archived-code-general

[late lion]

@zinc parrot Do you even need the original mesh data at runtime to perform the path tracing?

[zinc parrot]

technically no
I just A mesh data
and access to its tri buffers and such
or a way for getdata to not allocate and not free memory every time its run in the same frame

[late lion]

Do you think it would help if you could combine all the mesh reads into one GetData call? Or would that just end up allocating the same amount? It sounds like you want to be able to read all the mesh data in one frame, without having all the mesh data allocated at once.

Due to the syncing you need to do with the GPU, I don't think it's possible to do it otherwise, even with a native plugin.

[zinc parrot]

unfortunately I cant do that as some objects need to be seperate
the only part thats creating extra data is when I call getdata

[late lion]

Separate for what? What I mean is to allocate one big buffer (or one for vertices, one for triangles) that can fit all the meshes in the scene and use a compute shader to write each individual mesh data into individual sections of that buffer, skipping any attributes you don't need.

[zinc parrot]

because they are split between different gameobjects

[west lotus]

Perhaps this is what you are looking for https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Mesh.MeshData.html

[zinc parrot]

oooo? ill check it out!

[late lion]

This doesn't bypass the read/write flag.

It's just a more optimized API than the vertices and triangles arrays.

[zinc parrot]

heck

[late lion]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Mesh.AcquireReadOnlyMeshData.html

This method will throw an InvalidOperationException if isReadable is false for one or more input meshes.

[zinc parrot]

damn ok

[west lotus]

I didn’t know that was a requirement

I cant remember if this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh.GetVertexBuffer.html

Required the read flag to be set

[frozen surge]

Anyone know if there's a way to stop shortcuts like Ctrl+S and Ctrl+W working in the browser when playing a unity webGL build?

[zinc parrot]

it does not but unfortunately it requires the use of GetData, which will allocate memory that isnt freed until the next frame

[hexed pecan]

Those SO's could still implement interfaces, you don't have to use one or the other

[echo quartz]

if I call Resources.Load on a resource that is already loaded, will unity realise this and just give me the thing that's already loaded in, or will it still fuck off to the disk?

[idle meteor]

I want to show profile photos of my Steam friends. But the first problem is that all the images are the same in this way, the second problem is that the images are upside down. Why does this happen?

[drifting grail]

Will changing CharacterController.velocity actually move the character controller? Or does it only return the velocity the character controller is moving at

[zinc parrot]

How can you tell if a user is manually rotating a thing? I have a thing that rotates an object, but I want to be able to rotate it manually as well and have that reflected

[late lion]

After applying your rotation, save it to a variable and then check at the beginning of the next frame if the rotation has changed.

[zinc parrot]

but I cant do that because the script also modifies the rotation itself

[late lion]

I mean something like this:

private Quaternion previousRotation;

private void Start()
{
    previousRotation = transform.rotation;
}

private void Update()
{
    Quaternion delta = Quaternion.Inverse(previousRotation) * transform.rotation;

    Quaternion rotation = whatever;
    transform.rotation = rotation * delta;
    
    previousRotation = rotation;
}

The order of the Quaternion.Inverse might be different, I can never remember.

[zinc parrot]

hmmmmm ok ill try that
trying to rotate a light tho

[modern creek]

I'm having some super aggravating behaviour with dragging game objects around in scene mode in 2021.3.18f1 (didn't in 2021.3.3). Anyone else having this? Also the mouse cursor appears to be getting "stuck" on the wrong type (in my video it gets stuck on horizontal resizer)

[safe abyss]

Guys, in UGS, can we make a user create an account using custom email & address? I can't find it in authentication

[merry sequoia]

Hey, how do I start a coroutine if a condition is met, and then it plays untill another condition is met?

[hexed pecan]

You can put a while loop inside the coroutine and check your condition there

Remember to wait in the loop (like yield return null), otherwise it might freeze

[modern creek]

private bool _isConditionMet = false;
private bool _isPlaying = false;
private void Update()
{
  if (!_isPlaying && _isConditionMet) StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());
}
private IEnumerator MyCoroutine()
{
  _isPlaying = true;
  while (_isPlaying)
  {
      // .. do something
  }
  _isPlaying = false;
}

(or the while loop could check directly against the condition)

[merry sequoia]

You guys are a bunch of saviours, thank You very much.
I've been trying to approach my problem from so many different angles, and I think that this is the correct one. (Took me about 9 hours)

[tawny jewel]

hey, so basically i have a gameobject with a script, collider2d and rigidbody2d attached. when, for example, im moving the gameobject with rigidbody.moveposition everything works nicely, but when the body has no additional force from the script and falls using just gravity collision detection in ocollisionenter2d method is very delayed. any ideas how to fix that?

[modern creek]

increase gravity, mass, or scale

if the oncollisionenter isn't firing when you want, make your collider bigger

[tawny jewel]

none of these worked for me

[hexed pecan]

If you move it directly with rb.MovePosition or rb.position it will likely not detect collisions

If you want physics responses you should move it with rb.AddForce or rb.velocity etc.

[tawny jewel]

it does for me

[tawny jewel]

pretty much instantly as well

[tawny jewel]

i dont want to move it with script at all

i want it to be moved just by gravity

without the unwanted delay ofc

[hexed pecan]

Hmm how are you noticing the delay?

You mean the collisions work normally but the OnCollisionEnter2D gets delayed?

[tawny jewel]

i have the debug. log and ignorelayer lines, after collision object just kinda sits on the collider for a second before it starts actually ignoring that collision

[hexed pecan]

Oh youre trying to ignore collisions when colliding?

[tawny jewel]

from what i noticed collisions are detected properly just as long as they arent impacted by just gravity alone

[hexed pecan]

I don't think it works very well. At the point when OnCollisionEnter is called, the collision has already happened.

[tawny jewel]

yea

[hexed pecan]

You can't cancel a collision afterwards if thats what youre trying to do

But you could store the velocity etc and try to replicate that

[tawny jewel]

well it doesnt have to be that instant, as i said i moved the object with moveposition instead of gravity just for test and it detected the collision just as i wanted it to

[hexed pecan]

What exactly are you trying to achieve

What's the mechanic?

[tawny jewel]

its just that that when the object falls on the collider with gravity it takes it literal second to realise it collided

[hexed pecan]

Yeah it probably stops completely and the rigidbody goes asleep or isn't updated until a certain interval

[tawny jewel]

well its a part of the bigger script but thats irrelevant here as i basically for testing made a sepeate script with litterally just oncollisionenter method

[hexed pecan]

You could try to store the velocity (and angular velocity) and apply it back after the collision

[tawny jewel]

basically its a revive buff system for my floppy bird

[hexed pecan]

But is there a reason you don't ignore the collision beforehand?

You want the collision to happen?

[tawny jewel]

yea but i suppose it would apply that velocity still with a 1 second delay

[hexed pecan]

Oh you tried it already..?

[tawny jewel]

when the bool isrevive is true i want the collision not to happen just as soon as the bird hits the pipe

then it starts a coroutine and the collisions are occuring again after 4 seconds

[hexed pecan]

Can't you just set the bird's collider to trigger while isRevive is true?

[tawny jewel]

i could but i also want it to interact with other objects regardless if isrevive is true

i want it to ignore collsions just with layer 7 specifically

with is the pipes layer

[hexed pecan]

Sounds like you want Physics2D.IgnoreLayerCollision()

[tawny jewel]

i could technically make that work with ignoring layers as soon as the bool turns to true though ig

[tawny jewel]

that is what im using

[hexed pecan]

Yeah but ignore it when you set revive to true

Right?

Not when colliding

[tawny jewel]

i suppose i will, though it still gets me wondering why does the collision occur delayed when rigidbody free falls, in case ill have a simmilar issue in the future

[hexed pecan]

Because ignoring physics collisions does not notify the rigidbody that it is free to move again

It's just a little quirk in the engine but theres multiple ways to get around it

[tawny jewel]

alright, that makes sense

[hexed pecan]

Another option is to have a layer for when you want to be immune, and swap the bird to that layer temporarily

And that layer would always ignore the pipes

[tawny jewel]

but just simple debug.log message appears delayed

[hexed pecan]

Is your console window docked or a separate window?

[tawny jewel]

its next to project as per default

[shut bear]

Not too sure in which channel i should post this but i have this common problem with my textures on my mesh. It's an exported model from blender with a simple generated UV Map. The texture is correct at some places (left of image) but the on other spots its really stretched. I've already put the wrap mode on repeat but that doesnt fix it. Anyone knows whats going on? Is it the UV Map that isnt correct?

[autumn stratus]

Anyone prefer JB Rider over VC/VCS . does it support CoPilot?

[west sparrow]

That definitely looks like the UV map

[west sparrow]

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/getting-started-with-github-copilot/getting-started-with-github-copilot-in-a-jetbrains-ide

[autumn stratus]

cheers

[plucky karma]

That's a UV map that's for sure, but it looks baked. Somehow the warp adds additional texture detail to a distorted geometry. E.g. A UV projection from the geometry. How is this related to code? Ask this in #💻┃unity-talk

[delicate saffron]

hey, when using the burst compiler are you unable to use structs inside of a job class?

im trying to use a struct to store data but it tells me its "unable to get field because is class type"

[west lotus]

Jobs are structs too

You cant use classes in jobs or a burst method

[delicate saffron]

oh

okay

[west lotus]

Any non-blitable type actually

[delicate saffron]

what makes a type non-blitable?

[quartz folio]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blittable_types

[west lotus]

I suggest you start reading the manual https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.burst@1.8/manual/csharp-type-support.html

[delicate saffron]

alright thanks

[swift falcon]

Is it alright to put a class and interface to the same script? Trying to fix disgusting code

public interface IIKillableBot
{
    public void AiDeath();
}

public class AIBullet : MonoBehaviour
{
    public bool red;
    public bool blue;


    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col)
    {

        col.transform.TryGetComponent(out RagBodyPart r);
        if (r)
        {
            if (blue)
            {
        ...
        ...
        ...
}```

[somber nacelle]

sure, but if you want to be able to add the MonoBehaviour to an object in the inspector is has to be the first type in the file

[swift falcon]

Ah Alright. Wdym first type btw? I can still add it even with that structure

[hybrid merlin]

Anyone knows if Screen.dpi is reliable on desktop computers, and on WebGL?

