archived-code-general

[leaden ice]

We covered that...

[dusk apex]

I think the function is occurring once for every object - not sure why. If so, the individual would be able to avoid a loop and just keep an index and reset on triggering of the rename command. @leaden ice

[leaden ice]

Hence the "removing numerical characters"

[leaden ice]

Yeah that's just a poor approach if that's the case

[cursive moth]

I didn't write the apporach, it's literally how unity works

I don't have a say in that

as I said, it's an editor script which occurs when you select an option from the right click menu :/

[leaden ice]

Anyway removing numbers from end of string: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27289054/removing-numbers-at-the-end-of-a-string-c-sharp

Combine that with using the sibling index or a loop or whatever

[honest edge]

that doesn't really sound like unity issue to me honestly

[cursive moth]

I am not the one who said it's a poor approach, I just said I don't have a say in the way it works

[dusk apex]

Rename using Blue's suggestion once and escape/return on every other iteration.

[cursive moth]

exactly what I've been trying to do this whole time, either detect that it's a second+ iteration or run the function only once no matter how many objects are selected

[dusk apex]

It really is just a simple copy of original string name plus for loop concatenating index.

[leaden ice]

Or:

string plain = RemoveNumbers(obj.name);
obj.name = $"{plain} {obj.transform.blingIndex}";```

[cursive moth]

I would really love to do that but how am I supposed to store the original name :/

[dusk apex]

Whatever the case is, I'm not writing code. The others have got this.

[leaden ice]

You parse it from the name e.g. #archived-code-general message

You'll probably want it to remove trailing whitespace too

[cursive moth]

So, get the base name, remove all the numbers and then add the index to the end of it.
It makes sense but what if there are numbers in the base name?

[leaden ice]

That's what removing the numbers is for

They get removed lol

[cursive moth]

and that's exactly what I am saying, I don't want them removed

[leaden ice]

Apple 132 becomes Apple becomes Apple1

[cursive moth]

if I have a Plant Type 12 I don't want it to become Plant Type 1 but Plant Type 12 1

[honest edge]

the only way to do that is to keep track of those "base name" somewhere, which sounds like a lot of work for not much advantage

[leaden ice]

Then it's not a possible problem to solve unless you encode the "base name" in a custom component or something

There's simply not enough information

[cursive moth]

so then the only approach would be a dialog

[honest edge]

If I can suggest something

[cursive moth]

thanks

[leaden ice]

That would work too yes

Having the user input a name

[honest edge]

rename you base object like so : Plant_Type_12

[cursive moth]

I can't predict what a user will name it

[honest edge]

then you can parse this to inlcude the numbers as well, and use the spaces to rename stuff

Then you can't do it.

unless you control that same behavior

[cursive moth]

ok, may I ask if there are docs available because I couldn't find any

[honest edge]

if you have control over the what the user will name it, then you can do it, otherwise, not

#🌐┃web

[tropic quartz]

I put "unity input field" in Google and got this:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-InputField.html

Have not used it myself, but seems to be what you are looking for?

[wide path]

Heya, I'm trying to set up my game for Steam Deck. I currently have a script with this line in the Start() function:

Time.fixedDeltaTime = Screen.currentResolution.refreshRate;

Which is supposed to set the Phyics TimeStep to match the current monitor's refresh rate. This works great on PC, but not on my Steam Deck. It seems to set the value to 60 despite my Deck being set to 40Hz, and this results in some nasty juddering with physics movement. Does anyone know why that is happening, or how I can get a more accurate reading, or what else I can do to fix this?

[cursive moth]

It's a UI input field, I need the one that works in the editor so I am trying to make one my self now, thanks either way

[tropic quartz]

Oh I see, sorry for the misunderstanding!

[honest edge]

while I don't know. I feel there should be a channel for platforms like this. There's 4 and none of them cover steamdeck or many other in fact. Maybe a general platform channel for help. Code stuff if probably not the place for this imo

[wide path]

I agree a steam deck channel would be nice. But I am specifically trying to figure out what code to write to achieve a specific outcome, so I figured here would be best

[mossy snow]

are you sure this code is right? Maybe it's silently throwing out your attempt to change it, and your default fixed rate is already 60 updates/s

[molten thicket]

That's quite strange @wide path

I would only assume it would be a limitation / configuration thing on the deck itself

Because if the code works, it should work on the deck as well.

The software wouldn't vary THAT much... right?

[wide path]

Yeah my pc has a 144hz monitor, and I can see the timestep switch from default 0.02 to 0.006944444 in project settings when I press play

[wide path]

Well you can set the refresh rate on the Deck, so I'm thinking maybe it is defaulting to the maximum value or something

Or maybe it's a compatibility thing since Deck is linux

[mossy snow]

Screen.currentResolution.refreshRate is an int though, so it looks a lot like you're trying to set it to 40 seconds per fixed update

[wide path]

Oh ya lol, I fucked up the code since my last test haha

The line I tested before was

Time.fixedDeltaTime = 1 / Screen.currentResolution.refreshRate;

[mossy snow]

that would still be wrong

1 / 60 = 0

1f?

[wide path]

Er, yeah

[buoyant crane]

why does the physics timestep need to match the screen refresh rate?

a bit weird tbh

perhaps you meant to use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-targetFrameRate.html instead?

[wide path]

So physics movement will look perfectly smooth. Using interpolation doesn't work in my case

[pale spindle]

Can someone let me borrow their Fade In/Out scene changer?

i am in need of something and i am pulling up 054303053405630530530560305345052340123042304230452045E+30 tutorials on yt

and so far 7 of them are trash im told

[wide path]

Hmm I don't think so, I have it set to use vsync and the game is rendering the correct amount of frames per second, it's just not calculating physics at the same rate

And so the mismatch is causing a judder

[buoyant crane]

there’s probably something else that’s the issue then. The physics timestep should be the same across both platforms if you want to have similar behavior between the two platforms

[pale spindle]

anyone?

[buoyant crane]

Who told you that 7 of them were trash?

Whoever did, probably has a script 🤔

[pale spindle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD0rJeegQnk

[wide path]

Yeah the difference in behavior is negligible and I'm ok with that, as long as the physics look smooth no matter what refresh rate monitor the game is being played on

[pale spindle]

this is not valid in 2023

[buoyant crane]

Yes this is an ancient tutorial when they still used Application.LoadLevel(). That’s been deprecated

[honest edge]

Isn't the idea to just have a black rectangle to show in front of your camera while you do stuff in the background, and whenever ready, just switch it or fade it with transparency. That should be pretty easy to adapt from these other tutorial, no?

[pale spindle]

so what tutorial you recommend?

or can i steal someones via asset store

since thats all most people do now lol

[wind palm]

You can still get sued for stealing code...

[pale spindle]

ai does a good job 🙂

[wind palm]

That doesn't make you immune at all

[cursive moth]

Hi, I made this script for mass renaming things and there are 2 issues(one of which I kinda solved):
First one being that it opens as many dialogs as there are selected objects(fixed with a bool that checks if it's currently open but seems like a messy workaround)
Second being that when I change the value of the input it doesn't really change.
It shows the new name as long as the input field is selected but as soon as I de-select it/press the Rename button it turns back into it's original text and my items are renamed to that instead of the new input name.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening?
https://gdl.space/rokimiyeke.cs

[buoyant crane]

https://youtu.be/Oadq-IrOazg Skimmed it, the code should work and the video should be easy to follow along

[pale spindle]

thx

[cursive moth]

also, the first workaround has a huge flaw because I wasn't able to get the OnWindowClose event or sm that would invoke an event on window close in order to set the bool to false then so technically, you can have multiple windows opened at the same time

[pale spindle]

fair

[iron nymph]

Is there a way to get voicedata in facepunch.steamworks

because from what I've seen there is literally no way to do this even though there are ways to read voicedata in it

[cursive moth]

Ok, I solved all the issues with this new code but there is only one left, if I close the window using the X button in the top right corner I can't open the other one because the bool IsActive stays true.
How can I detect the window closing because there is no available event?
https://gdl.space/onumerejak.cs

[cursive moth]

I tried overriding the Close() void in case that had something to do with it but it doesn't seem like it's a virtual void so I can't override it.

[dusk apex]

Bulk rename @cursive moth

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System;
public class Sample : MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("GameObject/Rename")]
    private static void Rename()
    {
        Debug.Log("Renaming...");
        var arr = Selection.gameObjects;
        if (arr.Length < 1)
            return;
        Array.Sort(arr, (a, b) => String.Compare(a.name, b.name));
        string str = arr[0].name;
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.Length; ++i)
            arr[i].name = $"{str} {i + 1}";
    }
}```

[cursive moth]

that's quite interesting, why doesn't it run multiple times for you tho?

[dusk apex]

Uncertain but the normal behavior is that of a single instance.
The data is unsorted though, thus the need to sort.

[cursive moth]

I see, I made the new approach(which I consider better because it's easier to use) but I can't figure out how to detect the window close.
It works fine till you use the x button that comes with the EditorWindow

[lean sail]

is this for renaming objects with possibly different names to all the same name with numbers? this looks like a weird implementation

since its relying on sorting the strings

[dusk apex]

Haha, no it doesn't handle unique names. Would have to pray the user knew what they were getting themselves into.

[cursive moth]

Here's the window I have and I provided the code above, it works fine if you use the Cancel button but not if you use the X provided by the window because I can't set the bool to false since the event doesn't exist :/

[lean sail]

I would probably do this differently, regex to get the name excluding an ending number then run the for loop from there

[dusk apex]

Yeah, that was what blue suggested.

Where copies would be grouped together.

[lean sail]

yours would kinda break when you start with Game Object 1, GO 2, GO 3, .... GO N because it would take the first one from the sort and do like GO 1 1, GO 1 2...

[dusk apex]

GameObject N, GameObject (N) and GameObject (Clone) are pretty common so you may want to consider parsing for those as well.

[cursive moth]

the approach I just provided doesn't rely on any previous names :/

[lean sail]

sorting strings is weird because of the case of a string being shorter than another. Also it may not be obvious but the numbers in the string dont get sorted as numbers

so you end up with weird orderings sometimes

[lean sail]

i was just talking about what dalphat wrote

your issue might be better solved in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[dusk apex]

Well, ideally you'd get the lesser in value including number of characters and value of character.

