archived-code-general

[lime hearth]

I really appreciate it

[earnest epoch]

My pleasure! Like I said, I didn't test but those are the main ideas. I think my code fits to -1/+1 but it's late and I can be dumb.

Made another correction. :/

[lime hearth]

One issue that I can see cropping up is if our cameras ever join together or the splitscreen line ever shifts. I’ll need to talk to the programmers more to see what’s the plan with that

[earnest epoch]

Yeah, that's going to be a matter of perspective then, but in any case the position on the screen would be a visual source, so the general idea applies.

Not going to lie, I assumed something like this would happen as canvases be like this. I'm glad you figured it out so quick!

[dense ridge]

Is it a known behaviour for linerenderers that they sometimes add an empty vector3 at the end of the line? Or am I doing something wrong

List<Vector3> points = c.GetLine();
while (points.Contains(Vector3.zero))
    points.Remove(Vector3.zero);
lr.SetPositions(points.ToArray());
lr.positionCount = points.Count;

as you can see, sometimes it just snaps to the top left(0,0) even though I should be removing any 0 points that are there

[wary basin]

Some issues with the animator.
I reuse my hitboxes and for most attacks, I just position and shape them with keyframes since it's all visual and I can match it to the animations nicely.
I have an attack that's an explosion that will be larger depending on when you call it, and so I can't really animate that in keyframes. Instead I'm just trying to change the size of that hitbox in code.
Problem is, as far as I can see it, unity's animator tries to "enforce" its current state even if the current clip has no keyframes for that value, so long as any other clip did. So, whatever it was last set to, it will persist that. I had hoped the "Write Defaults" option in the animator window would let me decide this, but it doesn't.

Is there some option I'm mission that stops the animator from trying to control values that aren't keyframed in the current clip, or something?
I'm aware there are ways I could design around this, but I would rather solve this baffling behaviour if possible.

[dense ridge]

when debugging all of the locations in the points there are no empty vectors, but when I look at the positions on the linerenderer itself it does show an empty vector for a split second, I wanna know if I should be expecting this or if this is unintended behaviour and there's some fix for it

[feral jasper]

Hi guys, I have a problem with my WEBGL application. When I try to load a json file into the program, I sometimes get the following error: "Out of Memory, If you are the developer of this Content, try allocating more Memory to your WebGL in the WebGL Player Settings". I have already compressed the entire build from 200mb to 100mb, but the error still occurs. In the Json file there are PNGs as Base64 string, which are then converted and used as textures. It has nothing to do with the size of the json file, it just happens every few tries. Do you know how I can release more JS heap or empty the JS heap again after loading a json file? Unfortunately I am completely stuck and don't know what to do, also various forums and googling for the problem didn't help. Does anyone have any solutions or tips for me?

[late lion]

How big is the JSON file? Have you tried increasing the memory size in Player Settings like the error message suggests?
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-memory.html

[feral jasper]

The size always varies, but it is usually around 5MB. Unfortunately, the option to increase the memory size no longer exists, or I was too stupid to find it. I use 2020.3.32.f1 with URP.

[mental rover]

if you change the size of the array it will add a 0,0 point by default I believe - are you possibly out of sync with when you add a new point & define the new point? looks like it may be a single frame wait occasionally between adding it and defining it

[dense ridge]

there shouldn't be any? at least not purposefully, I do need to do some A* pathfinding so maybe that takes longer than it expects, but the number should be the same still

[mental rover]

sorry, worded that badly - it's positionCount, if it's out of sync with the length of the positions array you set it can default the null positions to 0,0

try setting it before SetPositions

otherwise I'd try attaching a debugger and inspecting the values at each step

[pale ore]

hi, i have a problem with changing the start rotation of particles through script in unity

i just set it to a number and the actual rotation in game is completely different

does anyone know why?

[dusk apex]

Try setting a break point after printing and verifying the z component then in the inspector.

[pale ore]

what do you mean with break point ?

[dusk apex]

A break point in your IDE to momentarily pause the application at the specific location.

[pale ore]

here ?

[dusk apex]

Sure

[dusk apex]

Try logging the start rotation rather than the weapon to see if it's what you think it is.

Also note:

[pale ore]

hmmm

so that's

why

it's weired because debugging the start rotation does return the constant value in degrees

[dusk apex]

Try giving it a radian value as what you've given it would be a radian value and likely not what you would be expecting.

[pale ore]

ok a basic radian convertion made the trick

thank you

[dense ridge]

as you can see in the code above, that's the only position where I set the positions and position count, they should never be out of sync

[thin kernel]

1 - Picture
2 - Windows background
3 - Unity editor

Is there a way to "fill image" in unity the way windows does with background? By cropping up and down and avoiding stretching?

[vagrant blade]

This isn't a coding question.

Probably would not scale the image at all, but child it to a mask and scale the mask instead.

[thin kernel]

I'm sorry, in what section can I ask question like that?

[vagrant blade]

#📲┃ui-ux

[thin kernel]

Thank you

[simple mountain]

how can I make a list of types?

[dusk apex]

I assume you aren't asking "how to make a List" which would be: cs public List<int> numbers;(integer example)

[simple mountain]

nah I was thinking like a list of types like
List<anyType> possibleLinks = new List<anyType>();
possibleLinks.Add(typeof(int));
possibleLinks.Add(typeof(myOwnClass));

[dusk apex]

Type would be the acquired type from typeof

[simple mountain]

yes

[dusk apex]

System.Type to be specific.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.type?view=net-7.0

[thin aurora]

If you want a list of the Type type, you make it a List<Type> as Dalphat suggested. If you want a list of any type, you make it a List<object>. If you want a list of a specific instance type, you make a list that has an interface as a type, and have the instance implement that type. Alternatively you specify a base type that is shared by the instances, should you have that.

[hollow cliff]

is it safe to invoke event that is raised with this.CustomData argument after I call Destroy(this.gameObject) in previous line?

[leaden ice]

events don't care one lick about Unity's concept of object destruction

[hollow cliff]

yeah, but IDK about object's internal state in next line of code after calling Destroy

nothing changes I guess?

[leaden ice]

nothing changes

it is merely marked for destruction inside the engine

[icy sundial]

i have a grid of variable length. How can I calculate a camera position so it will adjust size based on my grid size?

[neon plank]

What is the difference between UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshSurface and Unity.AI.Navigation.NavMeshSurface and which one should I use?

[whole yew]

how can I check which script is causing high performance hits?

and what line?

I have the profiler opened

[leaden ice]

the profiler breaks down how much time was spent in each method

you might have to turn on Deep Profiling to see everything you need

[whole yew]

im a bit confused what im looking at though lol

I just clicked the deep profiler

[leaden ice]

it's a breakdown of time spent in each method

[whole yew]

my game is running at like 5 seconds per frame now 💀

i had to quit the project in task manager, it used up all my ram, something is wrong with a part of my code which makes my game so slow and im trying to figure it out

[late lion]

The profiler defaults to the Timeline view, but that view is mainly only useful when profiling multithreaded workloads. To identify what is taking the most time in a frame, the Hierarchy view is more useful.

[leaden ice]

look at such a frame in the profiler and see what's taking up the largest chunks of that time

[lone cedar]

Is there a way to use the color swatches in the editor in the code ? I tried to put the color preset library in a scriptable object but it is not accessible through script. Or maybe there's a better way to use the same colors in code as well as in editor that I am not aware of.

[swift falcon]

can you cache the boxed statement beforehand in a variable to make this line shorter?
https://i.imgur.com/mgAGVTg.png

[whole yew]

how can I open hierarchy

[leaden ice]

not that statement but the whole lambda yes.

[swift falcon]

how to?

[leaden ice]

store it in a variable

Action<AsyncOperation> callback = <the whole lambda here>;
whatever.completed += callback;```

[late lion]

The dropdown is labeled "D" in this picture.

[swift falcon]

nice thanks

[whole yew]

ty

found the culprit 😂

[leaden ice]

well there you go

[whole yew]

probabably because im calling it every frame for every object.....

something is wrong then because I only made it call it when it doesnt have a path yet

[leaden ice]

congratulations you're on the path to fixing your problem now.

[silk horizon]

Has anyone had a similar problem using

[pulsar ivy]

I think it's because you are constantly updating the new transform rotation. You can either cache the original rotation and multiple by that, or instead add an offset to the angle so it lines up with your direction

[swift falcon]

when i save i set the save file's saveDate to DateTime.Now: Manager.instance.data.saveDate = DateTime.Now;
debug.logging it shows the correct time for both the saved date and datetime.now
when i load it: DateTimeoldTime = instance.data.saveDate; i get 1/1/0001, the default value of datetime

[leaden ice]

sounds like it's not being serialized properly

have you looked at what it looks like in your serialized representation?

Depending on which serialization framework you're using DateTime might not be supported out of the box

[swift falcon]

good point let me take a look

oh yeah it's not even in the file

saving it as a string and converting it seems to have done the trick, tyty :)

[glass blade]

    public class Ability
    {
        public float damage;
        public Ability(float dmg)
        {
            damage = dmg;

        }
        public void use()
        {

        }
    }``` hey, is there anyway i could pass a function in the constructor of my class, that would be run in use()?

action?

hmm yess

[grand hemlock]

guys how can i make sort of snake physics?

i have no idea where to start

[hexed pecan]

You'd have to describe it better than that

[grand hemlock]

like how the body moves

[hexed pecan]

Maybe look into Joints

[grand hemlock]

and the sprites change

[hexed pecan]

So like an old Nokia snake game?

Or physics based?

[grand hemlock]

nonono

nokia snake physics is a simple loop

[grand hemlock]

like the snake movement

[hexed pecan]

Like a real snake?

[grand hemlock]

one moment

this movement

pretend thats a snake

like the tail moves

where the player is moving

[hexed pecan]

Use joints if you want a fully simulated snek
Or use bones & animations if that is enough

Or procedural animations

[grand hemlock]

ok

[thick socket]

say I generate a huge map via a script, ex) placing a bunch of enemies and tiles and objects

is there any way to save this to a scene?

[severe maple]

i have a parent object for my NPCs, with a lod group and 2 different LOD levels / gameobjects within. I'm not sure where the animator component should be. Should i have one for each LOD? Or one in parent that controls both?

[hexed pecan]

One in the parent that controls both

@severe maple One of the renderers can be on the parent too, its not an issue

Depending on the setup ofc.

[severe maple]

thanks. When the lod level changes though the animation stops, I guess because it is still trying to animate the old mesh. I guess I have to code in some switcher?

[hexed pecan]

Are you animating the renderer directly?

Like does your animation change the renderer's values

[severe maple]

i dont think so

[hexed pecan]

I don't think that a renderer getting disabled (by LOD) should make the animator stop 🤔

[severe maple]

maybe something else is happening, I'll fiddle around, thanks

[thick socket]

any chance you have a video or guide or something that descibes that well?