[somber nacelle]

it might only be for classes or they may have finally updated it, but the MonoBehaviour would have to be the first type defined in that file. and of course by type i mean class, interface, struct, etc

[hybrid merlin]

the order of definition is not important

but the name is. it has to be the same name as the file

[cosmic ermine]

I have my player's position locked to a grid, however if i constantly set the cameras position to the player's position it looks jittery and weird, as such I'm wondering what would be the best way to create a smooth transition from the cameras position to the player's position? Would lerp-ing between the cameras position to the players new position be a good way of doing this, or is there a better way?

[cosmic ermine]

ooh just discovered smooth damp!

[opal pine]

Hey guys. How can I change a layermask in code? Ive tried buildMask = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Ore"); but its not changing in the inspector.

[cosmic rain]

Do you actually assign that value to the gameObject layer property?

[opal pine]

I have my Ore layer set on a gameobject yes. But my issue is its not setting the inspector to what I want to set it in code. Because Im using raycast to check layer type and because i didnt want to make 50 + layermask variables. ive just made the one and want to update what its meant to be looking at based on what item is being searched for

So the build mask should be updated to Ore when its clicked and updated again when next button is pressed. I thought I would be able to change this inside the code since I want it to be dynamically controlled.

[dim furnace]

For some reason I get this error when I go in game

[cosmic rain]

Yes it should. Try debugging all the places where you set it.

[cosmic rain]

Do you have a main camera?

[dim furnace]

I have a camera on the player

[cosmic rain]

Does it have the main camera tag though?

[dim furnace]

No

Ill add it

it bugs my game out

alot

[cosmic rain]

Well, that just means that you have other bugs🤷‍♂️

having a main camera shouldn't cause bugs

[dusk apex]

Food for thought: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Camera-main.html

[dim furnace]

Im using photon and it destorys the main cam

ill fix it

[dusk apex]

If there is no enabled Camera component with the "MainCamera" tag, this property is null.

[dim furnace]

im aware

[cosmic rain]

Never heard about photon destroying the main camera on it's own

[dim furnace]

no i make it destory the camera if !view is mine

[dusk apex]

And because of a tag

[dim furnace]

ill work around it

[near crown]

guys what is wrong with my rigidbody?

[cosmic rain]

It's floating I guess.

Unless that's what you want it to do

[near crown]

How do I fix its floating?

[cosmic rain]

Find the cause and eliminate it.

[near crown]

I wanna do a platformer, not a floater

[cosmic rain]

Start from thinking logically:

• unity rb doesn't float like that by default.
• means that there's something on the object that causes it.
• what components on the object could be affecting it's movement?
• could it be the movement controller?
• try disabling it.
• did it fix it?
• then that's the cause.
• look into the component code and apply similar steps to the code as well.

[near crown]

I disabled my moving script and the rigidbody behaves the same

[lucid valley]

ChatGPT probably just made it up

Heres the forum post about the .Net upgrade (it'll probably also be .Net 7/8)

https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-future-net-development-status.1092205/

The built player should be this year hopefully

editor maybe another 1-2 years, depends on how much work

[cosmic rain]

Then it must be something else. Apply the same logic to find the cause. If needed, try removing components entirely as well. If all the components aside from rb are removed and the issue still persists, then it's probably an issue with the rb itself.

[near crown]

well I guess I have to program my physics myself

[cosmic ermine]

no, you really don't

[cosmic rain]

If you can't get it done with already existing physics, are you sure you can program the whole physics system? 😄

[near crown]

i dunno I wanted to make a game similar to SMB1, I dont think it will be easy but I don't find fixes to the weird rigidbody behaviour

I have tryed on other objects and it behaves the same

[cosmic ermine]

if you want to you could try doing verlet integration, which is somewhat simple to setup, and pretty performant, but if you can get Unity's rigidbodies working then you will have an easier time

[cosmic rain]

If you create a circle object with just an rb and collider, does it act the same?

[near crown]

I did that with a square

[cosmic rain]

Can you record a video?

[near crown]

ok

(srry for the bad quality is my main monitor with that problem)

btw I think that 2d pixel perfect package might be somewhat involved

[quartz folio]

Chat GPT is confabulating, because it doesn't know anything. It's a language model, a predictive text engine. Using it to find facts is a waste of time, and asking about bullshit it makes up is against our conduct

[fluid lily]

Ah good to know

[near crown]

I don't remember if this is a package that I have added or a default package

[cosmic rain]

First of all, this is very alarming:

[near crown]

I know

That is fine

since It is checking for the rigidbody

that I removed from Mario

dw about it

[cosmic rain]

Fix the error and try again. It just ads unneeded variables to the situation.

[near crown]

are you looking at the console or the square?

[cosmic rain]

Both

Next thing to do is take a screenshot of your project - physics2d tab and project - time tab

[near crown]

where do I find physics2D tab?

[cosmic rain]

project settings - physics2D

[near crown]

Also now I removed and readded the rigidbody to Mario and the square behaves normally

[cosmic rain]

The square behaves normally?

Then the issue is not with the rb

Share you movement controller code

[near crown]

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

public class MarioMove : MonoBehaviour
{
public int Ambient;
int Direction;
public float Horizontal;
public Rigidbody2D RB;
public float speed;
private float Speedresult;
void Awake()
{
RB = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1))
    {
        Ambient = 1;
    }if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha2))
    {
        Ambient = 2;
    }if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha3))
    {
        Ambient = 3;
    }if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha4))
    {
        Ambient = 4;
    }
    Speedresult = speed * Horizontal;
    RB.AddForce(new Vector2(Speedresult * Time.deltaTime, 0f));
    //print(Horizontal);
}
public void Move(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
{
    Horizontal = context.ReadValue<Vector2>().x;
}

}

gtg for a bit

[cosmic rain]

!code

[tawny elk]

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[fiery saddle]

In custom editor you can set field to be as script in image or text field in image

anybody know how?

I know its something as "appear as editor" or something like that

but googleing doesnt help

[dim furnace]

For some reason my tilemap stops my player likes theres some weird collider

[quartz folio]

What are you actually asking? Those are just normal serialised variables, no need for a custom editor

If you are making a custom editor you can display any serialized variable using a PropertyField

[fiery saddle]

Iam doing custom editor and saw that feature somewhere but cant find it now. Another way I found is GUI.enbaled = true/false;

[quartz folio]

That shows fields as disabled

If you are using IMGUI

[dim furnace]

How do i make it so no one can see the code of my unity games?

[vagrant blade]

You can't

[dim furnace]

u cant obfuscate at all?

[delicate olive]

How can I modify a rect transform delta size of an object

blackBorders.sizeDelta = new Vector2(2025, 1139);

that code doesn't work btw ^

[vagrant blade]

No matter how much you try to, if someone wants to read it, they will. There are many tools out there to do that.

[dim furnace]

Alrighty

[vagrant blade]

This is a common question people get too hung up on. The majority of people don't care about your code, assuming you even have players to begin with. Focus on the important things first.

[dim furnace]

Ok

My main saving system is in binary anyways

[maiden fractal]

Dont say you mean binary formatter?

[dim furnace]

Yeah

[maiden fractal]

Dont

@dim furnace https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/binaryformatter-security-guide

[dim furnace]

why

[maiden fractal]

Read the article

[mental rover]

this doesn't really matter for games though, depending on what your game is doing - if your save system is just locally storing a state it really doesn't matter.
If you're importing saves from other anonymous users over the internet as a single binary file, maybe revisit

[supple wigeon]

Hi! How i can find closest object (bal) in front (cube.forward) of the cube, all balls are in a list and the target will be the red ball

[maiden fractal]

the problem is that players tends to send game state and settings files with other players over internet

[maiden fractal]

So you mean the object that is most accurately in front of the player ignoring the distance right?

[supple wigeon]

Yes

Some how it needs to be the first in front of the cube

[maiden fractal]

Highest value of Vector3.Dot(cube.forward, (ball.position - cube.position.normalized) is closest to being in front

[dim furnace]

Would saving data using this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOjd_qU2Ido&ab_channel=Brackeys

Work on a photon room where it saves and loads your data?

[maiden fractal]

@supple wigeon given this information, you can just loop through the list and keep track of the highest value and the corresponding ball

[supple wigeon]

@maiden fractal i'm trying this now...

not working...

[maiden fractal]

I dont use linq myself so cant really be much of a help

[supple wigeon]

@maiden fractal closestOne = balls.OrderBy((Transform t) => Vector3.Dot(transform.forward, (transform.position - t.position).normalized)).FirstOrDefault(); I think this works, at least with balls... now i will try on main script..

[maiden fractal]

@supple wigeon Id do this ```cs
highestDotProduct = -infinity
bestMatch = List[0]
For i = 0 to List.Length
dot = Dot(Cube.forward, (List[i] - Cube.position).normalized)
If dot > highestDotProduct
highestDotProduct = dot
bestMatch = List[i]

In the end `bestMatch` should be the closest to being in front

[echo pelican]

Hi guys! I've implemented stateMachine with Zenject. Can you take a look at it and tell me tell me what to redo, in other words can you make a small code-review? ( https://github.com/maxi2000138/State-Machine-with-Zenject.git )

[supple wigeon]

@maiden fractal Thank you for help, Linq work in my case now i just need to set the balls.position.y = 0 and cube.pos.y = 0 in code to be on same plane

[dense herald]

Hi, how would you pull a GameObject to another GameObject? Kinda like a grappling hook where it pulls the player towards it.