[cursive moth]

ik, all I am saying is that no string parsing/sorting is required in the first place

[dusk apex]

These are all editor stuff and should not really be discussed in this channel.

[cursive moth]

ok, I'll ask in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[wide path]

Ya know what's weird about this, is that the Vsync setting is capping the framerate at the correct value, but getting the refresh rate returns the wrong value. Anyone know if there is a way to just get the value that Vsync is trying to sync to?

[vagrant cradle]

is there a way to detect a collision between VoicelineTrig1 and something with the tag of Player, even if the script isnt attached to the parent object of VoicelineTrig1?

here is what i have so far.

    //...

    private BoxCollider2D VoicelineTrig1;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        VoicelineTrig1 = GameObject.Find("VoicelineDetection1").GetComponent<BoxCollider2D>();

        //...

[steady moat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh9ArKrPY8w

[oak plover]

got a question. have a movement script and suddenly it wont let me jump and idk what i did wrong lmao https://hatebin.com/hemzebobsw thats the code. i feel stupid rn ngl

[vagrant cradle]

im pretty new, but nothing seems to be wrong with your code, check if your isJumping or isGrounded variables are messed up

Debug.Log("isJumping: " + isJumping);
Debug.Log("isGrounded: " + isGrounded);

[honest edge]

why call isGrounded twice?

is you comment these both, does the issue remain?

I have a feeling this is coming from this so I'd debug by removing this part of the code first, test again and try to pinpoint where the issue is coming from.

[oak plover]

ok so i removed the one in the fixed update and it still happens and if i remove the one in the void update it does not work\

https://hatebin.com/vleiqshyia

thats the fixed update one removed

[honest edge]

I mean. comment both of them, and just assign "false" by default to your variable. That way it should go straight to the part you want to jump test

wait. I'm looking at it more. IsGrounded is just to know if you touch the ground or does it mean you "CAN'T" jump?

cause you have unreachable code here.

[oak plover]

ok so

isGrounded i belive is to see if im on the ground and if i am on the ground i wanna jump. i also made it so when i jump the longer i hold space the higher i go to a max limit i can set

[honest edge]

red is false, green is true

When you're in "else", isGrouded is always false

[oak plover]

wait so how would i fix this?

[honest edge]

is taht coming from a tutorial or something?

[oak plover]

no someone was teaching me and i got to isGrounded point and i decied to try to make it so when i hold space i jump higher lol

after I did this jumping wouldnt work and i couldt figure how to fix it

[honest edge]

yeah logic is just wrong to do that

hmmm. one sec. let me check more

[oak plover]

ok take your time

[honest edge]

I don't think you need the first if

if (IsGrounded)

[oak plover]

ok uno sec

wait so

        isGrounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, 0.2f, groundLayer);

that one?

[honest edge]

no. that's alrgith

I meant the condition

you already have a bunch of conditional "movement" stuff in the else part. that's proabably all you want. I can't write the code for you, but I'd start there for sure

You're already executing them in conditional statement based on the "State" of your actor

[oak plover]

uh ok thank you ❤️

[honest edge]

just expand a litle more and ensure they don't overlap

[oak plover]

ok

oh

ok

so

[honest edge]

first thing I would do is list all "State" you want to have. I mean
move
move + jump
jump + jump
etc

[oak plover]

its fixed but ill have to sort out the fact that it just flys when i hold space infinitly

[honest edge]

and then see what "State" you'll need in condition to do all of that

[oak plover]

lol

ok

[honest edge]

yeah, that's what I meant by "overlap"

[oak plover]

i wish there were vc's tbh lmao it'd be so much easier to explain stuff to peeps

[oak plover]

ah i see

[honest edge]

list your states. then use conditional to check if the current "State" is alrgith for you to hit the space bar or not

[oak plover]

i got it so i made a float earlier

[honest edge]

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space) && isJumping && !IsGrounded && !DoubleJumping)

[oak plover]

i adusted it so it works

now i just need to make it fall faster over time and im set

lol

thank you for your help nmy guy

[honest edge]

no problem. hope you can figure out the rest. If not, just come back here

[oak plover]

ok thx

[oak plover]

@honest edge do you mind if i add you so i dont gotta msg in this chat, i may or may not need some help again lmaoo

[honest edge]

you can dm me directly. but I don't take friend request. except for my close friends

[oak plover]

ah kk got it

[graceful flume]

Can i ask why this code need a vector3 variable to store the mouse position ? For my understanding the mouse only move in 2 dimension only so why do we need the z axis ?

[potent sleet]

you can store it in a Vector2 if you want

it will just 0 out the z

[graceful flume]

even if i'm working with 3d game right ?

[potent sleet]

yes screen space is 2D

[graceful flume]

or i have to use vector3 if my game is in 3d

[potent sleet]

you may have to adjust the Z for prospective cam iirc

depends what ur doing

[buoyant crane]

Vector2 is just a struct that holds 2 floats. It doesn’t have anything to do with a 2d or 3d game. It’s just used more frequently for 2d games

same thing goes for Vector3

[graceful flume]

do you have any video example for this case ?

[potent sleet]

https://unity.huh.how/programming/specifics/screentoworldpoint

[fading trail]

hey sorry. I've been trying to understand marching cubes algorithm for a bit and if anyone could explain it simpler or send me any material that would be much appreciated. I already watched sebastian lague's video and im still kinda confused about it. If anyone wants to talk about it or is confused as well we could talk about it just to try to understand it

[deft cape]

someone please explain why setting the variable here works for mouse sensitivity, and move speed, but not for interactdistance [It is not set nor changed anywhere else]

[the x rotation is changed because I moved my mouse in game]

[wide path]

If it's not being set or changed anywhere else it's probably not being used correctly

[sour matrix]

I'm trying to debug strange behavior with my code relating to the Character Controller. Specifically:

1. Sometimes I am able to jump multiple times midair
2. Sometimes I cannot jump at all
3. Sometimes I move much slower than normal
   Attached is my very simple player script. I assume this is the source of the problem, but I'm not sure how or where.
   https://hatebin.com/mdukiqfeqq

Additionally, here are the settings for my character controller

[warm forum]

Can someone please make the script for 4 heroes to battle any number of monsters?

[sour matrix]

That's less of a script and more of a game concept

[warm forum]

I want a script, please.

[sour matrix]

How much C#/Unity do you know?

If you're referring to my message, I have a weirdly formal writing style that comes from various places, specifically emails. I also think this is funny to do

If you're referring to the code, no

[quartz folio]

!mute 234441532671787009 1w you have been warned for: "Stop asking for free work. If you're not going to show your attempts, you won't be allowed to post. " and demanding scripts many times. This is your final warning, accompanied with a week-long mute. Next time you will be banned.

[tawny elk]

joeynigro#0 was muted.

[sour matrix]

I know more of Java than C#, and my current C# skill is basic. Most of my background is in Rust

What's the usual way to initialize variables, then?

Oh, through the inspector. I'll use that method then

[deft cape]

I just remade the variable right below it exactly the same and the issue was not present (so im just calling that specific line as cursed)

[deft cape]

^

literally 0 idea why it was being set to 100 lmao restarted editor n everything twice

[sour matrix]

I haven't used Unity in two years. Most of this has been trial and error and what makes visual sense to me

I don't know what the preferred Unity way is for doing things and I don't know where I would even find such a thing

[lean sail]

you should add debugs to see why you are able to jump many times, im unsure about that one specifically but ive heard the character controller isGrounded value is kinda weird.
For not jumping at all, this may just be the same issue, but one thing i notice is

        if (_controller.isGrounded && _movementVector.y < 0)
        {
            _movementVector.y = 0;
        }

will immediately stop your jump if you are grounded and have any downwards force

really most of this you should add debug statements or make your _movementVector public/serialize field so you can just see its values in the inspector rather than printing it every frame

[sour matrix]

I don't know how to use samples, and when I first searched this issue online, the first thing I read said that the sample was outdated and broken

Again, I haven't done anything in Unity for two years

If there's a proper way of doing things, I'm all ears

[twin hull]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/starter-assets-third-person-character-controller-urp-196526
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/starter-assets-first-person-character-controller-urp-196525

or https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/movement/ is a decent intro if you want to start making a custom one @sour matrix

[ebon apex]

can someone let me know why i keep getting this error when i try to build

[dusk apex]

Looks like PlasticSCM. If you're not using it, remove it from your package.

[ebon apex]

i did still gives me this error

[dusk apex]

This isn't really a code question, try #💻┃unity-talk

[ebon apex]

lol alright

[rustic nymph]

hey guys, is there a way to make the line renderer to automatically targets the enemy object when i shoot?
thinking of like no matter where the player is facing but the line still shoots at the object/nearest target
heres the code for it

[lean sail]

you need a reference then to the nearest object, however you calculate that. Then just set the position of index 1 to that nearest object transform position

[fervent furnace]

you are setting transform .forward as the ray's position...

[iron nymph]

Is there a way to turn byte arrays into audio clips?

[lean sail]

You can basically write to any file format, what are you trying to do though?

[rustic nymph]

yeah i just set it to forward for now cuz i have no idea how to reference the targeted object lol

[iron nymph]

So I'm trying to get proximity voicechat to work in my game and one way you can get voice data is by byte. I'm currently just trying to find out how to convert the byte arrays to audio clips so you can ofc hear it

Another way you can get audio data is MemoryStreams but I first want to start off more simple with bytes before going to that

[fervent furnace]

for naive approach, just find a array or list to store all the GOs
for complicated approach, i have no idea

[iron nymph]

wait me. Also if me what are go's

Edit: Nvm

@lean sail Do you have any idea how to do this

[lean sail]

i havent worked with voice chats yet, but also im pretty sure theres lots of built in tools specifically so you dont have to do this

and tutorials

[iron nymph]

ok

[spring basin]

Hello, where do I find APIs provided by Unity's Wire package?
Does anyone know if it has a API to check network connection or connection to Unity Gaming Services itself?

[twin hull]

@rustic nymph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzFsbQEqFdg
^ no matter where player is facing, picking closest target to reticle (or whatever point on screen)

[rustic nymph]

ohhh thank you so muchh this gonna help a lot

[viral yacht]

Anyone want to help me make a game for free?

