#archived-code-general

1 messages · Page 226 of 1

spare island
#

nope Players is a list

rigid island
#

in jan

polar marten
spare island
#

oh idk i dont actually have student plan active rn
but also what would the point be of the student plan?

sudden zenith
#

say quick question does anyone have an idea on how i can save a text to an object to reference later?

rigid island
rigid island
#

i assume anyone here can

polar marten
#

@spare island i think that answers your question. its the index of the player that left

#

but i don't think you need it

rigid island
#

but you shuld be more specific on what text you wanna save and where , how do you plan on reading it @sudden zenith

#

whats the text for

#

etc

polar marten
simple egret
# spare island nope Players is a list

Okay it's just weirdly done. Either you use a list and pass around Player objects, or use an array and pass around indices. Now the backend has to shift all the player indices to the left when one leaves

polar marten
#

it's there

#

it's in the source

#

this is resolved

sudden zenith
#

so im trying to create a note and a calender. and in the date boxes are individual buttons. so after i input text in the note and click save, it is stored in the calender date

spare island
polar marten
#

visit the link to the sample i sent you

#

do what they do exactly

spare island
#

the sample doesn't match a single thing of what i did

polar marten
#

i know, that's bad

spare island
#

its also using LocalLobby

polar marten
#

it created a representation of the lobby

#

that it calls locallobby

hard viper
#

how does Destroy work exactly? Does it like immediately call OnDisable for all the scripts in the object, then queue up the destruction for actual end of frame?

rigid island
spare island
#

They're 'deleted' from the scene at the end of the frame is my understanding

#

OnDestroy() is called, I dont know about OnDisable()

hard viper
#

documentation says it also excludes from rendering loop

#

but idk what is happenning to references during this

polar marten
static matrix
#

imagine not building your own server system with go and SQL (sarcasm if you couldnt tell)

polar marten
#

this stuff is all copying PUN and PlayFab. it's always going to be extremely clunky

sudden zenith
#

let say i typed hello world in the note and want to save it under used to pull up the save input texts. can someone help me script this? 😅

image.png
spare island
#

Seems like a lot of work for something I've already got working

static matrix
static matrix
polar marten
sudden zenith
#

lol im taking a class no where as good when it comes to art

simple egret
static matrix
rigid island
polar marten
static matrix
#

yeah please dont cite gpt
its rarely 100% right and can be suuuper dangerous if you take it as gospel truth

sudden zenith
#

😅

lean sail
static matrix
#

ah

spare island
polar marten
#

i don't think UGS is good

#

it's bad

#

it's worse than playfab and PUN

#

i have no idea what is and is not up to date. the whole thing is a wreck

spare island
#

well especially the documentation is garbage

polar marten
#

i know why the sampel looks the way it does

#

i know why you are recoiling at it. you expect something simple to be simple, and it is indeed hard

spare island
#

confusing and messy

polar marten
#

i am telling you that if you use the player left apis

sudden zenith
#

i went for help but got roasted instead XD ngl im laughing so hard rn for the art on my end

polar marten
#

you're expected to maintain your own copy of the model of the lobby. but you are overthinking this. you simply "sync" the list of players in the lobby at "the right times"

#

you don't care why they changed

static matrix
polar marten
#

you can try to convince me that you care why they changed

#

and i'm telling you, you should statelessly examine the whole list every time @spare island and base your logic off of that

sudden zenith
#

so lets say i have a game with 3 save button slots
a
b
c

and the things i typed are my data.
im trying to be able to save my notes in a button. so hypothetically i saved my notes in A and i clear my notes and type something else in B but want to go back to the saved note that is stored in A.

does this makes sense? sorry im bad at explaining :c

spare island
#

if you want to get the text from the text box you should be able to just save the textbox's value to a string

#

idk the syntax but it shouldn't be complicated

sudden zenith
#

but wouldnt the string just keep updating when i type something else?

static matrix
#

you could write to file

#

which isnt to hard, google that

#

that could save permanantly

spare island
#

u can be lazier than that

#

PlayerPrefs.SetString() 🙈

static matrix
#

that too

spare island
# 
        string A = inputField.text;
#

are you trying to store the notes in memory or on the disk

sudden zenith
#

memory
and gotcha

#

i never used unity before haha mainly just python before all this

#

i think i can actually work with that though ty guys

static matrix
#

ah python

#

thats all there is to say, simply "ah python"
no more, no less

sudden zenith
#

yep i need to make an interactive user interface but i wasnt allowed to use pygame haha

static matrix
#

you could also do this with HTML but unity/c#/OOP is a good skill to know in general

sudden zenith
#

heres a paper prototype that im trying to do

basically each calender date will store a note

image.png
static matrix
#

yeah, thats prime OOP territory

sudden zenith
#

yeah pretty much

#

havent learn object orientated programming yet. thats next semester so thought id get started

spare island
#

i fucking hate it but it does.. exist

sudden zenith
#

well im not allowed to use python like in general 😅

#

my options were html java bootstrap or unity weirdly enough

spare island
#

oh ok well tbh it would probably be easier done as a web app

#

but ive been lazy before and used unity as software dev too

#

mostly because i hate javascript

sudden zenith
#

ngl same

lean sail
#

hell u could even do this with c# winforms

simple egret
#

Make it with WinForms and put Unity's logo as the app's logo, they won't suspect a thing

pale mist
#

Hi I am working on a controller and wanted to "fix my timestep" to make my physics frame independant and I thought I figured it out last time I asked but I guess not 😦 and I was hoping someone could just skim my script (I know how bad it is T^T) and help me understand what im doing wrong

#

Specifically my wall jumps break down entirely when dipping below 60 fps

#

id rather not hard set my fps if I can learn something

leaden ice
#

Your link is a 404

pale mist
#

yeah that was mb I just fixed it sorry

leaden ice
#

Why not simply use FixedUpdate

pale mist
#

does setting targetframerate not hard set

#

cause I like to learn something when I do personal projects

#

its fun struggling to figure out where I went wrong

leaden ice
#

The only way around that is to recreate FixedUpdate yourself in Update with a timer, which effectively will do the same thing

pale mist
#

but I dont understand why?

