📱┃mobile

[open star]

With the latest requirements

Oh dang

I’m sorry I can’t help with your rotation as I don’t make games much only apps

Been stuck for 7 days

[open star]

Luckily I surpassed the issue 🤘🏽 and sorted all other sorts within 2020.2

[true coyote]

Hi,
i don't exactly know if this is the most fitting channel for my issue,
however I try to program a mobile App, which can be used to scan a matrix code.
I managed to implement a QR-Code scanner library, which works completly fine, but I now try to code a scanner for a different matrix code (which also uses the 3 Finderpatterns in the corner, exactly as a QR Code does).
Therefore I figured it would be a good Idea to use something like OpenCV to easily care for the camera and recognition part of my scan problem. It seems like EmguCV is a good wrapper for OpenCV therefore I tried to install it, but failed.
I also thought about using a Open Source QR scanner library and try to extract the part, which cares for the recognition in an image, but I dont know if that's the best idea.
I'm pretty knew to Unity and coding, but through my App I already learned alot.

So my question is, if my idea to go with emgucv is good, and if this is the case how do I install the required libraries (I use Unity on macOS)?
or should I try to use a already existent qr code library and change it, so it works for me.

If you can't help me with the installation of EmguCV, but maybe you could help me with more experiecne or other ideas.

[glossy sluice]

what graphics api should i use to support most android devices?

automatic works ok or should i just leave gles2?

[open trellis]

Hey guys, I’m trying to build my games for iPhones but devices with <3GB of RAM keep crashing

I checked memory profiler and my Texture2D has a 1.6GB footprint on it

The rest of my files are <500mb combined

It shouldn’t crash but it seems to crash on phones <3GB RAM

I’ve set my quality settings to 1/8th of the original full resolution texture

and compressed most textures from 2048 to 512

Is there any other way to reduce memory usage?

[hushed cosmos]

Hi, is in the Unity some integration for huawei ads kit? Or how can i ad ads to huawei app?

[steel tree]

Guys, how to make a fixed width perspective camera the height can change but width should stay the same ?

[glossy sluice]

Whenever I touch something on the sreen everything slows down plz ping me if you know the answer?

[steel tree]

@glossy sluice I'm not sure if i can help, but you prolly want to show the script, the part where you touch the screen

[glossy sluice]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class DragFingerMove : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Vector3 touchPosition;
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private Vector3 direction;
    private float moveSpeed = 10f;

    // Use this for initialization
    private void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.touchCount > 0)
        {
            Touch touch = Input.GetTouch(0);
            touchPosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(touch.position);
            touchPosition.z = 0;
            direction = (touchPosition - transform.position);
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(direction.x, 0) * moveSpeed;

            if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Ended)
                rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        }
    }
}

[amber plume]

how do I open an android app in unity?

I tried application.openurl

Application.OpenURL("https://com.google.android.youtube");

[indigo condor]

you will need the URL , URI schema of the app in question

and do Application.OpenURL("app-uri");

sorry, this is for iOS, for android you need to use an intent

try this

vnd.youtube://the.youtube.video.url

Application.OpenURL("vnd.youtube:the.youtube.video.url");

[rough quartz]

Im trying to download a APK on my android device but its not letting me. I've tried everything is there another way?

