quarry
#

I want the game to be focused at all times until i hit esc

gloomy chasm
patent quarry
#

Turning around in the game and trying to interact with stuff is painful when the cursor is on an editor button and it unfocuses

#

Is there a fullscreen option, a hotkey for it?

gloomy chasm
patent quarry
#

Thanks i will check it out

abstract solar
#

How can I detect when an object within the editor is deleted?

#

And spawned, for that matter.

waxen sandal
#

It's probably drawn twice with different ztests

#

Handles.ztest has a bunch of options, I don't remember which ones you need

rugged urchin
#

how can i diagnose editor freezes like this?

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waxen sandal
#

Sounds like an odin bug

wintry badger
#

Hi all, I am working with an array in an editor extension using SerializedProperty, however to speed up some calculations, I am using NativeArray. Copying the data from the array into the NativeArray is easy, as I just use the array object from the class directly (which is always gauranteed to match the SerializedProperty representation at the point of data calculation). However, after performing the calculations I need to copy the data from the NativeArray to the SerializedProperty. At the moment I am using GetArrayElementAtIndex, which is quite slow. Does anyone know of a faster way to copy the data?

gloomy chasm
wintry badger
sleek basin
#

Not sure if this is a good spot to post - but
my profiler window is not showing any data- All of the modules are on, and the only error I am seeing is
The system is running out of memory - Please close applications to free memory or free up space on the partition where the pagefile is located. Used memory 38%

near flume
#

So I've been working with the built-in animator, and I'm wondering if it's at all possible to just completely remake that system? I have no idea if editor extensions are even what I want for this kinda thing, but I've just not been a fan of the animation workflow and wanna make something better

#

Specifically like editing vectors in 3d, allowing variables to be used, etc. Is that possible, and are editor extensions what I want?

gloomy chasm
near flume
#

Okay, thank you!

#

I'll have to look into what would actually need to be done in-editor and runtime

lethal helm
#

hey everyone

#

why do i need to supply a label to a call of GetPropertyHeight?

#

does this 'label' refer to the containing property's label or to the property i want the height of?

#

because it seems like i don't know what a property's label is at the time i call it

#

certainly when you call PropertyField the label is assumed

#

yeah, i've isolated problems to this line and the label, but i don't know what label to put. idk what it expects

#

there's no SerializedProperty.label to reference from

#

also im confused by this

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#

if the last two have default values that means GetPropertyHeight(property); is a valid signature isn't it

#

ohh i see where i went wrong! that's a different metthod entirely just with the same name

slender meteor
#

when domain reloading happens, what happens to the background threads and/or tasks created by the editor extensions? is unity supposed to clean them up or is it up to extensions to clean their own

limpid linden
gloomy chasm
slender meteor
#

well, in my experience, sometimes they are not closed. i have a background network task running up. when not terminated properly;
a) cannot initialize the connection again because getting port is being used error
b) unity doesn't exit properly when closing, had to close through task manager (alt+ctrl+del)

#

couldn't find any info in the docs as well

limpid linden
#

I'd manually handle them either way for safety

gloomy chasm
jolly turret
#

is this where I would ask questions pertaining to Ink?

gloomy chasm
jolly turret
#

Yea it’s a third party plugin. I’ve tried their support avenues with no response.

#

It’s on the asset store though..so if anyone knows anything about it/has used it before, I’ve got a question about using external functions.

soft briar
tender olive
soft briar
soft briar
#

unfortunately it's missing some walkthrough

timid coyote
#

how can i get the SerializedProperty of the field sprite in the Key class?

[SerializeField] private List<Key> bindingsImagesList = new List<Key>();
private SerializedProperty _bindingsImagesListProperty;
_bindingsImagesListProperty = _serializedObject.FindProperty("bindingsImagesList");

var keyProperty = _bindingsImagesListProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(keyIndex) // .sprite ;
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timid coyote
#

i already did that, but i just want to show the Sprite sprite field into the custom window

