archived-code-general

[leaden ice]

The entire file needs to follow that rule

^ especially around here

[eager fulcrum]

@leaden ice

cuz I just did this

public List<BattleGridObstacleData> GetRandomObstaclesToSpawn(int seed)
        {
            Random.InitState(seed);
            var obstacles = new List<BattleGridObstacleData>();
            var numberToSpawn = Random.Range(minObstaclesToSpawn, maxObstaclesToSpawn + 1);

            for (var i = 0; i < numberToSpawn; i++)
            {
                var obstacle = obstacleList.OrderBy(x => Guid.NewGuid()).FirstOrDefault(x => x != null);
                obstacles.Add(obstacle);
            }

            return obstacles;
        }

and it didnt work

[humble thistle]

Anyone got any tips about stopping players from sticking to walls that isn't just setting the physics material to no friction?
I'm thinking of two ideas either use the on collision enter function of the collider and get the ctx and figure out the direction from their to stop momentum in the right direction. (Not 100% sure if I can do that with it but I'm like pretty certain)
Or using ray casts

[signal bane]

I'm trying to write a image then immediately reference it to hook up to a material but don't seem to be able to reference the file

AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(lutPath, ImportAssetOptions.ForceUpdate); makes it appear in the project but still no luck using it in the script 😕

[swift falcon]

using UnityEngine.UI;
public class speed : MonoBehaviour
{
    float distanceofthething;
    Vector3 oldPosition;
    public Transform player;
    public Text SpeedText;
    void Update()
    {

        distanceofthething = Vector3.Distance(oldPosition, player.transform.position) * 100f;
        oldPosition = player.transform.position;
        SpeedText.text = ("Speed: " + distanceofthething.ToString("F2"));

    }
}```

This keeps resetting the text to 0.00 for some reason

[somber nacelle]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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

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

[swift falcon]

oh mb

[swift falcon]

its like its fighting between the actual speed and 0.00

[somber nacelle]

if it doesn't move every single frame (for example if it is only moved in FixedUpdate) then of course it will show 0 on the frames the object hasn't moved because the distance will be 0 and anything multiplied by 0 is still 0

[swift falcon]

ohhhh

but then how do I slow down the frame rate

so either the object has more frames or it updates the speed less frequently

[somber nacelle]

use a timer or coroutine to update it every few seconds or so

[proper pier]

this pretty much sums up my programming:

[swift falcon]

I cant find anything on timers and coroutines seem too complex

[somber nacelle]

a timer in update is incredibly simple. but also coroutines aren't really complex and would work just as well as a timer

[swift falcon]

man i wish it was just as simple as time.sleep(1) or even better sleep(1)

[somber nacelle]

it basically is if you use a coroutine

just throw an infinite loop in a coroutine, yield return new WaitForSeconds at the end of the loop and do all of the other stuff you were doing before the yield. then just start the coroutine in Start and voila you have a super simple delay

[swift falcon]

I cant really think of a way to incorporate it into the speed calculations tho

[dawn nebula]

I have 2 Vector2 unit vectors. I want to have one rotate towards the other along the X,Y axis at a certain rate. Any tips?

[somber nacelle]

#archived-code-general message

[swift falcon]

ill try this

but i really wish it was just as simple as sleep(1)

its my 2nd day doing c#

[somber nacelle]

well unity is single threaded, so if you Thread.Sleep in your update method the entire game will freeze

[swift falcon]

ahhhh

[somber nacelle]

which is why the coroutine exists and it's much simpler than you are thinking it is

[swift falcon]

ohh i sort of get this

so basically i would do void start coroutine and then do WaitForSeconds x and then run my calculations for speed

and then change the text

then wait again

and basically repeat it

to add a little delay

[proper pier]

could someone explain why my index in the for loop is starting from a random number and counting down? Here's a pic of the index count and heres my code: https://hastebin.com/share/dabaqayaku.csharp

I know it has something to do with the coroutine

maybe because it's in lateupdate

[proper pier]

nvm I fixed it

[dawn nebula]

I have a direction normal vector and want to convert it to euler angles. How do?

[hexed pecan]

Pretty much this:cs Quaternion.LookRotation(direction).eulerAngles;

[dawn nebula]

ah ok then

[timber kraken]

Hi, trying to make item system like league of legends.
Should I make a Global Item Script with functions like OnEquip, and have each item inherit from that?

Any advice/suggestions would be gr8 c:

[solemn raven]

Hey,
Im getting a weird error on the editor

[hexed pecan]

Using a custom editor? You would need this:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/CanEditMultipleObjects.html

[solemn raven]

that wasnt the reason , when It was a normal bug, but good thing that u have shared this link because I needed that too but never know that it even exists lol , thanks ❤️

[spark sandal]

Anyone know if there's a way to add like a "notes" section to a scriptable object / monobehavior that doesn't compile? I can add a multiline string but i don't want all that data making it into the build.

can a variable be editor only?

[sleek bough]

You'll have to create such a editor side manager yourself. Register objects there and restore remove records on registered objects. Or go with more elaborate custom inspector.

[undone remnant]

Hi a have a question about my script

[maiden breach]

Yeah, you can use preprocessor directives to only have a field in the editor.

[quartz folio]

#854851968446365696 how to ask a question

[solid heron]

then ask the question

[undone remnant]

so i have a script and it keeps giving me this error

(Assets\Scripts\Death.cs(21,31): error CS1503: Argument 1: cannot convert from 'UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene' to 'string')

but i cant find a fix

What should i edit in my code to fix it

[quartz folio]

Googling "unity reload scene" would give you the answer. This is a #💻┃code-beginner question for reference

[potent sleet]

i am not a code beginner i just have a qustion
Posts a beginner question...

[undone remnant]

i have but none of the solutions work

[quartz folio]

Well, what you've written is not a solution anyone would provide

[potent sleet]

LoadScene takes a scene name or index, API docs would show you this so You would need to put that in..

GetActiveScene returns a scene

[undone remnant]

also answers.unity website is down

[potent sleet]

which is neither of those

[quartz folio]

Luckily there is more than one website

[hexed pecan]

I think we all saw it coming 😅

[potent sleet]

Imagine something where the software developers could post how to use methods & classes
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.Scene-buildIndex.html

imagine such a crazy place exists?

examples and all?

wild

[wispy wolf]

Idk if this is a coding thing or more of a physics thing, but I'm already here so I'm asking. I'm used to using Kinematic bodies, but I want to try and actually use physics for this project.

I have a capsule, I apply a force to it to make it move on X+. But when this capsule gets to an upward ramp or any non-flat geometry it almost immediately stops. Even on a gentle slope.

How can I keep the linear velocity of this capsule somewhat consistent?

[cosmic rain]

Project the force on the plain that the capsule is standing on🤔

[wispy wolf]

Hmmmmm. Maybe raycast downward a little and use that hit normal to know the orientation of the plane?

That would probably work. As long as the angle isn't too drastic and my capsule rockets itself into space

[cosmic rain]

Yes, that's one of the ways to get the plane that you're standing on.

[timber kraken]

hmm... is it possible to have a list of a class, and be able to see it in the inspector?

i have a Shop gameobject, with ShopController script... script has [SerializeField] private List<Item> itemList = new List<Item>();
but i cant add Item script from Project to the itemList in inspector

[wispy wolf]

You can use an array if you don't need to change the length at runtime

And make sure Item is serializable

that's probably the problem

probs

[quartz folio]

If you just want to set serialized data in the inspector, your serialized class shouldn't inherit from MonoBehaviour and should have the [System.Serializable] attribute.
If you want to assign a script that is a monobehaviour from the project folder then it should be an instance on a prefab, and typically you would then be instancing that in your code

[timber kraken]

does the fact that my Item class is Abstract, mean anything?
I removed MonoBehavior from Item class and added that [System.Serializable], but now it just disappeared from inspector

[quartz folio]

Yes, you will not be able to serialize abstract types in the inspector without more work.
Typically people would use ScriptableObjects to contain their item data, and they support inheritance just fine

[timber kraken]

so yes, i went with ur first solution

but how could i make it a list of Item scripts, instead of it making new items

this is how i want it

..
Update: In the script, I added itemList.Add(new ITEM_1());
ig this could work?

[timber kraken]

still couldnt figure out how to get it how i wanted
but the itemList.Add(new ITEM_1()); technically works

[timber kraken]

i used this from here

scriptableobjects only allow storing data for like strings, ints...
items could do more than just increase player damage

with the [SerializeField] List<Item> items = new List<Item>();

[swift falcon]

is << faster than /2

just curios

[quartz folio]

Profile it

[fervent furnace]

Left shift by one is *2

[thick heron]

how do tilemap coordanites work. they take a vector int but idk if its based on the world postion or if it is based on its own coordanite system

[shell scarab]

this is in 3D space correct?

ah

and the problem is that it moves in the same direction no matter where you shoot it?

so if you remove the transform.rotation line, as it is right now, it works properly?

okay, well firstly I believe you should be using Vector3.right as it's in 2D space. Try that and let me know what happens?

wait

i was thinking of the wrong method

that should be Vector3.forward.

[hexed pecan]

All that rotation code in Update could be replaced with transform.up = rb.velocity;.
(Or transform.right depending on your setup)

[shell scarab]

try setting the arrow's transform.right to the velocity.normalized

[humble thistle]

Am I crazy
Why isn't this running when I hit a wall
https://hastebin.com/share/ijaqirutew.java

Ah shit there is two l's ty

I always mess that up

[humble thistle]

Hrmmm anyone got any ideas on what would be the best idea to stop momentum in the direction of a collision.
I got a could of ideas but my solution would just make it so movement would get stopped all the time and still have the issue of sticking to walls.

Script for reference: https://pastebin.com/epUZkfvJ
Blue debug rays show the direction of the collision: https://imgur.com/a/a1t8lmp

I want to be able to just change the physics material on the player but the problem with that is it makes the player slide if there is even a suggestion of a slope

Like pretty all talks about it online just talk about the physics material but like I said huge problem with you know. Sliding down slopes

[zenith yew]

Guys my button keep appearing under the worldmap assets, how can I fix it?

[humble thistle]

It's a lot to ask..
Hrmmm I'll rack my brain on this one

[rigid island]

look into rigidbody casting or capsulecasting

[humble thistle]

Hmmm that might be a better solution I'll give that a think

[cosmic ermine]

Going to ask this here, because #💻┃unity-talk is a hellscape. Always wondered, why does it take so much longer to create scripts than to change scripts? It takes like 30 seconds on my computer to make a change to numerous scripts, but it takes around 5 minutes to create a script.

