archived-code-general

[rugged storm]

Thank you

[fluid lily]

And people wonder why I have started separating my code from editor scripts...

[ShowIf(nameof(loadSettings) + "." + nameof(LoadSettings.IDType), SceneIDType.byName)]
    public string sceneName;

    [ShowIf(nameof(loadSettings) + "." + nameof(LoadSettings.IDType), SceneIDType.byID)]
    public int sceneID;

    public LoadSettings loadSettings;
    [Serializable]
    public struct LoadSettings {
        [ShowInInspector]
        public LoadSceneMode LoadMethod { get; set; }
        [ShowInInspector]
        public SceneIDType IDType { get; set; }
        [ShowInInspector]
        public SceneLoadType LoadType { get; set; }
    }```

Working on a code generator that creates wrapers from interfaces, will also be able to put default attributes where I set them to show up.

[swift falcon]

why is there an error

[quartz folio]

You need to configure your !ide so you get proper error highlighting and autocomplete

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

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

• VS Code*
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

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

[swift falcon]

but I already installed via unity hub

nvm

i have to configure

@quartz folio i dont get it, everything is alrd set

fixed

[bitter finch]

Is it possible to do web gl unity with 3d/2d avatars, text to speeh + animations? I see some mixed bags of features but nothing that's quite there yet

Sorry w/AI

[swift falcon]

i had to regenerate files

[cold egret]

- Can i precalculate width of a configured tmp text based on a string on condition, that the string fits the resulting width? I.e. know how wide the text should be to fit the string inside

[lean sail]

yes public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(string text)
this is under tmp text

[magic quiver]

hi guys idk if you guys know how to fix this but my VS is rlly weird

like there arent any red squiggly lines under anything ever and some things arent coloured, or arent autofilled if i press tab or enter or something

also ik this isnt rlly a unity issue but still

[lean sail]

is your !ide configured

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

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

• VS Code*
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

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

[magic quiver]

what does that mean

[white iris]

Ide the code editor

[lean sail]

your visual studio (its your IDE) needs to be configured to work with unity stuff

VS doesnt come with unity stuff right when u download it

[magic quiver]

how

[lean sail]

theres a big command right under my message

[lean sail]

here

[white iris]

^

[magic quiver]

ok

[tepid geode]

did anyone try to use com.unity.runtime-scene-serialization?
it looks really convenient for asset importers to create prefabs so I can create them in 3rd party dccs

the only thing I'm struggling is AssetPack in serialization metadata. it supposed to be lookup table for assets so it can stores ids which makes sense, but I have no idea how to actually create this table by myself.
seems simple but api is so cryptic

god we need proper usd support
all this NIH features are spreading like cancer

[tender vault]

do you guys have any good resources on a state machine?

[craggy veldt]

You can read any articles online, not only for Unity/c# specifically and they all will still be applicable in your game
Nothing fancy regarding state machines, it's just the name/terms that made it look like one

[muted schooner]

it's not very complicated, you can handle that by using articles online as slimstv said

[swift falcon]

Hi , I have callbacks that come from an external source, and as I have read multiple times that unity is not thread safe, I use the "unitythread" class explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41330771/use-unity-api-from-another-thread-or-call-a-function-in-the-main-thread My question is if this is a correct solution for handling with this type of callbacks or there is a better solution (as the answer is from 2018)

[craggy veldt]

you'd need to do your own dispatching

or just the simplest way by queueing your thread into monoBehavior

wrap it in a delegate and you can use ConcurrentQueue to queue all those calls and have it run on Update

void Update()
{
  while(myConCurrentCue.Count > 0)
  {
      //dequeue and invoke from MonoB
  }
}

just a simple and ugly example, but you shoould get the idea

[swift falcon]

so the "UnityThread" script from the stackoverflow answer is too complicated for the thing I do? Because it works, its just that I dont know if its the best solution for this.

[craggy veldt]

if it works, then it works 😄

[thin aurora]

Does the callback come from an async method? Why don't you just use events?

Unity is thread safe when you stick to Tasks, because the synchronizationContext in Unity is redefined to run everything in a safe thread that won't throw exceptions because Unity methods can't run on seperate threads.

The only reason to dispatch it back to the real main thread is to avoid race conditions, but you also have concurrency tools for this

[craggy veldt]

this is not true...Task.Run BOOOOM yoou dead

[thin aurora]

Yes, that's why you don't use this and invoke an actual Tasked method

There's no need to manually invoke something from the Task factory

Unity works fine when you declare an async-Task method, so you don't need to create a whole invokation machine to fix something that isn't broken, unless you manually create threads or use the Task factory

Honestly I'm surprised Task.Run doesn't run either

[swift falcon]

Its a callback that returns some coordenates from an eye tracker, like 30 times per second. I tried using events but I dont know why after some seconds sometimes it just stops working. Then I thought it may have something to do with threads, and I tried this "unityhread" thing from stack overflow and it works. Maybe the error comes from another source I dont konw hahaha I just wanted to know if there is a better method at handling different threads. Im just learning so there are a lot of things I dont understand 😅 I dont event know if that is an async method or not

[thin aurora]

Events don't just stop working, so it must be something else

So that's weird

Anyway, that unityThread is also nice. It basically saves delegates (so anonymous "methods"), and invokes them in an Update method, which guarantees to run on a supported thread. I see it also supports Coroutines. You can totally use it

I don't know how threaded that eye tracker is, but I would assume they atleast account for proper threading.

[swift falcon]

ok, thanks, I will just stick to that then 😄

[azure heath]

Hey, I'm trying to crop a sprite at runtime through a script. I've figured out that I can do it using Sprite.Create() but it's a bit awkward. Is there any other way to do this? Also, I want the sprite to animate but when I do this it stops animating, so is there anyway I can crop every frame of an animation?

[steady moat]

I do not know how, however I can say to you that you need to ask yourself if it is truly necessary.

[swift falcon]

Hey, I'm trying to understand (using the old unity input system) if the player is using (or has used) the keyboard or the gamepad. any suggestions please?

[steady moat]

Input.GetKeyDown(); ?

[swift falcon]

no like i want to detect if the last button pressed was on keyboard/mouse or on a controller, so that i can know wether the player is using a gamepad or a pc

[steady moat]

Oh, the old input system is not good at that. I would suggest you upgrade to the new input system or rewired.

[leaden ice]

Using the old system? Good fuckin luck

[swift falcon]

ik, thanks, but it's much better for custom keybinds

[steady moat]

It is not.

[swift falcon]

idk what old input system you are talking about

[leaden ice]

The Input class

[swift falcon]

i mean the one that uses Input.GetKeyDown for example

[steady moat]

using the old unity input system

[swift falcon]

exactly

[leaden ice]

Yes that's the old system

[swift falcon]

this one

[steady moat]

This cannot easily indentify controller.

[leaden ice]

And it will be very hard to do what you want with it

Recommendation is to switch to the new system

[steady moat]

You could, make 2 key bind for each binding.

[leaden ice]

Which can do this pretty easily

[steady moat]

One without the gamepad and one with only the gamepad.

[swift falcon]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/check-whether-controller-or-keyboard-is-being-used-via-script.359608/ i found this but i'm too dumb to know how to use it myself

[steady moat]

However, that would be kinda stupid.

[swift falcon]

elaborate please

[swift falcon]

but this is working super fine for what i need

[steady moat]

You have an Action (Jump)

Bind the Jump on Space Bar
Create an other action Jump Gamepad and only bind the gamepad.

However, the real solution is to upgrade to the new input system.

[swift falcon]

i have tens of actions

[swift falcon]

i haven't found a single forum or tutorial on how to use custom keybinds ingame with that

[steady moat]

Yeah, exactly. I'm not saying it is a good solution.

[steady moat]

Look again.

I use Rewired, so I cannot help you.

[swift falcon]

okk thanks

if anyone else can help please

[stone knot]

hi guys, any know what i need to use a websocket client in unity to connect to our server, what is the best option for work in pc, consoles and mobile?=

[leaden ice]

It's called interactive rebinding and it's fully supported

[heady iris]

is that in the Input System docs? I'm interested in adding that to my game, but I haven't looked into it yet.

I know there's some code floating around in the package

[leaden ice]

Yes it's in the docs

[blissful nacelle]

Hi, I've been trying to build a project which has nothing really special, but for some reason launching the build (no error), starts the process but doesn't open any window (the process also never closes so I have to close it through the Task Manager).
It happens on multiple machines, works if I do the same with a fully empty project.
The log output is basically empty. Using Unity 2022.3.2. Any idea please ? : D

[worn oasis]

Hello everyone, I'm running into an issue where the mouse sensitivity is different in the editor from the build. Increasing the sensitivity does not fix the issue (build-side) and I doubt it has anything to do with my code. Any input on this? Would really appreciate the feedback.

[leaden ice]

I bet you are multiplying Time.deltaTime into your mouse input.

