archived-code-general

[boreal kelp]

Sorry if im unclear english is not my native language :c Im trying to do a button for each key. Like : Forward : w, Left: a etc. and rebind each of them without calling the other keys

[heady iris]

so you want to be able to rebind "W" to do something else

and still have "A", "S", and "D" be part of the movement composite

[boreal kelp]

Yup

[heady iris]

i've never touched input rebinding, so i don't have any advice, unfortunately

[boreal kelp]

oh okok no problem :))

[gray mural]

In composite building if you press e. g. A and W buttons simultaneously - they gonna both be triggered.
In non-composite building f you press all the buttons together - works just one that you have pressed a few milliseconds first

it's like if and else if

[boreal kelp]

yes

[gray mural]

Composite:

// you can press all 4 in Update for example
if (W) ...
if (S) ...
if (A) ...
if (D) ...

Non-composite:

if (W) ...
else if (S) ...
else if (A) ...
else if (D) ...

[boreal kelp]

okok

so how am i supposed to still have them composites but have them rebind separately?

[gray mural]

what do you mean?

I do not get

[boreal kelp]

like i saw tutorials where they rebind all of the keys at the same time

like one button and then rebind wasd in the same time

[stark jacinth]

transform.forward = -camera.transform.position; worked

thanks

[gray mural]

they change isComposite value I guess ??

or isPartOfComposite

[boreal kelp]

yes but i dont want that

[gray mural]

why do you say it then?

[boreal kelp]

im so sorry i dont know how to explain

[gray mural]

if you cannot explain - I cannot answer

write in your own language and then translate into English

[heady iris]

that does not make sense

you're making the flashlight point in the direction from the camera to the center of the world

what's wrong with transform.forward = camera.transform.forward?

[boreal kelp]

ok so i saw it in a tutorial because i was trying to rebind my keys. And then i saw that they did the wasd that way wich is not what i wanted to do. I wanted to do it separately so i tried to find something like that, wich i didnt find. So im trying to ask peoples here because i dont know where i can get help

[gray mural]

ok, that's a nice story, but what exactly you need to do?

[boreal kelp]

And the main question is : Im trying to have one button for each keys of wasd and not one to rebind all of them at the same time

but because its composite it doesnt work and i dont know why

[gray mural]

why cannot you make it not composite?

or I don't understand something?

[boreal kelp]

because its in vertical and horizontal axes and we need them together to work

[gray mural]

I guess you should create one composite binding for W and S, and another for A and D then

[boreal kelp]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/279653808303505409/1117454745263681586/image.png

yes but if i do that i will still have to do ws and ad on a single button

like one button for ws

and one for ad

[heady iris]

Up is a binding, as is ZQSD-WASD

it sounds like you need to rebind Up

rather than trying to rebind ZQSD-WASD

[gray mural]

you separate them

[boreal kelp]

is it possible to make the wasd not composite without losing the fact that i can do horizontal movement?

[gray mural]

yes, you make horizontal (A & D) and vertical (W & S) movements

[heady iris]

well, doesn't that just kick the can down the road

you still have composites

[boreal kelp]

my bad not horizontal diagonal *

[heady iris]

you'd just put the two inputs together in your code.

[gray mural]

yes, I guess they wanna move horizontal as one composite and vertical as another

[heady iris]

to make sure we're all on the same page here

the problem is that, when you try to rebind a composite binding, you have to rebind all of the parts of the composite at once?

[gray mural]

what do you mean?

[boreal kelp]

like is it possible to not do a composite at all and still do diagonal (like if i press w and a at the same time)

[heady iris]

i.e. if you try to rebind your movement input, you have to set the Up, Down, Left, and Right keys

[gray mural]

they gonna create two composites how seperate horizontal and verticals movements I guess ??

[boreal kelp]

i dont want composites at all

[heady iris]

i don't think anyone here is on the same page right now

[gray mural]

but you have said...

[gray mural]

yeah, me too

[boreal kelp]

im sorry let me be clear

so in this situation

[gray mural]

you should explain what you wanna do

[boreal kelp]

to rebind my keys

and not do duplicates

[gray mural]

explain with if, if else, else maybe?
i will come in a few minutes

[boreal kelp]

okok

[heady iris]

no, explain with a description of what the game does

that will be more useful.

[prime sinew]

You guys should make a thread

[boreal kelp]

okok

yeah im all for it im sorry for spamming a little :c

[heady iris]

this should really go in #🖱️┃input-system

[boreal kelp]

oh i didnt see there is a input system channel

im sorry

[boreal kelp]

i switched on the other channel

[static matrix]

which quality setting does the editor use? Is it the same as PC standalone

[heady iris]

it should be whatever is highlighted in the Quality menu

[static matrix]

okay

[dim umbra]

How would I make it so that code runs when an object interacts with the solid part of a platformEffecter2D? Using onCollisionEnter2D still registers even when the object just passes through and doesn't actually collide with the solid part.

[static matrix]

can I use Render Pipeline Assets if Im not using the standard pipeline?

[heady iris]

the scriptable render pielines used those, yes

[static matrix]

no I mean

If i am using the standard pipeline

sorry mispoke

if im not using any special pipeline

[heady iris]

then no, because you're not using a scriptable render pipeline

[static matrix]

because it looks like it gives me the option

but im not using SRP

[heady iris]

right, there are no scriptable render pipeline settings, 'cos you aren't using a scriptable render pipeline

[static matrix]

ah
but I cant create one?

[heady iris]

well, no, because you aren't using a scriptable render pipeline...

the settings menu always shows that, AFAIK

[static matrix]

ah

ok

[winged tiger]

Hey I wrote something like

public static void Change(Vector3 pos, int amount)
    {
        Terrain ter = Terrain.activeTerrain;
        TerrainData terrainData = ter.terrainData;
        
        Vector3 converted = ConvertWordCor2TerrCor(pos);
        int x, y;
        y = (int)converted.x;
        x = (int)converted.z;

        int[,]  prev = map;
        map[x, y] = amount;

        // Assign the modified map back.
        terrainData.SetDetailLayer(0, 0, 0, map);
    }

It sets detail on terrain, but now I need to set not only one point but points surrounding too, and additionaly return a 1 if the detail map changed (is diffrent than was before). Can anyone help? I have no idea how to do it honestly

[ivory pasture]

how do i stop a running coroutine?

[heady iris]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.StopCoroutine.html

[potent sleet]

put it inside a variable

[heady iris]

el goog

[ivory pasture]

i did not realize you have to make it a var to use that function

thanks though

[heady iris]

it's not that you're makign the coroutine "a var"

you're saving the result of calling StartCoroutine

and then using that to stop the coroutine later

that's all

[ivory pasture]

alright, thank you

[limber agate]

why do the wood logs show up in the scene view but not the game view

[potent sleet]

they are probably behind the camera and not infront

not code question btw

[limber agate]

ur right it isnt

but yeah the z was -14

[lethal tusk]

I want to understand how saving on a json file works in unity instead o just memorizing it, what i understand so far is usually you make a class with all variables you want to save like health, score etc. Then you make an object out of that class and save it. For loading you can load data from the file to the object.
Did i understand it right? or Im missing something.

[potent sleet]

pretty much

[lethal tusk]

cool thanks

[gray mural]

the same like in PlayerPrefs

much better though

[static matrix]

So the thing that seems to be causing all the lag is Semaphore.WaitForSignal

[lethal tusk]

which one is much better?

[gray mural]

.json for normal projects of course

[static matrix]

its following this pattern where it does a bunch of things, waits 50 ms, and then does all the rendering

like this

deos anyone know why it is waiting?

[lethal tusk]

oh yeah true.

[gray mural]

if you need to save one value like score - u may consider using PlayerPrefs

[static matrix]

or what it is waiting for?

[potent sleet]

not really recommended even for 1 value

[gray mural]

yes, even though

[lethal tusk]

yeah right now im using it to store my score, much easier to use. but not fleixable at all.

[gray mural]

json?

[potent sleet]

PlayerPrefs lives in your registries and it sucks being ported across versions

[lethal tusk]

no PlayerPref, right now Im converting it to json based system cuz the game is getting bigger

[potent sleet]

json is better to work with , you can also later on store that directly in a document based databse since they usually accept POCO's

[lethal tusk]

POCO?

[potent sleet]

"Plain Old CLR/Class Objects"

public class ImAPoco{ }

[static matrix]

where is multithread rendering in player settings
I cant find it

[potent sleet]

when you prepare to save to json you're making a POCO

[lethal tusk]

oh got it

[winged tiger]

anyone?

[static matrix]

is there like an "Advanced Settings" Button

I cant seem to find this

[potent sleet]

these aren't code specific questions @static matrix

[static matrix]

ok then where do i go

[potent sleet]

probably in #💻┃unity-talk

[static matrix]

ok then

[jaunty sleet]

I am trying to save the initial position of touches so I can calculate which direction the user is swiping, if they are swiping. I am saving them in a dictionary with the touch as they key, but when it tries to access the touch it says that it doesn't exist. Does anyone know why this could be? Here is my code https://wtools.io/paste-code/bNxl

You can use objects like a touch as the key for a dictionary right?