[amber plume]

```Application.OpenURL("market://details?id=com.google.android.youtube");````

I tried this, but it opens the google play store listing instead of opening the app

[robust hamlet]

Yes, you are telling it to open market with market://

This is your function:

void StartPackage(string package){ var activityClass = new AndroidJavaClass("com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer"); var activity = activityClass.GetStatic<AndroidJavaObject>("currentActivity"); var packageManager = activity.Call<AndroidJavaObject>("getPackageManager"); var launch = packageManager.Call<AndroidJavaObject>("getLaunchIntentForPackage",package); activity.Call("startActivity",launch); }

[thin violet]

hi! Why do does the screensize looks perfect the first time the app opens after build and run. but when I close the app and open it again... I can see just a part of the screen because the size is to big. it's like zoomed in

android....

[limber parcel]

Hey, is it possible to use paypal for purchases (connected to google play account) to pay for products via Unity IAP?

I know Unity IAP doesn't support paypal, but is it the same if you do it not directly but through google account? Then you're technically paying to google with paypay, which then callbacks to Unity IAP, am I thinking correct?

[thin violet]

please. SOmeone?

[glossy sluice]

I builded my RPG for Android and discovered that the FPS are capped at 30. Why? Is there a way to change it?

[fallow canyon]

Hey, quick question, I get this when I compile my android game:

I imported classes.jar (which for some reason was missing UnityPlayerActivity) in the android studio project, and now it's complaining about duplicates 👀

[silk moon]

For anyone looking for a mobile joystick tutorial and more stuff for making mobile games, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ata6oaX7hBk&ab_channel=Unity

[dense kestrel]

Any ideas how to optimize this? -TextMeshPro.GenerateTextMesh() - am making text game for android so there's a lot of text but still, this feels a little bit too much

in menu i have fading in textmeshpro (til alpha =1) and texture in the background moving around, there's also one point light

[glossy sluice]

Hi I added to my project AdMod from Google. Everything works. However, I want to use interstitial ad on click button (I use it to load new scene). When I press this button I see this ad just for 1 second and after that Unity load new scene. How Can I stop this process and after press "close ad" Unity will load new scene?

[glossy sluice]

can anyone please help me add a custom sensitivity slider for setting please

[sinful sage]

hello

anyone interested in coaching and helping create a simple mobile game?

ive tried made a fairly simple game but im just stumped on my own, as im new to unity and just allot of stuff is confusing for me

inbox if you would like to know what i want to accomplish, and wish to help me out learning, and programming please

[potent pasture]

hello, i have a question about google play services. I just started to create the app page on Google Developer console, i have the option to activate the cloud saves in GooglePlay Services.
I may want to enable this option in the future, are there any problems if i activate it but the app does not have GooglePlay plug in and the cloud saves are not active?

[languid wraith]

Some one know a way to build both android and ios asset bundle without switch platform?

[sacred creek]

Anyone here maybe have a solution for sharing a saved file in the iOS system or via mail or whatever?

[raw depot]

@sacred creek https://imazing.com/

[sacred creek]

@raw depot i mean through app not with extra software 😉 but thx

[fast olive]

Anyone successfully got their game/app published to google family program? I am clueless to why I get rejected, now I can’t even update to my internal testtrack as it just gets rejected. (earlier it worked for some reason) All I get is some issue with metadata but however much I read the rules I can’t see how my game is in violation with them.

[sinful sage]

how to export to android for testing i have installed the package like it asked

and i have installed the android development day day before..for unreal

[sacred creek]

@fast olive what Message do you get with the metadata. I guess it is missing

[fast olive]

@sacred creek It’s three things mentioned:

For example, the app icon does not accurately reflect the app experience.

For example, the app launcher icon does not accurately reflect the app experience.

For example, the app’s description does not accurately reflect the app experience.

——-
However, I don’t see a good example of how they want it to be. Icon is nothing special, it is a picture of the player object basically. Description is a brief explanation of the game, nothing else.

Not sure if the launcher icon is just unity logo though, it shouldnt be

[sacred creek]

Yeah QA can be a struggle , but the launcher thing you should check

Like no placeholders

[fast olive]

I have been trying to figure out how I can find the icon in the AAB file.

[sacred creek]

Its in unity player settings

[fast olive]

Yes that part is correctly set. I just don’t know if it actually was included in the aab file. Other games it worked so I don’t see why it wouldn’t now. Probably just have to change target audience ages and hope that works. I think it’s weird that they can’t provide a better guide to what they want.

[sacred creek]

You should be able to ask back to them, dont you?

[blazing epoch]

hey I have a problem: previously I could save the apk file to my pc first after hitting build and run. now (in the same project) unity wants me to connect a phone to install the app. I cant save the apk file to my pc. But I need the apk so anyone knows how to fix this? :)

[robust hamlet]

Try with only Build option, without Run

[tawny vigil]

Can someone help me? I want to change from portrait to landscape but when I do that the game resets, but I don't what that, because the scene became unaccessible, I'm changing orientation using Screen.Orientation and this unity game is included as a aar module in a android app.

[eternal shell]

How do you guys make your games fit the entire screen no matter what resolution each phone has?

[sacred creek]

What are you dealing with? Like, the unity camera will render fullscreen nevertheless the size,for the UI, you have to keep it responsive @eternal shell

@tawny vigil you are changing the orientation? Shouldn't the device do it itself?

[eternal shell]

@sacred creek , my background is limited and when I switch resolutions in unity my so called "background colour" is shown

If I render my game in a specific resolution, will it keep that resolution?

[sacred creek]

okay, can you show your camera settings? And what resolution do you switch, game view, scene view?

When a user starts the game, it will be shown in the resolution of his device in most cases

[tawny vigil]

@sacred creek I need to change from portrait to landscape in specific scenes, I find out that android in it's manifiest you can change the defaultConfig with the orientation tag and now works but for some reason the android manifiest changes do not persist when compiling apk, now I need to find why this behavior, I do know that the android manifiest gets modified in compilation but I need more research

[steel tree]

Help, in the dashboard it says my organization is locked, and there's also a message saying to use ads-app.txt, how do i use that ?

[odd badger]

Is it a bug that SystemInfo.processorFrequency returns double the actual cpu frequency on some android devices (i.e. Pixel 5)?

[sacred creek]

Does it add cores up maybe?

[odd badger]

Pixel 5 has 8 cores and the highest frequency is 2.4GHz but SystemInfo.processorFrequency is returning 4,800MHz (4.8GHz)

[sinful turtle]

Does iOS not have a numbers and punctuation keyboard like android? When I play my app on iOS it just opens the normal keyboard, switched to the page with numbers and symbols

[quartz kernel]

not numbers and punctuation no, that sounds correct

[sinful turtle]

How is this even possible lol

[lime vessel]

Guys, does someone knows how to promote your game on admob?

[glossy sluice]

error CS0433: The type 'IUnityLifecycleManager' exists in both 'UnityEngine.Advertisements.Editor, Version=3.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' and 'UnityEngine.Advertisements, Version=3.4.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
any1 know how to fix this error

cuz im having trouble with it

[pale kayak]

Hey guys, i'm trying to display 360 images on oculus, but my image quality isn't what I'm hoping for, and I'm getting a lot of visual aliasing despite using 8x msaa, are there any guides out there that specify texture import settings for absolutely maximum quality regardless of memory / ram size?

I've spent a lot of time googling but finding mostly half vague posts and references to long lists of import settings and file format info grids

Also I realise MSAA is more for geometry AA, is it possible 8xmsaa will be reducing my quality if my app is mostly 360 images?

[glossy sluice]

why on #📱┃mobile ?

@pale kayak i dont think this is the right channel for that go to #🥽┃virtual-reality

[pale kayak]

Ah specifically android

[glossy sluice]

yea or ios pretty sure

[pale kayak]

As oculus quest runs on android and a lot of the quality seems to be based around import settings & overrides

[glossy sluice]

tru tru

[pale kayak]

360 vr stills are old news which is fair enough but for this app they are a requirement but most info now seems to revolve around 360 videos, or is a few years out of date

And I cannot wait until the asset import pipeline improvements come through, getting a bit tired of waiting 10mins for my texture import settings to apply

Are there any import formats for android that are close to the standard desktop "uncompressed"?

I cant find specific enough info about these formats to figure that out

[lime vessel]

guys, has someone promoted your mobile games somewhere?

[hot nacelle]

@lime vessel i use FB, IG and google if it helps

[lime vessel]

and which one of those three do you think that it’s the best place to advertise your games?

[hot nacelle]

depends on your experience with using the FB ads manager i can't tell you the best one because all of them are good if you now how to use them

[lime vessel]

And do you know if $100 for FB ads is worth it to advertise? Or should I use less or more to start?

[hot nacelle]

you should know the country that you want to target because the Cpc is different from one country to another, USA has a higher Cpc.
for the amount to start with you can do a test ad by spending 5$ per day or 10$ per day.
then when you find the country that has more engagements with your ads you scale the ads and do a reTarget (i am using some markiting words) @lime vessel

[lime vessel]

Okay, thanks!

[cerulean marlin]

I want to create a mobile 3d game but idk how 2 make a looking sytem

So someone pls help

someone pls help

D:

why does noone help me D:

[cerulean marlin]

can someone help me cus i want to test out my game i made but my game wont load on my ios device i got my device connected via a usb cable i also got unityremote5 but it still wont work ping me if u wanna help me pls

[glossy sluice]

Hi, whenever I touch something on screen everything the ball that I am supposed to move slows its decent (Plz ping me)

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

public class DragFingerMove : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Vector3 touchPosition;
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private Vector3 direction;
    private float moveSpeed = 10f;

    // Use this for initialization
    private void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.touchCount > 0)
        {
            Touch touch = Input.GetTouch(0);
            touchPosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(touch.position);
            touchPosition.z = 0;
            direction = (touchPosition - transform.position);
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(direction.x, 0) * moveSpeed; 

            if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Ended)
                rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        }
    }
}

[steep perch]

Hey, guys, I am receiving an e-mail updates from google stating "Your app is accepted conditionally into the Designed for Families Program on Google Play.", but I have already opted out of that program from the play console. Does anybody know how to deal with this, since they are not answering their support tickets?

[glad bone]

Hello, i want to track users which installed from Facebook Ads. How can i do that ? FB SDK log them automatically but i wanna send them also GA. I coulnt find any way for do that.

[little jolt]

have you contacted

[dusty pollen]

Hey I want to make a simple game and I want help it's my first time trying to make a mobile game so how can u make when I take a animation starts and then go back ?

[stone hound]

Check the loop mark @dusty pollen

[dusty pollen]

Νo I mean when I press the screen/hold an image will appear as long as I press the screen

[quartz kernel]

There are tutorials on youtube about mobile dev in Unity that you should check out @dusty pollen

[dusty pollen]

Yeah I searched a little bit and I only found "how to make a full game"

[somber idol]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497873819898478596/785977826170896404/unknown.png hey, someone can help?

[dusty pollen]

I need help when I press open download page and download unity android thing when I runt he program it say it could find unity.exe

What do I do

[dusty pollen]

||fixed it||

[vague forge]

hello,

I’m developing a game on mobile and I currently have some players playing in internal testing on the google play store. I just implemented the ad system. I would like to know if I risk a ban if my players watch pubs (limited to 1 every 2 hours) while they are "internal testers"

[robust hamlet]

You can enable test ads

[lament jay]

Hey, people here have issues with unlit Shader graphs with custom functions on mobiles ?

[indigo condor]

Anybody familiar with unity IAP purchases and AppStore Connect ? I've followed the tutorials and been able to make it work but I have an important doubt....
Do ALL the products need to be declared separatedly in Appstore Connect? every combination of items and sales you want to add to your 'store' it has to be declared previously in the appstore connect?
this seems a slow and tedious process..
Also for seasonal promotions I guess the catalog should be updated and sent previously and wait for approval?
I didn't expect this to be so unflexible

[sacred creek]

@indigo condor Apple is slow and tedious when it comes to releasing apps. They really want to know whats going on especially with IAP as they get 30% out of it, or less from now on with their new agreement on small businesses. As soon as you try to bypass their stuff and just put it you rown dynamically loaded IAP, you can talk to Epic whats gonna happen 😉

[indigo condor]

@sacred creek no, id never try that. And btw since you mentioned...I don’t use to agree with apple’s polices but on Epic’s case Im with Apple.