[sleek bough]

30 seconds even seems a lot. If you upgraded your project through different versions might want to refresh Library. Creating new script also should not take a long time. But do ask in #hellscape next time.

[cosmic ermine]

my computer is old, from 2015, so 30 seconds is probably to be expected lol, and i have refreshed the library a few times as I've upgraded it through the versions due to numerous oddities, but ye weird that creating a script takes so long lol, fascinating, and thanks I will try the hellscape next time!

[sleek bough]

Using more dynamic approach might speed up things as well. Using addressables to reduce compilation size.

[cosmic ermine]

ooh i haven't heard of adressables before, I'll look into them thanks lol

[sleek bough]

They are not directly referenced so the project is not compiling them each time.

[lethal plank]

guys how do i access to these scripts?

when toggle is on

[sleek bough]

Like everything else. You reference them.

[lethal plank]

it will be terminated after i close list tho

[sleek bough]

Then reference and initialize when you creating them

[grave raptor]

which way is better?

timer -= Time.deltaTime;

or

if (timer > 0)
  timer -= Time.deltaTime;

not sure if a condition is faster than arithmetic, I would imagine it is though, maybe

[maiden fractal]

Why does it matter?

[west lotus]

It doesnt really matter on modern hardware @grave raptor

[ruby fulcrum]

anyone here good with quaternions?

[lethal plank]

this created them not me xd

[grave raptor]

was just making sure I dont have an unnecessary issue basically

[grave raptor]

thank you

[maiden fractal]

Be careful, that subtraction will obviously drop your fps very badly joke

[sleek bough]

Whatever instantiates them, can save reference. If you instantiating prefab with children, have a script on the prefab root that references children, then you only have to ask it for reference

[lethal plank]

should i edit something from source code eh?

[maiden fractal]

I dont think many of us understands quaternions really (I dont) but if you just post the question here, someone will most likely be able to help. Not many are confident enough with quaternions to say they are ”good” but with the methods unity provides, its relatively easy to solve most rotation problems without really understanding them

[ruby fulcrum]

so basically i have a grenade tool and im trying to make a function where if you hold it down it progressively rotates up so you can control the direction it throws in, and theres a limit to how far up it can rotate, the grenade follows the rotation of the camera so that the player is 'holding' the grenade except for when the grenade is thrown.

problem is im having difficulties calculating the rotation of the grenade since its being affected by the camera rotation and localrotation doesnt seem to work. for some reason the grenade rotates downwards instead of upwards and its being really buggy and inconsistent

code:

rotate upwards function triggered by Update(), value of maxXAimDir is -30

private void continueAiming()
    {
        if (isAiming)
        {
            Debug.Log(transform.localEulerAngles.x);
            if (transform.localEulerAngles.x < maxXAimDir)
            {
                float xRotation = (xDirIncrement) * Time.deltaTime;
                transform.Rotate(xRotation, 0, 0);
            }
            
            generateLineTrajectory();
        }
    }

set to camera rotation function

private void LateUpdate()
    {
        if (!isThrowing)
        {
            //player is either not aiming or aiming the grenade, and has not been thrown
            transform.position = toolPos.transform.position;

            if (!isAiming)
            {
                //player is not aiming the grenade, has not been thrown
                transform.rotation = camera.transform.rotation;
            }
            else
            {

                //player is aiming the grenade
                //every axis except x is manipulated to camera axis
                transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(transform.eulerAngles.x
                    , camera.transform.eulerAngles.y
                    , camera.transform.eulerAngles.z);
            }
        }
    }

^ use gravity is turned off when aiming, turned on only when thrown

if you need video showcase i can record

[swift falcon]

Does most code still run even if theres errors before it?

//Error

//Error

//Working code

[lucid valley]

nope

unless you use a try catch

[swift falcon]

goddamn

that sucks

[lucid valley]

errors throw which causes the code to stop executing and only continue at a try catch

[swift falcon]

Yeah i see thanks

[swift falcon]

Will it still loop around though, like if its in update

Update:

//Working

//Error

[lucid valley]

not sure what you mean

the best solution is to just prevent the error

[swift falcon]

Yeah no worries, I got tied up in something

I solved it

[plain yacht]

@swift falcon In general you want to avoid running code after an unexpected error, because you will be running your application in an unknown state after that point.

So, small headache to avoid big headaches.

[velvet quartz]

should i put camera movement on LateUpdate or Update ?

[deep fable]

what's the type of a 3d model file? (I am trying to do: var myModel = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<???>(assetPath);)

Like this, I need access to the whole thing, not only the model

[quartz folio]

GameObject

[wise arch]

I am using the new input system and I have a pick up and drop event. Both are on the same button currently because it feels intuitive however I want the option to later split it in seperate buttons.

Because they are bound to the same button, if I press it, it will pick up and immediately drop whatever I picked up. Which is kinda logical. What is the best way to solve this?
Please ping or reply me so I get a notification

[plucky inlet]

you can just use the same function with a local bool to check if its picked up or not

[elder temple]

How do I get y rotation value of an object from inspector in code?

[wise arch]

Can you elaborate? In my case I have a reference to whatever I picked up if I pick up something, but I use that same check to see if I can drop whatever I have picked up

[plucky inlet]

y rotation is eulerAngles and local, so you just use transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.y?

[plucky inlet]

do you register the event codewise or do you use the PlayerInput Premade Component to assign events?

[wise arch]

I use the "new" input system

a package from unity I installed

[plucky inlet]

Thats not what I asked.

How do you assign the code that is being executed to those input actions?

[wise arch]

does this answer your question?

I have a corresponding function in my script

[plucky inlet]

Why not just make two functions for it?

Or is that what you got right now?

[wise arch]

Yeah. Hold on, let me show it:

 public void OnPickUp()
    {
        if (PickUp && _weapon == null)
        {
            _weapon =  PickUp.PickUpWeapon();
            PickUp = null;
        }
    }
    public  void OnDrop()
    {
        if (_weapon)
        {
            GameObject spawnedPickUp = Instantiate(PickUp.GenericPickUpPrefab, _pawnMovement.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
            _pickUp = spawnedPickUp.GetComponent<PickUp>();
            _pickUp.WeaponPrefab = _weapon;
            _weapon = null;
        }
    }

[elder temple]

Not working, getting an error

[plucky inlet]

Ah got it. So you gotta keep track of if you have picked up something.

[plucky inlet]

not too much detail, somone might help... 😄

[wise arch]

I do, _weapon is basically how I track it
It still doesn't work since I instantly drop it since I need to know if I can drop something in OnDrop

[plucky inlet]

You might have to delay your function for example. So I get your issue, but I would suggest you use code to add and remove the action of the input key

[wise arch]

How would that look like?

[plucky inlet]

google for performed on new input system. That way you can assign and remove your functions like with a usual delegate or event. You might get rid of playerinput comp, but if its just standard events, you can also just do this codewise

[wise arch]

Will this also work with my setup? I currently have player manager, spawning player controllers whenever a new player is detected and delegating it to the player pawn. A bit like how unreal works. Won't adding and removing functions complicate things?

[plucky inlet]

Basically playerinput is doing the same. But yeah, if you worked around the whole thing, you might just use the playerinput component and maybey ou can use that .performed state too. never worked with playerinput myself, always did it manually

[wise arch]

Okay, I'll look into it. Thanks for the effort

[weak flame]

can I add a script to a scriptable object? for example - I want to create a few different kinds of enemies so I create a scriptable object with there AI, health and damage, but I want one of them to have a special ability. could this be done?

[plucky inlet]

You could have a list of abilities and your ability could be another scriptableobject. Then you could add those to the inpsector list of your AI scriptableobject

[weak flame]

so you saying just have another scriptable object and code all the abilities I want there, can have a few options?

[plucky inlet]

I do not know your abilities? How do they differ? Just with values, or complex code? That depends on how you set your system up.

[weak flame]

I want different abilities

not just the same one with different values

[plucky inlet]

Then you might have to do some other kind of list, enums, classes or whatever fits your needs

[weak flame]

ok so making another script for the specific needs of the enemy works?

[plucky inlet]

Cant answer that in general as "specific needs" can be ANYTHING

[weak flame]

ok thanks I was wondering about that for a bit😑

[plucky inlet]

try to prototype it, refactor if it does not work

[weak flame]

It was a general question

but it really helped

can methods be created inside a Scriptable objects or just variables?

[past linden]

Help pls, my script has to make it so that my slider changes the audio mixer volume for master audio, sfx audio, music audio an voice audio, but it doesn't work. Idk why pls help

[simple egret]

Mixer volumes aren't in 0-1 ranges, like your sliders probably are. Plus, their scale isn't linear, you'll have to apply the following function to convert a 0-1 range to whatever the mixer is using:
volume = log10(slider) * 20

Oh and once you apply that, modify the slider's min value so it's a bit greater than 0. Otherwise if it's 0 then log10() will return Infinity and it'll basically rupture your eardrums

[past linden]

the range is 0.0001 min and 1 as max. I added the part of the script that you told me to and it still doesn't work

[simple egret]

Then make sure the code is actually getting executed, log something in it

[past linden]

like this?

[simple egret]

Sure

[past linden]

doesn't do anything

[simple egret]

Then this function isn't getting executed. I assume this is hooked to your Slider's On Value Change event, can you verify that?

[past linden]

yep

[simple egret]

Okay, make sure that slider component is enabled, the check box aside its name should be checked

Ignore if there's no checkbox

[past linden]

it is enabled

[simple egret]

Okay, can you visually interact with the slider? Can you see its color change when you hover over it, and can make it move the knob?
Also, is there any other slider that's in front of it by mistake?

[past linden]

the slider's interactive, the color changes, the knob moves, there's no sliders in front of it

[simple egret]

I haven't asked, but you don't get any exceptions in the console, do you?
Other than that, I have one more debugging technique to post, then I'm out of ideas

[past linden]

the debug doesn't work too, the only exception in the console is abt the other objects that do nothing with the slider

[simple egret]

Exceptions stop scripts from running, you should fix those because even if they don't appear related, it might still prevent the event from being raised

[past linden]

i fixed it and it still doesn't work

[spice aspen]

when i dont have the line of disabling the collider
the animation plays
why is that?