[tawny mountain]

Anyone have an idea on this

[gray mural]

check it's z position probably ??

[tawny mountain]

I was trying that , it didn't seem reliable... I was thinking of using an empty game object somehow

[gray mural]

what do you mean by "it didn't seem reliable"?

once it's position equals or is more than something...

[tawny mountain]

The z is the rotation.. I added it in to a new quaternion , I'll try looking at the objects tranform.rotation with the vector 3

[heady iris]

quaternion x/y/z/w values are NOT euler angles

they are the four components of the quaternion

you want .eulerAngles

[gray mural]

what's the problem here?

if (transform.eulerAngles.z >= smth)
{
    // whatever
}

[heady iris]

transform.rotation.z is the third component of the quaternion, not the rotation around the Z axis. transform.eulerAngles.z is the appropriate value.

[gray mural]

ok, using eulerAngles may be good then 🤔

[tawny mountain]

I'll give that a try

[heady iris]

that code is not correct.

[gray mural]

yes, as @heady iris said, try

if (transform.eulerAngles.z >= smth)
{
    // whatever
}

[tawny mountain]

Ok , so the issue may not be the z position it may be the code , will post one sec

[heady iris]

that isn't a z position, for sure...

that's an angle

[lethal tusk]

how can I clear a json file? can I just do this:

string json = JsonUtility.ToJson("");
File.WriteAllText(path + fileName, json);

[gray mural]

File.WriteAllText(filePath, JsonUtility.ToJson(new { }));

[lethal tusk]

thanks

[gray mural]

don't say it until you are sure that works

[lethal tusk]

if I do this It will just add "" to the file instead of replacing it?

[gray mural]

I wonder if it can be in json 🤔

[lethal tusk]

you helped and Im thanking you no matter if i works or not

[ivory pasture]

webgl build just shows nothing with universal rp 🤦

[gray mural]

but you can do it I guess. { } is empty object

[gray mural]

not this channel I guess

[lethal tusk]

I'll try, Your solotion is working btw

[gray mural]

I hope

[tawny mountain]

ok , sorry had to tend to my chickens ... the first script is suposed to overide the rigidbody 2d physics, the second script is the seesaw object where I call it when seesaw z rotation = 25
https://pastebin.com/AxZ5H9LM
https://pastebin.com/W4jCFjNP

[ivory pasture]

what channel should i ask help in?

[gray mural]

your solution works as well, I don't see the reason of asking that question too though 🙄

[gray mural]

#🌐┃web ??

[lethal tusk]

yeah i just tried it works, What question?

[gray mural]

that one, you already knew the solution 😌

[tawny mountain]

imagine an object on the seesaw I get the normal behavior (black circles on fig 2) . i want the red circles

[lethal tusk]

I wasn't sure, and It wasn't the best solution

yours is better

[gray mural]

what are those circles supposed to mean?

[tawny mountain]

Its an object on the seesaw

The tennis ball falls and the cannon ball arc's up and to the right ( as normal physics will allow )

I want it to go up and to the left .. opposite of natural physics ( red circles in above image )

[gray mural]

I don't really understand

maybe you can draw it?

with lines

[heady iris]

mess with the masses

[gray mural]

masses are still "normal physics"

[heady iris]

oh, I see

[gray mural]

yes, you wanna...

[gray mural]

yes, that's how normal physics works

in case black ball won't collide with that tube

[tawny mountain]

No the first black ball goes up and to the right

[gray mural]

sorry?

[tawny mountain]

Tennis ball falls and launches the cannon ball the opposite of the black arrows

[gray mural]

like that you mean?

[tawny mountain]

yes

thats what I get normally

[gray mural]

I don't think changing physics is a good idea

[tawny mountain]

my acrprojectile script shjould over ride that

[gray mural]

do something with your scene

or maybe that's because of that tube?

@tawny mountain even though, if you need it, look here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65980814/recommended-strategy-for-overriding-certain-rigidbody-collisions-in-unity

The easiest way might just be to take full control. On the correctly timed press, disable the RigidBody and the Collider. Then just move it yourself to the target location. It's really hard to get precise control over a RigidBody -- every FixedUpdate(), it might be picking up force from collisions, and there can be many FixedUpdate() calls between Update() calls.

[tawny mountain]

Shit , I'm looking at physics and I could just lerp between positions maybe. Current position and target position

[real ivy]

HI :p

i'm studing inverse kinematics for some time, but idk how to render it

for a single leg creature i used linerenderer

but now i have 6 legs

im using FABRIK in my IK

[heady iris]

six linerenderers?

[real ivy]

i I thought about that, but idk if a single object can have 6 linerenderers

[real ivy]

in other simulation i did a jointRenderer script with one linerenderer for each joint

but it seems to be very expensive for the computer to render

[heady iris]

the docs suggest using separate renderers for separate lines

i wouldn't think six lines would be too bad!

[real ivy]

how can i do that?

[lyric nest]

i know this is a bad explanation but: is there a way for me to create an array of "conditions" (ie script variable here) that can be accessed and then be used by another script? kind of like the condition menu from the animator but for c#

[heady iris]

separate game objects with a line renderer on each one

[heady iris]

not specific enough.

Do you just want to create a list of dropdowns?

[lyric nest]

not really? more like a list of script variables but from other scripts

[heady iris]

describe what you want to do

not "have an array of conditions"

what are you creating?

[lyric nest]

ok so basically i have a door that i want to open but only when all switches are turned on. i was thinking the best way to do this is to have the door reference the switch scripts of each switch and see if they are on or not.

[heady iris]

ah, ok

referencing arbitrary variables on other components isn't really practical -- that'd involve reflection

since you'd be able to get any variable from any component, pretty much

sounds like you have a much more narrow use-case, though

i think the neatest way to do this is to just have a list of Switch objects

where Switch is the component on the switches

you can then access their "on" field

if you want to make it more general (maybe there are switches and locks and pressure plates), you could instead have the various devices reference the door

[meager sigil]

eulerAngles.z isn't the rotation around the z axis either. That's not how euler angles work.

[heady iris]

yes, if you've rotated around all three axes, then the result may be non-intuitive

for an object that is only rotating around the Z axis, the interpretation is correct

[woven matrix]

hey guys help me out, I am using rendure texture to make a scope of a camera, but in game the result is a bit darker can some one help me out with this?

[ashen yoke]

you have any post processing?

[woven matrix]

nope

[leaden ice]

Use an unlit material

You're probably using the standard shader which is lit

This also isn't a code question

[woven matrix]

cool it fixed, thanks

sorry my bad I am used to only ask code questions

it was automatic

-.-

[real ivy]

i found what i think is a better method than linerenderer

i use a prefab of the leg segments

this prefab rotate towards the target point

and i can say my brain is very big

[tender lark]

Yall know how to get SetActive functions to work on an Image

Instead of gameObject only

[gray mural]

image.gameObject.SetActive(false);

[tender lark]

what???!!

Public image example

example.gameObject.SetActive(false)

@gray mural like this?

[gray mural]

yes

you should set its gameObject component to false

[tender lark]

thank you

it's so damn siple yet far

[gray mural]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.SetActive.html

GameObject.SetActive

should be used with GameObject then

[heady iris]

only game objects are activated or deactivated

Behaviors can be enabled and disabled.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject-activeInHierarchy.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Behaviour-enabled.html

[primal wind]

If you wanna get technical you could make a class that implements a Enable() method

But i think it's useless for most things

[heady iris]

well, I mean, you can make any method you want!

[ashen yoke]

wrong

        void 9999()
        {
        }

[heady iris]

i wonder if I can do..

damn

[ashen yoke]

c# sucks

[heady iris]

cirnophobic

[woven matrix]

hey guys how can I get a angle from -90 to 90 relative to a transform and a target?