They thought they were going to get special treatment, and try to act like they want to defend consumer’s rights... 🤦‍♂️

[sacred creek]

Everyone wants the money, that simple 😄

[warm adder]

Does anyone here publish on AppGallery? Is it supporting APK expansion files (OBB) ?

Nevermind, found out the answer, it does not but APK can be 2GB so its ok

[steel tree]

Guys, should i use multiple sprite shape or 1 big sprite shape for performance ?

[ocean quest]

Anyone finding XCode for iOS gets stuck on "Compiling 2 of 2 Storyboards"? It does not seem to want to get past it

[ocean quest]

turned it off & on again...

[brittle sand]

I'm having a issue with touch screen sliders with Unity UI

they are clicked but cannot move when I try to slide them

I googled it but cannot figure out why it works in editor and not my phone

[brittle sand]

I even unparented them

[brittle sand]

https://gyazo.com/005b5b837dbc354fab6c3a5aa6badfa6

bundle version code

needs to go there

[brittle sand]

I did get a slider working on a empty secne but it's still geting issues

[brittle sand]

so i'm testing the tower defense tempalte from unity and when I use editor to jump form menu to level

the sliders don't want to read until a manually edit the values in the editor

when changing in code it won't work

[astral nimbus]

Does anybody have a good idea for an idle/clicker game?(for mobile)

[upper sierra]

Maybe one thats the opposite of normal Clicker Games

[inner forge]

I want to try and make a mobile RPG game, but I'm not sure where to start. Especially since I'm new to this.

[vague vault]

Hey guys! Is it possible to make a deepfake Mobile app, like ZAO? But smaller. I mean there is just one short video in the app and you can put your face on the main character. Is there any tutorial for this?

[drifting osprey]

i have a question, i'm trying to make an app for android, i took a small course on Android Studio but it took me a very long time to make something simple like UI, i'm a lot more familiar with Unity, so lets say if i were to make the Uber app, why would i do it in AS, rather than Unity?
i tried googling this stuff but couldn't find much info

[hazy kiln]

Guys, how to run Update method in background in an android Application? I need to run a method in a loop if my application is minimised, but Update method seems paused when in background Application.RunInBackground would also won't work as it is in Android. Anybody know any alternative method?

[robust hamlet]

Why would you need that? @hazy kiln

[hazy kiln]

@robust hamlet , I have a multiplayer game. In my game if one player got minimised for more than 10 seconds, the game should end for both the players

So I need a timer that triggered common for both the players

[glossy sluice]

How do you automatically save a users progress and items then load them whenever the player launches app?

[quartz kernel]

With some sort of save system, there are several tutorials and assets made for this @glossy sluice

[quartz kernel]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnApplicationPause.html
No code will run while it is minimised. But with this you can start a timer on your backend

[glossy sluice]

I looked at many but all of them required you having a save and load button and I want that to happen automatically

I don't want the player to press save or load

[quartz kernel]

You just need to call the functions when you want

[glossy sluice]

wdym

[quartz kernel]

If you want it automatic you could do it at a certain timestep, or just on https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnApplicationQuit.html

[glossy sluice]

what is that code supposed to do?

[quartz kernel]

That's where you'd call the save function

Or OnApplicationPause which I linked above might be more reliable

[glossy sluice]

So it saves when you are quitting the application?

and @quartz kernel do you know if you can use Google firebase to save player progress?

[quartz kernel]

Yes and yes

[glossy sluice]

ok thanks

[half briar]

guys, i have this error when building my app into Android platform. how do i solve this?

Edit: the Population.dll is there in the assets folder.

ArgumentException: The Assembly UnityEditor is referenced by Population ('Assets/Creator Of Path/Code/Population.dll'). But the dll is not allowed to be included or could not be found.
UnityEditor.AssemblyHelper.AddReferencedAssembliesRecurse (System.String assemblyPath, System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] alreadyFoundAssemblies, System.String[] allAssemblyPaths, System.String[] foldersToSearch, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[TKey,TValue] cache, UnityEditor.BuildTarget target) (at <fd8fd784002f49beab0500d3a24213b9>:0)
UnityEditor.AssemblyHelper.FindAssembliesReferencedBy (System.String[] paths, System.String[] foldersToSearch, UnityEditor.BuildTarget target) (at <fd8fd784002f49beab0500d3a24213b9>:0)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)

[quartz kernel]

If you need that .dll then you might need to put it in a folder called Editor, to ignore it when you build. I'm not sure it will work with dlls though

[half briar]

thankss ! it works now ! @quartz kernel 😄

[austere plinth]

I think my AABs are generating incorrect APKs

just a few questions

how are you guys generating AABs

I'm using this: https://github.com/playgameservices/play-games-plugin-for-unity

is there a way for me to provide a custom AAB config

[austere plinth]

is there even a good place where AAB configurations are documented?

[quartz kernel]

I just use the built-in AAB functionality @austere plinth, do you need more control than it gives you?

[austere plinth]

ah

yeah, I do need more control than what Google's plugin gives me

how can I include Asset bundles using the built-in AAB functionality

@quartz kernel is it possible for me to use PAD with the built-in AAB functionality, or is there an equivalent?

[quartz kernel]

I haven't used Asset Bundles with AAB yet unfortunately :/ But I'd be surprised if it didn't work

[austere plinth]

I've been using asset bundle with Google's Plugin, but the plugin does a bit too much for me

there are 4 assetbundle APIs from what I know so far

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AssetBundles-Native.html

[quartz kernel]

I'm gonna be looking more into this in the coming year but at this point I can't tell you much!

[austere plinth]

alright, thanks for the insight!

[ocean quest]

Hi seems iPhone 12s (especially like Max) might be reporting wrong Screen.dpi in Unity. Have seen bugs because of this but do not own one. Can anyone confirm?

[vague flame]

Hey all, just trying to run a function in Unity when I do the 'play' action on my new earphones (razer hammerhead). The f7 trick isnt working for these. Anyone know of an sdk/api?

[chrome ivy]

Hi, I'm experimenting a bit with unity remote. On my phone everything is streched vertically. How can I solve this?

[ebon coyote]

@chrome ivy on your game view in unity select aspect ratio of "Remote" it will set game view to resolution of your device

[chrome ivy]

Thank you!

[ebon coyote]

no problem :)

[glossy spear]

I'm getting this error (through logcat) when building to android

does anybody know what this is related to?

or how to fix it?

it occurs during the game when loading a scene

it says 'remove it' but I don't even know where to find that file

[oak warren]

Hey My mobile game is suffering lag? I just checked the profiler, but it is very weird: (currently standing on one of the spikes in the picture)

Editorloop is spiking? I've heard this is only in the editor? But the lag is occuring on phone too?

Btw lag is unnoticable on pc since the pc is very powerful for the game

[quartz kernel]

You’ll need to debug it on the device to get an accurate view of where the issues are

[flat dove]

Hello

I am trying to build my mobile game but it makes it a abb file, is this what should happen?

And this is the only thing in the file

I made a new file and saved the game inside it

pls help me

[quartz kernel]

An AAB file is built for the google play store @flat dove. You can turn this off and on in the build settings

[steel tree]

Guys, I'm making a game that only has 1 level (like getting over it) should i put everything on one sprite atlas including the background for performance ?

[sacred creek]

there are limits in sprite atlases, so I would not put everything in one, cause your background might be one big single texture, therefore the quality would suffer. I would pack all those little things inside an atlas and check for big textures, like 1024x1024 for example and leave them as they are. But this really depends on your textures and quality needs

[steel tree]

@sacred creek Thanks for the answer :) so it's better to put all these in one sprite atlas ?

[sacred creek]

yeah totally, they look like typical packed textures, I would love to see in one atlas

Did you do them yourself?

[steel tree]

Yes

Thanks for the answer

[sacred creek]

Nice! Good job, they have a nice style and consistent throughout all of them 🙂

[steel tree]

[sacred creek]

Are you like a 2d artist?

[steel tree]

No

Just a regular high school student

[sacred creek]

ohh ok, but you did this before or at least are good at art

If you ever mind working on a job basis, let me know. Now and then I have things come up that need good visual arts

[steel tree]

Ok :)

[vast kernel]

Guys which version of unity is best for making a mobile game...

Or trying to make.. 😜

[sacred creek]

This is like a very weird question 😄 Just take the latest stable o

and no preview, should get you going quite safely for the start @vast kernel

[acoustic breach]

Hey, is there a way to avoid re-importing assets when i want to just build an asset bundle?

Use Case : I have 3 platforms ( iOS, WebGL, Android). When i switch between them, it reimports once each and then i can build as many asset bundles as i want in whatever order i want without re-importing assets.
But when I restart the editor, this stops being the case. And re-imports on this project take about 15 mins each, and i'd like to avoid this.

[hot nacelle]

@acoustic breach re-importing assets is something you can't avoid cause the assets could be shaders models sprites scripts when you switch the platfroms and re-import happens it goes through all the assembly files and assets to convert all that to the targeted platform for example i made a shader the works on standalone platform but when i switch to mobile IOS or android it doesn't work.
I might be wrong about this but i think that there is something you can do in the player settings and build assembly.

[half briar]

regarding my last error.. @quartz kernel already helped me with solving it with this error during build process..

but right now, new problem occured.. the system that uses the Population.dll which i put in Editor folder before build, does not execute inside my game..

how to execute it inside my game and build without that error at the same time? any suggestion?

[quartz kernel]

That’s correct, because the code isn’t included in the build at all.

[half briar]

ah i see.. but actually i need to use that dll for my NPC to wander

[quartz kernel]

If there’s code in it that needs to run in game you can’t have it in an editor folder

And if that causes your build to fail, then that dll is broken

Have you verified that it’s compatible with mobile?

[half briar]

yes it says in the documentation that it's compatible with android

it even got settings for android as well in that .dll

btw the .dll is from package 2016

and im running it in 2019 unity

is it bcuz outdated ?

[minor nebula]

Sorry to post this again, but figured it might be worth asking here:

Is there a way to get an array of assets that are in a subfolder inside an assetbundle (which is stored in an obb)?

[stoic trench]

how to make a script,if touch button my car move

[steel tree]

@stoic trench that's beginner code, wrong channel

Just put rigidbody2d on it

Then make something like
Public void CarMovement()
{

}

Get the rigidbody2d component

Say its carBody

Then

Make something like
public float speed = 10;

Then
public Vector2 direction;

Just put any number in the inspector maybe 0, 1 to go right

then inside that CarMovement() put
carBody.velocity = direction * speed;

Make a button

Put the script to the car

Drag the car to the button

Choose CarMovement()

Done

Why do i even explain this

[steel tree]

Ok so you asked in the right channel before then no one answered then you asked here bruh

[flat dove]

Ok so
In my game
I can't get my main menu to open my tutorial scene

[fallow tulip]

Hello people, I'm pretty new to Unity and I have an issue for a mobile game I'm working on. So I recently changed my Player sprite from a single sprite to multyple ones I cutted (Head, Torso, Limbs) and now I'm having issues were the player no longer can jump. I think it's something with collision but I'm not entirely sure. Does anyone have a clue on what I could do?

Ok so I fixed this problem and if anyone's facing something simillar note that when changing the player sprite if you also have a "grounded check" function, it's position will change to the center of the new sprite/sprites, or at least that's what I understood had happened to me.

[eternal radish]

Okay, so this is probably a very frequently asked question, but why doesn't Unity Remote work, like at all? (Android)

So last time i opened my project it worked... somehow then after that (aka now) it's not working anymore. I can build and run it on the phone no problems asked, but to get Unity Remote to work? No luck. I tried with the Unity Android SDK that it downloads, the one from Android Studio , still no luck. That Edit > Project Settings > Editor thing is set to "Any Android Device".

I've tried restarting Unity several times, no luck.
One thing that might be "disturbing" it is the fact that, for some reason, adb recognizes an offline emulator as a device. Right as of writing this I restarted adb server(?) with adb kill-server and adb start-server and the emulator is no more on that list, but still no luck.

Solved it. For people searching about this issue on this discord channel, here's how I did it:

Okay, after a whole lot of digging I found this https://blog.terresquall.com/2020/05/getting-unity-remote-for-android-to-work-on-windows/

For me, what worked was installing Google USB Driver

[lime parrot]

Hey, my Unity can't build my game for Android for some reason. Whenever it does, either the entire app crashes or it takes an extremely long time (I let it run for 40 minutes and then shut it down). Can anyone tell me what is causing this and how to fix it ?

[hot nacelle]

@lime parrot um can you tell us what the error is what the console is outputting also for building time taking longer it might come from your pc

[lime parrot]

I've already fixed it. My PC is very efficient and new, it was a problem wit Google AdMob SDK.

[oak warren]

What shaders would I use for my mobile game's color materials?

[hot nacelle]

@oak warren UNLIT are the way to go to get the best preformance but you can use LIT too if you want lights calculation