[vague slate]

Is there a way to get value of whether Gizmos are enabled atm?

I have a separate drawing system for debug and I want to tie it to gizmos enabled state

[glacial snow]

Hey guys
I'm experimenting with some GUI map stuff
My script requires all the objects to be put together under a parent
When the text object is moused over, it causes the 'popup' object to be shown and move to the mouse position, and be hidden if its no longer being moused over.

In the video you can see the text of 'desolate crossroads' (its a bit hard to see because of the drawn map overlay) is displayed over the top of the forest path popup. How do i fix this? I dont think i can just change the position in layer either since that would just shift the problem elsewhere.

[spice aspen]

    void OnDrawGizmosSelected()
    {
        Gizmos.color = Color.red;
        Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(atk_pos_left.position,atk_range);```
this ?

[vague slate]

no

I need some static field

which represents whether gizmos are enabled

I am not drawing from within monob

[simple egret]

From a quick research it doesn't look like you can

I'd have a MonoBehaviour which has OnDrawGizmos, and raise an event in it your custom drawing thing catches

[vague slate]

            if (!UnityEditor.EditorWindow.GetWindow<UnityEditor.SceneView>().drawGizmos)
            {
                return;
            }

turns out you can

😅

[simple egret]

Ah yeah, editor code of course

Just make sure not not include that in a build

[vague slate]

it's not like it will even build with editor code 😅

allthough

Smth wrong with this code

it makes editor broken

somehow

[unreal temple]

You could always do something like:

class NastyGizmoThing : MonoBehaviour {
  public static bool AreGizmosEnabled => _enabledFrame == Time.frameCount;
  int _enabledFrame = -1;
  void OnDrawGizmos() {
    _enabledFrame = Time.frameCount;
  }
}

The correct check might be _enabledFrame == Time.frameCount - 1

Either way I hate it.

[agile nimbus]

You could check something like

#if UNITY_EDITOR
if (SceneView.currentDrawingSceneView.drawGizmos) {

}
#endif

or

#if UNITY_EDITOR
bool isDrawingGizmos = false;
foreach (SceneView s in SceneView.sceneViews) {
    if (s.drawGizmos) {
        isDrawingGizmos = true;
        break;
    }
}
#endif

Right?
I haven't tested or used this before, but am speculating this might help

[unreal temple]

that's a lot nicer than my suggestion

[agile nimbus]

No worries! I just happened to remember they have some helpful static getters in SceneView to see the current drawing SceneView, or loop through all the open SceneViews 🙂

[unreal temple]

Although I'd probably just have an object in the scene with OnDrawGizmos() => myDebugSystem.DrawGizmos()

[torn ore]

Hey there 🙂 Not sure if the correct channel, but I guess most programmers are here. How can I activate auto complete in my visual studio 2022 community editor like in this tutorial? My IDE version doesn't have the suggestion as seen on the screenshot

[unreal temple]

!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.

[unreal temple]

@vague slate in fact, I think you'd need to run the code in the OnDrawGizmos callback for it to work anyway

Gizmo calls don't work otherwise

[vague slate]

not that simple

my system relies on loop

it's ECS system

with codegen related to it

but

it's fine

I already found code that does the trick

[unreal temple]

okay, if it works.

[vague slate]

            if (!UnityEditor.EditorWindow.GetWindow<UnityEditor.SceneView>().drawGizmos)
            {
                return;
            }

[unreal temple]

Does it work though? Because if that's in an ECS system that's running in Update it won't draw gizmos anyway.

[vague slate]

I don't draw gizmos

[unreal temple]

Oh.

[vague slate]

yeah, it's Debug.DrawLine for now 😅

[unreal temple]

Did you at least see this? #archived-code-general message

Just a terser version of your code

Well, less GetWindowsey

[vague slate]

I do it once in OnCreate anyway

not an issue

but I see the idea

I just don't want to rely on MonoB

[unreal temple]

there's no other gizmos callback (AFAIK) so you kind of have to

Just like Update

etc

[hazy kayak]

hey guys, I'm having a slight problem with scene management. Loading a scene asynchronously unloads a different scene instead of the scene specified, which is even weirder.

currently my setup is as follows ```yaml

Name: Build Index

BootLoader: 0
MainMenu: 1
Game: 2

bootloader is the "loading screen" scene, which implements all scene management logic and other core stuff
currently the bootloader (0) and main menu (1) are loaded. when using `SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync(2, LoadSceneMode.Additive);`, for some reason, the bootloader (0) gets **un**loaded, game (2) gets loaded for like a frame, before disappearing, leaving me with only the main menu left, when I wanted to load the game scene.

[unreal temple]

If you're loading additive then nothing should be unloaded.

[hazy kayak]

well thats the problem

it works at launch

not when selecting play in main menu

[unreal temple]

Are you ever calling LoadScene or UnloadScene elsewhere?

[hazy kayak]

no

thats the thing

[unreal temple]

100% sure, did you search your entire codebase?

[hazy kayak]

gonna do it again

if I find a pesky LoadScene call in a random monobehaviour I forgot about I'll cry

[unreal temple]

AFAIK a scene can only by unloaded by LoadScene, non-additive LoadSceneAsync (will unload all scenes) or UnloadSceneAsync

[unreal temple]

you're not searching manually are you?

it should take about 10ms to find all instances of "SceneManager" in your project

[hazy kayak]

I have

[unreal temple]

did you find the issue?

[hazy kayak]

nope

cmon unity

[unreal temple]

Well, I've never had this issue and I've made plenty of multi-scene projects that do stuff like this

[hazy kayak]

every other instance of SceneManager.(Un)loadScene have been commented out when debugging

[unreal temple]

are all the files saved?

[hazy kayak]

ofc

im not that dumb

[unreal temple]

Well, it's extremely unlikely to be a unity error

Even smart people make that mistake

[hazy kayak]

true but I have saved my files

and it isnt working

when clicking play

both bootloader and game just disappears

[unreal temple]

Make an empty scene

And load that instead of Game

Also try logging in the callback of this:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager-sceneLoaded.html

Maybe you can get a stack trace

At least work out what's happening

[hazy kayak]

didnt work

[unreal temple]

void Start() {
  SceneManager.sceneLoaded += (scene, mode) => Debug.Log($"Loaded {scene.name} {mode}");
}

[agile nimbus]

If you can, go back to your Visual Studio Installer (or re-download/re-run it) and update your VS to contain at least the following:

• .NET desktop development (C#)
• Game development with Unity

If they're already checked, then you should be good there.

After restarting your computer, then re-open your Unity project, go under Window → Package Manager and make sure you have the latest Visual Studio Editor package installed for your project.
Then, go under Edit → Preferences → External Tools and make sure your "External Script Editor" is set to your VS installation. Mine looks like this:

[unreal temple]

There's a detailed guide linked in the bot message from !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.

[torn ore]

Thanks, the bot actually already helped me haha. There was a package missing, I guess the .net stuff

[agile nimbus]

Oh wow

Convenient

Nice, now I can just send a URL to people who ask 😂

[unreal temple]

Yes, people ask many times each day (or more often ask how to fix errors caused by typos and reveal they don't have it set up)

[torn ore]

I can imagine. Well, one less to deal with today. Time to code!

[hazy kayak]

okay, got a stacktrace

Loaded MainMenu Additive
# Clicked Play
Loaded Empty Additive
Loaded MainMenu Single

no idea why the mainmenu single is called

[unreal temple]

Is there a stacktrace on Loaded MainMenu Single?

I'm guessing not because it's going through unity engine

[hazy kayak]

nah it just points to the sceneLoaded callback

[unreal temple]

Damn

Well, I feel like somewhere some code is calling LoadScene*

If not in your codebase, perhaps in a package? Feels unlikely.

But that's definitely not normal

[hazy kayak]

no way

found it

it was my code but vs didnt search there

cause it was a different solution

for my networking stuff

im so dumb

[unreal temple]

nice

😢

it's VS that's dumb, not you.

A good worker always blames their tools.

Or something

[hazy kayak]

haha 🥲

well I saved the files atleast

[dusk geode]

hey im having a problem :
im using a relatively simple setup to make a cube hover above the ground -- it has 5 anchors and each anchor casts a ray downwards to find a surface. if a surface is found it tries to approach that surface using a spring force. This is adjusted based on the surface normal too, so if the slope is well a proper slope the sticky force would be relative to the surface. however sometimes that causes my object to get stuck. I suspect this is because of raycast origins but i am not 100% sure
Here is a gif of what is happening

actually it might work today ? lol

nope no luck

Vector3 ForceSticky(float stickyHeight, Vector3 stickyRayOrigin, Vector3 stickyRayDirection)
    {
        //determine if sticky force should be applied
        RaycastHit stickyHit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(stickyRayOrigin, stickyRayDirection, out stickyHit, stickyRayDistance, ~stickyLayerIgnore))
        {
            Vector3 agentVel    = rb.velocity;
            Vector3 stickyVel   = stickyHit.rigidbody?.velocity ?? Vector3.zero;
            Vector3 stickyDirection = -stickyHit.normal;

            float agentBodyRelMag   = Vector3.Dot(stickyDirection, agentVel);
            float stickyBodyRelMag  = Vector3.Dot(stickyDirection, stickyVel);
            float relativeBodyMag   = agentBodyRelMag - stickyBodyRelMag;

            float springMag = ((stickyHit.distance - stickyHeight) * stickySpringStrength) - (1 * stickySpringDampener);
            if (stickyDrawDebug)
            {
                UnityEngine.Debug.DrawLine(stickyRayOrigin, stickyRayOrigin + (stickyRayDirection * stickyHit.distance), Color.red);
                UnityEngine.Debug.DrawLine(stickyRayOrigin, stickyRayOrigin + (stickyRayDirection * springMag), Color.yellow);
            }

            return stickyDirection * springMag;
        }
        return Vector3.zero;
    }

I am also applying gravity relative to the surface which might be a problem too

Vector3 ForceGravity(Vector3 gravityRayOrigin, Vector3 gravityRayDirection, GameObject anchor)
    {
        Vector3 anchorForward;
        float effectiveGravity;