I am not understanding how

I am using cs Vector3 targetDirection = target - transform.position; float angle = Vector3.Angle(transform.forward, targetDirection); float clampedAngle = Mathf.Clamp(angle, -90f, 90f);
but the values allways come positive

even if the target is above or below the transform

[heady iris]

you want SignedAngle

[woven matrix]

thanks man

[candid moon]

Hello I am having an issue where an npc in my game is supposed to sit down after reaching a table, and for some reason there is a velocity applied right after sitting down
I am not sure where that velocity is coming from
https://medal.tv/games/requested/clips/1dLBD8DtHi_90E/d1337SjgfblD?invite=cr-MSxsd20sMjYzNjQxOTcs

private void CustomerSit(GameObject sitPos)
    {



        transform.position = sitPos.transform.position;
        print(transform.localRotation);

        Rigidbody rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();

        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0);
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0);
        rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.zero;
        rigidbody.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeAll;
        print(transform.localRotation);
        Animation customerSitAnim = GetComponentInChildren<Animation>();

        animator.SetBool("isOrdering", true);



        ChooseRandomItem();

        sitting = true;
    }```

[soft shard]

Could you give an example of how you intend to use this system, maybe with pseudo code? I dont think I fully understand your goal with it

[soft shard]

Just a guess, but you could try sleeping your rigidbody and zeroing the velocity before you set the position, or try using a coroutine to zero the velocity tthen wait for the next frame before setting the position, it could be still moving in between FixedUpdate when you apply the position so the velocity doesnt get to zero yet, but again thats just a guess, not sure for certain

[candid moon]

alright, will try that out thank you!

unfortunately didn't work thank you for trying though ^^

[earnest gazelle]

I have implemented undo/redo for my tools, the key is ctrl+z and ctrl+y. The problem is that the undo/redo keys are the same as undo/redo unity. What do you suggest?
Change shortcut? is there any way to use ctrl+z, ctrl+y for my tools without conflicting?

[leaden ice]

Why not integrate your undo/redo into Unity's undo system

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Undo.html

[earnest gazelle]

It is not editor

It is in runtime.

I think it should exist an api to stop undo functionality

Undo.IncrementCurrentGroup();
Undo.CollapseUndoOperations(Undo.GetCurrentGroup());
but I think it is better to use different shortcuts

[steady moat]

What you actually want ? What is the end goal ?

[charred dust]

Is there a way to make interface variables show in the inspector (Serializable?)

[heady iris]

no, since they don't derive from UnityEngine.Object and aren't one of the other types that can be serialized

you probably want to make an abstract class that derives from MonoBehaviour and implements the interface

it's definitely a pain-point

[steady moat]

With custom Editor.

[charred dust]

makes sense.

[heady iris]

actually, can you point me to an example of that?

[charred dust]

me?

[heady iris]

no, sim

[charred dust]

oh

[heady iris]

I guess you can make an Object field and then just check that you put a valid object in?

(i.e. one with the right interface)

[charred dust]

sounds like a lot of extra work imo. Ig I'll just put that variable in my self without a interface.

[steady moat]

I've done it multiple time. In fact, we have a whole Custom Editor for the default editor which enable us to add custom attibute

Like Odin

Things like do a function on button, restrict string value base on condition, bitmask field, etc.

And, we have the possibility to show any variable/function.

[heady iris]

right, but how would you do this specific thing?

i.e. exposing an interface field in the inspector

[leaden ice]

I'd just use different shortcuts in the editor, probably the easiest

[steady moat]

You can do any Editor-UI related function without a serialized property.

ex: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.TextField.html

[heady iris]

ah, I see

[steady moat]

For the part of retreiving/exposing an interface, you can use Reflection + Attribut.

[heady iris]

so you'd show an Object field and then make sure whatever you put it in matches the interface?

i know i've seen something like that before

[steady moat]

You can do that for sure, but I do not see what it is gonna do with exposing paramters of an interface.

[heady iris]

parameters of an interface?

[steady moat]

I was thinking more something like MonoBehaviour : IInterface and expose the value of the function inside.

Result*

[heady iris]

maybe we're thinking of different things here...

#archived-code-general message

i am thinking of letting you reference anything that implements an interface

(more likely, reference any unity object implementing an interface)

[steady moat]

public interface IInterface {
  [Inspect] string GetValue();
}

public class MyBehaviour : MonoBehaviour, IInterface {

}

[CustomEditor(typeof(MonoBehaviour))]
public class MyBehaviourEditor : Editor 
{
  public override void OnInspectorGUI()
  {
     //Do reflection things there
     //Draw the field
     DrawDefaultInspector()
  }
}

[heady iris]

ah, so you're talking about drawing extra things in the inspector from an interface field

okay, different thing

[heady iris]

i'm pretty sure Yamoshi was looking for this

so that if I had, say:

public interface IFoo {
  public void Foo();
}

public class FooClass : MonoBehaviour, IFoo {
  public void Foo() { Debug.Log("Foo"); }
}

public class FooClassRedux : ScriptableObject, IFoo {
  public void Foo() { Debug.Log("Bar"); }
}

public class SomeComponent : MonoBehaviour {
  public IFoo myFoo;
}

i could drag in either a FooClass or a FooClassRedux and both would fit in that myFoo field

[lethal tusk]

when we make a script unity generate some stuff in a file called Assembly-CSharp.csproj
which is an xml file if im not mistaken which filled with a lot of info. Is there a way to change its default values so whenever that file is created use some other data instead of its default data?

[heady iris]

why?

[steady moat]

Not a place for such things. Also, how many hours did you put into it ?

[heady iris]

#📖┃code-of-conduct

[Do not] Ask or answer questions using unverified AI-generated responses

[drowsy heron]

ok

bruh

[heady iris]

although i'm not even sure what the point of this is

[drowsy heron]

5 hours

[steady moat]

Ouch, AI is still far.

[drowsy heron]

the game has a system of levels and a system of spending bullets and life, and when you die, everything resets

[lethal tusk]

because whenever it generate the file, for taget net framework version it uses 4.7.1 by defualt by for some reason i have net frame work 4.8.1. And targeting the wrong version makes my auto correct not work while im writing code

[heady iris]

ah, I had a similar problem once

[drowsy heron]

honestly I'm extremely frustrated to spend all the time explaining the error and explaining how such a thing has to work within the game, and it's amazing how gpt can't solve a simple problem in the coding and ends up causing more problems in the place

[heady iris]

i didn't actually solve it

[simple egret]

Unity has full control over your project file (csproj extension) you should not modify it manually

[heady iris]

it's a large language model. it generates text that it thinks is likely to follow the prompt text

[lethal tusk]

oh

[drowsy heron]

too bad he's stupid sometimes lmao

[tacit dawn]

A little question, is it the same to write:

public class Entity : MonoBehaviour, ITarget
{
  public void DealDamage(uint amount, DamageType damageType, uint numberOfHits, bool ignoreShield, bool ignoreArmor) {//effect}
}

and

public class Entity : MonoBehaviour, ITarget
{
  void ITarget.DealDamage(uint amount, DamageType damageType, uint numberOfHits, bool ignoreShield, bool ignoreArmor) {//effect}
}

With this as the interface:

public interface ITarget
{
    void DealDamage(uint amount, DamageType damageType, uint numberOfHits=1, bool ignoreShield=false, bool ignoreArmor=false);

like does it change anything in term of access?

[heady iris]

pretty sure the second one is an error

the default access modifier for interface members appears to be public

you can do protected, but that's a bit weird...I think that demands explicit interface implementation?

[tacit dawn]

okay, thanks!

[steady moat]

You might want to read: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/interfaces/explicit-interface-implementation

[rich leaf]

Hey I have a question regarding movement with the rigid body of a character. Right now, My movement script looks like

void NormalMovement(Vector3 movementDirection)
    {

        // Calculate the movement amount based on the current speed


        // Translate the player's position based on the movement direction and amount
        Vector3 newPosition = transform.position + movementDirection * currentSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime;
        playerRb.MovePosition(newPosition);

        Debug.Log(movementDirection);

        // Rotate the player to face the movement direction
        if (movementDirection != Vector3.zero)
        {
            Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(movementDirection);
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.rotation, targetRotation, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

            // Play correct animation
            if(currentSpeed == sprintSpeed)
            {
                this.GetComponent<PlayerAnimationHandler>().Player_Ani_Sprinting();

            }
            else if (currentSpeed == walkSpeed)
            {
                this.GetComponent<PlayerAnimationHandler>().Player_Ani_Walking();
            }
            else
            {
                this.GetComponent<PlayerAnimationHandler>().Player_Ani_Jogging();
            }
        }

        // if not moving, play idle animation
        else
        {
            this.GetComponent<PlayerAnimationHandler>().Player_Ani_Idle();
        }
        
    }

Where the movementDirection is calculated in the FixedUpdate(), which is also where this movement code is called:

  void FixedUpdate()
    {


        #region Normal Movement
        if (normalMovement)
        {
            // Check if the player is running or walking
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightShift))
            {
                currentSpeed = sprintSpeed;
            }

            else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightControl))
            {
                currentSpeed = walkSpeed;
            }
            else
                currentSpeed = jogSpeed;

            // Calculate the movement direction based on arrow keys or WASD
            Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
                moveDirection += Vector3.forward;

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
                moveDirection += Vector3.right;

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
                moveDirection += Vector3.back;

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
                moveDirection += Vector3.left;

            // Normalize the movement direction if it's not zero
            if (moveDirection != Vector3.zero)
            {
                moveDirection.Normalize();
            }

            // Move the player
            NormalMovement(moveDirection);

        }
        #endregion

The issue is it seems like the player needs time to "charge" before it starts moving. I can see that the movementDirection vector is properly being calculated. However, it takes a few seconds of holding my key down for my player to begin moving. Additionally, once it starts moving in a specific direction, there is no delay in continuing to move that direction. ie if my character finally begins to move after holding W, i can let go of W and hold it again and it will instantly begin moving again. However, if I try to move in a different direction, I will have to wait for it to "charge"
I dont think this is a code issue as it calculates the movementDirection properly as well as working as intended once the player finally begins to move. Is this an issue with the rigidbody setup?

