archived-code-general

[buoyant crane]

it serves as a default value when you ever decide to reset the component

[normal dust]

then why would i use list?

[buoyant crane]

because you can only change it once within the inspector

[potent sleet]

cause you can modify it at runtime?

[buoyant crane]

only during edit time

not game time

lists allow you to modify the length during game time

[harsh bobcat]

This isnt a bad appraoch, I recently coded an interaction system using interfaces similarly to this

[normal dust]

gotcha ty 🙂

[woven matrix]

sure

[buoyant crane]

Will the food interact differently depending on whether the player or the cat interacts with it? Will the player or the cat know that they are interacting with food specifically, and thus play a specific animation?

[cold egret]

1. Yes, they respond differently
2. I'm not sure what exactly do you mean. (re: animations. If player and cat respond differently, animations can be handled there)

[woven matrix]

think I found this solution

 Vector3 targetPosition = target.position;

        // Set the x position of the target to match the WeaponAimEndPoint
        targetPosition.x = weaponAimEndPoint.position.x;

        // Calculate the direction from the aim point to the target position
        Vector3 direction = targetPosition - weaponAimEndPoint.position;

        // Apply the rotation offset to the direction
        Quaternion rotationOffset = Quaternion.Euler(0f, weaponAimEndPoint.rotation.eulerAngles.y, 0f);
        direction = rotationOffset * direction;

        // Calculate the vertical angle based on the transformed direction
        float verticalAngle = Vector3.SignedAngle(weaponAimEndPoint.forward, direction, transform.right);

[latent latch]

I think composition is the approach, otherwise you're going to end up parsing stuff like like dalphat was saying.

assuming you want a unique interaction depending on who interacts with what

[wide terrace]

Could you elaborate on that implementation a little bit, out of curiosity?

[buoyant crane]

There’s a certain amount of hard code associated with mine, but not exactly hard coded decision making(?), it takes inspiration from the IComparable Interface

class Cat : CommonBase
{
    void Update(){
         interaction.Interact(this);
    }
}
class Enemy : CommonBase
// same as cat

class Food : Interactable<CommonBase>, Interactable<Cat>, Interactable<Human>

public void Interact(CommonBase a) //do nothing

public void Interact(Cat theCat) // decreases food, and tell theCat to play eating animation?

[ashen yoke]

implements ?

[buoyant crane]

oops

[ashen yoke]

thought some new hip c# keyword

[buoyant crane]

java brain

[ashen yoke]

clever btw

id change the Interactable<T> to InteractsWith<T>

[buoyant crane]

yeah I was still figuring it out in my head

[heady iris]

C##

[ashen yoke]

im trying to map light cookie to shadow an area, and instead of eyeballing it i want to grab the lights internal render

any pointers would help

[wide terrace]

C#♭

[ashen yoke]

all i see is command buffers

[vagrant blade]

Technically that would be Cx (double sharp)

[latent latch]

sounds pointy

[cold egret]

- I eventually did the same bu the other way around: Interactor<T> where T : Interactable. Now that i'm here, how can i store those in a collection? I try to use base interfaces Interactor<Interactable>[] but it refuses to cast my types

[ashen yoke]

you need base interface

[cold egret]

- I already have one

[ashen yoke]

non generic one

Interactor<Interactable>[] isnt generic, you specified the arg

[cold egret]

- Ah. Alright, but i'm afraid i'm not following. How would that work?

[ashen yoke]

Interactor<T>[] will work for all T

but you cant

so you need Interactor[]

[cold egret]

- If i do this, i lose any .Interact() accessibility right?

[ashen yoke]

you will have to cast

you can also create a non generic base method that calls the generic one casting from object to T

you will have to cast in any case, you can avoid having base interface by storing object[]

[cold egret]

- Well one object can implement however many interfaces with different generic types

[ashen yoke]

yep

you cant weasel out of this, its the way generics work, they are compile time and generate unique types, so you either have to cast at runtime or not use non generic collections

[latent latch]

Pumpkin's way seemed ideal, since you wouldn't need to know the type, you just method call, right

but if you were to do it like this, I'd assume you have to specify what type it is to call that functionality, yeah?

[ashen yoke]

yes

same issue

[latent latch]

ah ok

[ashen yoke]

you can type match, you can preconstruct generic types and use them to cast with Convert.ChangeType(input, typeof(T));

but in general a generic implies the types are known at compile time, in other words the intended way is to hardcode things that use generics

deviation from that lead to the realm casting

[uneven nova]

Hey everyone. Not sure if this is the right channel to ask this, but: how to i create a blur UI effect on Unity? I want to achieve something similar to these images for a pause menu and i want to know how to create one (i'm using Standard RP). If it's performance friendly, the better 👍

[cold egret]

- Alright, no collections then. I'll report to my customer and see what they say about it. Thank you everybody for your time and effort

[ashen yoke]

plenty on asset store and github

"ui blur"

[uneven nova]

I'd prefer if they were free, if possible.

[ashen yoke]

then look for free ones

there is a toggle "free assets"

and github is generally foss

[uneven nova]

I've already tried several of them, but they have either of those issues:

• They don't work with Screen Space Camera UI
• They don't work with Unity 2022
• They have a massive performance cost

So if anyone knows a better alternative, free or not, i'd appreciate that

[latent latch]

time to shader graph

[grim maple]

background blur can be pretty performance intensive.

a lot of times you can cheat it by having a blurred image that you set as your background instead of actually blurring the current background

[uneven nova]

Mmmm, i guess, if there is no other option

Thanks anyway 👍

[latent latch]

best way to compare performance really

[warm stratus]

Hey, i have a reference to this RectTransform of the canvas, but how do i get the scale of this? it always return 1 for what i try

[harsh bobcat]

bit of a late reply sorry.
I had three structs and two interfaces. first structs were TaskDataIn and TaskDataOut, where in has a caller and callee GO, and out has a string[] info and a bool success

First interface I called Soldier for lack of a better name. It has a public TaskDataOut DoTask(TaskDataIn data, string taskName) so that way one soldier class can do multiple things depending on the task required

Third struct is a Command which has a string name, a string task, and a list of Soldier to run the tasks on. It also has a TaskDataOut[] DoTasks that returns the TaskDataOut result of calling the task on every soldier in it's array

last interface is Commander. it has a Dictionary<string, Command> commandList.

Example of why I need this complex setup: A button panel with 4 buttons(Commander) where each button can be configured by the player to do different things (like open a player made list of doors(Soldier with open, close, and toggle tasks), or turn on a player made list of lights(Soldier with on, off, toggle commands) )

although its flawed in that it can only handle discreet data, I'm working on modifying it to handle something like the height of a lever change the brightness of lights without sending a discrete set brightness command

[potent sleet]

what for ?
the scale isn't relavent cause the width/height always changes

[warm stratus]

i wan t to instantiate 10 object between the 2 side of the screen but it don t work good without the scale i guess

[potent sleet]

use this probably
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen.html

[warm stratus]

it s not about the canvas?

[potent sleet]

canvas has to do with UI sutff, if you want the screen width/height use screen class

[warm stratus]

i wan t to use just UI i guess

[wide terrace]

Thank you for the extensive extensive reply! I'd like to play around with writing such a system just to explore the idea a little further, and I keep hitting little stumbling blocks... the insight into your approach is much appreciated 😁

[upper pilot]

How can I check in the code if a ScriptableObject variable is of specific type?
If I have SO: Enemy and I create 2 enemies: Zombie, Skeleton.
How can I tell in a script if:

EnemySO enemyData;

enemyData == Skeleton

Without adding enums to the SO or any kind of uniqueID if that's possible.

[ashen yoke]

if(enemyData is SkeletonData skeleton)

[upper pilot]

Skeleton is not a class

it's just a file name

[ashen yoke]

you want to compare the data references?

[upper pilot]

Perhaps that's a bad approach.
What I want to do is simply count how many instances of a specific SO I have.

[ashen yoke]

just compare the references

in editor?

[upper pilot]

In a script

[ashen yoke]

at runtime or editor time

[upper pilot]

runtime game.

[ashen yoke]

alright, you can make a dictionary of lists, or ints

[upper pilot]

I want to count how many skeletons and zombies I spawned.

yes

But what do I use to count them?

[ashen yoke]

if all skeletons share the same data reference then you use the reference

[upper pilot]

Skeletons and Zombies both are created with SO called EnemySO

[ashen yoke]

is it the same object in editor?

[upper pilot]

Each skeleton/zombie is created by:

List<EnemySO> enemyDB = new List<EnemySO>();

void Start()
{
  // loop 20 times
  SpawnEnemy(Instantiate(enemyDB[0]);
  SpawnEnemy(Instantiate(enemyDB[1]);
}

Above means I have 20 skeletons and 20 zombies.

[ashen yoke]

im asking is it the same object in editor

[upper pilot]

no

I mean

its the same prefab.

[ashen yoke]

so separate assets for skeleton and zombie

separate scriptable objects

sharing same type

[latent latch]

What's wrong with enum or type id?

[potent sleet]

you can drag in a skeleton SO in EnemySO slot

then do a ==

[upper pilot]

Yes, is there other way of doing it?
If I create 20 skeletons that share SO, wont they share reference?

[ashen yoke]

yes

so just compare references

[upper pilot]

Each time I want to add new enemy I'd have to open a script to add new enum value.
Not good if non programmer wants to add new enemies.

[upper pilot]

But there is no reference, each skeleton is unique.

[latent latch]

I throw guid's on all my SO assets

[upper pilot]

I did Instantiate();

Yeah I might do guid.

[ashen yoke]

so you are duplicating EnemySO at runtime?

i dont understand, you have a prefab, the prefab references SO, 20 skellies will reference the same object as a result

[upper pilot]

Yes

[ashen yoke]

why?

[upper pilot]

They are all unique

SO stores data like health

[ashen yoke]

defeats the purpose imo

[upper pilot]

I dont want to share it.

[upper pilot]

The problem with guid I had is that if you copy paste SO file it will copy guid as well.
Is there a way around that?

[warm stratus]

@potent sleet ah yes what i need is just the width of the canvas but when i put the anchoredPosition.x to the width/2 it is at the right edge

[latent latch]

generate one on awake ;)

[upper pilot]

ah

[latent latch]

assuming you're creating instances I guess

[ashen yoke]

you created a problem, for no reason, you are mixing immutable design time data with runtime data, losing so much good practice opportunities, for no reason

[upper pilot]

I probably use SO wrong.
But SO is basically a class that you can edit in the inspector.
Then I make copies of it.
Prefab is just for the sake of having a skeletong sprite + animation.
Prefab also gets a reference to the SO that created it.

[ashen yoke]

you dont need to make copies of it

let it just be data, immutable

[upper pilot]

What do I need to do then?

[ashen yoke]

reference them

[upper pilot]

Then I have to make a copy of all properties in another class right?