        RaycastHit gravityHit;
        Vector3 slope = Vector3.down;
        Vector3 gravityForce = slope * gravityStrength;

        if (Physics.Raycast(gravityRayOrigin, gravityRayDirection, out gravityHit, gravityRayDistance, ~gravityLayerIgnore))
        {
            slope = Vector3.Cross(
                gravityHit.normal,
                Vector3.Cross(gravityHit.normal, Vector3.up)
            );
            anchorForward = Vector3.Dot(slope, anchor.transform.forward) >= 0 ? anchor.transform.forward : -anchor.transform.forward;

            effectiveGravity = gravityStrength * Mathf.Abs(
                Vector3.Dot(slope, anchorForward)
            );
            gravityForce = Vector3.Slerp(anchorForward, slope, Vector3.Dot(slope, anchorForward)) * effectiveGravity;
        }
        if (gravityDrawDebug)
        {
            UnityEngine.Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, transform.position + (slope * 100), Color.red);
            UnityEngine.Debug.DrawLine(gravityRayOrigin, gravityRayOrigin + (gravityRayDirection * gravityHit.distance), Color.green);
            UnityEngine.Debug.DrawLine(gravityRayOrigin, gravityRayOrigin + (gravityForce), Color.blue);
        }
        return gravityForce;
    }

At first I thought my spring force was simply not strong enough to push the anchor out of the surface in time but this happens when I approach the collider slowly too :

In fact this version is even more bizarre

Im a bit lost on this

I tried using a spherecast in the hopes that it was some weird precision issue but that did not fix it

Ok so the issue is that the raycast reaches the plane through the object

How do I not make it do that

The anchors do get pushed into the surface slightly but that should not be an issue as the ray does not originate from their y level

[river lynx]

can someone pls help me ? im making a pong game and i have a bouncy physics material and when the ball collides with a wall that also has the bouncy material. the balls velocity doesnt change. it still goes the same way

    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private float VelocityX = 1;
    private float VelocityY = 1;
    void Start()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(VelocityX, VelocityY);
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log(VelocityX);
        Debug.Log(VelocityY);
    }

     private void OnCollisionExit2D( Collision2D collision )
      {
       VelocityX = VelocityX * 1.2f;
       VelocityY = VelocityY * 1.2f;
       rb.velocity = new Vector2(VelocityX, VelocityY);

     }```

[main shuttle]

Not really sure what you are asking, it should at least make it 20% faster I would think.
But to me it seems you think velocity is some sort of speed, its a velocity vector where you want to go, and how long that vector is, that's your speed.
So you just multiply your velocity vector by 20% each time you are CollisionExiting, you are not changing the velocity vectors direction.

[river lynx]

i mean like when the ball goes from the middle of the screen to a wall i want it to bounce back

like in pong

[main shuttle]

Yeah, but currently you are constantly setting your velocity to go top right.

[river lynx]

the camera edges are the walls they have colidees

oh then how can i make it change to the new velocity?

[main shuttle]

You always do that when you collide with something.

[river lynx]

ohh

or is using velocities a wrong approach

[main shuttle]

I don't understand why you would want it to be honest, you already have bouncy materials, so when you collide with the top, I would assume you bounce back.

You could make it so the velocity is always a constant speed, but if you give the materials no friction, it should also do that normally.

[river lynx]

then i should delete that code and only add a force? at the start

[main shuttle]

That should work I think

[river lynx]

ok it works but still soemthing seems off. when i play it always goes the oposite way so it doesnt bounce off the walls so theres no need to move the paddles

[main shuttle]

It doesn't bounce? But you have bouncy materials you said?

[river lynx]

oh bad wording it does bounce but it just goes to the opposite direction

thats how mounce works irl but in pong it makes the game usseles

[main shuttle]

Can you show a gif/vid of what you mean? Because what your telling me is exactly what I would expect from a pong game.

If you go to top right and hit the wall, it should go bottom right.

You could do some math that changes the direction depending on where the ball hits the paddle, but that's a feature.

[river lynx]

the walls dont bounce it off for some reason

[main shuttle]

So it doesn't bounce 😛

Show how you setup the top wall then.

Also, you sure you deleted all the velocity code?

[river lynx]

 [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private float VelocityX = 100;
    private float VelocityY = 31;
    void Start()
    {
        
        rb.AddForce(new Vector2(VelocityX, VelocityY));
    }

[dusk geode]

Anyone ?

[main shuttle]

This seems fine, can you show the bouncy material?

[main shuttle]

Strange, this seems fine too, does the ball have the same bouncy material?

[river lynx]

every collider has that material

even the rigidbody

[main shuttle]

And that's the only script you have in the scene?

[river lynx]

    private float vertical;
    private float speed = 15f;

    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;

    void Update()
    {
        vertical = 0;

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
        {
            vertical = 1;
        }


        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow))
        {
            vertical = -1;
        }

    }

   private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(0f, vertical * speed);
    }``` this to make the paddle move

[main shuttle]

What if you duplicate the paddle, and add that at the top

Something weird is going on in your scene, I'm not sure what.

[trim sand]

Hey,
I try to create a multiplayer game with a matchmaking system, but I don't know where to look. Because I search a system like APEX Legends or others where you click on a search button and the game create a server if anyone is available or connect the player to the server ( A server on demand system).
I see tools like Netcode for gameobjects or RiptideNetworking but i don't know which one choose and if they are good for what i look for.
Can u help me ?
Thanks

[main shuttle]

#archived-unity-gaming-services has a whole suite for Lobbies, Matchmaking, Servers and more, all the things you would want from a multiplayer game. I would look through the documentation of it there.

[river lynx]

oh no it worked the whole time i guess the starting force was weird with almost no bounce. last thing how can i make it speed up on collison? with add force? if yes how do i get the vector2 to set it too

[trim sand]

Ok, thanks, but these solutions are not free from what I have seen. I personally have my own machine.

[main shuttle]

Your original code forced it to always go up and right.
What you need to do is flip the Y, and keep the X.

[dusk geode]

im not sure unity allows it but simply increasing the bounciness to above 1 should be the same

does not. shame

[river lynx]

yeah i did that i just need to increase speed on every collision. im thinking of adding a force after every collision i just dont know how to find the vector that tells me the way its going

[main shuttle]

They are free for normal amounts of indie games, and if you don't have a normal amount, you will have plenty of money to spend a bit on the infrastructure.
If you want to setup your whole own solution, I don't really have a suggestion. It's really hard, and insanely time consuming.

[main shuttle]

You could ask in #archived-networking, they would have more knowledge on topics like this.

[main shuttle]

The rigidbody.velocity is the vector of where it's going.

[trim sand]

Ok thanks u !

[river lynx]

rb.AddForce(rb.velocity*10);``` will this work?

[main shuttle]

Bit heavy handed, but OnExit it probably could 😅

[river lynx]

its on collision end

sorry for asking for help again but it doesnt work ```csharp
[SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;
private float VelocityX = 400;
private float VelocityY = 31;
void Start()
{

    rb.AddForce(new Vector2(VelocityX, VelocityY));
}

private void CollisionEnd()
{
    rb.AddForce(rb.velocity*100000);
}```

[main shuttle]

No idea what CollisionEnd is, I think you mean this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnCollisionExit2D.html

Just like you had in your first example

Also, with a speed like that, you will probably destroy your physics.

[river lynx]

yeah i know it didnt do anything so i tried to make it drastic

and yeah i accideanty typed end and not exit

[main shuttle]

It needs to be exactly the same, otherwise it wont get called. So OnCollisionExit2D. Don't forget the 2D part, most people do.

[river lynx]

yes thanks it works but why if the velocity is > 50 i think it goes past the collider

[dusk geode]

You need to change your collision detection mode to continuous

[main shuttle]

It's because of your RigidBody settings, by default it's a 'cheap' version of collision detection, with the problem that if an object is so fast it doesn't hit the wall in 1 of the Update frames, it just teleports through. You could set it to a more expensive version, so it doesn't do that.

[river lynx]

but if i build the game will it fix it

[main shuttle]

No

[river lynx]

okay laso there are 2 parameters. Collision collision which one do i set a game object ? so it runs only when it hits a paddle

[hexed pecan]

Thats one parameter. Collision is the type, collision is the name

Though it should be Collision2D for you

[spice aspen]

y isnt the animation playing?

[lost dove]

Hello. I created a level editor for my game, and I used the world space. I then realized that a very good feature I wanted would better come from the UI space. That said, I created a temporary concept UI editor to demonstrate what I'm trying to achieve.
The first state in this video is my working in game level editor. The second state is using the UI space for my level editor, and I have several questions regarding it.
First: How can I get the local position the mouse is clicking when clicking on a Rect Transform?
Second: How can I prevent the scroll view from moving while the mouse is placing blocks? (Both use left click).

[river lynx]

im trying to call that function when colliding with a specific game object

[hexed pecan]

The collision parameter lets you access the other gameobject

[river lynx]

{
[SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject Enemy;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject Player;
    private float VelocityX = 400;
    private float VelocityY = 31;
    void Start()
    {
        
        rb.AddForce(new Vector2(VelocityX, VelocityY));
    }

    private void OnCollisionExit2D( Collision2D Player )
    {
            rb.AddForce(rb.velocity * 20);
            Debug.Log("colision");
    }``` this is the code and it triggers on every collision not just gameobject player

[finite coral]

i have been working on a perlin noise map but when i tried to add meshes to the map the textures started bugging out any ideas why this may be happening??

[hexed pecan]

Just naming the parameter "Player" will not make it happen only when colliding the player.. its a Collision2D and you should use its properties to check if you collided with the player or not

[river lynx]

nono i added a gameobject called player and in unity i set the gameobject the the player gameobject so

[hexed pecan]

Yeah it doesnt work like that.

[river lynx]

oh then i should use player.getcomponet?

[hexed pecan]

Firstly, dont name it player. Its just a collision, you dont know if its the player or not

Use collision.collider or collision.gameObject

[river lynx]

as the second condition or in a if statement

[hexed pecan]

Not sure what you mean second condition but yes an if statement

You seem to be confusing parameters and conditions

[river lynx]

prob.

it works thanks

[hollow karma]

is there a way that's built into unity where I can lock the aspect ratio of my game?

otherwise the player can resize the windows and see things they weren't meant to see

[prime sinew]

Check the Player Settings

[swift delta]

I'm messing around with OnInspectorGUI() to try and display some serializefields, but I'm having a hard time using it with a class

I have a

[SerializeField] QuestItemGoal[] goals;

I'd like to add to a SerializedProperty, with QuestItemGoal being a class with a GameObject and a byte, but I keep getting errors trying to find the property "goals"

[leaden ice]

is QuestItemGoal serializable?