[lean sail]

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[tawny elk]

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[rich leaf]

my code is formatted

[lean sail]

read the code command

[swift falcon]

Large Code Blocks

[leaden ice]

Likely due to other code or one of your other components

You didn't share your Rigidbody setup so hard to comment on that

[rich leaf]

If I turn off "is Kinematic", it is responsive (but jittery)

[leaden ice]

But since you're using MovePosition it's unlikely

[rich leaf]

The vector that is being inputed into MovePosition is what I expect to see, and the debug message prints the same vector when the player is stuck vs when the player is not stuck

Is this some sort of issue with the mass of the player? the drag?

[lean sail]

mass only has an effect on forces added to it, and your player has no drag from your screenshot

[rich leaf]

Why is it when "isKinematic" is disabled, the movement is perfectly responsive (but jittery)?

[leaden ice]

As mentioned above I think this is probably an issue with your other components

[rich leaf]

What could effect the rigid body?

[leaden ice]

Any of your other components

Whatever animation thing you're using is a good bet

[rich leaf]

How can the animations affect the rigid body?

When those animation things are commented out it still persists

[lean sail]

there are a lot of things that can make it jittery, tbh i dont really know why u have a kinematic rigidbody with rotation frozen on each axis to begin with

Even a desync between camera and player can make it look jittery, while the player is moving perfectly fine

[rich leaf]

My point is that the code is by turning off the isKinematic it shows that the inputs are being handled properly. I'm not sure why my player needs to hold down a key continuously for a few seconds before it moves. And when i let go and press the same key, it continues to move. However, if the direction vector changes, it takes a few seconds again

[wind palm]

Off the top of my head I can explain why it moves after release (albeit it shouldn't be much), however the delay doesn't make too much sense to me.

You're using MovePosition
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MovePosition.html

Rigidbody.MovePosition moves a Rigidbody and complies with the interpolation settings. When Rigidbody interpolation is enabled, Rigidbody.MovePosition creates a smooth transition between frames. Unity moves a Rigidbody in each FixedUpdate call.

However, based on your code, could you not just use Unity's default CharacterController to avoid these issues?

[lethal tusk]

There is a thing in python called Dictionary which allow you to save 2 data for each thing you put in like this:
"Name" : "Alex", "Age" : 20 etc
Kind of like a json file.
Is there anything like that in c# so i can store some data?

[latent latch]

yeah, a dictionary

[lethal tusk]

oh

so they have the same name>

[rich leaf]

yeah\

[lethal tusk]

then how you define it?

[quartz folio]

Though that just looks like a class with variables as there's different types as values

[lethal tusk]

can't I define it like this somehow ["Name" : "Alex", ...]

[rich leaf]

        newDictionary.Add(30, gameObject1);
        newDictionary.Add(31, gameObject2);
        newDictionary.Add(32, gameObject3);
        newDictionary.Add(33, gameObject4);```

[lethal tusk]

cool thanks, and the GameObject can be any type of data right?

[rich leaf]

you can use anything as the key/result

[lethal tusk]

nice ty

[rich leaf]

that example just uses integers as the key and gameobjects as the result

[lethal tusk]

got it

[quartz folio]

If you wanted any type of data you would use object, but that's not a great way of programming, instead you would just use a class or something that's actually defined:

class Person
{
  public string Name;
  public int Age;
}
...
var alex = new Person
{
  Name = "Alex",
  Age = 20
};```

[lethal tusk]

oh that is a Dictionary?!

[quartz folio]

No

[lethal tusk]

I have one like that in my code, I want a Dictionary inside of it

[vague jolt]

if I run this code

File.WriteAllText(Application.dataPath + "/save.json", save);

Where is the file supposed to be once the game is builded ?
Here ? Becasue I can't find it.

[lethal tusk]

in your assets folder

[vague jolt]

thats in the editor

[quartz folio]

!api

[tawny elk]

💻 Learn in detail about the scripting API that Unity provides https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/

[vague jolt]

i mean here

[quartz folio]

Why not just look at the docs, which tell you where Application.dataPath is.

[lethal tusk]

yeah the one you have inside of your project folder

[vague jolt]

Win/Linux player: <path to executablename_Data folder> (note that most Linux installations will be case-sensitive!)
this is what is says but in the data folder there is not save file

[broken fractal]

Factorio 😧

[lethal tusk]

can I ask you something off topic?

[vague jolt]

but i don't care abot that one, i care about the one that should be generated when i run the game

[quartz folio]

Have you run the save code then?

[vague jolt]

i guess, it does run in the editor

i hate how the game does not behave the same in editor and once builded

[quartz folio]

You should check that it runs via logging or the debugger, as it should be that folder

[vague jolt]

how do i do that ?

[quartz folio]

Either connect the debugger to a development build and use breakpoints

or add a Debug.Log and look at the player logs https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/LogFiles.html

[vague jolt]

any way i am really confused by a thing, are unity games just the files in the folder you build the game or there is something else ?

[wind palm]

They're just in the files in the folder where you build it.

[vague jolt]

but why are player prefs not delted when you delte the folder

[quartz folio]

Because player prefs are not in the folder

and generally people save to the persistent data path, not the data path.

[wind palm]

You do not distribute the player prefs.

[vague jolt]

no but it would make sence if you delete the game the player prefs get delted too,

that is just leaving files in my computer without me knowing

[quartz folio]

Welcome to Windows

[wind palm]

That's not really a windows problem.

I guess permissions could be an issue perhaps.

[quartz folio]

Windows is very permissive about where programs put files

[lethal tusk]

how can i change the result of a key?

[vague jolt]

Debug.Log("The script Save File generator is running");
When i run the builded version is this getting printed in a file ?

[quartz folio]

or add a Debug.Log and look at the player logs https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/LogFiles.html

[rich leaf]

What do you mean by change?

[lethal tusk]

replace the result with another data

[rich leaf]

if you want a new result then just add a new entry

[quartz folio]

dictionary[key] = value

[lethal tusk]

no I want a new result for an existing key

[lethal tusk]

thanks

[rich leaf]

are you trying to replace the value at runtime?

[lethal tusk]

yes

[vague jolt]

so the logs say
FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "C:\Users\edora\OneDrive\Desktop\Simulation\Factorio Logic Simulator_Data\save.json"

So i guess that the function that generates the file is never started because another script is trying to get the file first blocking everything else?

should i make the function that generates the file in the void start of the script ?

[quartz folio]

Or, check if it exists before you try to use it

[bold terrace]

I dont know if this is a bug in Unity or not, but I have merged 2 different strings (nameString and descriptionString) and added it to the TextMeshProUGUI component. However the name and the description are overrided.

This is basically what I have done:
string newString = nameString + descriptionString
TextMeshProUGUI textComponent.text = newString

[vague jolt]

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3329323/transform-a-straight-line-into-a-curve

[vague jolt]

that looks like there are two text component one on top of the other

no i correct my self

i have no idea what is that

[bold terrace]

I agree, but there isn't 🤷‍♂️

[vague jolt]

have you tried increasing the text area?

maiby there is not enoght space

[bold terrace]

I have, unfortunately it doesn't fix it

[wind palm]

I was thinking there's an invisible "new line" like \r, that wasn't handled correctly

[vague jolt]

only thing that comes to my mind is to fix those two red error, they problablyu don0t matter but maiby they do

https://forum.unity.com/threads/text-overlaps-itself-solved.534776/

some one had the same problem

and was the \r

[bold terrace]

Seems to be my issue, where does the \r come from?

[wind palm]

Usually doing things on Linux or certain editors. It can also come from pressing Shift + Enter

[bold terrace]

The nameString is taken from an text editor with hundreds of names, maybe this could be the source of the issue?

[wind palm]

Likely.

[vague jolt]

probalby every line ends with \r, i guess you took the line from the file and thats why

[wind palm]

Usually lines in files end with \r\n which would support all platforms

[bold terrace]

Thanks everyone, I should be able to fix it now

[leaden ice]

That's the windows line ending

Linux uses \n alone

[wind palm]

Even Console.WriteLine uses \n to my knowledge

_>

[lean sail]

using \n alone should just be fine

[dusk apex]

Would be the constraint, if it matters

[leaden ice]

Probably Environment.NewLine

[wind palm]

You're right, I believe I got it backwards.

\r\n for non-Unix platforms, or \n for Unix platforms.