[fervent furnace]

no

[knotty sun]

I'm pretty sure you've been told this before
!collab

[tawny elk]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

We do not accept job or collab posts on discord.
Please use the forums:
• Commercial Job Seeking
• Commercial Job Offering
• Non Commercial Collaboration

[viral yacht]

It's annoying

Why do you care about money?

[knotty sun]

I don't see how that question is relevant to the rules of this server

[swift falcon]

is there a 3D Rigidbody version of OverlapCollider?

[viral yacht]

Do you have family or friends money is not all about life

[fervent furnace]

?

[viral yacht]

You don't have to be rich

[fervent furnace]

Physics.OverlapSomething?

[swift falcon]

Oh yeah

[viral yacht]

Like mater once said: "Money ain't gonna make you feel better"

[swift falcon]

2D physics api seem to be way different

[fervent furnace]

but this is a static method of physics class not collider2d

[swift falcon]

Doubt, almost no one wants to waste their time helping others do such a hard task for free on the internet

[viral yacht]

Exactly

Just like one guy started it you can do it too

[swift falcon]

Yeah im just converting a script that relies on 2D physics a lot to 3D physics

[viral yacht]

Money isn't all about richness it's about the amount you have

That's all that matters

[hidden parrot]

What the hell is this guy saying?

[knotty sun]

@viral yacht you posted about collaboration, I showed you that that is not allowed here and where to post. There is also no off-topic allowed on this server which all your subsequent posts have been. Further more this is a code channel so why did you even post here in the first place?

[swift falcon]

Vector3 center = new Vector3(Screen.width / 2, Screen.height / 2, depth);

is this a reliable way to get the center of the screen? It looks right of course but im wondering if there are better ways, or is this the best way

[hidden parrot]

Believe so but does it return a screen point or a world point?

Oh it's pixels

[viral yacht]

Bruh

Dude chill out

[hidden parrot]

Oh god he's still trying

[swift falcon]

yeah pixels but you can covert it also

[hidden parrot]

Yeah, what're you using it for?

[swift falcon]

Just heavility editing someone's script to make it 3d compatible, I can't even give a good answer to that since im not done yet lol

[hidden parrot]

Ah

[knotty sun]

not quite sure about your depth variable a screen only has 2 dimensions so should be a Vector2

[swift falcon]

I forgot to remove that from the snippet srry, ignore it there

and yeah its incorrect

but the general idea of dividing width and height by 2

[knotty sun]

yes or *0.5f

[swift falcon]

alr

[knotty sun]

width and height are ints, / 2 will also give an int so Vector2Int should be the result

[swift falcon]

Yeah thats good, thanks

[knotty sun]

if you want to be really optimal

Vector2Int center = new Vector2Int(Screen.width >> 1, Screen.height >> 1);

[fervent furnace]

the compiler should compile any /2^n to >>n (except negative integer) so i think run-time is still the same

[knotty sun]

maybe, but if not there is unnecessary overflow/underflow conditions tested

its the asm programmer in me, I always prefer explicit bitshifts when possible

[viral yacht]

farts with upsets

[knotty sun]

enough with the bs
<@&502884371011731486>

[quartz folio]

!warn 770034486804480110 there is no off-topic, and job posting or collab/job requests are not allowed on this server.

[tawny elk]

robal9874#0 has been warned.

[vocal root]

Any1 knows a good 3d grid system tutorial? On youtube are specific to 2D or the CodeMonkey ones are imposible to follow since the code he references from previous videos is heavily different between tutorials

[steady moat]

What you want to know about 3D grids ? Does not seem to be something that needs to be tutorialize.

[vocal root]

to snap gameobjects and display it

[steady moat]

Snaping would work the same as 2D, but with an extra dimension.

[vocal root]

Im trying to do a thing like Xcom for example

[steady moat]

I do not know what you mean by displaying.

[vocal root]

I want the grid to be seen

squares on the floor

[steady moat]

I'm not familiar with XCom, however Turn Base game are usually 2D grids.

[fervent furnace]

multilevel grid is just a some separate 2d grids
similar to hierarchical search

[steady moat]

To be honest, I am not totally sure what would be the best way to show a grid.

[vocal root]

Like this, maybe i was bad at words

But right now im using a shader, that is not very acurate

[steady moat]

It does seem pretty good doesnt ?

[vocal root]

Yeah but what i said, its a shader so Its not really useful because of size and scales

thats why i wanted some "real" grid

To snap things well and not by hand

[steady moat]

I mean, the shader is probably the best approach.

You just want to combine it with a code that manipulate the shader.

[strong nimbus]

Hi. I have a bouncing ball game, and I wanna restrict the angles it bounces because I am using a sphere collider and the unity and rigidbody physics system ( Ireally doint wanna have to make my own physics). So hereis what I wanna do:

I wanna lock the bounce angles to 22.5 degree increments.
I have tried using several different codes but they all faulter at one point or another, could someone either show me some example code or just tell me the logical process to making this work?

here is some code I already used, I used 90 degrees to visually see if it works, but for some reason the ball still bounces at "off" angles, for example if I angle the wall 22.5 degrees the ball surely doesnt bounce at a 90 degree angle as expected in the code below

[heady iris]

there's some artifacting because of the low resolution, I guess

[heady iris]

oops, was scrolled back

[steady moat]

You are not using the normal ?

If every corner is 90 degrees, I can see how you can manage without the normal, however in a scenario where it has other surface possible, you probably need the normal.

Reflection is base on the normal of the surface and the incident angle.

[strong nimbus]

I see. When you say normal do you mean normalize or?

[steady moat]

No, I mean the normal.

[leaden ice]

I would just do this in FixedUpdate and call it a day 😆

int segments = 16; // 22.5 degree angle

void FixedUpdate () {
  Vector2 vel = rb.velocity;
  float mag = vel.magnitude;
  float angle = Vector2.SignedAngle(Vector2.right, vel);
  angle /= (360f / segments); // 16 segments for 22.5 degrees. but insert your segment count here
  angle = Mathf.Round(angle); // round to the nearest segment
  angle *= (360f / segments); // scale back to 360 degrees
  Vector2 result = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, angle) * Vector2.right * mag; // make a vector at that angle with the original magnitude
  rb.velocity = result;
}```
_note this has not been tested and I just wrote it in Discord_

[steady moat]

In 3D yu have hit.normal.

[leaden ice]

the normal is the surface normal vector as in Simferoce's image above

it describes the orientation of the surface

[strong nimbus]

I tried it and the ball gets stuck xD

[strong nimbus]

I see, now I understand. I googled and apparently I am supposed to use raycast hit normal code? Or is there some other I am missing

[leaden ice]

stuck?

[strong nimbus]

Yeah it doesnt move at all, it kinda stays in place

[steady moat]

Yes, you should raycast to get the normal.

[leaden ice]

🤔 I did say I didn't test the code but that shouldn't happen unless you miscopied something I think

at worst it should go in the wrong direction

[steady moat]

I mean, you are starting with (0,0,0)

[leaden ice]

I assumed some other code is giving it an initial velocity

[steady moat]

If it has no velocity prior.

[strong nimbus]

when I click space it gives velcoity to a preset value

Honestly I am super lost, I found this code online and just tweaked it, I am gonna check some youtube physics tutorials lol

Thanks guys

[royal pulsar]

public class Purchaseable : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Dictionary<ItemData, int> cost;
    [SerializeField] private DynamicInventory inventory;

    private void AttemptPurchase()
    {

    }

I have this code which can be placed on a gameobject to make it purchasable. It should take in a cost and then compare the player's inventory state to the cost and if so attempt a purchase.

I attempted to define a cost by using a dictionary. This would allow me to support a cost of multiple items of different item types. However, dictionaries do not seem to be serializable in Unity. Is there a standard approach to something like this? I am not familiar with many data types in programming.

[fervent furnace]

yes, unity does not serialize dictionary

[royal pulsar]

I see

maybe I can make an enum Cost and use a list of Costs instead

[heady iris]

Yes, one option would be:

[System.Serializable]
public struct Cost {
  public Currency currency;
  public float amount;
}

I've done that in several contexts (item price, weapon damage...)

Sometimes, you do wind up wanting a dictionary. You can build it at runtime if needed.

[royal pulsar]

Cheers, I think i'll go with that

[dusk apex]

If absolutely necessary, you could do some inspector serialization using this callback interface https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ISerializationCallbackReceiver.html

[heady iris]

It's only annoying in situations where you want every choice to be present automatically

[latent latch]

There's implementations for a serialized dictionary on the forums if you want to dig around, but just building it at runtime is what I do

[dusk apex]

Link pretty much exposes a dictionary to the inspector. Annoyingly you'd have to do this for every dictionary or make a generic serialized dictionary type. The alternative is to use serialized dictionaries from the asset store - pretty sure they're implemented in a similar fashion or some legacy runtime construction.

[heady iris]

I've used the serialized dictionary thing from time to time, but it's a little bit fiddly

[candid moon]

https://medal.tv/games/requested/clips/1eNHMUeJEcuQI4/d1337XRkawIY?invite=cr-MSxKTnYsMjYzNjQxOTcs

Hello,
I am attempting to make a restaurant game and the npcs coming in are supposed to sit down (animation) after their transform being set to a gameobject's transform
For some reason there is always an offset on the y - Axis, I am not sure why
I am also unable to move the object's Y axis in runtime

Components:

Rigidbody
2x Colliders (one with, one without trigger)
Navmesh Agent
Script

Animator in the child object

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.name == "WalkToPos")
        {

            nav.ResetPath();

            animator.SetBool("isWalking", false);

            nav.updateRotation = false;
            Rigidbody rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();

            rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.zero;
            rigidbody.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeAll;

            StartCoroutine(CustomerSit(other.transform.parent.Find("SitPos").gameObject));

        }
    }

IEnumerator CustomerSit(GameObject sitPos)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.4f);

        transform.position = sitPos.transform.position;

        print(transform.position + " " + sitPos.transform.position);
        print(transform.position);


        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0);
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0);

        Animation customerSitAnim = GetComponentInChildren<Animation>();

        animator.SetBool("isOrdering", true);

        ChooseRandomItem();

        sitting = true;
    }```

[swift falcon]

so i am doing a third person movement and i've encountered a bug: when you spin on yourself too fast (clockwise or counterclockwise) the player just falls (its rotation changes even tho it should be frozen from the rigidbody component). to better understand the problem i temporarely deactivated the movement script, and found out that it's the rotation script that is causing this problem: https://gdl.space/uvozoxogoy.cs.
the script is attached to the main cam

[steady moat]

You need to remove the y of the view direction.