I wasn't able to find one

[vivid remnant]

Hello!

I have a box with a rigid body component attached and a script that contains a variable inside of which the 'health' of the box is stored.

How can I determine if this box is being pushed against a static surface by another moving object, essentially crushing the box?

I want a way to determine when the box gets squeezed between two surfaces so I can destroy it.

[thick socket]

colliders?

[vivid remnant]

What about them?

[thick socket]

ah cool thanks

I know very little about editor stuff 😄

[vivid remnant]

@thick socket, you were saying?

[thick socket]

just throw a collider on both objects then you can check like "OncollisionEnter" stuff

😄

[hexed pecan]

Doesnt really explain how to check if its being crushed between two objects

[vivid remnant]

Yeah

[hexed pecan]

You could gather the contact points from OnCollisionEnter (or OnCollisionStay) and do some calculations with those

[thick socket]

can just keep track of if its colliding with something on say left, and also right

[hexed pecan]

Check if a contact is on the other side of another etc

Unfortunately theres no builtin stuff for calculating stress

Its a rigidbody, not a softbody after all

[vivid remnant]

So far, I was able to write some logic that determines when a collision takes place, stores the velocity of the box at the moment of impact and uses it to determine what amount should be subtracted from the box's "health". This way, if you keep throwing the box against a wall, for example, it will eventually break.

That sounds good.

[hexed pecan]

If the player has a rigidbody, you can set it to kinematic, and manually update its position to stay with the car. Making it a child can work but im not sure

Oh he removed the question

Talking to myself like a dummy

[vivid remnant]

I'll check to see if joints can be used to get the desired result. Thanks, @rigid island!

[hexed pecan]

I swear!

[fallen lotus]

this may be a dumb question but I wanted to ask what you guys thought would be the best option. I'm making a choose your own adventure game. A video clip plays, then buttons pop up, you vote on a path and then it goes there. so on and so forth. for playing the videos, I have an array of video clips. Then i just plug them into the video player.

My question is, what should I use for my array so that each video holds two ints. for example, the video at index 0 needs to hold two int variables 1 and 2. then video at index 1 needs to hold 3 and 4 while video 2 holds 5 and 6. If I could have each video in the array have its own variables attached that would be great but I don't know how to do that.

[leaden ice]

I'd probably use ScriptableObjects for this. Something like:

[CreateAssetMenu(filename="New VideoNode", path="MyGame/VideoNode")]
public class VideoNode : ScriptableObject {
  public VideoClip Video;
  public VideoNode[] NextOptions;
}```
Then your GameManager can just have:
```cs
public VideoNode StartNode;```

and you set up the choices on each SO itself

[vestal geode]

Parenting kinematic rigidbodies is fine, I believe, but any non-kinematic RBs in the hierarchy seem to cause very glitchy physics
I thought for sure RBs used to ignore motion inherited from parent, but apparently not

[hexed pecan]

Yep non-kinematic rb is wonky when parented to another, but according to a recent test I did, a kinematic body seemed to stay fixed

[fallen lotus]

ooo i see. do you have a good tutorial on script objects i could look into?

[potent sleet]

how did you get thumbnails on your array ?

[fallen lotus]

like the video thumbnails to the left of the name? it just showed up when I dragged and dropped them in @potent sleet

[leaden ice]

this I guess?
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/introduction-to-scriptable-objects

[potent sleet]

Ohh I see, so it's built into unity like that for video array. 👍

[fallen lotus]

it is nice lmao

[neon plank]

Can I use BurstCompile in methods which access managed references?
What about methods which calls Unity apis, such as Physics.Raycast or MonoBehaviour.transform?

[late lion]

No

[leaden ice]

You can't use Burst compiled code outside the context of DOTS/the Job system. The code it generates is native code, which cannot run in the C# CLR.
.transform is a managed reference, and cannot be used in a Job/DOTS
Physics.Raycast cannot be used in a Job/DOTS, you must use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RaycastCommand.html - scheduling the raycasts as their own job.

[somber nacelle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.burst@0.2/manual/index.html

Burst does not support:
Any methods related to managed objects (e.g array access...etc.)
no

[neon plank]

ok

[late lion]

You can actually BurstCompile static methods and call them normally in C#
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.burst@1.8/manual/csharp-calling-burst-code.html

[leaden ice]

hmm maybe that's newer. I was basing my answer off this https://forum.unity.com/threads/burst-and-thread-safe-api-outside-unity-jobs-system.522737/#post-3431626

[neon plank]

Is possible to disable chekcs of NativeArray<T> an stuff in the editor outside Jobs? Jobs->Burst->Safety Check AFAIK is only for jobs using burst. What about non-jobs?

[late lion]

Burst uses IL post processing magic to replace your call with something else

[leaden ice]

I don't think the safety system ever applies outside of jobs

[neon plank]

If I try to use a disposed NativeArray<T> outside a job I get an ObjectDiposedException, which means the safety is actually working.

[leaden ice]

you would have to be doing your own threading at that point for it to matter. In which case, why not use Jobs?

[neon plank]

I'm writing instructions / reading output of a job in the main thread

[leaden ice]

that's not the safety system afaik, just a flag on the NativeArray 🤔

[neon plank]

Well, is there a way to disable ENABLE_UNITY_COLLECTIONS_CHECKS?

[leaden ice]

the safety system statically analyzes your code and detects things like reading/writing from native collections in ways that are not inherently thread-safe

[neon plank]

Oh, I didn't mean that then

[severe maple]

further to my question earlier... how should I setup animator component for LODs on NPCs

[hexed pecan]

I would have just one CharMaleGuard, but with the additional LOD meshes as children

[severe maple]

ah just one arma?

that makes sense

[hexed pecan]

You might need to export the lods with the main armature so that the bone weights get assigned properly. It can be tricky to do manually

[hexed pecan]

Yep, no need for multiple armatures or animators. The LOD meshes can use the same armature no problem.

[severe maple]

thanks

[hexed pecan]

...or just duplicate the high poly model children and replace their meshes with the low poly ones

[severe maple]

it works now, thank you

[quaint flame]

I have this RoomGenerator script but for some reason after the first GenerateNextRoom invocation, all the rooms start to spawn adjacent the first room ```csharp
public class RoomGenerator : MonoBehaviour
{
public RoomBase[] Rooms;

public readonly List<RoomBase> GeneratedRooms = new();

void Start()
{
    GeneratedRooms.Add(Instantiate(Rooms[0].gameObject, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity).GetComponent<RoomBase>());
    GenerateNextRoom();
}

public void GenerateNextRoom()
{
    RoomBase lastRoom = GeneratedRooms.Last();
    RoomBase room = Instantiate(Rooms[0].gameObject, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity).GetComponent<RoomBase>();

    room.Number = GeneratedRooms.Count;

    Vector3 entrancePosition = room.gameObject.transform.TransformPoint(room.Entrance.transform.position);

    Vector3 exitPosition = lastRoom.gameObject.transform.TransformPoint(lastRoom.ExitDoor.transform.position);

    room.transform.position = exitPosition - entrancePosition;

    GeneratedRooms.Add(lastRoom);
}

}

[hexed pecan]

The list is readonly 🤔

[quaint flame]

it doesn't have an effect on what I am doing here

since I am not re-assigning the GeneratedRooms field

[hexed pecan]

Not sure if youre using TransformPoint correctly here

It converts from local to world space. But you are giving it world space positions

@quaint flame

[visual flare]

who else noticed huge drop in performance in 2022.2? sluggish editor, any hiccup is now 2x larger

[molten isle]

!code

[tawny elk]

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[quaint flame]

doesn't transform.position return relative coords?

[hexed pecan]

That's world space.
transform.localPosition is relative to parent.

[quaint flame]

oooh

[molten isle]

Hey, im making a shader and I have the script done, how do I make it so when the mouse is hovering over the object I gave the script, the object gets the outline? Here is the script for the outline : https://gdl.space/ikurimanik.cs

[hexed pecan]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.IPointerEnterHandler.html

There's also this:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseEnter.html

I dont remember when to use which

[silent basin]

Hey, I just finished making some controls for two separate players in my project... but I'm running into two issues, and I'm hoping you all could possibly push me in the right direction so I can fix this:

1. When both player types are activated in the scene, both of their separate scripts take effect and cause movement. It doesn't matter which character is selected in the hierarchy to take control of the main camera in the game view, they both move.. and I guess I kinda expected this to happen but I'm not really good at figuring out why.

2. Eventually, after the first issue is fixed, I'd like to make the game run separate clients if that's possible to simulate two different players connecting at the same time. I understand there isn't a simple solution to something like this, so any referencing/information on the subject that retains to my situation is much appreciated!

[quaint flame]

well I changed it to room.transform.position = lastRoom.ExitDoor.transform.position - room.Entrance.transform.position; and the problem still persist

[hexed pecan]

Well that looks wrong too

[quaint flame]

I am trying to make it so that the the position of the new room's entrance is the same as the exit of previous

[hexed pecan]

Are the rooms ever rotated?

[quaint flame]

well not right now

[hexed pecan]

// Position offset from last rooms center to exit
Vector3 exitOffset = lastRoom.ExitDoor.transform.position - lastRoom.transform.position;
// Position offset from entrance to new room 
Vector3 entranceOffset =  room.transform.position - room.Entrance.transform.position;
// Apply position by adding these two offsets to the last room's position
room.transform.position = lastRoom.transform.position + exitOffset + entranceOffset;```

My brain is fried atm but that could work

@quaint flame

[spare dove]

Someone please save my hair. How can this cast work:
OneHandedObject weapon = (OneHandedObject)_item;
But this gives invalid cast
TwoHandedObject weapon = (TwoHandedObject)_item;

when both onehandedobject and twohandedobject derives from item object

[quaint flame]

oh right I wasn't adding them to lastRoom.transform.position that is most likely the problem lol

[hexed pecan]

Mhm

It's easier when you break it into these positions and offsets

[glass blade]

https://hastebin.com/share/vuzimisoke.csharp
hey so i have this action in the ability class that acts as a parameter so i can pass a function into the class. Now my problem is that after i closed down unity, and reopened, the functions of the abilities arent being ran anymore. I have no clue wtf happened in the time the project was closed, but it dont work.

[hexed pecan]

Quite a long chunk of code, post it in a paste site

[simple egret]

Because a TwoHandedObject isn't a OneHandedObject.
If you had an inheritance chain like this, it would work: Item <- OneHandedObject <- TwoHandedObject
But it seems you have Item <- OneHandedObject and Item <- TwoHandedObject. They both derive from the same class, but that does not mean they can be cast to each other.

[quaint flame]

the results are the same, but now that I know the problem I can fix it. Thanks for the help!

[hexed pecan]

Same results? Thats weird 🤔

[spare dove]

Ah thanks for the answer but both those are in different functions, and it sends the _item to different functions dependent on the type, so the flow is EITHER Item -> Onehanded OR Item -> TwoHanded

my code is a giant messy pile of poo atm, so I cant really post a sliver that would make sense

[simple egret]

If you need to know the type to cast, then you're probably using inheritance improperly. Your method should be able to take any Item and call a method on it. C# will then select the correct implementation depending on what real type it is

[spare dove]

Its true, I probably am notusing inheritance like I should, its the first time im getting into that stuff, I'm thinking maybe it would be better to just add an "twohanded" bool to a weaponobject and leave it at that for now

[hexed pecan]

Having two-handedness as a property sounds better to me, than a separate class

[quaint flame]

I found the cause of the error :^ ) GeneratedRooms.Add(lastRoom); I was adding the same room to the list
<#archived-code-general message>

[hexed pecan]

Oh lol! I read that a couple of times but didnt notice either

Well, the transformpoint was wrong too so that got fixed at least

[quaint flame]

yeah now it works like a charm

thanks

[mild wolf]

I have a question, for the new input system, I have 4 multiplayer event systems set up (4 player game), and I want to choose which device corresponds to which event system (I have 1 keyboard/mouse and 3 ps4 controllers), how do I go about this?

[polar marten]

you are at the start of a long journey

every multiplayer event system runs for every input. all UGUI handlers are called, eventually, from an Update in multiplayer event system. (1) multiple multiplayer event systems give you a distinct EventSystem.current.selectedObject, and ...

(2) it's your responsibility to ensure that player A can only interact with a specific UGUI hierarchy. you can do this using the Player Root Transform field. that's how the multiplayer event system rejects inputs from "other players"

does that make sense?

[somber nacelle]

!code

[tawny elk]

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[dim canopy]

sorry about that

[marble halo]

So I have this weird bug, where as i change states velocity from one state is "paused" until it enters that state again

For example, if I jump while moving right, then stop in midair and hit the ground, i move to the right a little

https://hatebin.com/hsgqrquffr air state

https://hatebin.com/lqgfrrjkfa ground state

https://hatebin.com/ooaidoouql state machine

not sure what is causing this

is there a way to like, transfer the velocity from one state to another?

[dim canopy]

I'm having an issue with my camera system, I have been trying to implement a system where it will follow a position in-between the mouse position and the target (player) for some reason this keeps going super far into the distance then stopping and behaving like normal
https://hastebin.com/share/omecegagop.csharp

(getting video for refrence)

[wise hollow]

            float totalDistance = Vector2.Distance(new Vector2(0, downS.anchoredPosition.y), new Vector2(0, recS.anchoredPosition.y));

            player1Icon.rectTransform.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(player1Icon.rectTransform.anchoredPosition.x, downS.anchoredPosition.y + (totalDistance * (elapsedTimerPercent / 100)));```

my UI wont move at all. what's wrong with my code. I've look all over for a solution.

[sweet perch]

im using urp and light 2d, everything works fine in the editor but when i build and run it, it doesnt work. are there any build settings i have to change?

[wise hollow]

whats not working

[sweet perch]

the lighting itself, like it never gets darker or lighter in the day cycle

but in the editor the lights work

[solemn grove]

so i wanted to make an inventory system for my game (unity 3d) however i've no idea how to do so, i made a scratch project (ik how cringe that sounds) but its just to show what i want it to look like, can anyone help

[solemn grove]

the hotbar is only 2 slots, a main hand and an off hand incase that wasnt obvious

[sweet perch]

i can link u to some videos i used if u want, drag and drop system, stacks, scriptable object items and stuff

[solemn grove]

thatd be great thank you!

[sweet perch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAE6CbsQQA&t=32s
this is a really great basic inventory and is what im using, i built some more on it bc it wasnt everything i needed. keep in mind there are no splitting stacks or right clicking to take 1 item in a stack in this inv system