[delicate olive]

you could try using the MovePosition() method that's built into the rigidbody component

[dense herald]

yeah

[tepid hearth]

when i instantiate a gameobject imported from blender which has two materials, one of them becomes white (picture). Why is this and how do i fix this?

element 0 is the one which has become white

[tepid river]

how do you guys handle colliders?
i have a spaceship and a ton of asteroids, some very large. do you use convex mesh colliders?
if so, for a complex shape like the ship, do you use multiple colliders, since they are restricted in shape and face count?

[simple echo]

I am trying to add the floor object to the Mesh renderer but its not happening

cant seem to drag and drop 'floor' to the mesh renderer inspector area

[opal wagon]

does the floor have a mesh renderer?

[simple echo]

no

[opal wagon]

I think you need actually a SpriteRenderer in this case

I mean chage the MeshRenderer variable to SpriteRenderer, since you're doing 2d stuff

[hexed pecan]

I use primitive colliders as much as I can, sometimes as separate children so they can be rotated. Sometimes theyre not enough so I use convex MeshColliders. Really just depends on how accurately you need the colliders to match the visuals.

[simple echo]

okay thanks!
do i need to declare [SerializeField] SpriteRenderer floor; as private?

[stark plaza]

Does it make sense to make a abstract class that inherits monobehaviour and has instance of all singletons inside to reduce verbosity instead of going every time GameManager.Instance.yadda
just GameManager.yadda?

[leaden ice]

No this doesn't make sense:

• it's wasteful in memory
• it prevents you from inheriting other classes

[leaden ice]

You can achieve this with static imports or making static functions which do this in the singleton class

[opal wagon]

It depends on what you want, it's been a while since I've done serialization stuff, but it only for saving data afaik, as for the private, if you don't want the variable to show in inspector you make it private, otherwise public

[stark plaza]

Uh ok I see

Thanks

[simple echo]

Okay thanks !!

[tiny delta]

For my game would it be better to store the player's stats (current and max health and mana) on their character script as a class with properties, or should I create a separate gameObject with a stat manager script?

I'm doing my best to get good practices while starting this game and learning unity so I don't have too many problems down the line.

[tepid river]

well they shouldnt be hardcoded into a class. ideally they shouldnt depend on the class in any ways

the class aka implementation should depend on the higher level functioanlity = the stats

but during runtime i would store them in the class, or in a container object in the class (for easier serialization)

[thorny spindle]

I mean, technically you could do [HideInInspector] lol

Depends what you want to access the variable

[tiny delta]

I assume by this you mean just don't store the starting stats in the class (eg. no magic numbers)?

public class PlayerStats
    {
        public float maxHealthStat = 100;
    }

What I currently have is in my ControlCharacter script I have

public class PlayerStats
{
  public float maxHealthStat;
}

and in Start I have stats.maxManaStat = maxMana; where maxMana is declared above as [SerializeField] private string maxMana;

This is all reasonable?

[opal wagon]

true

[thorny spindle]

I mean if I had a bunch of things that had stats I might just make some kind of ICharacter class for simple games

[tepid river]

yeah looks alright. i personally try to use as little monobehaviour builtins as possible, like Start().
its all sideeffects that get triggered outside of my control.

generally, you might have a situation where the player doesnt start at full health at scene start.
so make an "initPlayer()" method that resets all stats, and call that in start().
that way you can call if from somewhere else or easily disable it in start

[thorny spindle]

So MainCharacter : ICharacter. MobEnemy : ICharacter

[tiny delta]

By that do you mean from Start() I should run something else (eg. a MatchStartSetup)?

My bad, I hadn't seen the second part of your message

[tepid river]

thats becasue i edited it lol

[thorny spindle]

Having a stat manager class for ONLY your character stats sounds unweildy somehow. But maybe your character stats are complicated enough to warrant it

[tepid river]

also:
InitPlayer() is a shit name for a method, its meainless..

more like SetPlayerStatsToDefault() or SetPlayerStats(Stats.default)

[thorny spindle]

Just make life hard for everyone

[soft hare]

can some one helps me in code advanced

[thorny spindle]

//Is for inital character stats (ICS)
private struct ICS() {
...
}

that would be amazing

[spice schooner]

hello, im not entirely sure where to ask this but i have this weird issue where after creating a spline at the start of a game (through the start function in code by adding a new knot for each position) the spline is not curved until i click something on the spline component in the inspector, and updating anything on the spline component through code doesnt work. if i dont press anything on the spline component it stays as a linear spline.

splineContainer.Spline = new();
        foreach (Transform space in gameplayManager.boardRoute)
        {
            splineContainer.Spline.Add(new BezierKnot(space.position));
        }
        splineContainer.Spline.EditType = SplineType.CatmullRom;

[languid pendant]

When using OnMouseEnter() with the Scenes Time.timeScale = 0f, if I update the position of the gameObject with the OnMouseEnter()'s position by just doing .position = newPosition on the gameObjects transform, OnMouseEnter() will register when the mouse is over the original position of the gameObject, and it doesn't seem to update where it's position if for OnMouseEnter() until the scenes's timeScale is made greater than 0. Any idea how to force update the position of the gameObject for the OnMouseEnter() without changing the timeScale from 0?

[soft hare]

can i get some help in advanced code

[thorny spindle]

Probably Unity being weird. Happens a lot with materials for me. Needed to initialize everything properly or it freaks out

Until I hit something in the inspector and Unity corrects stuff

[soft hare]

sharramon can you help me

[warm wren]

Maybe if u shared the actual problem and asked the question

[soft hare]

ok look my problem is quit complicated i want to show it to you using share screen in a vc

quite

[spice schooner]

yea maybe, ive restarted it a couple times and no luck so im not sure

[soft hare]

flo

can you help me in a vc

[jaunty gust]

?

I don't know how to solve your problem sorry

[soft hare]

look i have a problem in a binary save system code and i want get help

[delicate olive]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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[jaunty gust]

I don't speak english sorry

[soft hare]

do you spwak spanish?

[jaunty gust]

nah

sorry

[soft hare]

what do you speak arbaic

[jaunty gust]

french

[soft hare]

nice i know some french ill try

[delicate olive]

https://gdl.space/husafalohi.cs

I bet the solution is right under my eyes but I just can't find it
<at line: 38> Object reference not set to an instance of an object

EDIT: spaghetti code

[sleek bough]

@soft hare Post you problem with full description. Do not pin people to your questions or cross-post

[soft hare]

ok

i have a problem that i cant explain i create a directory for a binary save system but it cant find it

[sleek bough]

#854851968446365696 on how to ask questions properly

[soft hare]

okay

[jaunty gust]

In a for loop, I have to do for each iteration an operation on an object's transform and on the gameobject itself.
what is better :

• first : Transform myobj = stg
• then : do stg with transform
• then : do stg with transform.gameObject

OR

• first : GameObject myobj = stg
• then : do stg with gameObject
• then : do stg with gameObject.transform

I know the performance gain must be pretty small but i need to do this for thousand of objects.
Thanks a lot !

[sleek bough]

Are you sure that's the correct line and not after edit?

[soft hare]

so do i post the error its quite long

[delicate olive]

oh yeah I playtested again, now it says line 38 reference exception

[sleek bough]

Show the full error

[delicate olive]

uhh it's so reliant on other scripts so please be ready to use your brain

[soft hare]

and

[delicate olive]

oh wait you meant to say that to me or Agent47?

[sleek bough]

Test objects on that line. Print out with debug and find out which are not assigned

[delicate olive]

okay thanks will do

[soft hare]

i posted full errors

[sleek bough]

Did you try reading them first? Or looking up what they mean?

[soft hare]

i know what they mean

[sleek bough]

@delicate olive Should not use Find methods as well. Create proper reference in the inspector and link it.

[soft hare]

but i dont know what is causing them i am creating a directory file anyways

[sleek bough]

Then you'll know that object reference exists

[soft hare]

DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path "C:\Users\HASSAN\AppData\LocalLow\KEll\idle\saves\SaveSystem.txt".

here is my code

[sleek bough]

!code

[tawny elk]

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[jaunty gust]

Copy paste the path in your windows explorer

and see what it says

here

[soft hare]

i tried it says it doesn't exists but i am not trying to access that place anyways

[open knot]

I have a movement script that uses a character controller and no rigidbody, how can I make it so i can change how much acceleration is when you start/stop moving.

heres my code:

I know i can change GetAxis to GetAxisRaw to delete all acceleration but id like to be able to change how much acceleration i get

[soft hare]

can any one help

[elder hollow]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class enemy : MonoBehaviour
{

    public int maxHealth = 100;
    public int currentHealth;


    [SerializeField] private Transform _center;
    [SerializeField] private float _knockbackVel = 20f;
    public Rigidbody2D rb;

    GameObject UIText;

    public CollisionDetectionMode2D collisionDetectionMode;
    void Start()
    {
        currentHealth = maxHealth;
        rb.collisionDetectionMode = CollisionDetectionMode2D.Continuous;
        UIText = this.gameObject.transform.GetChild(0).GetChild(0).gameObject;
    }

    public void TakeDamage(int damage)
    {
        currentHealth += damage;
        UIText.GetComponent<Animator>().SetTrigger("textChange");
    }


    public void Knockback(Transform t)
    {
        var dir = _center.position - t.position;
        rb.velocity = dir.normalized * _knockbackVel * currentHealth / 10;
    }
}

im making a platformer fighter and i want to make it so when the player collides with a wall while the knockback velocity is active he bounces off of it

using a tilemap for the platforms

[rare lodge]

Hello guys i wanna ask for performance reasons 🙂 my trees im not able to put in Terrain painting because tree has stump and Top , unity dont allow me use this kind of mesh prefab ..... so if i put tress as objects in to the scene of course not thousands because alll are chopable will have it big impact on performance?