#

I feel my walljumps especially should be fine as their velocity is being handled within a timer / time.deltaTime

#

am I misunderstanding deltaTime

leaden ice
#

It's a complicated explanation but you will never get consistent behavior in a discrete simulation without using a fixed time step

leaden ice
#

Especially when it comes to second order quantities like acceleration

#

Because you will spend different times at different velocities if your time step is not fixed

#

To fully explain this I'd need to make a chart of position over time in a fixed vs non fixed time step simulation

#

But I'm on my phone right now so that'd be difficult

pale mist
#

its ok lol

leaden ice
#

Suffice it to say there's a good reason Unity's default physics uses a fixed time step

pale mist
#

so basically no matter what I should be using fixedupdate for physics instead basically

#

fixed update isssss

#

50 no?

#

should I touch it? like is there any reason to change the fixed timestep in unity settings?

heady iris
#

you can still make decisions that will eventually affect physics

#

suck as reading input

#

you just want to perform the physics alterations at a constant rate

#

hence FixedUpdate

heady iris
pale mist
#

thank you ^~^

hard viper
heady iris
#

it's definitely not the most efficient way

#

halving the timestep doubles the cost of physics

hard viper
#

if 0.04 sec is too wide, and 0.02 is accurate enough, then the problem isn’t the timestep

heady iris
#

yeah

#

it'll fix a specific instance of a problem, but the problem will almost certainly show up elsewhere

hard viper
#

if the issue with physics is accuracy, then you probably need something that is more robust

heady iris
#

i wonder if Unity specifically chose 50 for the physics update frequency so that it'd be more obvious if your game depended on the physics rate equalling the frame rate

#

(rather than 60)

#

since 60 is a very common framerate target

hard viper
#

like, if collisions are janky because of angles, you might want to lock to specific broad ranges of angles (not that you can in Unity’s base engine), but something like that

#

eg the problem itself is less sensitive to small changes in the input

heady iris
#

quantize it!

hard viper
#

exactly

#

minus the wavefunctions

heady iris
#

I noticed that Nioh 2 only lets you walk or run

#

tilting the stick slowly doesn't give continuous movement speed changes

#

that probably makes things feel more consistent

hard viper
#

i should probably do that with my input tbh

heady iris
#

i'm busy stealing all of the design ideas from the game

hard viper
#

feels like a good idea

heady iris
#

(i was checking how the target lock camera feels)

unreal temple
#

I have wondered about that too

heady iris
#

well, it turns into 0.0199 for me anyway, somehow :p

#

or was it .0201

hard viper
#

a lot of debug.log output gets rounded

#

it normally shows as 0.02 flat

unreal temple
#

Yaeh, it's 0.02 by default

hard viper
#

i wonder if it should be 30 FPS for fixed update, and then the other frames for just rendering smoothly

pale mist
#

I might be dumb, can I not just move my velocity change from within the timer to fixed update like if (state = jump){move}

unreal temple
#

What is the timer?

pale mist
#

just set how long the jump will last if you keep holding the button

hard viper
pale mist
#

yeah I kept the timer and inputs in update

#

I just moved the velocity change to fixed update

hard viper
#

i have methods for OnJumpButtonDown and OnJumpButtonUp

#

these are attached to InputSystem events

pale mist
#

I am using Input.GetKey

hard viper
#

then you need to poll that in Update

topaz sapphire
#

c++ has given me brainrot, how do I make a 2d array in c#?

hard viper
#

then you should only do something based on that value in FixedUpdate

topaz sapphire
#

cause int[][] aint working

hard viper
somber nacelle
hard viper
#

int[][] is an array of int[]

somber nacelle
hard viper
#

int[,] is a single 2D array

topaz sapphire
#

ah

#

that makes more sense

#

on why assigning arrays didnt work

hard viper
#

multi dimensional array support is nice

#

int** in C always sucked

topaz sapphire
#

in C?

#

what are you not using the methed out version?

#

or Holy C?

hard viper
#

original C

#

normal C

topaz sapphire
#

yes I know what C is

#

wait

hard viper
#

we’re talking about array support in C#

topaz sapphire
#

isnt that a pointer?

topaz sapphire
hard viper
#

which is better

pale mist
#

Big one is how my timer is setup within update and then the small one is where I moved the velocity to no avail

Screenshot_2023-11-20_180625.png Screenshot_2023-11-20_180719.png
topaz sapphire
#

while i am here

image.png
#

nvm I forgot i left the code unfinished

pale mist
#

no matter what values i set them to jump do not be jumping this way

#

and idk why again

#

because the state is active but the force isnt being applied at all

hard viper
#

when you press jump or release jump, you should be logging the time of that input

#

then jump based on whether that input time is in a certain range relative to some value

topaz sapphire
#

fixed update? are you messing with time slow mechanics?

hard viper
#

because this is necessary for buffered inputs and coyote time

pale mist
#

just working on making my physics frame independant

topaz sapphire
#

"coyote time"

pale mist
#

never done it before

#

its fun

#

yeah coyote time

#

that bit of freedom you have after leaving a platform or wall when performing a jump

hard viper
#

you need coyote time for your game to not feel like ass

pale mist
#

ok ill just redo the jump then

hard viper
#

same for jump buffering

topaz sapphire
#

but what is it tho?

pale mist
#

I assume its just an input buffer no?

topaz sapphire
#

is it making the input independant of frames?

hard viper
#

look it up. video will explain better and faster

pale mist
#

a period of time in which you are no longer grounded (or walled in my case) in which you can still input jump to perform that action while technically not being on either of those states

topaz sapphire
#

so a short time in which to the eye appears they are "grounded" but where simulation wise they are not, and during this time to appease the user, it pretends that the player is in the position they think they are?

pale mist
#

which I actually shouldnt have to rebuild my controller for now that im thinking...