[swift delta]

as in the gameobject and byte?

if so, yes

[leaden ice]

no

as in

is QuestItemGoal serializable?

[swift delta]

// Objeto responsável por armazenar ítens a serem coletados ou monstros a serem mortos para uma quest
class QuestItemGoal
{
    [SerializeField] GameObject item;       // GameObject do item ou monstro requerido (mudar para SO no futuro?)
    [SerializeField] byte       quant;      // Quantidade do objeto requerida pela quest
}

[candid kiln]

why does this get rounded to 22?

[leaden ice]

you have not marked your class with [Serializable]

so it is not serializable

[swift delta]

right, got it

[leaden ice]

100 / 12 is 8 in integer math

[candid kiln]

there is "f" in the end of ints

[leaden ice]

not all of them

😉

[candid kiln]

but this

[leaden ice]

also you are doing another integer division at the end with / 100 potentially

[candid kiln]

lemme put f to them too

[swift delta]

hm, no dice. still getting Object reference not set (...)

[leaden ice]

also why not just do 100f / 12f one time and store it in a variable to reuse, instead of redoing the calculation 4+ times?

[leaden ice]

with what code

show your code

[swift delta]

on it, one sec

[leaden ice]

and show the full error message as well

[candid kiln]

right

[lucid valley]

also use a local var, no point doing the same calculation twice (+2 for the logs)

[candid kiln]

just put an "f" to the end of 100 but still same thing

[leaden ice]

Also... shouldn't you be using Debug.Log?

[candid kiln]

this is the server code

[leaden ice]

plus, what are the numbers involved and why do we expect something that is not 22?

I'm not really sure I understand what result we're expecting and why

[candid kiln]

it's kinda hard to explain but i'm doing a statics chart for my game and i need to find exact positions to put the points

[leaden ice]

(you are also casting to int explicitly)

which could explain the "rounding"

[swift delta]

    GUIContent qgoal_desc_item = new GUIContent("Item a ser coletado");

    void OnEnable()
    {
        //  (...)
        qgoal = serializedObject.FindProperty("goals");
    }

    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        serializedObject.Update();
        //  (...)
        EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(qgoal, qgoal_desc_item);
        //  (...)
        serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
    }

Error message:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
UnityEditor.EditorGUILayout.IsChildrenIncluded (UnityEditor.SerializedProperty prop) (at <71ee84cdf7fe40d890e92f20d978f6a2>:0)
UnityEditor.EditorGUILayout.PropertyField (UnityEditor.SerializedProperty property, UnityEngine.GUIContent label, UnityEngine.GUILayoutOption[] options) (at <71ee84cdf7fe40d890e92f20d978f6a2>:0)
QSO_Editor.OnInspectorGUI () (at Assets/Scripts/QuestSystem/QSO_Editor.cs:47)
UnityEditor.UIElements.InspectorElement+<>c__DisplayClass62_0.<CreateIMGUIInspectorFromEditor>b__0 () (at <42e3fce2e9f94782ada94f14d4b406f2>:0)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr, Boolean&)

[leaden ice]

what line is Assets/Scripts/QuestSystem/QSO_Editor.cs:47

[swift delta]

EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(qgoal, qgoal_desc_item);

fourth from the bottom up in the pasted code above

[leaden ice]

can you show the full script, not just a snippet. Using a paste site?

[candid kiln]

yes

[swift delta]

aight

[candid kiln]

and math.round fixed it

thanks

[swift delta]

https://pastecode.io/s/bej7duec

worth mentioning: I also tried

qgoal.GetArrayElementAtIndex(0)

with no luck

[leaden ice]

and QSO_Base looks like?

[swift delta]

https://pastecode.io/s/xfhnrw9n

apologies for the abundance of comments but I'm working with a pt-br crowd

[leaden ice]

You put [SerializeField] on your class instead of [Serializable]

[SerializeField]
class QuestItemGoal```

^not correct

[swift delta]

not getting any hits with [Serializable]

[leaden ice]

wdym by "hits"?

Are you forgetting using System;?

[swift delta]

right, that did it

I meant the namespace wasn't recognized, as you figured out

[leaden ice]

wasn't sure if you meant that or that the overall problem was still present

Is it?

[swift delta]

we'll see in a second

seems like that did it. neat

thanks for the help

[leaden ice]

I'm presuming you're planning to add more stuff to that right?

[swift delta]

possibly

[leaden ice]

What you have right now you can get without a custom inspector

that's just the default inspector

[swift delta]

all I want is to block off other data that won't be used in case quest type isn't relevant to what's being fed to it

[leaden ice]

If you're allowed to use third party libraries I'd recommend NaughtyAttributes

It can do stuff like this with little more than a simple attribute:
https://dbrizov.github.io/na-docs/_images/ShowIf_Inspector.gif

[swift delta]

I'm not sure if that's necessary. We won't be doing much more with the inspector besides some basics, and I just want to make sure there's as little fiddling on the back end as possible for the artists and quest designers

they understand what a scriptable object is and how to add it so I'll just stick so making quests via those and call it a day

although if we do need to make some more complex things I'll keep NA in mind, thanks

...on that note is there a less silly way to add padding in between the fields besides

EditorGUILayout.LabelField("");

[leaden ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.Space.html

Like this?

[swift delta]

groovy. that's perfect

[leaden ice]

BTW, this took me a really long time to realize, but EditorGUILayout is just a "convenience" wrapper around EditorGUI:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUI.html

In EditorGUI you have to specify everything with Rects explicitly, but you have a lot more fine-grained control over the placement and spacing of everything.

I'd definitely stick to the Layout version whenever possible but it's good to know what exists.

[swift delta]

very interesting. I'll keep it in mind if I want to make some more meaningful edits to the layout

[maiden junco]

guys

i have a oroblem

i have a pool with 2500+ colored balls

with around 32 triangles per ball

the thing is, how can i deal with performance?

i tried to optimize it the most

but its still laggy

[cyan rapids]

I have a [ Dictionary<T1, T2> dictionary ] that I want to make get/private set, in the sense that anything can read dictionary.Count and try to get/read values, but nothing outside of the class holding the dictionary can call .Add or .Remove or anything that modifies the dictionary.

Is there a keyword or something for this or is it something I write myself? I tried readonly and get; private set; but neither of those really had the effect I wanted

[real ivy]

how can i get the local foward of an object?

[real ivy]

like, the red or the green line

[cyan rapids]

it's just transform.forward no? I think that's local space by default. Also there's transform.right and transform.up for the other lines

[buoyant crane]

transform.forward

[buoyant crane]

would this work? https://stackoverflow.com/a/51072438

[cyan rapids]

Yes! Thank you :)

idk why i didn't think of that haha

[maiden junco]

How can i deal with performance guys

(btw i wanted to add to them some physics like rigidbody)

(like fnaf security breach daycare scene you know)

(idk if is possible with 2500+ objects)

[real ivy]

i'm getting the fixed vector even when the object is rotated

did i do something wrong?

[maiden junco]

Optimize 2500+ balls in a pool

[leaden ice]

red line is transform.right, green is transform.up

[real ivy]

i literally discovered this 5 seconds before you say

epic

[real ivy]

thank u btw

[real ivy]

and u

[solemn raven]

hi,
how to run a function on change gameobject name ?

OnValidate()?

[lucid valley]

i don't think theres a way do that

you'd have to make a util or monobehaviour to go through

[lucid valley]

only runs when a value is changed in the inspector or when the script first loads (and is editor only)

[kind grove]

Hello! I want to be able to set a global or static variable to a particular object (the current Campaign) from the editor. How can I do so?

[vocal cypress]

idk if this is the right place to ask this, but I have this code public void PlayerDied(DyingEventArgs ev) { if (ev.DamageHandler.GetType() != typeof(CustomReasonDamageHandler)) { switch (ev.Player.Role.Type) { case RoleTypeId.ClassD: ev.DamageHandler = new(ev.Player, new CustomReasonDamageHandler($"{Plugin.Instance.Config.ClassDdeathreason}")); break; that apparently dosent work but I dont understand why it wouldnt

[lucid valley]

pretty sure there's no direct way to do it

[vocal cypress]

all Dying Event is the method gets called when the player dies

[leaden ice]

• What are you expecting it to do?
• What does it do instead?
• What steps did you take to debug?

[kind grove]

What's the best way to set data that exists independent of objects within the scene? So I don't have to reproduce the same change in every scene.

[leaden ice]

You can use ScriptableObjects, or a DDOL MonoBehaviour

[kind grove]

Scriptable object sounds right. Once I create one can I access it statically?

[vocal cypress]

Im expecting it to override whatever the player is dying to in-game and set my custom death message with it (using a CustomReasonDamageHandler), it either dose nothing at all or the ev.DamageHandler dosent work. I've tried putting a Log at the start of the case to see if the case is being executed, which it is

[grave raptor]

is there a way to get a monobehaviour instance from a transform reference? I want to somehow be able to remotely start a coroutine without having to put "this" as the argument every time if possible

[kind grove]

My goals is to be able to define a "Campaign" object that contains a List<Scene> variable, then create multiple instances or prefabs with different scene combinations.

[kind grove]

Are you using breakpoints?

[leaden ice]

what does "doesn't work" mean?

You should be logging the value of ev.Player.Role.Type, making sure if (ev.DamageHandler.GetType() != typeof(CustomReasonDamageHandler)) passes, etc.

[vocal cypress]

It must not override the death message in game, but I cant find out exactly what part is going wrong

[vocal cypress]

Ill try that ye

[kind grove]

Sounds like Breakpoints will solve your problem if you have a 100% repro.

[leaden ice]

How are you expecting this "override" to happen?

what code does it

[vocal cypress]

thats just what Im assuming to happen from this line of code

[leaden ice]

Looks like you're trying to change your DyingEventArgs from an event handler? That's highly unusual and kind of error prone.

[vocal cypress]

I had to add the If statement so it wouldnt infinitely loop itself

[leaden ice]

?

SHow more code

this isn't enough context to understand

[leaden ice]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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

[wise hollow]

I called stop all coroutines but I get an out of range exception error and the line it refers to is a yield break. The error only gets logged once when a specific action is done so I want to know what will happen if I ignore this because I plan to forget about it.