(i.e. it's your code)

[worn oasis]

float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity * Time.deltaTime;

[leaden ice]

yes

that is an error

remove it

(and reduce sensitivity to compensate)

[worn oasis]

Okay, giving it a go

[worn oasis]

Hmm, now it's super choppy, full code for reference:

void Update()
    {
        //if (!IsOwner) return;

        float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity;
        float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivity;

        xRotation -= mouseY;
        yRotation += mouseX; 

        //Debug.Log(1/Time.deltaTime);

        Debug.LogFormat($"<color=green>MouseY: {mouseY} - MouseX: {mouseX} - xRotation: {xRotation} - yRotation: {yRotation}</color>");

        xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -90f, 25f);

        //This works properly now:
        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0f, 0f);

    
        
        if (player != null)
        {   
            player.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);
            //transform.position = player.position + offset; // Set the camera's position to match the target's position plus the offset

        }
        
    } ```

[leaden ice]

shouldn't be choppy - did you reduce sensitivity?

[worn oasis]

yes

[leaden ice]

what is it set to

[worn oasis]

0.0001f

[leaden ice]

should be around 1ish

[leaden ice]

that's tiny O.o

[worn oasis]

too fast

[quartz folio]

Are you sure you saved?

[worn oasis]

yes

public float sensitivity = 0.000000001f; // Mouse sensitivity

still super fast

[leaden ice]

this does nothing

change in the inspector

[worn oasis]

I can't. The issue is in the build not the editor

[leaden ice]

change it in the inspector in the editor

[worn oasis]

'Build and Run'

[leaden ice]

no

go to the inspector for your player object

change the sensitivity value there

that value goes into the build as well

[worn oasis]

Ohh, yea that, the player look is a singleton o.O

[leaden ice]

irrelevant?

[worn oasis]

okay

[quartz folio]

The value of serialised variables is set via the inspector, the value set in code is only the initial default and changing it once set does nothing

[worn oasis]

@leaden ice @quartz folio It baffles me as to how you guys knew that I had the sensitivity variable as public/ serialized

Making it private fixed the issue

I'm very grateful for you guys. Really appreciate the help

FYI, you can't change variable values of singletons in the editor.

[leaden ice]

we have seen your issue and similar issues to it thousands of times 😉

[worn oasis]

or at least I can't

[leaden ice]

yes, you can

[worn oasis]

Aaah, haha, thanks

[worn oasis]

how does that go?

[leaden ice]

you find the object with the script on it

and you change the value in its inspector

it exists somewhere in your project

either in a scene or as a prefab

[worn oasis]

Yes, but the singleton isn't attached to the object, the parent script just references it

[leaden ice]

MonoBehaviour scripts are ALWAYS attached to a GameObject

they cannot exist without being attached to a GameObject

[leaden ice]

not relevant

this script is attached to a GameObject in your scene somewhere

[worn oasis]

But it doesn't inherit from Monobehavior

[leaden ice]

yes it does

[worn oasis]

Let me check

[leaden ice]

because Singleton does

[worn oasis]

Oh

[leaden ice]

we also knew it was public because you wrote it here

[worn oasis]

Oh right 😅

[worn oasis]

Ah, you got it, I have the script on the camera

Thanks again!

[heady iris]

So an empty project does work, correct?

[blissful nacelle]

Yes

Though there is no compilation or launch error, nor warning, just nothing

[heady iris]

in your project?

"though" made it sound like you were talking about the empty project

[blissful nacelle]

Sorry, yes, I mean no error in our project

[scarlet hill]

so, I'm getting some issues with ViewportToWorldPoint.. Magenta lines are what it detects in code (moves and scales relatively with the camera position)

private Rect GetScreenWorldRect(Camera value)
    {
        Vector3 bottomLeft = value.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f));
        Vector3 topRight = value.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(1f, 1f, 0f));
        return (new Rect(bottomLeft.x, bottomLeft.y, topRight.x * 2f, topRight.y * 2f));
    }

        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMin, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMin, 0f), Color.magenta);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMax, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMax, 0f), Color.magenta);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMin, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMax, 0f), Color.magenta);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMin, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMax, 0f), Color.magenta);

any ideas?

[heady iris]

i don't understand the problem

[leaden ice]

What are your expectations and what are you seeing that differs from those expectations?

[scarlet hill]

I am trying to get the magenta lines (the rect) to align with the camera edges.

magenta lines are the exact thing code outputs

and the white lines are the camera itself

[leaden ice]

It's not really clear to me that they are not aligned, as the screenshot is a little unclear

Are you sure you're passing the correct camera in?

[scarlet hill]

on the top right of the magenta lines you can see that the entire white edge is detached

[scarlet hill]

yea

[leaden ice]

how are you doing it? Can you show the code?

[scarlet hill]

public class windVFX : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rect sqr;

    [SerializeField]
    private GameObject particles;
    [SerializeField]
    private GameObject player;
    [SerializeField]
    private Camera cam;

    private PlayerController controller;

    [SerializeField]
    private float timerMax = 0.4f;
    private float timer;

    void Awake()
    {
        controller = player.GetComponent<PlayerController>();
        sqr = GetScreenWorldRect(cam);
    }

    private Rect GetScreenWorldRect(Camera value)
    {
        float height = value.orthographicSize * 2;
        float width = height * value.GetComponent<CameraScale>()._targetAspectRatio;
        Vector3 bottomLeft = value.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f));
        Vector3 topRight = value.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(1f, 1f, 0f));
        Debug.Log($"Position : {transform.position} Local : {transform.localPosition} Camera Pos : {cam.transform.position} Camera LocalPos : {cam.transform.localPosition} Width : {width} Height : {height}");
        return (new Rect(bottomLeft.x, bottomLeft.y, topRight.x, topRight.y));
    }

    void Update()
    {
        //Debug.Log("Rect xmin: " + sqr.xMin + " xmax: " + sqr.xMax + " ymin: " + sqr.yMin + " ymax: " + sqr.yMax);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMin, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMin, 0f), Color.magenta);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMax, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMax, 0f), Color.magenta);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMin, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMin, sqr.yMax, 0f), Color.magenta);
        Debug.DrawLine(new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMin, 0f), new Vector3(sqr.xMax, sqr.yMax, 0f), Color.magenta);
    }

[scarlet hill]

nvm, got it now

[swift falcon]

Is there a way to get interface variables to show up in the inspector for ScriptableObjects?

how do i make my rigid body walk on a sphere from the inside (and rotate to make its legs always face the walls)... it's been driving me nuts

[steady moat]

CustomEditor

[leaden ice]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/serialized-interface-fields.1238785/

[swift falcon]

@steady moat @leaden ice Thank you and I'll give it a read

[vernal plank]

quick question why is cube.transform.position

not accepting Vector3 box_location = new Vector3(0,3.38,0);
Argument 2: cannot convert from 'double' to 'float'

[heady iris]

sounds fine. show the assignment.

perhaps you are attempting to do this outside of a method

[knotty sun]

because 3.38 is not a float value

[heady iris]

ah, yes, that will slow you down.

[vernal plank]

h o w

[heady iris]

because it is a double

[knotty sun]

it's a double

like the message tells you

[heady iris]

which you should be reading

[vernal plank]

okay doky

[heady iris]

rather than just seeing an error and stopping

[vernal plank]

but i want the cube to be at 0 , 3.38 , 0

how can i achieve that then

[knotty sun]

then learn how to write float constants

[heady iris]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/floating-point-numeric-types

[vernal plank]

i came from unreal + houdini

sorry

[heady iris]

then you need to learn to write C#, yes

you will be writing a lot of float literals

(a "literal" being anything that literally has a value)

"hello", 123, 40.0f, ...

[marsh wadi]

The docs for BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer mention a problem with domain reloading

... the built-in scripting symbols defined for the current active target platform (such as UNITY_STANDALONE_WIN, or UNITY_ANDROID) remain in place even if you try to build for a different target platform, which can result in the wrong code being compiled into your build.

if i understand correctly, this means that if i try to build a dedicated linux server build via code, it won't have the correct defines set

is there a way around this or do i just need to switch the build platform every time?

[knotty sun]

you can write your own build script

[vernal plank]

is C# and extention of C or just inspired by it ?

[sleek bough]

Sounds like something you should input into a search engine.
And numbers with decimal point are treated as double by C# by default if there's still confusion, you have to tell it that it is a float specifically..

[marsh wadi]

I am talking about a build script actually

[swift falcon]

Bit of interesting history to C# and iirc, it was developed to be a competitor to Java, but the rest yeh, google is best ^^

[stark jacinth]

!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.

[stark jacinth]

my player health code: https://gdl.space/eyikiduvof.cs
my AI enemy code(shorter version): https://gdl.space/rehahejibe.cpp

on my AI enemy code I'm getting an error on line 40: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

I searched up this error and unity is saying that the component in my game on that line of code doesn't exist, but it in fact does.So, I was wondering If anyone could see what I'm doing wrong.

[knotty sun]

playerhealth is null, did you set a value in the inspector?