also if u need a crafting system lmk i made one that works well with this inv system

[solemn grove]

ty

do uk if thatd work with unity 3d

[sweet perch]

yea idt 2d or 3d matters

[upper turtle]

Hey, does anyone know a good way to make a pathfinding system in 2D.

[quaint rock]

grab a off the shelf A*, or learn how one works at a place like here
https://www.redblobgames.com/pathfinding/a-star/introduction.html

or here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-WgKMFuhE&list=PLFt_AvWsXl0cq5Umv3pMC9SPnKjfp9eGW
if you prefer video

[rain minnow]

a star or navmesh is a good start. checkout a (or some) tutorials for each to see which way you want to go . . .

[quaint rock]

well A* and navmesh are not mutually exclusive for example unitys 3d pathfinding is A* running on a navmesh

[upper turtle]

I'm basically trying to make it so objects follow a specific path and for the possibility of thousands of them to do so on the screen do you think A* can do that

Or is it more for finding the quickest route

[quaint rock]

it always finds the shortest path based on the heuristic implemented

doing thousands of units at once to one destination might be better to go with dijkstra's since it can solve the whole grid for how to get from one node to a other

but also if unit count is that high you are hitting speceilzied cases so would want to look into how RTS games do pathfinding

[upper turtle]

Wouldn't it be easier and more efficient to just create a pre made path in the scene and for the object to follow it?

[quaint rock]

well that would depend on your goals

like if its a premade path in scene it cant responed to anything the player wants to happen

[upper turtle]

My game is a tower defense, so there aren't any obstacles you can place to change the path while the game is playing

[quaint rock]

ok so in that situation you would not want a pathfinding system at all

i would just have a list of transforms

[upper turtle]

So then my problem is moving the object around curves, because whenever I try to use a Bezier Curve the rotation is messed up and the object is always at 90 degrees on the Y

[rain minnow]

if that's the case, you just need a waypoint system. you can create waypoints that connect to other waypoints where you can mark the player's base as the end waypoint . . .

[rain minnow]

yeah, didn't know if they wanted to do it their own or just use unity's navmesh . . .

[upper turtle]

So just have a bunch of transforms?

[quaint rock]

how most would approach it

each waypoint is a transform, when you reach a transform it gets the next one in the list to start moving towards

[upper turtle]

Would that be the most efficient way do you think?

[rain minnow]

i would make a waypoint script and use a list of waypoints, that way you can customize how enemies move. one waypoint can have it's own list of waypoints and randomly choose the next waypoint to move to. this creates different paths and obstacles for the player. you can even allow certain enemiy types to travel a specific path . . .

[vapid trout]

I'm trying to make a 2D game and I'm having some issues with slopes. When the player is going up slopes, they float above ground and get launched in the air at the end. When the player is going down slopes, they fall instead of sticking to the surface of the slope. When standing still on a slope, the player slides down. Is there something I can add to the player controller script to fix this?

[rain minnow]

you can't really tell which way is most efficient until you try different methods and test them. you already have an approach (given) that the majority of people use . . .

[upper turtle]

Alr

Thanks for the help

[vagrant agate]

increase the gravity on the players rigidbody component you can also add a physics2d material to add more friction

[solemn grove]

the reason its floating is bc your hitboxes are wrong

make sure they match up with the floor sprite

[thin frigate]

I have a particle system functioning as a thruster for a spaceship. The particle system starts whenever the accelerate button is held down and stops when it's not. However, if the particle system is left off for long enough for all of the particles to despawn, it will not start back up again. Anybody know why this is?

[vagrant agate]

we would need to see your code

and the main module settings of your particle system

[thin frigate]

public void StartThrusters(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
Debug.Log("Starting Thrusters");
thrusters.Play();
}

public void StopThrusters(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
    Debug.Log("Stopping Thrusters");
    thrusters.Stop();
}

[vagrant agate]

Pretty sure your particles will die and not start back again because of the "duration" param you have. It wont loop again for roughly 7 seconds after they die.

When you use Stop();, the cycle still finishes. So if you hit your thruster again before that 7 seconds is up it wont play yet

[thin frigate]

This configuration still gives the same problem

whether or not looping is turned on

[vagrant agate]

What input do you have mapped to StopThrusters ?

And are your debug logs printing to console when they should be ?

You turned off looping btw. per your screen shot

I'm not completely sure why you have 2 separate action maps for start/stop. The callback context can detect phases of the input events to know when they are performed/started etc..

[thin frigate]

StartThruster is mapped to the button being pressed, Stop is being mapped to the button being released

How else would I set that up other than subscribing to started and performed?

[leaden ice]

This is correct and fine

[low arrow]

I'm trying to display this render texture overlayed on the game geometry, and it's.... kiiiind of working? It seems to be making a sprite mesh and displaying that, rather than the actual texture, and I'm not sure why.
(This is just for debugging purposes atm, I wanna verify that my rendertexture's being rendered correctly)

Here's the code for how I'm setting that sprite to the rendertex
maskedBackground is the sprite in question

    private void UpdateBackgroundMask()
    {
        Rect renderTexSize = new Rect(0, 0, 400, 400);

        maskedBackground.sprite = null;

        RenderTexture.active = backgroundMaskRenderTex;

        GetComponent<Camera>().Render();
        Texture2D tex = new Texture2D((int)renderTexSize.width, (int)renderTexSize.height);
        tex.ReadPixels(renderTexSize, 0, 0);
        tex.filterMode = FilterMode.Point;

        RenderTexture.active = null;

        maskedBackground.sprite = Sprite.Create(tex, renderTexSize, Vector2.one * 0.5f, 2);
        //print(tex.width + " " + tex.height + " " + tex.GetPixel(0, 0));
    }

How do i make it display the actual pixels? x3

oop, here's the texture it's actually reading

(hopefully)

[cosmic rain]

Wdym by "texture it's actually reading"? Is that what the camera sees?

[low arrow]

When the camera renders to the texture, that is what it sees

Its just excluding the sprite that is based off of what it sees

[cosmic rain]

Where do you see it like that?

[low arrow]

the white blob here is a sprite whose texture i an trying to set to the render texture

In that original screenshot i just left the blob in the texture, when in practice it is not visible during execution, and i wanted to clarify

[cosmic rain]

So do you want it to be visible or not?

[low arrow]

It should just be a copy of what's in this render texture, but for some reason it's displaying as that blob, and im not sure whats wrong, how to debug it, or even what to google xD

(magenta is transparent)

[cosmic rain]

So you don't want the white blob..?

[low arrow]

No lol

it should be the pixelated version of the map in that second texture

[cosmic rain]

Then we're back to a few messages ago. Where do you see it like on the screenshot here:
#archived-code-general message

[low arrow]

thats in the preview of the rendertex

[cosmic rain]

Which render texture? It sounds like you have more than one at this point...

But there's only one in code.

[low arrow]

It's the same one, just with the visibility of the blob toggled off

[cosmic rain]

So you can toggle it off?

Then what's the problem?

Or do you mean that it's toggled off in the scene?

[low arrow]

Im trying to display the contents of a RenderTexture on a SpriteRenderer for debugging purposes, that texture looks like this, and for some reason it's displaying as a white blob, rather than pixels

[cosmic rain]

What pixels..?😅
Is the white blob not made of pixels?

From what I understand, it seems like you have this map and the white blob both in your scene and you want to render to the texture only the map, is that correct?

[junior bobcat]

for the new Input System, there is UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputDevice .... but I found for OpenXR inputs is UnityEngine.XR.InputDevices which is not the same. How would I get the UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputDevice for OpenXR?

var inputDevices = new List<UnityEngine.XR.InputDevice>();   UnityEngine.XR.InputDevices.GetDevices(inputDevices);

[low arrow]

im pretty sure the map is being rendered to the texture properly, its a 400x400 image with 1px corresponding to 0.5 units, i believe my issue is in the step where i convert that texture to a sprite

[cosmic rain]

But isn't the issue visible on the render texture itself..? What does it have to do with sprites?

[low arrow]

the white blob shouldd look something like this

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1029851968337879071/1074923044834906172/image.png

overlayed onto the map

[cosmic rain]

I don't see any white blob here

[thin frigate]

What is the white blob?

And if you want the pink to be transparent, why not take this into photoshop and erase the pink?

[low arrow]

a spriterenderer whose sprite isnt cooperating xD

[cosmic rain]

I think there's a problem with explaining what the issue is...😅

What does it have to do with sprite renderer now?

[thin frigate]

Literally where is the white blob in any of the photo's you've provided

[low arrow]

my map looks like this and i have this render texture

i run this code on the rendertex

    private void UpdateBackgroundMask()
    {
        Rect renderTexSize = new Rect(0, 0, 400, 400);

        maskedBackground.sprite = null;

        RenderTexture.active = backgroundMaskRenderTex;

        GetComponent<Camera>().Render();
        Texture2D tex = new Texture2D((int)renderTexSize.width, (int)renderTexSize.height);
        tex.ReadPixels(renderTexSize, 0, 0);
        tex.filterMode = FilterMode.Point;

        RenderTexture.active = null;

        maskedBackground.sprite = Sprite.Create(tex, renderTexSize, Vector2.one * 0.5f, 2);
        //print(tex.width + " " + tex.height + " " + tex.GetPixel(0, 0));
    }

[cosmic rain]

Ok, so you want to render the map is it's looking in the scene into a render texture?

[low arrow]

that sprite that i create in there looks like this for some reason lol

[cosmic rain]

The sprite only displayed what's rendered into the render texture.

[low arrow]

yes

[cosmic rain]

And the render texture is what your camera sees

[low arrow]

yes

[cosmic rain]

So take a screenshot of how it looks like in the game view

[thin frigate]

If you can get this in the game scene, would it not make more sense to just make some game object in advanced like this that you can make visible when you need it instead of making a new sprite from scratch?

[low arrow]

Thats the plan, i'm just pre-generating this sprite with code while editing

same goes for my game geometry, it's generated from a graph of points

[cosmic rain]

#archived-code-general message

[low arrow]

It's not the main camera, that one looks like this

[cosmic rain]

Then the camera that you use to render the render texture.

You should be able to see it's preview

[low arrow]

yep

[cosmic rain]

Okay, so it doesn't have any white blob

[low arrow]

yes

[cosmic rain]

At what point(where) does it appear?

[low arrow]

It's what the sprite i create in here looks like

[cosmic rain]

What does backgroundMaskRenderTex look like?

[low arrow]

it's this one

[cosmic rain]

But it's the same one that had the white blob..?

[low arrow]

i moved the sprite renderer out of the view of that camera and regenerated its sprite based off of that image, and it still looks like a blob lol

[cosmic rain]

Ok, that's a new piece information. What freaking sprite renderer?

Or was it not an answer to my previous question??

[low arrow]

It's the thing displaying the blob sprite x3

omg i went into play mode and it generated correctly after that

aughhh

Mightve been a LoD thing?????

if i regen it in editor mode, it's a blob again

entering and exiting play mode fixes it >.>

[cosmic rain]

Probably something's relying on the main camera rendering, and when the game tab is not open, it doesn't.🤷‍♂️

Or not. Donno... Still don't entirely understand the issue...

[low arrow]

not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth ig

this is weeeird

[naive horizon]

hey! does anyone know why i'm getting these errors when using math.normalize or math.length?

code is as it follows:

foreach ((TransformAspect transformAspect, RefRO<Speed> speed, RefRW<PhysicsVelocity> physicsVelocity)
in SystemAPI.Query<TransformAspect, RefRO<Speed>, RefRW<PhysicsVelocity>>()) {
            
  float xInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
  float yInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
  float3 direction = math.normalize(new float3(xInput, yInput, 0f));
  physicsVelocity.ValueRW.Linear = direction * speed.ValueRO.Value;   
}```

I tried to normalize by using 1/length but math.length also ends up in these errors

Unity ver. 2022.2.6f1 and Mathematics ver. 1.2.6

[thin frigate]

Anybody know why sometimes my particles system will just... not go? when it says it's going? this happens both in game and in editor.

[cosmic rain]

Dividing by 0 is unacceptable.

[naive horizon]

so the z can't be 0?

if so, there's no way to normalize it?

[leaden ice]

You can't normalize the zero vector, no

That's meaningless

[naive horizon]

i see

should I use an if to check if it's zero before trying to normalize or there's a better alternative?