[swift falcon]

the problem seem to increase when i decrease rotation speed and it seems to disappear when i increase it

[steady moat]

Vector3 viewDir = player.position - new Vector3(transform.position.x, player.position.y, transform.position.z);
viewDir.y = 0;
orientation.forward = viewDir.normalized;

[swift falcon]

thanks, let me try, i'll be right back

[swift falcon]

nope, sadly doesn't work

[steady moat]

I might not, be it is definitely what you want to do. It make no sense to look up.

[jaunty needle]

Hello guys, I'm trying to get an object to look towards the player when it gets within a certain detection radius but only on one axis

I don't know how to do that, I tried this jumble of code but it's just broken:

    {
        Transform cameraTransform = moveCamera.gameObject.transform;

        while (true)
        {
            //turn towards the player a bit 
            
            Vector3 objectLookDir = transform.up * -1;
            Vector3 playerLookDir = cameraTransform.forward;

            float angleBetween = Vector3.Angle(objectLookDir, playerLookDir);

            Vector3 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(objectLookDir, playerLookDir, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0f);
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);


            print(angleBetween);
            yield return null;
        }
    }

[swift falcon]

ok i'll leave that in the code, thanks. but do you have any other ideas?

[leaden ice]

you also have to fix this code:

            Vector3 dirToCombatLookAt = combatLookAt.position - new Vector3(transform.position.x, combatLookAt.position.y, transform.position.z);
            orientation.forward = dirToCombatLookAt.normalized;

            body.forward = dirToCombatLookAt.normalized;```

Though it's unclear what the difference between all these variables are:

    [SerializeField] private Transform orientation;
    [SerializeField] private Transform player;
    [SerializeField] private Transform body;```

[leaden ice]

what does "only on one axis" mean exactly

[jaunty needle]

Only on the blue axis

The z axis

[swift falcon]

so player is just an empty game object that holds the body and the orientation (as seen from the screenshot above). the body is the capsule and orientation is empty

[jaunty needle]

you know like a creepy turn to face the player

[leaden ice]

There is nothing blue in this screenshot lol

[leaden ice]

Do you mean rotate only on the y axis?

[jaunty needle]

Sorry

Yes that is what I meant

[leaden ice]

the fact that that axis is the blue one means your object is already laying on its side/face

[swift falcon]

atm the bug is only occuring while using the basic cam

[leaden ice]

so I'd say the first thing to do here is fix your whole object setup

so that y is up

and z is forward

[jaunty needle]

Yes it's kinda messed up I didn't import it properly from blender

[leaden ice]

as it should be

[leaden ice]

fix that first

[jaunty needle]

Ok

[leaden ice]

or you will struggle endlessly with this stuff

[jaunty needle]

Yeah I remember struggling with it in the past

[jaunty needle]

Do you have any idea how to do that in blender?

I know it has something to do with these settings

[leaden ice]

Make sure the front of the object goes down the green axis in blender, the right goes down the red axis, and the top is up
Use Z forward, Y up
Check apply transform

[swift falcon]

please

[steady moat]

Did you try the modification that @leaden ice suggested ? Fixing the other part.

[jaunty needle]

Alright I will try that

[swift falcon]

#archived-code-general message he suggested to fix stuff in the combat cam

[steady moat]

You might have an issue with the camera switching which mean that the code is executed anyway.

[swift falcon]

alright @steady moat thanks to the help that u provided in ur first message i managed to fix it. thanks a lot!

[steady moat]

What was the issue ?

[swift falcon]

everything remains the same besides:
if (inputDir != Vector3.zero)
{
body.forward = new Vector3(Vector3.Slerp(body.forward, inputDir.normalized, Time.deltaTime * rotationSpeed).x, 0, Vector3.Slerp(body.forward, inputDir.normalized, Time.deltaTime * rotationSpeed).z);
}

i removed the y from this

[steady moat]

I see

Use a variable instead of doing the calculation twice.

[swift falcon]

like this?

if (inputDir != Vector3.zero)
{
Vector3 slerp = Vector3.Slerp(body.forward, inputDir.normalized, Time.deltaTime * rotationSpeed);
body.forward = new Vector3(slerp.x, 0, slerp.z);
}

[steady moat]

It is definitly a better way.

[swift falcon]

thanks!

i can now continue developing. i have some more bugs to fix, but i'll ask that later

[swift falcon]

anyone knows how to make a world system like pixel worlds or growtopia?

[jaunty needle]

Is this fine?

I couldn't get the red axis to go through the right

[leaden ice]

that looks fine

red axis is going to the right (the object's right)

[jaunty needle]

ahhh

yeah that checks out

[obtuse silo]

I made a small tool to align stuff in my scene, bu I can't find how do I make the button (when the tool is docked) in two parts,
one Align button, and the other to show the tool settings, much like all the other Overlay tools.

[mental sigil]

Can someone help me figure out why my collision event functions are not being called?

Here is my player:

And here is the building I want to collide with

And this is the building script, and neither collision events get called

Even when I drag another building through it (I can drag them with the mouse) or move the player through it

Is it an issue for collision detection if I directly move the transforms?

[lilac sonnet]

I don't think static rigidbodies trigger collision callbacks with one another as mentioned here: https://docs.unity3d.com/2022.2/Documentation/Manual/Rigidbody2D-Static.html.

[mental sigil]

Oh, I see and what would I do if I just want to check if they are colliding but I dont want them to push eachother around

[lilac sonnet]

Kinematic body types only move under explicit control (i.e., you'd have to write code to make it react to a collision "naturally")

[mental sigil]

But from what I read kinematic bodies dont trigger collision events either

[lilac sonnet]

IIRC they do if you check the simulated box on the component itself

Full Kinematic Contact, my mistake: https://docs.unity3d.com/2022.2/Documentation/Manual/Rigidbody2D-Kinematic.html

[mental sigil]

Okay so my whole thing right now is that I want to use collisioin detection to find out if the user can place a building where the mouse is

Which I wanted to do by adding colliders and as you drag the building around and I use these collision events to check if the spot is clear

[lilac sonnet]

Is there a reason they’re static outside of just not moving? If that’s the case, I still think a Kinematic body type would cover it.

[gray mural]

Does somebody to know if it's possible to get first line's position of TMP_Text even when it is empty?

It's easy to do, when there's written something, but not with empty one

Or should I consider changing TMP_Text script?

[latent latch]

Perhaps use some whitespace placeholder?

[gray mural]

yes, I do use it already

but it doesn't work in my case

[gaunt blade]

Hey, wondering if someone can explain why I'm getting an error. Here's some snapshots of my code as well as the error message I'm getting

As far as I can tell I intantiated my objects correctly, yet it's saying there's no reference to said objects. I'm kinda confused why.

[gray mural]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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

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

[gaunt blade]

Alright, I'll just go to a C# specific discord. Thank you!

[gray mural]

I don't think it's "C# specific issue"

[gaunt blade]

The code is generating a NullReferenceException. It's not using any Unity specific libraries, it's all code I wrote myself. I'm sure a discord channel that specializes in C# specific stuff can answer it just as well as anyone here.

Thank you though.

[simple egret]

Yeah it's more of a general execution error, but as you're using Unity you'll probably get redirected to this server once they see the Unity console

[gaunt blade]

Guess I'll see. 🤷‍♀️

[gray mural]

you should provide us with code and screenshots. Also we all would be happy to see Assets/Polygon.cs:27

[gaunt blade]

public Polygon(List<Vector2> vertices)
    {

        if (vertices.Count == 0) {  return; }

        for (int i = 0; i < vertices.Count; i++)
        {
            if (i == vertices.Count - 1)
            {
                edges.Add(new Line(vertices[i], vertices[0]));
                return;
            }
            Debug.Log("test");
            Debug.Log(vertices[2]);
            edges.Add(new Line(vertices[i], vertices[i + 1]));
            Debug.Log("test2");
        }
    }

Welp

That didn't work

There we go

[gray mural]

show verticles

[steep herald]

i + 1 will fail on last index

ah nvm

[gray mural]

it's not NullReferenceException

[gaunt blade]

        {
            Debug.Log("Did I get here?");
            generateCicumcircle();
        }

[simple egret]

It fails before that, error is on line 27

[gaunt blade]

It calls the base class constructor

[gray mural]

show verticles that you set

as parameter

[gaunt blade]

So you want me to show you the instantiation of the Triangle object?

[gray mural]

no, VERTICLES

[simple egret]

Line 27, what is it

[gray mural]

public Polygon(List<Vector2> vertices)

verticles

what do you set here?

[gaunt blade]

There's no "l" in that. It's "vertices"

[gray mural]

probably this

if (vertices.Count == 0) {  return; }

[simple egret]

"Probably"

Show line 27 please

[gray mural]

List<Vector2> verticles = new(); // show me this !

//
//

public Polygon(List<Vector2> vertices)
    {

        if (vertices.Count == 0) {  return; }

        for (int i = 0; i < vertices.Count; i++)
        {
            if (i == vertices.Count - 1)
            {
                edges.Add(new Line(vertices[i], vertices[0]));
                return;
            }
            Debug.Log("test");
            Debug.Log(vertices[2]);
            edges.Add(new Line(vertices[i], vertices[i + 1]));
            Debug.Log("test2");
        }
    }

[gaunt blade]

That line you commented doesn't exist?

I'm not sure what you're talking about

There is no "verticles" variable

[simple egret]

edges can also be null here, can you not speculate and tell them to actually show the line 27?

[steep herald]

can you show us the line generating the error

[gray mural]

ok, gimme all code

[gaunt blade]

edges.Add(new Line(vertices[i], vertices[i + 1])); That is the line generating the error

[simple egret]

Edges is null

[gray mural]

show edges than

I thought verticles is null though

[steep herald]

it's still vertices

[gray mural]

what?

[simple egret]

If it was, it would have thrown in the first if statement that checks for its count, though

Vertices takes no L

[steep herald]

oh I'm absolutely not saying verts list is null

[gray mural]

@gaunt blade it gonna take too long, just full code, please

[gaunt blade]

This was correct.

Thank you.

Very dumb mistake on my part.

Didn't instantiate it.