limpid linden
timid coyote
# 
var keyProperty = _bindingsImagesListProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(keyIndex);
                    EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(keyProperty, GUIContent.none, GUILayout.ExpandWidth(false));
``` this is how i drew the field, but i changed the array from a Sprite one to the Key class one, and the problem now is that i cant accest the sprite field to draw it again
gloomy chasm
timid coyote
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didnt work

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i tested 10 min ago

limpid linden
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if you want to draw the key itself, you'll need to serialize the class using [System.Serializable]

gloomy chasm
timid coyote
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1 sec

limpid linden
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that tells unity it can be converted into bytes, modified and then written back

gloomy chasm
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Oh yeah, you need to add the Serializable attribute to the Key class

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Good catch @limpid linden

limpid linden
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ey no worries, should have seen me yesterday literally not reading the help someone requested properly 😭

timid coyote
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i get the out of bounce error, but idk why

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public void OnEnable(SerializedProperty listProperty, List<Key> list)
        {
            _bindingsImagesListProperty = listProperty;
            
            foreach (var sprite in _bindingsImagesList)
                list.Add(sprite);
        }
#

list is the field of listProperty

gloomy chasm
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keyIndex is wrong/out of bounds

timid coyote
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its 0 when it gets out of bounce

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but the list gets created

gloomy chasm
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Why don't you just share the full code. It will save a lot of time

timid coyote
#

so i have the main window class that calls OnEnable on the KeyboardLayout

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timid coyote
gloomy chasm
timid coyote
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its a lot

gloomy chasm
timid coyote
#

there are 3 scripts

limpid linden
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If you need to share snippets I'd say use pastebin or even https://paste.myst.rs/ (imo its more readable and flexible)

#

nah we dont need all 3

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just the editor one

timid coyote
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the layout script calls the drawing functions

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but the custom window script calls the function that draws

#

found the problem

_keyboardLayout.OnEnable(_bindingsImagesListProperty, bindingsImagesList);
            _serializedObject.Update();```
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just had to call _serializedObject.Update(); to update the list

limpid linden
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Yeah I saw your loops and they seemed to be fine so I was looking through the calls

timid coyote
#

ty thought 😄

limpid linden
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Pretty sure you should be able to get away without calling the update method on the serializedObject in OnEnable

gloomy chasm
#

Just so you know, you don't need to use SerializedProperty for editor windows (unless you want the automatic undo that comes with it.

timid coyote
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didnt really understand all the classes in the editor namespace, i just watched brackeys tutorial and i stick to that

tardy pecan
#

Are the PropertyDrawers using UIElements only available in 2022.2+?

#

I'm trying to create Property Drawers using UIElements in 2021.3 LTS, but it doesn't seem to work at all

gloomy chasm
tardy pecan
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Oh so you can only use them if you have a custom inspector on top?

gloomy chasm
# tardy pecan Oh so you can only use them if you have a custom inspector on top?

Yeah, they only work when the object with the field uses a custom inspector.

Basically it is like this, IMGUI can be drawn from inside UITK elements, but UITK elements cannot be drawn from inside of IMGUI.
The default inspector is drawn using IMGUI (prior to 2022.2) so it cannot draw UITK PropertyDrawers. So you need a custom inspector that uses UITK in order to draw them.

tardy pecan
#

Ah ok thank you very much for the clarification! Looking forward to 2022 LTS then!

tough cairn
#

is there a way to draw a black box behind UnityEditor.Handles.Label ?

#

preferably with the same size as the text

#

( depending on the length of the string )

#

that's what i got so far ( without the background ) :

var colorOriginal = GUI.color;

if( color != default ) GUI.color = color;

#if UNITY_EDITOR

var size = UnityEditor.HandleUtility.GetHandleSize(target.position) / 6f;

var up = UnityEditor.SceneView.currentDrawingSceneView.camera.transform.up;

UnityEditor.Handles.Label( target.position + up * size * offset, text);

#endif

if( color != default ) GUI.color = colorOriginal;
#

maybe something like GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect but for handles ?

tough cairn
#

nvm i figured it out

# 
using UnityEngine;
public static class Gizmo
{
    public static void Text( Vector3 position, string text, int lineOffset = 0, Color color = default, Color background = default, bool bold = false , int size = 12 )
    {
        #if UNITY_EDITOR
        
        GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle( UnityEditor.EditorStyles.label ); 
        style.normal.textColor = color;
        style.normal.background = Texture2D.blackTexture;
        style.normal.scaledBackgrounds = new Texture2D[] { style.normal.background };
        style.fontStyle = bold ? FontStyle.Bold : FontStyle.Normal;
        style.richText = true;
        style.fontSize = size;

        var cam = UnityEditor.SceneView.currentDrawingSceneView.camera;

        var up = cam.transform.up;

        var lineHeight = UnityEditor.HandleUtility.GetHandleSize( position ) / 6f * (size / 12f);

        var pos = position + up * lineHeight * lineOffset * -1;

        var content = new GUIContent( text );

        if( background != default )
        {
            var screen_size = style.CalcSize( content );

            var A = cam.WorldToScreenPoint( pos );