[leaden ice]

Check first

[naive horizon]

ok, will do it

thank you!!

[cosmic quest]

Hello! I just updated from Unity 2019.x to 2021.3.15f1 and ran into a lot of problems with my Coroutine functions. I want to make a flashbang for my 2D game where the player tosses the flashbang and a white circle in the UI is instantiated and faded into view quickly and then faded out of view slightly slower to make a flash effect. The code worked just fine before the update. Any ideas?

[leaden ice]

You just have some syntax errors, not related to your Unity version

[cosmic quest]

should i just work through the 75 errors?

[leaden ice]

Most likely a single misplaced bracket is responsible for 70+ of them

[cosmic quest]

lol alright thanks

[leaden ice]

I do see mismatched brackets in the file you shared

[surreal phoenix]

are the URP and HDRP source repos the best resource for learning the ins and outs of the SRP?

[leaden ice]

The package manuals are likely a better resource than reading code

[cosmic quest]

woa! thank you so much! you were right!

[potent glade]

hello everyone, I have a question about webgl and tasks... I keep getting the error that i am using more than one task (from the browser) how do I avoid that.... do I use all my await methods in a single function or what??
(i have many UnityWerRequest 's being used so i have to have several tasks)

[leaden ice]

Can you share the exact error?

[potent glade]

sure just a moment

[cosmic rain]

I think multithreading is not allowed in webgl by default. That being said, default async await in unity runs on the main thread...🤔

[potent glade]

fixed.loader.js:1 warning: 2 FS.syncfs operations in flight at once, probably just doing extra work

[leaden ice]

That's a warning not an error

But I'd guess it's from reading multiple files at once?

[cosmic rain]

Is there any callstack or other messages before/after?

[potent glade]

i used only await functions ... not a single coroutine

[cosmic rain]

How is that relevant to what I said?

[potent glade]

there are no files, I am just sending and receiving data on each unity web request

[leaden ice]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/warning-x-fs-syncfs-operations-in-flight-at-once-probably-just-doing-extra-work.447255/#post-5051711

Playerprefs for example can do it

[potent glade]

because i read before that coroutines use multithreading

[potent glade]

oh

[leaden ice]

They absolutely do not

[thin aurora]

Unity in general does not use any multithreading

I assume Coroutines create some snapshot of where it left off when it reaches a yield

And each frame it is checked if it can continue on the main thread

Tasks in unity have been specifically altered to work like that too, as far as I know. In regular c# they are multithreaded. In Unity they are not

[potent sleet]

if coroutines were multithread you couldn't use them in browser

[leaden ice]

They don't create snapshots of anything. They just get registered in a list somewhere and the entry points to resume them in the game loop are well documented.

[thin aurora]

Yes, that is pretty much what I said

Either way it's stored in memory and resumed when it reaches whatever the yield wanted

[potent glade]

ok i am reading the web page
and i will try to not use player prefs... I will see what to do

[thin aurora]

Depends on what Unity uses. Assuming it's webassembly, multithreading is not supported in there

[leaden ice]

You can use playerprefs, you might just be doing something uncouth, like calling Save too often

[potent sleet]

true. is it WA or JS ?forgot

[thin aurora]

I believe Unity ships itself with something custom made when it comes to the browser

I think WebAssembly is too new

But I never used browser Unity 🤷

[junior bobcat]

How can I get a list of all the connected input devices (keyboard, gamepad, xr devices...?) with the input system?
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.4/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputDevice.html

[potent sleet]

yeah its been JS, was about to say..WA would be cool

[leaden ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/webgl-gettingstarted.html

Unity uses webassembly

[potent sleet]

Oh nice

[leaden ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.4/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputSystem.html

Look at the first property...

[potent glade]

ooooooooh yes I am

[junior bobcat]

ah, thanks!

[thin aurora]

Then that clears it, it is currently impossible to use multithreading

[thin kernel]

I want to trigger a function when a property is assigned with a new value. And I also want this property to be visible in the inspector. Is there a way to do it? If property have a setter it wont serialize, even with [SerializeField] or [property: SerializeField]. Maybe custom Editor can help somehow?

[potent sleet]

i think its [field: SerializeField]

[leaden ice]

You'd have to write a custom editor, or use NaughtyAttributes or Odin

Otherwise Unity will never invoke a property for you from the inspector

[leaden ice]

This syntax is correct to serialize it only for autoimplemented properties though

[hexed geode]

I might be clueless but what if
type oldValue;
void Update()
{
if (oldValue != value) Function ()
oldValue = value;
}

[thin kernel]

I was thinking about that. Not sure about performance costs if u will just start using this approach everywhere :o

[hexed geode]

Ye I may just be clueless

[dense cloud]

I'm reading a text about basic ai wandering behaviour
If it hits a wall, it needs to move elsewhere at a different angle
Text says "SphereCast()" is used over "RayCast()" since it needs to account for the size of the character.
What does this bit mean?

I know RayCast() fires an infinite ray from a point towards a given direction

same with SphereCast(), but with a sphere instead with an assigned radius var

[leaden ice]

So haven't you answered your question?

[hexed geode]

What are you confused about?

[dense cloud]

how does the SphereCast take into account the width of the character?

[leaden ice]

Think of it this way - if you want to check if you can squeeze through a tunnel, would you shine a laser pointer though it, or try to send a basketball through it?

By casting a sphere

[dense cloud]

ah

that makes much more sense since the basketball is closer in size to me than a laser

aye thanks

wouldn't it better to cast a capsule then?

[leaden ice]

Perhaps

If you're capsule shaped

CapsuleCast exists too

You can and should use whatever suits your needs

[dense cloud]

ooo gotcha, thanks man

[junior bobcat]

Currently trying to call JoinPlayer from PlayerInputManager with OpenXR InputDevices.... but it returns null because playerInput.user.valid is false, What can cause this to be false?

[thin aurora]

#🖱️┃input-system

[full bluff]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks
Large code blocks should be posted as links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/
https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code
Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To get C# formatting the first line should only contain cs or csharp.
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.
```cs
// Your code here
```
Do not share screenshots of code unless requested.

[full bluff]

public class CachingDic<K, V> : Dictionary<K, V>
{
    // Number of items the cache can hold
    private int capacity;
    private Queue<K> accessTracker;
    private Dictionary<K,int> duplicateCounter;

    public CachingDic(int capacity)
    {
        this.capacity = capacity;
        accessTracker = new Queue<K>();
        duplicateCounter = new Dictionary<K, int>(this.capacity);
    }

    public void Cache(K key, V val)
    {    
        //Add new entry
        this.Add(key, val);
        //Track ussage
        accessTracker.Enqueue(key);
        if(duplicateCounter.ContainsKey(key)) 
        {
            duplicateCounter[key]++;
        }
        else
        {
            duplicateCounter.Add(key,1);
        }
        
        
        //Remove oldest when capacity is reached
        if (this.Count >= capacity)
        {    
            K removeEntry;
            do
            {
                removeEntry = accessTracker.Dequeue();
                duplicateCounter[removeEntry]--;

            }
            while(duplicateCounter[removeEntry] != 0);
            
            this.Remove(removeEntry);
            duplicateCounter.Remove(removeEntry); 
        }

    }

    public V Get(K key) {
        accessTracker.Enqueue(key);
        duplicateCounter[key]++;
        return this[key];
    }

}

Hey I am using the code above to Cache chunks in my endless world game. I really wanted a data structure which automatically deletes the least used item when something new gets added. What do you guys think about this class is there a better way to do it, or are there any issues with my class ? I was a little surprised that there was no build in class for this purpose

@violet crown yourObject.transform.GetChild(0)

0 is the first child 1 the second and so on..

[main shuttle]

foreach (Transform child in transform)
  //these are all the children.

[woeful leaf]

CHILD

[rain minnow]

use a foreach loop on the object transform, use GetChild, or Find. there are tons of ways you can find online . . .

[main shuttle]

Do note that that is an error prone way of doing things, and Gets are slow.

[woeful leaf]

If you (anzee) provide more context we can potentially provide a better solution

[crimson flicker]

is there a way to check if the game is currently being run in a build version or the editor, cus I want to have some debug features but I always forget to remove them from the build?

[main shuttle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PlatformDependentCompilation.html

You can put your debugs in a

#if UNITY_EDITOR
  Debug.Log("In the editor");
#endif

[crimson flicker]

thanks

[dense ridge]

sorry, completely forgot to respond yesterday, but yeah that worked. just setting the count before the positions fixed it. Personally I find it stupid that it works that way, you'd expect it to just set the positionCount when it sets the positions imo, but hey

[lusty dragon]

Do you guys write variables with a capital letter on the start?
I use lower for every type of variable but I think that is better to use a capital for public variables whats your opinion?

[rain minnow]

c# has coding conventions you can look at. typically, PascalCase (with starting capital letter) denotes a class, interface, struct, constant variable, property, method, or event. camelCase (with starting lowercase letter) denotes a local variable, and private fields have an _ (underscore). you can check it out here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/inside-a-program/coding-conventions

[devout solstice]

Don’t underestimate chatgpt, that shit scares me. If y’all have any trouble try chatgpt first, i had a problem i could not figure out and i’ve been having trouble for a couple days, threw it in chatgpt, fixed it in 30 seconds and now my script works

[devout solstice]

I do capital on every first letter of each word, camelcase just gross

it’s not right

[toxic abyss]

hello, i'm using NuGet for Unity to be able to use Cryptlex C# API in unity, yesterday it was working but randomly today i'm getting this error, does anyone know what might be the cause of this?

[jaunty abyss]

hi , i want load .mp3 file from android OBB folder
this is my code error is cannot convert string to AudioClip

public AudioSource InGame_MusicPlayer_AudioSource; List<AudioClip> Music_Clip = new List<AudioClip>(); public AudioClip[] Array_AudioClip; // Start is called before the first frame update void Start() { Music_Clip.Clear(); Music_Clip.Add(Application.dataPath + "/" + "Music" + "*.mp3")as AudioClip); foreach (AudioClip clip in Music_Clip) { InGame_MusicPlayer_AudioSource.clip = clip; } }

[potent glade]

ok I am making a mobile game... the android version is working perfectly... I copied the files and pasted them on a mac... and ran the game in the inspector... unity always crashes... any help on this? what could be the reason?? what must I do??

[main shuttle]

Debug it 🙂 Look in your Players.log, no idea where that is on a mac.

[main shuttle]

        Music_Clip.Add(Application.dataPath + "/" + "Music" + "*.mp3")as AudioClip);

Where did you read that this was allowed? 🤔

[noble mortar]

I looked around the internet and couldn’t find a solution to this problem.

Code

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

public class Combat : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Animator animator;

    private Vector2 kickValue;
    private Vector2 punchValue;

    private void Awake()
    {
       animator = GetComponent<Animator>();

    }
    private void OnPunch(InputValue value)
    {
        punchValue = value.Get<Vector2>();

        if (punchValue.x != 0 || punchValue.y != 0)
        {
            animator.SetFloat("X", punchValue.x);
            animator.SetFloat("Y", punchValue.y);

            animator.SetBool("isPunching", true);
        }
        else
        {
            animator.SetBool("isPunching", false);
        }
        Debug.Log("Punched");
    }
    private void OnKick(InputValue value)
    {
        kickValue = value.Get<Vector2>();

        if (kickValue.x != 0 || kickValue.y != 0)
        {
            animator.SetFloat("X", kickValue.x);
            animator.SetFloat("Y", kickValue.y);

            animator.SetBool("isKicking", true);
        }
        else
        {
            animator.SetBool("isKicking", false);
        }
        Debug.Log("Kicked");
    }

}

Error Message

InvalidOperationException: Cannot read value of type 'Vector2' from control '/Keyboard/z' bound to action 'InGame/Punch[/Keyboard/z]' (control is a 'KeyControl' with value type 'float')
UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputActionState.ReadValue[TValue] (System.Int32 bindingIndex, System.Int32 controlIndex, System.Boolean ignoreComposites) (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.inputsystem@1.4.4/InputSystem/Actions/InputActionState.cs:2800)
UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputAction+CallbackContext.ReadValue[TValue] () (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.inputsystem@1.4.4/InputSystem/Actions/InputAction.cs:1939)
UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputValue.Get[TValue] () (at Library/PackageCache/com.unity.inputsystem@1.4.4/InputSystem/Plugins/PlayerInput/InputValue.cs:44)
Combat.OnPunch (UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputValue value) (at Assets/Scripts/Combat.cs:21)
UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel.<>c__DisplayClass7_0:<set_onUpdate>b__0(NativeInputUpdateType, NativeInputEventBuffer*)
UnityEngineInternal.Input.NativeInputSystem:NotifyUpdate(NativeInputUpdateType, IntPtr)

[potent glade]

it crashes... i can't find the player log .. i found the editor log and i didn't understand what's the error...

[thin aurora]

Suppose you can add some sort of initial weight to each key and add to this weight the more you use it. The other weights would then go down until it reaches some threshold upon which you can remove it?

So say item 1 and item 2 start with weight 100. Item 1 is selected, and the weight of 1 increases to 105, whilst 2's weight becomes 95

You now take item 2 and they both become 100 again

[main shuttle]

Well usually it says something in the line of `Error bla bla not found, or wrongly initialized". Is there nothing like that in the editor.log?

[thin aurora]

Maybe if the dictionary becomes too bloated you can also just remove the lowest weight

[full bluff]

In an earlier version I did it like that i saved every new item together with the time stamp of when it got added but that meant on adding I always had to iterate the whole list.

I used a sortedList instead of queue back than but it was kind of slow

[potent glade]

no... it only says shaders and the problem happens when i use a task (unity web request)

[whole portal]

I need some help with my code, it is not moving the bones of the eyes at the moment and I don't know why it's not working: ```cs

using UnityEngine;

public class EyeControl : MonoBehaviour
{
public Transform headBone; // the head bone object
public Transform leftEyeBone; // the left eye bone object
public Transform rightEyeBone; // the right eye bone object
public Transform leftEye; // the left eye object
public Transform rightEye; // the right eye object
public Transform target; // the target object for the eyes to look at

public float eyeOffset = 0.1f; // how much to offset the eyes from the bone position
public float maxLookDistance = 10.0f; // the maximum distance that the eyes can look at

void Update()
{
    // get the head bone rotation in world space
    Quaternion headRotation = headBone.rotation;

    // calculate the eye position and rotation based on the left eye bone position and rotation
    Vector3 leftEyePosition = leftEyeBone.position + headRotation * Vector3.right * eyeOffset;
    Quaternion leftEyeRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - leftEyePosition, headRotation * leftEyeBone.up);

    // set the left eye position and rotation
    leftEye.position = leftEyePosition;
    leftEye.rotation = leftEyeRotation;

    // calculate the eye position and rotation based on the right eye bone position and rotation
    Vector3 rightEyePosition = rightEyeBone.position + headRotation * Vector3.right * eyeOffset;
    Quaternion rightEyeRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - rightEyePosition, headRotation * rightEyeBone.up);

    // set the right eye position and rotation
    rightEye.position = rightEyePosition;
    rightEye.rotation = rightEyeRotation;
}

}```

Bones were tested inside the engine and they work as expected, the code doesn't though.

[sand cedar]

Hi!
I have been trying to create a script, that checks for all possible target objects and then moves the object near them(NavMesAgent) and when it gets close the targets get deactivated.
It finds the first target just fine, but after that it just stops and doesn't go for the next target.

void Update()
    {
        

        near = Physics.OverlapSphere(transform.position, 5f);
        if(near != null)
        {
            foreach (Collider item in near)
            {
                if (item.gameObject == currentTarget)
                {
                    navMesh.Stop();
                    currentTarget.active = false;
                    
                    MakeNewPath();
                    navMesh.Resume();
                }
            }
        }

void MakeNewPath()
    {
        targets = Physics.OverlapSphere(transform.position, Mathf.Infinity);
            foreach (Collider target in targets)
            {

                if (target.gameObject.transform != null && target.gameObject.active == true)
                {
                    navMesh.CalculatePath(target.gameObject.transform.position, path);
                    navMesh.SetPath(path);
                    
                    currentTarget = target.gameObject;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }


    }

okay, got it working. I forgot to add the check so the ground isnt included when selecting a target.

[wide fiber]

 healthPoint--;

            if (healthPoint <= 3)
            {
                animBoss.SetBool("SecondPhase", true);
            }

            if (healthPoint <= 2)
            {
                animBoss.SetBool("SecondPhase", false);
                animBoss.SetBool("SecondAttack", true);            
            }```

hi guys, ok so the animation is default -> SecondPhase -> SecondAttack but when the healthpoints dropped below 2, the animation goes back to default AND second attack at the same time so the animations turns out weird. How do i just stick to the second attack animation? 😦

[main shuttle]

Well then I don't know, without an error there is nothing to fix.

[potent glade]

can I share the file here @main shuttle

[main shuttle]

What file? Your entire unity project?

Or the editor log?

[potent glade]

I htought maybe there's a needed step when opening the project with imac (bcause it was made with a windows)

[potent glade]

this

[main shuttle]

Yeah just dump it in one of the code sites

[potent glade]

document exceeds maximum length 💀

ok it is on pastofcode.. but how do I share it

ok it exceeds the limit there too

[hexed pecan]

Hit save and copypaste the link

[potent glade]

can I just put the file here?

https://hatebin.com/hvsrqzrouq

finally a website that allows me

[main shuttle]

It seems to cut of too at the end.

[potent glade]

i made sure it has the same ending

[main shuttle]

It ends abruptly there for me.

[potent glade]

oh

then it didn't share everything

[grand rain]

how do i assign particlesystem force over lifetime in script

[leaden ice]

read the error

[grand rain]

it doesnt say, just read only

[thin aurora]

You can't assign anything to this field

Is there some Set... method you can use?

I.e. SetForceOverLifetime, idk

[grand rain]

i dont think so

[thin aurora]

Then you're not supposed to adjust it

[grand rain]

then i will find some other solution, thanks anyways!

[thin aurora]

Usually read only fields will have a seperate property or method that allows you to set them. if it does not exist there is a big chance it's not supposed to be adjusted or it's unsupported

[leaden ice]

what says read only

show the full error

You know Unity provides code examples for this kind of thing:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem-forceOverLifetime.html

you would do well to follow the example.

[polar marten]

are you using source control like git?

[grand rain]

i read that but it did not help

[leaden ice]

it helps

it shows you how to properly write the syntax for this

you are not writing the syntax correctly

you are trying to assign something to that property, which is not how it works

you must do it like the example

[polar marten]

it's telling you what the error is. try changing value.Get<Vector2>(); to value.Get<float>(); why would a keyboard key be vector2? i think you mean to build a compound input with axes

[polar marten]

this is basic programming, maybe ask #💻┃code-beginner

[noble mortar]

I put it for detecting if the player is moving but now looking back I don’t think it’s neeeded

[polar marten]

you should keep up with it! you are close

you should start writing comments in your code, like in plain english what you are trying to achieve first

[noble mortar]

If you’re talking to me I do

[polar marten]

well don't delete the comments afterwards lol

[sand cedar]

Hi

Why is my Unity preferences resetting this setting? I set it to Visual Studio 2019 but it resets it to "By File Extension" which opens scripts in another editor.

[slim gate]

Hey which one is the better thing to do?

private void Update()
    {
        if (!uiControls.isPaused)
        {
            UpdateMouseWheelDirection();
        }
    }

Or do the if statement in the method itself?

[prime sinew]

No difference, but I think having the if statement inside is neater to keep your Update method not so cluttered

[slim gate]

yeah thats what i would do aswell

like

private void Bla(){
if (uiControls.isPaused) {return}
// Method itself
}

This would probably be best right? Or is this any different:

private void Bla(){
if (!uiControls.isPaused) {
// Method itself
}
}

Are those the same in terms of performance and everything or is there any difference?

[hexed pecan]

In a lot of cases I prefer the early return, so that the method isn't terribly nested

[hexed pecan]

Its the same

[hexed pecan]

This is just a readability thing btw.

[slim gate]

Yeah that makes sense.

[slim gate]

Yeah i think i will do it like that from now on aswell

makes most sense i think

[pearl swallow]

Can an array be used to swap a game object's model?

But I would assume if the model was drastically changed, you'd have to change the colliders in the code as well by similar means?

[stable rivet]

when it comes to this, your question should never be "is X more performant than Y" - that's a mistake I see a lot of newer devs make. In this situation, there is 0 difference - but in many similar situations (using a bool over an int, lists vs arrays, for vs foreach), the difference is often so negligible that it won't matter, and as such, shouldn't be your main consideration.

It's much better to focus on making your code as readable as possible, before worrying about performance. Not only will this make you a much better collaborator, but in a lot of cases, you will go back to some old code you wrote one day and be thankful it's coherent.

There's a lot to read when it comes to this subject, worth having a google

[vapid warren]

I am getting a problem with my character moving automatically by moving the cam more than 110 degree

Its a 3rd person kind of thing

[polar marten]

did you ever open unity hub or unity as an adminisrtator?

[sand cedar]

no

[polar marten]

do you have source control, like git?

[sand cedar]

I have git installed

[polar marten]

do you use it in this project

[sand cedar]

no

[polar marten]

well

unless there are some logs, hard to say what's going on sorry

[sand cedar]

Could be windows overwriting it with its file extension default

[stable rivet]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/external-script-editor-resetting-to-default-on-restart.1133317/#:~:text=Right click over Unity Hub,if the problem is fixed.

something in that thread will fix it

[mental rover]

to some extent, though I think dismissing every decision as an optimisation problem to solve later isn't great either - just need to develop an experience of what areas will cause issues over time.

Making a huge grid? Probably good to think about what structure to use first and not develop half your game with reliance on if(myList.Contains(myTile))

[viscid bane]

How do I keep my player moving with this object without parenting it to the object? This is the best I can do

https://gyazo.com/2461c17f6324ee122739323143cbdef6

[stable rivet]

i meant when it comes to more fine optimisation - but even in that case, if you write cleanly, it will never really be difficult to improve the performance down the line. it's easy enough to profile and figure out for yourself where the performance critical areas of your code are - and keeping things readable makes it signficantly easier to process and refactor if you need to

i ofc don't disagree there are some performance considerations you should have from the get go, but there is a big difference between "which data structure is more performant" and "should i be calling this every frame". you should never try to optimise on such a granular level unless you absolutely have to

[kind wolf]

whats the best way to make a highly configurable ability system

i dont have different characters but each player has a class with different abilities depending on that class

[gray thunder]

Inheritance

[kind wolf]

is that related to abstract classes

[gray thunder]

Doesn’t have to

[mental rover]

yeah, I'm being pedantic really, I just worry people hear "never ask if X is more performant than Y" and really take it to heart - I think it's an important thing to learn, it's just not the focus (and very common for people to worry about it more than they should or need to)

[kind wolf]

how does inheritance work ive never used it before?

like

[gray thunder]

Google is in a better state to explain it

[kind wolf]

fair enough

[gray thunder]

Its quite easy

[kind wolf]

but like

is it possible for all abilities to share a function

im trying to make a recharge function but all abilities dont recharge in the same way

[lyric wadi]

you can use an abstract class to share common functionality to derived types, for your recharge you can also inherit from an interface to share that behavior

[gray thunder]

Thats the point of inheritance yes

[kind wolf]

ah thanks

ill look into it

[split crest]

Hello! I'm trying to load a csv file and I'm struggling. I made a Resources folder in assets and put my csv file in it. I've looked up everything I can think of to get it to work and it's still not working. Anyone have any ideas?

[simple egret]

With Resources.Load you don't specify the file extension, if I remember correctly