[faint scroll]

whats an algorithm to generate seemless perlin noise on a sphere? i use a 2d texture:

private void Pixelreader(){
    Texture2D image = new Texture2D(size, size);
    gameObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material.mainTexture = image;
    for (float i = 0; i < image.width; i++)
    {
        for (float j = 0; j < image.height; j++)
        {
            float Perl = Mathf.PerlinNoise(i * perlZoom,j * perlZoom);
            Color color = Color.green;

            if (Perl < thresh)
                color = Color.blue;

            //Color pixel = new Color(Perl, Perl, Perl) ;
            image.SetPixel((int)i, (int)j, color);
        }
    }
    image.Apply();
}

But it isnt seemless, as shown below:

[celest moss]

Is there a way to revert a scriptable Object to the original values?

[potent sleet]

wdym "original values"

[celest moss]

the values i have defined before entering playmode

[potent sleet]

when you change a SO it stays changed

no

you're changing the whole asset

it's stored on your disk not in memory

big reason SO not meant for mutable data

you typically copy the data to use then manipulate it in a separate class

[simple egret]

Plus, in builds it does not behave the same (it's not saved between two executions)

So using it as a mutable data container is a big no-no

[potent sleet]

if you're using this as a save system, don't xD

[celest moss]

no i didnt want to use it as a save-system because i was aware that it reverts back in builds. So i assumed the data would also revert in the editor

[potent sleet]

if you want to revert back just make it a regular class / struct

and use prefabs for preset values

[mellow hill]

I wouldn't recommend this approach at all but you could achieve this behaviour with ScriptableObjects (again, not recommended) by instantiating a clone of the ScriptableObject at runtime and using that clone throughout the game, this way the clone will update but the original ScriptableObject will not change

[celest moss]

nah if it isnt intented to be used like then im going to stay away from it

[mellow hill]

That is not really what they are intended for though

What sort of system are you building?

[celest moss]

I have multiple Enemies which can hold different kind of stats but are mostly the same generic stats you see in games (health, attack, speed ...).

[potent sleet]

make the stats live on the SO as read-only . if you keep it in a struct/class then copy values

[regal epoch]

would it be possible that c# is too fast? Im trying to destroy the childs of an empty game object. but sometimes it just skips one for some reason

[celest moss]

but these values can be changed in the runtime :d

[potent sleet]

yes i know, but you can just make a copy of those stats on SO

think SO as preset

[latent latch]

If you're going to write to scriptable objects, always make instances. Doing it this way would also allow you to 'revert' to the original values depending if you want to create a new instance or just read the original values.

[potent sleet]

it can say , this Stat holds "attack 20, defense 10 etc.."

but in the enemy class you copy those stats into the class to change at runtime

[celest moss]

ah ok i get your approach

[mellow hill]

What I would do the that is have a seperate save system, let's say you save stats to a JSON file "Stats.JSON", then on load you can read that JSON file in at runtime and use that data to dynamically create ScriptableObjects. This way you can save/load from the JSON file. If you wanted purely a ScriptableObject approach, just have the stats but there are ways to use apurely ScriptableObject approach as well such as copying values from the enemies into the scriptable objects and keeping them up to date

[dawn nebula]

How do I modify the properties of a Sprite asset from code? Looking to change things like SpriteMode and shit.

[potent sleet]

probably using preset

[dawn nebula]

preset?

I have a sprite sheet with a ton of sprites. I have a json which describes what region of the sprite sheet contains what sprite.

[potent sleet]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Presets.Preset.html

[dawn nebula]

So I want to programmatically define the many sprites in that sheet.

[potent sleet]

I recall this is how I had to do it . I made a script that makes screenshots out of scene view but it was saved as texture and not sprite so I had to make a script + preset to change ALL the images that get put into that folder automatically to sprite type

[jaunty needle]

Hey so I have this piece of code which... works but the object moves and keeps jittering for some reason:

    {
        Transform cameraTransform = moveCamera.gameObject.transform;

        while (true)
        {
            Vector3 objectToPlayeDir = (cameraTransform.position - transform.position).normalized;

            Vector3 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.forward, objectToPlayeDir, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0.0f);

            transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);

            yield return null;
        }
    }

For context if anybody else wants to help I'm trying to get an object to look at me but for some reason here ti moves too

[gray mural]

what do you mean by jittering? rotation?

[gray mural]

nice player btw 🥰

[jaunty needle]

Like this

[jaunty needle]

thank you, it acc a test enemy i made to test if I still knew how to blender

[gray mural]

I see

[gray mural]

I guess your issue is here:

Vector3 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.forward, objectToPlayeDir, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0.0f);

try to increase 4th parameter

from 0f to 10f, for example

[jaunty needle]

Thing is I just followed the documentation which did the same thing

What's increate?

[gray mural]

increase*

[jaunty needle]

Why would I do that and how

[leaden ice]

That parameter isn't relevant at all

[gray mural]

change from 0f to 10f

[jaunty needle]

Yes that was my thoughts as well

[gray mural]

The maximum allowed change in vector magnitude for this rotation.

[leaden ice]

I would guess the issue has to do with another component on the object or something

[jaunty needle]

The components

[leaden ice]

Although for this use case I would probably be using Quaternion.RotateTowards

Yeah the Rigidbody

[gray mural]

wait, not, I think that's not what we need

[jaunty needle]

What's up with it

[leaden ice]

If you're rotating a Rigidbody you'll want to:

• do the rotation in FixedUpdate
• use RB.MoveRotation
• enable interpolation on the body

[jaunty needle]

Aha

I missed that thank you

Do I use the same technique I used here for rb.moverotation?

    {
        Transform cameraTransform = moveCamera.gameObject.transform;

        while (true)
        {
            Vector3 objectToPlayeDir = (cameraTransform.position - transform.position).normalized;

            Vector3 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.forward, objectToPlayeDir, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0.0f);

            transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);

            yield return null;
        }
    }

Thing is I'm doing this in a coroutine

[warm stratus]

Hey, how do i do to make the UI element the biggest that it cans in the anchors that i set?

[gray mural]

set its RectTransform's position's stretch to maximum

with Alt key

[gray mural]

what if you increase rotationSpeed here..?

[warm stratus]

here?

[gray mural]

yes, press alt and click bottom stretch

[spiral robin]

How can I acces the fill float on my material via code? The float comes out of a custom shader.

[warm stratus]

but my logo will be streche

i wan t something like this

[gray mural]

yes, setting it's stretch to maximum gives it 100% width and 100% height of parent component

[leaden ice]

WaitForFixedUpdate then

[gray mural]

that's what you asked for I guess ??

..how do i do to make the UI element the biggest that it cans..

[jaunty needle]

Is that a function?

[gray mural]

yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();

[warm stratus]

ah no sorry i meant to keep the aspect ratio and make biggest that it cans in the anchors points do you understand?

[gray mural]

no, I don't

[leaden ice]

It's a yield instruction for a coroutine

[jaunty needle]

Ahh so I put the code in fixed update?

Could you explain further please

[warm stratus]

ok the circle is my sprite and the anchors points are represented by the rectangle so i wan t that

[gray mural]

but if I got you, you need to change these parameters

these are offsets

that appear in stretch

[warm stratus]

but how can it works for every screen resolution?

[leaden ice]

No you use this #archived-code-general message

[wise agate]

Does anyone know how to get the left and right triggers. if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)) throttle += throttleIncriment; but referencing the left or right trigger on a controller instead of the Space Key

[jaunty needle]

ahh instead of yield return null

[leaden ice]

Set it up in the input manager and use GetButton

[gray mural]

I don't get it. there gonna be the same offset on every screen resolution

[wise agate]

But when I do that it's an axis. Does get button allow me to use it like a key?

[leaden ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-InputManager.html

[warm stratus]

yes that s the problem i don t wan t this, but this

[wise agate]

thanks

[leaden ice]

GetButton interacts with axes. That's how works

That's the only thing it works with in fact

[gray mural]

can you formulate your issues better ?

[wise agate]

ok. What would the left triggers name be

[wise agate]

there's a lot of conflicting info out there

[leaden ice]

You need to 9 slice the border image

[leaden ice]

No idea
Google it or experiment till you find it

[wise agate]

thanks

[warm stratus]

what do you mean?

[warm stratus]

i wan t a sprite in my UI i wan t in the rectangle represented by the anchors points but i don t want my sprite to be streched

[gray mural]

should it be e.g. 40% wide & 50% high of screen ?

[jaunty needle]

I still don't understand :/

[warm stratus]

for example (you mean the image have a aspect ratio of 40:50)

[gray mural]

maybe I do

[gray mural]

I don't know if that's possible in Inspector, but that's sure possible in script

it's like

smth.width = .4f * Screen.height;

[warm stratus]

i found something, RawImage i guess it can helps

[warm stratus]

ok thks i will use that if i don t find anything

[wise agate]

throttleup = Input.GetButton("Throttle Up");
This is coming back as an error

[warm stratus]

thks for help 👍

[buoyant crane]

you currently are waiting null or exactly one frame. You want to wait for the next FixedUpdate so that the coroutine is synced with the physics time step. https://docs.unity3d.com/2017.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/WaitForFixedUpdate.html

[jaunty needle]

ohhh that makes sense thank you

[warm stratus]

@gray mural oh no 🤣 i found it it was just that

[gray mural]

what's that?

[warm stratus]

the Image component, you can set preserve Aspect to True and it will do what i wan t

[jaunty needle]

It's still moving towards me :(

[gray mural]

Yes, preserve Apect just doesn't stretch your sprite. Your sprite's resolution stays the same, when stretching

[jaunty needle]

    {
        Transform cameraTransform = moveCamera.gameObject.transform;

        while (true)
        {
            Vector3 objectToPlayeDir = (cameraTransform.position - transform.position).normalized;

            Vector3 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.forward, objectToPlayeDir, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0.0f);

            Quaternion newRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);

            rb.MoveRotation(newRotation);

            yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();
        }
    }

I changed it

[visual glade]

could anyone help me with this error? I got it while trying to build.

An asset is marked with HideFlags.DontSave but is included in the build:
Asset: 'Library/unity editor resources'
Asset name: DefaultReflectionForPrefabMode

I tried looking in library but I don't have a unity editor or defaultreflection.