[static pilot]

Hello! Can anyone help me with this?
I build the game and make it an apk and the image stretches but when I debug it in Unity or Unity Remote the image is normal, anyone knows how to fix it or know why does this happen?

[austere heath]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6105917/android-different-apk-for-each-resolution-to-reduce-size-of-apk/6202879

[proud temple]

Does anyone know how to work with IOS's CgBI format?

[eternal radish]

Aaand it decided to not work again... I swear...

[thorny basin]

How can i make sure that the dimentions fit in all smartphones ?

[sly palm]

Hello, would just like to ask, how do I check the game I am currently working on if I aim it to be for mobile devices?

[thorny basin]

You can connect a smartphone

And build and run it directly from the phone and play it

[sly palm]

Is it unity remote by any chance?

[thorny basin]

Um im new as well, that might be for iphones ? I just connect my android phone turn on usb debugging and then hit build and run on unity

And it installs it and runs it on my phone

Even if i disconnect the phone i have the apk on my phone i can run it whenever i want and play

It basically installs the game on your phone from my understanding

[sly palm]

Uh yes it's actually for a iPad tablet.
I see that's good to know.
Is there a fps should I aim for by any chance?

[thorny basin]

fps?

[urban compass]

Does anyone have an experience getting a wifi camera to show up on mobile?

[cursive quest]

Looking to make app promo videos. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[latent osprey]

@cursive quest most of the work is in recording your own game. start by playing through with Unity Recorder package recording at a high fps. then, look at a trailer you like, for a similar game, and cut it with the same edits. otherwise good trailer services run around $3,000-5,000 for 1 minute

@proud temple what is your objective?

@urban compass on ios 14, you have to enable the entitlement to access local network resources. then, look for an NDI library for c#. this is the most common wifi webcam protocol. there may be one in the asset store.

@oak warren modern ios devices are powerful enough that you shouldn't really worry too much about that. just test frequently

[urban compass]

Okay, thank you very much. @latent osprey does this also apply to android

?

[latent osprey]

yes, but nothing will work on android

like the video will not decode in an accelerated way, or it will decode on the main thread, so it will not really work

[urban compass]

Oh poo

[latent osprey]

that would be my guess

target ios

[urban compass]

Okay, thanks

[latent osprey]

or another way of putting it is, what you want to do is basically impossible on Android, because it won't work on anyone else's device but yours

maybe that doesn't matter

[cursive quest]

@latent osprey I guess my post was a little vague. I've had promo videos made and I definitly didn't pay $3,000. More like less than $100. I meant like point me towards good editing software or a reliable online service.

[latent osprey]

the best free editing software is davinci resolve, but it can be a little tricky to use. otherwise, if you're on a mac, use final cut

[urban compass]

Well yea, this is mostly a person project. I pretty much want to have a webcam facing down at a tabletop, and i want to do drawing in the app.

[proud temple]

To get a PNG from an Apple phone and use it in my app.

at runtime

[latent osprey]

@proud temple it sounds like you went pretty far down the wrong path there

[proud temple]

hmm I don't mind going back

What would you suggest?

[latent osprey]

what is your objective really? to load a texture from a remote location?

to get a picture from the user's Photos database?

[proud temple]

Correct

[latent osprey]

a screenshot? why is it a PNG

correct to which question

[proud temple]

^

[latent osprey]

okay

[proud temple]

Any image file

JPG, PNG etc

JPGs work

[latent osprey]

@proud temple maybe use https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/ios-etcetera-plugin-115787

[proud temple]

PNGs don't

[latent osprey]

i have good experience with prime31

are you saying that you already have a photo picked from the device somehow

users generally only create PNGs from screenshots on iOS

there is nothing special about ios PNG screenshots

[proud temple]

Yes

[latent osprey]

when you say CgBl format, i'm not sure what you mean, at least it has no results

in google

which is to say it probably isn't what you mean

are you already using an asset store package to pick the photo?

[proud temple]

Okay so this is for users who specifically have PNGs on their phone

It does not need to be a screenshot

[latent osprey]

are you saying you are accessing from Files?

[proud temple]

Yes let me find you a link for it

[latent osprey]

is it prime31's? you should use theirs

[proud temple]

Yes with IO path

[latent osprey]

so it isn't a photo picker at all!

[proud temple]

I'm using this for retrieval https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/image-and-video-picker-28597

Its a drawer interface that lets the user pick a photo

[latent osprey]

so when you say cgbl format

like what do you mean?

[proud temple]

on the back end, it provides me with the path to the photo and I retrieve it from there.

[proud temple]

http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/CgBI_file_format

[latent osprey]

i don't think applications create this

only xcode does

are you saying you are accessing the path to an icon or some other application bundle asset?

is this for a game?

when you say you are getting a png from an apple phone, did you mean, on the device?

[proud temple]

Its more of an App, but we're working with Unity

Yes on the device

[latent osprey]

what does it do?

it just helps me understand

[proud temple]

Lets say its to set a User's profile picture

[latent osprey]

so this is for jailbreak tweaks?

is this to replace application icons and such?

i think you can try https://github.com/MikeWeller/PNGDecrush

[proud temple]

No just used internally for the User

[latent osprey]

but you won't be able to replace anything, really

on a nonjailbroken device

[proud temple]

This is what I'm on right now

[latent osprey]

alright

[proud temple]

The problem with PNGDecrush is, its like 8 years old

[latent osprey]

i think you might want to stick to android devices

[proud temple]

has a lot of depreciated dependencies

So right now I'm in the process of seeing if I can replace those dependencies for the library, but it seems like too big of a task.

I'm considering sticking to Android, but our core userbase so far is on IOS

I can limit IOS to JPGs for now, but that's not really a desirable fix...

[latent osprey]

it's hard to help you without knowing what the application is

[proud temple]

Rather, outright obsolete.

[proud temple]

I can't really say much is another issue.

But to summarize. I want the user to pick an image from their device during runtime and then use that image in the application.

For eg, using the selected image as the User's profile picture.

And as a recap, I already have the ability to let the user pick an image, and I load it on my end with the provided path. Then I process it into a texture2D and use it as needed.

The problem, on Android all formats work with this method.
On IOS, PNGs don't work.

[proud temple]

"I can't really say much is another issue." By this I mean, I'm under an NDA ;_;

[steel tree]

Guys, i just imported cloud once, now i can't build the game, do i have to run set up, and do those stuff with play console before being able to build it ?

[upper carbon]

Now with the possibility of exporting an Xcode project for macOS, I'm looking on ways to detect if the editor has downloaded the UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions to use everything related to PBXProject, ProjectCapabilityManager... for macOS

Conditional compiling doesn't seem to be an option, since those classes are only available if the unity install has the iOS module installed.

The only way I can think of is to use reflection in some wrapper classes, but I am asking here in hopes of maybe discovering a missing #ifdef IOS_EXTENSIONS to detect those classes exists.

Any clue or idea?

[latent osprey]

@upper carbon what do you mean, if the editor has downloaded UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions ?

do you mean the ios platform package, or do you mean the editor module to target ios?

or you're not sure which of those two things has UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions

[upper carbon]

@latent osprey Yeah let me explain it.

Those UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions classes, to handle Xcode projects in post-processing, are only available if the iOS module to make iOS builds is installed in the editor.

Nowadays, you can also generate an Xcode project for macOS as well. But when building it, you may or may not have the iOS module installed, so the presence of those UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions classes, to handle the exported macOS Xcode projects, is not guaranteed.

This can result in compilation errors in post-processing code for macOS if the iOS build module is not installed in the editor. It used to be that you could just use the UNITY_IPHONE compiler definition, but this is not true anymore.

So my question is, is there any way to detect the presence of that UnityEditor.iOS.Extensions namespace in compilation time?

[latent osprey]

i think you just write in the README that you need to have the xcode module installed

and not overthink this

people who don't read won't thrive in game development anyway

otherwise you will probably need ot just file a bug report with unity

since that's obviously a bug

[upper carbon]

i think you just write in the README that you need to have the xcode module installed
People don't read README files, no matter how well documented it is. And I would probably get an issue opened every week complaining about the editor code not compiling 😆

It's definitely a Unity bug (one of a few with those xcode tools), so I'll just work around it with reflection for now.

[latent osprey]

people who don't read won't thrive in game development anyway

i wish unity felt that way too

the only indie game developers who ever make it are superbrilliant, they read way more than the engineers of asset store assets, they're a lot better at engineering that the most senior developers at Unity and their big name partners

it's the exact opposite of what they imagine

[limber jasper]

Hey guys, I want to publish a mobile game to the play store. Is this the appropriate place to ask questions for this topic?

[latent osprey]

@limber jasper i think you just pay the $25 and you're done

[limber jasper]

I know that, but do I just specify that it's an early access game when publishing it?

[latent osprey]

there's no special designation like that in google play, as far as i know

nobody is going to review it, you can publish an app that is literally just an empty white rectangle

a human being* isn't going to review it

[limber jasper]

Oh ok, and if I do publish it will it pop up advertisements on the game or is that something I must do for it to do that.

[latent osprey]

you will need to provide your own ads

i don't work for unity so i'm not going to suggest unity ads

google would want you to use admob

i think usually the highest paying ads are incentivized video views

i believe that is vungle and vungle adjacent

i think the highest paying text ads are from mopub

[limber jasper]

Do you have to install those yourself. Or does google do it for you when you publish it to the play store.

[latent osprey]

you must integrate it yourself

[limber jasper]

Ok

I think i will integrate those if people actually enjoy my game though lol

Thanks

[glossy sluice]

You guys ever try to bring god rays to mobile

[hot nacelle]

@glossy sluice you can do them with volumetric lighting on mobile so you just fake them with a custom shader and some HDR colors and glow

[glossy sluice]

That's what I've been doing do far

I just have a shader on a generated mesh

But I wanted to know if anyone's ever tried anything different

[sour flint]

Hi, I always wonder about benchmark figures. Currently I am trying to optimize my game. On physics side It has a RCC car controller Physics. Custom Traffic solution using Unity Standard Assets. Trigger controlled rigid bodies NPC pedestrians. few birds. On rendering side it is having 1100 draw calls with 300k tris and approximately same 300k verts count. This all is causing my game to slow down as low as 8 FPS. If I reduce draw calls to 100 then tris and verts count per frame reaches 1Million. So what do you guys have experienced so far. How much maximum of tris count you have used for android builds maximum without causing problem? I am still optimizing and I have checked physics load is also heavier but what about tris count? How much you think usually is good for mobile platform. Thanks.

[iron acorn]

@sour flint Tris count up to a million is not a problem. Problem is with draw calls and heavy shaders for mobile. It also depends on the device, as there's a huge gap between gles 3 and vulkan supporting devices.

[sour flint]

Thanks for response. I keep OpenGl Es 3.0 as minimum target. I am using Mesh baker tool to reduce draw calls. But I ultimately noted is that Mesh baker is splitting the combined meshes once mesh reaches 65000 vertex limit. I read this on unity documentation that it is because of Mesh Index Buffer.

Original text from Unity Docs, "Index buffer can either be 16 bit (supports up to 65535 vertices in a mesh), or 32 bit (supports up to 4 billion vertices). Default index format is 16 bit, since that takes less memory and bandwidth.

Note that GPU support for 32 bit indices is not guaranteed on all platforms; for example Android devices with Mali-400 GPU do not support them. When using 32 bit indices on such a platform, a warning message will be logged and mesh will not render."

[iron acorn]

I'm not sure a draw call has that limit. The main reason to have many draw calls is using several different materials that can't be batched into one draw call.

[sour flint]

Also little research showed me that Mali -400 GPU is used by many kitkat and even some Marshmallow devices. So what buffer index do you guys target for? As last resort I am thinking to reduce my poly count of my meshes so that most of meshes can be combined into one draw call.

[iron acorn]

As I said previously, poly count is probably not the main cause.

If I were you, I'd profile the build properly to see if it's cpu or gpu bottleneck first.

[sour flint]

yeah. I have converted my 110+ materials into only 20 using Mesh Baker. But still number of meshes are not reduced much because of vertex count limit. So This is what I think is real culprit in increased draw calls. So i think after reducing polycount and combining even further meshes may reduce drawcalls.

[iron acorn]

It may or may not. Use the profiler and the frame debugger to see how many draw calls you really have and why.