[delicate olive]

Issue: can't press the "Restart" button even though (I believe..) it's interactable

Also, during the video the errors at the bottom have nothing to do with this problem, they're just the enemies trying to move towards a null object

[lucid valley]

Are you sure they're the only errors you have? Press the collapse button

Also just try fixing the other errors first, then at least you know 100% that they are not preventing the button logic running somehow

[delicate olive]

Yeah they're all coming from the enemy clones

[delicate olive]

I tried but don't know how to check if the player is null

[lucid valley]

it's just adding a null check before

[delicate olive]

like
if (playerObject != null)
{

}

[lucid valley]

you'd have to show the erroring line for me to give you something more exact

yeah

[delicate olive]

okay but it gave me errors before for trying to check a null object for null

idk how to explain it lol

[lucid valley]

show

something like this would still error playerObject.transform != null

[delicate olive]

oh yeah that

[lucid valley]

just check playerObject != null then

[delicate olive]

will do

and FYI this is the error line (on the enemy script)

void Update()
    {
        if (player.position != null)  // Error Here
        {
            Vector3 moveDirection = player.position - transform.position;
            float moveAngle = Mathf.Atan2(moveDirection.y, moveDirection.x) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
            rb.rotation = moveAngle;
            moveDirection.Normalize();
            movement = moveDirection;
        }
    }

[lucid valley]

player != null

[delicate olive]

but wait I really need that player.position check to stay there

do I just nest if statements

[lucid valley]

what is position?

just a monobehaviour script you've made?

or is it some property to get the transform

[delicate olive]

idk I modified this last time like 7 days ago and that's also when I started unity so it's kinda spaghetti

I don't remember why I added that

wait I'll try replacing it with what you said b4

[lucid valley]

    void Update()
    {
        if (player == null) return;
        if (player.position == null) return;
            
        Vector3 moveDirection = player.position - transform.position;
        float moveAngle = Mathf.Atan2(moveDirection.y, moveDirection.x) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
        rb.rotation = moveAngle;
        moveDirection.Normalize();
        movement = moveDirection;
    }

avoid the nesting

there is better ways to do this

[delicate olive]

alr

[lucid valley]

but i think it'll be slightly above your current level (as you can chain null checks in C# but with Unity you have to do some extra work to make it safe)

also you might want to turn those scripts off instead of returning but that is more advanced

[delicate olive]

first though I'll check if I'd even need that player.position check in there

Yeah I didn't even need that

Now the errors are gone but the respawn button issue remains the same

[lucid valley]

no errors?

how are you detecting the button click?

new input or old input system? (i've only used old, so i might not be too much help)

[delicate olive]

legacy

this is the RespawnButton script

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class RestartButton : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] Button restartButton;

    private void Start()
    {
        restartButton.onClick.AddListener(RestartScene);
    }

    private void RestartScene()
    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().name);
    }
}

[lucid valley]

add a log in the RestartScene to check if it runs

[delicate olive]

okay

[lucid valley]

just fyi, you can subscribe like this in code or you can set it up in the inspector on the button component (RestartScene() would need to be public)

[delicate olive]

yeah ik but I want to keep my style in my first project consistent so I've gone with that because I learned that first

Also the debug.log didn't run, as expected

[lucid valley]

huh

add a log to the start

you have attached this to a gameobject right?

[delicate olive]

yep

I don't think it's a problem with the script though, since the button isn't even highlighting when I drag my mouse over it

Tried changing the highlight color to something very visible (like red) so that's where I got this info from

[lucid valley]

show the inspector of the button script

[delicate olive]

will do brb

[delicate olive]

I'll ask chatgpt to see what it can give

[lucid valley]

just random guess, but you tried to add a onclick function to the button, press the - sign and remove it

i'm not sure why that would interfere but you never know

[delicate olive]

oh that's smart, I'll playtest

[onyx sun]

Ou wow cool

[delicate olive]

does nothing ://

well at least it improved the performance by like 1kb

disabling all the other UIs (shopui, scoreboardui) also did nothing

[lucid valley]

humm

[delicate olive]

I'll try creating a new button at the same location to see what would happen

other button also doesn't work

[lucid valley]

if you set it up using the inspector does it work?

[delicate olive]

yeah I set it to be a top child of the highest "Canvas" object

[lucid valley]

i mean like using the OnClick on the button script in the inspector instead of subscribing in code

[delicate olive]

I'll try, but I don't think that would affect the thing

[lucid valley]

yeah, i can't see any obvious reason why it's not working currently

[delicate olive]

okay so it's not just me

[lucid valley]

do you have nested canvases?

[delicate olive]

yep

like 3 I think

wait no I don't

I have nested canvas groups to control different alpha levels on the animation

but not nested canvases

also there's no function to choose when I tried your possible fix

modified script:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class RestartButton : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] Button restartButton;

    private void Start()
    {
        restartButton.onClick.AddListener(RestartScene);
    }

    public void RestartScene()
    {
        Debug.Log("RestartScene");
        SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().name);
    }
}

[lucid valley]

looks like you dragged the wrong script

you want the restart button script

[delicate olive]

oh yeah that class is a RestartButton

[lucid valley]

not respawn script

[simple egret]

"If you see MonoScript you did it wrong"
Drag the script from the object it's attached to in the scene, not from your project files

[delicate olive]

hmm okay

[lucid valley]

on that Canvas do you have the Graphics Raycaster component?

[buoyant crane]

open the event system inspector while hovering over the button. There’s a possibility that another ui element could be covering the button (could be like an empty text as an example)

[lucid valley]

ah true could be that

[simple egret]

You can also change the button's hover color to something noticeable, then hover the button

If you don't see the color, events aren't reaching it

[delicate olive]

still did nothing

[delicate olive]

okay will try

[simple egret]

Does it turn bright red when you hover over it?

[delicate olive]

nope nothing happens

all other buttons work though (like the shopui buttons)

[buoyant crane]

it should give you a bunch of details like what ui you are hovering over, what you are clicking etc

[delicate olive]

also tried doing this but couldn't understand, can you elaborate a little

[simple egret]

Then something prevents the events from reaching it. Like an object over it

[delicate olive]

do I turn on debug mode

[buoyant crane]

make sure you are in play mode while doing it

[delicate olive]

yeah I was I believe

[simple egret]

The little debug interface of the event system will appear at the bottom of the Inspector while in play mode

You'll be able to see what it detects there

[delicate olive]

wait I'll record this because it's difficult to explain

Current Focused Game Object on Hierarchy doesn't show the button, but shows everything else just fine

[simple egret]

Yeah something is clearly in front of the button

[delicate olive]

I bet

what if I move it to some other ui like the shopui and see if it works there

[simple egret]

That's a way to troubleshoot yeah

You could also disable everything except the button and the event system, and activate the other objects one by one until it doesn't detect the clicks anymore. At that point you'll have the object that causes the issue

[delicate olive]

tried that before

and also moving it up in the hierarchy did nothing

hmm, it works when in the shopUI

[simple egret]

Yep so the shop UI is the one blocking it

[delicate olive]

yeah something must be blocking it

wait that one?

[simple egret]

Well yes

If you put it in, it works. Take it out and it fails

[delicate olive]

but the canvas of the shopui is disabled (unless I press tab) so it can't be blocking it

[simple egret]

Disabled how?

[simple egret]

Canvas Group with alpha turned down to zero : the object is still there

[mossy snow]

eh I think somebody got it earlier, nested canvas without a GraphicRaycaster. Type "t:Canvas" in scene hierarchy search window

[simple egret]

Yeah the object will still be there. Disable the whole GameObject, not some script

[simple egret]

obj.SetActive(false);

[delicate olive]

ok lemme try

wait didn't I already try that before

disabling all UI's but nothing happening

[soft hare]

can some one already help me

pls i sent the error but no on responded

[mossy snow]

I assume that enabled Canvas is UI/RespawnManager/Canvas. Look at it and confirm it has a GraphicRaycaster on it

[soft hare]

xevil can you help

[simple egret]

You need to repost if your question got buried. People that just got here have no idea of what you're talking abou

[delicate olive]

yep there it is

[mossy snow]

your error explains itself, there isn't anything to help with. Some part of your path doesn't exist. I'm going to guess the saves directory

[simple egret]

Just disable the whole object. Disabling the Canvas component will just disable that component, other objects will still be in the way. That's not a raycaster issue

[delicate olive]

hmm. I may have found the root of the problem

"Blocks Raycasts = false"

on the shopui it was set to true, and when i set it to false, the shopui buttons also stopped working

[soft hare]

uh i create a directory is the first thing i do

[delicate olive]

so lemme try with this button

[simple egret]

Yes that's completely normal

Setting it to false just tells the event system to not detect anything, even if the objects are there

[delicate olive]

Yep now it works lol

[simple egret]

Still not the preferred solution though, just disable the shop ui object

[delicate olive]

I thought it was to block raycasts so that no buttons could be pressed, that's why I set it to false

[delicate olive]

Yeah will do that on my script to avoid further complications

Anyways thanks for the help guys

[hasty blaze]

what's that?

[simple egret]

Your TextMeshPro package acting up

It's not your own code that's failing

Restart Unity if it makes something fail gameplay-wise

Otherwise you can just ignore that

[mossy snow]

did you go and look at the created file at the exact path the error mentions?

[hasty blaze]

it doesn't stop the game, it doesn't break it, it doesn't fix after restarting

[simple egret]

Okay, so close Unity and delete the Library/ folder. Then restart Unity and it'll get regenerated

[soft hare]

yea but i cant find it

and i dont know why it doesnt create

[hasty blaze]

I added and deleted a few fonts with font asset crator and then it happened

[hasty blaze]

Thanks! I will try.

[simple egret]

Pretty sure passing a file path to create a directory will throw an error. Can you show your code?

[soft hare]

it said it was created wheni debug logged its location

but i cant find it on exploroe

[mossy snow]

are there any exceptions in your console window when you try to create the file?

[soft hare]

no

i cant find app data in my user name

[simple egret]

There are handy methods like File.Exists and Directory.Exists, try them out

They return a bool whether the file or directory exists at the specified path

[drifting fog]

How do i get all game objects inside SubScene on unity editor?

[hasty blaze]

It worked thanks!