I wanted to avoid that

[ashen yoke]

i.e. when you need to know what is the skelly damage you do data.damage, from monobehavior that references said data

[latent latch]

I do SO duplication for some objects, but this is more being lazy and not wanting to couple it with an identical class

[upper pilot]

But perhaps that's how it's meant to be done.

[ashen yoke]

you dont need to copy anything

[upper pilot]

Exactly 😄

[ashen yoke]

just directly use data for read only ops

[upper pilot]

I mean...you are not wrong, I am not changing all the data, but there are cases when I do.

I have weaponSO which can level up so I change all properties of it on each level up.

If I have to make exact copy of a class so I can change the data at runtime it's just a pain.

[ashen yoke]

instead of that you can define specific SOs for leveling up

again, read only at runtime

[upper pilot]

Its basically as Mao said, It's me being lazy.

what do you mean define specific SOs for leveling up?

[latent latch]

my debuff/buff class is actually pretty sweet considering how lazy I made it (also an alternative to the serialize reference way)

[ashen yoke]

literally ItemLevelUpData : ScriptableObject that contains set of modifications to apply to weapon based on level

[upper pilot]

The level up is using regular class, but its stored in SO

[ashen yoke]

shove those in a list of possible level ups

[upper pilot]

public class Stats
{
  int strength;
  int dexterity;
  //etc
}

public class weaponSO: ScriptableObject
{
  [SerializeField] public Stats stats;

  public void OnLevelUp()
  {
    stats.strength += 1;
  }
}

This is simplified version of it.

I don't need SO for Stats tho right?

Regular C# class works fine.

[ashen yoke]

depends on your impl

[upper pilot]

impl?

[ashen yoke]

problem here is you are mixing runtime with edit time

[upper pilot]

Yeah, but why does Unity allow me to Instantiate SO if it's bad?

Do I really have to make copy of weaponSO as a regular class just so I can work with it at runtime and make copies?

[ashen yoke]

you can yes but then there is no clear distinction between the two, and hard question arises - why arent you using MonoBehavior

for its intended purposes

[upper pilot]

Monobehavior stores instance of WeaponSO as it's member.

[warm stratus]

I do that Debug.Log(GetComponent<Canvas>().scaleFactor); and it always return 1 why??

[ashen yoke]

if its stores a duplicate, you are doing the same thing twice

you already have a mono, that is supposed to carry runtime data

but on top of that you copy the SO

[upper pilot]

public class WeaponController: MonoBehavior
{
  List<WeaponSO> weapons = new List<WeaponSO>();

  public void UnlockWeapon(WeaponSO weaponData)
  {
    weapons.Add(Instantiate(weaponData));
  }
}

[latent latch]

Probably defaults to 1 since it's being scaled by another source

[upper pilot]

Right, so I have to copy SO properties manually into runtime(monobehavior) class?

Then each time I add/remove a property I have to update other class too?

[ashen yoke]

only those that need it

in 99% of the cases data will remain immutable

read only, in rare cases like stats you have to copy over you can use any number of copy mechanism

[warm stratus]

but it s written that it s not 1

but the console says it s 1

[upper pilot]

I probably need to make stats into a dictionary with enums, but those can't be used with an inspector.
So it's hard to copy Stats class to another, unless done manually or through reflection(?)(I don't know much about that, but you can loop through class members somehow)

[ashen yoke]

you can use JsonUtility

for simple cases

[latent latch]

Ah, it's the canvas itself, I think you need it as world space to get the actual value

[ashen yoke]

serialize/deserialize thats like most cloning works

[upper pilot]

That's probably why I went an easy way that didn't require manually cloning data.

But, I don't mind refactoring it at some point.
It was mostly for a prototype.

[warm stratus]

hein??? i dont think so

[upper pilot]

So I will make a runtime class for each SO I have and use SO as readonly.

[latent latch]

What do you need the scale for anyway

[ashen yoke]

yes for most cases SO just carries data your game code will read

references it directly

thats how you can distinguish what the thing is, despite there being 1000 of them

[upper pilot]

So I should keep properties readonly in SO right?(Not possible for some of the things tho)
Can readonly still be written to via inspector?

[warm stratus]

to place 10 UI gameObject on the screen on the bottom of the screen that are in the all bottom

[latent latch]

Then you should be calculating the bounding box height and width, not the scale

[warm stratus]

"bounding box"?

[ashen yoke]

depends, i do it for data safety, any changes to SO at runtime will persist, so its kinda mandatory if you work with more than yourself

[warm stratus]

i tried by doing the calcul by myself with the value showed in inspecter and it worked

[upper pilot]

Take Stats class for example

public class Stats
{
  int strength;
  int dexterity;
}

public class weaponSO: ScriptableObject
{
  [SerializeField] public Stats stats;
  [SerializeField] public readonly string weaponName;
}

[ashen yoke]

thats not what a readonly property is

that is readonly field and its not how it works

[upper pilot]

That's why I Instantiate SO so I didn't, but it did happen even if I did that, because in some cases I forgot to Instantiate and actually changed SO data in a file at runtime.

[ashen yoke]

public string WeaponName => weaponName;
[SerializeField] string weaponName;

[upper pilot]

oh

[latent latch]

Don't remember the logic off the top of my head, but you need to calculate the rect transform of the canvas area and do the math by the height and width of it all

[upper pilot]

Thanks, I will see if I can use that.

[ashen yoke]

you can also separate the serialized version of stats from runtime

which is what i do

since runtime stats are each a class, with lots of code attached to them, and serialized template is simply int/float values

[upper pilot]

Can you use 1 class Stats and have both readonly version for SO and normal version at runtime?

ah

got it

so I need a copy either way.

[ashen yoke]

you can do something like

[upper pilot]

With just data.

I was hoping to do a Dictionary as that makes it easier to add stats from multiple instances(weapon stats + upgrades stats etc)

[ashen yoke]

public class Stats
{
  int strength;
  int dexterity;

  public List<Stat> GetRuntimeCopy()
  {
      List<Stat> list = new List<Stat>();
      list.Add(new Stat(strength));
      list.Add(new Stat(dexterity));
      return list;
  }
}

[upper pilot]

But you can't serialize it to show in the inspector, perhaps I should use regular class for SO and dictionary at runtime.

oh

That makes sense too, so I can return a Dictionary from this function instead.

[ashen yoke]

yes

its also a very common pattern i use even have a few interfaces that automate some things

[upper pilot]

That will save me from having 20 functions that do exactly the same thing but for each stat(adding stat bonus for weapons + upgrades + other bonuses)

[latent latch]

 [field: SerializeField] public string WeaponName { get; private set; }```
Shorthand for that which I plaster everywhere in my SOs. You do lose your lower case variable if you were to use it anywhere in the script though.

[ashen yoke]

that is inferior

[upper pilot]

I just couldnt afford to refactor it at that time, but this convinced me 😄

[latent latch]

How so?

I'm not using it elsewhere, also clean codeee

[ashen yoke]

it serializes the value as <backing field>__something

[upper pilot]

What is the difference between

 [field: SerializeField]

and

[SerializeField]

ah

It automatically makes the backing field.

[ashen yoke]

you cant refactor public property name without using FormerlySerializedAs and so on

[latent latch]

Ah, yeah I can see that

[ashen yoke]

you cant easily transfer data from one serializer to another because the field names dont match

[latent latch]

just don't make mistakes

[ashen yoke]

it basically invites a set of problems you will pay for later

[upper pilot]

Alright, thanks for the help.
I will work on refactoring it in few days when I am done with other things.
Keeping SO readonly, and making a separate runtime class for the data as needed.

[ashen yoke]

feels good, saved you a world of problems

gl on the journey

[latent latch]

You can actually use formerlySerializedAs, but you need to add the extra syntax of the backing field in it all

within the string

gotta test it though cause that's actually something I do prefer working once I start populating my assets

[ashen yoke]

im not saying you cant, im saying you have to, if you change the public getter

which in case of separate field you can keep its name forever the same, its largely irrelevant

[latent latch]

Oh, I see. Yeah, that's quite a downside if you do like to change up your variables.

[half pike]

Hey people, I get the following errors when I try to install the "Netcode for GameObjects" package, anyone know what should I do about it ? is it a problem with my connection or is it something I need to do ?

[Package Manager Window] Cannot perform upm operation: Unable to add package [com.unity.netcode.gameobjects@1.4.0]: One or more dependencies could not be added to the local file system: com.unity.burst: aborted [NotFound]. UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal_CallUpdateFunctions ()

[Package Manager Window] Error adding package: com.unity.netcode.gameobjects@1.4.0. UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal_CallUpdateFunctions ()

the first error asks for the "Burst" compiler package as a dependency, when I tried to install that separately it gave me an error as well,
I deleted the "packages-lock.json" and "manifest" files and reseted my packages to default from the "help" tab and it didnt help.

any other suggestions would be helpful.

[ashen yoke]

you have experimental packages enabled?

netcode one you added through pm or through manifest edit?

[quartz whale]

is there a way to disable or circumvent frustrum culling on a SpriteRenderer? google is only giving me solutions for meshes. i have a shader that's moving vertices around and the object is dissappearing when it's old position rather than new position is offscreen...

[late lion]

It should be the same solution for SpriteRenderer and MeshRenderer, because both inherit Renderer, which has the bounds property you need to modify to contain your moved vertices.

[quartz whale]

oh okay, I think that's all I needed to know to figure out the rest, thank you!

[mild solar]

Hey! I want to have the damage that was done to an enemy displayed as text that moves with every enemy. I have a version in TMP(TextMeshPro) that's displaying the damage but it's locked to a single point on the game canvas and not moving with the enemies like I want it to. Can this be solved with TMP or are there other UI Text solutions?

[leaden ice]

TextMeshPro has a non-ui component that you could/should use

you could also put the UI version on a world space canvas

[mild solar]

where can I find the non-ui tmp?

[leaden ice]

GameObejct -> 3D -> TextMeshPro

[mild solar]

ohh and this will work with 2D games aswell?

[leaden ice]

yes

there are no such things as 2D games in Unity

it's just a camera trick

[mild solar]

ah alright, thanks for clearing two questions at once!

[leaden ice]

one simple option is to give the SO an enum then link it to a behavior with delegates. Random example from a tower defense game:

public delegate Target TargetChooser(Tower source, List<Target> targets);

public TargettingType {
  Nearest,
  LowestHealth
}

static Dictionary<TargettingType, TargetChooser> behaviorDict = new () {
  { TargettingType.Nearest, TargetNearest },
  { TargettingType.LowestHealth, TargetLowestHealth }
};

static Target TargetNearest(Tower source, List<Target> targets) {
  return target.Min(t => Vector3.Distance(source.position, t.position));
}

static Target TargetLowestHealth(Tower source, List<Target> targets) {
  return target.Min(t.Health);
}```

Then when you're actually dealing with your MonoBehaviour code you can do something like:

public class Tower : MonoBehaviour {
  MyTowerSO towerSpec;

  public void ChooseTarget(List<Target> possibleTargets) {
    TargetChooser chooser = behaviorDict[towerSpec.TargettingType];
    chooser(this, possibleTargets);
  }
}```

this is all.. semi - pseudocode of course

but the result is in the SO you just get a dropdown for the enum to choose the behavior type, and it gets linked up this way in code.