Guesswork is the worst thing you can do when optimizing.

[sour flint]

I have profiled and its CPU and main two things are physics load and rendering. I am optimizing physics as well. And alongside I think rendering is having more load because of drawcalls.

[sour flint]

but thanks I will profile deeply to exact specifying issue. But since you are quite confident about vertex count is not an issue, it have given me a direct to dig further. Thanks mate!

[iron acorn]

Can you share your profiler data?

also, are you using URP or built-in?

[sour flint]

I am using built in. Because for my last game, I compared performance using URP with using built in + Mesh baker and the performance was quite same. So I did not try for next game. But after this game I will retry URP for optimized rendering. And Let me record my profiling data. Currently I do not have last recording.

Another question I am struggling to find an answer. This is quite basic but I have doubt. Does Burst work on android armv7a and 64-armv8a both? Are arm32 and armv7a same?

[sour flint]

might seem off topic but I need this answer in optimizing process. thanks.

[iron acorn]

I think it does. Do you have burst compatible code? I think it's mostly for unity ecs and jobs.

[frozen vapor]

@sour flint ARM stuff was mentioned in a recent changelog someone posted on #archived-dots

Burst: Full support for ARMv7 and ARMv8-A Neon intrinsics (out of experimental).```

[sour flint]

no I do not have. I have my custom traffic system but it is utilizing 30 to 40% of the performance. So I am planing to use a paid traffic solution written in jobs and compatible with burst.

[sour flint]

Thanks for letting me know. I will check that.

[frozen vapor]

And these are platform specific fast paths, so odds are basic support has been there for a while.

[sour flint]

Can any one guide me how to save profiling logs on mobile and load it later? I have seen there are few methods mentioned in API scripting but I am unable to understand how to define file path in those scripts. I have tried profiling by cable connection but it makes game too laggy and also it increases slows down profiling a lot with very high values. So I want to profile directly on mobile without connecting to unity profiler in run time and save data in a file to load later. Thanks.

[iron acorn]

Not sure that's possible. At least not the unity profiler. It needs to be connected to the Player.

[fiery jetty]

Hello,I have question about admob.Is one person allowed to watch unlimited ads?

[iron acorn]

Sounds like a type of torture.

[steel tree]

Guys, is unity banner ads really small ?

[sour flint]

It is best practice to put a frequency cap to your ads per user per session. Admob recommends it.

[sour flint]

What do you mean by small? The size of banner ad is standard size. I implemented admob + unity both in my game few months back and what I found that admob has ADAPTIVE BANNER which can change size as per screen size i.e. rensposive/adabtive. But size of unity banner is fixed (as far as I remember) so i removed unity banner ad but retained admob banner ad because it can adjust as my UI responses to screen.

[steel tree]

So smoll

I mean on editor its so small, haven't tested on my phone yet

[sour flint]

I am not confirmed but this is the image I got from unity banner ads documentation. Here banner looks bigger. So in your case it does not look proper. But still, testing on phone may confirm because for admob ads, I usually get logs instead of original ads while in editor.

[glossy sluice]

Hello, I have a question, how could I make the collision to be frontal, that is to say for example to respawn me if I touch the object in front (I am a beginner)

[sour flint]

Attach a separate collider in front side with a tag and detect that collider by tag or even by type. If I understood your question correctly.

[glossy sluice]

is there no other method?

[glossy sluice]

I have another question, how do I do it so that when I press the jump the character rotates, as it is on geometry dash

[red geyser]

hello iam making my own multiplayer code
with my own framework
i want to add online multiplayer bc i have it now on lan
so
when someone hosts a game add a new record with the host's code+public ip then the other client can enter the code on their end. you lookup the code in the database and retrieve the ip address
^ is that allowed on google play?
(I reposted to make sure that it is ok ,do not kill me plz ;-;)

[odd arrow]

@red geyser Reposting after some time is fine, this is primarily #archived-networking question though.

[red geyser]

i asked

but i think it is google play

sooo

idk

[sour flint]

This is the first which came to my mind.

[sour flint]

Attach rigid body to the player with gravity on. Keep adding translating transform to the forward direction and on pressing jump Add vertical velocity as well as torque to the rigid body.

[glossy sluice]

ok, thank you

[glossy sluice]

you can give me a example, please?

[long tusk]

I'm having trouble getting Unity Remote to work on android, what are the trouble shooting steps?

[iron acorn]

step one: don't use unity remote. 😄

What are you planning to test with it?

[long tusk]

s10+, I assume that's what you're asking.

don't use unity remote
I don't see any other alternative for rapid testing? I'm happy to build and upload occasionally but not if I'm tweaking values and stuff.

[iron acorn]

Again, what are you trying to test? Layout? Performance?

[long tusk]

Touch controls

[iron acorn]

Hmmm... Then build or unity remote is the only option I guess...

[long tusk]

Going to try an old iphone, see if I have any different luck removing android sdk from the equation

[iron acorn]

first, you have to make sure your device is in developer mode, connect it to the pc, make sure the device appears in build settings. Then there are a few settings in project settings that need to be checked.

Just expect to have extremely low fps while using unity remote. That's why I'd discourage you from using it.

[long tusk]

I only see "any android device"

[steel tree]

Guys, i just released an app with play console internal testing, how do i install it ?

[warm adder]

You should go to internal testing page, go to manage testers or something like this and there should be a link for downloading your internal test

its possible that you will have to add yourself as internal tester first in order to test it

[fast olive]

Internal test track is weird as it is only available when you have another (open or closed) test track first. this is not really clearly mentioned anywhere that I know. So create a version in another closed tracked and wait for it to be made available. After that you can use internal test track for quickly testing your new versions. And yes, you also need to add your testing account email to the testers list.

[lavish sable]

guys

we make a game to join the game jam so we need some helo any one want to help us ?

[steel tree]

Thanks for the antsers guys

[north bronze]

hello, can I have some help. I tried to upload my game to google play and always get this error and I can't fix it.

[hot nacelle]

@north bronze you are trying to upload an update for an app/game that already exists on the store but you didn't use the same signature that you used when you creaated the apk.
If you still have the jks file use that to signe the new apk and you should remember the password you used

[glossy sluice]

hello I have problem with build apk file. I did it without 64 bit architecture and I can't to upload to google console. I changed settings and after I can't build file. Where is a problem? I checked password to key. All the time I have problem with JDK but before everything was OK. I change for JDK 13 and 15 but Unity doesn't see it. How Can I fix it?

[north bronze]

thanks

[glossy sluice]

Probably I found problem. I added GooglePlayGames plugin.

Before when I added I couldn't build a apk file. How I can fix it I need this plugin to make Google Authentically.

[pseudo lava]

I have a button that works on Mac and PC, but doesn't work on iOS, anyone around to help with that?

[hot nacelle]

@pseudo lava what do you mean by a button not working is the event not getting called or what exactly

[pseudo lava]

You'll have to forgive me, I'm running on a salvage Mac I was lucky to get my hands on. I only got Xcode up and running yesterday. It's a UnityEngine.UI button, hard to tell if anything's been called at all

[hot nacelle]

Can i see how did you Link the function to the button

[pseudo lava]

In Inspector

[golden remnant]

Hey! Any idea how can I convert this in touch input?

if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.P)) {
                Time.timeScale = 0;
                pauseTable.transform.position = new Vector3(0,0,-1);
                gameState = GameState.pausing;
            }

[pseudo lava]

@hot nacelle Seem's I'm running into iOS security. From Xcode console:
Access to the path "/Settings" is denied.

[hot nacelle]

@golden remnant you can use this TouchPhase.Stationary
This is called when finger is touching the screen but hasn't moved you cannuse it as hold if you add a small timer

[golden remnant]

thanks, i will try it

[hot nacelle]

@pseudo lava are creating something that requires a permission access to system like Saving aa file or getting sprite from the server

[pseudo lava]

@hot nacelle on desktop, it saves a Settings file at ./Settings, and save files at ./Saves/

[hot nacelle]

How do you get the path are you using Application.dataPath

[pseudo lava]

I am not.

Forgive the shite practices:

public const string SaveDirectory = "Saves";
        public const string SaveExtension = ".tethys";
        //The name of the settings file. Will be placed
        //in the executable's directory
        public const string SettingsFilename = "Settings";```

@hot nacelle Would persistentDataPath be better? Docs say dataPath is RO

[hot nacelle]

Yeah Application.persistentDataPath
Is the way to go when you want to access or save filea on IOS that's is as far as i know

[pseudo lava]

What about Desktop?

Or should I just make a condition based on current platform?

[hot nacelle]

For the desktop it js okay to use Application.dataPath

[pseudo lava]

Working now. Thank you @hot nacelle

[glossy sluice]

Hello, I'm trying to implement the "googleplaygames" file from github. The problem is that after creating the code, working and trying to create the apk file, I get tons of errors. However, when I deleted all the related files, the apk file was created without any problems. What could be wrong?

[sacred gale]

you can search youtube for the problem

i'm a beginner so i don't know much

[glossy sluice]

Well, It's good idea thanks 😉

[amber plume]

My google ads show in the editor, but not on a phone

I use a canvas to change the size of my buttons, could that effect it?

[latent osprey]

@glossy sluice i think use the built in android SDK that you can install from the hub

[glossy sluice]

@latent osprey thanks but I found a problem. I tried to add google authentically and I used googleplaygames plugin. Folder of this file was problem but now I need to find solution for this :D

[uncut lark]

Hello guys, do i have to give refund option for players in Android game?

[night cedar]

Using a video player component (Playing from URL)
When the video format is MP4 on the URL, it works fine but when it is .mov the same video doesn't stream on any android device but works well on iOS and windows.
Does anyone have any knowledge regarding the same ?

[quiet cipher]

@night cedar no think android support mov file

[hot nacelle]

@amber plume the one that are showing in the editor are just test ads i think.
They won't show up directly they need some time and it depends on the calls they get and impressions

@uncut lark refund for what exactly, if you are using IAP then there is nothing you can do because the user won't buy in your game until he is satisfied or likes the content

[hot nacelle]

Android don't support the .mov format mp4 is the best way to go

[uncut lark]

Refund for removing ads, unlocking characters or buying money in game

@hot nacelle

[hot nacelle]

If the user buy fromyour game to remove the ads you should remove the ads but if you get a lot of reports from users google will send you a warning.
The same for unlocking characters.
Refund is not something you are in control with because the user pays google and google pays you back

@uncut lark

[uncut lark]

So i dont have to give them refund option, right?

I mean, if that is legal, i dont want to put it 😄

@hot nacelle

[hot nacelle]

You don't have a refund option with google.
If they didn't like it or they got scammed then they are going to report you to google and your game or even your google developer account will be suspended

@uncut lark

[uncut lark]

I understand, thank you for information! @hot nacelle

[amber plume]

does anyone know why my google test ads show on unity editor, but not on my phone

?

[iron pendant]

I also have an issue where post processing disables when camera stacking is on.

[zenith walrus]

Okay gang, this is my current issue.
I'm currently working on the "lite" version of my app with Unity ads.
I have a banner ad running, and a video ad that runs if you quit to the main menu.
Adding ads to my scene plummeted my framerate on my phone when testing. I'm currently testing on my Samsung S8. It runs my game flawlessly without ads, and all playtesting on the ad free version has been positive.
Any ideas on how I can optimize my lite version to run ads without major framerate dips?

[amber plume]

my google ads work on unity editor, but not on my phone,

force resolve causes errors

no idea why

[buoyant marsh]

Hi, I published my game on the play store yesterday and I have unity ads in it, but when I get ads, it's not proper ones, its those unity testing ads

[hot nacelle]

@buoyant marsh did you disable testads from the unity dashboard for your game

[buoyant marsh]

Yeah I did

And also I found the problem some other guy helped me

[tranquil imp]

I'm having to export my project to Android Studio instead of directly building, because of some library conflicts. How do I make the exported project's build.gradle and manifest always have the modifications I've done, so I don't need to manually add them everytime?

[glossy sluice]

I have a question, how do I when I press jump to fall faster on the ground, like on geometry dash, how do I when I press jump to land faster on the ground, like on geometry dash

[graceful cradle]

Is this video test ad?
It is look like real ad🙂

[night cedar]

Hey guys , so while developing a WEBGL project, I have a small issue that for computer, I want to have w,a,s,d as my controls but for Mobile devices I have added joysticks. But how do I detect that on which system is the build running. Thanks in advance

[hot nacelle]

@glossy sluice
1 - apply a force downwards ⬇️ that will push the player down.
2 - change the linear velocity and the darg in the rigidbody
3 - change the overall gravity force in the player settings

@night cedar
Use the Platform dependent compilation
example

 #if UNITY_IOS
         Debug.Log("IOS scripts here");
 #else

[sour flint]