[lucid valley]

if you can get the scene reference you can do GetRootGameObjects()

e.g

 var scene = SceneManager.GetActiveScene();
 var rootObjects = scene.GetRootGameObjects();

And so change that scene to your subscene somehow. Have a reference to it somewhere

[soft hare]

i use them ill send you my code

[soft hare]

https://gdl.space/uvubuzekiv.cs

[simple egret]

Okay first things first, you should be using Path.Combine to combine paths. Using string concatenation can fail if you're missing (or having too much) path separators at the beginning/end of the paths

Second thing, Log the paths before you try to open a StreamReader/Writer to them

[drifting fog]

Thank you, it works

[simple egret]

And third thing, BinaryFormatter is insecure and should not be used for applications anymore. It has security vulnerabilities.

Almost forgot, last thing. Change your AES key and IV, you just leaked them to everyone here

[soft hare]

okay

[soft hare]

what should i use thin ?

then

[simple egret]

Since you encrypt the payload, simple JSON serialization will do

[soft hare]

i used to use json

let me show you the code

https://gdl.space/ivenuhaluc.cs

[soft hare]

i want to you binary because its saves strings because i have lots of string in my code

[simple egret]

As you wish

[soft hare]

use*

is there a way to save strings in json

i saw lots but they didnt work for me

[simple egret]

It's built-in feature yes

[soft hare]

how?

[simple egret]

Save a class instance that has string variables in it, and they'll be in the JSON

[soft hare]

???

can you show me an example

[simple egret]

class Sample
{
    public string Value;
}

Sample s = new() { Value = "hello" };
string json = JsonUtility.ToJson(s);

(produces)

{"Value":"hello"}

[soft hare]

i think i implemented it correctly

|| public static void SavePlayer(PlayerData data)
{
var saveTo = backUpCount == 4 ? savePathBackUP : savePath;
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(Application.persistentDataPath + saveTo))
{
string json = JsonUtility.ToJson(data);
ConvertStringToBase64(writer, json);
writer.Close();
}

    backUpCount = (backUpCount + 1) % 5;
}||

[soft hare]

look

[simple egret]

Yeah that side looks good

No need to call .Close() though the using statement takes care of it for you

[soft hare]

ok

[soft hare]

i have one more question

i am saving strings because they have codes

and i am putting in no codes if you unlocked non but when you unlock on close the game open it again the text says no codes

[pure sapphire]

Hi, does anyone know why I cant get my player to dash? I am trying to make an ability system using scriptable objects and for some reason (when i press space) the player wont dash at all. I have put debug.log at each case and they are showing in the console just fine so i think i have somehow messed up adding the velocity to the ridgidbody.

Ability: https://gdl.space/adevufetac.cs
AbilityHolder: https://gdl.space/dirumifixu.cs
DashAbility: https://gdl.space/upidajufoy.cs

[simple egret]

Hm sorry I have some trouble understanding what you mean by "codes" here

[soft hare]

i mean like codes like game codes like " for like ps4 0752ujfgsng89f"

[simple egret]

Activation codes?

[soft hare]

yep

but for my game

[earnest gazelle]

In my mind, DisallowMultipleComponent should be default :/
99.99% of components assigned to gameobjects are single

[soft hare]

i want them to be able to see activation codes they unlocked for my game

[potent sleet]

hell no

[soft hare]

in a text but the text doesnt activate a code ill show you my idle game code

[earnest gazelle]

hell, yes

[potent sleet]

thas dum

[soft hare]

https://gdl.space/omihazured.cs

[soft hare]

seee

[earnest gazelle]

You assign N>1 components to gameobjects in same child go?

[agile ice]

What happens if u increase dash force and add some upward force too

[earnest gazelle]

I never ever have more than one specific component in a go

[pure sapphire]

i tried increasing the dash force and nothing happened but I will trying adding some upwards force

[potent sleet]

sure I have a weapon of the same script that does different things based on values in inspector

why should I make multiple gameobjects

[earnest gazelle]

It is really messy in my mind

I put them separately in different children or create a controller class with array field

[soft hare]

spr2

[simple egret]

Yep I see now. The code is a huge mess by the way
You need to save them to your save file, and load them back up for them to be persisted through play sessions.
Your class is marked as obsolete, not sure why

[earnest gazelle]

but even I agree, do you have 99.99% scripts like weapons?

[soft hare]

yea same

[soft hare]

ok ill try

[earnest gazelle]

WTH 😃

OK, thanks

[zinc parrot]

Is there a way to get what particles have a light?

[potent sleet]

@earnest gazelle Everyone is different man but forcing that restriction would cause hours of annoyance

if anything Unity should bother making disabled domain reloading a thing and playmode tint color default

[soft hare]

spr2 how do i make it to check if any codes were unlocked and which cwertain one was ulnocked

[earnest gazelle]

I said, I create a controller with array but separate gos is better than multi components in one gameobject.
each to name them, debugging, etc. easy to add/remove
I cannot think I have 50 same components in a go

[potent sleet]

again, it's preference. For me it's easier to find all weapons in 1 GO sometimes

[earnest gazelle]

but I guess you are exaggerating, even in your style, more codes should be single

OK

[potent sleet]

yes ofc

[simple egret]

You should put the codes you unlocked in a list. Then to see if it was unlocked just check if that list contains the code.
Save your list to the save file, so progress is persisted through game restarts

[earnest gazelle]

So, DisallowMultipleComponent should be default

[potent sleet]

ok tell Unity then idk this is kinda pointless

[soft hare]

tysm

[pure sapphire]

havent had any luck getting it working :/

[agile ice]

i was thinking issue might be ur rigidbody mass, friction, drag properties making it hard to push ur rigidbody

[drifting fog]

on the new unity physics do static colliders slow don`t ? (if physics is stateless, does it rebuilds everyf rame?)

[soft hare]

ineed some more help

Assets\scripts\IdleTutorialGame.cs(191,25): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.List<string>' to 'string'

Assets\scripts\IdleTutorialGame.cs(1080,35): error CS1503: Argument 1: cannot convert from 'method group' to 'string'

[digital umbra]

Does anyone have a code to move the character?

[soft hare]

i tried to use .tostring didnt work

[simple egret]

1. You're trying to put a list of strings into a single string
2. You're trying to put a function in a string

[soft hare]

1.?

[simple egret]

Literally what it says. You cannot put a List<string> into a string

How about you tell us what you're trying to do instead?

[potent sleet]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/CharacterController.Move.html

[soft hare]

text is a string?

[potent sleet]

you're assing a list to string ?

[simple egret]

Yes precisely

[soft hare]

oh how should i put all the codes int the text ?

[simple egret]

You will have to loop through the list and add each item to the text

[potent sleet]

foreach looop them then append them ?

[digital umbra]

thank you

[potent sleet]

seperate by comma or /n

are you putting this into a file or something ?

[soft hare]

how do i do that ? i forgot

i know i have yo us Loop(){}

[potent sleet]

foreach string code in unlockedcodes

[soft hare]

use*

[simple egret]

You can Google it tbh

[soft hare]

how would that for mat

[potent sleet]

you wanna do unlock codes you should be learning how to work with strings, including looping them and whatnot

strings are just arrays of chars

[simple egret]

Lists and other collections altogether - I saw things in their code that would make people want to alt-f4 themselves

[digital umbra]

look hey

[simple egret]

You need to ask a question in order to get help about something

[potent sleet]

just saw the monolith

holy balls

[rain minnow]

No one knows what you're trying to ask. Post a relevant question. If it's not an intermediate or general coding question, move to #💻┃code-beginner. If it does not deal with coding, move to #💻┃unity-talk

[pure sapphire]

ok. Would it help if I also show u the player controller and input provider script?

[agile ice]

sure

[pure sapphire]

PlayerController: https://gdl.space/icohawunat.cs
InputProvider: https://gdl.space/legupajico.cs

[normal arch]

so i have some scripts for jumping in a topdown game

if the player jumos, their height level is raised and all colliders on that height level are disabled

[agile ice]

is Dash configured in your Input Action correctly

[normal arch]

however, this means that enemies can't walk through these disabled colliders, and i cant turn off the collider on the player because they still need to collide with things on higher platforms

is there a way i can fix this?

[pure sapphire]

well i shouldnt need to as I assigned a key to use in the dash in the AbilityHolder script

but i guess it may be better to use the action map instead

[agile ice]

otherwise code looks fine to me

yea use action maps

[pure sapphire]

ok thanks for the help i will try and use the action map

[swift falcon]

i have this condition system of a bonus only applying when certain conditions are met, or being multiplied by the number of conditions met
my problem is the amount of conditions i need to check for will keep rising as i add more types of conditions, i feel like the level of complexity is more than it can be

so my question is what are some ways to deal with this?

here's the code where i check the conditions, you don't need to read all of it or anything it's just to give you an idea

int ConditionsMet(SpecialEffect effect)
{
    List<Cell> cells = conditionsDict[effect];
    int conditionsMet = 0;
    int plants = 0;
    int empty = 0;
    int specials = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < cells.Count; i++)
    {
        if (cells[i].HasPlant())
        {
            plants++;
            specials += cells[i].plant.plantData.seed.specialCount;
        }
        if (!cells[i].data.space && !cells[i].HasPlant())
            empty++;
    }

    EffectCondition effectCondition = effect.effectCondition;

    if (effectCondition.conditionType == EffectCondition.ConditionType.empty)
        conditionsMet += empty;

    if (effectCondition.conditionType == EffectCondition.ConditionType.hasPlant)
        conditionsMet += plants;

    if (effectCondition.conditionType == EffectCondition.ConditionType.specialCountEachPlant)
        conditionsMet = specials / plants;

    if (effectCondition.conditionType == EffectCondition.ConditionType.specialCountTotal)
        conditionsMet = specials;

    if (effectCondition.conditionCountingType == EffectCondition.ConditionCountingType.all)
    {
        if (conditionsMet == 0)
            return 0;
        else if (effectCondition.secondaryCountRequired)
        {
            if (conditionsMet >= effectCondition.secondaryCountReq)
                return 1;
            else return 0;
        }
        else if (conditionsMet == cells.Count)
            return 1;
    }

    if (effectCondition.conditionCountingType == EffectCondition.ConditionCountingType.per)
        return conditionsMet;

    return 1;
}```

[digital umbra]

but this is giving me 5000000 errors

[swift falcon]

you need to show the code not just the error

you seem pretty new i'd recommend looking up how to get references to things

[swift falcon]

you're adding the controller instead of getting a reference to it

use .GetComponent

[simple egret]

You need to use GetComponent as said earlier

You're still trying to use AddComponent here, which results in the very first log message

Cannot add component XYZ because it is already added

[delicate olive]

Lmao I have that exact same problem but with trying to add new enemies to my Wave System

[simple egret]

Sir this is a code channel
=> #💻┃unity-talk

[digital umbra]

they have no other easy

of code

[simple egret]

I was redirecting someone else

They deleted their message

[digital umbra]

uh?