[leaden ice]

Share the full scripts

[vocal cypress]

https://hatebin.com/dotnbylfuz

[leaden ice]

you need to fix all your errors or you'll probably get bitten in the ass and not understand why. The out of range will be on a line that involves an array or list access. It's bugged so it doesn't show the right line.

[leaden ice]

show the full script(s) not just a snippet

this isn't enough context

how does this get called?
How is DyingEventArgs defined?
etc

[vocal cypress]

https://hatebin.com/dwjnfesoqh

It gets called from another class, which that all works fine

[leaden ice]

^^

share the other code

it's important

even if you don't realize it

[kind grove]

One thing that might help is that instead of a switch, you should be using a Dictionary<RoleType, String>

[vocal cypress]

the class that calls it

https://hatebin.com/stsraiauqb

[kind grove]

@vocal cypress Set up a breakpoint on the function and it will tell you exactly what the problem is.

[leaden ice]

The definitioon of the event and the definition of DyingEventArgs?

[vocal cypress]

?

[vocal cypress]

kk

[leaden ice]

Asking to see that code

[kind grove]

There's three possibilities for your bug: The deathtype is not what you expect, you're returning the right string but consuming it wrong, or this function is never being called at all.

[leaden ice]

More possibilities:

• DyingEventArgs is a struct so changing it does nothing
• You're changing a different copy of DyingEventArgs than you expect

[vocal cypress]

The function is being called, its a API and the method is being called

[kind grove]

Oh yeah, lol. I thought it was returning a string.

[leaden ice]

hence why I'm asking to see the code...

[kind grove]

Changing the parameter struct will do nothing

[leaden ice]

Mutating the event argument for an event is a huge code smell IMO

[vocal cypress]

this?

[leaden ice]

Yes that was one of the things I was asking for

would love to also see Handlers.Player of course

[vocal cypress]

I sent you it

[leaden ice]

But this is the main thing that bothers me about the way tou have the code set up

You have no guarantee that it's not being changed multiple times by multiple event listeners

[kind grove]

Wheres that breakpoint??

[maiden junco]

i tried litterally everything

[leaden ice]

Why doesn't it have a definition for Dying?

Player.Dying += player.PlayerDied;

This is confusing me

I guess you have a separate class/script called Player that is not Handlers.Player??

[vocal cypress]

Player is the API player, and player. is my class

player.PlayerDied is my class and the method

[kind grove]

Thats a Really confusing naming scheme

[vocal cypress]

Player.Dying is the API dying event

so when the player dies it just calls my method

[wise hollow]

There is no such code. Just a coroutines that sets a fill amount.

[vocal cypress]

I added logs

[leaden ice]

You have an error. Clearly there's code.

[leaden ice]

Ok and ... does this not match your expectations?

[vocal cypress]

No as the CustomReasonDamageHandler dosent work

[leaden ice]

Where?

Where are you expecting something to work that it is not working?

that's where you should be adding logs

[kind grove]

Going forwards, i strongly recommend the following when naming variables:

1. Give instanced variables some kind of prefix to distinguish from the class name. Like "My" or "Local"
2. Events should have the prefix "On" to distinguish them. Functions that subscribe to the event should usually have a prefix like "React" or " Handle" to show they are functions and not events.

[kind grove]

Set up the breakpoint like i have been asking for 20 minutes.

Can you stand on the balls or do you just push them away?

Making them particles would help.

[wise hollow]

gpu instancing. culling. using the new burst and jobs could help

[leaden ice]

Use DOTS/ECS instead?

[wise hollow]

    {
        playerHud.HpFill.fillAmount = (playerBattlePhase?.stats != null) ? ((float)playerBattlePhase.stats.CurrHP / playerBattlePhase.stats.MaxHP) : 0;
        playerHud.MpFill.fillAmount = (playerBattlePhase?.stats != null) ? ((float)playerBattlePhase.stats.CurrMP / playerBattlePhase.stats.MaxMP) : 0;

        enemyHud.HpFill.fillAmount = (enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats != null) ? ((float)enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.CurrHP / enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.MaxHP) : 0;
        enemyHud.MpFill.fillAmount = (enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats != null) ? ((float)enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.CurrMP / enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.MaxMP) : 0;

        yield break;
    }```

[vagrant blade]

@maiden junco Don't crosspost please #archived-code-advanced.

[leaden ice]

any one of these array/list accesses can cause the out of range error:
enemyBattlePhaseList[0]

[wise hollow]

what would be a solution. adding a question mark before stats?

[leaden ice]

no

you can't even access stats

remember the error is that your array access is out of range

enemyBattlePhaseList[0]

this part is the issue

you need to make sure that's not out of range

if (enemyBattlePhaseList.Count > 0)```

or .Length if it's an array

btw

what's the point of this being a coroutine?

It seems to just be a normal method.

[wise hollow]

Just did it because.

It was a void before.

[leaden ice]

No it was a method with void as the return type.

but the way you have it written now it acts just like that.

[wise hollow]

    {
        playerHud.HpFill.fillAmount = (playerBattlePhase?.stats != null) ? ((float)playerBattlePhase.stats.CurrHP / playerBattlePhase.stats.MaxHP) : 0;
        playerHud.MpFill.fillAmount = (playerBattlePhase?.stats != null) ? ((float)playerBattlePhase.stats.CurrMP / playerBattlePhase.stats.MaxMP) : 0;

        enemyHud.HpFill.fillAmount = (enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats != null) ? ((float)enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.CurrHP / enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.MaxHP) : 0;
        enemyHud.MpFill.fillAmount = (enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats != null) ? ((float)enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.CurrMP / enemyBattlePhaseList[0].stats.MaxMP) : 0;
    }```

this was the original

Changed it for no particular reason besides liking how my code looked.

But that can be changed. What Im more curious about is the potential fixes I can implement for the error. I'm calling the clearing of the list after I call stopall

[leaden ice]

^

[wise hollow]

If greater than 0, for the list will solve it?

[lunar mauve]

Can someone help Im getting the error "Specified cast is not valid" in this monstrosity List<BaseCollectable> collectables = (List<BaseCollectable>)Resources.LoadAll("Collectables/", typeof(BaseCollectable)).ToList().Where(item => ((BaseCollectable)item).collected);

I made it at like 3 am Idek

[wise hollow]

Yes sir it did. Thnx

[hollow karma]

there isn't a target aspect ratio setting when i look

even though it seemed that there used to be one

my settings

[leaden ice]

List<BaseCollectable> collectables = Resources.LoadAll<BaseCollectable>("Collectables/").Where(item => item.collected).ToList();```

[hollow karma]

what it shows in the unity docs

i found this old forum post of one of the unity people saying that the setting was stupid and they are going to remove it

lemme find it give me one sec

[lunar mauve]

Thank you so much I'm new to using resources

[hollow karma]

here it is

https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-do-i-force-the-game-to-run-at-a-given-aspect-ratio.1258797/

so I don't know how to lock it if its not in the player settings anymore

i guess i can just design my levels to be good no matter how wide the screen is, no biggie

like floors that go really down low (maybe a floor as part of the skybox)

[native prawn]

Hello!
I am working on crouching in Unity 3D. But everytime I crouch, my groundcheck goes through the ground. Is there any way to fix this and maybe keep it on the bottom position of the character controller forever?

[rigid island]

don't shift the positioning but only shrink collider

[kind grove]

What's the code for your ground check?

[native prawn]

That's the thing that confuses me. Since I only shrink the collider, the camera works fine. But the groundcheck goes under the ground

So i tried to find another way to fix it

[kind grove]

Another question for the class: I followed people's advice and made a scriptable object to hold my campaign settings, but I still need to be able to make it accessible somewhere statically and I'm not sure how to make that happen. I have a variable of type "CampaignSettings" that I want accessible in every scene without editing each scene or any prefabs.

[rigid island]

how are you shrinking the collider?

[kind grove]

I can make a static variable no problem, but I don't know how to set its initial value.

[native prawn]

    [SerializeField] private Transform groundCheck;
    [SerializeField] private float groundDistance;
    [SerializeField] private LayerMask groundMask;
    [SerializeField] private bool isGrounded;

        isGrounded = Physics.CheckSphere(groundCheck.position, groundDistance, groundMask);

That's all i use for the groundcheck

[kind grove]

Can't tell what's going wrong without knowing what GroundCheck is.

[rigid island]

has nothing to do with the ground check

[kind grove]

So GroundCheck is another gameobject attached to the player character?

[native prawn]

I followed the tutorial of a video on youtube.
This is the code of the crouching part:

    private void CrouchInput()
    {
        if (ShouldCrouch)
        {
            StartCoroutine(CrouchStand());
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator CrouchStand()
    {
        //duringCrouchAnimation = true;

        float timeElapsed = 0;
        float targetHeight = isCrouching ? standingHeight : crouchHeight;
        float currentHeight = characterController.height;
        Vector3 targetCenter = isCrouching ? standingCenter : crouchingCenter;
        Vector3 currentCenter = characterController.center;

        while(timeElapsed < timeToCrouch)
        {
            characterController.height = Mathf.Lerp(currentHeight, targetHeight, timeElapsed / timeToCrouch);
            characterController.center = Vector3.Lerp(currentCenter, targetCenter, timeElapsed / timeToCrouch);
            timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return null;
        }

        characterController.height = targetHeight;
        characterController.center = targetCenter;

        isCrouching = !isCrouching;

        //duringCrouchAnimation = false;
    }

[native prawn]

Yes

[kind grove]

Is it at the center of the character or is it offset?

[rigid island]

it's most likely the offset of the center

[leaden ice]

Resources.Load is one option

[kind grove]

Most likely, you're shrinking the collider but the distance of the groundcheck object does not change to match

[native prawn]

The groundcheck you mean? That one is on the bottom of the character

[kind grove]

So identify the settings object in C# and load it through ResourcesLoad?

[rigid island]

groundcheck shouldn't change if it's at the feet.

[native prawn]

Thats the groundcheck

[kind grove]

There's your problem. If you shrink the capsule the capsule's edge will move but your groundcheck will not change to match.

[rigid island]

it's the center offset of the character collider

[leaden ice]

Not sure what you mean by identify, but yes load it through Resources.Load. preferably in a cached static property

[kind grove]

Instead of a transform, you should re-calculate where the bottom edge of the capsule is each frame.

[kind grove]

Would I have to put that call in some object in the game scene?

[native prawn]

Ooh I see, thanks a lot!