#

yeah basically

#

its just to make jumping from ledges feel better

#

its also like, crucial for the jump AWAY from walls if you have wall sliding specifically ONLY on towards input

hard viper
#

when you press jump when jumping is illegal: buffer jump jumps if jump becomes legal in a short time afterward. coyote time jumps if jumping WAS legal a short time ago

topaz sapphire
#

so its just input "delaying" in order to account for the human reaction time?

pale mist
#

yeah youve got it

#

now back to my suffering

hard viper
#

and reaction time

latent latch
#

Can just check if you're still grounded and if you're jumping at the same time

hard viper
#

no. you should check and log the last time you were grounded. and check and log the last time jump button was pressed

latent latch
#

oh wait what type of jumping we talking about

hard viper
#

so you can later compare

topaz sapphire
#

k i get it now

image.png
#

how can I assign an array to a row?

pale mist
#

coyote time now

hard viper
#

buffer jump allows jump if currently grounded AND lastJumpInputTime was a short time away from now.
coyote time allows jump if jump input now AND lastGroundedTime was a short time away from now

pale mist
#

but im trynna fix the phyics of my wall jumps T^T

hard viper
topaz sapphire
pale mist
#

wait

#

wait no

#

is that

#

terraria

topaz sapphire
#

i tried to make my desktop font the terraria font

pale mist
#

that the terraria font

#

lmao

#

thats so cute

topaz sapphire
#

but because I havent "bought" windows, I had to use a script

#

script made EVERYTHING the terraria font

hard viper
#

i recommend making your visual studio font a monospace font

topaz sapphire
#

i spent like, 5 years of my life playing terraria

#

i think I will keep it in a font that brings me comfort

hard viper
#

just saying, monospace fonts are useful when coding

pale mist
#

ok plan B I am going to just move the whole ass timer into fixed update

hard viper
#

the line is exactly as long as there are characters

#

lets you spot things that are off more easily

topaz sapphire
#

how do I digitize an analog input?

#

oh wait

#

i can just round the ho

#

another question

#

nvm ill work that out

final lotus
#

Does anyone know any way to do hand tracking without using something outside of Unity or XR/VR stuff? The only solutions I've found are using Python outside of Unity and sending info to Unity, or having to use XR hand tracking with a controller, since the version without using a controller is deprecated as far as I can tell.

I just want to track the player's hands using only Unity.

#

Like, I want the webcam to track a player's hands.

sudden zenith
#

hey guys how do i make a button hidden but still functional on click?

cosmic rain
sudden zenith
#

gotcha thank you

polar marten
sudden zenith
#

this look so gross lol

image.png
polar marten
#

unity is not a good platform to generate My First UI Application

#

this is giving me retro point of sale restaurant dashboard vibes

sudden zenith
#

lol its suppose to be a project that sort hardware inventory. this is the home screen it allows the user to store notes. and the side tabs has more of a drag drop function

#

for things like rams or products

sudden zenith
polar marten
#

i think it looks a ton like a store's interface

#

on their screens

sudden zenith
#

yeah thats what its suppose to be

#

for a worker perspective to use

final lotus
#

I think I found a solution, it'll just cost a lot lmao

#

But any free option would be nice

polar marten
#

and define "cost a lot"?

final lotus
#

The OpenCV asset, it's around $50

polar marten
#

okay

final lotus
#

But it's what I want for handtracking so

#

W/e

polar marten
#

does it have to work?

#

opencv cannot track hands

#

i mean, it advertises that it can do a lot of things

#

including "tracking hands" but it can't track hands

#

what is the purpose?

final lotus
#

I just need it to tell if a player's hands are bent and stuff

#

I don't need it to be followed 24/7

polar marten
#

okay, what percent of the time do you want it to give you a correct answer

#

do you think

#

in order to meet your goals

final lotus
#

Wdym correct answer

#

The goal of my game requires the player to do hand signs. So like if they wanted a thumbs up

polar marten
final lotus
#

I want it to tell me if their thumb if up and only their thumb. Based off the asset it looks like it gives me 21 coordinates, which I'm used to

#

So as long as I have that bare minimum, I can work with coding in if fingers are bent

#

If that's not already in

polar marten
#

okay

#

for the vast majority of users

#

it's not going to work

#

does this matter to you? does it have to work only for you?

final lotus
#

Yeah it does, why wouldn't it work for other users

polar marten
#

can you link me to what approach you plan to use that leverages opencv? then i can give a better explanation

final lotus
#

You mean a link to the asset I wanna use or something else

polar marten
#

hmm... i feel like you are at the very very beginning of this long journey

#

let me show you an example. here is someone who is using a neural network, which is a more sophisticated approach: https://victordibia.com/handtrack.js/#/ and you know, just from this, sitting here in my chair with my 1080p webcam, it has never detected my thumb, and it has never detected a thumbs up

#

it has never correctly detected all five fingers, and detecting hands occurs less than 5% of the time, and look how boldly this thing advertises that it works

#

opencv cannot track hands. you can use opencv to help a process track hands. which process are you planning on using? this is what i mean by approach. or maybe link to a specific piece of documentation that you plan to use, and i can look at its implementation

final lotus
#

Ah. Ok

#

One sec

#

This is what I was looking at

dense rock
#

Can anyone give me a tip in script architecture?
I want to create a 1vs1 platformer game, where players choose a character each round.
Now I got some problems with the player movement. I of course need it to have a great feel.
How can I do a player movement script, that is modifiable so I can create unique characters that may add to that movement and have unique abilities?

final lotus
#

I just need it for the hands tho, and it looks like it covers it along with a bunch of other stuff

final lotus
dense rock
#

Unique abilities like teleporting, shooting, spawning things and whatnot

#

But lets say I have a PlayerMovemet script that has basic functionality every character should have. Do I make a new script for each character that inherits from the player movement script? Should I make the characters ScriptableObjects or smth? I'm overwhelmed with what the best options could be

final lotus
#

I'm also trying to attempt something similar rn, my plan was to have it in the same script, and create a bunch of methods.

#

I don't think creating a new script would be that much better, aside from I guess being neater

#

Because those are all unique

#

Imo, you could do methods in PlayerMovement and have them be accessible only if let's say

dense rock
#

think I want to make the methods for OnJump, OnMove, OnAbility1 etc. virtual so the characters can overwrite them

final lotus
#

Your character is named a certain way or has a type

#

Oh

#

Yeah, that would probably be good

dense rock
#

but I'm not really good at planning these things thats why I'm asking here xD

final lotus
#

I get it lmao

#

My motto is just do whatever feels easier and clean it up at the end

#

If you find similarities so that you can shorten the code then nice

#

Unless ur doing something crazy like a lot of nested loops or w/e

low harbor
#

Hi, anyone got experience making autotiling snapped to grid, voxel tiles?
Would using a Dictionary<Vector3Int,Block> a good idea, since the world is sparse?

leaden ice
low harbor
#

It's 3D tho

leaden ice
#

So?

#

Grid uses 3D coordinates

#

Grid is 3D

low harbor
#

Oh wait it is

#

Well ok
Why would anyone roll their own grid then if there's Unity grid?

leaden ice
#

They don't know about Unity's, or they don't like how Unity handles Hex coordinates

rigid island
leaden ice
#

That too

low harbor
#

Oh but this is only for placement
I need a collection to have custom data for the auto tile/ruletile alg

leaden ice
#

Yes

#

It's not going to do everything for you, just handle the coordinate space conversions

#

You still need the dictionary among other things

soft shard
# dense rock But lets say I have a PlayerMovemet script that has basic functionality every ch...