[steady moat]

What I like to do is use [SerializeReference] for those things

public class IChooser {
  public virtual void Choose(...);
}
public class Nearest {
   [SerializedFiled] private XXX xxx;

   public override void Choose(...) { ... }
}
public class LowestHealth {
   public override void Choose(...) { ... }
}

public class Tower : MonoBehaviour {
  [SerializedReference] private IChooser chooser;
}

[leaden ice]

yep

[warm stratus]

ahh i have a better way to explain what don't work, when i get the height for example of this canvas, it gives something that i have to divide by the scaleFactor, but i can't get the scale Factor

[whole night]

there is inbuilt priority queue in csharp but i do i use it ?
i cant seem to use it

[dusty umbra]

How would does one go about turning a spline into another object's x-axis so they can move along said spline?

Guess it doesn't have to be any axis in particular, just so long as I can reliably make it so traveling left and right along it works. X just happened to be the one I saw someone reference

[half pike]

experimental is disabled, and I tried to add it from the package manager.

[soft shard]

If your using the Splines asset package, you could use EvaluatePosition (https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@1.0/api/UnityEngine.Splines.SplineUtility.html#UnityEngine_Splines_SplineUtility_EvaluatePosition__1___0_System_Single_) then pass in t, being a clamped float between 0 and 1, that basically determines its percentage along the spline (so 0.5f would be 50% along the spline) - the function returns a float3, so youd then have to convert that set of numbers into a new Vector3 then do whatever youd like with it, this is largely how I handle it for a game where movement is restricted to a spline, since after you convert it to a Vector3, in world position you can chose which axis of that vector you want to "restrict to the spine" to still allow things like jumping/falling

[spare island]

nvm i was using the wrong parameter

[dusty umbra]

So I'm still fairly new to splines and this method of coding so please forgive me if I'm asking a lot, but I'm kind of struggling to figure out how to actually get this to work. I assume I can't be referencing my main spline via a SplineContainer, but I really don't know how it wants me to reference it or how the code in the repository is actually meant to be integrated. I think I understand how to convert a float3 to a Vector3 at the least, but the rest is giving me trouble.

Do you know of anything that I might possibly be able to reference for a more concrete idea of what I'm supposed to be doing?

[soft shard]

Sadly I dont, aside from some of my code and the docs, tbf though I havnt poked at this code in a little bit - the SplineContainer should be a part of your scene though, so you should actually be able to reference it as UnityEngine.Splines.SplineContainer, you could do a FindObjectOfType if you only have 1 in the scene, or directly reference it in a serialized/public variable, for example, I have a function that looks something like this:

public class Example : Mono
{
UnityEngine.Splines.SplineContainer c;
float t;

void Start() {c = FindObjectOfType<...>();}

public void Move(float direction) //-1f for left, 1f for right, 0 to stand still
{
t += Time.deltaTime * (moveSpeed * direction);
t = Mathf.Clamp(t, 0f, 1f);
var f3 = c.EvaluatePosition(t);
transform.position = ConvertF3ToV3(f3);
}
}

From input, or AI or whatever, I could call Example.Move(-1f) to begin moving left along the spline at some defined moveSpeed

[dusty umbra]

I see. I'll try running with this then and hopefully I can get something rolling later tomorrow since I'm about to sleep. I've been trying to figure this out for a few days now and even my friends who have done coding for actual AAA game projects were losing their minds trying to help me so I greatly appreciate this! It's the closest I've been to a step in the right direction for a while. 😭

[soft shard]

Np, im not too familiar with the Spline package myself, as its a recent requirement for one project, and havnt yet figured out how to properly take world positions and convert them to the spline for spawning, but actually moving along any random point, seems easier to do apparently lol, lemme know how things go

[dusty umbra]

I will!

[knotty sun]

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[limber agate]

ok

[wintry stone]

in unity2d I have a bullet collision that spawns a particle system. The problem is that it spawns the particles in the middle of the collider because the bullet is traveling to fast. Does anyone know how to spawn the particles on the edge maybe by getting the colliders bounds and spawning it on the edge opposite of the transform.right?

[lean sail]

if your bullet is moving fast enough, i would just raycast instead and add in some visual to act like a bullet has travelled this path.
but if you need the actual travelling bullet, maybe you could try using the contact points of the collision. Not entirely sure if that will produce a different result

[wintry stone]

its not fast enough to be a Raycast. But it is just fast enough where it will spawn a little to deep in the collider I did try to make it the contact point but that had the same result thats why i was trying to think of a way to do it with the collider bounds

[buoyant crane]

use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.Linecast.html between the bullets previous position and it’s current position. Then spawn the particle when the linecast hits something

[wintry stone]

ohhh this looks like it might work I'm gonna go give it a try thanks 🙂

[lean sail]

you'll likely need the 2d one
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.Linecast.html

[wintry stone]

yeah definetly im just hooking it all up right now

[magic lake]

How can I start a python script in a coroutine and wait for it to finish before proceeding?

[potent sleet]

have my doubts you can do that

[magic lake]

In C# you can start processes and run shell commands though right?

So I could just do that and somehow wait until it finishes

[potent sleet]

you can try ig

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

[wide terrace]

Sounds like possibly

yield return new WaitUntil( () => process.HasExited );

[lean sail]

I havent specifically ran python scripts in unity, but yes u can run it through c#

[wide terrace]

Also TIL this is a thing, for some reason 🤔 https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.scripting.python@7.0/api/UnityEditor.Scripting.Python.PythonRunner.html

[potent sleet]

yea that one Editor only

[wide terrace]

ahhh that makes much more sense 👍

[magic lake]

for some reason it just skips past this

Here's my code:

public static IEnumerator CreateScript()
        {
            ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
            psi.FileName = "/usr/bin/python3.10";
            psi.UseShellExecute = true;
            psi.Arguments = "/media/guiguig/usb-drive/family-guy-ai-pre-main/make_script.py";

            Process process = Process.Start(psi);
            yield return new WaitUntil(()=>process.HasExited);

            string output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
            UnityEngine.Debug.Log(output);
        }

[vague jolt]

So i have a system to spawn stuff on a grid. But i don't want to have two things on top of each other. So i added colliders to these object. The problem is that I also made it that they keep getting spawned if you keep left click pressed. Meaning that 10 spawn before the collider can detect that. What should I do ? change aproach or reduce the speed you can place these objects ?

[leaden ice]

Just keep track of which objects are in which grid spaces. No need for colliders

[vague jolt]

what data structuer should i use for that ?

[leaden ice]

Either a 2d array or a dictionary

[vague jolt]

does not look too efficient, like i have many objects

like if

[leaden ice]

Huh

[vague jolt]

I will think about it, I am mainly a bit lazy to implement it

[leaden ice]

If your data is dense, use an array

If it's sparse use a Dictionary

They are extremely efficient

[vague jolt]

thanks for the help

[warm aspen]

What about list?

[magic lake]

So turns out the issue is that i'm just completely unable to start any process

[jovial fable]

Anybody know how I can make a farming system for a top-down game?

[dusk apex]

What have you tried so far? Maybe Google if you haven't really thought of anything yet.

[jovial fable]

I tried google, all the systems i have found require a sprite and i cant use one (im not using a sprite)

[leaden ice]

Why would you use a list

The point is a collection you can address with x,y coordinates

How does a list satisfy that

[leaden ice]

"farming system" is extremely vague

[dusk apex]

Sounds like you've got specific constraints. You'll not be able to integrate the solutions they've design directly but should be able to incorporate some of the ideas.

[jovial fable]

what aspects of a farming system (planting, harvasting, watering, etc.) would i need to make?

[dusk apex]

No clue. Possibly everything that you're wanting/needing.

[jovial fable]

planting, harvasting, watering, etc.

[jovial fable]

i just dont know how to implement it

[potent sleet]

statemachine 👍

[jovial fable]

well yeah

[prime sinew]

You haven't shared why you can't use sprites?

[jovial fable]

Player sprites, i can use sprites anywhere else x. Thats just the game, you move with a "cursor" not a charactor rendered

[prime sinew]

Okay... I don't get it

[jovial fable]

You don't have a sprite acting as a player just a top down system with a cursor that moves you around

[dusk apex]

So take what you've seen from the tutorials and incorporate it not with sprite collision interactions but mouse pointer interactions.

[jovial fable]

okay sorry

[cosmic ermine]

anyway I can get visual studio to stop spamming (gives me this warning for every assembly) this warning, and rather hide it? (also the file definitely exists in that location)

[unreal temple]

Anyone know how to deal with NREs being fired from TMP when trying to use custom Sprite Assets?

I feel like I've done the normal steps, but nothing wants to render

Ah, unity restart fixed it

of course

[loud wharf]

Do child classes apply the changes by the property drawer on the parent class's fields?

I feel like the way I worded it is crap.

[mystic yoke]

@loud wharf not entirely sure what you're asking here, but the default inspector will add any child fields under the parent class field. Property drawers are applied to fields, so if they're applied to a parent class field they will affect that field?

[loud wharf]

Yeah something like that.

[mystic yoke]

can you try again, maybe zoom out a bit lol

what are you trying to accomplish

[loud wharf]

I'm on phone.

Can't show anything.

[queen sky]

Need some help with the netcode, I wonder if that's the right channel

[magic lake]

Okay so I tried this line and it still doesn't run my script, any suggestions?

Process.Start("/usr/bin/python3.10", "/media/guiguig/usb-drive/family-guy-ai-pre-main/make_script.py");

It doesn't give me any errors, but it also doesn't start the script. I even looked in system monitor and it never starts python.

[maiden fractal]

From #🔎┃find-a-channel you would find out theres #archived-networking too

[queen sky]

thanks

[mystic yoke]

not trying to get you to show anything, just provide more context

[loud wharf]

I guess to provide it as an example.
PropertyDrawer targets Foo.
Then there's Bar which is inheriting from Foo.
The question is if the Foo's field inherited by Bar is still affected by the property drawer.

[mystic yoke]

yes

[loud wharf]

Oh.

Imma try when I get back from home or something.

[mystic yoke]

kay

[loud wharf]

When I was searching, I saw examples having to make property drawers for each inheritor and I only need to customise the base one so I was thinking if that's necessary.

[mystic yoke]

I believe those would be referring to if you had a field Foo and a child class Bar

a custompropertydrawer attribute only applies to the direct class by default

you can use the useForChildren attribute to make it apply to child classes tho

[loud wharf]

Got it.

[mystic yoke]

👍

[barren vapor]

for reasons that are stupid I have a button that i need to invoke via code but should never be able to be pushed by the user

should i just turn off the image and make it 1 x 1 pixel

[analog relic]

You could position it outside of the canvas? eg. (-1000, -1000)

[barren vapor]

oooh cheers

[lean sail]

just curious, why does this have to be a button? why not just c# events or unity events on an empty gameobject?