[leaden ice]

Not sure what you mean

[kind grove]

Collider.Bounds and Collider.Extents are your friends there

[leaden ice]

You would call the static property wherever you need the data

[native prawn]

Thanks!

[kind grove]

Like this? public static CampaignSettingsClass S_ClassSettings { get { return Resources.Load("Settings/DefaultCampaignSettings") ; } }

To compare to Unreal, Unreal Engine has an object called GameInstance (and its subsystems) that matches the lifetime of the program. I'd use that for this problem.

[leaden ice]

Sort of - as mentioned, I would cache it though

static CampaignSettingsClass _settings;
public static CampaignSettingsClass S_ClassSettings { get {
   if (_settings == null) {
     _settings = Resources.Load<CampaignSettingsClass>("Settings/DefaultCampaignSettings");
   }

   return _settings; 
}```

[kind grove]

Seems like that's the best I can do for now.

I'll have to rely on Load

[leaden ice]

You could also use RuntimeInitializeOnLoad to initialize the field too

[kind grove]

Ideally there would be some kind of Settings object I can edit that's guaranteed to be loaded.

RuntimeInitializeOnLoad? I haven't heard of that.

[leaden ice]

just a way to run code at the start of the game to do things like this

[kind grove]

Does that work on Scriptable Objects?

This looks like almost exactly what I need.

[leaden ice]

It doesn't "work on" anything

it just runs a static method.

you can do whatever you want in the method

[kind grove]

Only extra step would be if I had some way to set a reference to an object through the inspector instead of relying on string match.

[leaden ice]

You would be doing the exact same Resources.Load thing in the RIOL thing

[leaden ice]

A good option is to make a "bootstrap" scene which you load as the first scene of your game

[kind grove]

Doesn't help me when testing.

[leaden ice]

it can. There's editor scripts that will ensure such scenes are always loaded & run first

even when testing arbitrary scenes

or having fallback editor code

which does something like Resources.Load when the bootstrap scene hasn't run in the editor

[kind grove]

Seems like overkill. Is there a way to add new Project Settings? That would solve everything for me.

[leaden ice]

lots of options

[leaden ice]

yes you can add custom project settings. Not sure how that helps you though

[kind grove]

ProjectSettings -> Set Default Campaign Settings. Then on Load, check the default in project settings and set that as the static.

[leaden ice]

Sure but now you're back to the same problem

[kind grove]

Not at all.

[leaden ice]

because project settings are all implemented as ScriptableObjects

check the default in project settings
This part is the same step as we've been discussing all along, as you need to reference your custom project settings SO somehow

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SettingsProvider.html
For info on custom settings pages ^

[kind grove]

I assume that projectsettings will allow for the same capabilities as the Inspector.

Wait, are projectsettings accessible on packaged builds?

[leaden ice]

Yes. They are stored in ScriptableObjects

[leaden ice]

^ back to step 1

[kind grove]

Dango

Alright I'll get the intermediate step with Resources.Load and try again later.

[stuck owl]

So I have 3 Classes
1 - BattleUnit : MonoBehavior it contains a Unit
2 - Unit is a normal data class with System.Serializable. it contains multiple Skill
2 - Skill is also a normal data class with System.Serializable.
is it possible for me to edit all 3 of them on the inspector of BattleUnit?

[timber snow]

Im calling Physics2D.OverlapPoint() on the awake method of a monobehaviour and it's always returning null

[leaden ice]

Yes - this should work automatically, assuming all fields are serialized. Is it not working?

[kind grove]

It should be, if you make each one Public the inspector should nest them.

[plain drift]

Hey all, simple question:

    void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")
        {
            //log:
            Debug.Log("SpringCollision: OnCollisionEnter2D: collision.gameObject.tag == Player");
            playerController.isClockwiseRotation = !playerController.isClockwiseRotation;
        }
    }

I have this OnCollionEnter2D behavior in a 'spring' -i.e. a square. What do I need to do to ensure my isClockwiseRotation is actually flipped in my playercontroller?

I have added a tag "Player"

[leaden ice]

you should be finding the player controller component from the collision

not from some random other reference you predefined

[plain drift]

Right, so perhaps I have the wrong approach. All I want to do is flip the bool when my player object touches the spring.

[kind grove]

if (collision.gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>())

[leaden ice]

e.g.

MyPlayerControllerScript playerController = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<MyPlayerControllerScript>();```

[plain drift]

That assumes I only have 1 instance of a player right?

I do, but I'm trying to understand how it is exactly getting the component

[leaden ice]

no

it doesn't assume anything about the number of players

it assumes only that the object you collided with has the MyPlayerControllerScript attached to it

[grizzled needle]

Is there a way to shorten this down?
new DynamicValue(int startLevel, float startValue, new DynamicStage(int endLevel1, float endValue1, float exponent1), new DynamicStage(int endLevel2, float endValue2, float exponent2)...);

ideally i'd want it to be like this new DynamicValue(int startLevel, float startValue, int endLevel1, float endValue1, float exponent1, int endLevel2, float endValue2, float exponent2...);

[stuck owl]

Yeah, I was coding something incorrectly, and that was causing the error, my bad. thanks for the help.

[grizzled needle]

the ... is just showing that there's a variable amount of them afterwards, rn using the params keyword

[leaden ice]

make a constructor for DynamicValue that accepts the arguments you want it to accept.

[grizzled needle]

The constructor looks like this right now public DynamicValue(int startLevel, float startValue, params DynamicStage[] stages)

[plain drift]

Right, but it doesn't really have any different behavior than checking for the tag of the object it collides with right?

In any case, when using the gameobject of the player to check, there is still no collision. Perhaps I'm missing something fundamental, do I need to add some 2d physics properties for my player to have collision?

[leaden ice]

you can make more than one constructor

make another one, and have it call that one.

[kind grove]

new DynamicValue(int startLevel, float startValue, List<DynamicStage> allDynamicStages);

[lament ocean]

I've been looking around and cant seem to figure out the best way to go about this

I have a general targeting system and I want it to set the target of turrets on my units but to do that I'd need to make references to all the turrets per each unit individually is there a way I can grab references to all the weapon scripts on a unit on start without changing my targeting system script per each unit?

[grizzled needle]

that's not what I'm taking about..

i mean, have effectively params but with 3 values repeating instead of just one

[kind grove]

GameObject Unit = //whatever
Unit.GetAllComponents<WeaponScript>();

[leaden ice]

not possible in C#

[grizzled needle]

there's probably not a way to do this tbh, but i just wanted to check

[grizzled needle]

okie, gotcha!

[plain drift]

    void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        //log
        Debug.Log("SpringCollision: OnCollisionEnter2D: collision.gameObject.tag == " + collision.gameObject.tag);
        if (collision.gameObject == playerController.gameObject)
            ...

Even the first log never gets logged. I think I might be missing a prereq for collision in the first place.. :/

[lament ocean]

That would only return a certain type of script though right? Like lets say i had a flak cannon and missile launcher on a unit vs another unit has 2 flak cannons and no missile launchers

[kind grove]

Look in to the Factory pattern. Instead of overloading the constructor, make a function that takes what parameters you want and performs whatever setup before returning the final object.

[kind grove]

If your Flak Cannon and Missle Launcher have the same parent class you can do it that way.

[lament ocean]

Hmm okay thanks 😎

[kind grove]

What's the class structure of your Flak Cannon and Missile Launcher?

GetAllComponents will return child classes no problem.

So GetAllComponents<Organ>() will return the Heart, Lungs, Stomach, and Skin components in one collection.

[plain drift]

Is a rigidbody on my object and my player model not enough for OnCollisionEnter2D to trigger in the first place?

[kind grove]

Double check the syntax of Trigger Overlap vs Collision Blocking/collide.

[leaden ice]

• Both objects need non-trigger Collider2Ds
• At least one object needs a DYNAMIC Rigidbody2D.

[plain drift]

Thank you, let me see if I can get it to work using that.

I did not have Collider2Ds, cheers :P. First hour of unity, learning lots

[leaden ice]

If you want collisions, you need colliders 😉

[plain drift]

That makes perfect sense

[strange gust]

does anyone have a good script for dynamic footsteps based on terrain?

ive heard that scriptable objects can be good but i dont know much]

[pliant lake]

Hey, I'm trying to create a steam game on my editor everything works fine but on the other hand as soon as I compile the game impossible to host a party, I looked in the Player.log and apparently this would be the line allowing to create the Lobby ( SteamMatchmaking.CreateLobby(ELobbyType.k_ELobbyTypeFriendsOnly, 10); ) which throws InvalidOperationException: Steamworks is not initialized. and I have no idea why i tried to put the appid txt in the build foler, restart steam, my pc, recompile with small changes but no wouldnt work, although in the editor everything works fine. here is the Player.log and the SteamLobby.cs class, the line concerned is the 34 Thank you very much for all the help! Player.Log: https://hastebin.com/share/modajagado.csharp SteamLobby.cs: https://hastebin.com/share/oyapimovoj.sql

[plain drift]

Sorry again for my basic question, but my playerController is never referenced correctly.

public class SpringCollision : MonoBehaviour
{
    public PlayerController playerController;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        playerController = gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>();

would be the way to do it, right?

No playercontroller is ever found. I just attached the playerController to my Player object in the scene. I flip with ``` playerController.isClockwiseRotation = !playerController.isClockwiseRotation;

[lucid valley]

gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>(); is PlayerController on the same object that has SpringCollision?

[plain drift]

No, PlayerController is on my player, a different object.

[lucid valley]

...

can you see why that won't work

gameObject is the gameobject that SpringCollision is on

and you are asking it for PlayerController

which isnt on that gameobject

[plain drift]

Ah, I thought gameObject allowed you to reference any existing object alive

whoops 😛

Perhaps I should read the docs a bit first..