[lean sail]

pretty sure if u write line1\nline2\r\nline3 to a file you'll still get all on its own lines

[wind palm]

Correct.

The bit inside the code tags was from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.newline

The sauce

[fading trail]

should i make a voxel engine via using a 2D array noiseMap and then evaluating the height based on an AnimationCurve or use an array that gets all dimensions of the map and then store that

or should I use the first for the surface and the latter for the underground

[lyric moon]

anyone know how i can get a sort of 'device position' for my mobile game, i want it so walking IRL walks in game

[lean sail]

Did u google for it
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/LocationService.Start.html

[lean sail]

Although be wary of location based stuff, it will be inaccurate a lot of times and this is not in your control. Sometimes it will seem like you teleport, or jump large distances due to just some inconsistencies. You may also want to handle cases where users are in a car or going too fast

[sharp root]

Anyone know how i can play Admob ads in my mobile game at random times?
Interstitial btw

[cobalt apex]

Hey does anyone have any experience with optimization of behaviour trees? Running into an issue where the number of active behaviour trees are actively starting to hurt the performance. Currenly i'm storing the running nodes by the ID of the subject(simple int) for the behaviour in a sorted dictionary, but somehow it does not seem like a great performance gain over a regular Dictionary. Any pointers to points of optimization would be appreciated!

[steady moat]

You want the integral of the straight line which is the area under the curve. (The amount of space that has been accumulated at the point X) (The inverse of the differential) The differential is the function of the tangente (The curvature at the point X) of the curve.

Here the concept applied to velocity and acceleration: https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/calculus/calculus/integration/distance-velocity-and-acceleration

[wet condor]

helo im looking for a helping material what i wnat to do is hide my varibles if my bol is true.
E.g 3 varibles Lock, Name, Password.
if my lock varible is true then idont want to shoe my name and pass varible i know it can be done using custom editor but i cant find the right material to do so

[nocturne sierra]

has anyone ever tried coding a programm for the hololens (using MRTK) in unity version 2019, where a cube spawns in front of u and u can do stuff like make it bounce via gravity and physical material? maybe additional speech input? we need sth like that for a school project and I was just wondering

[lunar anvil]

https://gdl.space/vepinitaho.cs I spawn Objects but sometimes they collide with each other and then they fly out of row how can I change that? ( the Objects are moving forwards)

[spiral robin]

I want this to activate the outline component on a raycasted object and then disable it when no longer raycasted. But it doesn't seem to be working

[leaden ice]

Look at your code, it makes no sense

You're only doing anything when the Raycast hits

What about when the Raycast doesn't hit anything?

You need to handle that case

[swift falcon]

Hello, I am having some issues exporting my android game, can anyone help?

[spiral robin]

Solved, thank you

[heady iris]

Ask your question.

[swift falcon]

Oh no worries I already fixed the issue

It's just the first time that I'm making an android game so I don't know how to use it

Oh but I have a different question

[swift falcon]

How can I test my games on mobile?

Most videos say that I need to use Unity Remote 5, but I can't find it on the play store

[heady iris]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UnityRemote5.html

the manual links to the application on the play store

[placid summit]

General OOP question - if you have a vehicle base class say and you override with a car class, a tank class etc. Is it valid to put an enum or something in the base class as a fast type check, to avoid doing endless if vehicle is car, if vehicle is tank etc? when you only have the vehicle class to hand? I dont know what cost type checks incur...

actually C# pattern matching seems to make it redundant 'is' is fast and you can even switch on class type

[leaden ice]

If you find yourself doing those checks often then you've probably missed much of the point of doing polymorphism in the first place

[steady moat]

It is bad practice to have an Enum to define a type. It usually means that your system is not flexible/modular enough. In fact, this might be the worst thing to do in OOP.

If you show what you are actually trying to do, we might be able to give some suggestion.

[placid summit]

Yes I agree with you 2, it is a sign of poor design in most cases...

It was because I have a filter class with huge variation in inputs depending on type - the UI needs to change based on that. So it is not like I am calling a Move() or DoWork() function, I have to get full type info to setup the UI

[leaden ice]

Can't have a SetupUI() function?

I'll agree it's sometimes more convenient to use the switch

[steady moat]

I still see no reason to not have correct polymorphism/interface.

[placid summit]

no maintaining data/UI separation

well one way anyway

[dim plover]

Hello everyone, anyone come up to very long compile problem today ?

[leaden ice]

Just as long as you understand what's going on, I'll not shame you for it lol

[placid summit]

ah I'm not sure I will ever reach C# perfection - but if it works in the end it may be the best I can do eh. If anyone has suggestions on bibles for best code tips...

[steady moat]

Is your architecture something like that ?

[placid summit]

yes

but actually the UI bit is combined - ideally I guess TankUI->Tank CarUI->Car would be better

[steady moat]

There is two things here:
UI contract. (What other people see and can do on the UI)
UI capacities. (What can be done in the UI)

In your UI, you can have the capacities to show ammo by example.

However, only the TankUI will do the drawing of the ammo.

[placid summit]

yeah my vehicle stuff was an example but that is the point - one class type can have a very different UI, while still being a vehicle

[steady moat]

This is why, you should work with capacities and contract and make the actual drawing inside the specified UI.

You give the capacities to show Ammo, show Speed, show Durability. However, only the TankUI will actual make the call to those functionnality

[placid summit]

yes, I always make it work, just not always in the best way - if you have any reference to this kind of "capacities and contract" method let me know

[urban marsh]

Hello everyone !
Is there a quick way to add the 60 scripts that are in a folder to a prefab ? (other than clicking 60 times "add script" in the inspector)

[leaden ice]

Select them all an drag and drop

But 60 is a lot of components for one object

[steady moat]

I do not have reference, I'm only saying things I have learn in class.

However, you can look in Design By Contract and read on what is an interface. (Hint: It is a set of capacities, a contract)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_contract

Also, the reference I gave might not be good actually, it is more the formal approach than the design approach of designing by contract.

It tries to solve the question: How to make a bugless program where what we want is more how to design functionnalities in isolation, with the usage of interface. Maybe something like mocking in Unit Test is more close to what I actually refer. (You do not need the implementation of an interface to write a test)

[placid summit]

well formal/correct approach vs getting-it-done is a delicate balance. If the code gets too bad you waste time refactoring, if you take too long trying to make it the best, you never get it written!

[dawn nebula]

Apparently turning OFF a collider in a trigger will call OnTriggerExit, but turning ON a collider in a trigger will not call OnTriggerEnter

that's odd

[steady moat]

It was more of a "Perfect" approach which is totally not what we are doing. Things you do in Medical/Space programmation.

[heady iris]

gonna implement my game in Ada

a verifiably correct cookie clicker clone

[weary marlin]

what is the correct way to initialize the first object after setting up the bindings in the installer?

the following produces a warning:

        public override void InstallBindings()
        {
            this.Container
                .BindFactory<TileBehaviour, TileBehaviour.Factory>()
                .FromComponentInNewPrefab(this.tilePrefab);

            this.Container
                .BindFactory<WallPartBehaviour, WallPartBehaviour.Factory>()
                .FromNewComponentOnNewGameObject();
        
            this.Container
                .Bind<WallBehaviour>()
                .FromNewComponentOnNewGameObject()
                .AsTransient();
            
            this.Container.Resolve<WallBehaviour>().CreateWall();
        }

Zenject Warning: It is bad practice to call Inject/Resolve/Instantiate before all the Installers have completed! This is important to ensure that all bindings have properly been installed in case they are needed when injecting/instantiating/resolving. Detected when operating on type 'WallBehaviour'. If you don't care about this, you can disable this warning by setting flag 'ZenjectSettings.DisplayWarningWhenResolvingDuringInstall' to false (see docs for details on ZenjectSettings).

like ok i get its bad practice but what is the good practice

i could circumvent this with .NonLazy() but i dont want to move business logic into the constructor

[cursive bridge]

I’m new to unity so I have this hell of a easy question. I made a square and want it to move, how do I code that? I know I can just go search it up in YouTube but could I also get an explanation of how it works? I want to know what each text means in the code in case I want to change it oater or use it again. Anybody?

[steady moat]

To truly understand something, you need to experiment it.

Start by following a tutorial, then try to adapt it. (Direction, Speed, etc.)

[cursive bridge]

Any recommendations for a tutorial?

[steady moat]

If you want a description of what the fuction/line does, you can ask in #💻┃code-beginner. However, you will understand even better by searching on Google.

[steady moat]

!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/

[cursive bridge]

Ok mate! Thanks!