[stark jacinth]

Yes, I've set it to 100

[knotty sun]

no, playerhealth is a class not an int

[stark jacinth]

my reference to my script is playerHealth and inside that script playerHealth is a public float

[knotty sun]

but your reference is null

[stark jacinth]

oh shit, I'm an idiot

i should put it to private

i dont know why I did public

[knotty sun]

it will still be null unless playerhealth is on the same game object

[stark jacinth]

oh yea, so I would set it to the object that holds my playerHealth script

correct?

[knotty sun]

yes, leave playerhealh public, fill it in the inspector and remove the getcomponent from your script

[stark jacinth]

I still get the same error

is it because my player holder is an empty transform

does that matter?

[knotty sun]

show latest code and screenshot inspector for gameobject with BananaBoy

[stark jacinth]

it has to be a gameobject thats my mistake

player health: https://gdl.space/yonapofequ.cs
Banana Boy: https://gdl.space/ixumukujix.cpp

[stark jacinth]

that wasnt the problem

[knotty sun]

you did not remove the GetComponent like I said

[stark jacinth]

ok it works

I dont need GetComponent because their not on the same object

sorry ab that

[knotty sun]

no, you dont need GetComponent if the reference is filled in the Inspector

in this case you are overriding the inspector reference with null

[stark jacinth]

yea, but for my other scripts I never referenced it in the inspector and just used GetComponent because their on the same object.

is that not why it worked with my other scripts?

[knotty sun]

yes, it is

[stark jacinth]

yea just wanted to make sure

thanks tho

[shut ridge]

Hello!
I've been trying to add a rotating rigidbody (with the ability to move) as a sort of joint for another rigidbody, with a script that rotates said joint, but for some reason, the joint also moves with its arm

why is this?

the script is only set to rotate the joint, not let it omve

[sleek bough]

You need to use actual joints for connected rigidbodies. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Joints.html

[shut ridge]

i do

im using a distancejoint2d

and the joint is attached to a hinge joint 2d on a parent

[sleek bough]

If you don't want for forces to propagate to another rigidbody, set limitations.

[shut ridge]

how would one do this?

i'm very new to joitns

*joints

can't even spell lol

wait
ok

good news: I got it working

bad news: The joints don't move with moveposition();

[sleek bough]

You can make it kinematic or set constraints https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-Rigidbody2D.html

[shut ridge]

would that assist with moveposition

*?

[sleek bough]

Move position is not a physics method to move things. It just updates rigidibody position

[ashen hull]

Guys, I heard that we could make camera shaking with coding C#. Not game playing camera shake. I meant its normal shaking like you have watched some short film that when FPS walking, idle-ing, etc. like camera shaking in cinematic film

Or I want the code from github

or is there any tutorial of it

[shut ridge]

ok then
well
ig i'll just move the rest of the rigidbodies with it

or wait

[shut ridge]

are there better movement methods?

[trim schooner]

Use #🎥┃cinemachine has that stuff available

[ashen hull]

oh really?

ok then

[sleek bough]

If you are using physics enabled objects you should use add force methods

[vernal plank]

it seem C# as hard as C++
is C# performance equivalent to C++ i read that its not

[fervent furnace]

c++ is the most difficult language (apart from those non-human readable language)
or the difficulty you are talking about is something like "writing a compiler in c# is difficult", "writing a browser in c# is difficult" ...

[mellow hill]

C# may not be a fast as C/C++ but it's very performant and will handle most tasks such as game development with Unity and even scalable backend services with lots of requests

[vernal plank]

ohhhhhhhh i seeeee

is C# corss platform like you can devleop an app in C# and ship it to multiable OS like C++

[mellow hill]

C#/.NET along with Java is industry standard for large enterprise application such as banking/finance software

[mellow hill]

This one is a bit tricky. C# is largely built for Windows but with the new .NET Core environment, C# can now run cross-platform, it's not completely cross-platform in the same sense as Java but it is moving in that direction with the modern .NET framework

[vernal plank]

so if i wanna write a multi platform app i need .NET

[shut ridge]

forces are hard to control tho
i want something easier to control

[vernal plank]

well can .NET run on android ?

[mellow hill]

So I will say that you can write cross-platform, you can also leverage UI frameworks such as Avalonia (cross-platform WPF/XAML) and Xamarin for mobile applicatiopns

[mellow hill]

Yes, Unity projects can be ported to Android/iOS and you have Xamarin that can be used for cross-platform development. There is also something called "Platform Uno" that allows you to share a single codebase across many platforms

[craggy veldt]

like, why?

Unity is already crossplat

[mellow hill]

You can also use ASP.NET applications and create web-based applications that will obviously be cross-platform as well

[vernal plank]

just trying to understand the eco system of each language

[sleek bough]

You are not providing enough information to what exactly you are trying to achieve and this is not a code question. Ask in #archived-game-design a full question to figure out what kind of controll you want to have or ask in #⚛️┃physics how precicely to control physics interactions.

[timber cloak]

For my world Generation the chunks have some black edges around 2 of the sides.
I don't know what is causing it and it makes the chunks stick out too much. I know it is not shadows, the uvs and the lighting. I don't think it is the normals or the vertices but it might be.

[wary coyote]

are you sure its not the lighting, because that is the exact appearance I would expect if all of the mesh' faces were part of a single smoothing group and that side of the mesh is not subject to directional light

---

Architecture(?) question - what is the most sensible and flexible way to write/manipulate a large array of Vec3 values? (And doesn't necessarily have to be Vec3 values if there's something smarter.)
XY Use case would be: picture any '3D graph mesh', the end goal I am seeking to support is ease of applying arbitrary transformations to the positions to the entire thing

thoughts that come to mind are a texture height map, or a greatly subdivided mesh, but I don't know how you'd then pass the arbitrary deformations into such a thing

Ideally it needs to support translation of XYZ coordinates per position, and if possible support being able to grab and scale any part of the array, or deform it. IRL example - support grabbing and manipulating a piece of cloth in a square-ish frame

[timber cloak]

yee, this is in game with no light at all

[wary coyote]

Hm yeah no directional light there. I assume its also an unlit shader even though there's no light in the scene?

[timber cloak]

great observation. The material was lit. I changed it to an unlit now and then it works with light on so i think i will keep it like that

[leaden ice]

anyRectTransform.position
This isn't really enough information. First off - the coordinate space of the RectTransform changes depending on the Canvas' Render Mode.

Second - if it's NOT a world space point you are passing in, you will of course get a nonsense answer here

if I use the .position value of any RectTransform I should get its world position iirc
No. In Screen Space Overlay it will give you a completely separate coordinate space

Can you explain what you are trying to do here?

because that's how overlay works

it doesn't exist in the world

it's just overlaid on the screen

[leaden ice]

^

Sounds like you're just doing something wrong

I'd figure out what that is and fix that

rather than try to recreate this built in behavior yourself

Have you familiarized yourself with all the anchoring/pivot etc concepts here?
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/UIBasicLayout.html

[fluid lily]

Is there a way to tell if an asset reference changed in the editor between the last time the scene was open/when the scene is open?

Like if I renamed a prefab/scene and wanted to change serialized variables on my component.

[covert scaffold]

I want to make a randomized grid-based game. In my code i have generated a matrix of 1's and 0''s that represents the map i want. Would it be sensible to, at runtime, generate TileMap each time? It feels weird because when making the game it means i have 0 use for the unity visual UI, and as the camera pans around idk if it would slow down or if id need to make my own hack for "resetting" the grid and re-tecturing on the fly to make it look larger. It just feels like im doing it wrong

[craggy veldt]

yes, you can use guid to get the reference to the assets, so renaming would not affect the reference to the assets
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.GUIDToAssetPath.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.GUIDFromAssetPath.html

[heady iris]

i guess you could remember the path and act if it changes

since the GUID doesn't change

[fluid lily]

Ah perfect. I can just use the GUID then and not worry about the name.

I am assuming moving an asset outside of the editor could break the GUID though(not worried about this as that already is a bad practice).

[heady iris]

If you don't move the .meta file along with it, yes.

[fluid lily]

Wait, SceneManager has no way of getting scene by ID, is there a way to get the asset instance by ID durring runtime? I am assigning SceneAsset in editor(but that is editor only) so I am saving the data needed to get the scene info durring runtime from the SceneAsset.

[craggy veldt]

.scene is part of Unity asset

those api linked above will work

oh runtime... then that's another story

[fluid lily]

Indeed

[craggy veldt]

ideally you'd want to do this in edit-mode tho

[fluid lily]

So the workflow I have right now is. Add scene load component -> select the SceneAsset for the scene you want to load in editor -> this saves the data needed to load the scene during runtime. The problem is if I grab scene name in editor it wont update from a value change on the SceneAsset, if the scene name is changed it won't get updated in my script. So I am assuming I will use the links above to pull the info from the AssetDatabase at run time based off of the AssetID I get from The SceneAsset.

edited*

assuming AssetDatabase is not Editor only

[craggy veldt]

bad news for you

I mean, this whole thing can be made much simpler by accessing the indexer to change scene, no ?

[fluid lily]

what do you mean by indexer?

I am unfamiliar with this I think

Like the Scene build number?