[simple egret]

Forget it

Ignore me, I probably misunderstood what you were saying

[digital umbra]

a, I say that if they do not have another code to move the character but that is not that

[vagrant notch]

When you are using crossfade, how do you check the current time of the target animation?
Checking the clip time seems to check the time of the previous clip if it is at the start of the crossfade.

[simple egret]

I'm having a really hard time understanding what you mean. Try putting your sentences through a translator: https://deepl.com

[digital umbra]

that's what i was doing for a while

[vagrant notch]

Pretty sure he's asking if there are other methods of moving characters that is easier.

[simple egret]

Maybe, maybe not

Get another translator, because the one you used is not very performant

[vagrant notch]

I'm assuming he just needs to do some tutorials. None of the methods are easy if people don't understand the basics of unity and coding.

[simple egret]

Agreed on that point

[digital umbra]

😒 🤨

[simple egret]

Looks good. Though I meant you should put your own questions (in Spanish) so they're translated in English, then you post the English here

[digital umbra]

.

[woven dust]

Been trying to fix this for hours anyone got any ideas?

[simple egret]

You have another Board script attached somewhere else, and it's the one throwing that error

[woven dust]

It works in the context menu but not when I assign the same function to a button

Is there a way to check where they are?

[digital umbra]

that gives me the controller variable

[simple egret]

Sure thing, in the Hierarchy search bar, t:Board

[woven dust]

Theres only one there and it also only has one attached

[digital umbra]

No wonder I get those 500,000 errors

[simple egret]

Alright, first line of that Start method log a Debug.Log(playerOne == null), it should say false

[swift falcon]

damn
lmk if you find a solution

or at least some way of managing it a bit better

[woven dust]

It says true @simple egret

[simple egret]

Alright, one edit to that log, put gameObject as the second argument. Clear the console, play the game. Once you get the log, pause, click the log. It'll highlight the object that sent it

[woven dust]

Says false and nothing is getting highlighted

[simple egret]

From there check its Inspector, and the presence of the playerOne in the script slot

Well it said true beforehand

[woven dust]

Yeah...

[simple egret]

It can't magically change unless you changed something

[woven dust]

Probably because I clicked the button

Changed it back. it was because I pressed the button my bad

False to start with true after button is pressed

[simple egret]

Make sure you have the log as Debug.Log(playerOne == null, gameObject)

[woven dust]

ahhhhh

It highlights the object it should be on

and when I actually press the button and click the true one it does nothing

Running it from context menu give false again too

[simple egret]

The error is thrown on the line where you create the playerCounterArray array right?

Also not sure if it's a good idea to name a context menu handler as Start, which Unity will recognize as game start message

[woven dust]

Yeah I can get rid of it now it was to make sure it moved now im trying to feed in multiple players

and the ui

But the error is where I try to change the localPosition

[simple egret]

Yeah, attempt to change the position on something that's not assigned (null)

[vagrant notch]

Hate to barrage you with questions @simple egret ,
but do you know how handle the problem where GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0) is reading the time of the previous animation rather than the one being blended in?

[simple egret]

Never dealt with context menu handlers though, so I don't know if there are some quirks with them
Same thing for reading animator info from the code

[soft hare]

hey guys so i did the for loop n my own

it worked but i have another question

[vagrant notch]

It's weird, all sources seem to indicate that it should read the new animation, but it definitely isn't.

[soft hare]

i am using googles ads/ admob

and it works fine

but whenever i refresh the code / save it while the code is running i get this

[woven dust]

How would I go about that?

If its not assigned it doesnt have transform.localposition

or just remove it from inspector

[simple egret]

Don't execute the code if it's null? Not sure, I don't have the context of the question

Is it even doing it while running the game, or just a pure Editor issue?

The latter might be better asked in #↕️┃editor-extensions, maybe

[woven dust]

The game runs and will actually work normally if I use context menu but the UI doesnt trigger it

[soft hare]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
AdScript.Update () (at Assets/scripts/AdScript.cs:36)

[simple egret]

Not sure why you're replying to me

[soft hare]

ill send you my code

just to get your attention

[simple egret]

It doesn't work like that here

[soft hare]

https://gdl.space/liqavehizi.cs

[simple egret]

You can't just request someone to work on your problem

Helpers can choose to chip in, but not the inverse

[woven dust]

Ive tried using a single variable to store the game object in too

But before I'd even setup the second if(currentPlayerTurn == 2) the first one threw the same error

So it doesnt look like its the array

[soft hare]

i under stand that very well btw but when i mean to grab your attention i mean to see if you want to help me or not

[simple egret]

Can you post some context here? Apart from the fact that you're trying to run some code in a context menu, I know nothing else of your code/game architecture
ie. what are you trying to do here?

[woven dust]

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

public class board : MonoBehaviour
{
    public dice dice;
    public turns turns;
    public UIScript uiScript;

    public GameObject playerOne;
    public GameObject playerTwo;
    public GameObject playerThree;
    public GameObject playerFour;
    public TextAsset positionsJSON;
    Collider2D infoTrigger;

    [System.Serializable]public class PositionInfo
    {
        public string name;
        public string type;
        public int rent;
        public int price;
        public int housePrice;
        public int rentOneHouse;
        public int rentTwoHouse;
        public int rentThreeHouse;
        public int rentFourHouse;
        public int rentHotel;
        public bool isOwned;
        public int owner;
        public int tileXPos;
        public int tileYPos;
    }

    [System.Serializable]public class PositionList
    {
        public PositionInfo[] position;
    }

    public PositionList positionList = new PositionList();

     public void Start()
    {
        Debug.Log(playerOne == null, gameObject);
        GameObject[] playerCounterArray = new GameObject[] {playerOne,playerTwo,playerThree,playerFour};
        positionList = JsonUtility.FromJson<PositionList>(positionsJSON.text);

        turns.playerPositions[0] = Random.Range(0,40);

        playerCounterArray[turns.currentPlayerForArrays].transform.localPosition = new Vector2(positionList.position[turns.playerPositions[0]].tileXPos,positionList.position[turns.playerPositions[0]].tileYPos);
        
    }
}

Im trying to change the location of a game object to a position saved in the JSON file

I did move it to a different function too

But this was a few hours ago so I dont have the code

I tried stripping it back to the last thing that worked

Which was just the random tile 1-40

I tried linking it to multiple game objects for the players but then it broke

[simple egret]

The error states that playerOne was not assigned in the Inspector at the moment this piece of code ran

[soft hare]

https://gdl.space/liqavehizi.cs

[digital umbra]

THAT THIS????!!!!!!!

[woven dust]

I also tried using GameObject.Find before that code ran

I'll try it again

[simple egret]

Read the error message

[soft hare]

you cant add the script because their is an error

spr2

[gray thunder]

Probably renamed it

[soft hare]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
AdScript.Update () (at Assets/scripts/AdScript.cs:36)

https://gdl.space/liqavehizi.cs

[quartz folio]

rewardedAd is null

[soft hare]

it makes no sense because is loaded is a function

look at the code and you will understand why it makes no sense

[quartz folio]

Perhaps you have changed the code since that error and it's off by one, and watchAd is null. Either way, do some debugging

[digital umbra]

the name of the script and the code are spelled correctly

[simple egret]

Show us

[quartz folio]

and yet there is a compiler error

[soft hare]

its not the name

[soft hare]

yep

[simple egret]

They were not replying to you

Pay attention, Discord shows who you're replying to

[soft hare]

i know

[simple egret]

Then don't ping them

[copper torrent]

Anyone got any idea what is going wrong here? Using UI Toolkit

        VisualElement root = rootVisualElement;
        var visualTree = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<VisualTreeAsset>("Assets/Resources/UI      Documents/LocalisationEditorWindow.uxml");
        VisualElement tree = visualTree.Instantiate();
        root.Add(tree);
        keyList = root.Q<ListView>("KeyList");

My keyList ListView element returns a nullreference even though I have an element in my tree that is named "KeyList" and is a ListView

[soft hare]

when i said yep i meant it toel

[quartz folio]

either that's not true, or the error is not pointing to what you say it is

also, is this an editor script?

[copper torrent]

Yes it is

[quartz folio]

If you're making an EditorWindow it's often way easier to load assets by serializing them into the script itself

so you don't have to use AssetDatabase functions

[copper torrent]

This is my UI Builder tree. You can see here that I have a "KeyList" element. I can reference ANY element except ListView elements

And KeyList is definitely a ListView

[soft hare]

can some one help me with this NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
AdScript.Update () (at Assets/scripts/AdScript.cs:36)

[copper torrent]

rewardedAd must be null then. Try doing print(rewardedAd) beforehand

[soft hare]

rewarded ad is coming from a script google made

[copper torrent]

Google made it?

Try understanding the code you are using

When does rewardedAd get assigned a value?

[soft hare]

yep google leads

[woven dust]

@simple egret Cheers managed to sort it now

[copper torrent]

Yeah, just trying out UI Toolkit for now. Any ideas on what might be going awry here? I just don't understand why I can't reference ListView elements but I can reference any other type of element easily

[quartz folio]

can you show the stack trace of the error

[soft hare]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
AdScript.Update () (at Assets/scripts/AdScript.cs:36)

[quartz folio]

This doesn't point to any of your code

so I'm not sure why you think if cannot find the list view?