Yep, it's mentioned in the docs for that method

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html

[split crest]

Oh my God thank you.

That was killing me

[stable rivet]

in future, when you have a problem and you don't know why - log it

if you had done:

csvdata = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("csvfile.csv");

Debug.Log(csvdata.text);

you would have most likely seen that it's empty

[split crest]

Yes. I just couldn't figure out why it was empty. Thank you so much for your help!

[devout solstice]

Oh come on it’s good shit what’s wrong with it?

Don’t rely on it obviously but it’s really good if you’re having some trouble

[tiny delta]

Unity keeps showing this warning every time I change a script with the game running. Is it anything to be concerned about, or is it just something to clear away?

[leaden ice]

it might give you some working code to copy but you likely won't learn anything and any more complex things will probably not be able to help you with. Also it's sometimes/often just wrong in fun and subtle ways

[devout solstice]

i mean it does help if you know c# so you can see how it works

and know if it woul

[simple egret]

It means you had a script attached to an object in the scene, or in a prefab, but you deleted the code file from your Assets. Now Unity can't find it anymore.
It won't cause any gameplay issues, but you should look through each of the objects you have, and locate a component that has the same error in the Inspector

[tiny delta]

Ah, I'll check if I can find which one is missing

[queen adder]

How do I make a reference get referenced automatically in my script? For example if I have this code:

    public Animator anim;

    void Start()
    {
        
    }

and then I add the script on a gameobject, I want the anim reference to automatically be referenced in the editor if there is an animator on the same gameobject, I'm not talking about GetComponent<>

[leaden ice]

use OnValidate()

And yes you would need to use GetComponent in it

note you should still do it in Awake() as well.

Generally though if you want that behavior - it's not really worth serializing the value.

just assign it in Awake and be done with it

[queen adder]

I just wanna squeeze out the most performance possible because my system is already quite heavy

and it would be kinda easy and user friendly if the references got automatically assigned when the script is added

[leaden ice]

^^

[queen adder]

Thanks a lot

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[upper echo]

Help, I want to sort the files by recently modified but it doesn't work
Here is my code: https://hatebin.com/wrbrgscrqa

[simple egret]

Try by assigning the direction vector directly to the object's forward (or whatever you consider as "forward"):

worldObj.transform.forward = localDir;

Yeah you can do that, and it'll compute the rotation needed for you

[upper echo]

please help 😦

[simple egret]

Well that seems overcomplicated for sorting by modification date.
By "modification date" you mean what Windows shows you in the Explorer, or something else?

[upper echo]

im making a level editor and i want to sort the files br recently modified

[simple egret]

You didn't answer my question

[upper echo]

Unix time stamp

[simple egret]

Where is that stored?

[upper echo]

inside the .level file in line 6

[simple egret]

How about using what the file system provides already

Like File.GetLastWriteTime

[leaden ice]

probably not the best idea. e.g. if you use something like Steam Sync etc that will not match the actual modification date of the save file

or if you just moved/copied files around

[upper echo]

what do you mean?

[leaden ice]

you need to sort out your save file format in geenral. This looks like chaos. You're just doing raw string manipulation
you should use some real structured format like JSON

[simple egret]

Okay then loop through each file and skip 6 lines, read then parse the timestamp
Then with that you can build a timestamp + path pair, and sort using that

[leaden ice]

If you use a structured format it's as simple as like theSaveData.modificationDate

[tiny delta]

I looked through my scenes at each object but I don't see any missing scripts, and I don't have any prefabs just yet. Is there anything else this could be from?

[simple egret]

But yeah agreed, JSON or any other structured format would be better here

[leaden ice]

also if you are going to sort your save files based on metadata you should probably save metadata like this in a small section of data at the head of the file

[upper echo]

already thats what it does

[leaden ice]

So you don't have to load the entire save file just to read the modification date

[upper echo]

i already made the level editor

is gonna be hard to remake its file structure

[simple egret]

So you'll have to do with what you have for now

[leaden ice]

and now you are reaping what you have sewn by using a chaotic file format. At least you should make a wrapper class that handles all these nitty gritty internal details

so you don't have magic shit in your code like

if (CountLines(AllLevelContents[j]) < 4000 + 15

😱

[marsh geode]

lmao

[leaden ice]

and float.Parse(ReadLine(AllLevelContents[i], 6), NumberStyles.Any); 😱

[simple egret]

You can build a data structure that consists of the file path and the timestamp, then use some LINQ to sort it

[upper echo]

countlines is already a function

[marsh geode]

?????

[simple egret]

If the localDir changes then the object will rotate. You can't have either of them, that always works. You might have another script that overwrites the rotation soon after

[verbal heath]

hello, i am having trouble with checking for errors in the console. when i get some errors and try to click on them instead of showing more info on the error (like line and script etc), i get spammed with NullReferenceExceptions, clicking these will in most cases also spam the console, the second NullReferenceException semingly always being a exception. the only way to stop the messages from coming is to hide the errors temporarily. i am on 2022.2.6f, but i have had this problems on several earlier versions

[upper echo]

nvm i fixed it

[tiny delta]

Now it is showing this error, which does not seem to lead to any sort of script or gameobject. Any suggestions?

[simple egret]

Restart Unity if it bothers too much

[kind wolf]

do references of a script set in the editor get removed or something when adding that script via add component

cuz i put some prefabs in a script but when i add it during runtime it doesnt have those prefabs

[leaden ice]

When you use AddComponent you are creating a new instance of the script. There would not have been any possibility for any inspector references to be set to it since it didn't exist in the editor before you hit play

[kind wolf]

oh

well that kinda sucks is there a way to get a reference to a prefab in the files then?

[leaden ice]

Sure

make a prefab

[sterile tendon]

what's more efficient: checking a text file every second to see if it exists or checking a value in a json file every second to see if it has stuff in it?

[leaden ice]

which has references to the other prefab. and instantiate that

[sterile tendon]

or are they the same

[leaden ice]

neither

you should not be reading files over and over again

read the file once

store the data in memory in a way that is conducive to your query

and use that

[sterile tendon]

the issue is that I have python code generating the stuff in the json

is there a better way to get the c# and python to communicate?

[verbal heath]

i tried collapsing the the errors and it seems like there are 4 types of messages generated, and only one can be clicked without creating more errors

[leaden ice]

is this a completely separate python process? You could have them communicate over TCP

[sterile tendon]

yeah but also I'm trying to get it to work both on windows and mac

[leaden ice]

doesn't change anything

[sterile tendon]

right now I start main.py with command prompt

called from c#

[leaden ice]

if you're starting the process from C# you can read its stdout output etc if you want

[sterile tendon]

oh wait I didn't know that

[leaden ice]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.process.standardoutput?view=net-7.0#system-diagnostics-process-standardoutput

[sterile tendon]

oh wow that makes it way easier

[leaden ice]

ofc you'd have to do some multithreading to read this properly

[sterile tendon]

thanks!

[simple egret]

No issue, if you update the values of these vectors each time you want to calculate the direction, and that they represent world positions (accessed with anyTransform.position).
Note that as Vector3 is a value type, it gets copied when you pass it around with =. If the Transform of the original object changes, the vector (a copy) won't get automatically updated!

[sterile tendon]

yeah it doesn't have to be super complicated it's just a chatgpt infinite breaking bad episode generator lmao

what I have now works fine but it's so cluttered

trying to simplify

[verbal heath]

i tried making a more simple test for my problem. i made a new scene, and added a new game object, and added a new script with the code seen in the attached photo. same thing happens

[leaden ice]

you never intiialized your list

you need:

private List<int> aList = new();```

Since the list is private, Unity will not initialize it for you

also your list is empty, therefore aList[0] is out of range

so - two problems 😉

[verbal heath]

i know. i was creating a error by choise. my problem is that i am fully unable to debug my game cause if i click error in the console this happens

[leaden ice]

ehhh restart Unity? Seems like a bug in the editor

[verbal heath]

i have restarted

and i have changed versions several times

[leaden ice]

try resetting the window layout?

IDK never seen this before

[tiny delta]

What is the result if I try to access a missing point in an array? 0, null, an error, or something else?

[leaden ice]

Depends what you mean by "missing"

and what kind of "access" you are doing

and what the array consists of

[tiny delta]

As in I have a 1 element long string array and I try to access the third element

[leaden ice]

ArrayIndexOutOfRangeException will be thrown

The C# docs explain this

[simple egret]

Yeah what I sometimes do when I dealt with some vector math, is drawing them in OnDrawGizmos(), so I can move the objects in the scene, and they would update. No need to run the game, as long as you can have the references in the scene directly

[tiny delta]

I see. So if I wanted to make it so it didn't throw an error I'd have to instead fill the array with placeholders, correct?

[leaden ice]

Or check if the index is out of range before trying to access it

[verbal heath]

i reset the layout, and i still get the problem. sigh. can't really work on my game when i can't even see what line and script is creating errors. guess i'l file a bug report and hope they answer quick, would suck to be locked out from working for a longer time

[tiny delta]

Oh yeah that would work, wouldn't it

I could just add an extra line or two and it should work perfectly. Thanks!

[verbal heath]

!bug

[tawny elk]

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[leaden ice]

https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/editor-with-two-locked-project-tabs-opened-throws-nullreferenceexception-in-the-console-when-selecting-an-error-in-the-console-window

is this the same issue you have?

[verbal heath]

oh it is. unlocking the project tab fixed it. thanks a bunch

guess i'l try to update to 2023

[tiny delta]

Perfect. One more quick question - are the conditions in an If statement done sequentially so that I could make it like
if(PositionNumber < AnArray.Length && AnArray[PositionNumber]) { stuff }
or are they simultaneous and I should use nested ifs??

Wait never mind, this shouldn't matter, I was taking the wrong approach from the start.

I was overthinking a simple problem

[simple egret]

On a chain of operations with equal precedence (eg. a && b && c), then left-to-right.

[tiny delta]

That makes sense.

[simple egret]

Though && is smart, it's short-circuiting. Meaning if what's on the left is false, it doesn't even look at what's on the right

As false AND <anything> is false

[tiny delta]

For some reason I was thinking my "exclusionlist" array would have matching values with my other array, but I can instead do this much easier using exclusionlist.Contains(item)

[ancient cloak]

question about odin inspector. if i have a [ToggleGroup] attribute, i know i can set it to not close other toggle groups if it's expanded, but i also want like an [ExpandIf] the togglegroup is checked, and auto-collapse when it's unchecked. is that possible?

[leaden ice]

this works yes. && is a "short circuiting operator" so if the first one is false it will not execute the second one.

If you used & instead of && it wouldn't work

[tiny delta]

It appears that || works similarly too.

[leaden ice]

yep

[tiny delta]

Oh how do you do the in-line code block?

[leaden ice]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks
Large code blocks should be posted as links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/
https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code
Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To get C# formatting the first line should only contain cs or csharp.
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.
```cs
// Your code here
```
Do not share screenshots of code unless requested.

[tiny delta]

It appears that || works similarly too

Ah perfect

What happened to pastebin? I used to see it used for like everything but it seems like nobody uses it anymore.

[somber nacelle]

pastebin sucks, it's full of ads and doesn't automatically do syntax highlighting so if someone doesn't explicitly set the language it won't do it at all making it even more of a pain to read the code

[tiny delta]

Makes sense, thanks

[devout solstice]