[barren vapor]

I was unable to figure that out

[lean sail]

you should really look at a unity event at least, you can set it up similarly to button events when its public or [SerializeField]

you could get away with hiding the button, but eventually you'll have 100 buttons hiding around your canvas

[barren vapor]

I only need the 1 haha

[mild solar]

can I call methods of an associated script from a statemachine behaviour? do I need anything in the behavior script?

[earnest gazelle]

I would like to design data structures in a voxel based city building game. They are scriptable objects.

There are two different data structures. One of them is ElementDefinition. Elements are independent of views (voxels, prefabs, sprites, etc.). They are pure data like seed, gold, water, plant, etc.
The other is WorldObjectDefinition with two children, VoxelDefinition and ModuleDefinition.
VoxelDefinition contains 6 textures for each face, ElementDefinition with its amount and other stuff.
For example a rock voxel has 6 rock textures for each face and 10 kg stone element.
ModuleDefinition contains a prefab. All world objects rendered as prefab, inherit from ModuleDefinition like BuildingDefinition, PlantObjectDefinition, etc. These data structures can be composed of ElementDefinition with amount, As an instance, PlantObjectDefinition has PlantDefinition.
It is worth noting some objects like rock, can be as voxel or prefab.
Is it OK? Can you suggest your way to handle it?

[amber cosmos]

Hi guys, can someone tell me how to add a delay before the start of one video and if can I add in the same video player more than 1 video?

[leaden ice]

Neither of these.

Don't use inheritance to solve the problem better solved by composition

[leaden ice]

Use Timeline

[smoky crow]

is there any particular reason to not use AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath() during runtime?
I have a scriptable object I want other scriptable objects to be able to reference after being created at runtime, the alternative would be a singleton but that is more limiting by virtue of there only being one
Context is I want to have a dictionary of gameobjects for an in-game level editor

[knotty sun]

The AssetDatabase api is not available at runtime

[latent latch]

Use IDs

[steady moat]

Like other said, it is not available at runtime. Instead, you should use AssetBundle or Resource Folder. The former being the best option while the later can work for prototype project.

Alternatively, you can force a reference to the asset you want in the scene and it will be loaded with the scene.

[smoky crow]

ok thanks for the help :)

[gray mural]

does anyone know why caretPosition of TMP_InputField is not changed immediately?

private void Update()
{
    typingField.caretPosition = caretPos;

    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Backspace) && caretPos != 0)
    {
        caretPos -= 1;
        typingField.caretPosition = caretPos;

        typingText[caretPos].ChangeColor(defaultColor);

        ChangeText();
    }
}

[steady moat]

You can code of TMP_InputField. Seem like you might want to use stringPosition instead.

private void OnFillVBO(Mesh vbo)
        {
            using (var helper = new VertexHelper())
            {
                if (!isFocused && !m_SelectionStillActive)
                {
                    helper.FillMesh(vbo);
                    return;
                }

                if (m_IsStringPositionDirty)
                {
                    stringPositionInternal = GetStringIndexFromCaretPosition(m_CaretPosition);
                    stringSelectPositionInternal = GetStringIndexFromCaretPosition(m_CaretSelectPosition);
                    m_IsStringPositionDirty = false;
                }

                if (m_IsCaretPositionDirty)
                {
                    caretPositionInternal = GetCaretPositionFromStringIndex(stringPositionInternal);
                    caretSelectPositionInternal = GetCaretPositionFromStringIndex(stringSelectPositionInternal);
                    m_IsCaretPositionDirty = false;
                }

                if (!hasSelection)
                {
                    GenerateCaret(helper, Vector2.zero);
                    SendOnEndTextSelection();
                }
                else
                {
                    GenerateHightlight(helper, Vector2.zero);
                    SendOnTextSelection();
                }

                helper.FillMesh(vbo);
            }
        }

[steady moat]

Why are you manipulating the caret for delete ?

It is already managed by the component.

[gray mural]

that's because...

[steady moat]

?

[gray mural]

yes, I have changed built-in code

[steady moat]

If you gonna change the code, you must be able to solve those issue O.o

Also, why are you not using 2 text instead ?

Render one on top of the other.

[gray mural]

what do you mean?

[steady moat]

I mean exactly that.

[gray mural]

I do not know why caretPosition is changed like that

[steady moat]

This is because you are not correctly using the API.

If you gonna change things in Built-in, you MUST be able to solve things like that.

Instead of changing how the InputField works, make one text gray (Non InputField) and the other white (InputField)

[gray mural]

I do not know what you mean and I also wonder if smth that I do could be implemented like this. I am changing the color of the characters in the text and moving caretPosition when typing

[steady moat]

A way easier way would be to make 1 background text and other front text

Try to use MarkGeometryAsDirty after setting the carret.

[gray mural]

I don't think so, you still need to divide characters to change their alpha

private ColorfulChar[] typingText;

private void ChangeText() => typingField.text = string.Concat(typingText.Select(w => w.parsed));

[earnest gazelle]

What?!
I do not agree.
It is just one level Inheritance.
When it is said composition over Inheritance it does not mean don't inherit! It means don't add another level of inheritance every time you define some new classes

[steady moat]

It also does not mean that. It is kinda complex, but I see it as a way to solve/prevent the Diamond Problem. Normaly, you use interface for that, but if you do that you need to rewrite every implementation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_over_inheritance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_inheritance

In other words, in your situation, it seem more than adequate to use inheritance as an object of a given type is definitively a "Definition". That being said, as your code progress, you will need to complement those child definition with composition instead of increasing the number of functionnality in your "Definition".

[loud wharf]

Ok, was worried that it's not an attribute, but found out it's just another overload for CustomPropertyDrawer.

[amber cosmos]

Ok

[steady moat]

You still could change the color of the back font to 0 alpha if alpha is an issue.

This way, you will not need to change any code from the TMP_InputField

[gray mural]

then how do I disable Delete?

[steady moat]

You do not.

As you seem to want it

[gray mural]

but I need

I need Backspace key

not Delete

[steady moat]

You replacing the behaviour of delete with changing the color

[gray mural]

I do not see any way to implement it

[steady moat]

That it is what you are trying to do

[mossy minnow]

        Vector2Int one = new(cell.pos.x+1, cell.pos.y);
        Vector2Int two = new(cell.pos.x, cell.pos.y+1);
        Vector2Int three = new(cell.pos.x, cell.pos.y-1);
        Vector2Int four = new(cell.pos.x-1, cell.pos.y);
        search.Add(one);
        search.Add(two);
        search.Add(three);
        search.Add(four);```
there must be a less boilerplate way to do this right...

[steady moat]

I am saying that you do not need to remove the delete key, but can instead have 2 text (One that you modify while the other you do not)

[steady moat]

List<Vector2Int> search = new() {new(cell.pos.x+1, cell.pos.y), new(cell.pos.x, cell.pos.y+1), new(cell.pos.x, cell.pos.y-1), new(cell.pos.x-1, cell.pos.y)};

[gray mural]

the Delete key will modify one text so that they will be then different

[steady moat]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/object-and-collection-initializers

[fervent furnace]

look like you are doing some dfs in orthogonal direction @mossy minnow

[mossy minnow]

ye

[steady moat]

I think you mean that you want to keep the backspace but not the delete ?

You can removing only the delete ?

And keep the back space ?

And remove the possibility to change the focus to other than the last key ?

[gray mural]

yes, I am trying to implement the basic typing system from this site: https://monkeytype.com/

[gray mural]

yes, Delete should do nothing

[mossy minnow]

im trying to search the cells that are directly u/d/l/r of the current cell, and if a specific var inside that isnt null, add to a List

[steady moat]

Anyway, if you gonna change the TMP_InputField, you gonna try to be a bit more autonomous as most people has not done that. Read the code, and analyze it. There is multiple function that could be responsable to redraw the cavet.

I named two of them.

[gray mural]

ok, thanks for your help 🤔

[fervent furnace]

int2 is similar to vector2int but burst compatible, you can check it to vector2int

[steady moat]

MarkGeometryAsDirty - stringPosition

[gray mural]

what do you mean by "stringPosition"?

[fervent furnace]

it should be parentY+DirXXX.y .....mistype

[steady moat]

In the TMP_InputField code

I do not know, this is only guess from reading the code

It might work, or it might not work.

[gray mural]

i will try 🤔

[steady moat]

Also, you can try to do a double for loop if it is only for iterating.

for(int x = cell.pos.x - 1; x <= cell.pos.x + 1; x++)
  for(int y = cell.pos.y - 1; y <= cell.pos.y + 1; y++)

[fervent furnace]

this loop through diagonal and orthogonal direction

[steady moat]

Oh yeah, my bad, this way both diagonal that we needed

[placid temple]

hey guys, how to use a script as a return of a function? is something like the following possible?

public static class HeroDictionary
{
    private static Dictionary<string, Unit_Combat> nameToScript = new Dictionary<string, Unit_Combat>()
    {
        { "FeuerStarter", new Fire_Unit_Combat() },
        { "WasserStarter", new Shield_Unit_Combat() },
        { "PflanzenStarter", new Heal_Unit_Combat() }
    };

    public static Unit_Combat GetCombatScript(string heroName)
    {
        if (nameToScript.ContainsKey(heroName))
            return nameToScript[heroName];
        else
            return new Dummy_Unit_Combat();
    }
}

i then want to call the function

unitScript = HeroDictionary.GetCombatScript("someNameInDict");

[steady moat]

for(int i = - 1; i <= 1; i++)
  Vector2Int a = new Vector2Int(cell.pos.x + i, cell.pos.y + i)
  Vector2Int b = new Vector2Int(cell.pos.x - i, cell.pos.y + i)

[narrow wolf]

Hello, just wondering is it fine to have constraint as Component or should I do MonoBehavior if I'm only using functions from Component? What are your preferences? 🤔

[steady moat]

Ask yourself what inherit from Component

Is it something that you support

[narrow wolf]

well its MonoBehavior but my brother strongly suggested to use MonoBehavior instead of Component which I don't understand why so asking some preferences here

[steady moat]

From his point of view, it might be because what you truly are supporting is MonoBehaviour, not component.

[narrow wolf]

What does "support" mean here tho?

[steady moat]

What you are expecting to have

[narrow wolf]

well.. anything that can sit on a gameobject I suppose.. though I clearly don't understand

[knotty sun]

tbh Component or Monobehaviour make no sense in this scenario

[amber cosmos]

On the timeline can I use triggers to start the animation, right?

[steady moat]

So, in that case component is the correct answer. Same if you will never see a Component ever, but always MonoBehaviour.

[mild solar]

How can I get the screen position of an object? I'm using Vector2 player = GetComponent<Camera>().WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position); to get it but it tells me that there is no "Camera" attached to the game object, even though I have it as a child and one component that shows blue because its inside the 2d plane

[steady moat]

In more theorical term this is the application of Interface Segregation Principle.

[narrow wolf]

Ok, pretty dank. I don't understand enough

[narrow wolf]

What does the 2nd sentence mean?