I would maybe have virtual states and serialized POCOs in a generic character controller, and keep your input as something the character registers and unregisters, then you can have a different unique script for each character if they are vastly different such as how they move or how they are allowed to attack, cast spells, etc - you could have data such as stats about the character be scriptable objects if you prefer to organize your data that way and dont need to save those details to file, otherwise you could use something like JSON and a serialized POCO - you may also want to think about a more detailed breakdown of how you want your hierarchy to be setup, what you plan to replace/add to the hierarchy of a character - for my multiplayer game, I see the player and its hierarchy as a "node" and the model/rig is what is added or swapped from the "node", while the input and generic character controller sits on the node, it can then be any kind of character that fits the theme of my game, and a spawner can create a prefab of that generic controller, which I can inherit as whatever "character" I want to spawn as - however, many ways to skin a cat, and this way largely uses inheritance

polar marten
#

it's not going to work as well as it looks

#

it's going to work 1/20th or worse as well as it does in that video

#

so i suppose you can buy it, and discover it doesn't really work, and get a refund

#

it will only work on a clean background, with a high resolution webcam, where the whole frame is occupied by the hand

#

did you visit that handtrack.js link?

#

i guess what i'm saying is that hand tracking is a Hard Problem that you can't just blub your way through

final lotus
#

Yeah I visited the link

#

Ig I'll just try it out and just refund if it doesn't work how I want

#

Thanks for giving me something to consider

#

👍

pine blade
#

sorry if im breaking up another question but does anyone know why this coroutine is frame dependent? I'm trying to add force to the player over a period of time. I'm only testing it by tweaking the target frame rate using application.targetFrameRate, so perhaps I'm using that incorrectly, but I've tried every combination I can think of of using fixeddeltatime, deltatime, unscaleddeltatime and waitforfixedupdate() and I can't seem to get it working consistently. I've also tried using both forcemode.force and forcemode.impulse to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

image.png
polar marten
#

i will tell you now that's a waste of your time

#

it's not going to work

#

do you know how much hand tracking would cost?

#

a lot. like a lot more than $50

#

it's not going to even work blubbingly

#

that's why there are zero games, zero websites with this

polar marten
cosmic rain
final lotus
#

I'll just mess around with it and fail for experience then lol

#

and refund if it's crap

cosmic rain
#

Then you also shouldn't multiply force by delta time, although that wouldn't really break if it was in fixed update.@pine blade

pine blade
#

yea sorry idk how to reply to two people at once but i've already tried using yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate(). Sorry this is probably even worser code since I've been tinkering with it.

cosmic rain
#

Thirdly, you want to avoid using both force and velocity. Use one of them.

cosmic rain
pine blade
#

yeah I did try changing a lot of things, removing time delta time from all variables and switching out waitforfixedupdate etc. Two secs ill test out what you've suggested

#

ok so this hasn't worked. what do you think i've missed?

image.png
#

the velocity part wasn't vital anyway, so I just got rid of it for simplicity

spring creek
pine blade
#

yep I tried that and just tested it again. still no luck 😦

image.png
cosmic rain
pine blade
#

So im using it to move the player over a period, imagine it as a dash. Although its kinda unscientific, im literally standing at one side of the room, counting how many dashes it takes to touch the other wall, then lowering the frame rate and counting again. It's just giving me some small variance.

cosmic rain
pine blade
#

I said in the original comment but im basically just changing Application.targetFrameRate. Is this not a good representation of different frame rates?

cosmic rain
#

No, that should be fine.

#

If it's a really small difference, I can only guess that it's maybe one loop iteration difference. Which could potentially be due to where you're calling that coroutine from.

#

Try adding an int counter in the coroutine. Add to it every loop iteration and print it after the loop.

#

Then compare the number of several dashes and see if it ever deviates.

pine blade
# cosmic rain If it's a really small difference, I can only guess that it's maybe one loop ite...

Well i say small difference but its usually one to two dashes extra at lower frame rates, so I feel like it shouldn't just be a simple one loop difference (i.e. one loop should only push the player a fraction of one dash). I thought it might be some sort of physics issue since some times in the editor i will lag a bit and the physics goes a tad haywire but I can't seem to replicate it consistently.

pine blade
dense rock
#

what is a POCO?

cosmic rain
spring creek
# dense rock what is a POCO?

Plain Old C Object.
A class that doesn't inherit from anything (except other POCOs)

So, not a MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject or anything like that

pine blade
pine blade
cosmic rain
cosmic rain
pine blade
cosmic rain
#

Actually...

#

Nevermind. Just do that for now.

pine blade
#

how would i go about measuring the force applied?

#

assuming rigidbody.velocity.magnitude would work, now im getting different readings at different framerates (though it's consistent between the same framerate), from like 1214 magnitude at 144fps to ~9000 magnitude at 20fps

heady iris
#

When you start the coroutine, MovePlayer will run until it hits a yield statement

#

So the first AddForce will happen outside of a fixed update

#

Time.deltaTime won't equal Time.fixedDeltaTime

#

so you're going to get more force than you expected

#

(during a fixed update, Time.deltaTime is set to be equal to Time.fixedDeltaTime)

#

i just checked that it behaves like that in a coroutine that's using WaitForFixedUpdate, since I wasn't sure

pine blade
#

ok so like this?

image.png
heady iris
#

Yeah. Or you could just throw an extra one in before the while loop

#

Both will be equivalent here

#

Now, if you had more code after the while loop, there'd be a difference

cosmic rain
pine blade
#

ok it hasn't resolved it completely but that has definitely dialled down the difference. now at 1214 magnitude at 144fps, and 1600 at around 20fps

#

so like 6 dashes to 4

#

nvmd its roughly the same i think. I was using the wrong dash version, not the one in fixedupdate

#

still a huge disparity it seems

heady iris
#

I'd check the profiler to make sure you aren't making it take so long that it can't maintain 50 fixed updates per second

#

it should just run a bunch of fixedupdate ticks to catch up, but I think it gives up if it gets too far behind?

#

I'd also make sure there's nothing else framerate-dependent happening to your character

#

forceApplied is just repeatedly adding up the rigidbody's speed.

#

If something else is messing with your rigidbody's velocity, it would affect that tally

polar marten
#

is this a 3d game?