[copper torrent]

Because if I remove the

keyList = root.Q<ListView>("KeyList");

line, then it works

[soft hare]

@quartz folio are you willing to help me???

[quartz folio]

.

[outer apex]

can anyone help me conceptualize an algorithm?

I have a terrain that goes from 0,0 to x,y and a water plane I'm making a shader for. There's vertex displacement meant to simulate waves. Right now, I have the shader split its direction depending on the x,y coordinates, but I'm having a hard time completing the thought. So to split the waves so far I have the obvious, if x>y aim up and down, and if y>x aim side to side. This works up until we cross into the far corner of the terrain. But how do I get the last two quadrants of the terrain?

[copper torrent]

It's probably not my code. (the hubris)
But rather how the UI Builder works itself. I'm just a bit stumped. Sorry about that - started using UI Toolkit a few days ago so I might not have the hang of it yet.

[soft hare]

i did debug but found nothing

to help it is not set to null at all

[quartz folio]

It's probably some UIToolkit bug. If you're on a recent version of Unity and can get replication steps it's probably worth reporting

[soft hare]

anywere

[quartz folio]

Well, something is null in that area, use the debugger and find out what it is

[copper torrent]

Yeah, on the newest 2021 LTS. Dammit I was hoping it wasn't a bug

[copper torrent]

Hey Vert, could you try something out for me?

Can you make a new UI with the UI Builder, add a ListView, load it into an editor and click where the ListView is supposed to be?
I just did that
And it gives me the same error

[noble leaf]

Good night everybody

[quartz folio]

It seems fine in an Editor Window (I am using 2023.1)

[noble leaf]

I am creating a tag game for my portfolio which is multiplayer using Mirror.
Now I am in the process of creating a character color swap using their tags for it. But with my current code, this swap only happens once. Can someone help me?

code

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

public class PiquePequeSystemTag : NetworkBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody rb;

    void Start(){
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            other.gameObject.tag = "Caught";
            gameObject.tag = "Player";

            Vector3 repulsionDirection = transform.position - other.transform.position;
            rb.AddForce(repulsionDirection.normalized * 10f, ForceMode.Impulse);
            
        } else if(other.gameObject.CompareTag("Caught"))
        {
            other.gameObject.tag = "Player";
            gameObject.tag = "Caught";

            Vector3 repulsionDirection = transform.position - other.transform.position;
            rb.AddForce(repulsionDirection.normalized * 10f, ForceMode.Impulse);
        }
    }
}

[copper torrent]

Thanks for trying! Might have to upgrade then

[quartz folio]

you need to use an else if. Your first if statement runs, changes the tag, which then causes the second to run

[noble leaf]

Ok ok

I will try this

[idle crow]

Is there a more performant way to GetComponent at runtime without having a referance to it prior?

[noble leaf]

Not work

[quartz folio]

can you update the above code to show what you changed

[noble leaf]

I tried this

[quartz folio]

The issue also might be that both objects have this script, so they will both try to swap

[noble leaf]

Who is a prefab so yes

[noble leaf]

My player with asset mirror is a prefab in localserver

[digital umbra]

?

what just happened here

[dusk plover]

Would anyone happen to have a tutorial/reference to adding a noise map for some sort of underground ore spawning type thing

[rain minnow]

This is a #💻┃code-beginner issue. Please move to that channel for beginner help. If you're following a tutorial, look at and compare their code. you spelled the type incorrectly. Also, you need to configure your IDE . . .

[rain minnow]

!ide

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)

• VS Code*
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

*VS Code's debugger plugin is unsupported.
We recommend using VS or Rider instead.

[cosmic rain]

I'm not sure there's a tutorial that specific. It would also depend a lot on other things and systems in your game.

[digital umbra]

If you can help me with my code, I don't know what's happening, look

[rain minnow]

i already answered what was wrong. you should use the #💻┃code-beginner channel, not the more advanced one for your issues . . .

[digital umbra]

I was wrong again

sorry

[rain minnow]

that's not where the error is at. you need to configure your IDE. the error you posted says line 9, that is not line 9 . . .

[tight ice]

this isn't a code question but can BoxCasts detect collisions if they originate from within a collider? regular raycasts can't so that's why i ask

[digital umbra]

what can I put there

@rain minnow

[digital umbra]

?

what can I put there

[rain minnow]

i mentioned it in my first message, you spelled the type incorrectly. spell it properly. look or google the type to see it from the unity docs. capitalization is important. again, you need to configure your IDE, it's a rule in order to get proper help in the server. it would easily point out this error to you and suggest how to fix it . . .

[digital umbra]

put what ide is that

[rain minnow]

it's the program you're using to code . . .

[rain minnow]

!ide

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)

• VS Code*
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

*VS Code's debugger plugin is unsupported.
We recommend using VS or Rider instead.

[tiny delta]

Anyone got any recommendations for making a system for shooting projectiles from a large variety of choices (I've got 10 or so planned but eventually I am going to add many more)? I'm considering the following, though I will also take any suggestions for new concepts or adjustments:

1. Writing scripts attatched to prefabs to make complex projectile prefabs, then inputting them into an array or dict or similar for instantiation from the projectile creating GameObject (and maybe using a Class with projectile data on the projectile creator)

2. Do something with ScriptableObject (which I don't understand too well just yet but I can definitely learn) to use very simple prefabs with everything run from the ScriptableObject.

I'm currently leaning towards the first option, but I also don't want to mess anything up for myself in the future

[earnest epoch]

Both of these options would work well, the difference is really in where you're storing your data. The real difference here is that in the first case, you're using gameobjects + attached components as the part that you swap around. In the second, your ScriptableObjects would be more akin to a generic C# object and would need to be served to a component somewhere that does the shooting for all your cases.

I would personally lean towards the second option that it's likely a tighter fit for your use case, but the first method might be easier to get working if you are comfortable using prefabs to separate your different projectile/weapon setups.

[tiny delta]

Makes sense. I would be able to put an Update in a ScriptableObject for the projectile's movement, correct?

[earnest epoch]

Actually, no. That's behaviour that ScriptableObjects don't share with MonoBehaviours.

[tiny delta]

Ah. How would I get the ScriptableObject to do the logic for a projectile then?

[earnest epoch]

So, ultimately the shooting would come from some sort of component attached to a GameObject. This would be true no matter what your approach.

[tiny delta]

Ah, makes sense

[earnest epoch]

If you use ScriptableObjects, lets call them ScriptableProjectile, you would need your shooting script to reference the ScriptableProjectile, read whatever so concerns it and then do the shooting.

You could have your shooter component call ScriptableProjectile.MyCustomUpdate() on it's own Update if you wanted to, but ScriptableObjects aren't components of GameObjects so they don't receive UnityMessages.

[tiny delta]

That makes sense. How do I make it so there are multiple instances of a single ScriptableObject so I can use multiple projectiles?

[earnest epoch]

The simplest way, and what I would recommend for you, is to create them on disk. An advantage of ScriptableObjects and where they shine here is that you can create them in the project view like materials, shaders, etc.

[tiny delta]

I should clarify, I don't mean for each individual projectile type - I mean if I want multiple of the same projectile on screen at once

[earnest epoch]

ScriptableObject is a class like any other, but wouldn't be a class for the object that appears on-screen. Your ScriptableObject is a model only. You would still need a prefab made from MonoBehaviours for the in-game part.

[tiny delta]

I see, so I would use it like new myProjectile();

And would I use an array filled with ScriptableObjects or classes containing those objects to let my projectile creator access them?

[earnest epoch]

  public ScriptableProjectileData scriptableProjectile;
  public Awake() {
    Debug.Log(scriptableProjectile.weaponName);
  }
}

[CreateAssetMenu(menuName = "My Game/Scriptable Projectile")]
class ScriptableProjectileData : ScriptableObject {
  public string weaponName = "Shootyboi";
}```
In this example, you can drag the ScriptableProjectileData instance from your project folder straight onto the component MyProjectileBehaviour to attach it, but you would likely want to handle that programmatically in practice. @tiny delta

[tiny delta]

I think this all makes sense now, thank you

[earnest epoch]

My pleasure! Inevitably, your in-game components would have to be made a bit smarter to generate different appearances, velocities etc. depending on the data contained in the ScriptableObject, but this is a better way to go if you want to manage piles of different projectile loadouts later in development.

[tiny delta]

That makes sense, I plan on making a lot of projectiles (in my game you play as a wizard and you have a "spellbook" to cast from) so I really want to make sure everything works well for the future.

[earnest epoch]

@tiny delta [CreateAssetMenu()] correlates to how your script will be listed in this menu, accessible by right-click in the Project window.

[tiny delta]

Is there any way to have the Inspector require an array-style input in groups of 3, so that I can have the Prefab, ScriptableObject, and ProejctileName all visually linked together?

[earnest epoch]

You could do that, but if I can take the liberty to make some assumptions, why don't you reference your prefab on your ScriptableObject?

[tiny delta]

oh right

And then I assume I could use the ScriptableObject's name for each projectile's name

[earnest epoch]

ScriptableProjectile.prefab, ScriptableObject.Name, etc. yeah.

[tiny delta]

gotcha, thanks! you're the best Omi

[earnest epoch]

It might be good practice not to use string name on your ScriptableObject, as that's reserved by UnityEngine.Object, though in practice it actually probably wouldn't matter.

[swift falcon]

Hey guys, I am curious how Bolt in Unity compares to visual scripting in Unreal?

[leaden ice]

#763499475641172029

[swift falcon]

Thank you!! @leaden ice

[agile torrent]

following a tutorial on making grids and it's asking for a return type on line 11

i'm not sure what im doing wrong though

[earnest epoch]

Methods must provide return types if they aren't constructors. The "no return type" return type is void.

Use this signature: public void Grid(int width, int height)

[agile torrent]

so I write void before the method?

oh ok

[earnest epoch]

This looks like you're trying to make a constructor though. In that case, you would omit void and your method must have the exact same name of the class.

But it also wouldn't inherit from MonoBehaviour...