I'm confused for no reason lol

[steady moat]

Nothing can inherit from Component as far as know. That make sense

[narrow wolf]

Hmm

Won't just having MonoBehaviour or Component in my case work the same except that I don't really use anything from MonoBehavior?

[steady moat]

Yes, it will work. It is only a theorical thing.

You should use what you truly need

Which is component

However, you can also say, that a Component alone does not make sense

We always use Monobehaviour

So, in this sense, you should use MonoBehaviour to constraint the amount of concept needed to express your class.

Both are valid argument

[narrow wolf]

There is one argument brother is throwing at me that a class:

public class Test : Singleton<Test>
{
    public void Display()
    {
        print("yo");
    }

    private void Start()
    {
        
    }
}

should not be able to use MonoBehavior messages like Start() as you are constrainting T as component in Singleton script and according to readability, it just tells that T is only a component and it should not have MonoBehavior functions but it does.

[steady moat]

So, in your case, MonoBehaviour make more sense.

[knotty sun]

because Singleton<T> inherits from Monobehaviour which is why your constraints make no sense

[steady moat]

Because you NEED the behaviour of a MonoBehaviour.

[narrow wolf]

That kinda makes Constrainting Component ever as useless tho.

[steady moat]

In this situation

[narrow wolf]

It won't work without it tho

[steady moat]

If you do an extension method for a GetComponent, you should use a constraint on Component.

    public static bool TryGetComponentInChildren<T>(this GameObject go, out T component) where T : Component
    {
        component = go.GetComponentInChildren<T>();

        return component != null;
    }

[narrow wolf]

So what do you think about it? My brother says because we are using MonoBehavior functions in the inherited class, T should be constrained as MonoBehavior and not Component even if the Singleton class itself will not need anything in MonoBehavior

[steady moat]

As you said, it requires to be a MonoBehaviour. The alternative is not practical.

[narrow wolf]

Even if I use Component as constraint in the Singleton class, it still works absolutely fine.

My brother just hates because it takes away the meaning in readability context.

[leaden ice]

unity messages like Start and Update don't really care about C# semantics

they use reflection to find the methods

so it matters not

[steady moat]

I mean, it does not. It make more sense from my persepective. I though you said it did not work.

Anyway, I already answer the question

Both argument are valid.

#archived-code-general message

[narrow wolf]

Ok thx. My brother still want answer to one question that what do you think about in readability context

Like does it matter if it's constrained as Component or not.

[steady moat]

Like I said, this is a valid argument. It is more readable because there is less "Unknow" concept such as what is a component.

However, if you want to follow the SOLID principle, you should restraint to the smallest interface.

[loud wharf]

Aight, screw it, i goddamn hate property drawer.

[latent latch]

It's a trap, just focus on developing your game ;)

[narrow wolf]

Lol my brother still hates it in readability context while taking both inherited and singleton class into account.

Can't deal with it. Arguing from 2 hours.

[loud wharf]

Yep. dies

[potent sleet]

ah yes this infamous problem

[potent sleet]

try using [NonReorderable] attribute

[loud wharf]

I'll continue this tomorrow.

[loud wharf]

Won't that make the list not reorder-able?

[potent sleet]

remove it when you wanna shuffle things around

[loud wharf]

That sure sounds convenient.

Is there any way to fix this?

Actually nvm, I'll just deal with this tomorrow.

Since I can't show code and stuff ATM.

[thin kernel]

Hello. I can't get any 'Input' events when I'm inside 'GUI.TextField', halp :(

[potent sleet]

why are you using GUI.TextField exactly ?

[thin kernel]

For fun. Though it' would be nice to create UI through code, easy to transfer to another project without using any prefab.

[potent sleet]

OnGui should be only used for testing

prefabs are very easy to transfer over, you can literally copy and paste it. It's an asset

[thin kernel]

Kind of trying to use it exactly for testing purposes :D. Making a cheat console

[potent sleet]

ok and it's limited so no such thing as "input events"

[thin kernel]

But I can't even hit Enter at the end of my command, because it just eating all the input. Google didnt help

[potent sleet]

do the sensible thing and use TextMeshPro

[thin kernel]

yeah, I don't need it to handle my events, I just want it to stop eating them >:(

[potent sleet]

learn how to use a string input then idk what to tell ya

[thin kernel]

I know how to use tmp, I just wanna be a cool kid making UI from the code

sadge

[potent sleet]

using an outdated UI system, not sure that makes anything cool but you do you

I don't get what your question is about anyway you arent clear

[hexed pecan]

I just checked my cheat console code, looks like I ended up using TMPro for the text field because of similiar issues

[potent sleet]

a proper console needs a scroll rect imo

[thin kernel]

I create field

input = GUI.TextField(new Rect(8, 8, Screen.width - 8, 20), input);

And when my game is focused on it, I can no longer recive any input events

print(Input.GetAxis("Submit")); // Not working :(

No such issues with tmp

[thin kernel]

So yeah, I guess if there is such a insane limits, there is no other way

[potent sleet]

whatissues are you talking about ? I don't even see proper usage of input

I just see 2 diff strings

[thin kernel]

It looks like it can work with new Input system from one of the video I watched, but I can't use it on my current work project sadly.

[potent sleet]

ok ? not sure how this satement helps anything..

[thin kernel]

It's just a debug, to see if Input value changes.

if (Input.GetAxis("Submit") == 1)
{
  // Do stuff
}

[potent sleet]

what does this have to do with TextField Inputs? also this def belongs in #💻┃code-beginner

[thin kernel]

A bit offensive :D

[verbal pond]

Does anyone have some resources i can take a look at about using root motion with netcode for game objects? I've been having problems about clients character being completely still, while the host character is seen by the clients as very jittery, almost as if its string to do the animation but going back to the default pose and i'm pretty stumped about it

maybe this is more of a networking question

[heady iris]

there shouldn't be anything particularly special about doing root motion -- that's just the animator moving based on the animation

I don't think I ever tried doing root motion with NGO tho

[verbal pond]

i can't really pinpoint what's giving me this problem then my characters have the network animator component too

[thick socket]

public class popupShop : MonoBehaviour
{
    private VisualElement root;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        GetVEElements();
        HideRoot();
    }
    void GetVEElements()
    {
        root = GetComponent<UIDocument>().rootVisualElement;
    }
    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        ShowRoot();
    }
    private void OnCollisionExit2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        HideRoot();
    }
    void ShowRoot()
    {
        root.style.display = DisplayStyle.Flex;
        root.pickingMode = PickingMode.Position;
    }
    void HideRoot()
    {
        root.style.display = DisplayStyle.None;
        root.pickingMode = PickingMode.Ignore;
    }
}```

So when my player collides with the side it works OnCollisionEnter2D

but when i hit from bottom it doesn't work

(it works if I make it all triggers)

[nova sage]

hey guys, i am looking to integrate nvidia highlights / ansel / etc... into my newest game. the former plugins / sdks for that are now deprecated / legacy things though. since these features still very much exist, there must be another way to integrate them now, but after searching a long time all i could find was a 4 year old forum post vaguely discussing this and nothing else. unfortunately following their steps just led to a dead end for me.

does anyone here know the new way to integrate these functionalities nowadays? (even unmanaged code interop is fine)

[static matrix]

is there a easy way to do water in unity?

[cosmic rain]

Slap a transparent material on a plane mesh

[static matrix]

but that looks uglyyyy

like nice water

[cosmic rain]

you asked for "easy", not "high fidelity"

[static matrix]

is there an offical "water" component or something

yeah ig I did

[cosmic rain]

I think there's an experimental physics driven water in HDRP.

Other then that, asset store or write your own shader.

[static matrix]

ah Im not using HDRP
Ill figure it out

how does one write their own shader?

[cosmic rain]

Open your favorite text editor and write it like any other code.

Or you can use the Shader graph to make it simpler

[static matrix]

ah
Ill look into it

how do I open/use the shader graph

ah ill just read the docs nvm

water physics would be nice but I also think they would destroy my computer

[heady iris]

fake it 'til you make it!

[static matrix]

yeah

is there a way to make a mesh like
jiggle
like water might
Because water usually doesn't sit still like a cube

can I edit the vertices?

[cursive gorge]

why code generated voxel looking weird?

    void renderCube()
    {
        VoxelInfo VoxelInfo = new VoxelInfo();
        List<int> triangles = new List<int>();
        triangles.AddRange(VoxelInfo.upTriangles);
        triangles.AddRange(VoxelInfo.bottomTriangles);
        triangles.AddRange(VoxelInfo.leftTriangles);
        triangles.AddRange(VoxelInfo.rightTriangles);
        triangles.AddRange(VoxelInfo.forwardTriangles);
        triangles.AddRange(VoxelInfo.backwardTriangles);
        triangles.Reverse();
        Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
        mesh.vertices = new VoxelInfo().vertices;
        mesh.triangles = triangles.ToArray();
        meshFilter.mesh = mesh;
  }
        ```

[cosmic rain]

Your cube corners probably share vertices, making the corners have one normal averaged between the vertices.

[static matrix]

woah is that a custom renderer thingy?

[cursive gorge]

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

public class ChunkInfo
{

    public Vector3[] vertices = new Vector3[8] {
new Vector3(0, 0, 0),
new Vector3(1, 0, 0),
new Vector3(1, 0, 1),
new Vector3(0, 0, 1),
new Vector3(0, 1, 0),
new Vector3(1, 1, 0),
new Vector3(1, 1, 1),
new Vector3(0, 1, 1)
};
    public List<int> upTriangles = new List<int>() {
    4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 4
};

    public List<int> bottomTriangles = new List<int>() {
    0, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0
};

    public List<int> leftTriangles = new List<int>() {
    0, 4, 7, 7, 3, 0
};

    public List<int> rightTriangles = new List<int>() {
    1, 2, 6, 6, 5, 1
};

    public List<int> forwardTriangles = new List<int>() {
    0, 1, 5, 5, 4, 0
};

    public List<int> backwardTriangles = new List<int>() {
    3, 7, 6, 6, 2, 3
};


}

[cursive gorge]

Should I do different vertexes?

[cosmic rain]

You should have 3 to 6 separate vertices per cube corner.

[heady iris]

Yes, you need to give each quad its own vertices.

[cosmic rain]

Ah, maybe just 3👆

[heady iris]

it'd be 6 for the corners where 6 triangles meet

well, I guess you could get away with just 3

since the two tris that make up a face can share vertices

[heady iris]

If you've ever displaced a mesh with sharp shading, you probably noticed that the faces aren't actually connected

[cursive gorge]

i got it thanks you save me a lot of time

😄

i can fix this

making minecraft like chunks dont seem to hard

because i make a voxel 😄

how can i make different materials for triangles

[cosmic rain]

Submeshes probably.

But It that kind beats the purpose of using one mesh.

You should have one material that can render differently based on some data.

[cursive gorge]

I almost rendered the whole chunk as a single mesh

I guess I should submesh each chunk

[cosmic rain]

And you probably want to keep it at that.