[craggy veldt]

yes

tho that can go south pretty easily if you removed one of the scene then the buildIndex willl change too

[fluid lily]

I am assuming I would run into the same issue as using the name, if the order of scenes is changed, my in scene component's values won't be updated.

[fluid lily]

Yeah

I am looking into adressables also, which seems to be the only way forward so far.

I mean I could also use scriptable objects, but 😑

An asset to reference an asset is clumsy at best.

[craggy veldt]

I mean getting all scenes is as simple as 😅

        var scene = SceneManager.sceneCountInBuildSettings;
        string[] arr;
        arr = new string[scene];

        for (int i = 0; i < scene; i++)
        {
            arr *= Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(SceneUtility.GetScenePathByBuildIndex(i));*
        }

so you can do your own logic or a way to update your component or whatever

this is more like xy problem to me

[fluid lily]

Yeah getting scenes isn't the issue. I am trying to build a component that doesn't break on scene asset changes, while also not hardcoding the desired scene identification.

As using user input ID or name will break on changes, where an asset/addressable reference won't break on changes.

I mean not sure addressables will do what I want yet, as it is pretty expansive and I am still studying it

The unity hub, go to installs and then press instal editor. The newest for each release will be shown under the tabs. Also not a code question

Not sure, but also not the best place to be asking this.

Something under Graphics

For unity LTS is the newest long term support version, otherwie Alpha is the "newest"

[simple egret]

Take the latest LTS, it's the one that has the long term support (what LTS means). It's ordered by date, so the greater the date, the latest it is
Also not a code question so it doesn't belong in this channel

[swift falcon]

-Edit- I moved my question to #↕️┃editor-extensions

[sudden lantern]

Why am i getting this errors? I did something wrong? Its Netcode for GameObjects

[leaden ice]

The error is telling you what's wrong

[sudden lantern]

i still dont understand what it wants from me

[leaden ice]

"RPC parameter types must implement INetworkSerializable"

[jaunty needle]

How do I create a vector that is 45 degrees away from a point

[leaden ice]

Do your parameter types implement either of those mentioned interfaces or not?

[leaden ice]

Degrees are a measure of angles not distances, can you be more specific?

A point is a position

To have an angle you need two directions

[jaunty needle]

Like this

[leaden ice]

So what's the "point" in this image and around which axis do you want to rotate

Basically you need more information than just a "point"

[jaunty needle]

Yes I know

[heady iris]

are you asking about a point on a plane?

[jaunty needle]

Wait I shall clarify further

These stairs spawn repeatedly following the up direction:

    {
        Vector3 spawnDirection = Vector3.up;

        for(int i = 0; i < maxStairsSpawned; i++)
        {
            Instantiate(stairPrefab, startPos.position + spawnDirection * i * padding, Quaternion.identity);

        }

    }

This is the script

[jaunty needle]

I want the spawnDirection to be this vector

[heady iris]

so you want a vector that points up and forwards

you can just punch in whatever vector you want

Vector3.forward + Vector3.up, for example

An angle alone is not enough information. There are many vectors that are 45 degrees from the up-vector

[jaunty needle]

hmm

what if I wanted it to be variable

the steepness

[leaden ice]

the steepness is one thing

the other thing is which fricken direction do you want

if you want to say "both are variables" that's fine

it's enough to say there's a variable for that provided

[heady iris]

if you want the staircase to go forwards with a varying steepness, then the math is pretty simple

Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.right) * Vector3.forward

a positive angle might send that into the ground

i forget which way it rotates

[jaunty needle]

I actually did this a while back but I deleted the folder by mistake and... forgot how:
#archived-works-in-progress message

[jaunty needle]

hmm alright

[heady iris]

i think rotations are counter-clockwise?

if not, then use Vector3.left or negate the angle

[heady iris]

wait, but this would only work right if they were clockwise

[jaunty needle]

Omg! I found the code

Something like this

[heady iris]

ah, there you go: angle axis

although I don't understand why you're rotating around Vector3.forward

[jaunty needle]

I think he pointed that out

wait

[heady iris]

you probably want to rotate around the right vector in the local space of the staircase

[jaunty needle]

here

[heady iris]

using Vector3.right or Vector3.forward will make the behavior depend on which way you're facing

[jaunty needle]

Alright

[royal pulsar]

I'm making a 2D top down zombie game, I need some AI pathtracing for the zombie AI. I've tried using the A* Pathfinding Project and it works well but conflicts with my knockback system. Is it worth me writing my own A* pathfinding algorithm? I don't know how much work it would be.

[heady iris]

no, you just need to stop the A* system from updating positions while knockback is happening

or, you need to manually correct the position it's using

[royal pulsar]

haha literally just tried this, but yeah it works, thank you

just a simple bool toggle

that saves me a lot of work

[heady iris]

I haven't used the A* addon, but with the unity NavMesh system, you can directly set the agent's simulated position

I'm guessing something similar is possible

[royal pulsar]

that was my earlier approach, but the agent would teleport whereas my initial knockback implementation was gradual

i guess i could do it frame by frame but this method works fine now

[heady iris]

ye

you can just update the simulated position when turning the navigation back on

(it might already do that)

[hexed oak]

Is it appropriate to create a new instance inside the resource field of a using statement?

using (MyWriter writer1 = new MyWriter())
{
    writer1.Write(this);
}```

Traditionally it's not created through a new keyword, but from somewhere else like this

using (StreamReader numbersFile = File.OpenText("numbers.txt"), wordsFile = File.OpenText("words.txt"))
{
    // Process both files
}```

[leaden ice]

It can be done however you want

the only important thing is that the left hand side of the assignment is an IDisposable which you want to be disposed at the end of the scope.

[hexed oak]

Thank you

[heady iris]

there's no real difference between using a constructor and using a method

the method probably calls a constructor anyway

[leaden ice]

at some level every object created in C# has its constructor called

A static function like File.OpenText is just running the constructor on your behalf

It's totally legal to create the object earlier and use an existing reference in the using statement

There doesn't need to be an assignment

Example from C# docs:

StreamReader reader = File.OpenText(filePath);

using (reader)
{
    // Process file content
}```

also in newer C# versions you can just do:

using MyWriter writer1 = new MyWriter();
writer1.Write(this);

[hexed oak]

That's what I was thinking. Then the IDisposable dispose would destroy/cleanup things, but in this case the writer does not have any member variables

[leaden ice]

the fact of it having or not having member variables isn't really relevant

and that's not related to the presence of parameters in the constructor either

The things you might want to clean up aren't always member variables either

[hexed oak]

For Dispose wouldn't it be relevant so that you can call destructors on those managed member objects?

[leaden ice]

you don't ever need to call a destructor on a managed object

Unless you mean they are also IDisposables

and you mean to call Dispose)(

but no, the object could for example delegate to some other static reference to actually hold references to the things it needs to clean up

[hexed oak]

Yeah if the managed objects are also disposables

[jaunty needle]

Guys how do I use an animation curve to interpolate between a starting size and an end size
I want to create a pop up effect

[leaden ice]

If you have nothing to dispose there's no reason to be an IDisposable. But there's no limitation on what can be the disposable bits that need cleaning up

[vernal plank]

Well ill ask here after spending some time reading the api, In unreal we used to have a path for the texture (or the file) you wanna import
and a path inside the engine content folder, in unity only take one path AssetDatabase.ImportAsset

[leaden ice]

Use it just like Lerp but instead of calling Lerp you call myCurve.Evaluate(t)

[vernal plank]

do i have to do a bash script that would throw files/textures inside of unity project folder

before improting them

[jaunty needle]

How would I find t

I want the animation to last x seconds

[heady iris]

count up

[leaden ice]

t is the time through the curve you want

[heady iris]

just...let unity import the assets

[leaden ice]

0 being the start, 1 being the end

[heady iris]

it already does that

what are you trying to accomplish here?

[hexed oak]

animation curve.Evaluate() method. Here's a sample that rotates over time, you'd want to use transform scale possibly instead

IEnumerator Lerp(float afEndValue)
    {
        float animationTime = 0;
        while (animationTime < _animationDuration)
        {
            _valueToLerp = Mathf.Lerp(_startValue, afEndValue, _animationCurve.Evaluate(animationTime / _animationDuration));
            transform.localRotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.localRotation, Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(0, _valueToLerp, 0)), 179);
            animationTime += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return null;
        }
        _valueToLerp = afEndValue;
    }```

[jaunty needle]

    {
        Vector3 originalSize = gameObject.transform.localScale;
        gameObject.transform.localScale = Vector3.zero;
        float time = 0;

        while(true)
        {
            time = Mathf.MoveTowards(currentTime, timePopping, popUpSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
            gameObject.transform.localScale = Vector3.Lerp(Vector3.zero, originalSize, curve.Evaluate(time));
            yield return null;
        }
    

What's wrong with my code here

For some reason when I print time it keeps fluttering instead of just going to one

ohh

[leaden ice]

my guess is you're starting it in Update

[jaunty needle]

No I'm starting in start

time = Mathf.MoveTowards(currentTime, timePopping, popUpSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

here

[leaden ice]

oh wait also your MoveTowrads is not using time as the first param

[jaunty needle]

yep

[tepid brook]

Hi guys i want to create a game with random event like RPG Game and i want some tips to make it easy like scriptable object or something like that someone can help me pls ?