[cursive hollow]

Is there a way to increase gravity onto rigidbodys? My character controller jumps are too floaty rn

[gray vessel]

What is the limitation of the new keyword? In the docs it says that override extends and new replaces, which makes sense, except you can very easily do this:

class foo {
  protected virtual void action1() 
    {
        Debug.log("Action")
    }
}

class overrideFoo : foo {
  protected override void action1() 
    {
        Debug.log("Action2")
        base.action1()
    }
}
class newFoo : foo {
  protected new void action1() 
    {
        Debug.log("Action2")
        base.action1()
    }
}``` and get exactly the same results

[heady iris]

it affects the behavior when you have a variable whose compile-time type is of a parent class

and whose run-time type is actually a child class

with new, the run-time type is ignored. you just get the method on the parent class.

with override, the run-time type is used. you get the method on the child class.

so:

foo x = new overrideFoo();
x.action1(); // calls overrideFoo's implementation
foo y = new newFoo();
y.action1(): // calls foo's implementation

[cursive bridge]

I’m trying to male a third person game, what tutorial would you recommend me mate?

[heady iris]

you need to learn unity.

follow the tutorial tracks on Unity Learn.

[steady moat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics-gravity.html

Try 16. This is what I use.

[gray vessel]

oooh I see

thank you for that

That's a subtle but important distinction I guess

[heady iris]

basically, virtual methods allow for polymorphic behavior, since you can override them

non-virtual methods do not

[late mango]

Hi everyone

I'm kind of lost on a project. How would I make it so I can rotate an object around another one following the mouse?

[tacit sedge]

{ ...}
bool isGrounded()
{
float ExtraHeight = .03f;
RaycastHit2D raycastHit2D = Physics2D.BoxCast(Col.bounds.center, Col.bounds.size, 0f, Vector2.down, ExtraHeight, LayerMask);
return raycastHit2D.collider !=null;
}```
I'm using this code for my 2D Jumping. However, I can't figure out how to make it so you can only jump when on the floor. Players can still jump on walls. I have LayerMask attatched to the tilemap I'm using for the collidable objects.

[heady iris]

so that the object "aims" at the mouse?

[late mango]

No

[mental rover]

it must be that raycastHit2D.collider is not null - so what is it?

[late mango]

When I move the mouse I would like to rotate the object around another one

[heady iris]

then I don't know what that means

maybe you can make a visual example?

[wind palm]

So if you moved your mouse a planet rotates around a sun (or that kind of thing)?

[late mango]

Yes

That king of thing

But without having to clicking

Something like that

The object rotate to match the mouse angle compared to the object it's orbiting on

[wind palm]

Ah yes, I see.

[odd ridge]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.RotateAround.html

[late mango]

But it stays focuse on the object

I know rotate around makes it rotate around the object but I don't see how we can match the mouse angle

[wind palm]

1. So you need to get the mouse position in world space.
2. Get the direction from the object thats being orbited, based on the mouse's position.
3. Multiply that by the distance you want the object to be from the object thats being orbited and set that as the new position

[wind palm]

Premably you're using 2D?

[tacit sedge]

hmm? Should I have it return isGrounded = true?

[late mango]

No 3D

But I can just fix it by setting the z to the difference between the camera and the object

[mental rover]

that wouldn't make sense, you need to use the result of the raycast

[late mango]

Wouldn't the rotation of the moving object get broken?

I mean it wouldn't point to the object it's orbiting on anymore

[tacit sedge]

alright, I'll try that. Also, just out of curiosity, are there any issues that could come up by opening my project in a newer version of unity? I'm getting unity on my desktop. The version I used on my laptop was 2021.3.17f1

[wind palm]

You can change that too, though (you can use transform.forward = myObjectIAmOrbitting.transform.position).

With 3D it may take a bit more toying with, off the top of my head I'm unsure how the World Space coords of the mouse would work.

[late mango]

Ok I'll try that

I'll report back to you 🙂

[heady iris]

okay, so the object follows the mouse and points at a target

[heady iris]

bingo

er, not quite

targetObject.transform.position - transform.position

you can also use transform.LookAt(targetObject.transform.position)

[wind palm]

I was about to say!

[late mango]

targetObject.transform.position - transform.position?

[heady iris]

Yes.

If you add that vector to your position, you get the target's position

Therefore, it is a vector pointing to the target

[late mango]

Oh I see

[heady iris]

target - source + source = target!

in general, to get a vector between two things, just compute to - from

[wind palm]

Unity compile times are driving me insane!

[warm stratus]

Hey, this line
controlEditor.obstaclesObject[indexOfRight].name.StartsWith("barrier")
does this error:
StackOverflowException: The requested operation caused a stack overflow.
UnityEngine.Object.get_name () (at <ba783288ca164d3099898a8819fcec1c>:0)

someone knows why?

[wind palm]

What is obstaclesObject a GameObject?

[warm stratus]

a list of gameObjct

[wind palm]

I wouldn't have expected name to cause a stackoverflow.

[warm stratus]

i google what s a stackoverflow error

[wind palm]

It's essentially if you call a method within a method they're "stacked". The stack is only so big.

For instance this would cause a stack overflow.

public void MyMethod()
{
  MyMethod();
}

[warm stratus]

but something good is that the error is everytime

[warm stratus]

ahhhh ok thks lol i know why i forget this part

[wind palm]

That screenshot doesn't show much xD

[warm stratus]

look the bottom and the up

[wind palm]

Ah! That'll do it.

[warm stratus]

and what s the limit?

[fervent furnace]

depends on stack size

[late mango]

Thank you I'm rotating around it now 🙂

[wind palm]

I'm not sure it has a definitive size. But you really aught to not toy with it!

[fervent furnace]

and memory usage each function call

[wind palm]

Where possible avoid nesting methods.

[late mango]

Now I just have to constraint the movement

So it's always at the same distance from the object

[warm stratus]

yes it s just less than 100 times for me

[wind palm]

Usually you can rework this into a do { } while(); or a while() { } loop

[wind palm]

That's based on your method being the first. Unity calls your methods, and then Unity has more methods calling those.

[warm stratus]

heuu... i guess my code won 't be a problem . Thks for the help

[wind palm]

You can do

myDirection.normalized * myFixedDistance

If that helps.

[warm stratus]

ok it works fine now

[gray mural]

public delegate char OnValidateInput(string text, int charIndex, char addedChar);

This method (from TMP_InputField) is happened when player presses the button

public OnValidateInput onValidateInput 
{
    get 
    { 
        return m_OnValidateInput; 
    } 
    set 
    { 
        SetPropertyUtility.SetClass(ref m_OnValidateInput, value); 
    } 
}

I am really bad in those delegates, but how does Unity know that it should execute this method, when I press key button?
Because I cannot find it anywhere. And yes, it should be somewhere in the code I guess ?

[wind palm]

Is it not specified in the inspector?

[gray mural]

no.

[heady iris]

context please: what class is this defined in?

[gray mural]

I just want to find it in the code

[heady iris]

is this a MonoBehaviour you wrote? does it implement any interfaces?

[gray mural]

I have written it.

This method (from TMP_InputField) is happened when player presses the button

in TMP_InputField

[heady iris]

oh, this code is from the TMP_InputField class?

i am having trouble following you

[gray mural]

yes

[gray mural]

what do you mean?

[heady iris]

then m_OnValidateInput is a delegate that gets invoked when input is provided

[heady iris]

I thought you wrote this code at first.

the input field decides when to do that

[wind palm]

I would have thought it was added here:

It could have been done through code)

[gray mural]

are all delegates called, when input is provided or ??

[potent sleet]

this wont work
you need to do AddListener

[heady iris]

yes, that's handled by the input field

it responds to input being provided by invoking the delegate

[wind palm]

You're right, that's normal events

[gray mural]

this method works without listeners (& @potent sleet)

[heady iris]

i do not understand where your confusion is coming from

[gray mural]

I have debugged it

[heady iris]

the input field invokes the various delegates when the right conditions are met

that's very normal

[potent sleet]

was talking about something else

[wind palm]

If you're certain it isn't done in the inspector, just find all usages of the delegate name.

It'll have to be declared somewhere >_>

[gray mural]

I want to find kinda this line of code ??

if any kind of Key was pressed
    then onValidateInput method should be executed

[potent sleet]

that makes no sense

[heady iris]

does TextMeshPro give you source files, or does it give you a DLL

[wind palm]

That'll be inside TMP itself

[heady iris]

if it's the latter, you ain't seeing it

[gray mural]

yes, I have been trying to find it with Ctrl + F, but I did not succeed.

[gray mural]

what do you mean? I do have access to source files, or ?

[potent sleet]

are you talking about this
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.textmeshpro@1.3/api/TMPro.TMP_InputField.OnValidateInput.html

[gray mural]

It cannot be

because you cannot type in TMP

[wind palm]

Where TMP makes that call will be inside TMP.

What will be in your code is where you do AddListener(myDelegate)

OR it is defined in the inspector

[gray mural]

yes, I do

[potent sleet]

is there something particular about it or is this like an XY problem ?

nothing special about delagate event

[gray mural]

TMP should not see, when player has pressed the button, cause it we cannot type anything in TMP. It should be defined in TMP_InputField, or am I missing something?