[cursive gorge]

how can i make basic cubic uv for this meshes?

[cosmic rain]

What is basic cubic uv? It depends on how you want it to unwrap.

[cursive gorge]

can you share a arcticle or something

[cosmic rain]

Something like this.

Just map it to the correct vertices

Woops, it should be 0,1 at the top left 😄

[cursive gorge]

i got it

[analog relic]

Basically you want to map 6 squares to a texture (which is also a square) that’s done most optimally by having the squares arranged in a 2x3 grid in the texture.

[cursive gorge]

xd

[analog relic]

But if you’re mimicking minecraft then you probably want a more atlas based approach

[cursive gorge]

like this?

[analog relic]

Yes

[cursive gorge]

i can make i guess

but i need the some practice

any good c# ide for linux?

[leaden ice]

Rider

[fervent furnace]

i use vs code on window and there is linux version of vs code

[cursive gorge]

I need student account for this

[leaden ice]

Or money

Rider is not free but it's by far the best IDE for C# on Linux

if you don't want to spend money - VSCode for you.

[cursive gorge]

I want the spend money but i dont have money becouse my country's have a political economy crisis problem 😄

this is bad

[wide terrace]

If you're a student by any chance, JetBrains has free educational licenses

[cursive gorge]

i will research then

thanks

[wide terrace]

Oh wait I think vertx was telling me their early access program is also free! https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/nextversion/

[cursive gorge]

This is unlimited to use?

[wide terrace]

From a very cursory googling, it sounds like there are no restrictions on it, yeah. You might have to deal with somewhat more bugs than their stable product however

[cursive gorge]

thats a not a problem for no money programmers like me

[late lion]

EAP builds are valid for 30 days after release. If you're lucky, a new build will be released before then, which resets the duration. But there are often gaps longer than that where they haven't released a new EAP build.

[sleek bough]

@gusty viper Don't post off-topic. Read #📖┃code-of-conduct

[gusty viper]

me as i just leave the server

ok

i understand

[nocturne prairie]

yes hello hi i have the question of all time
what's the best way to learn C++

[gusty viper]

code in it

look up stuff on stack overflow

other crap

[nocturne prairie]

i would like to code in unity for a game, but i do not know how to code in c++

[warm wren]

Unity doesn't use c++

[gusty viper]

look up how

[fervent furnace]

unity use c#...

[sleek bough]

Unity uses C#

[nocturne prairie]

what

man screw google

okay where do i learn c# then

[vagrant blade]

Can you link the google link where it said C++?

[gusty viper]

unity

[vagrant blade]

There are tutorials pinned to this channel, and you can also do the !learn series.

[tawny elk]

🧑‍🏫 Unity Learn can offer you over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience! Make sure to check it out at https://learn.unity.com/

[gusty viper]

!learn

[tawny elk]

🧑‍🏫 Unity Learn can offer you over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience! Make sure to check it out at https://learn.unity.com/

[nocturne prairie]

i have this, despite it being bing
i just saw unity and c++ in the same screen and went "ooo im gonna go learn that"

my brain is quite small, i apologise for this

[gray mural]

Unity is written in C++ and C#

but you code just on C#

[heady iris]

this is word salad made by an AI

god I love the future it's SO GOOD

[gusty viper]

im getting unity on raspberry pi

how much ram does unity need?

[nocturne prairie]

i dont like salads so i will stop looking at this

[gray mural]

use google 💪

[nocturne prairie]

thanks idbb from the official unity discord server

[amber cosmos]

can I ask what is the code for start an animation on the start of the current scene?

[heady iris]

two separate problems

one: run something when the scene starts

two: play an animation

for the first, you can just wait for Start to be called on something that's in the scene

[river kelp]

The unity profiler is creating a lot of noise by, from what I can see, profiling itself profiling. It makes it a bit difficult for me to see if anything is actually going on. Can I prevent this in any way?

[heady iris]

show an example.

There is also UnityEngine.SceneManagement.SceneManager.sceneLoaded, an event that fires when a scene is loaded

[heady iris]

probably not as straightforward as this, though

[river kelp]

it's creating these spikes

[heady iris]

you're profiling the editor here

are you trying to profile the editor?

or are you trying to profile the game?

[river kelp]

If I switch to play mode I get what appears to be the same spikes

[heady iris]

yes, the editor will occasionally spike

[river kelp]

just, I can no longer see that it is the profiler

[heady iris]

you can just ignore the EditorLoop portion

that's gonna happen

[river kelp]

So if the editor loop is 90% of my ms, that means I'm probably fine?

and I should focus on whatever happens in the PlayerLoop, if the percentage goes up?

[heady iris]

Turning off the "Others" category will hide it

[heady iris]

Yes, that's going to be what's relevant for you

[river kelp]

Cool. so if normal gameplay looks like this, with "Others turned off" then I'm probably doing fine

right?

[heady iris]

that's running pretty fast, yes

[river kelp]

Well it's just a basic level so hopefully I would still have some headroom to work with. Thanks for the help

[warm stratus]

Hey, this code should Debug.Log the name of the sprite touched with the mouse but it don t always work... has someone an idea?

if (EventSystem.current.IsPointerOverGameObject())
            {
                PointerEventData pointerEventData = new PointerEventData(EventSystem.current);
                pointerEventData.position = Input.mousePosition;

                List<RaycastResult> raycastResults = new List<RaycastResult>();

                EventSystem.current.RaycastAll(pointerEventData, raycastResults);

                if (raycastResults.Count > 0)
                {
                    GameObject touchedObject = raycastResults[0].gameObject;
                    Debug.Log("Objet touché : " + touchedObject.name);
                }
            }

[heady iris]

in what way does not work? does it not log anything at all? does it produce an error? does it log the wrong thing?

[warm stratus]

it work 1/2 of the time when i click on a sprite

[river kelp]

Follow up question, I'm getting a fair amount of time spent in the "RenderPipeline.InternalRender" function, but it appears most of it is spent in the ProfilingScope constructor and the ProfilingSampler.Get(). This is still just the profiler creating noise, right?

And, what is an acceptable amount of garbage collection allocation to do per frame?

[mossy snow]

0 allocations per frame is ideal

don't worry about your non-code profiling samples unless you're profiling an actual build. It's always going to be noisy and somewhat inaccurate in the editor

[fervent furnace]

dont cross post

search a* pathfind

[unborn pier]

ty

goodbye

[gray mural]

I think I am missing something.
When typingText is List, the color of the chars is not changed, but when Array - everything works perfectly

private ColorfulChar[] typingText; // works
private List<ColorfulChar> typingText; // nope

// Start()
typingField.onValidateInput += ValidateInput;

private char ValidateInput(string text, int index, char c)
{
    string binary = Convert.ToString(c, 2);

    if (binary == "1001" || binary == "1010") return '\0';

    if (c == typingText[caretPos].c)
    {
        print("YES");

        typingText[caretPos].ChangeColor(correctColor, CharCheck.Correct);
    }
    else
    {
        print("NO");

        if (typingText[caretPos].c != ' ') 
            typingText[caretPos].ChangeColor(wrongColor, CharCheck.Wrong);
    }


    // print(binary);

    ChangeText();   
    caretPos += 1;
    return '\0';
}

[fervent furnace]

is colorfulchar struct?

[gray mural]

yes

[fervent furnace]

the indexer of list return the struct and you call a method on the returned struct only
the struct in list will not be changed

[gray mural]

any ideas to do it with list?

or any other enumerable that size can be changed

[fervent furnace]

i use unsafeList and use .Ptr to deal with this problem ie (list.Ptr+index)->method (or (list.Ptr)[index].method)

what i know: dont use the indexer if possible

[wide terrace]

You could maybe like

var ch = typingText[caretPos];
ch.ChangeColor(correctColor, CharCheck.Correct);
typingText[caretPo] = ch;

...but admittedly that's probably not ideal. Or use a class instead of a struct

[upper pilot]

Vector2 spawnPosition = playerData.rigidBody2D.position;

float randomX = Random.Range(0f, 1f);
float randomDirX = Random.Range(0, 2) * 2 - 1;
float randomY = Random.Range(0f, 1f);
float randomDirY = Random.Range(0, 2) * 2 - 1;

spawnPosition .x += randomX * randomDirX;
spawnPosition .y += randomY * randomDirY;

I am trying to figure out how to spawn enemies around the player, but outside of the camera view.
I tried adding +3f to x/y but the effect is not what I'd expect and enemies start spawning in the corners(outside the view, but only corners)
Probably because I am removing the ability of them spawning on x 0 or y 0 by adding + 3f to the result.

In the above example enemies spawn directly next to the player between 0 to 1f distance.
That is perfect, what I want is for them to spawn further away(but in same general direction)

[gray mural]

yes, I think I might use it

[upper pilot]

I am thinking of adding 2d rectangle around the camera that will act as a spawner.

[latent latch]

Sounds interesting, I create a mask around an area to spawn them in

rather, make an area around the player visible, but still extend the camera view past that and spawn monsters while hiding them

[upper pilot]

That sounds confusing

What does that achieve compared to setting up ~4 rectangles around the camera and spawn enemies at random points inside those rectangles?

Tbh with that said...I might just get camera viewport width/height and calculate the "rectangle" in code so I don't even need to add them in the editor.

Tho that still won't be perfect, it has to be more like a circle so enemies spawn all around at about the same rate.

[gray mural]

@upper pilot so I think you should consider using https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GeometryUtility.TestPlanesAABB.html

[upper pilot]

I dont even know what Frustrum means

-,-

[gray mural]

"check if GameObject is visible to the camera"

[upper pilot]

Huh apparently its "frustum" but unity calls it "frustrum"?

[gray mural]

it does not matter, you should try to read that documentation

private void IsVisibleToCamera()
{
    Plane[] frustumPlanes = GeometryUtility.CalculateFrustumPlanes(Camera.main);

    return GeometryUtility.TestPlanesAABB(frustumPlanes, objectRenderer.bounds);
}

smth like this

[upper pilot]

I don't know if it's worth adding more complexity to the simple problem.

I don't use planes

[gray mural]

yes, you have said:

I am trying to figure out how to spawn enemies around the player, but outside of the camera view.

"outside of the camea view"

[lean sail]

its frustum, i think that one might be a typo..

[upper pilot]

Right, I should mention that I want them to spawn around the player at certain distance.

I said outside the camera, because that's the goal, but I can just add a number that will work.(Well I can't, cuz adding a number doesn't solve it, but that's the goal :D)

[gray mural]

where?

[upper pilot]

You can use this function with CalculateFrustrumPlanes

[lean sail]

on this page

[gray mural]

yes, that's easy, the problem is "outside the camera"

[upper pilot]

I'd like to convert this code and add distance away of the player.

If that makes sense.

[gray mural]

what about camera?

[upper pilot]

I really don't want to go into rabbit hole of planes and frustums

Since I never worked with those things.