[pine haven]

Quick question, but what the heck happened to the lighting? anyone can help me?

ignore the main menu

[leaden ice]

#archived-lighting or #💥┃post-processing ?

[pine haven]

i think lighting

wait this is the wrong channel

i thought this was #💻┃code-beginner

[pine haven]

also i didnt know there was these channels

[pine haven]

imma ask this question there, thanks.

[neat echo]

could anyone help me figure out why my uvs might not be working correctly?

if theres a better channel to ask it in just lmk :]

[jaunty needle]

go ahead ig

[heady iris]

not a code problem. probably see #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[jaunty needle]

yeah

[neat echo]

i think it's to do with my code 😅

the texture is fine im pretty sure, im just struggling to get it mapped to the mesh correctly

[heady iris]

then ask your question and show your code.

[neat echo]

so basically i have a procedurally generated voxel mesh and just a little function that loops through every voxel and adds the uvs to it (based on a UV lookup table)

void AddUVs() {
  for (int i=0; i<24; i++)
    uvs.Add(uvLookup[i])
}

that code works and gets the uvs mapped nicely but in reality i need to give each face a different texture based on what face it's on, for each voxel i have a list of the visible faces (i.e. the faces that don't have another voxel right next to them), and i wrote this code to try and work with this new solution

    void AddUVs(List<Vector3> visibleFaces) {
    for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
        if (visibleFaces.Contains(offsets[i]))
        {
            switch (i) {
                case 0: // y- face
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[0]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[1]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[2]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[3]);
                    break;
                case 1: // y+ face
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[4]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[5]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[6]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[7]);
                    break;
                case 2: // x- face
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[8]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[9]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[10]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[11]);
                    break;
                case 3: // x+ face
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[12]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[13]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[14]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[15]);
                    break;
                case 4: // z- face
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[16]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[17]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[18]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[19]);
                    break;
                case 5: // z+ face
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[20]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[21]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[22]);
                    uvs.Add(uvLookup[23]);
                    break;
            }
        }

        else {
            for (int k = 0; k < 4; k++)
                uvs.Add(uvLookup[0]);   
        }
    }
}

the else clause at the end is because i need to have 24 uvs per voxel regardless

obviously after i get this working ill add in the code to actually work with each face independently but right now, this function should produce the exact same result as the old function but it isn't, can anyone help me figure out why?

been bothering me for the past few days sdfjkhsfdh

[heady iris]

in what way does the output differ?

[neat echo]

yee one sec i can grab a screenshot

this is the output from the first function

and this it the output from the second function

the first function also works with the breaking/placing blocks code, but when you try and break/place blocks in the second one, the blocks are removed/added correctly but the uvs get added incorrectly

like for example this

[heady iris]

are you sure that VisibleFaces isn't just wrong

you can throw in || true to make the if statement always run

[neat echo]

visibleFaces is used elsewhere in the code and works so i dont think so, but ill give it a shot

ah

interesting...

[heady iris]

Perhaps you have the order of the faces wrong in your new UV function, then.

That would explain why the top row showed up

[neat echo]

i might know what it is, ill try

[neat echo]

that was not it

[heady iris]

i think you're correctly setting face visibility

[heady iris]

but I think you have the wrong order in this method

[neat echo]

it works if i add the || true though?

[heady iris]

yes, because that skips the visible face check

so it always assigns the UVs

but it looks like every side of the object has the same texture on it right now, so you can't really tell...

[neat echo]

oh the visible faces?

[heady iris]

I think you have the switch cases out of order.

The visible faces are clearly right, since the cubes are rendering correctly.

[neat echo]

sorry im quite new to unity and even more so to uv stuff, why would the order of the switch case result in this?

if i changed the order would it not just change the orientation of the faces

[heady iris]

well, clearly the order that you set the UV coordinates matters

your code says it's doing -Y, then +Y, then -X, ...

I think your order is wrong.

I'm not talking about the order within each case

I'm talking about the order of the cases.

[neat echo]

ah right i get you now

how do i know which order they should be in?

[heady iris]

i dunno how your mesh is laid out

the order of the quads will matter

[neat echo]

everything is in the same order im pretty sure except for the offsets

im not sure why but when i put the offsets in the same order as everything else

[neat echo]

it results in this

[fluid lily]

Is there a way to load a scene by GUID? I was looking into Addressables, but how they are resolving the GUID to asset is hidden behind AddressablesImpl.LoadSceneAsync and haven't been able to look at the source.

[neon plank]

Does RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor works in AOT platforms?

[serene musk]

Hello, I have a small problem.
First, a bit of context.
It's about object pooling for bullets and how to handle them effectively.

I have a "Bullet" script that essentially tells the bullet to return to the pool when it goes outside the camera's field of view.

Since it's a shoot 'em up game, I have some doubts about this system.
Would it be more sensible for the camera to take over the object pooling? By saying that when a bullet leaves the camera's view, throw it back into the pool.

But on the other side im more flexible with the bullet script since i can extend the pooling conditions for each bullet ..

[heady iris]

the bullet can check if the camera can see it

[serene musk]

yea thats the way i have it now

[compact spire]

Can I generate sprites from spritesheets at runtime without using the UnityEditor namespace, or is that still a required thing?

nevermind, that was suprisingly easy to look up

[digital hemlock]

help raycasting ui object

[leaden ice]

use the event system

[digital hemlock]

this is what ive got so far but it doesnt detect anything

            Vector2 screenCenter = new Vector2(Screen.width / 2f, Screen.height / 2f);

            // Perform a raycast from the center of the camera
            Ray ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(screenCenter);
            RaycastHit hit;
            Debug.DrawRay(ray.origin, ray.direction * 100f, Color.red, 1f);
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Infinity))
            {
                // Check if the hit object is on a UI canvas
              
                    // UI object is hit, do something
                Debug.Log("here3 ");

            }

            Debug.Log("here2 ");```

[leaden ice]

UI elements don't have colliders

Physics.Raycast only works on colliders

do noy use Physics.Raycast

use the event system

[digital hemlock]

how do you do that

[leaden ice]

depends what you want to do

[digital hemlock]

i just want to get the gamobject over the centre of the screen

[leaden ice]

Is your cursor locked? It's unclear why a UI element would be in the center of the screen

and why you wouldn't know if it is

what kind of game is this

[digital hemlock]

i am moving the ui objects around

its an osu aim trainer

[leaden ice]

so you actually want to know if the pointer is over a UI element

[digital hemlock]

not the pointer

centre of the screen

[leaden ice]

you really shouldn't use UI for an OSU trainer

use 2D sprites

you're making a classic mistake

don't make your game out of UI

UI is not for gameplay

[digital hemlock]

ok

its just test phasing right now

can you not mess with my head

[leaden ice]

and use Physics2D.GetRayIntersection to detect 2D colliders from a screen ray

[digital hemlock]

thank you

[hard tapir]

And sprite renderer?

[leaden ice]

yes

SpriteRenderer and Collider2Ds

[covert scaffold]

I have an array called LevelData.entities and i wish to store a reference to Player which is an entity stored in that array. Do i use a pointer here? Im worried that i make a reference to the player-object in the array then when i clear out the array it wont delete the Player since they still have a reference

[digital hemlock]

so this doesnt work for ui

so something as simple

as raycasting the ui

[leaden ice]

C# has no pointers. C# has references

[digital hemlock]

is not possible

[covert scaffold]

can i make a "soft reference" that turns null if it is the only one?

[leaden ice]

it's possible it's just the wrong way to make your game

[hard tapir]

Well, your mouse is raycast

[leaden ice]

You could use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.weakreference?view=net-7.0 I guess - but why?

[digital hemlock]

please dont backseat drive my game i have autism and dont like talking about it cause i get embarassed so i just made up a game ideaa

[hard tapir]

You use mouse for buttons or sliders

[heady iris]

well, get rid of the reference, then

[digital hemlock]

i just need to raycast the centre of the ui

[leaden ice]

You asked for advice, so advice is being given. There's no need to get upset about it. If you don't like it you can build the game however you want but don't expect it to be easy or for people to be able to help you

[digital hemlock]

please the advice was. hopw do i raycast the ui

you said

[covert scaffold]

What is going to happen is "Note to self, clear this reference" then 2 months from now i will go "why tf is there a memory leak?"

[digital hemlock]

WHATS YOUR GAME

WHAT IDEA IS IT

NO BAD

GRUNTS

[leaden ice]

If you want someone to fix your car, you should probably tell them what kind of car it is and what's wrong with it. It's not my problem if you can't handle simple clarifying questions.

[heady iris]

why do you have the reference in the first place?

[digital hemlock]

bro RAYCAST UI

RAY. CAST. UI.

[leaden ice]

Bye

[heady iris]

i.e. why do you need that reference and to have the player in the array?