[gray mural]

I just want to find it.

I cannot do that

[potent sleet]

what for tho?

[heady iris]

I went and looked. When I asked my IDE to show me TMP_InputField, it had to decompile something to show me the class.

[gray mural]

I am trying to make my own InputField to solve XY problem we were talking with other people in #archived-code-advanced. But I have lack of knowledge in Events, delegates and other (everything actually). So I am investigating original TMP_InputField to incerase my knowladge and be able to do the same things.
That's why I need to know how those delegates are used, I guess ??

[heady iris]

The source is not provided.

[wind palm]

TMP doesn't "see" unless you tell it to, the same way as you tell Buttons what to do when you click.

[gray mural]

it is ??

[heady iris]

i can tell you that it looks something like this...

void SomeFunctionThatChecksForInput() {
  bool changed = /* something */
  if (changed)
    if (onValidateInput != null)
      onValidateInput(newText, /* other args */);

that's it

[gray mural]

isn't that the course?

[wind palm]

If you wanna see how UnityEvents work you can use the documentation https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEvent.html

[gray mural]

yeah, I could not find it with KeyCode, Event.current and other

[heady iris]

why would KeyCode be in there

[gray mural]

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Backspace))
{
    // do stuff
}

[heady iris]

if you're just asking "how do I use delegates"? that's a relatively simple problem

[potent sleet]

InputField class is 5000 lines

[gray mural]

I am probably not asking how to use them, I am trying to find the exact usage of them in original code in order to implement something like this then

[potent sleet]

holy shit

[gray mural]

almost

[wind palm]

Just use the documentation https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEvent.html

It has an example

[gray mural]

I have already used all of them (for Events I mean)

[potent sleet]

think they are saying they want to make their own Input field not actual events

[wind palm]

But they keep saying

I am trying to find the exact usage of them in original code in order to implement something like this then

!!!

[gray mural]

yes, that does not help me

[potent sleet]

meaning how TMP is using those events to achieve a similiar results ig

[gray mural]

yes, in TMP_InputField

[potent sleet]

like what tells InputField this character has changed on the field

yes?

[gray mural]

yes!

[heady iris]

here's slightly more detail

[wind palm]

You can read it on Github? https://github.com/needle-mirror/com.unity.textmeshpro

[heady iris]

it checks if the new text equals the old text

if not, it calls OnValidateInput for every single character

mildly terrifying

[heady iris]

there you go

[wind palm]

https://github.com/needle-mirror/com.unity.textmeshpro/blob/master/Scripts/Runtime/TMP_InputField.cs to be more exact

[potent sleet]

neat

[gray mural]

that's just GitHub file from textmeshpro that we all have in Library => PackageCache

[potent sleet]

they are custom class that inherit event

[wind palm]

This is the source files. It's the exact usage that TextMeshPro uses

[potent sleet]

is true TMP_InputField class is literally in Library Package Cache

looking at it now

[gray mural]

yes, I don't think they provide information how TMP_InputField sees, when key button is pressed

[heady iris]

this is the implementation of TextMeshPro

if it's not in there, it does not exist

[potent sleet]

it's all in there

[gray mural]

yeah, there is no difference between looking the file on GitHub and File Explorer

in File Explorer even more comfortable I would say ??

[potent sleet]

look when you "insert" new char

it does all this

etc.

all the implementations are here

[gray mural]

yeah, I have discovered this method already

[wind palm]

That was a wild ride.

[potent sleet]

so what exactly you're confuse on

you keep mentioning about keycode tho lol

line 1700

has all the keycodes

[gray mural]

Insert() is only called by Append() that is called by KeyPressed() that is called by ProcessEvent() and OnUpdateSelected() that both do not have any references

[wind palm]

References to what?

[gray mural]

just references

[heady summit]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks
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To get C# formatting the first line should only contain cs or csharp.
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[potent sleet]

probably because it's an event

if you look at the new input system is the same thing

[fiery geyser]

i'm trying to use JsonUtility to read a json file, but it is ignoring my JsonProperty tag

[gray mural]

yes, but why is it there, when it's not even called?

[potent sleet]

how do you know?

[gray mural]

?

[potent sleet]

if you use OnMove(InputValue value) on the new input system you'd see the same thing

for example

on new input system "Messages"

[gray mural]

oh, ok, it can be called by user then

[potent sleet]

I mean it can still recieve the event without the reference

[heady iris]

Delegates can interfere with static analysis.

It's no longer obvious where an invocation takes you.

(which is why they're so useful in the first place)

[gray mural]

yes, the question is "where?"

and that's probably my initial question🤔

[potent sleet]

injected somehow

voodoo

[wind palm]

Dun dun dun

[weary quiver]

Hello, can you guys help me with a problem? I am trying to compare the value I get from the game, with a number ( here 0.5 ), but somehow this doesnt work. In the Debug.Log I can see the number updating without a problem but somehow when I try to compare them, it is not working.

[potent sleet]

you're not calling your method anywhere

[weary quiver]

The Method is on a button that I've made, and thats what I meant, if I press the button I always get a debug.log but the if question is not working.

[potent sleet]

which debug log is working then ? randomName?

[weary quiver]

yes

that one is working fine

[potent sleet]

Debug.Log(Index.Value)

[weary quiver]

so I know the button works at least

[potent sleet]

before if

maybe you're looking / linked the wrong Finger class

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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

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

[idle oxide]

oh sry

[weary quiver]

well I dont think so, because I always get the same index value from the update function

[potent sleet]

yu got a shitone of errors

maybe thats why its not working as intended lol

[weary quiver]

yeah because two of the fingers arent connected

[potent sleet]

errors = odd behavior

fix the errors first

[weary quiver]

Does this have anything to do with the comparision: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. RPS_Game.Update () (at Assets/Game_Itself/RPS_Game.cs:19

[potent sleet]

well yeah thats the same script

lol

[fervent furnace]

all errors will result on some unpredictable flows of program....

[potent sleet]

literally can't reach the rest of the lines @weary quiver

code goes from top line to bottom

if something is broken in middle it wont keep going

other scripts May work but this one wont

[idle oxide]

So I tried creating a Mario style jump (the longer you hold space the higher the player jumps. But when I run my code and I press space my whole unity editor just freezes and I can't interact with anything. Code: https://gdl.space/azekecadoc.cpp
Thanks in advance!
Ps: I hope this question format is correct

[heady iris]

while (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space) && midJump)

this will never change

if Update never returns, then the game is stuck.

Sounds like you need a coroutine.

[fervent furnace]

the engine cannot change other stuffs including reading the keyboard input during this while loop

[weary quiver]

welp, seems like if I put the line in the void update, it works.. now I am kinda confused

[potent sleet]

which line was 19 ?

[weary quiver]

Debug.Log("Index: " + Index.Value.ToString());

[potent sleet]

also sounds likea band-aid fix if you don't know the true cause

[weary quiver]

This one here

[potent sleet]

hmm search in hirerchy for this script

like so t:RPS_Game

tell me if you find copies with missing inspector fields

Index is null somehow..

[weary quiver]

that's everything I get

oh

I have it on the canvas

and there are missing stuff

[potent sleet]

[weary quiver]

And also I put it on the button

And there is nothing

[potent sleet]

that'll do it

[weary quiver]

would it break something, if I put all the other fingers "scripts" on the button?

or it will work just fine

I mean like fill the spaces out

[potent sleet]

not really a good way to do it but should work fine

you only need 1 script no?

don't put scripts in UI elements tho

it's bad practice imo

[weary quiver]

oh

I wanted to like be able to play the game from the start of the button so yeah

[potent sleet]

#↕️┃editor-extensions

[radiant marten]

forgot about that channel thanks

[potent sleet]

yeah but you don't wanna have scripts hidden in UI for this exact reason

[sleek stream]

anyone got any idea why all my models are frozen?

[potent sleet]

make a gameobject that is literally just ScriptsManager or something, holds your important scripts

[sleek stream]

its works in level 1 but not 2

[weary quiver]

okey

[potent sleet]

it's paused

[sleek stream]

how do i unpasue it

oh ye

[heady iris]

you probably have Error Pause enabled in the console

[potent sleet]

you have console errors

[sleek stream]

thanks bro

[fervent furnace]

have you enable error paused?

[sleek stream]

wait

[potent sleet]

open the Console tab

[sleek stream]

works now ty

i turned it off

[potent sleet]

no..

thats not a fix..

[sleek stream]

wdym

[potent sleet]

you have to fix the actual error thats pausing it

now ur just putting a bandaid over a gushing artery

[fervent furnace]

no, if it pauses, then the scripts have errors needed to be fix

[sleek stream]

its a useless error

[heady iris]

shooting the fire alarm does not put out the fire

[heady iris]

really? what is it?

[potent sleet]

any error can lead to unwanted behaviors..