#

do you intend for it to work like dashes i'm familiar with in other games?

pine blade
pine blade
heady iris
polar marten
#

generally you can't model any of that correctly as rigidbody physics and you should use kinematic character controller or an asset like the more mountains ones and engineer it explicitly

heady iris
#

rather than accelerating over the duration of the dash

cosmic rain
heady iris
cosmic rain
#

Make sure the coroutine inputs are the same

#

We don't see where they calculate it

pine blade
#

direction is the forward vector of the gameobject which is multiplied by a dash speed, whats a unit vector?

#

i'll measure direction for all loops, two secs

heady iris
#

a unit vector is a vector with a length of exactly 1

cosmic rain
heady iris
#

transform.forward, Vector3.right, and new Vector3(1, 2, 3).normalized are all unit vectors

pine blade
pine blade
polar marten
#

you can experiment with

it would have to be something like

public AnimationCurve dashSpeed;

public IEnumerator Dash(Vector3 direction) {
  // call inside a fixed update to reduce latency
  direction = direction.normalized;
  var startTime = Time.fixedTime;
  // initialize
  rigidbody.velocity = direction * dashSpeed.Evaluate(0f);
  while (true) {
   yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();
   var speed = dashSpeed.Evaluate(Time.fixedTime - startTime);
   if (speed <= 0f) yield break;
   // you collided with something that changed your direction significantly.
   // stop dashing
   var currentVelocity = rigidbody.velocity;
   // tolerance is from -1 to 1
   if (Vector3.Dot(currentVelocity.normalized, direction) < tolerance) yield break;
   // a collision may have perturbed your dash, you decide how you want to deal with that
   rigidbody.velocity = speed * direction;
  }
}

@pine blade

#

anyway i think you have a lot to work out

#

this isn't easy to do

cosmic rain
pine blade
cosmic rain
#

Okay, then to sum it up, AddForce is called the same amount of times with the same input, yet the traveled distance is different?

pine blade
#

yep seems like it, if this is what you mean by just measuring the input?

image.png
cosmic rain
#

So, the only thing I can think of is that you're moving the object somewhere else.

#

Or interfering with it's movement in some other way

pine blade
#

yeah must be. i'll try duplicating only the relevant code in an empty scene and see if im still getting variance

mild quail
#

In my script, I want to instantiate a prefab in my scene, but using the Instantiate method inside the prefab. This is causing it to not instantiate the object in my scene like I'd like to. Is there a way around this?

#

Basically I want a prefab that'll let me instantiate objects in my currently open scene

cosmic rain
fervent furnace
#

I think the prefab is not in the scene and nothing calls the instantiate

pine blade
cosmic rain
#

What if you move the code to the fixed update?

#

Outside the coroutine

pine blade
#

what just the target frame rate changing part?

#

hmm no change

cosmic rain
#

No, the whole dash logic

pine blade
#

oh sorry my bad i misinterpreted "outside the coroutine" to mean the code you should move is "outside the coroutine" my mistake, two seconds

cosmic rain
# 
if(input)
{
    dashTime = .25f;
}

if(dashTime > 0)
{
    //Add force
    dadhTime -= delta;
}
pine blade
#

nope same issue

image.png
#

i tried just deltatime as well

cosmic rain
#

Weird. 🤔
I wonder if setting target frame rate messes with something else as well

fervent furnace
#

While(timer>0)

cosmic rain
#

Oh, that too. Didn't notice.

pine blade
#

wait whats the problem? im slow

#

oh if

fervent furnace
#

Keep looping until timer<=0

pine blade
#

wait it should be <= or are you saying thats the issue?

hard viper
#

is there a way to make a copy of a delegate?

#

I have a delegate where functions might get added to it while it is getting invoked, so I think i need to copy and split it

cosmic rain
pine blade
#

ok cool an if statement fixed it, thank god. thanks so much for the help guys.

cosmic rain
#

So, the issue doesn't happen in a fixed update?

#

But it does in a coroutine

pine blade
#

yep looks like it, perhaps waitforfixedupdate() works differently?

cosmic rain
#

I wonder if it's related to using target frame rate. They note that it doesn't work correctly on windows..?

pine blade
#

so what would be the best way then to invoke a bunch of different movement over a period, rather than just one timer? apart from just brute force duplicating? a function would only work the first time right?

pine blade
cosmic rain
#

If you really want to emulate frame rate drop, just add some heavy loop in update or something.

cosmic rain
pine blade
cosmic rain
#

I still feel like a coroutine should work correctly in a real life scenario 🤔

pine blade
#

hmm could be an issue with some physics or time settings on my project, i only made a new scene, not a new project, so maybe the issue actually did persist from the same problem.

cosmic rain
#

Did you make any changes to the physics/time settings?

pine blade
#

physics wise i only lowered the default contact offset, so i doubt that would have an effect. for time i had to lower the timestep a bit for more consistent physics, but even when I set it back to its default 0.02 there was the same issue so idk

cosmic rain
#

Okay. Still I think it might be related to target frame rate. Maybe if you tested with an artificial lag instead, it would've worked.

mild quail
#

Is there any way to switch scenes and then immediately load an object into the newly loaded scene?

pine blade
mild quail
#

I'd rather not make a new gameobject just to track which thing should be loaded

cosmic rain
mild quail
#

It's on the next line after I load the scene so I don't think it's finished loading yet

#

Wait I think there's an event I can use

cosmic rain
mild quail
#

Well I almost got it working

#

I just subscribed it to the activeSceneChanged event then unsubscribed when it executed

#

Only reason that didn't work is cuz I forgot to set a value

spare island
#

Not sure what channel this should go In but how do I access the vivox Audio Tap components?

image.png
#

Do i have to make my own instance of them? That doesn't make since though because you generally dont make instances of components like taht

#

gotta love this great documentation 👍

image.png
#

Oh i might just be on an old version i guess

spare island
#

Does anyone have samples for v16 vivox? I can't get it to work

dull glade
#

why is Transform.right in world space?

leaden ice
#

"right" in local space is kinda useless. It's always just (1,0,0)

#

That's Vector3.right

#

Why would we want another copy of that?