            var B = A + new Vector3( screen_size.x, 0 );
            var C = A + new Vector3( screen_size.x, -screen_size.y );
            var D = A + new Vector3( 0, -screen_size.y );

            var shift = lineHeight * 0.2f * up;

            B = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint( B ) + shift;
            C = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint( C ) + shift;
            D = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint( D ) + shift;

            var verts = new Vector3[] { pos + shift, B, C, D };

            UnityEditor.Handles.DrawSolidRectangleWithOutline( verts , background, background );
        }

        UnityEditor.Handles.Label( pos, content , style );
        
        #endif
    }
}
#

example

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# 
    private void OnDrawGizmos()
    {
        var stresses = joint.GetNormalizedJointStress();
        for( var i = 0; i < stresses.Length; i++ ) {
            var s = i + " " + stresses[i].ToString("N3");
            Gizmo.Text( transform.position, s , i , Color.yellow , background : Color.black, size : 12 );
        }
    }
tardy pecan
#

Hey! Is there any handles to create a simple arrow in the Scene view? I remember that there was something a while ago but it might not be there anymore (last time I used it was in 4.x so it might have been removed)

#

I basically want to display the forward axis of an item at all times

trail dawn
tardy pecan
#

Can this work inside of OnDrawGizmos? I've used it and it doesn't seem to appear

limpid linden
#

if you would like a gizmo only arrow you could take advantage of lines and draw 3/4 to make a point: ->

tranquil goblet
#

I'm trying to make a custom property drawer that shows a button next to any Vector3s in the inspector that when clicked will display the editor vector arrows in the scene and let you edit the vector 3 that way. The displaying the arrows and editing its value parts works but whenever I deselect the object it gives me the error "NullReferenceException: SerializedObject of SerializedProperty has been Disposed.". What can I do to avoid this? / am I even doing this correctly? This is my first time working with the UnityEditor api so I'm not very familiar with it.

Screenshot_2022-07-16_231252.png
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I'm on unity version 2019.4.33f1 (ik it's a bit outdated)

visual stag
#

You're statically caching a serialized property and never unsubscribing from the GUI callback

#

so when you deselect the object that callback is still running and the serializeObject is invalid

tranquil goblet
#

so I have to unsubscribe from the GUI callback when the object is deselected?

visual stag
#

Yeah, though you may be able to catch the exception and unsubscribe then

#

but I'm not sure if it's an exception or just a log error

tranquil goblet
#

it shows as an error

visual stag
#

It's an exception you can just catch

tranquil goblet
#

It worked tysm

abstract solar
#

How can I run some code of a GameObject is removed in the editor? Like if I just hit delete in the hierarchy

peak bloom
#

that's a very confusing question tbfh 👀

#

if what you meant was to look for a recently added/removed gameObject, yes you can..

    static HierarchyMonitor()
    {
        EditorApplication.hierarchyChanged -= OnHierarchyChanged;
        EditorApplication.hierarchyChanged += OnHierarchyChanged;
    }

    static void OnHierarchyChanged()
    {
      //Do your thing!!
    }
#

it can also detect if there are changes to gameObject's name

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well the last point, pretty sure it wasn't there before.. so uh

round blade
#

When I receive OnPostprocessAudio(AudioClip) the audio clip I get is not a real audio clip. It's not null because it returns false when you check for null but everything else is the default value (e.g. name is empty). When I assign it to an object, the object reports None. Am I doing something wrong?

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#

I also tried loading the asset first but the scriptable object still reports None.

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waxen sandal
#

Try delaying it one frame

visual stag
visual coral
#

Hi, I made a Property Drawer and it works great on ints, floats and strings but not on the array versions. Using it on arrays gives me the Error : "Unsupported type Vector" and applies changes to every element```cs
[CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(EntityActionAttribute))]
public class EntityActionPropertyDrawer : PropertyDrawer
{
private int _selected;

public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
{
    string[] names = new string[EntityActionDataBase.Instance.EntityActions.Length];

    for(int i = 0; i < names.Length; i++)
    {
        names[i] = EntityActionDataBase.Instance.EntityActions[i].Name;
    }

    _selected = EditorGUI.Popup(position, _selected, names);

    switch (property.propertyType)
    {
        case SerializedPropertyType.Integer:
            property.intValue = _selected;
            break;
        case SerializedPropertyType.Float:
            property.floatValue = _selected;
            break;
        case SerializedPropertyType.String:
            property.stringValue = EntityActionDataBase.Instance.EntityActions[_selected].Name;
            break;
    }
}

}

visual stag
visual coral
visual stag
#

I'm not sure what you mean, but applying a property attribute to an array is just applying the drawer to each element, not the array property

#

and there is no way to change that, only by drawing an editor and drawing the array property yourself can you do that afaik

visual coral
#

I probably just suck at explaining, a small vid is probably going to be useful so wait a sec

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The popup apparently didnt get recorded but you get the point

#

All of the elements get changed

visual stag
#

Ah, yeah the drawer is shared across all times it's drawn, only the property passed in changes

waxen sandal
#

Better is to make _selected a local variable instead

#

Don't put variables on the class level ideally, if you really have to do what vertx suggested

visual stag
#

Certainly better to just get the values back from the property if you can

visual coral
waxen sandal
#

A local variable is a variable defined in a method and thus goes out of scope after the method ends

#

To do that, you have to figure out what array element is currently selected based on the value of your field

visual coral
waxen sandal
#

The OnGUI method

visual coral
#

Thanks!

#

I'm still getting the vector error, do you guys know what could be causing that? @waxen sandal @visual stag