[hard tapir]

Let me handle this from here

[covert scaffold]

if you dont know how to do it then ur probably also unaware of the better solutions. If i asked how to launch a thread to query a website i probably dont know that you can use a coroutine

[leaden ice]

be my guest

[digital hemlock]

please please please i just want to know how to raycast ui

yall dont understand im trying to prototype in the easiest convenience

ive never used unity 2d before

but i understand the ui system

[covert scaffold]

bc if i want to have the camera follow the player i will need to do a foreach loop to find the player each turn.

If i keep the player totally separate, then every subsystem such as pathfinding will need to account for this singular exception

[digital hemlock]

thanks for wasting my time like yall waste your time using an outdated game engine

[covert scaffold]

you arent paying us you are requesting information and volunteers are helping you. You cant really complain about how the volunteer spends their personal time answering your question

[heady iris]

is the player getting destroyed when the array is cleared?

[hexed oak]

go ask chatgpt then

[heady iris]

let us know when your attitude has improved

perhaps we can help you then

[digital hemlock]

i dont have 4 i only have 3 . 5 which is trash

[hexed oak]

We are real people, taking real time out of our day to help you. Your behavior is unacceptable.

[digital hemlock]

bruh stingy comments = bad

[hard tapir]

Bruh

[digital hemlock]

one comment slightly stingy = BADDDD

ok i concede defeat

i will build it in 2d

ok ok

[covert scaffold]

Theoretically, yes. For example, when you go to the next level, id wish to dump all the entities in the array into a file to save that game. I would then wipe it, and put the player on the next stairs

OH WAIT nvm their position wouldnt change so no need

[hard tapir]

What is not outdated engine?

@digital hemlock

[sleek bough]

@hard tapir No need to rehash this

[hard tapir]

{
    PointerEventData eventData = new PointerEventData(EventSystem.current);
    eventData.position = new Vector2(Screen.width / 2f, Screen.height / 2f);
    List<RaycastResult> results = new List<RaycastResult>();
    GetComponent<GraphicRaycaster>().Raycast(eventData, results);

    foreach (RaycastResult result in results)
    {
        Debug.Log("Hit UI element: " + result.gameObject.name);
    }
}

[digital hemlock]

godot because its free and under mit liscence, and unreal because it has better tech

[hard tapir]

Okay 👍

[digital hemlock]

i answered ur question see

im part of the community

[hard tapir]

Remember to put using UnityEngine.UI

[sleek bough]

@digital hemlock There's no off-topic here. Enough with this already.

[heady iris]

yes, there is a GraphicRaycaster

[digital hemlock]

sorry

[heady iris]

I was rooting around for the documentation

it only targets graphic elements

[hard tapir]

...

[sleek bough]

@hard tapir Stop with provocations

[hard tapir]

Actually to be honest, it's not about engine but it's about you

All engines has their cons and pros

[digital hemlock]

does this work with ui @hard tapir ?

[heady iris]

that is the point of the GraphicRaycaster, yes

The engine uses it to decide what you're clicking on

[hard tapir]

Yes

[digital hemlock]

my scene consists of an event system. a canvas and a camera

and a raw image

[hard tapir]

It should work

[digital hemlock]

i have the raycasting function running in the update

do you need to put the script on the camera?

[hard tapir]

Yes sir🫡

[digital hemlock]

i get an error on this line GetComponent<GraphicRaycaster>().Raycast(eventData, results);

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[sleek bough]

You should ask it in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[hard tapir]

You need to reference it

Go into canvas, then add gtaphic raycaster component

[digital hemlock]

ok sweet

[last idol]

I apologize, I'll move with my question here. Thanks!

[hard tapir]

@sleek bough do you agree?

[digital hemlock]

public GraphicRaycaster rc;

[hard tapir]

Yes

[simple egret]

No!

[hard tapir]

Or serialize field private

[simple egret]

The code already searches for a GraphicRaycaster

You don't need a field

[digital hemlock]

YES IT WORKS

THANK YOU MY KIND KING

YOU ARE A REGAL RULER

[hard tapir]

Well, if it's attached then no need

[hard tapir]

No problem

[simple egret]

If it wasn't attached you wouldn't be able to drag-drop into a field, I don't get you here

My point was that, because the code used GetComponent<>(), no need to create a field and drag-drop

[hard tapir]

You can have that script on empty gameobject then reference that from canvas component

[simple egret]

Yeah but the script you provided, and you probably didn't read is meant to be on the same object as the Event System and the Graphic Raycaster

[hard tapir]

But if it's attached on that canvas with graphic raycaster then indeed, toi don't need to

[hard tapir]

Yes

My mistake

[hard tapir]

So those two components should be there on that game object

[simple egret]

Yes

[dapper mural]

Hey there guys, is it there any way to modify/reimport a mesh/asset after building the project?

[leaden ice]

Modify the asset, reimport, rebuild the game

[neat echo]

i believe you'll have to rebuild unfortunately :(

[formal wyvern]

Hmm, so I'm looking at https://forum.unity.com/threads/materials-clone.484503/

I want to create a new instance of a material for a bunch of instantiated objects at startup, but then update properties in those materials Update() without creating new objects

doing myObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material.SetFloat(...); does indeed seem to make a copy (which is good, since I can't call new Material() in udon, and this is a VRChat world)

if I just keep a reference to myObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().material and call SetFloat() on it later, would that update without a new copy? I don't see why it would be any different...

perhaps I should be using this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MaterialPropertyBlock.html

[wind stream]

I'm trying to get the cursor so it can't go too far away from the player, I want to give the cursor a radius it can move around the player kind of like in getting over it if that makes sense

[mental rover]

sounds like you may need to conceptually separate what the cursor means - you have your actual cursor, which is your mouse position say, and you have an in-game object that points to a location between your character and cursor

don't think of it as "locking the cursor to a radius"

[heady iris]

yeah, that would probably annoy the user

and you don't want to annoy me

i complain very loudly

[rugged storm]

whats the best way to basically just render a 2d array of colors to the screen
i want to make a game similar to Niota and I'm trying to render the elements to the screen

[leaden ice]

Make a Texture, render itt with RawImage

You can then modify the texture either with a compute shader or just in C# code

[waxen crest]

Anyone know why my raycast works in the editor but not in a built instance?

[blissful yoke]

What is the idea behind Gui Cameras?

[leaden ice]

Not without seeing your code etc.

[waxen crest]

    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0))
        {
            RaycastHit hit;
            Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, 9999.0f))
            {
                if (hit.transform.gameObject.GetComponent<Hero>())
                {

                    Hero hero = hit.transform.gameObject.GetComponent<Hero>();
                    uiHandler.EnterMovementMode();
                    uiHandler.selectedUnit = hit.transform.gameObject;
                   
                }
                else
                {
                    image.SetActive(true);
                    return;
                }
            }
        }
    }```

the image.SetActive(true) is just for debugging in steam

[leaden ice]

You can just use Debug.Log

[waxen crest]

how do u access logs from a steam instance?

[leaden ice]

It will write to the player log

As long as it's a dev build

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

[waxen crest]

thanks

any idea why the ray would only cast in the editor and not a built instance?

[leaden ice]

It won't

Your issue is probably due to script execution order issues or framerate differences or something along those lines

You need to add logs and question your assumptions

E.g. make sure the code is running as expected and there's no errors etc

[waxen crest]

alright thanks

[blissful yoke]

Can anyone here recommend a course on best practices in coding GUI?

I have not much idea in how to tackle that. I know how to do basic ui stuff, but not really an idea of how to do it well.

[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.

[void basalt]

It's not really that different from regular unity programming

[silver ferry]

does AssetDatabase.RemoveObjectFromAsset automatically call AssetDatabase.DeleteAsset? or will not deleting them cause a leak

[rain minnow]

it does not (to my knowledge) call DeleteAsset because you're removing an Object—it's not guaranteed to be an asset. just make sure you call SaveAssets afterwards . . .

[silver ferry]

oh i see

i was having some trouble calling deleteasset myself

so i just called saveassets ye @rain minnow

[rain minnow]

yep . . .

[sage pike]

hi,
how can i distinguish between click events from UI TOOLKIT Element and click event when the user only click within the screen area?
when the user click button ui element i receive click events from both ui element and screen click.however, i receive one click event when the user is click within the screen area only.
I'm using unity new input system and ui toolkit.
help please

[swift falcon]

Is there any sort of different preferred naming system for async tasks akin to coroutines?

IEnumerator C_ExampleCoroutine() { ... }

async Task ExampleTask() { ... }```

ChatGPT is giving me this? What do ye think?

async Task ExampleTaskAsync() { ... }```

[twin hull]

@swift falcon ask whoever is going to read it in future

[swift falcon]

Just me then I guess. Has anyone else seen appending -Async before or did the AI make that up though?