[lunar mauve]

Currently I'm doing BaseCollectable collectable = Resources.Load<BaseCollectable>("Collectables/" + button.name); to get my collectable and button.name is "Bill's Note" but i've tried it as just "Bill" and it will not work it just says "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

[lucid valley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7ybBDhrY4

Might be helpful for you if you prefer videos to docs

[plain drift]

    public PlayerController playerController;
    GameObject player = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player");
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        playerController = player.GetComponent<PlayerController>();
``` I reckon I need something along those lines then. And thanks, will check it out

[lucid valley]

have you put it in a folder inside a resources folder?

[lunar mauve]

ya

[lunar mauve]

I'm using this to get the same things List<BaseCollectable> collectables = Resources.LoadAll<BaseCollectable>("Collectables/").Where(item => item.collected).ToList();

but that one is just getting the name

using a button that has the name it needs

[lucid valley]

log button.name and make sure it's correct

[lunar mauve]

I did

its correct

[lucid valley]

BaseCollectable a scriptable object?

[lunar mauve]

yeah

its using a event trigger

that has the button linked to a hover function that has a variable it needs but it gets set as the button is made

so i have no clue why this is happening

[lucid valley]

if BaseCollectable collectable = Resources.Load<BaseCollectable>("Collectables/" + button.name); is the line erroring then it doesnt really matter how it was called

i'm not too sure why its not working

can you screenshot the scriptable object in the folder

[lunar mauve]

its not that line thats just whats null

when i try to get something from it thats when it gets the error

[mystic ferry]

what is the reasoning behind making a package local vs embedded?

[lunar mauve]

wdym

[mystic ferry]

well, what’s the difference? Outside of where the package files are created

[lunar mauve]

I figured out it has it its something with the scriptable object thanks toh

[lunar mauve]

it easier

idk

i like it

[mystic ferry]

…thanks

[lunar mauve]

nah Im messing when you embed it like in a list you have to manually do that but if you use resources you can just create it make sure other stuff is filtered out in script and than you wouldn't for every collectable put it manually into the script its already there

[lunar mauve]

lol

[mystic ferry]

I’m gonna be honest I don’t think a single word of that made sense

what is manually “doing that”

[lunar mauve]

like putting it into the list

using resources you just load it

without

maunually putting it in

[lunar mauve]

.

[mystic ferry]

bro what

💀

[lunar mauve]

how are you not getting this

in the inspector

mhm

you dragggg dropppp the thingggyyy

[mystic ferry]

I’m talking about making packages idk what you’re talking about with an inspector

drag and drop what?

[barren lava]

hi

[lunar mauve]

mb you could of told me thought you were talking about something else

[mystic ferry]

I literally started the question and you responded to it 💀💀

[lunar mauve]

holy i thought you were responding from when i was talking to someone else i didn't see pacakge ask your question again good day 💀 💀

[mystic ferry]

don’t act like I’m stupid because you messed up bro lmfao

[barren lava]

what are yall working on

[lunar mauve]

why are you beign so rude about it i said mb

it WAS my fault

[dim spindle]

public void Pickup_Pressed(InputAction.CallbackContext ctx)
{
    if (!ctx.performed)
        return;

    RaycastHit hit;
    Ray ray = main_camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, 5f, 1 << 8)) // Do a Raycast with only layer 8 (Items)
    {
        Transform hit_transform = hit.transform;
        GrabItem(hit_transform.gameObject);
    }
}

Any reason why this code wouldnt call GrabItem when an item was hit specifically on linux?

it works on two other machines im testing with

but when i run it on my ubuntu test machine, it does not work

you can sometimes pick up items

but it is EXTREMELY finnicky

and requires some unknown condition that i have not figured out yet

[nimble salmon]

Hey everyone, what's the easiest way of creating world-space rich UIs, mostly meant for XR experiences? I would like to use an HTML+CSS+JS stack, but I couldn't find any way of natively doing that in Unity. Possibly suitable components on the asset store are very expensive ($150+). Any ideas?

[leaden ice]

any errors in the player log?

[barren lava]

input settings can be the problem so make sure that the input settings for the mouse button are configured correctly on the Ubuntu machine.

[dim spindle]

good question, let me check, is that stored in the same folder as the game?

i will just check hold on

[leaden ice]

No, https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/LogFiles.html

[barren lava]

or check if the physics settings are the same on all the machines. The physics engine settings could be different, causing the raycast to behave differently.

[barren lava]

One option for creating world-space UIs in Unity using html, css, and js is to use a web view plugin that allows you to display web content within Unity ....one popular plugin for this purpose is the Uniwebview plugin, which allows you to display web pages and web-based UIs in Unity scenes

[barren lava]

done?

[dim spindle]

sorry my internet dropped, yeqah there was no eerrors

[barren lava]

so

check the physics settings

or

input settings

[dim spindle]

literally never touched those, how?

[barren lava]

never?

[dim spindle]

im not really sure what input and physics settings you are even talking about

[green solstice]

Hello i wanted some help to find out a calcul
i have an interval like [x;y] and a value r within the interval . How do i know the percentage of r knowing that y is 100% x is 0%
(This is for my Day/night cycle systeme, i have another light that light up the player in the night within [7 pm - 6 am], and between [6:30pm - 7pm] i want the light intensity to start increase until 1)

[dim spindle]

i assume not lol because i have no clue what you mean

[barren lava]

okay so

for the physics settings just go in edit

project settings -> physics

and adjust it

[dim spindle]

i see that now

soooooooo what am i supposed to adjust

rather

what would be related to my issue

[barren lava]

but i think its because of your system

[dim spindle]

i dont like this world bounds option here lol

my world bounds is def more than that lol

i can try that first ig no clue

although, it does say you dont need that setting

[pliant lake]

Bump

[dim spindle]

if you are using the broadphase type i am (no clue what that means)

[barren lava]

To calculate the percentage of a value r within the interval [x, y] where y represents 100% and x represents 0%, you can use the formula:
percentage = ((r - x) / (y - x)) * 100
So for example, if r is 80 and the interval is [50, 100], the percentage of r would be:
percentage = ((80 - 50) / (100 - 50)) * 100 = 60%
To apply this to your Day/night cycle systeme, you can use the time of day as r, the start time of the night as x, and the end time of the night as y. Then you can use the percentage to adjust the intensity of the light that lights up the player in the night. For example, you can start increasing the intensity linearly from 0% to 100% during the period of [x, y] and set it to 100% outside that period. Now if you want the code...hmu

[surreal iron]

What would be the best way of making something like an engine builder sim? Like how should I ”weld/attach” parts to each other in unity the best way?

[barren lava]

uh i need a level designer soo bad

[dim spindle]

?

is this related to my problem

[barren lava]

no

[dim spindle]

it sounds like a !collab

[tawny elk]

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[barren lava]

yeah thats why i joined this server

[dim spindle]

well did you read the message

from the bot

[barren lava]

what is your game based upon anyways

[barren lava]

hm

[dim spindle]

scary game

semi ghost hunting

[barren lava]

oh

[dim spindle]

semi ghost HUNTING you know

gotta free the angry spirits of the [insert import natural environment here]

[barren lava]

its 3.25 AM

[dim spindle]

then sleep?

this is #archived-code-general idk if you know that

[barren lava]

i do

[dim spindle]

ok, well what input settings and physics settings would affect my grab items functionality on linux but not windows?

(not specifically for you)_

(you should sleep)

[barren lava]

by input settings, i meant checking your keyboard

and mouse

[dim spindle]

what about them?

[barren lava]

I mean it's possible that the mouse input is not correctly mapped or calibrated, leading to inconsistent behaviour?

could be other factors

like layer settings

[jaunty sleet]

I am making a level editor, so I want to save files to a folder in my project. I know how to save files, but how do I write the path to my project folder?

*so that it will work on another operating system

is there something I can use like application.persistentDataPath

[barren lava]

To write the path to your project folder in a way that will work on multiple operating systems

you can use uh

Application.dataPath

which is a property provided by unity

[jaunty sleet]

Is there a way to make it path to a specific folder in my project after that?

I have a level data folder inside the project I want it to go into

[barren lava]

ya

Here's an example of how you could use this to construct a path to a folder called "LevelData" within your project's Assets folder:
string levelDataPath = Application.datapath + "/LevelData/";

and yes you can construct a path specific folder within your project by appending the folder name to the path obtained from Application.dataPath

for example

assume you have a folder "MyFolder"

within the projects asset folder

so you could construct a path to it like this:

string myFolderPath = Application.dataPath + "/MyFolder/";

*;

[jaunty sleet]

Thanks, I'll try that

[barren lava]

np

[jaunty sleet]

Still not working, though I suspect the problem is not the data path

https://codeshare.io/qPm8Ax

If anyone could look at my code here, I am using Binary Formatter to save data but it is not making the file

But File.Exists() returns true? I don't know where I've gone wrong

[barren lava]

try using Application.persistentDataPath

[jaunty sleet]

thats what I was using before

I just wanted to change the location to my level data folder so I could see if it was actually doing anything

it still wasn't working though lol

[barren lava]

the code you provided already does that by constructing a path to a folder called "Level Data" within your project's Assets folder using the following line of code:

string path = Application.dataPath + "/Level Data/" + fileName + ".save";

[jaunty sleet]

yeah I changed it after you told me how to path to the folder

the problem is it doesn't work, and I don't think it is because the path is wrong

I get object not set to an instance of an object error when I try to read from the file in my test method

[barren lava]

It's possible that the file path being constructed is not correct, or that there are permission issues preventing the file from being created or read, u could try checking the file path that is being constructed and make sure it is correct. You can do this by adding a debug statement to your code like so:

string path = Application.dataPath + "/Level Data/" + fileName + ".save";
Debug.Log("Save path: " + path);
FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create);

[jaunty sleet]

oh, it has created the file now

[barren lava]

If you still get the object not set to an instance of an object error...it might indicate that there is an issue with the code that loads the data from the file or the data itself

[jaunty sleet]

the path seems to be right

[barren lava]

great

[jaunty sleet]

Yeah, probably something in my other file

I'll see if I can figure that out now that I've got this part of it working, thanks

[barren lava]

np

gn people

[heavy hornet]

._. Visual Studio Code doesn't work for me somehow and Visual Studio doesn't support Linux at all? I followed this: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/other/unity but it's not working... It tells me I need to install mono after the 5th step which is not working, because everytime I try it, I get ```Problem: problem with installed package monodoc-6.12.0-9.fc37.x86_64

• package monodoc-6.12.0-9.fc37.x86_64 requires mono-core = 6.12.0-9.fc37, but none of the providers can be installed
• mono-core-6.12.0-9.fc37.i686 has inferior architecture
• cannot install both mono-core-6.12.0.107-0.xamarin.9.epel8.x86_64 and mono-core-6.12.0-9.fc37.x86_64
• package mono-devel-6.12.0.107-0.xamarin.9.epel8.x86_64 requires mono-core = 6.12.0.107, but none of the providers can be installed
• cannot install the best candidate for the job