yes. There is written test ad so it is test ad. When you use test ad ids then google oriented test ads are shown. But when you use real ids but your device is registered as test device then this type of real ads with test label are shown. This is my understanding and some may correct me. But this is what I have understood so far.

[fervent thicket]

I'm making an RPG that's playable on PC/Mobile(Android). Is there a good assetstore asset for translating controls etc that would make the process better? Just trying to grab stuff while sales are occurring .

[steel tree]

Guys, is putting unity banner ad on top and admob banner ad on the bottom of the screen a good idea ? Is it possible ?

[iron acorn]

Probably possible. As for how your players are gonna react to this is a different story.

[steel tree]

Lol

[graceful cradle]

@sour flint thanks, you are correct I think:). Because these kind of ads not shown in my other Android device.

[whole onyx]

Hi just wanted to ask, why did i kept recieving message "Android sdk build-tools component is not found" even though i already installed the android sdk?

[uncut lark]

Hey, i have question about IAP. If player buy something and delete game and he install it again. Do i have to give him stuff that he bought?

[fleet pike]

Hello

I need some help to detect touch.

[humble sparrow]

Does anyone know how to make the resolution and frame rate of a game more smooth in mobile? I'm trying to make a simple mobile game and when I connected it to my iphone 12 and booted it up with Unity Remote 5, the sprite looks very choppy and low resoltion while in motion. Right now the white block is supposed to be able to be flung by swiping in a direction and rotate while moving; but when doing so it doesn't look smooth. Also even as it stuck to a block right now, the white block's edges aren't smooth. Thank you 🙂

[reef nacelle]

@humble sparrow Have you done Application.targetFrameRate = 60 (or 30 or whatever) on startup? I was having framerate issues on some phones (and battery consumption issues on others) until I set that.

[humble sparrow]

no i havent heard of that

i will try it, but which script do I put it in?

actually, does it even matter which Start() function i put it in?

[reef nacelle]

I put it in a script that's attached to a "Managers" object that's always in the scene at launch.

So yeah, just make sure it's on an object that's in the first scene when it starts up.

[humble sparrow]

thanks I will create a game manager object and attach this script to it

so i created an empty game object and attached a gamecontroller script to it with that line in Start() but it is still choppy

also, even on my computer in game view the cube spinning animation doesnt look very good

i don't know if it is too fast or what, but it doesnt seem to be going fast

and the other issue i have is that the block when diagonal isnt smooth but im not sure if that can be fixed

[reef nacelle]

I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. (But keep that targetFrameRate code anyway, my understanding is you want that regardless.)

Might be a general performance issue.

[humble sparrow]

thank you 🙂

[iron acorn]

@humble sparrow unity remote is a bad idea. It doesn't actually run your ge on the device. It simply streams a video if I understand it correctly. Make a build and test the build on the device instead.

[humble sparrow]

ahh i see that makes more sense

well right now im just trying to do movement controls and the game isnt even a game

regardless would it still be better to build everytime just to see if things work?

[iron acorn]

If it's testable enough with unity remote you could test small things in there, and then test occasionally in a build.

[humble sparrow]

ah i see, thank you!

[glacial ether]

Dunno about "have to" but that's the expected behavior. I often uninstall/reinstall games to save storage space on my phone and I expect in app purchases to remain.

[spare skiff]

making a first person game ... but i want my player can automatically zoom or focus on enemy like virtual cop 2 ... can some give me hints??

[vestal merlin]

I've got an issue where I have a panel for a button but it registers touch input behind the panel itself

so in this case, tapping "exit" will bring up the fishing boat menu again

as each of the ships in the background are listening for touch input

[warm adder]

Are those ships in the background made with UI or SpriteRenderer? How do you listen for touch input in them

[vestal merlin]

https://pastebin.com/hQwMQSm8 <-- like this, Molioo

they are SpriteRenderer so instantiated

https://pastebin.com/LJrWfKcF and this is the script for spawning them

[warm adder]

I think you could use EventSystem.IsPointerOverGameObject in this first script. It is a bool that says if pointer(or touch) is currently over an eventsystem gameobject(over ui element to say as this name is tricky)

[vestal merlin]

so that returns false if there's a UI element over it?

[warm adder]

https://pastebin.com/sJCkeg06

pardon formatting, im not used with pastebin

but yeah, that way, if you detect that pointer/touch is tapping ui, you are not proceeding to your ship touch code

[vestal merlin]

niiiice

thank you

yeah haha I guess pastebin is a little unconventional

too much ComputerCraft

[warm adder]

btw im not sure if this code (with touches) will work in editor so it would be the best to test it on build

[whole onyx]

Tried to build my game in Android but i always get this message

I can't find any file named "AndroidNativeLink.xml" inside that folder

[iron acorn]

Tried googling that?

[whole onyx]

No luck

Found a forum with the same exact problem but has 0 replies

[iron acorn]

So you have android build support installed?

[vestal merlin]

@warm adder it works in editor

[red geyser]

Hello in my unity ads the ad never get ready can you tell me why?
like in unity editor it says that it is fine but when exporting and playing it does' not get ready

[whole onyx]

So you have android build support installed?
@iron acorn yep

[robust hamlet]

@whole onyx check if the file exist in the specified folder

[whole onyx]

I fixed it by reinstalling the android build support, for some reason the setup was interrupted with no errors nor warnings

[robust hamlet]

good to hear that it's fixed!

[glossy sluice]

Can someone help me with a drag movement system?

I tried doing one but it didnt work at all

[rough quartz]

When i play my game on unity remote or when i download the APK file onto my android phone and play the game the unity preview scene loads but by game seems like it instantly crashes every time and not even being able to see the menu once. I have no errors and there's a message in the console which says build completed with a result of 'Succeeded' ive tried my game on another android device and it doesn't work and I've put the correct scenes in build settings. Can someone help me please (:

[plush prawn]

you gotta be testing the game in mobile

[robust hamlet]

@rough quartz check Android Logcat for errors, not Unity's console

if the game crashes, the stacktrace would be there

[rough quartz]

thank you for the response i ended up using LogCat and found out that it was my AdManager which was creating issues (:

[pastel crystal]

So our game got modded and we are exploring ways to know if a user is using the modded apk so we can inform our server before sending an auth token back to that client. AKA keep them away from online features and payments. What would you suggest ?

[robust hamlet]

You can check if your game is downloaded from Google Play Store, and if it's not don't send the auth token to the client

[pastel crystal]

@robust hamlet How do I check that? can you point me to the right direction?

[quartz kernel]

This perhaps https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-installerName.html

[robust hamlet]

Not sure if this help, since I've never used it, but there is a native Android way which will work

In order to do this, you should write some native code

[quartz kernel]

I found this too, here's a link :) https://answers.unity.com/questions/521417/identify-which-android-market-app-is-downloaded.html

[pastel crystal]

First of all thank you for your help. I am confused about the following now:
Since the modders reverse engineered our code and changed it to do their bidding in regards of gameplay how is adding more code (for checking the installerName for example) is going to prevent them to change that code too? I'm i missing a step?

[robust hamlet]

Yes, this can be 'hacked' as well. There are really great tools for Android if you want to hack a game or an app and make it do whatever they want

Can you be more specific of what exactly you want to prevent?

[pastel crystal]

I just want to include a value in the authentication request that the client(game apk) sends to our server, if this app is not the legit app downloaded from google play.

[robust hamlet]

Is it paid app / game?

[pastel crystal]

no its free with IAP

[robust hamlet]

ok, but what do you want to prevent the players to do if they are using modded apk?

You can check for the hash of the keystore which you are using to sign the apk if you are not using Google App Sign in, because modded apk will be signed with another keystore

[pastel crystal]

The thing is we provide the players with the option to authenticate with our own auth system and not only google play. So when a user is authorized on our server we send them a token back and is used in all requests to the server (including chat, leaderboards and purchases). The thing is if I know in the client that this apk isnt the original downloaded from google play i can send that info to the server secretly so it doesnt return an auth token to this user, or i can even stop the request altogether.

[pastel crystal]

That sounds exactly like what i need to do. I am just not sure how to do it through unity. I am currently trying to access the android package manager with the AndroidJavaClass() to get the signature but i dont know if i will be able to make it work

[robust hamlet]

This means that if the user has modded apk you won't let him log into the game at all, am I right?

[pastel crystal]

Exactly

[robust hamlet]

I don't think it's a good idea at all. First of all I would find out what kind of data is overriden by that modded apk and try to protect that data

Let's say if you want to prevent additional coins added to player's profile you should implement in-app validation on server side and adding the coins to the user profile there, not in the client itself

I don't see any problems players using modded apk, because in some cases maybe it's solving an issue for specific devices

That's why I am asking what kind of data you want to protect

[pastel crystal]

They actually didnt get to any significant data such as the purchases or adding money. I guess il2cpp played a role in making that difficult. The current issue is that they found a way to tweak some gameplay values, (in example making them invulnerable to damage) and they gain an advantage on the score leaderboards.

[robust hamlet]

How are you storing that data

[pastel crystal]

when events get triggered the data are sent to the server and the server manages the leaderboards

[true nova]

Hello guys,
Does anyone know how to disable this part of the Android Keyboard on android applications?}
I prefer that players focus on my inputfield on scene

[tight aurora]

Problem is that i have quality 1024x1024 icon, but its turns blurry after building on android or emulator... Nothing helps.

[hot pike]

h

Can rooted androids check the Application.persistentDataPath

[keen quail]

Does Addressables.DownloadDependenciesAsync cache assets so they don't need to be re-downloaded after restarting the app? "Use Asset Bundle Cache" is enabled on my Asset Group settings (Android platform)

[undone hedge]

@keen quail yeah, it should be cached

Are there any examples of including kotlin source files for Android builds?

according to the docs i should be able to
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AndroidJavaSourcePlugins.html
guess ill dabble in it

[robust hamlet]

@undone hedge yes it if possible but keep in mind that you are still dealing with Java code, not Kotlin

[crude swallow]

Hello everyone, please help, I can't include my Unity 2019 project in an existing IOs project in xcode 12 swift 4.
"_Unity_il2cppNoExceptions", referenced from:
ScriptingInvocation :: Invoke (ScriptingExceptionPtr *, bool) in libiPhone-lib.a (Runtime_Scripting_3.o)

: Symbol (s) not found for architecture arm64

the problem may be because I am using an iphone 5s to compile?

[dusk torrent]

Does anyone know a good tutorial for implementing Google ads in Unity?

[amber plume]

my app gets slower with every ad shown on my app

here is my ad script

also the ads seem to refresh too fast

[amber plume]

plz help

[worldly sphinx]

hi everyone i got a little probleme with the post process on phone when whe white color is too strong (with bloom) it become black on my phone any idea ?

[latent wigeon]

find the point where it gets too strong, and figure out a way for the app to avoid that much light intensity

[amber plume]

how do I format text like currency without $ symbols

?

[amber plume]

never mind, got it

[vestal merlin]

my code seems to be completely bypassing a boolean check, or it's being executed inside an if statement while the condition is false

I've made a temporary fix but

I'd like to know why it's doing that

https://paste.ofcode.org/L7cxiZg3L3chcRX5Bd9bxE

oh hang on

okay I fixed it, issue still isn't resolved though

specifically, it's ignoring "inventoryOpen"

and then I get console errors when it tries to update text objects that aren't there, because the condition is false...

it happens when I change scene and then change back

...now I can't even recreate the error

O

I'm going insane

idek what I did

[fervent thicket]

When it comes to making a unity game thats released on multiple platforms, is there a good video or site on things to look our for/ways to make sure performance on mobile devices(specifically android) isn't too bad? I'm doing a 2d game and I've gotten a pretty fair start on it, but I know very little about methods for optimization.

[rancid crypt]

Hi, I have a problem with unity adds on mobile. when I play my game in the editor I see the add banner and it says "This would be your banner" Sadly I dont see my banner on my phone when I build the game. it looks to me that I've done all the things I need to do to enable them (disable test mode, enter the right Game Id). does anyone have an idea what else I might have missed? thx! (pls @ me)

[glossy sluice]

Anyone knows how to fix errors in xcode with unityframework?

Im getting like 100 errors and it's appearing UNDEFINED SYMBOL

[frosty flame]

Hey all,
What is the good backend server for storing progress of mobile games considering cost?
Firebase or Playfab?

[latent osprey]

@frosty flame if you know you are only targeting android, google play games services is free and well supported

it integrates with https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Social.html which also works with GameCenter on iOS