[sleek stream]

because i deleted my moving platform but the script is still somewhere

its harmless

[potent sleet]

so find the script

[potent sleet]

it tells you which one it is throwing

[sleek stream]

did it

no errors now

[potent sleet]

😔 try not to ignore errors

[weary quiver]

Also, thanks for the help ^^

[sleek stream]

thanks!

[dense falcon]

any idea why I get these errors when trying to build an asset bundle?

        private void BuildHUD()
        {
            var hudBundle = new AssetBundleBuild
            {
                assetBundleName = _manifest.Name + ".hud",
                assetNames = new[] { _hudAssetPath, _manifestPath }
            };

            const string localOutputPath = "SpectatorHUD/Build Output";
            var outputPath = Path.Combine(Application.dataPath, localOutputPath);

            Directory.CreateDirectory(outputPath);

            BuildPipeline.BuildAssetBundles(Path.Combine("Assets", localOutputPath), new[] { hudBundle },
                BuildAssetBundleOptions.None, BuildTarget.StandaloneWindows64);
            
            EditorUtility.RevealInFinder(outputPath);
        }

[potent sleet]

you cannot make a game build with editor scripts

[dense falcon]

so preprocess?

[potent sleet]

put it in the editor folder no?

[idle oxide]

when I press space the player gains infinite velocity even tho the if requirement isn't satisfied. I can't figure out what causes this https://hatebin.com/jvckmqywuz

[potent sleet]

which if requirement you speak of

also GetKey gets called a bunch of times even if you tap it once

[dense falcon]

if (PlayerPos.y <= PlayerStartPos){ this is always true

[idle oxide]

no? It prints it's false?

[dense falcon]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[idle oxide]

Like it logs it's false but it keeps adding velocity

[fervent furnace]

what is the mass of rigidbody

also, you can reference the transform of player

[heady iris]

you are applying an impulse force every frame

that is going to be framerate-dependent

[idle oxide]

is there anything better than an impuls?

[heady iris]

what are you tryign to do here?

accelerate the player gradually?

or give the player a 'kick' that gets them moving instantly?

[idle oxide]

like the mario style jump

so hold down space for higher jump

Also I fixed it

It just isn't smooth sadly

[heady iris]

I would suggest starting with a big impulse

to instantly get you flying upwards

then add a continuous force

void OnJump() {
  rb.AddForce(Vector3.up, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
}

void FixedUpdate() {
  if (jumpHeld) {
    rb.AddForce(Vector3.up);
  }
}

something like that

[gray mural]

Does anyone know why this code throws StackOverflow error?

private new void Start()
{
    LookForEvent();
}

private void LookForEvent()
{
    StartCoroutine(LookForEventCoroutine());

    IEnumerator LookForEventCoroutine()
    {
        // yield return _waitForEvent;
        yield return new WaitUntil(() => Event.PopEvent(_currentEvent));

        while (Event.PopEvent(_currentEvent))
        {
            print("Event is popped or whatsoever");
        }
    }

    LookForEvent();
}

[somber nacelle]

the LookForEvent method calls itself

[gray mural]

oh, wait, yeah, I did not mention it

that was dump

[gray mural]

thank you, this one works ok now

private void LookForEvent()
{
    StartCoroutine(LookForEventCoroutine());

    IEnumerator LookForEventCoroutine()
    {
        // yield return _waitForEvent;
        yield return new WaitUntil(() => Event.PopEvent(_currentEvent));

        while (Event.PopEvent(_currentEvent))
        {
            print("Event is popped or whatsoever");
        }

        StartCoroutine(LookForEventCoroutine());
    }
}

[somber nacelle]

you could also just use a while loop in the coroutine instead of starting the coroutine recursively like that

[weary quiver]

How can I play these animation using Code? Like I made an closed animatio for the entire hand, and I made a mask for each state I want, and I want to basically be able to play the specific animation where I want.

[naive swallow]

I've got a situation where "time" can be non-linear (you can scrub through playback to get the state of something at a specific time) and I want an animation to be starting at some point in time after when it should start. I have the timestamp of when an animation should have started, I have the current time stamp, and I have the name of the animation that should be playing at this point in the timeline. I need to play that animation at the proper normalized time to where it would be at that timestamp. Easy enough to find what that normalized time is, it's the InverseLerp of the current timestamp minus the start time from the clip's duration.

Only problem: How do I get the duration of a clip by name? I can get the current state info, but entering the state, getting the info, then getting the length from that in order to play that animation again from a new start point seems clunky and awful, and usually with Animator controls that means I'm doing something the hard way.

[steady moat]

You might be confusing animation with animation layer. You do not need different layer for playing each individual animation.

https://learn.unity.com/project/creative-core-animation

[steady moat]

If you want to do that, you should implement your own Animator with: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Playables.html

[tacit sedge]

sorry for the long time to reply, had to do things. But what would returning the result of the raycast do? I'm using isGrounded as a prereq for jumping. All the game needs to know is that there's a platform below it, not what's below it

[gray mural]

you probably gonna do foreach loop through all clips

private float GetClipLength(Animator animator, string clipName)
{
    foreach (AnimationClip clip in animator.runtimeAnimatorController.animationClips)
    {
        if (clip.name == clipName)
            return clip.Length;
    }
}

[mental rover]

I'm not really sure what to say - the code you showed is very straightforward, you're using a raycast to check if there is a ground below the character, and if that raycast result exists, i.e, it's not null, it's returning true

you've found that it's returning true when you think it shouldn't be

so that result is not null, so what is it?

that's the question to ask yourself and find out

[tacit sedge]

I've found that it's printing null when nothing is touching the object attatched to this code, and printing UnityEngine.CompositeCollider2D when colliding with any object, but the problem is that it's returning not null even when the object isn't below it.
i.e, the player can jump when against a wall, floor, and ceiling, not only when on the floor.

[fast rune]

Hello everyone, I need help with my gun
My gun is doing a weird 360 movement to follow the cursor and it flips as the player moves left and right
could someone help me?

if the idea is to seperate the gun from the player, the gun would be floating

[mental rover]

sounds like you need to make sure you're only checking below

[tacit sedge]

isn't that what the Vector2.down in the raycast does?

[mental rover]

that's the direction the box travels in, but how large is the box?

[dawn nebula]

Is there a way to have multiple 2D sprites n the same Z, define an order for them, and have it so this order is maintained when you look "behind" the sprite?

Like the order is reversed.

Cause you flipped the sprite around.

[fast rune]

what do you mean?
I didn't understand sorry

[gray mural]

you can have them with the same z position, but it just gonna be lagging

test it

[dawn nebula]

lagging?

[gray mural]

yes, lagging

they gonna change their positions

[dawn nebula]

do you mean Z-fighting?

[gray mural]

and crawl on each other

[tacit sedge]

that's controlled by Col.bounds.size right? I can't figure out how to define it.

[gray mural]

probably

[gray mural]

just try to implement it

I guess it should be in 2D too, in 3D for sure though

[fast rune]

can someone help me with this please?
thanks:>

[gray mural]

the problem is in your script

I do not see any problems though

[tacit sedge]

I can't define it as a Vector2, what should I define it as

[fast rune]

the gun is doing a 360 motion though, its not sticking to one position and the other issue is the flipping

[gray mural]

it's following your mouse position, yes

[fast rune]

it is correct, but the way it follows it is not correct

[gray mural]

what's incorrect?

[fast rune]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKF-FkDzE-s
take this video for example, skip to the end and look at how his gun follows the cursor
I can't use his script because I have my own shooting script

[gray mural]

yes, what's wrong?

it's shaking a bit, yes

that's one more method

[fast rune]

his is not rotating in like a 360 way, mine is like out of position and isn't rotating correctly
with the gun being flipped when the player moves left and right

[gray mural]

you can fix gun's position and make him borders

kinda

if (transform.eulerAngles.y <= 30f && transform.eulerAnger.y >= 60f)
{
    // just then you gonna rotate it
}

and just do not flip the gun with the player

I cannot help you anymore, I need to sleep, good luck

[tacit sedge]

does anyone know what syntax I have to use to define the size for the boxcast?

[heady iris]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.BoxCast.html

[tacit sedge]

I'm trying to define it using Vector2(1,1) but that's not working

[latent latch]

2D boxcast?

[tacit sedge]

yeah

[twin hull]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.BoxCast.html

[tacit sedge]

that's the page I've been trying to use for reference, but I can't figure out the syntax

[lean sail]

the declaration tells u exactly what syntax (you mean parameters?) it uses

[twin hull]

syntax?

[tacit sedge]

it says Vector2 size, but when I try Vector2(1,1) it doesnt work

[heady iris]

yes, because that's not how you make a Vector2...

var vec2 = new Vector2(1,2);

you must construct the Vector2

[twin hull]

construct the struct :>

and you don't have to cache it but if you're using same thing repeatedly then it's probably worth doing that