#

Knowing the world space direction that "right" is for a particular object is very useful

dull glade
#

I thought local keeps the objects rotation, and world is relative to the world

leaden ice
#

Not sure what "keeps the object's rotation" means in this context

spring creek
dusk apex
dull glade
#

Ok I get it just got confused for a second

dull glade
#

I'm not sure why but for some reason my players movement vector is off.

void Move(float horizontalInput)
{
    if (horizontalInput != 0)
    {
        transform.Translate(transform.right * horizontalInput * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        Direction = (int)Mathf.Sign(horizontalInput);
        // Flip the sprite based on the direction
        spriteRenderer.flipX = Direction == -1;
    }
}
#

Instead of moving along the red arrow its moving in some strange purpil arrow, not sure why

image.png
swift falcon
#

I have a MonoBehaviour object with [ExecuteInEditMode] Attribute. When i disable the object, it works as expected. But when i enable the object, the OnEnable also calls OnDisable after it.
Okey found it.

image.png
native steeple
#

i have a question

#

if i have a file like this :
"blabla%%blalalalala&&
blaabla%%blalallalallalal
alala&&
blaablaa%%blalallalallalal
alaalalalalala&&"
and i wanna erase everything from the %% to the && (including them) leaving me with a list like this :
"blabla
blaabla
blaablaa"

how do do i do that... using code ?! (its a very large file so i cant just do it manually) (pls help idek what to search up)

fervent furnace
#

i would just maintain a buffer of some sizes and read to it and process it, once the buffer is full then offload it to disk (probably to other file)
if && or %% is met->keep reading the file and ignore all the char after it until %% or && is met
but && or %% maybe separated to different "chunks" when you read the file eg
[......XXXXX&] [&YYYY.......]
an easier way to solve this is to move last few bytes to front of buffer
[XXX&]
then fill the buffer as usual
[XXXX&&YYYY..........]
in c there is mmap to read/write file as "pointer", in c# you have https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.memorymappedfiles.memorymappedfile?view=net-8.0 but idk how to use this

MemoryMappedFile Class (System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles)

Represents a memory-mapped file.

native steeple
#

doesnt really have to be c#, i just need to dump the result into a new TXT file

#

and since it wont be running in Real-Time, I dont think chunking is that important.I just need to do that once with the info I got so it can be usable(the file is around 3.5mb).

fervent furnace
#

3.5mb is small to me....it can be loaded to ram at once

native steeple
#

yes, i just need a basic method (i really have almost no idea what u mentioned back there) to dump it into a new file or edit the already existing one

hollow aurora
#

I have MainAssembly asset in the Scripts folder, then I also have Assembly Reference Asset in the Editor folder that references the MainAssembly. How come that scripts in the Scripts folder still do not recognize classess defined in the editor folder? Both scripts are shown to be compiled into the same dll file. If I create AssemblyAsset in the editor folder and then reference the asset on the MainAssembly, it works. but then I have a problem of circular dependency because Editor also needs to reference the script

simple egret
native steeple
#

i have searched far and wide

#

and decided to use regex to construct %%whatever&& and then replace it with "" so what i dont need is erased

#

just- idk what regex is and how to use it

glossy wave
#

I want to instantiate a Prefab GameObject that i dragged into the Inspector field, but it immediately becomes null. What could be wrong? Here's my code:

image.png image.png
mellow sigil
#

You set it to null in the if condition

#

= is assignment, == is comparison

glossy wave
#

🤦‍♂️thanks

cursive moth
#

Hi, I have a sprite shape renderer that disappears and then doesn't reappear when the shape enters the player's view resulting in a player falling through the ground.
I've narrowed it down to the shape's bounds not being updated once the shape gets out of the player's view(becomes invisible).
Is this an intended behvaiour or is it a bug s shape renderers.
Is there a way to fix this or am I screwed?

hard viper
#

I’m working on my grounding state system, and am seeking advice. My physics system and most entities want to query and populate a common GroundingState class, which mostly holds bools about if we are grounded, slope normal, touching walls, etc.
But then I have my player, who needs something that is basically an extended GroundingState (eg specifically jumpable ground, slippery floors etc).

#

I want to compose GroundingState into my individual PhysicsMover class (similar to Rigidbody API). But I am a bit confused how to do this best

#

if I use a generic, then i can’t freely access everything in the base class. If I use an interface, then I’m basically just writing the base class twice, once in interface form.

#

how do i do this?

leaden ice
#

I suspect there's more to this

cursive moth
#

I am using a polygon collider which disappears when there is no shape being rendered

#

can send you the whole script and inspector if you'd like, it's quite short

leaden ice
#

Is that due to code you wrote or something?

#

That's not something that happens normally

#

Sounds like the GameObject is being Deactivated entirely

cursive moth
#

shape is updating the collider, lemme install unity rq and will show you the inspector

neon plank
#

Question, when I use NavMesh.AddLink it gives me a NavMeshLinkInstance, which has a field NavMeshLinkInstance.owner.
How can I read that field from OffMeshLinkData?
Basically, I'm making custom links and I need to know custom data about them during navigation.

cursive moth
crude mortar
cursive moth
crude mortar
# 
public class PhysicsMover<T> where T : GroundingState {
        private T m_groundingState;
        
        private void OnCollisionHitInternal() {
            var someCollisionData = new CollisionData();
            m_groundingState.UpdateState(someCollisionData);
        }
    }

If the GroundingState calculated its own state using the data from the PhysicsMover, then it doesn't matter how much you extend it. You could just make the UpdateState method virtual and do whatever you wanted inside of it. If you needed to use the extended data for some reason, you could derive from PhysicsMover with your CharacterGroundingState as the generic parameter, then override whatever virtual methods that you needed to override in the PhysicsMover since T will be the CharacterGroundingState

cursive moth
#

last thing, no, the object is still active in the hierarchy when it turns invisible as you can see here:

image.png
hard viper
#

physicsmover does not alter grounding state. It just holds the most base version so physics engine can access, and other scripts can populate and query whichever (derived) class they need

crude mortar
#

Oh I see, so basically the issue is the physics engine wouldn't be able to use the correct generic type

hard viper
#

yes

#

some other solutions involve casting constantly

#

what I really have is:
PhysicsMover has ContactManager.
ContactManager has 2 GroundingStates, for current and last frame.
PlayerScript needs GroundingStateAdvanced : GroundingState.
EnemyScript needs GroundingState.
PhysicsEngine needs GroundingState.