Ignore the camera 😄

[lean sail]

its really not a rabbithole.. this is like 2 lines of code to check if something is within the camera bounds

[upper pilot]

I just said it, cuz its kinda relevant but if I can spawn enemy 500px around the player then its good as well.

[gray mural]

so you do just make while loop and wait until Vector is outside the Camera view

[gray mural]

"px"?

[upper pilot]

(instead of px its like 5f on each axis around the player in my case)

[lean sail]

you are going to make this harder on yourself if you need it not visible on spawn, a frustum isnt as scary as it seems

it is quite literally just a shape

[upper pilot]

But how does that let me spawn an enemy outside the bounds?
Won't it just let me detect if the enemy is within camera view so I can look for another spot?

[gray mural]

so you need to spawn at x [-5f -- 5f] and z [-5f -- 5f] as I have understood

[lean sail]

shape like these, where the pink plane is your "near plane" meaning how close i can see
orange is far plane, aka how far u can see
the other planes are just connecting the 2 as a pyramid

the camera would be pointing down in this case if it used this frustum

[upper pilot]

It's more compllicated than that I think.
It has to be more like a circle around the player.

[lean sail]

then use trig to solve the angle of unit circle * 5

[upper pilot]

Because if you just do -5f to 5f then they will spawn in corners only.

[gray mural]

yeah, they have already said that using they don't gonna use those complex things

[gray mural]

yes

[upper pilot]

That is the issue I am trying to solve 😄

Tbh I have an idea, since someone helped me earlier with angle to Vector conversion

[gray mural]

I guess this is that you are looking for https://answers.unity.com/questions/714835/best-way-to-spawn-prefabs-in-a-circle.html

[upper pilot]

I might use that probably

float angle = 20f;
Vector2 direction = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.forward) * Vector3.right;

[lean sail]

this is just trig then if u wish to spawn it randomly around the player. Choose a random angle and calculate the cos, sin of that angle to get where that should be 5 units away

[upper pilot]

I dont know how to use cos/sin lol, but someone earlier mentioned that it's not necessary.

The code above gives me a vector based on an angle.

I can just multiply it by 5f

I think that might work.

[lean sail]

I dont know much about quaternions unfortunately, so hopefully you know what that does

[upper pilot]

Same haha

[gray mural]

yes, I have mentioned this before too, cause you have been describing another problem

[lean sail]

i really would just use trig, the link IDBB sent u does the exact solution

[heady iris]

Yes, just multiply these vectors by 5

[gray mural]

you needed to "spawn bullets from the player" and I have suggested to you how to do it

[upper pilot]

Yes my savior is here 😄

1 line to solve 5 problems

[heady iris]

Quaternion.AngleAxis takes degrees and an axis. It produces a rotation around that axis by that many degrees

Multiplying a Quaternion with a Vector3 produces a rotated vector

So, if you were to run that line many times with many different values for the angle, you'd get a bunch of points on a unit circle

[upper pilot]

Yep, I just dont know how to use cos/sin so I needed a simple and crude solution that just works.
Until I learn those things.

[heady iris]

Multiply those vectors by a constant will produce a larger circle.

The methods provided in Vector3 and Quaternion can let you avoid doing much triginometry.

I find it to be much more reliable.

[gray mural]

yes, I don't remember sending solution with cos/sin

[lean sail]

i see, thanks for the explanation

[heady iris]

since we're multiplying the quaternion with Vector3.right, you get a variety of vectors produced by spinning a right-vector around the Z-axis

i.e. a circle

[lean sail]

yes, I don't remember sending solution with cos/sin
did u look at the link u sent

[gray mural]

no, I do not mean that

they have asked the question in #💻┃code-beginner some time ago

[lean sail]

ah

[heady iris]

that would make more sense for 3D, btw

since it performs a rotation around the Y-axis

[gray mural]

yes, it was just an example

I do not know the axis they should use

just guessing

[lean sail]

tbh i thought this was 3d from the start

[upper pilot]

Do people use Vector2 in 3D games?

[gray mural]

ScreenPosition ??

[upper pilot]

I usually specify Vector2 to be clear, but maybe I should add that it's 2D just to be clear 😄

[upper pilot]

I don't know.

[gray mural]

ok

[upper pilot]

I don't have that much experience with 3D.

[heady iris]

i sometimes use it for level generation

[upper pilot]

I am struggling with circles and angles atm

[heady iris]

for things that are effectively 2D, like terrain

then I forget to convert from Vector2 to Vector3 properly -- (a,b) to (a, 0, b) -- and it breaks

[latent latch]

circles the way to go

[upper pilot]

Makes sense, still a lot to learn <_<

[latent latch]

cause then you get to do cool stuff like wave funcs with oscillations

I guess you could do some squiggly square spawn waves and stuff

circles just make more sense to me when keeping enemy spawns dynamic

[upper pilot]

yeah circle works great

https://i.gyazo.com/72efb691598c92f483ab58873fbd7dfb.png

They spawn quite nicely around the player.

[latent latch]

yeeeah

they dont necessarily need to be off camera too like I was saying. Could just obscure them from view till they are close enough

[upper pilot]

Maybe I am confusing camera and view, but I meant for them to appear outside of player view.

I thought camera and viewport are the same size(by default)

[upper pilot]

Btw, is there a way to convert direction(Vector2) to angle? 😄

[heady iris]

depends on what the angle should be measured with respect to

if you just want to go to back to the angle you would've punched into AngleAxis, I believe Atan2 is what you want

[upper pilot]

Thanks, I will try that

Actually maybe I am doing it wrong lol, but I just want to rotate an object in the direction its moving.

I assume there is some sort of Rotate function that takes vector2 as a parameter?

[heady iris]

set transform.right to the movement vector

that will align the right side of the object with the vector

[upper pilot]

Like LookDirection();

[heady iris]

or maybe transform.up

[upper pilot]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.LookRotation.html

This maybe

         float angle = Mathf.Atan2(moveDirection.y, moveDirection.x) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
         transform.rotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.forward);

Found this on a forum, guess atan2 is the way 😄

How does that compare to the above?

oh it's the angle?

so you don't need Mathf.Rad2Deg?

and atan2

But it doesnt rotate the object right?

I guess it should?

[wide terrace]

(But you'd probably want transform.right or transform.up in 2D as transform.forward is the direction of the object's local z axis)

[upper pilot]

nice

It's for the bullet in game so I am not to worried about breaking it as long as it flies towards correct direction 😄

[heady iris]

this is #💻┃code-beginner material. i would suggest using !learn ; it's pretty fundamental

[tawny elk]

🧑‍🏫 Unity Learn can offer you over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience! Make sure to check it out at https://learn.unity.com/

[amber cosmos]

ok

[austere nexus]

Hello everyone 🖐️ I want to use Unity new Input system with Netcode, is it possible ?

[somber nacelle]

yes

[burnt gull]

Could someone help me with this #🖱️┃input-system message error?

[high schooner]

Hello gentlemen, need some help with the following error

Why is this cast giving me an error? Very confused

[somber nacelle]

seems like the object in the array is not a GunItem object so it can't just be cast to it like that and you haven't defined any conversion operators in either of those classes

[high schooner]

Oh i wasnt aware you needed a conversion operation with casting to inherited classes

[somber nacelle]

you're downcasting which requires the object either be the type you are casting to or have a conversion operator defining how that cast works

[olive crest]

I am messing around in Unity, trying to optimize some runtime textures that are fetched from some server. I want to do the whole messing with the texture on a seperate thread so I am probably gonna need to mess with the raw data iirc. So I do need to know what format I am messing with. Does anyone know what this means? I know my IDE is able to fetch enum names, but like, it just responds with a number. Is it just saying D32_SFloat?

[dapper schooner]

Does anyone have an example of how to return the current page and the parameters url of a webgl build. I can't get the parameters but I can get the url. I have been stuck on this all day.

var GetUrl = {

    GetURLFromPage: function () {



        var returnStr = "not found";

        try{

            returnStr = (window.location != window.parent.location)

            ? window.referrer : window.location.href;

        } catch (error) {

            console.error('Error while getting Url: '+ error);

        }

       

        var bufferSize = lengthBytesUTF8(returnStr) + 1;

        var buffer = _malloc(bufferSize);

        stringToUTF8(returnStr, buffer, bufferSize);

        return buffer;

    }

};

mergeInto(LibraryManager.library, GetUrl);

[unkempt sail]

Would there be a way to approximate the volume of a room using bounding boxes?

[high schooner]

Im sorry but do you know of any videos or refrences on how this works, only found an offical Unity video and it did not cover conversion operators when downcasting

[somber nacelle]

it's literally nothing to do with unity. it's how C# casting works

[high schooner]

I looked it up in general and that was just one of the top videos that came up

[somber nacelle]

why are you even trying to cast an object that is not of type GunItem to the GunItem type?

[high schooner]

I am attemping to have a base item class for runtime items, which stores normal item variable such as durability, and have specialized item classes for things like guns, which need magazine capacity stored

[somber nacelle]

okay so you can store a GunItem object in the array of the item type, but you cannot just cast an item object to GunItem unless that object already is a GunItem type or you've defined a conversion operator for it

[barren lava]

i have a question:

im working on an api and i wanna do it like this:

get data
clean it
store it in a database
get the info from the data base
present it in the form of an api key
present it the key on an interactive website
and boom

but im very new to data science but im pretty good at python
can anyone tell me how would i present the data in the data base and then in the form of a key

[somber nacelle]

this doesn't sound unity related

[barren lava]

yes ik but can anyone pleasee help me?

[somber nacelle]

go ask in a discord server where the question is relevant. this server is for unity-related topics

[dapper schooner]

actually, I am getting the location of the build but would like the page the build is embedded in

[primal wind]

I don't think that's possible unless you have access to the JavaScript on the page

[oblique spoke]

Pretty sure you ship JS with your Unity build to pretty much any place that would host a game. JS is used to load Unity and provide some additional functionality.

[primal wind]

I mean communicate with it. Maybe you could with a lib but i don't know how exactly

[somber nacelle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-interactingwithbrowserscripting.html

[spare spruce]

HI everyone, i have the next code:

TextMeshProUGUI[] texto;
void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        Collider2D[] contacts = Physics2D.OverlapCollider(GetComponent<Collider2D>(), new ContactFilter2D(), new Collider2D[10]);

        int count = contacts.Length;
        texto[0].text = count.ToString();
    }

I get the error message saying "can't convert type 'int' in 'unityEngine.Collider2D[]'"
Why and how do I fix it?