[gray mural]

and I don't think that's what you have described. You should have explained it better 🙄

[gray mural]

your should reimport your asset

[dire coral]

how can i make local multiplayer work

[gray mural]

#archived-networking

[dire coral]

local

not network

[gray mural]

formulate your questions so that we can understand

[dire coral]

i asked how i can make a local multiplayer. local means 2 people on 1 pc and keyboard

[gray mural]

google it. In local multiplayer there are minimum 2 players that are controlled by e.g. WASD and Arrows

[scenic coyote]

I want to check if my player is grounded, and I'm using this code:

bool is_grounded = Physics2D.CircleCast(ground_check.position, 0.5f, Vector2.down, 1f, 6);

where ground_check is an empty placed at the feet of my character. Thing is, I don't know what to do with the distance attribute, in this case, the 1f. Any help would be appreciated

[gray mural]

why don't you just use OnCollisionEnter2D?

[leaden ice]

What error? Did you actually make an axis with that name?

[scenic coyote]

because the circle cast thing is the only one I could remember xD It's been years since I've done unity stuff. How does that exactly work?

[gray mural]

this method detects collision between collider that script is attached to and other colliders

[wind palm]

Your method is better imo. With OnCollisionEnter2D you need to be cautious of walls (as colliding with walls would trigger the method). If your walls are floors also, it makes it even more trickier.

[gray mural]

so you should check is collision's tag is Ground and than do stuff

[gray mural]

no, why? you just check the ground's tag

[wind palm]

What if the wall is ground.

AKA a platform

[gray mural]

yeah, that depends

[wise agate]

I got it. I was the wrong joystick buttons. I had to use the third axis

[gray mural]

if they do not have ground walls, using OnColisionEnter should be better

[scenic coyote]

Okay so, how would I fix my code? I'm currently logging my is_grounded variable, and even if I set the radius of the sphere to something big, it says i'm not grounded. What could that be due to?

[wind palm]

Honestly, you may be better off using https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.OverlapCircle.html and doing it on your "ground check" point.

[scenic coyote]

Ah, okay. Let me try then

[gray mural]

are you sure that your Ground is on correct layer?

cause I am not sure

[wind palm]

As for why you're not "grounded", I'd need to see more information (i.e the position of your ground check)

[scenic coyote]

Yeah I was wondering, if my ground layer is on layer 6, do I input 6? or 7 because it counts from 0?

[gray mural]

int groundLayer = 6;
LayerMask groundLayerMask = 1 << groundLayer;

[gray mural]

try using this

bool isGrounded = Physics2D.CircleCast(groundCheck.position, 0.5f, Vector2.down, 1f, groundLayerMask);

[scenic coyote]

what's the reasoning behind doing a bitshift?

[gray mural]

also make sure distance is enough

[wind palm]

If you think the layers can change at some point you can alternatively put:

public LayerMask MyLayerMask;

And then use that in your physics.

[gray mural]

so you should first try if that works.

[gray mural]

yes, that's even easier.

[wind palm]

The inspector will let you check the layers you want to check 🙂

[scenic coyote]

well, I just tried a mix of both solutions, I used overlapCircle and the 1 << 6 for layer mask and it works. Altough I still would like to know why we are bitshifting?

[wind palm]

Because layer masks are a single int

By doing 1 << 6 you're saying the 7th bit should be 1.

[gray mural]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/bit-shifting-layer-mask/211874

[scenic coyote]

Ohh I see. Well thanks a lot you both :D

[gray mural]

Does anyone know where TMP_LineInfo.lineExtents is changed?

I just need to find this in unity's code

And I don't see any methods in TMP_Text that do it (have printed them)

it's just min = Vector2(0, 0) and max = Vector2(0, 0), when nothing was typed in TMP_Text yet

[visual glade]

reimporting my assets didn't do anything. Looking online they told me to search in project for "t:Prefab DontSave" and all the related ones, but that didn't come up with anything either.

[cobalt gyro]

does anyone know what could cause this type of glitch

[potent sleet]

what are we looking at and how's it related to code

looks like clear flags insnt clearing

or w./e flags on cam

[heady iris]

yeah, hall of mirrors moment

camera settings are wrong. this is what you'd adjust in the HDRP.

[cobalt gyro]

thanks

[forest bluff]

who need help

i am pro

[celest moss]

Hey im struggling a bit to implement a clean solution for ObjectPooling for GameObjects which all inherit the baseClass Enemy but are different prefabs and should be pooled in different ObjectPools. Ideally i would only provide the list of all enemy types.

[forest bluff]

this will solve all your problems

[heady iris]

don't spam

[forest bluff]

how is that spamming

[potent sleet]

offtopic is spamming in away

[forest bluff]

no its not spamming is repeatedly saying something

[potent sleet]

<@&502884371011731486>

[heady iris]

i've never been accidentally pinged!

[potent sleet]

myb

[heady iris]

lol

[potent sleet]

hit c too quick

[heady iris]

i was already looking at the chat.

[potent sleet]

w/e they probably got auto kicked by Dyno

[vagrant blade]

!warn 833097364704591924 There is no off topic here.

[tawny elk]

Bossmanduty916#3210 has been warned.

[vagrant blade]

Oh wait, this isn't your first rodeo.

!ban save 833097364704591924 Banned for spamming.

[tawny elk]

Bossmanduty916#3210 was banned.

[latent latch]

You can do object pooling a few ways, if you object pool the base type, you're going to have to change the components to the more derived type (or if composite, just change the data needed) each time you pull it from the pool. Another idea is to queue a more derived prefab type, which is actually something I seen in networking because of sync issues.

[wanton marsh]

yo

i need help

[latent latch]

Benefits of the first way, single queue and can instantiate all the objects you need early on. Benefits of the second way, less component/data injecting, and syncing if needed

[wanton marsh]

everytime i try to load my project it just pulls the unity bug report

[gray mural]

no, that's not what you should do.

[wanton marsh]

and i uninstalled the unity hub too

it still dosent work

please help

[heady iris]

Don’t crosspost. This is not a code problem

Oops

Wrong reply. You get the idea

damn phones

[gray mural]

@visual glade

[soft shard]

Im testing some code, and im not sure I understand whats going on, ive decided to use the ScriptableObjects InstanceID instead, my original approach was to make a public property and generate a GUID with each scriptable object once, and be able to use that in a Dictionary elsewhere:

public SomeSO : ScriptableObject
{
public string ID {get {return id;} }
string id;

void OnEnable()
{
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(id)) {id = new GUID();}
}
}

This works fine, though whenever the project is re-opened, OnEnable will get called again on every SO (which makes sense, and is fine), but for some reason I dont understand, it will also re-assign a new ID, as if its just reset to null when Unity closes, why might that be? I tried setting the SO to dirty as well and AssetDatabase re-saving the file - the assets instance ID doesnt change between re-launches so I figured ill just use that instead, though id like to understand why this GUID approach may not have worked?

[celest moss]

I dont really get second part. What do you mean exactly by queuing the the prefab type

[cobalt gyro]

apparently the problem was the way i restructured MouseSceneSpace

[wanton marsh]

yo hello

can anyone help please

[heady iris]

Ask in #💻┃unity-talk .

[latent latch]

An example would be a prefab of base Enemy. This prefab alone may only contains defaults, but no actual identity to a specific enemy, and thus require inserting its data as you call it from the pool.

You can also make prefrabs of a full constructed enemy, such that no extra work is needed when called

Ideally, queueing the base type is what you want to do in most cases

[visual glade]

Sorry for the confusion, I meant I did that and the other suggestion and neither worked.

[gray mural]

right, then I don't know, sorry

[visual glade]

np, I'll go back to the try and true method of saving a copy and then go back and slowly delete things until it works.

[gray mural]

consider using git

[visual glade]

git? what is that for?

[gray mural]

git helps you to organize your project

and also makes it easy to return your project to its previous versions

https://github.com/

[visual glade]

Ah, yea I'll definetly need to try that out, thanks.

[jaunty needle]

Hello guys, I have a problem with getting an rigidbody object to look at the player when it comes within a certain range
This is the code that I use:

    {
        if(other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            StartCoroutine(TurnTowardsPlayer());
            print("Player is detected");
        }
    }

    IEnumerator TurnTowardsPlayer()
    {
        Transform cameraTransform = moveCamera.gameObject.transform;

        while (true)
        {
            Vector3 objectToPlayeDir = (cameraTransform.position - transform.position).normalized;

            Vector3 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.forward, objectToPlayeDir, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0.0f);

            Quaternion newRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);

            rb.MoveRotation(newRotation);

            yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();
        }
    }

But instead it doesn't just rotate to face the player but instead moves towards it too

Video

[potent sleet]

is that the only script you have on enemy?

[jaunty needle]

Yes, these are the components:

[potent sleet]

hmm never used MoveRotation. does it work without out it?

like does it not move

[harsh ridge]

does anyone know how i can change my web swinging, currently to pull towards the web you pull down on the trigger but i want it so you have to pull on the web and then let go? anyone know how i can do that? in vr?

[jaunty needle]

What do you mean, another function? I tried rb.rotation and it's the same thing

Wait I noticed this

[potent sleet]

no i mean if you comment it out

does it still move

[jaunty needle]

It waits it rotates then moves for some reason

[dawn nebula]

So I have some animations for a sprite. The state of my sprite is handled completely by scripts. I don't want some complex state machine controlling the animations. I want all transitions to be instantaneous. How do I set up the animator to achieve this behaviour?

[jaunty needle]

No then it doesn't do anything

[latent latch]

Should just be able to play the clips even without animation transitions

[potent sleet]

hmm i normally use .AddTorque but im sure there is a reason why it's moving

[uneven cloud]

Does someone has been working on a game and has been using Steam Inventory using Steamwprks.NET? (please reply with ping)

[dawn nebula]

How exactly?

[potent sleet]

#archived-networking

[uneven cloud]

okay

[latent latch]

Throw on an animator and feed it the clips like normal

[dawn nebula]

Ah there's "Animator.Play"

[jaunty needle]

I fixed it

Apparantly I shouldn't have used this other transform it was weird

[potent sleet]

huh?

[jaunty needle]

So here

I have the rbcharactercontroller

and cameraholder

I used the cameraholder instead which is weird I don't wanna get into it

[potent sleet]

oh alright, just didn't know why that method moves it too but reading the docs now it makes sense why it does

i never used it before

[latent latch]

Yeah, if needed, just link all clips to the entry point but it may not be needed. I forget

you'll want to loop stuff on the clip itself if not in the animator such as running

[visual glade]

just wanted to give you an update that I did indeed figure it out, I just had to make a new scene and move everything over from the old one... I don't know why but it worked.