crude mortar
#

I think you might have to go with the interface then, but you could also use inheritance in addition. For example,

public class PhysicsMover {
      private IGroundingState m_groundingState;
}

public class GroundingState : IGroundingState { }

public class CharacterGroundingState : GroundingState { } // add / override what you need to
#

you would have to cast

hard viper
#

ugh

#

part of the issue is that this happens for every single contact on every frame

crude mortar
#

wait wait

# 
public class PhysicsMover<T> : IPhysicsMover where T : GroundingState {
      private T m_groundingState;

      public IGroundingState GroundingState => m_groundingState; // implemented by interface
}

public interface IGroundingState { } 

public class GroundingState { }

public class CharacterGroundingState : GroundingState { } // add / override what you need to

Couldn't you just do this

hard viper
#

i wonder if I could make:
abstract class ContactManager using GroundingState
class ContactManager<T> : ContactManager where T:GroundingState

#

i want to avoid interface because interface is going to require me to define most of the whole class twice

#

so I think normal inheritance is the right call

crude mortar
#

I think it's only annoying to use the interface because you already have written the PhysicsMover, if the interface had been mostly defined first, you could just use IDE to auto-fill it out in the class

hard viper
#

maybe PlayerScript can maintain a field of type ContactManager<CharacterGroundState>

hard viper
crude mortar
#

well what are you saying exactly, are you saying you would have to actually implement the interface twice.. ?

hard viper
#

interface IState { public bool Grounded; }
class State : IState {
public bool Grounded {get; set;}
}
or something

#

but for every field/property

crude mortar
#

if I inherit from an interface in my IDE, I can just press Alt + Enter on the class and it creates all the properties and methods for me and I just fill them out, like a template

hard viper
#

really?

crude mortar
#

yes

hard viper
#

huh, I gotta try that out

crude mortar
hard viper
#

wow

glossy wave
#

how do i change my particle effect's particle start size via code? i debugged this way and the curve multiplier remains 1 every time the code runs

image.png
hard viper
#

thanks for letting me know

#

i think I’m going to go for non-generic base class, then generic classes that derive from it

#

so we can copy implementation

cursive moth
crude mortar
#

Notice how your IDE is indicating that changingStartSize is unused, under the Debug.Log

crude mortar
#

For me, if I get a log in OnBecameInvisible, then check back on the collider some time later, my rigidbody has still hasn't fallen through

#

have you tried replicating the scenario without your custom world generation script?

rain minnow
# glossy wave how do i change my particle effect's particle start size via code? i debugged th...

startSize is a struct. when you assign changingStartSize to it, you are copying the value. it is not a reference that updates when the value is changed. also, when using the particle system, each module is also a struct, you need to cache the module in a variable, then you can access and change any of its fields . . .

var mainModule = particleEffect_BloodSplatter.main;
var changingStartSize = mainModule.startSize;
mainModule.startSize  = changingStartSize.curveMultiplier / 2;
gaunt blade
#

guys how can i serialise a scriptable object class so that I can see its fields in the editor?

rain minnow
gaunt blade
rain minnow
# gaunt blade ok thanks man

NOTE: this is only if the SO is a field of another class. by default, you can see fields of an SO asset like any other class . . .

gaunt blade
#

yeah that's what i have

hard viper
#

would it be possible/sensical to do:
abstract class Base {
public State x { abstract get; abstract set; }
}
class Derrived<Tstate> : Base where TState : State{
public TState _state;
public State x { override get => _state; override set } _state = value}
}
}

#

would this work to try to expose a derrived class that is held, as well as a non-derived class from base class, without needing to cast anywhere?

cursive moth
#

it works just fine till the play goes out of the view

#

what it's doing is basically adding new points to the closed sprite

#

the issue is that the new points don't become visible even tho they should, for whatever reason

glossy wave
gaunt blade
crude mortar
cursive moth
#

it's not the collider that doesn't appear tho

#

the shape it self doesn't become visible :/

crude mortar
#

Oh, I thought this was a collision issue

#

so your generation script is just wrong?

#

like, the actual mesh is wrong?

#

there is a BakeGeometry() method as well, not sure what that does

rain minnow
cursive moth
# crude mortar like, the actual mesh is wrong?

no, both my mesh and the collider are fine, the issue is that when they get culled, even tho new points are generated the culling border just doesn't get updated and the min-max positions it's displaying are from the last generated points and therefore it never becomes visible again

crude mortar
#

never? Or does it become visible if you go into the previous generated point bounds

#

like how are you determining that its using the previously generated bounds

#

you can manually define the renderer bounds in code if needed

#

for testing, at least

cursive moth
#

min and max

#

it stops updating when the terrain goes out of range :/

wise arch
#

I am looking to visualise the path my enemies will take (using Unity navmesh package) with a line renderer. My navmesh gets baked right before I want to visualise it and when I try to calculate the path right after it gets baked the results are non existant. If I wait for 0.5s (using coroutine) the result is what I want but only some times. I assume that some calculations still need to be done so I am looking for some kind of event for the navmesh agent that notifies me when it's path got changed

For the record, the actual enemies that get spawned later always have the expected path while the linerenderer sometimes doesn't (the points are the actual points of the navmesh agent made for visualising it)

image.png
cursive moth
#

why isn't it possible to just disable culling for that object is what I am wondering :/

crude mortar
#

because they tunnel-vision their implementations a lot, sad

rain minnow
cursive moth
#

I don't know what the best approach for this would be

#

custom bounds occured to me and were even recommended by praetor but the issue is that the player is traveling thousands of unitys/min and the x size of the bounds would be huge

#

the other solution would be setting it dynamically in Update() but is that efficient?

#

like the simplest approach that makes complete sense would be disabling frustum culling for that object, since that isn't possible I have to use a workaround

crude mortar
#

you could set it in Update but do a check for if the bounds center from the camera is some distance away from the camera X Y position

#

so it only updates if the camera is moving

wise arch
cursive moth
#

camera is constantly moving, I am just worried if this approach is inefficient

crude mortar
#

I mean as in, literally not every frame

#

like you would set a threshold

#

and you should just see if it even solves the problem

#

then check the performance and determine if it's better to find another solution

#

I don't imagine it would be unperformant

#

it's just setting a struct

cursive moth
#

additional question

#

are bounds not updating when object is invisible an intentional behaviour or is that a bad implementation

#

because that seems very wrong to me

#

I tried the 2022LTS and 2023 latest and both did the same

#

so this was either never reported or intentional for some reason

magic wolf
#

Hey guys. I asked a question related to this yesterday but I am working with a line renderer. I want to know what collider can I give it that will collide with everything including other duplicates of this prefab. Currently I am using an edge collider 2d which collides with most things but does not collide with other edge colliders. Keep in mine I need to be able to instantiate this in code and the shape of the collider needs to be a little weird. Not a square or circle