I'm very new to multithreading btw

[twin hull]

if you're solo you can just do whatever. i don't name my coroutines like that and i never had any problems 🤷‍♂️

[simple egret]

It's some convention for methods marked as async, postfix them with Async, so they can be differentiated from sync methods

[twin hull]

toggle a bool on hover, and don't register background clicks if true?
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.UIElements.MouseOverEvent.html

[grave hazel]

anyone have a solution?
when I click the play button it goes straight out of the editor. from yesterday it was safe, there were no problems until noon. then when it was a bit late this afternoon it appeared on all the projects

[sage pike]

thx! i'll try this

[simple egret]

The second log suggests that you should only have one event system in the scene.
If that does not solve it, restart your computer. Still nothing? Ask in #💻┃unity-talk as it's not a code question

[grave hazel]

thanks, i will try it

[heady iris]

The third and fourth errors are both from a network problem

[pure scarab]

I'm having this issue where if create or delete a script, Visual Studio opens itself and reloads everything. This is kind of annoying, take a look.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/786969998363066381/1121499694879740146/2023-06-22_20-57-48.mp4

[heady iris]

are you hitting enter twice or something?

[pure scarab]

nope

[heady iris]

ah right, you clicked Delete

That's a new one. Did you already follow the instructions to set up the !ide ?

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

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

• VS Code*
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

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

[pure scarab]

yeah, i've done this

[heady iris]

okay, so it's not like unity has some kind of default "annoy user" mode if you haven't configured this

i wonder if this is VS's fault

what happens if you delete a file (and its .meta file) without Unity being focused?

[pure scarab]

let's see

[heady iris]

If that doesn't make anything happen, then it must Unity doing it

but I have no idea what would cause that

[pure scarab]

okay so i deleted the file and nothing happened, then i focused back to unity and it started loading and then visual studio opened

(deleted the file in file explorer)

[heady iris]

can you show me the External Tools settings?

i wonder if the command is messed up

but that only runs when you actually ask it to open a file..

[heady iris]

what version of unity is this?

[pure scarab]

2022.2.17

[heady iris]

ah, nevermind; this only appears when using the Code editor

my only thought would be to try unchecking everything and seeing if the behavior changes at all

it doesn't make sense, but...

[pure scarab]

still doesn't work

hmm

[heady iris]

You should ask about this in #💻┃unity-talk , since it's not really a coding problem

[errant shore]

Can someone help me ?

on the subject of code

[wide dock]

Describe your problem, don't just ask for help

[steady moat]

Ask your question.

[errant shore]

Okay, I just wanted to ask politely
I'm trying to find a code of range of weapon

[heady iris]

do not cross-post, especially when you're just asking people to give you code

[quartz folio]

Don't cross-post #💻┃code-beginner

[errant shore]

People told me it wasn't there

WTF WHERE IS IT?

[quartz folio]

They mean't you can't beg for code on this entire discord. Do as I asked and you might be able to get a helpful response: #💻┃code-beginner message

[wide dock]

Nowhere, try writing it yourself.

[errant shore]

I said i tried and failed

[steady moat]

What do you mean by failed ?

What was not working ?

[wide dock]

Then write what your issue is so that someone can help

[steady moat]

Did you have compilation error ?

[errant shore]

This is the code
RaycastHit hit;
if(Physics.Raycast(fpsCam.position + fpsCam.forward, fpsCam.forward, out hit, range))
{
if(hit.rigidbody != null)
{
hit.rigidbody.AddForce(-hit.normal * impactForce);
}

its not working, i dont know why

[wide dock]

Well then, what's your error?

[leaden ice]

Why are you doing position+forward as the starting point?

[errant shore]

The weapon just fires normally

[errant shore]

It's not at first

[leaden ice]

Are you expecting it to fire... abnormally?

[errant shore]

No, I expect him to shoot at range

[leaden ice]

What does shoot at range mean

[errant shore]

It is found in void Shoot()

[fathom shore]

First within the method

[errant shore]

A weapon that fires bullets in sequence

[leaden ice]

You need to clearly explain what you are expecting to happen and what is actually happening

I suspect there's a language barrier issue here too unfortunately because from my perspective you're just kinda saying random stream of consciousness statements.

[quartz folio]

Please make a thread in #💻┃code-beginner

[errant shore]

This is the code I put in, but the weapon just fires at a slow, steady rate instead of continuously

[errant shore]

Yes i'm from europe i don't know english 100%

[fathom shore]

What’s the bulletspeed

[quartz folio]

Make a thread in #💻┃code-beginner please, and stop posting here

[errant shore]

It determines the speed the ball is moving at the firing

[wide dock]

Where do you call Shoot() from? (answer in the thread)

[errant shore]

ok

[quartz folio]

Stop.

[errant shore]

i hate you 😂

[quartz folio]

-> #1121775557684760596

[cold egret]

- Is there a way to calculate font size for tmp so that it vertically fits in N world space units (NOT canvas space)?

[muted schooner]

Do you guys know how effective is a Singleton in unity? Should I use them or does it hit the performance hardly in the later periods?

specially in single player games, enemies has to reach the player object, which may be done by checking nearby objects or directly using a singleton

I don't want them to check the nearby objects and spend effort in that way

but not sure if singleton worths it

or as a third option I have to send a reference to enemy spawner and give the reference to the enemy

which sounds better than the two

[heady iris]

singletons are not a performance concern

they do, however, add a design constraint: they're a singleton!

making something a singleton that should not be a singleton can create headaches down the line

imagine you have an inventory system, and you decide to make that a singleton, because only the player has an inventory

but then, later, you realize enemies should also have an inventory

now you have to fix everything that depends on being able to easily find that singleton

[warm stratus]

Hey, i am getting a text from a textAsset with textAsset.text but when i try textAsset.text.Split("\n\n") it doesn t work but i have (image) in my text file

[cold egret]

bump

[swift falcon]

i want to detect if a game object or more are on a specific direction, but i want to detect them even if they're within a +5 or -5 degrees range from that direction... how do i do that

[knotty sun]

try \n\r or is it \r\n, one of the 2

[warm stratus]

omg thks it works

[quartz folio]

\r\n, if you can remember CRLF that might help

[warm stratus]

i put \n\r and it worked

[quartz folio]

Presumably that is because you have two in a row and removed the middle bit (\r\n\r\n => \r\n), which is a bad way of going about things

[warm stratus]

hmm what does that mean? i should do something on my text file?

[quartz folio]

You should remove the CRLF (\r\n) series of characters, not \n\r, which isn't a thing, it just happens to do produce the same outcome.

[gray mural]

you need Environment.NewLine probably?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.newline?view=net-7.0

string[] lines = operationtext.Split(new[] { Environment.NewLine },  
                                     StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

[warm stratus]

oh what s this

my problem is just for the textFile

[gray mural]

you have been talking about \r\n or smth like that, but I do believe that's a better solution

[warm stratus]

yes

[gray mural]

yes, this is how to split lines

this method splits text file into lines

check it out https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4313402/how-to-split-lines-from-windows-text-file-r-n-separation

[warm stratus]

but why not Split("\n") to split lines?

beceause it works

[gray mural]

I think it's better to do with Environment.Newline

[warm stratus]

what s different?

[gray mural]

it handles difference newline sequences based of the platform

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

[heady iris]

some systems encode newlines as a carriage return and a newline. others do just a newline.

I guess the bigger question is: where is this text coming from?

[gray mural]

why should it matter?

[heady iris]

because that determines how the newlines will be encoded

[gray mural]

yeah, that's why it can cause troubles with \n

[heady iris]

note that you can probably just split on \n and then strip the resulting strings

[warm stratus]

the text is a textAsset in my unityProject

[heady iris]

I wonder if that means the newline encoding will depend on platform (if you, say, use Git to version-control this)

[gray mural]

so Environment.NewLine is a better solution

[heady iris]

That's what I would reach for, yes.

[gray mural]

is it a question?

[heady iris]

this could malfunction if the game was built on Linux and then played on Windows. You'd have \n-encoded newlines on Linux, and then Environment.NewLine would be \r\n on Windows

[warm stratus]

\r\n means
a

b
for example?

that s horrible, i need a different code for every platform???

[quartz folio]

Welcome to the world

[heady iris]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.replacelineendings?view=net-7.0

check this out

I didn't even KNOW about some of these newline sequences

[gray mural]

no.

[warm stratus]

oh 😦

[gray mural]

\r escapes sequence within strings

[heady iris]

It does sound ike you could just slap the string with that method and then split it normally

[heady iris]

\r is CR, or the carriage return character.

[quartz folio]

newlines are easy, just wait until you have to localise something

[heady iris]

You see, once upon a time, we used teletypewriters instead of screens

[gray mural]

string message = "Hello\rWorld";
Console.WriteLine(message);

// output: World

[heady iris]

Literally just a typewriter controlled by a computer

CR would reset the carriage to the start. It's a horizontal reset.

\n is LF -- line feed. That would advance the paper.

So, to properly reset for a new line of text, you had to send a CR and a LF

Linux-y operating systems discarded this and just use a LF character.

Windows did not (thanks Steve!)

wait, that's Apple

thanks Bill!

[heady iris]

If you want to be absolutely sure that it Just Works, this method will find everything that looks like a newline and standardize it.