Is there a way I can have a list in the inspector with 2 types? I want you to be able to enable or disable a bool on a element in the inspector and there to be a dropdown for if you enable it and I'd like both to be next to the "element" in the list

[somber nacelle]

make a struct with the two types and have a list of that

[cold parrot]

make a custom struct, mark it serializable, make that the type fo the list

[devout solstice]

oh boy

I havent messed with structs

[cold parrot]

irrelevant

[devout solstice]

ok?

[cold parrot]

just do it

[devout solstice]

ill try

[cold parrot]

they wont bite

[devout solstice]

Idk they're looking at me menacingly

[cold parrot]

they are very cuddly if you get to know them

[devout solstice]

oh shit they really wont

thats very simple

[cold parrot]

think of structs like dogs, they always want to stay with you, very loyal, and classes are like cats, who always go wandering about and get lost and fed by other people

[devout solstice]

Now I want to know this analogy but with namespaces

[cold parrot]

namespaces and?

[devout solstice]

Lets see, classes ig

Those two are the most similar compared to anything else

[cold parrot]

if structs are dogs and classes are cats then namespaces are houses

[devout solstice]

I see

Whats your car? What gets you from place to place

Knowing that might actually be useful

[potent sleet]

Car itself is abstraction

allow you to interact with all the parts

[cold parrot]

its more about character, not functional analogy

[devout solstice]

Ah aight

[cold parrot]

your car is a properly configured IDE

[devout solstice]

Oh yea fair enough

[cold parrot]

a 747 is kubernetes

[devout solstice]

kubernetes?

[potent sleet]

more like a jet xD

[cold parrot]

i mean, its impossible to maintain yourself but gets you fast to all major destinations together with 500 other people that have similar concerns

[potent sleet]

haha fair enuff. just thought jets would be more difficult than 747

[gentle hinge]

When setting an object that's a child's rotation, is there a way I can make the position set be relative to the main object

[devout solstice]

oh man im stuck

[cold parrot]

how about nugets are helicopters

[gentle hinge]

Never mind, I just need to set localRotation

[potent sleet]

Thought those would be supply drops from planes

[cold parrot]

maybe they are artillery strikes

not very accurate, but quick and on demand hitting the general area of the problem

[devout solstice]

Waiiiit is a struct kind of like a tiny class?

[cold parrot]

also lots of collateral damage when used haphazardly

[somber nacelle]

structs are value types while classes are reference types, but defining them is almost identical

[devout solstice]

ok

[potent sleet]

structs constructor forces you to assign fields iirc

[somber nacelle]

yeah cannot have a default field initializer in a struct until c# 10 (which unity does not yet use)

[devout solstice]

I am confused af

and chat gpt did not help

[cold parrot]

don't listen to the experts (or the gpt)

[devout solstice]

why

[cold parrot]

they give you too many details

[devout solstice]

fair enough

[cold parrot]

for your purpose, you dont actuall need structs

so the difference is irrelevant to you

we just suggested structs because they are optimal for your use case, but that doesnt really matter

[devout solstice]

idk how tf to use them for what im trying to do

[somber nacelle]

literally all you need is something like

[System.Serializable]
public struct MyListObject
{
  public SomeObjectType Thing;
  public bool Enabled;
}

[devout solstice]

oh shit

I didn't serialize it

[cold parrot]

you listened to the wrong expert 😛

[devout solstice]

Lol

[cold parrot]

on the other hand, you wont ever again forget that attribute now

[devout solstice]

Yea

[potent sleet]

you are most likely constantly using structs without realizing it eg, Vector2/3 etc.

[devout solstice]

oh

[cold parrot]

oh, if you want the side-by-side display of the toggle and the reference, you need to make a custom inspector

[devout solstice]

oh

yea I dont really want to do that

I serialized the struct but it still not showing up

[potent sleet]

where are you using the struct ?

[devout solstice]

wdym

[potent sleet]

eg public MyNewScruct coolio

this would show in inspector with all the values

[devout solstice]

oh

[potent sleet]

you need to use it somewhere in script to show in inspector

[devout solstice]

hey there we go

[cold parrot]

use like this

public class Bar : MonoBehaviour {
  [System.Serializable]
  public struct MyListObject
  {
    public SomeObjectType Thing;
    public bool Enabled;
  }    

  [SerializeField] private List<MyListObject> foo;
}

[devout solstice]

Yea

how do I add to the list?

Considering the list type needs to be the struct

[somber nacelle]

in the inspector you can press the + button on the list to add a new element

[devout solstice]

in the script

[somber nacelle]

in the code you just call .Add and pass a MyListObject in

[devout solstice]

wat

This is what I have

ItemType is the struct

[somber nacelle]

you're trying to pass a GameObject not an instance of your struct

[devout solstice]

how do I add the gameobject to the struct, and have it add on validate

[somber nacelle]

you don't because you didn't give the struct a field to store a gameobject in, your struct only has a field for your enum and a bool

[devout solstice]

oh

[somber nacelle]

is this your first time using any type in c#?

[potent sleet]

you add to a list

not a struct

[devout solstice]

Item is a list

[hexed oak]

Your current class needs a reference to an instance of the InvMenuButton which can access the InvMenuButton.RestrictSlot (hopefully you have a member variable of this type in that class)

or your current class needs a list of InvMenuButton.RestrictSlot's

Not positive what you're goin for

[somber nacelle]

would it make it easier for you to understand if RestrictSlot was a class? if so, make it a class. literally nothing will change except it will suddenly be a reference type instead of a value type but hopefully you'll at least understand how to use it

[devout solstice]

seems a bit passive aggressive

[potent sleet]

the statement makes sense , if you know how to use a class just change struct to class

[devout solstice]

Aight

[potent sleet]

can you send your current script https://hatebin.com

[devout solstice]

https://hatebin.com/orarjdovsc

I kind of want to learn how to use structs though

Better then just living off classes instead when I could use structs

[potent sleet]

ItemType is the list of structs

so add to that

you almost had it the first time

[devout solstice]

I tried to but the list type is restrictslot so I cant add the gameobject to it

[potent sleet]

because you're missing GameObject in the struct

you would need to make a new struct to add to the list tho

[devout solstice]

oh

[somber nacelle]

do you understand how it works if you make it a class?

[devout solstice]

yea but

[somber nacelle]

congrats, you know how to use it when it is a struct then

the only difference is that a struct is a value type and passed by copy rather than reference

[hexed oak]

stack v heap too

[potent sleet]

   var newItem = new RestrictSlot();
        newItem.Item.Add(ButtonList[i].gameObject);
        ItemType.Add(newItem);```

RestrictSlot needs a GameObject `gameobjectitem ` field

[somber nacelle]

not important in this case because it's being stored in a List as a field which means the instances will live on the heap anyway as part of the List object

[somber nacelle]

wait wtf, why did you make the class inherit from your monobehaviour?

[devout solstice]

yea idk

[potent sleet]

change it back to struct, look my example

[devout solstice]

I did

What do I do with the "var"

[potent sleet]

nothing

leave it

[devout solstice]

Where do I put that code?

oh

I see

[potent sleet]

instead of RestrictSlot.Item.Add(ButtonList[i].gameObject); I guess

I kinda tuned last minute so idk what ur trying to do, just showing you how to add to whatever struct u made xD

[hexed oak]

That'll work until he finds out to move var newItem = new RestrictSlot(); into the awake loop and cache it

[devout solstice]

what

[somber nacelle]

don't do that

[devout solstice]

ok

[somber nacelle]

you want to add separate instances of the RestrictSlot object into your list

[hexed oak]

Figured he wanted a List<RestrictSlot> slots and he'd have to create it in the awake()

ignore me

[somber nacelle]

they already have a serialized list of RestrictedSlot

their issue was creating the instances to add to the list

[devout solstice]

Why is it saying Item isn't set to an instance of an object

Its to do with the NewRestriction.Item.Count

[potent sleet]

u need to New() a list

[devout solstice]

ah I figured

Well shit

[somber nacelle]

why does that even need to be a List?

[potent sleet]

I'm guessing you're doing something with items and inventory, shouldn't use GameObject either

[devout solstice]

because theres multiple gameobjects im trying to add to it

[potent sleet]

make scriptable objects

[somber nacelle]

why

[devout solstice]

because theres multiple slot

slots

[somber nacelle]

yes, but isn't that object supposed to represent one slot?

[devout solstice]

yea

[somber nacelle]

so you want to put multiple gameobjects into one slot?

or do you want multiple slots each with their own gameobject?

[devout solstice]

no

yea

[somber nacelle]

so don't make that a list, that's why you have a List of the RestrictSlot object

[hexed oak]

to fix the null list you could add a constructor for RestrictSlot that takes in a list and assigns it

[somber nacelle]

it shouldn't be a List anyway so that's not necessary. if it did need to be a List then that would be the solution, yes

[devout solstice]

It works

[somber nacelle]

show the current code so we can make sure there wasn't anything else you missed

[devout solstice]

https://hatebin.com/wzqmnjpqnq

[somber nacelle]

ah lovely, so you're just reusing the same instance of the RestrictSlot object, changing its variables and adding it to the list instead of creating new instances of the object like the code that Null gave you does

[devout solstice]

is that sarcasm?

[potent sleet]

there was a reason why i used var

[somber nacelle]

the "ah lovely" part was, yes. the rest was obviously pointing out your issue

[potent sleet]

maybe I should've explained why I used var in a loop xD

[somber nacelle]

i even pointed out that you shouldn't make that object a field and that you should be creating new instances of it and you said "ok" implying that you were going to leave the code as it was given to you

[devout solstice]

https://hatebin.com/qhnatfdbye

[somber nacelle]

there you go. now i recommend changing if (ItemType.Count < ButtonList.Count) to if(ItemType.Count != ButtonList.Count) then clearing the ItemType list before that inner loop. then you won't have issues where ItemType is larger than ButtonList with extra objects in it

should probably do the same thing with the first if statement as well

[pulsar dove]

[Version control question, lmk if there is a better channel to ask]
I don't want my Library folder to be commited/pushed in git. I have in my gitignore

/Spider/[Ll]ibrary/
/Spider/[Tt]emp/
/Spider/[Oo]bj/
/Spider/[Bb]uild/
/Spider/[Bb]uilds/
/Spider/[Ll]ogs/
/Spider/[Uu]ser[Ss]ettings/
...

But I still get an error that files form within the Library folder are too big. I am using git lfs and have initialized it (I can see files be uploaded)
I have tried moving the gitfolder into the project folder and removing /spider
I also made sure to refresh the cache.

Any ways around this?

[somber nacelle]

did you commit the gitignore file before the library folder/rest of the project?

[pulsar dove]

I refreshed the cache with git rm -r --cached . then did a git add . then a commit. Should I add and commit only the .gitignore first?

[somber nacelle]

yeah

[pulsar dove]

Ok I am trying to push with just a .gitignore commit.
But maybe its also pushing past commits that are an issue...

same error, ill look into removing old commits

Fixed by using git reset HEAD^ to undo commits (while keeping changes)

[devout solstice]

How could I get what index one of the slots is in the ItemType list?

[vagrant blade]

IndexOf

[devout solstice]

A bit more complicated then that

[somber nacelle]

in what way

[devout solstice]

its a struct

What

[somber nacelle]

so is an integer yet you can still use IndexOf on List<int>

[devout solstice]

Im trying to get the index of the gameobject though

like which element its under

where it is in the list

[somber nacelle]

there's a few options. the most beginner friendly is just to loop through the list yourself

[devout solstice]

for or foreach?

[somber nacelle]

which one do you think would allow you to get the index?

[devout solstice]

for

idk how exactly to do this though

I have it going through the list

Ah that works

[swift falcon]

Anyone have ideas why fileName won't bind in the path definition?
Feels like it should work. Just declaring a simple fileName and binding it based on what object I'm holding in my parent (w) class

[somber nacelle]

it is only assigned a value if one of those three if statements is true. what happens when none of them are?

also you should ideally be using Path.Combine or Path.Join to create a path rather than concatenating strings manually

[devout solstice]

IT WORKS

I probably did things in the worst way imaginable but it works

[swift falcon]

@somber nacelle thanks for the suggestion. I wrapped it in a conditional check and used combine but it didn't fix it

[stable rivet]

it's still unassigned

although I wouldn't recommend because it's not the cleanest solution, string fileName = string.Empty at the top would fix

[somber nacelle]

rather than wrapping all of that in the conditional, use else if for your if statements then return and/or throw an error in a final else statement

[devout solstice]

uh boxfriend, it wont let me turn on and off the bool

[somber nacelle]

show what you tried

[devout solstice]

These the two variables

Listen boxfriend

I still have the other new thing

I just did that so I could call to it without having to have a object reference