[late basin]

hi. I can't seem to get the freeze Z rotation constraint to work. I have a cube with a rigidbody that I can tilt up and down and rotate left and right using AddTorque. If I rotate while x=0, it works. if I tilt first, then rotate, it changes the z-axis. I have Freeze Rotation : Z checked. How can I make the cube spin around the Y axis in world space instead of tilting on the z-axis? This is how I'm imparting the rotations:

private void ApplyYaw() {
    Vector3 yawForce = yawPower * (yawPercent / 100) * Vector3.up;
    _rb.AddTorque(yawForce);
}

private void ApplyPitch() {
    Vector3 pitchForce = pitchPower * (pitchPercent / 100) * transform.right;
    _rb.AddTorque(pitchForce);
}

What am I missing?

[random gulch]

Theoretically would movetowards or NavMeshAgent be more resources intensive

[leaden ice]

They're so fundamentally different it's not really possible to compare them.

MoveTowards is just a simple mathematical function. It takes in some parameters and returns a Vector.

NavMeshAgent is a component that handles navigation

It's kinda like asking whether the Pythagorean theorem or Google Maps is more resources intensive

[random gulch]

Fair enough

Just curious because I am planning to move a bunch of objects

[jaunty needle]

Guys why does my detection happen before I'm actually on the object

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hitInfo, range))
        {
            if(hitInfo.rigidbody != null)
            {

                MeshRenderer objectMesh = hitInfo.rigidbody.gameObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>();
                if (objectMesh != null)
                {
                    objectMesh.material.color = Color.green;
                }

            }

        }

[potent sleet]

wdym by on the object

also that ray might be hitting itself

use layers i suppose

[static matrix]

can I post a scripting joke or is that not allowed

[lean sail]

in 3D the ray ignores the collider it spawns inside of, so I doubt its this, but I also have no clue what the script and video is supposed to show in relation to what they said.

[dawn nebula]

Anyone know how to create an AnimatorController asset and apply AnimationClip assets to it?

[oak plover]

anyone know why hatebin doesnt make a link?

[potent sleet]

tried another browser ?

[oak plover]

yes

[potent sleet]

ohhh is been a while since i had a raycast originate from the middle of char lol

[delicate zinc]

    public class DetatchChildrenOnDestroy : MonoBehaviour
    {
        public Transform[] selectedChildren = Array.Empty<Transform>();
        public UnityEvent OnChildrenDetached;
        private void OnDestroy()
        {
            foreach (Transform t in selectedChildren)
            {
                t.parent = null;
            }
            OnChildrenDetached?.Invoke();
        }
    }```
i have this small script that i'm using for VFX, mainly for detatching particle systems when it's parent gets destroyed so the particles can dissipate and destroy the particle system when the system stops.

However, i'm getting this message sometimes when i change scene

Some objects were not cleaned up when closing the scene. (Did you spawn new GameObjects from OnDestroy?)
The following scene GameObjects were found:
EnergyParticles```

Is there a way i can avoid this, aside from well, not putting this OnDestroy?

[static matrix]

my scripts be like:

sorry
but it was just too relatable

[vague jolt]

So i have some structures and you can connect cables to do them. The connection points are fixed point on the structure. Whats a good way to move these points when i rotate the structure ? The problem is that when i rotate the structure i don't rotate it i change the sprite to another one. Should i store the position of each connection point for each of the 4 rotation or do something else ?
this is the strcuture btw and you can see it has 4 connection point
so it would be a tolta of 16 sets of coordinates
there must be a better way

[vague jolt]

my code is litteraly duck tape and glue, i can relate

[steep herald]

Quick Q, I have a class and there are 2 instances in the scene. Class contains a coroutine with the following yield instruction, followed by some code
while (Time.time < some target) yield return null;
Let's pretend the coroutine's duration is 0.1 second. Instance A starts the coroutine, now 0.05 seconds later, instance B starts the coroutine, and now pretend GC kicks in/theres a spike for whatever reason and both coroutines end on the same frame. Is the code following the block above guaranteed to be executed in instance A first, or is that not guaranteed?

[vague jolt]

well from a logic perspective i would say that lag does not change the order of operation

but still i would not count too much on that

[steep herald]

hm, ok well pretend 2 coroutines are called the same frame, on the same class and the same mono, is the first coroutine invoked guaranteed to execute its code before the second every frame?

When both coroutines yield every frame until condition X is met

[vague jolt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/lc67a8/coroutine_execution_order/
Following the first answer i guess that the order is the same, but as they said here thats not something you should rely on, you function should work regardless of the exectuion order

[vague jolt]

any one got any idea ?

[steep herald]

thank you @vague jolt

[vague jolt]

np

[lean sail]

16 sets of coordinates really is nothing, but you could also just have a child object with those 4 points rotate instead. Not entirely sure how you are doing the connections, but at least by this way you wont have to differentiate between which point is which

[vague jolt]

thats what i did but they just don't rotate right

they are bit ofset from where they are supposed to be, still if you say to manually write the coordinates thats probably the best idea i guess

[lean sail]

Since you change the sprites, the rotation might not be 100% lined up yea. The sprites you've shown look quite different and not like the same object rotated

Really it's just 4 collections of 4 points, assigning that is going to be way quicker and the memory used is so insignificant

[vague jolt]

ok thanks

[warm shadow]

So im trying to get KeywordRecognizer to work with a simple test, but it doesn't recognize anything i say, here is the code:

private KeywordRecognizer keywordRecognizer;
private Dictionary<string, Action> actionMap = new Dictionary<string, Action>();

private void Start()
    {
    actionMap.Add("up", test);
    actionMap.Add("Up", test);

    keywordRecognizer = new KeywordRecognizer(actionMap.Keys.ToArray());
    keywordRecognizer.OnPhraseRecognized += OnRecognizedSpeech;
    keywordRecognizer.Start();

}

private void test()
{
    //Do something
}

private void OnRecognizedSpeech(PhraseRecognizedEventArgs speech)
{
    Debug.Log(speech.text);
    actionMap[speech.text].Invoke();
}

It never debugs anything...

[mossy snow]

look at your console to see the error

[warm shadow]

there is no error, it just never detects anything, i think it might have something to do with my headset. Dont know id it knows which microphone to use... But i have no idea how to fix it

[mossy snow]

docs are a bit light. You are on windows 10?

[warm shadow]

yes

[mossy snow]

did you check https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Microphone.html? Maybe your device isn't recognized, or you need to start recording explicitly

[warm shadow]

i did consider that, but it doesn't mention anything about the microphone in the documentation and i also found a tutorial where i did the exact same.

[mossy snow]

maybe you should test it anyway, just to make sure your app is actually receiving microphone data to begin with

[warm shadow]

Yeah, i have tested the microphone and it does receive the data, i did that for an earlier attempt at voice commands

I do also have this warning in the build settings, but not sure if it is related

[vague jolt]

public class ConnectionsV2 : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Serializable]
    public class References
    {
        public List<GameObject> structures = new List<GameObject>();
        public List<GameObject> cables = new List<GameObject>();
        public List<int> connectedTo = new List<int>();
    }

I have the class references in teh class ConnectionsV2

    void deleteConnections() 
    {
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, ConnectionsV2.References> entry in connectionsV2.references)
        {
            foreach(GameObject cable in entry.cables)
            {

            }
        }
    }

Why for this i get the following error : KeyValuePair<string, ConnectionsV2.References>' does not contain a definition for 'cables' and no accessible extension method 'cables' accepting a first argument of type 'KeyValuePair<string, ConnectionsV2.References>' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[heady iris]

well, yeah, entry is a KeyValuePair

it's not a References

[vague jolt]

so how do iterate between the cables ?

[heady iris]

get the value out of the key value pair

[vague jolt]

how ?

entry.ConnectionV2.References ?

got it entry.Value.cables

[heady iris]

yes

pay attention to your types

foreach (KeyValuePair<string, ConnectionsV2.References> entry in connectionsV2.references

entry is a KeyValuePair<string, ConnectionV2.References>

[next seal]

Getting these errors and I dont really know why
I'm using URP and made a custom shader and its not working

[potent sleet]

#archived-shaders

[next seal]

my bad I thought that wasnt for errors

[vague jolt]

Blueprint saveStructure(List<GameObject> structures)
    {
        Blueprint save = new Blueprint();
        save.entities = new EntityObject[structures.Count];

        for(int i=0; i<structures.Count; i++)
        {
            save.entities[i].entity_number = i;
            save.entities[i].name = structures[i].tag;
            save.entities[i].position = new PositionObject();
            save.entities[i].position.x = structures[i].transform.position.x;
            save.entities[i].position.y = structures[i].transform.position.y;
            save.entities[i].direction = structures[i].GetComponent<RotateSprite>().rotation;
            save.entities[i].connections = new ConnectionObject();
            save.entities[i].connections.first = new ConnectionPointObject();
        }

        return save;
    }

Here i get this error
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an objectSaveFileGenerator.saveStructure (System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] structures)

the error is on this line : save.entities[i].entity_number = i;

[quartz folio]

You have nothing assigned to save.entities[...], unless you're using structs

[leaden ice]

Yep^ Reference types (classes) default to null

So your array is full of nulls until you populate it

e.g. your code is expected to look like:

        for(int i=0; i<structures.Count; i++)
        {
            EntityObject eo = new EntityObject();
            eo.entity_number = i;
            eo.name = structures[i].tag;
            ... // etc
            save.entities[i] = eo;
        }

(note rather than accessing it through the array a million times, you can just populate the object and then add it to the array at the end, as per my example)

I would also consider making a constructor for EntityObject like:

public EntityObject(int number, Structure structure) {
  // populate all the fields in here, instead of externally
}```

then your loop can be even simpler. Something like:

for(int i=0; i<structures.Count; i++)
{
    EntityObject eo = new EntityObject(i, structures[i]);
    save.entities[i] = eo;
}```

[vague jolt]

isn't this save.entities = new EntityObject[structures.Count];

[quartz folio]

Yep^ Reference types (classes) default to null
So your array is full of nulls until you populate it

[vague jolt]

like i do that an now the variable exists, why can't i say this save.entities[i].entity_number = i;

[vague jolt]

how do i populate it ? isn't the code after doing it ?