[swift falcon]

guys I have been trying to detect if a game object is within 10 degrees from a direction... should i do multiple raycasts or what ?

[heady iris]

by default, it uses Environment.NewLine

[warm stratus]

and for Android?

[heady iris]

no raycasting is required. just compute the angle

[gray mural]

why do they need it?

[heady iris]

Vector3 toObject;
Vector3 forward;
float angle = Vector3.Angle(toObject, forward);

(obviously, those two variables must have values put in them)

[gray mural]

that was fast

[warm stratus]

i know i can maybe just modify that and use always \n\r

[swift falcon]

what do you mean

[heady iris]

i mean that you can just compute the angle. that's it.

[quartz folio]

Again, \n\r is not a thing.

[heady iris]

get a vector to the object. get a vector in the direction of interest. compute the angle between them.

[heady iris]

this would also not have carraige return characters in it..

[gray mural]

what do you even want to achieve?

[swift falcon]

i want to detect the closest object to the raycast, so my ray cast might not hit the object on the first time

[heady iris]

So this is not the case.

[gray mural]

raycast caches the first object

[heady iris]

Explain what you're trying to accomplish. I don't know what you want to do.

[warm stratus]

i have a level string for example the image here, and i wan t to split the 3 things

[gray mural]

"split the 3 things" ??

[heady iris]

I think you should just use properly structured data.

[gray mural]

wait, why isn't it JSON?

[warm stratus]

i mean the first 4 lines then the single line and the other lines

[heady iris]

use JSON or something

way less fiddly than trying to write your own parser

[gray mural]

why do you write this in .txt?

[warm stratus]

it s bad?

[gray mural]

it is.

[swift falcon]

i dont know how to explain it, but it is like a correction system... the player will aim to an object among several using the gamepad stick, this is the direction... most likely it wont his the object so I want to correct it by making the raycast hit the closest game object if it's within like 10 degrees from the original raycast

[warm stratus]

it s an asset in unity

[heady iris]

if you can't explain it, then you can't implement it.

[heady iris]

But I think you've explained it sufficiently here.

[gray mural]

you should use .json file for this

[heady iris]

made a thread

[warm stratus]

ok i hope it works

[gray mural]

@warm stratus https://pavcreations.com/json-advanced-parsing-in-unity/

[warm stratus]

heu just .json file or .json format? bc for what i wanna do in the future, it s much better to use what i did

[gray mural]

.json file, of course

[gray mural]

For what you wanna do? What do you wanna do and why is it better?

[heady iris]

if you don't know what JSON is, I'm not sure you're in a position to say that your format is "much better"...

[warm stratus]

i will use json in this project but not for this

i guess i am probably wrong

[warm stratus]

be able to share levels

[heady iris]

json is a text file

it's just got some structure to it

[gray mural]

I wonder if it's much better, because everyone uses .json

[warm stratus]

i think you are right

[warm stratus]

yeah i think json is good for what i wanna do

oh no that will be pain 👍

thks for you help 🙂

[heady iris]

we all did this at some point, lol

i wrote a very bad text adventure engine in Java

using my own hand-rolled file format

[muted schooner]

++ you basically spoke about all my concerns. I have to get used to write my code without singletons indeed

[heady iris]

Singletons are good, as long as they stay single

[muted schooner]

but for my example at least, it is not a very good idea

since there may be 2 or 3 players

I don't think to add that possibility though

but what if I do, I would need to rewrite as you said

[heady iris]

You can still keep the "vibe" of singletons (what a phrase) by having a Player object that references the stuff that would normally be a straight-up singleton

of course, at that point, you're basically just doing...normal programming

but that's how you'd migrate from singletons to non-singletons

rather than a static field, you reference something specific

[twin hull]

@muted schooner as long as you understand how singletons are going to fuck you up down the line, it's fine to use them until at least singleplayer works. and if you're aiming for multiplayer right away, then you'll know how it'll fuck you up right away 😂

[heady iris]

ideally, you'll just replace the static reference with a field, and then figure out how to assign the right thing to that field at the start

[twin hull]

need to manage the references carefully though, a beginner's spaghet can be worse than singleton

[latent latch]

You can get away with a lot of stuff with multiplayer and singletons, assuming you've got a single character.

[muted schooner]

I will use singletons only for the basic and static things from now

that may be an item database

[latent latch]

Took me a while to get my head around it, but a lot of character code you'd throw into singleton can be clientsided

[heady iris]

i do that in my nioh ripoff

Each shrine (save point) is defined by a scriptable object. I load all of those objects from a Resources folder on startup

the save file lists the IDs of all of the save points you've made it to

[muted schooner]

yes pretty much makes sense in case the thing is static you are going to use singleton on

[latent latch]

I've tied a bunch of my playable character data, which you'd only have one of at every point of my game, to singletons. I did think about enemies with inventories and such, but I've went a different way with it and just developed drop tables.

A lot of these concepts should be declared early on anyway. It's not like I'm going to say tomorrow I want to change it all again.

Enemies on the other hand do need independent data so the idea wouldn't work too well with them.

[heady iris]

I try to make the player non-special

the only thing that is unique about the player character is that your keyboard tells it to do things

[latent latch]

Yeah, I do try to make stuff reusable when I can, but like when an item drops the only person I want picking that item up is the player anyway.

So it makes sense to just use the singleton reference to add it to their specific inventory and be done with it. And, like I was saying before, a lot of this functionality can be client sided so it will work on multiplayer games with the assumption that everyone controls a single character.

[hard tapir]

Help

            currentRadius = Mathf.Lerp(targetSizes[currentStep - 1] * startRadius, targetSizes[currentStep] * startRadius, t);
            currentRadiusZone = Mathf.Lerp(targetSizes[currentStep - 1] * 1, targetSizes[currentStep] * 1, t);
            startPosition = transform.position;
            transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(startPosition, targetPosition, t);
            targetZone.position = Vector3.Lerp(startPosition, targetPosition, t);``` Lerp of position is not relative to shrink of scale, currently it looks like it moves instantly to new position and then it starts shrinking

[west elk]

In your experience, whats the best way to serialize a Dictionary?

I'm trying to set up some crafting recipes with a material needed key and an int ammount value

[leaden ice]

flatten it to/from a list or array of key/value pairs before / after serialization/deserialization

[hard tapir]

@leaden ice you are indie or in AAA studio?

[leaden ice]

startPosition = transform.position; is not correct for a Lerp

you need to save the starting position from the beginning

[west elk]

Thanks!

[leaden ice]

Just an indie/hobbyist

[hard tapir]

Same here

[hard tapir]

Well, that starting position changes

[leaden ice]

the starting position is the starting position. The position of the object changes but it started somewhere

[hard tapir]

Oh, now I understand it

It should lerp between previous position and target position

[civic geyser]

hello, may i ask how to use lerp as I still have no clue how to do such

[marble halo]

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

[civic geyser]

I've looked at that

and do not understand it clearly

[marble halo]

you can do the same with vectors

[civic geyser]

yeah i wanna use vectors

but i dont know how

[twin hull]

@civic geyser you don't understand what lerp is, or how to lerp over time correctly?

[marble halo]

just replace mathf with vector3

[civic geyser]

ok and one more thing

lerping over time

i want a object to over time move to a set position

not just instantly move

[potent sleet]

https://gamedevbeginner.com/the-right-way-to-lerp-in-unity-with-examples/

[civic geyser]

aighty than

[distant goblet]

I have a general question, not about coding, i hope i'm right here, where can i activate unity collaborata in version 2022.3.3f1?

[potent sleet]

not right. this is a code channel

#💻┃unity-talk

[distant goblet]

thanks

[twin hull]

it's actually braindead simple if you actually understand what each part of it does

[potent sleet]

also collab has been deprecated and replaced with plastic SCM

[civic geyser]

plastic scm?

[distant goblet]

whats that?

[civic geyser]

i'll talk in talk channel

[hard tapir]

In that case can I use MoveTowards?

Here, will this work now? ```float t = (Time.time - shrinkStartTime) / shrinkDurations[currentStep];
currentRadius = Mathf.Lerp(targetSizes[currentStep - 1] * startRadius, targetSizes[currentStep] * startRadius, t);
currentRadiusZone = Mathf.Lerp(targetSizes[currentStep - 1] * 1, targetSizes[currentStep] * 1, t);

if (t < 1f)
{
Vector3 startPosition = transform.position;
float maxDistanceDelta = Vector3.Distance(startPosition, targetPosition) * t; // Calculate the maximum distance to move

// Move the object towards the target position
transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(startPosition, targetPosition, maxDistanceDelta);

// Move the targetZone towards the target position
targetZone.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(startPosition, targetPosition, maxDistanceDelta);

}
else
{

transform.position = targetPosition;
targetZone.position = targetPosition;

}

[rocky jackal]

can i save a refrence to a script in any of these types

?

[prime sinew]

a script is its own class type

[rocky jackal]

but that doesent work with unity netcode

[rocky jackal]

but is there an alternative ?

[west elk]

What are you tryng to do though? Passing your class on an RPC?