[somber nacelle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.OverlapCollider.html
the method returns an int not an array. the last parameter of the method is where the array goes to be populated

you should also store the results array as a field so you aren't re-creating it every single time you call the method (not that you can even use it with your current setup)

[swift falcon]

How can I change this value through code. Its an editor background value so I need an editor script
I couldnt find anything specific on google

[echo bloom]

Any idea why onPointerUp is firing wrong in my ui?
https://paste.ofcode.org/Rz8PnW2ddiDMmQEFxnQaf
this is the code being used, the script is on a parent thats a few objects up the hierarchy

[latent latch]

maybe explain a bit more why it's wrong

[echo bloom]

so all of those slots are basically the same, the ones on the left let you grab the circle and move it all over the UI, the ones on the right you can only move it within the slots square and if you go outside of it it fires onPointerUp and drops the circle again

the left only fires onPointerUp if you actually let go of the mouse button

[oblique spoke]

I would try disabling extra objects around it and compare PointerEventData

[latent latch]

oh that's pretty strange if they all derive from the same slot class

Also, there are events for dragging so you're not always checking when you click your mouse. Your method is probably fine though, just a suggestion.

[echo bloom]

the inventory slots are nested in the other objects on the right, disabling the other slots didn't change anything though

[echo bloom]

I actually was using that, I recently changed it in an attempt to fix the issue

this is the hierarchy if that helps, the drag and drop code is in UI, the slots that dont want to let go are in the scrollview

[latent latch]

Well, could be a logic problem with the dragging and raycast, perhaps?

Also, you should consider looking more into the pointereventdata, there's a lot of extra work you're doing, which if you minimize could perhaps fix the problem.
https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.PointerEventData.html

[echo bloom]

looking at the pointereventdata and the link it might be a conflict caused by the scroll view

[latent latch]

Ah, should maybe throw some logging to see if onpointerup firing or your dragging bool is being set another way, because that's the only thing happening in your update otherwise.

[echo bloom]

yeah i have a breakpoint set on the first line of onPointerUp

[nimble kernel]

For Entities package, how do you assert that an IComponentData struct requires another IComponentData class? I can't find an attribute

[quartz folio]

what do you mean by this? There is no [RequireComponent] like thing as you are in total control of the baking, do it via the Components that bake them. (also there is #1062393052863414313 for entities questions)

[keen pelican]

anyone unable to rename script with F2 in VS2022? Tried and it just went through with normal enter button.

[dawn geode]

Hey everyone Im making a clicker game similar to cookie clicker and Im having a problem with my leaderboard system. Currently Im using the lootloacker api to submit my scores online but this api only allows me to upload my score as an "int". I want to upload my score either as a float or double since they have a much larger max value. Once players get far in my game they will eventually get a score over 1 billion so this is why..
does anyone know how I could upload my score online as a double?

[potent sleet]

no

try restart

[leaden ice]

For a clicker game you'll want to use a big decimal style library for the score and the only real feasible way to store the score will be as a string or byte array.

You'll want to use whatever lootlocker offers for freeform or custom data

[mystic yoke]

+1

[dawn geode]

hmm thats interesting. I guess I'l have to change lots of things

[mystic yoke]

you'll have degrading precision as scores get larger

[dawn geode]

yea maybe but this is fine actually

since at one point players will make more than 1 million per click

[leaden ice]

double is not going to work for a clicker game

Look into BreakInfinity

[dawn geode]

whats that? on google?

[leaden ice]

It's a library

For extremely large numbers

[dawn geode]

ohh i'l check that out thanks a lot m8

[dawn geode]

damnn crazy how poeple r doing that

[mystic yoke]

doing what, creating libraries?

[languid solstice]

can anyone tell me why my code wont spawn an special enemy every ten waves? https://gdl.space/ecehirajur.cs

[leaden ice]

Use debug.log and print out your variable values

See what's going wrong

Also check if the code is running as expected

Time to start debugging

[smoky pike]

https://paste.ofcode.org/sHyTXzdL6hPfwF2XFL2KY3
I have the following code where in the start screen(containing text and dots), the user presses on the screen "tap to start" to begin the game. Once this happens, I want to instantiate all the objects with the tag of "Dot" with a 0.25 second interval. So the user starts the game, the dots and text from the main menu disappear. Then, the objects with tag "Dot" get instantiated with 1 second interval. Note that the dots on the main menu and the dots that need to be instantiated are the same.

[prime sinew]

Okay, and what's wrong?

[smoky pike]

there is no time delay when i press start to play

the dots all instantiate at the same time

[leaden ice]

That's not how coroutines work

Coroutines can only delay themselves

They aren't going to do anything to delay the code that called StartCoroutine

[smoky pike]

ah so i put the foreach loop inside the coroutine

alright thank you that works

[cursive gorge]

It seems like it would be inconvenient to keep the chunkdata data consisting of 10m, 10m in the array :D, do I need to learn sqlite etc. to keep and store such large data

[dense tusk]

ello lads. what i've got going on is a first person game, and i have an object that is parented to the camera to act as a placeholder for where the player can pick up an object an drop it. i'm trying to make it so when i scroll the mousewheel, the position will move further away or closer to the camera, but move related to the camera. i've managed to get the object to move, but i don't know how to go about making it move relative to the camera. i have one idea that i feel like could work, but it would be very roundabout and i know there is a simpler solution, but i don't know what it is :V

if (Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse ScrollWheel") != 0)
        {
            HoldPos.transform.position += new Vector3(0, 0, Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse ScrollWheel"));
        }

HoldPos is the game object that is parented to the camera. i've programmed it so any object you pick up with have the same position as HoldPos

edit: damn, localPosition is all i needed to do

[loud wharf]

Can someone explain to me why this happens?

    [CustomPropertyDrawer(typeof(BaseTriggerMechanics), true)]
    internal class BaseTriggersDrawer : PropertyDrawer
    {
        // Used to add some margin between the the HelpBox and the property.
        private const int margin_height = 4;

        //  Global field to store the original (base) property height.
        private float base_height = 0;

        private const float indent = 18;

        private bool is_expanded = false;

        public override float GetPropertyHeight(SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
        {
            if (is_expanded)
            {
                base_height = base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label);

                base_height += EditorGUI.GetPropertyHeight(property);

                /*
                base_height = base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label);

                float field_height = margin_height + EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight;

                return base_height + field_height * 2;
                */


                return base_height + (margin_height + (EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight + margin_height) * 2);
            }
            else return base.GetPropertyHeight(property, label);
        }

        public override void OnGUI(Rect position, SerializedProperty property, GUIContent label)
        {
            SerializedProperty index_name = property.FindPropertyRelative("name");

            EditorGUI.BeginChangeCheck();
            is_expanded = EditorGUI.Foldout(position, is_expanded, index_name.stringValue);
            if (EditorGUI.EndChangeCheck())
            {
                /*
                position.y += margin_height + EditorGUIUtility.singleLineHeight;
                position.x += indent;
                position.width -= indent;

                property.NextVisible(true);
                EditorGUI.PropertyField(position, property);
                */
            }
        }
    }

[somber nacelle]

probably better off asking in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[loud wharf]

Yeah ig.

I'll deal with this at evening.

[sweet perch]

where can i ask questions about unity devops?

[potent sleet]

#archived-unity-gaming-services ?

[thin aurora]

I guess because you have a margin of 4

[swift falcon]

What would be the right approach for loading an external file in my game? Is it even possible to load a file that is not in the resources?

[oblique spoke]

You generally can load stuff from anywhere (file io, network requests) and convert them to Unity types at runtime.

[weary quiver]

Heyo, I am trying to connect an Arduino Code where I extracted some float numbers out of some Flex Sensors, and I am trying to "connect" these numbers to a hand animation in unity, but i am completely lost. Does someone know some stuff about this to help me out? 🥲

[hidden parrot]

I'm thinking you could do that with a serial port?

I did a similar type of thing, not in unity just printing to console and serial port worked.

Not sure if unity or c# has a way of reading serial port, I'm pretty sure it does.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.ports.serialport.read?view=dotnet-plat-ext-7.0

This looks like what you're looking for in terms of unity side of things, and for the arduino side you'd just need to write the data to the port in some way you can read again.

[weary quiver]

I am trying to use Serial Port using a c# Script, but I am getting tons of errors for some reason.

[hidden parrot]

What's the error?

Also, code please.

That'd probably help.

[weary quiver]

using System.IO.Ports;

public class HandController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string portName = "COM3";
    public int baudRate = 9600;
    public Animator handAnimator;

    private SerialPort dataStream;

    void Start()
    {
        dataStream = new SerialPort(portName, baudRate);
        dataStream.Open();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (dataStream != null && dataStream.IsOpen)
        {
            string[] fingerData = dataStream.ReadLine().Split(',');

            if (fingerData.Length == 5)
            {
                float indexValue = float.Parse(fingerData[0]);
                float middleValue = float.Parse(fingerData[1]);
                float pinkyValue = float.Parse(fingerData[2]);
                float ringValue = float.Parse(fingerData[3]);
                float thumbValue = float.Parse(fingerData[4]);

                
                handAnimator.SetFloat("Index", indexValue);
                handAnimator.SetFloat("Middle", middleValue);
                handAnimator.SetFloat("Pinky", pinkyValue);
                handAnimator.SetFloat("Ring", ringValue);
                handAnimator.SetFloat("Thumb", thumbValue);
            }
        }
    }

    void OnDestroy()
    {
        if (dataStream != null && dataStream.IsOpen)
        {
            dataStream.Close();
        }
    }
}```

That's the C# I've used

[hidden parrot]

Cool, what's the error?

[weary quiver]

"IOException: Access is denied."

[hidden parrot]

Are you sure the port is actually open?

[weary quiver]

Wait, lemme quickly run it again and maybe make a screenshot of the error.

[hidden parrot]

Actually, might be simpler than that?

If you're running the arduino sketch thing and reading the serial port data

As far as I know, only one application can use a serial port at a time.

[weary quiver]

So I should try closing the Arduino Program?

[hidden parrot]

(Someone else can correct me on this if I'm wrong, but I believe that's correct)

Yeah, try it
Just make sure the sketch is uploaded to the arduino

[shadow remnant]

How do I have support multiple controllers using the Input Manager in Project Settings? I am using Unity 2020.3.48f1 for my project.

[weary quiver]

Still isn't working.

[hidden parrot]

Access denied still?

[weary quiver]

Yeah

Now I also get this error : ```FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
System.Number.ThrowOverflowOrFormatException (System.Boolean overflow, System.String overflowResourceKey) (at <88e4733ac7bc4ae1b496735e6b83bbd3>:0)
System.Number.ParseSingle (System.ReadOnlySpan`1[T] value, System.Globalization.NumberStyles styles, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info) (at <88e4733ac7bc4ae1b496735e6b83bbd3>:0)
System.Single.Parse (System.String s) (at <88e4733ac7bc4ae1b496735e6b83bbd3>:0)
Hand.Update () (at Assets/Script/Hand.cs:28)

[hidden parrot]

I think you might actually be getting data

Are you constantly instantiating a new version of this?

[weary quiver]

But is somehow converting it wrong?

[hidden parrot]

Or is it just one instance throughout

If you're rapidly opening and closing the port you'll get problems

[weary quiver]

Welp the USB is always on, haven't took it out once.

[hidden parrot]

nonono

In the script

[weary quiver]

Oh

[hidden parrot]

Are you constantly opening a new serial port

and closing it

[weary quiver]

As far as I know, I do not.

[hidden parrot]

Idea