[quartz folio]

#archived-code-general message

[vague jolt]

ahhh i got it do i need to do save.entities[i] = new something ?

[vague jolt]

thanks

[halcyon venture]

help

[quartz folio]

See the Script Loading Issues link pinned to #💻┃code-beginner

And don't cross-post

[halcyon venture]

srry

[leaden ice]

Can you add some words to describe what we're looking at?

I just see a triangle and some numbers

which line

and wdym based on x axis

a triangle is not a line

this still doesn't clarify anything

what exactly is the information you have and what information are you looking for?

I know it seems obvious to you but we have no context

for what?

you are not explaining the issue well, hate to say

It is unclear in this picture what informatioin you are starting with and what you are trying to create/calculate

[wide barn]

that makes no sense

[leaden ice]

You can't just say "I just want a function" without saying what you want the function to do lmao

cool story but like

what do you want the function to do?

just what?

lol

say what you are thinking

what is a "triangle like line"

that makes no sense

me neither

Imagine I said to you. Hey, I want a function that does this:

How do I do that?

you would have no idea what I'm talking about

that is what you have done to me

it's not the complexity

it's the fact that you didn't explain what you actually want

except for "triangle like line" which doesn't make sense

make which line?

maybe start by highlighting the line you are interested in

in the diagram

there are 4 black lines here

counting the dotted ones

there are two

and what do you mean by a "line" exactly? Do you want a vector? Or two points denoting the line segment?

two black lines

a math function needs to have some kind of result

I'm asking what kind of result you want

uhhh, no not in any universe is that one line lol

[leaden ice]

This is code, you have to represent your "line" in some way

you can't just say "a line"

I mean as far as I can tell all you want is how to make a vector with an x/y coordinate

and that's just new Vector2(x, y)

I feel like you are a robot sent here to confuse people

doing a decent job

first you wanted a math function now you want an image

[wide barn]

soo you want to make a line between 2 points, then reflect that line?

[leaden ice]

Clearly I cannot help you

i didn't ask that at all

I asked what you want the math function to return

Actually I think what you want is this

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.PingPong.html

well actiually

public float MyFunction(float x) {
  return Mathf.PingPong(x * 2);
}```

that will give you the graph you shared

the dotted black line confused the hell out of me

ok sorry - idk your explanation was not grokking in my head

[magic storm]

So ive been dealing with this issue today, whenever i create a script in unity, I always get the 'no monobehaviour in script' error. I re installed every version of unity including the hub and the issue persists.

even with an empty script

[lean sail]

just to check, did you rename the script? Show it in your assets folder

[magic storm]

I just created it and thats it

[lean sail]

i cant see the full name, but assuming you didnt rename it, do you have any errors in console

[magic storm]

no errors

all i did was create script, didnt change anything

[leaden ice]

show your full console window

especially including the top right

[karmic cape]

!code

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[magic storm]

omg i seriously didnt think to check it, thanks guys i just needed somone else to overview it lmao

[karmic cape]

hey peeps anyone any idea why this script would not work no errors show

https://paste.ofcode.org/fDXcpP2RC9wN9ffwiPPvGQ

[leaden ice]

"not work" is not anything we can help with

you have to explain what you want or expect the script to do, and what it's doing instead.

[karmic cape]

the script should change the skybox based on time it changes to the 1st skybox csRenderSettings.skybox = SkyNight; but it dosnt change from that

[leaden ice]

So what debugging steps have you performed?

[warm wren]

Well, I see an error right off the bat so I doubt you aren't getting any errors in the console

[karmic cape]

is it the missing ; line 30? i fixed that

iv found the issue its restarting the blend for every frame

idk how else to handed it other than the if statment

[dusk apex]

Are there any errors?

[rough crown]

Ok so I have a script that doesn't derive from MonoBehaviour but I want to see it in the editor to drag stuff in. Sure there is AddComponent() but it only happens at Runtime. Is there a way to "show" non-Monobehaviour derived classes in the editor? Or are there at least any workarounds?

Hmmm. It plain works

Might mess around a bit

[soft shard]

Sounds like you want a serialized class? Something like:

[System.Serializable]
public class SomeNonMono
{
public int someNumber;
}

public class SomeMono : Mono //this could also be a ScriptableObject if it doesnt need to exist in the scene
{
public SomeNonMono data;
}

Otherwise, you may have to create a custom property drawer or custom editor with an attribute for that class and essentially tell the inspector how that class should be displayed when selected

[rough crown]

AddComponent worked fine but I'll check out serialized classes. Thanks

[soft shard]

Really? gameObject.AddComponent is usually only able to add scripts that derive from MonoBehaviour or Component or I think Object, how are you using it on a non-mono class?

[potent sleet]

prob mistaken 😛

[sharp oak]

{
   
   public float moveSpeed = 5f;

   public Rigidbody2D rb;

   Vector2 movement;


   void Update()
   {
        movement.x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        movement.y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Veritcal");

   }

   void FixedUpdate()
   {
        rb.MovePosition(rb.position + movement * moveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
   }

} ```

Hi, for some reason I keep getting this error when starting my game?

[potent sleet]

Veritcal

[sharp oak]

Really? I checked that several times to make sure it was spelled right.

Thanks for showing how idiotic I can be lol

[potent sleet]

strings are just tricky like that xD

[grand karma]

Hi, I'm currently having an issue using the following package.

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/dice-pack-light-165#description

I've looked through how it typically works, found the helper methods referenced in the READ-ME, but I believe that the pre-fabbed dice are invisible which I do not understand. I am somewhat of a beginner to Unity so I'm probably just missing something simple but the package had a helper method for rolling the dice which should've handled everything. I noticed that the clones do appear, however, they show as greyed out which I will show in an image below. I've even tried using some of their working demo in order to make it work and it simply will not show.

My code is as follows (made for a test outside of my main project):

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{


    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
         
    Dice.Roll("4d6", "d6-black", transform.position, new Vector3(1,1,1));
             
    }
    

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
    }
}```
I've also attached the readme instructions for this asset in case anyone needs context: https://pastebin.com/gg7Ta1B9

wait im so confused

when i use a check mark on them they show up

but why do i need to do that outside of my code

[buoyant crane]

if you have access to the prefabs, try setting them to be active if they aren’t

[grand karma]

they all appear to be active

[buoyant crane]

huh weird

[grand karma]

it's also strange because they included a demo scene which works fine, but even if I copy code to mine it won't work

I'm kinda frustrated bc I'm experienced coding in java and python in the past but i just cant get this to work

[vague slate]

How can I get a reference to SRP feature of specific type?

[obsidian saddle]

Is there any way to show Sprite arrays in the inspector? I've tried [SerializeField] but that didn't work either. Am I missing something?

[buoyant crane]

show your code and a picture of the inspector

Sprites should work so there’s something amiss

[obsidian saddle]

    public Sprite[] spritesBlack = new Sprite[6];
    public Sprite[] spritesWhite = new Sprite[6];```

[grand karma]

hmm for whatever reason I had to handle the activity myself but it now works

[buoyant crane]

are there errors in the console?

[obsidian saddle]

nope

oop

wait yes

i forgot a semicolon 💀

sorry to both lmaooooo

*bother

[obsidian saddle]

sorry lol they were hidden by warning messages

[simple edge]

By default I always hide warnings, might be worth doing as well

[obsidian saddle]

yeah i should rlly do that, they never seem to say anything genuinely helpful lol

[potent sleet]

!ide

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

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or underlining errors, please configure it:

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[viscid parcel]

So I'm back and with a new issue so i beg for help, I cannot figure out how to check for which raycast would be closer, the idea of this code is to be the check for my AI if my player is close enough, however so that they don't detect my player through walls I added the hardplatform raycast but my issue is if the player is close to a wall or floor the enemies will not continue tracking the player. its in unity2D btw

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using static UnityEngine.GraphicsBuffer;

public class SC_AISensor : MonoBehaviour
{

    public Transform PlayerTarget;
    public float pDistance;
    public LayerMask Player;
    public LayerMask Hardplatform;
    
    void Update()
    {
    }
    public bool DetecManager()
    {
        Vector2 position = transform.position;
        Vector2 target = PlayerTarget.position;
        target -= position;
        target.Normalize();

        RaycastHit2D DetectBlock = Physics2D.Raycast(position, target, pDistance, Hardplatform);
        RaycastHit2D Detection = Physics2D.Raycast(position, target, pDistance, Player);
        Debug.Log(Detection.collider.tag);

        if (DetectBlock)
        {
            return false;
        }
        else if (Detection)
        {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}```

[lean sail]

kinda unsure what you mean with this or what specifically the issue is, but for the

how to check for which raycast would be closer
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RaycastHit2D-distance.html
raycasts have the distance already so you can compare that

[mellow sigil]

Why do you make two raycasts? Make one and check what it hits

[viscid parcel]

i have to do two when using layermasks no?

[mellow sigil]

No, you can have multiple layers in a mask

that's the entire point of masks

[lean sail]

in the inspector, doesnt it let u choose multiple options in the layermask anyways?

[quartz folio]

Yes it does

[viscid parcel]

so should i take the layermasks out of the raycasts and have them in the if statement separately?

[quartz folio]

No, have one layer mask with both layers in it, and one raycast

whatever it hits will be the thing that was closest

[gray mural]

I don't know too. Maybe that's Unity's issue. I am glad you have fixed it though

[coral talon]

Hi. After I connected my project with git, any older files can't refer to the new ones.

[viscid parcel]

i kinda wanna shoot myself in the foot rn

just found how to do what you meant

a lot of my code is much more cursed considering this is a thing

[coral talon]

Works fine from the same file

[quartz folio]

git has nothing to do with it. Check if it compiles in Unity

[coral talon]

How?

[viscid parcel]

Thank you so much @lean sail @mellow sigil @quartz folio

[quartz folio]

By looking in the console window and seeing if there are compiler errors

[quartz folio]

One of your scripts is in an Editor folder, so it's in the editor assembly

the other isn't, and cannot reach the editor assembly

[coral talon]

I thought they all should be in global namespace

[quartz folio]

They are, the assemblies are different.

[coral talon]

How to address this issue?

[quartz folio]

You're presumably trying to use this serialized scriptable object outside of the editor

so don't put it in a folder named Editor