there are also asset store assets, from e.g. Prime31, that provide a simple facade for this stuff

on all the apple arcade games i've played though, they have an issue with losing saves, and it looksl ike everyone uses the same plugin

[lusty crown]

How do i fix these?

[quiet cipher]

no think google play services still support iOS

[uncut lark]

Hello guys. I wanted to ask you do you use unlit, simple lit, or baked lit for your mobile games?

I also used baked lit, but its very buggy in game. Textures of the lightmap are desappearing sometimes

[pastel crystal]

any directions on debugging a running ios game? I have managed to build it through xcode and run it on the iphone but i cant find how to see debug.logs etc. e.g. for android i use android studio and connect bluestacks through adb and i can see debugging in logcat. What is the equivalent for iOS?

[quiet cipher]

I remember u can connect to unity console throught iphone

and there a console in xcode as well, it appear everytime u build to your iphone

[pastel crystal]

I cant find the xcode console after i build and play on iphone. When the build is completed it directly takes me to the issues tab. Debugger tab is empty.

[quartz kernel]

https://www.avanderlee.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/xcode-simulator-full-screen-mode.png

The output shows up like at the bottom here

[pastel crystal]

thank you. maybe i need to enable development build at build settings in unity first

[thick viper]

test

Hi, I seem to receive false GPS information from my phone.
I got my actual location coordinates from Google Maps with rightclick at my location.
I update the Debug.Log(lat, long) every 2 seconds and the first GPS data seems to be correct, but then my phone prints out a completely different position (1, 0.49...)

Is every following data just a delta change?

[hard rampart]

Hi everybody, can somebody give advice how to implement finger drag line for mobile, like in this game

I have done it with line renderer, but can't seem to do it with sprites.

[latent osprey]

when you say sprites... you mean lay out the sprites along a line? @hard rampart

or how to draw a line using sprite art?

[hard rampart]

@latent osprey draw a drag line using sprite art, but nvm, i managed to do that, thanks

[latent osprey]

🙂

[formal drift]

Hello, I'm having a problem with Unity and Android native plugins. Following this tutorial : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47399921/opencv-android-unity, I managed to create an android plugin with Visual Studio (in both ARM and ARM64) and built it properly so that I have a "libMyPlugin.so" kind of file that I added into unity under Assets/Plugins/Android[...] folders. The problem is, when I try to use functions of my plugin, the Unity Editor console keeps telling me that the Dll is not found (DllNotFoundException). Could anyone tell me what are the reasons for such error ? Oh and my plugin works fine for standalone version of my Unity application (I created a .dll plugin with the same features), so the problem occurs only for the Android version of the plugin. In case you might ask, this is how I manage to call my plugin's functions in my C# script :

        [DllImport("MyPlugin")]
        private static extern float Foopluginmethod();

[autumn trout]

Hi everyone, I am writing here because I need help with loading one or more asset bundles in an android build. I looked about it in the Unity tutorial pages, but as I am not a programming expert I cannot understand how to make the app load an asset bundle from the internal memory of the phone. Thanks in advance for the help!

[rancid zinc]

Why when I create the .apk file the game looks so bad. Also two button(near the right joystick and the top right corner ) don't do anything?

[molten swan]

This is the errors when I am building my android, whats wrong ?

[molten swan]

pls some1

[molten swan]

?

[shut herald]

Hey, can you show me how to did that? i plan to do it on my next game

[molten swan]

can u help me?

[molten swan]

Now these errors

[molten swan]

?

[quartz kernel]

Says it built successfully

[molten swan]

it doesnt

[quartz kernel]

It gives you a path to the apk

But it failed to install on the phone

You might need to allow access

[molten swan]

how?

[quartz kernel]

You should get a prompt on your phone

But you can also install it manually with ADB now that you have an apk

[molten swan]

I already said that it will always allow access

and before I recreated my keystore it worked

[quartz kernel]

https://techcult.com/wiki/install-apk-using-adb-commands/

[molten swan]

this is the only soulution?

[quartz kernel]

If you run adb you can see why you are having issues

If you get it working it should work with build and run as well

[molten swan]

ok thx

[quartz kernel]

There you go

you probably need to uninstall the old one first since you changed the keystore

[molten swan]

the old apk?

[quartz kernel]

just adb uninstall com.package.name

With whatever your package name is

[molten swan]

I can delete it manualy?

this one?

[robust hamlet]

from your phone, uninstall the game from your Android phone

and that rebuild / reinstall from Unity

[molten swan]

oh ok

Thanks to everyone!!!

[molten swan]

This the the errors I am getting when I am uploading my app to google play, someone knows how to fix it?

[robust hamlet]

The first line shows you the error why you can't upload the apk

• you are trying to upload a game with a different package name

[molten swan]

what is certificate?

[robust hamlet]

the keystore you are signing your app with

[molten swan]

so what I need to do with it?

[robust hamlet]

to use the same one which you did when you uploaded the first time your game

currently you are signing your app with a different keystore, you've changed the package name and trying to upload to Play Store

[molten swan]

yes

because I changed the keystore

[robust hamlet]

you can't

you need the first one

[molten swan]

I can delete the old apk from the google store?

[robust hamlet]

that won't help

[molten swan]

But I deleted it

[robust hamlet]

you should never delete the keystore

you won't be able to upload an update to your game now

[molten swan]

its not a update

I didn't realeased it yet

[robust hamlet]

do you have a version published on alpha/beta channel?

[molten swan]

no

[robust hamlet]

so I guess you enrolled to Google App Signin and let them sign your app with their keystore and they are waiting now for you to upload an apk / aab signed with the upload certificate

Just contact Play Store support so they can reset this for you

[molten swan]

I can just create new app , right?

cause its draft

[robust hamlet]

you can

[molten swan]

so how do I delete apps there?

[robust hamlet]

and change that default package name to something else

you can't

[glad trail]

Anyone with experience hooking up firebase unity package for android? (using specifically remote config, messaging, and storage) I'm having an issue with fetching my remote config specifically on android and am kind of at a loss as i'm not having issues on desktop or ios. Can provide more info if anyone responds

[fervent thicket]

Is there a good method for changing schema for input on mobile? Like I have an RPG that goes through menus, and on PC you use arrow keys mainly. I wanna switch it up to just be "click on button" on phone. The way I've thought about doing it is with my input_handler script just making a copy that handles it if it's mobile instead.

[sacred creek]

@fervent thicket are you using the new or old system?

[thick seal]

Hello everyone. Completely lost on Google Play;
Recently had to request a new upload key for Google Play Console as I lost mine. However, after creating a new .jks and .pem file, sending it to google and them changing it, I still get the error message; Your Android App bundle is signed with the wrong key. Ensure that your App bundle is signed with the correct signing key and try again.

Could it be something to do in my Unity Project?

[sacred creek]

Did you set it up in Unity correctly?

[thick seal]

@sacred creek

Passwords are correct. Anything I need to do?

[sacred creek]

Thats all I know so far, you build it with the password setup right there in the settings, did you also select the right key file? maybe clear th elibrary once

[thick seal]

Clear the library?

Also it's the same keystore, without a doubt

[sacred creek]

Sorry, no android setup her eon my machine, otherwise I could have a look. but yeah, thats the only thing I could think of, having the wrong sigining key in your unity setup or online using another one. Oh wait, are you trying to update an existing app with a new key?

[thick seal]

Nope, I've sent google the new key with the details they needed. Updated a few days ago, and still issues

[sacred creek]

Well, maybe the have not updated the new key to your existing app, because, as far as I know, you cant just get a new key and upload an old app, you have to create a whole new app bundle identifier with that new key and get a new store entry, your old version is "dead". But maybe it changed in the last couple of month

[thick seal]

I would imagine they updated it. Saying "We'll update the keystore in 2 days" and then not doing it seems like an illegal action xP

[sacred creek]

Dont you have a casenumber or something to check the status? I would just get back to them and send a mail or something

[thick seal]

I've sent them the files again to re-do the upload certificate

But the issue is that they sent the keys that would be uploaded

And they are identical to the ones that I sent before

So I haven't a clue what is going on

[uncut lark]

Hello guys, how safe is to send apk file to publisher. Can they steal game from me?

[frozen vapor]

Based on reports it does seem like a real possibility.

Whether you really have other alternatives is another question

[fervent thicket]

What exactly do you mean? I'm running my input through scripts in Monobehaviour updates, so its just if getkeydown.id.W or w/e the call is

[cursive quest]

Anyone here have much experience with google admob?

[sacred creek]

Okay so than you are using the old input system. There is a new one, where you can like map bindings to actions and save them as keyboard/gamepad/touch or whatever you need. Might be worth a look

[fervent thicket]

ah okay

@sacred creek so essentially it's something like, getKeydown W, Touch input hold, etc can all share 1 same action with one method?

I was just going to construct a class for it but

Is there an exact name for this new input system so I can look into it?

[sacred creek]

Yep, you can say, i have player input and the action movement, there I can say, for keyboard, its arrow keys that send out a float, for touch it can be the delta position or what not

[fervent thicket]

(also do I need to update the year of my unity or can I download it as like an asset)

[sacred creek]

unity new input system should get you goin, just google it. you can activate it through the package manager i think

[fervent thicket]

okay nice

[sacred creek]

It takes some hours to get used to it, but I actually like it, having like the feed of a variable just in one line instead of all those ifs and elses

[fervent thicket]

yeah, my thing was essentially going to be If(Input == Whatever keyboard type || Input == Whatever mobile type) then move forward etc.

@sacred creek is the new input system out of beta?

or is it still a WiP?

[sacred creek]

I think its stable now, yes.

Unity PackageManager says

[fervent thicket]

ooo hmm interesting.

2019.4 uh oh, I'm 2019.3.15f1. Do you think it'd still work?

I remember updating my project for a second before and it blew up a few things so I'm wary about doing so again.

[sacred creek]

I dont know what things have changed from .3 to .4, also dont know your plugins you are using. So, just back it up on git or whatever you are using, and then try it out, id say

[fervent thicket]

Hm I'll give it a try.

I updated it, seems fine. I'm not using anything too crazy past maybe animator that might not update so It should be oaky.

[sacred creek]

Oh well, I dont think those easy things will break then, usually its just little obsoletes and stuff that happen inside one version.

[pastel crystal]

I am trying to find the equivalent of GetServerAuthCode() of google play but for apple iOS. Anyone can point me to the right direction? I cannot find anything similar for apple

[sacred creek]

So it is apple game center you need? @pastel crystal

[pastel crystal]

I wanted to receive a server auth token from apple's game center. Turns out there is no such functionality offered from Apple

[sacred creek]

Thats what I know and read about it: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/GameKit_Guide/Users/Users.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008304-CH8-SW6

[tardy badger]

Hello! I'm creating a mobile game, currently targeting only Android, and I'm having a issue with making the HDR work on my device. I already searched a lot in the internet, it supports OpenGLES3.1 so I think it should work. I really don't know if is a bug, if I forgot to change some setting, so I came here to know if someone can help me

To debug, I created a custom blit pass in my render pipeline that renders a material with a custom shader that subtracts every pixel in screen by 1, so if there's some color with some channel value higher than one, I can detect if HDR is working

After testing, in my editor looks something like this:

But in my device looks like this:

It's completly black, meaning that there isn't any HDR color rendering at all, I think

[chrome sky]

I am making an app on android phone to show 360 videos by moving the phone around.
I have made the video to work but when I am trying to pause a video (using videplayer.pause() from the onclick() section in the inspector), the button is being pressed on my phone but the video doesn't get paused 😦

[scarlet moon]

Does anyone have any experience with why an app crashes after the splash screen on an iPadPro 10.5 inch but not a 11 or 12?

[chrome sky]

no clue 😦

@scarlet moon do you know a possible solution for my problem though?

[latent osprey]

you're saying HDR, do you mean HDRP?

postprocessing v2 bloom doesn't require hdr

i don't know if your custom shader is detecting if HDR is working. android devices don't really Work, if that's what you're getting at 🙂

[latent osprey]

it's probably telling you in the logs if you start it with Xcode attached.

[latent osprey]

i don't know how well videoplayer works on android. can you get it to pause at all?

[scarlet moon]

the problem is I dont have access to the ipad pro 10.5, this is an app on testflight that the only device that its crashing on out of the 3 we've tested remotely is the 10.5

[latent osprey]

then this issue will be impossible to resolve, unfortunately. did you ever have a version of your app that crashed on launch? if so, the user probably didn't manage to update, maybe because you didn't add them to the testflight group you released your latest build to, or perhaps they were confused and didn't update

[latent osprey]