Is this supposed to be a constructor called as Grid grid = new Grid(myWidth, myHeight);?

[agile torrent]

I'm following a tutorial and I was following the steps this is what was in it but the thing is the guy doesn't explain anything in the code 😢

I've just done stuff on python and C this is first time working with OOP language so I'm still figuring stuff out sorry if it's a dumb question 😅

[earnest epoch]

Okay, so that's a generic C# class without any specific Unity implementation. Note they don't inherit from MonoBehaviour and the class name and method name are the same.

In Unity, you don't own the constructor for any MonoBehaviour, rather you factory those using GameObject.Instantiate<>(), but that's probably for another time. This is just a raw C# object. Know that you can't inherit from MonoBehaviour and that constructors must use the exact class name for the method. Correct those things and you should be back on track. @agile torrent

[agile torrent]

alright

I didn't notice the monobehavior tag next to my main class

[earnest epoch]

It's certainly not dumb. This is why I prefer that people learn C# before starting in Unity.

You wouldn't have known that new ClassDerivedFromMonoBehaviour(); is illegal.

[agile torrent]

so I can't make new classes if they're using monobehavior?

[earnest epoch]

You can, but you have to use Unity's provided factory, which is GameObject.Instatiate() and not new directly.

[leaden ice]

You did two things wrong:

• You didn't use the same name for the class and the constructor
• you derived from Monobehaviour for no reason

[agile torrent]

the monobehavior thing is done by default when I make a new script in unity

i dind't notice

[soft shard]

If you rename a script file after you created it, it will not automatically update the class name too, its possible to get mismatches that way

[quartz folio]

!vs

[tawny elk]

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[nimble kernel]

Does Unity shuriken particle system component not have a return event for when a burst is emit? I can't use VFXG because making example scene for unity store asset and don't want dependencies for the examples to work.

[earnest epoch]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem.html It doesn't appear to. You might have to wrap ParticleSystem.Emit in your own controller.

[nimble kernel]

Thanks for checking that. That sucks. Wasn't planning to have to spend time coding for an audio asset. Brr

[earnest epoch]

Goes to show why VFXG is the preferred solution...

[nimble kernel]

Indeed. However there's no real reason why that value couldn't have been exposed, and it should have been. I just can't use VFXG because it will require a user to DL that package before being able to see the example assets which I don't want

[earnest epoch]

I forget now, but if GPU instancing is a critical component of Shuriken, then it might be impossible to know when a burst was emit if it is owned by the GPU, but I am spitballing here.

[vestal crest]

hi, here i what i do when enter play mode i want to start from loading scene. for now it works perfect but i have an issue, when i use it like this if path is not wrong, always starts from loading scene

is there a way to make it depend on my choose? like menuitem or smth like this?

i still want it to work when press play button

[earnest epoch]

It seems like you're forcing the game to play from a certain scene when you hit play, just to be clear.

[vestal crest]

yes

[earnest epoch]

It would be nice to see the whole file such as if there is a larger class that EnterPlayMoveSceneChange belongs to.

[vestal crest]

thats the whole class

i want to start from loading scene when im in actually gamescene because i have things in loading scene dontdestroyonload

[earnest epoch]

How are you invoking this? There would have to be something that extends from MonoBehaviour referencing this class.

[vestal crest]

no

Initializeonload attiribute do that

everytime unity loads it works

[earnest epoch]

Ahh, right.

So, is your ultimate concern that you want to make sure certain resources are loaded no matter where which scene you are starting from in editor? @vestal crest

[vestal crest]

yes

[earnest epoch]

Or, do you want to be able to select the scene to load in the inspector?

[vestal crest]

but i want to be able to change it in editor too

i want to load const scene which is loading scene

but i want to be able to change it in editor if i would like to start from that scene or not

without editing script

like pressing some menu item or smth

[earnest epoch]

Right, so setting up the editor is the easy part. Where you have string loadingScenePath you can replace that with Scene loadingScene and in the inspector, drag the .scene file to the property in the inspector.

It becomes an object that can receive a reference to something in your project window.

[vestal crest]

actually thats not my problem

[earnest epoch]

Okay, did you want to select a scene from a dropdown menu?

[vestal crest]

i dont need to reference it

i want to start from loading scene for sure so path is constant thats okay

my problem is do i want to start from loading scene or not?

[earnest epoch]

Okay, so load from loading scene, then go back to wherever the editor was when you hit play?

[vestal crest]

i want to click a button to make a bool true which starts from loading scene

then i want to click another button to make a bool false which wont start from loading scene

ive tried this but i couldnt make it work

[earnest epoch]

Okay, that might be simple if I understand it correctly.

Please forgive me if I don't get this right.

[vestal crest]

no worries dude i appreciate your help thanks a lot

[earnest epoch]

So, create a public bool startFromLoadingScene or something like it on the MonoBehaviour that you want to have control this.

[vestal crest]

is there a no way doing this without monobehaviour

[earnest epoch]

You possibly could, but I'm not familiar with whether your script has a place in the script execution order.

You should be able to do whatever I mention on that class if it doesn't matter.

[vestal crest]

i think having a static constructor works before everything

i tried with dontdestroyonload on awake scene didnt even start

this script actually works before everything

[earnest epoch]

I'm actually not practiced in using [InitializeOnLoad]

[vestal crest]

A static constructor is always guaranteed to be called before any static function or instance of the class is used, but the InitializeOnLoad attribute ensures that it is called as the editor launches.

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

[earnest epoch]

That's fascinating; I haven't been in the habit of using that.

Anyway... EditorSceneManager.playModeStartScene. I think if you just don't set that, the editor should start playMode in the currently loaded scene. So, could you use a bool to prevent that line from being called?

[vestal crest]

i tried but how can i change that bool

[earnest epoch]

If you want this tied to the editor, you could create an EditorWindow that contains the button, like a custom toolbar in Unity.

If you want that button to not be tied to a MonoBehaviour but just live inside of Unity as an extension for your game, take a look at something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=491TSNwXTIg @vestal crest Please let me know if I'm missing the mark on what you want to achieve.

But the idea here is that the result of that window would produce a static bool that your [InitializeOnLoad] script would reference statically when playMode is run.

This is designing a custom window where you can create a button like a toolbar in the Unity Editor to be able to dictate state before you hit the play button.

[vestal crest]

i will try as soon as im available, currently i am working so it will take some time but i will make sure to tag you here when im done with it @earnest epoch

thanks a lot for your help

[earnest epoch]

Thanks, I appreciate it! For inspiration, here is a way that I have handled making sure that scenes are loaded before my currently opened scene. https://pastebin.com/PadukXJi It's not elegant, but it does what I expect it to do.

[dusky cosmos]

I don't know if you know this video. Here the path is calculated only once. My game gives the player's position to the enemy every second and there is a delay because the number of enemies is high. How Can I Solve This? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Otw12OUvE

[oblique spoke]

Increasing https://docs.unity3d.com/2023.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/AI.NavMesh-pathfindingIterationsPerFrame.html might help

[open knot]

How can I make my controller have acceleration when using GetInputRaw

[deep fable]

How do I stop recording? I pressed F10 (to do a screenshot with a custom program) and unity started recording, but I can't find the button to stop it

Unity docs say the recorder window should be there, but I can't see it

[livid topaz]

hey peeps, so ive been building a modular movement system and its now at the point where i can drop a movement style onto the player alongside the controller, is there at all a cleaner way i can do this, like for instance the controller having a dropdown that selects which style class i want to use

[odd moss]

anyone knows good CSG with boolean scripting api? probuilder 5.0.6 keeps pooping stack overflow when i try to cut holes for windows in wall via script (unity 2022.1.0b6)

[livid topaz]

scratch that, i just figured that i could have a chain reaction of requirecomponent working from the style backwards to the controller and input manager

guess its time now to add quake 1 and quake 3 movement

[swift falcon]

Someone knows umoderler for Unity?
Just wonder when you make a simple model and you enable convex on the meshcolider, why the mesh collision is not correct?

[sharp juniper]

I have a flower that you can shake and I want to add something if you shake all the flowers how can I make a way to check if all flowers have been shaken

So far thinking of changing their name and make a playerprefs with their names

[stable rivet]

whenever a flower is shaken, add to a count somewhere. all flowers have been shaken when that == your total number of flowers

if you want that to persist between sessions, you’ll have to include it in your save

[sharp juniper]

but how can I do it that you don't shake just one flower

solved

[marble panther]

Does anyone know anything about generating a 2d dungeon? My plan is, ideally, to instantiate a bunch of prefabricated rooms and then make bridges between them on valid points

[vestal geode]

Sure there are countless different ways to do that and resources too
https://youtu.be/t1O0_yHe-6Y wave function collapse comes to mind as one

[solid herald]

I have this line of code: Instantiate(building1, new Vector2(buildingPos, hBuilding1), Quaternion.identity); that generates an object (building1) in some coords that are indicated with variables (builPos for x and hBuilding1 for y), but I want it to be a child of another object, how do i do it?

[lucid valley]

i think the next parameter sets the parent

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

public static Object Instantiate(Object original, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Transform parent);

so just add it after the Quaternion.identity

[solid herald]

in "parent" i have to put the name of the parent

or i have to put it on "Transform"

[lucid valley]

the transform of the parent

[stable rivet]

PlayerPrefs is not designed to store progress data. It’s there to store, well, a player’s preferences. I would avoid relying on this to store every bit of persistent data you have in your game.

[sharp juniper]

Will use it for stuff like sounds etc. Cause later on I'm going to explore other saving methods when going to fix mu new game button so it deletes the save but leaves your settings alone

[stable rivet]

whatever floats your boat 🛥

[floral vale]

How do I make it so a character which is just an image cause Unity2d moves to images and when the player spots them they stop

Im making a fnaf fangame on 2D so thats the reason

And I'm new to C#

Like it moves to different images

Ye

[solemn latch]

anyone know why i get JsonSerializationException: Self referencing loop detected for property 'normalized' with Type ' UnityEngine.Vector3.... ?