Google Play Games is sunsetting on iOS. you can't activate new games for it. use UnityEngine.Social

[latent osprey]

if someone emailed you about publishing your game, and you haven't met them in person or talked to them on the phone, it is a website scraping google play listings to relist apps on their own website that they front with ads or attach adware to.

also, generally the publishers that make money release ios games, so i would be skeptical of anyone asking for an apk and not a testflight invitation

[uncut lark]

@latent osprey Thanks for the info. They didn't asked for apk, its me who wanted to send them. But i made video and they were fine with that

[chrome sky]

I can in the editor

but not in the mobile.

Is it okay if I send a video of the problem?

[latent osprey]

No I’m not sure how to fix it

[chrome sky]

oh no 😦

Could you tell me the things I need to ensure when working with buttons? (e.g. do the buttons need to have the script which makes the clicking happen?, is it possible to simply use the "onClick()" that inspector has to offer?)

[cursive quest]

I'm adding mobile devs to my own discord. Just trying to get a network going of mobile developers. @me for the link

[tardy badger]

No, I'm saying HDR the High Dynamic Range Color in my project, I'm using URP with unity 2020.2 with a Renderpipeline asset with HDR enabled. And I'm using the post processing volume built-in in URP

[tardy badger]

Yea, I'm seeing that Android is a bit messy to work with post processing effects like bloom

[tardy badger]

And what my shader is currently doing is just subtracting all the pixels in screen by one, leaving all the color channel (RGB) values less than 1 completly black. The pixels with a higher color channel range higher than 0..1 will not be black

[latent osprey]

i see

but have you enabled bloom on the device, and saw that bloom doesn't work? or it does?

using an HDR framebuffer is a separate matter from getting bloom to work

the shader queue affects whether which buffer its rendering to before compositing into your final image, among other things

so that's why i'm saying the shader might not be telling you what you think it is, it's not really an appropriate way to diagnose the issue - even if you eventually get it to work

i would suggest using the frame debugger to help understand what's going on

[tardy badger]

so, I really don't know what options I need to change, I already tried to change the pipeline asset configuration, the player settings, graphics settings and quality settings, I don't know what other settings I can change, as I'm using a pipeline asset, the majority of the settings are in the asset

[tardy badger]

I see, I though that this could be a simple way to debug if is working or not

[tardy badger]

I will try to use that, I never used but I can try

I think that last option I have is to fake bloom by moving some objects to a separate layer and apply bloom in that layer using gaussian blur. As HDR is not working to separate which pixel will glow or not, maybe separate a whole object in a layer can help

[latent osprey]

is this hdrp?

or URP?

[tardy badger]

URP

[latent osprey]

i think maybe start with a URP bloom sample and build it for your device

and see if it works

i agree there is probably a configuration setting

and that in principle you are not doing anything wrong

if it doesn't work with the sample then move on

typically you don't want pure white anyway, for artistic reasons, so people set bloom at a threshold of 255, 255, 255

you don't strictly speaking need HDR frame buffers to do bloom

[tardy badger]

as a note, this project I started as a blank 2D template, just after some coding I added the URP package, so maybe this is what is causing the issue

[latent osprey]

yeawh i think you know what you're doing

just start with a sample

worst comes to worst you'll transfer what you've built, through a prefab, into a new configuration

it will be easy peasy

[tardy badger]

yea, you are right

I'm really trying to hard-code something that would be easier to start with another template 😆

[latent osprey]

lol

[tardy badger]

anyway, I don't really need something fancy, just something nice-looking enough and can run nicely on the most devices

[latent osprey]

you'll figure it out dude

[limber jasper]

@latent osprey when publishing an app to the play store, can i just change my company name whenever i want?

right now im just setting it to default company because i dont have a company

[latent osprey]

uh...

i don' tknow

it's a little out of scope for me

[limber jasper]

Ok i will ask the main channel

nvm, also should i just delete the older apk file if i have a new apk file with a different name

im scared i might cause something to go wrong

[tight aurora]

Is there any easy free way to save variables in cloud, and load them when needed for players of my game?

[sacred creek]

Well, free and easy are no words I would use when it comes to cloud saving 😉 You could build your own little server with API calls, you could check gamecenter if they give you something to use there: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/iCloudDesignGuide/Chapters/DesigningForKey-ValueDataIniCloud.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012094-CH7-SW1

Anyone ever had issues with macos Unity and AR Reference Images being broken when build?

[tight aurora]

Thx i will try it.

[verbal breach]

I keep getting error component at index 2 could not be loaded when loading game object 'Main camera' .removing it!

how to fix this

[glossy sluice]

Hello I have an issue that I cannot wrap my head around how to fix it.

I need to be using AsyncGPUReadback (https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rendering.AsyncGPUReadback.html) on my Unity app on Oculus Quest (Android - OpenGL)

The issue is that OpenGL on Android is not supported for this function, so I have found an alternative, an external library that should be capable of doing that here (https://github.com/Alabate/AsyncGPUReadbackPlugin)

I implemented this version to my app and it does work while in Editor, but as soon as I export it to the Oculus Quest, I am getting DllNotFoundException for that library, and I can not find out how to fix it ... Even when I look into the APK by unzipping it, I can find the library files located in the build, so that should be set up correctly but somehow the app can not read that library inside of Quest ... I have googled everything already and am not sure how could I actually make it work heh ...

IF anybody has some ideas it would be much appreciated! Thanks!

[quartz kernel]

Can you show the settings on your dll?

[glossy sluice]

@quartz kernel
Well there is nothing much to it, they are primarily default

and this is for the *.so file

[quartz kernel]

I see it's set to ARMv7, you building with that?

[glossy sluice]

Well I am building for the Oculus Quest, I think the settings are like that by default, sec will check player settings for android

Yeah that seems like it

this screenshots is from player settings on android

[quartz kernel]

I see, then I don't know. Settings seem ok to me

[glossy sluice]

Yeah it's kinda weird, I dont really understand why it's not able to read the dll in the headset, even though it does include both files inside of the APK

@quartz kernel Anyway thanks for answering, maybe I will find some solution, who knows ... but it's strange ...

[latent osprey]

can i ask why you need to be using async gpu readback?

you probably want to use a render texture instead

alternatively you can just use vulkan, but i feel like that's other problems

the oculus 2 isn't going to be able to stream video meaningfully, not because it can't but because it will run out of battery very quickly

[frozen vapor]

@teal mango #archived-resources is probably a better fit

[glossy sluice]

@latent osprey Well, I am using render texture already. But I need it to sync image over network so I need to be able to read the texture from the main thread without blocking the entire application. I am working on a VR example where you can paint on a lets say a charcoal board, and it is multiplayer so everybody should be able to see the same thing (I am planning on sending the image over not every frame, but only when the painting is finished and at some max rate). I am not sure if there would be another way to do it. So that's why I need this 🙂

Anyway the prototype is already working in editor and under windows. It's just oculus quest on android that's giving me the pain 🙂

And I tried Vulkan ... let's say the results were not "acceptable". I am afraid vulkan is still not the plug & play solution unity would like it to be

[latent osprey]

i see

i am pretty sure you can read the texture from any thread

safely

in terms of writing to a texture2d, i believe there are ways to do that in an accelerated way

if you're saying you are networking the texture2d

maybe just use unity webrtc

since it has already sort of built that

it just only supports vulkan, although it's not 100% clear to me why it can't support opengles3

on android

[glossy sluice]

I am using Pun2 for communication, so I convert the Texture2D to byte array and sending this over network ...

[latent osprey]

i see

if you want to do this low latency and low resources the webrtc implementation is as good as it gets

[glossy sluice]

Well I have found the AsyncGPUReadback implementation for OpenGL on github which is MIT license and it does work, it's just that the library somehow is not being loaded correctly inside of the quest2 even though it is located inside of the APK

[latent osprey]

it is maybe not being signed correctly?

i assume you are using the official sdk and not sidequest

[glossy sluice]

well I think the author wrote that it was compiled for linux, so I assume if I somehow manage to rebuild it for arm it might work?

[latent osprey]

oh, it was never tested against android at all?

it looked like it was

[glossy sluice]

Dont think so, but it was meant for OpenGL so I assumed it would work

I am not that familiar with compiling for different platforms, I have done some things already so I do have an idea, but it's still quite new to me 🙂
So I assumed that it would be just enough to take the already compiled library and use it but yeah ... doesn't seem like it would be that easy 🙂

Anyway I will try today to compile the native plugin for the arm platform and see if it is any help ... if not, I will take a look into the webrtc implementation and see if it helps, so at least you gave me a tip on where to look!

And I thank you for that!

Ah, I just looked at the webrtc github page from unity, and it seems like the Android platform support is foreseen to be added in February, so I think I will have to wait at least until then

Yeah, let's hope the compiling for arm platform will work

[sick narwhal]

Hello, can anyone help me with something about ads? is it possible to put the ad on a custom location instead of the pre defined ones?

I would like to put it inside the bottom box

[glossy sluice]

Hi, somehow I can't get any animation with the animator working for iOS when using any Unity Version after 2018. Is anyone aware what might cause this?

[sick narwhal]

I have found a workaround with AdMob

[glossy sluice]

Hello, I'm working on a mobile game and I've ran into an issue.
It's hard to describe but I will try to draw It in paint...

The camera angle changes (as shown as red in the image) when I try to run my game on a different resolution device.
The thing is that my characters are supposed to only move in the blue line in only one axis(like a platform...) and i use the borders of the screen as borders in my game(green symbols), but the screens borders doesn't fit exactly to my games borders and it becomes too big or too small when the screen resolution changes(as shown as red in the image).

[warm adder]

Do you have possibility to change borders(green points) position?

you could use camera.ViewportToWorldPoint(0,0) and camera.ViewportToWorldPoint(1,1) to get minimal and maximal world space positions and from that set borders position

[thick seal]

Hey everyone! I'm using Google Play Services to get achievements to work. However, when I upload to internal build, and play test the game, the pop up to sign in doesn't appear. Any ideas?

https://pastebin.com/sx2515rM

Using Pastebin btw bc. Hastebin is down apparently

[quiet cipher]

I think u need to have at least a build on alpha track

I used to have the issue, cant remember how I solve it

[thick seal]

The tut. that I'm watching seems to run it fine on Internal

[warm adder]

Maybe try to check logs, maybe there are some errors or warnings

[quiet cipher]

yap, try print out the result

[thick seal]

Sure

[thick seal]

I think my internal build might've been outdated and might've not had the services enabled

Uploading rn

[rugged bough]

How much can a fairly new mobile handle in terms of terrain and forest scenery?

I have a quite large terrain with maybe 100 trees in sight

They are low poly but i have low frames, any experiences?

My phone is samsung a51

Not a monster but new 300euro ish

[quartz kernel]

There are too many variables in play to give an answer to that question

How many polygons are the trees? The terrain? How many textures? Cutout or transparent shader? Etc

[rugged bough]

Okay so

trees go from 4k verts to 500

some is with branches only

But i realize, this seems to be alot for low poly???

The package is called low poly free vegetation

Here is tree 1 in the inspector

@quartz kernel

[quartz kernel]

Might be considered low poly for desktop but not for mobile

[rugged bough]

i guess

[quartz kernel]

You can use a tool like this to profile on device @rugged bough https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/graphy-ultimate-fps-counter-stats-monitor-debugger-105778

[toxic thicket]

Anyone knowledgeable using the unity multi-display on Android. I have everything working exactly the way I want in Windows but struggling using a second display on android tablet

[placid void]

How can I fix my Unity Remote 5?

[rugged bough]

What is the problem @placid void

[placid void]

I downloaded i tunes and such and selected "any iphone" and when i plug it in and press play nothing happens

[rugged bough]

Hmm

USB debugging is on?

I use android

But i know i have problems too

How do you guys handle multiple screens in your game?

I have a weapon set to the lower end of the screen, but with different aspect ratios it will cause a gap under the weapon, (i have no character just a floating weapon in First person look)

[karmic slate]

Hi guys, I want to animate my 2d game using a 3d diamond object. The entire interface is in canvas. What is the best way to use this 3D object as a UI?

[glossy sluice]

where do i enable it?

[sacred creek]

You have to download and install it, there are tutorials for that

[wraith stone]

Hi, is it possible to use the tcp system from Unity for mobile devices?

[keen oriole]

Can someone help me i want to convert simple C++ function from Visual Studio to dynamic library but for Android in Unity?

[rugged bough]

I have 5 fps on my phone with my game 😥

I have about 400k tris on display

What do you guys have in tris in your scenes?