#

It also can not be a mesh collider because I need a rigid body as well

cursive moth
#

maybe a polygon collider?

magic wolf
#

I will try that. Thank you

cursive moth
thin prism
#

Hi So I was having a problem with one of my unity scripts, it keeps giving me this error: "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an isntance of an object". the script is for a button, and I was told it might be because of how my elements are arranged, but was told to come ehre. Let me know if I should askk this question in another place in case this is not where I should. THank you, here is the code:

image.png
spring creek
thin prism
#

so the script is a component of the button

spring creek
thin prism
#

yes, I had also found the problem. There evidently was a problem with the hierarchy, because I assigned the script to a new button and now it is working

spring creek
thin prism
#

yes I dont know. I had messed aournd with the button from before, and I added the same script to the "on-click" event section in that button. maybe that?

spring creek
still gust
#

Hey how would you guys go about adding interactions to specific players? I plan on adding multiplayer and I have an interaction system using Interfaces. One of the interactions adds an item to the players inventory, but i'm not sure how to know which player interacted with the object.

spring creek
#

Depends on how you want it to act.
You can do a raycast to face someone and enable a prompt.
You can do the same with a trigger area
You can show a list of teammates in the ui, and when yoy click their name (which is a button) it opens a menu.
You can reverse that and have a menu you access via button or hotkey, and then you select a player via dropdown
Etc
Etc

So it really depends on your goals

still gust
#

I was thinking for example there is a box in the middle and anyone can go up to it, hit the interaction button and the box would would respond by adding an item to that specific players inventory. I was thinking maybe giving each player a specific ID, and sending a signal containing that ID to know which player it was but i'm not sure if thats a good solution or not

spring creek
still gust
cursive moth
# crude mortar it's just setting a struct

Just wanna let you know that your and praetor's recommendation worked.
I am still curious about the thing I asked but it's fine if u don't have time to look at it, thanks either way!
This is the implementation I used:

private void UpdateRendererBounds()
{
    var b = _rend.localBounds;
    var min = _groundShape.spline.GetPosition(1);
    var max = _groundShape.spline.GetPosition(0);
    max.y = 5000;
    b.SetMinMax(min, max);
    _rend.localBounds = b;
}
thin prism
#

So I want to make a script where I search for the collision of two objects with two tags, and then destroy them, however the code has to be in a seperate script, since I will add on to the destroyobject funcion. I just have to know what I can use in the if function to compare two tags, and if they collided.

#

Thanks

spring creek
thin prism
#

oh yes ok that makes sense

#

could you explain hopw to do that in a bit more detail? since I am a bit newer to unity

spring creek
# thin prism could you explain hopw to do that in a bit more detail? since I am a bit newer t...

Ah, might want to move over to #💻┃code-beginner then.

But basically, for the first method, you would have a singleton pattern. I'm on my phone so it would be pretty tough to give example code sorry. But see this
https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/

And call the third script (which I will call GameManager) like this
GameManager.Instance.ObjectsCollided(this, otherScript)
this is the object calling the collision out and otherScript is the second of the two.

Then the GameManager would know which things to deal with

The second method is a little more advanced but probably a bit more flexible.
See this:
https://gamedevbeginner.com/events-and-delegates-in-unity/

thin prism
#

Thank you, yes you obviously can't provide an example code here, but the links are more than enough. Also you're right, code-beginner might be a bit better 😂. Thank you!

thin prism
#

Hi, so i really didn't know where else to go as I asked and searched everywhere. I tried to create just a Debug.Log statement stating there was a collision. I tried to create a delegate, and that didnt work, and I tried to use both colliders and rigidbodies, yet no collision seems to be detected, what can I do?

leaden ice
thin prism
#

yep, I used that

leaden ice
#

you have to make sure you are satisfying all the requirements for it to happen

somber nacelle
leaden ice
#

If you're lost you can show the code you have and the inspectors of the two objects and we can tell you what you messed up

thin prism
leaden ice
#

box's link will tell you

#

but it's basically:

  • both objects have non-trigger colliders
  • at least one object has a dynamic rigidbody
  • the code needs to be correct
thin prism
#

ok, Ill get back if I am lost

thin prism
grave garden
#

Is it possible to have a managed IBufferElementData type? What are the methods for altering the buffer? It doesn't look like I can use an Aspect and DynamicBuffer

spring creek
grave garden
frozen dock
#

Hello that is kinda weird and i dont know why its not working. When i use it as a player on npc it works but when the npcs it uses on the player or on other npcs it does not work. but both are built exactly the same. It does not even come to the debug

        protected virtual void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
        {
            Debug.Log("Trigger " + other.gameObject.name);

            if (!other.CompareTag("Character"))
            {
                return;
            }

            var statsController = other.GetComponent<UnitStatsController>();

            if (hitCharacterUnitStatsControllerList.Contains(statsController) || statsController == unitMainManager.UnitStatsController)
            {
                return;
            }

            hitCharacterUnitStatsControllerList.Add(statsController);
            
            statsController.TakeDamage(damage);
        }
cold nest
#

not sure why this doesn't work. In fact it doesn't get set at all at the start inside the startedEffect bool lock.
either that or im calling the function wrong. idk

image.png
cold nest
scarlet viper
# 
        SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync("Meadows", LoadSceneMode.Additive);
        AsyncOperation asyncOperation = SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync("Game", LoadSceneMode.Additive);
        yield return new WaitUntil(() => asyncOperation.isDone);

i use this in coroutine and the code afterwards never executes

cold nest
wise arch
cold nest
#

even just this dosent work?

image.png
native folio
#

Anybody know why I get this error?

    private NetworkVariable<Color> color = new NetworkVariable<Color>(Random.ColorHSV());

    public override void OnNetworkSpawn()
    {
        camera.gameObject.SetActive(IsOwner);

        playerBody.GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color = color.Value;

        base.OnNetworkSpawn();
    }```
#

I'm trying to make it so that the player body (capsule) has the same color body for all clients

lean sail
native folio
#

im a goomba bruh

latent latch
#

How do you even fix that problem in general without making it too snappy

nocturne pollen
#

https://docs.huihoo.com/unity/5.5/Documentation/ScriptReference/Texture2D.LoadImage.html
In this link under the code description a byte array is loaded as a texture into a Texture2D object. But it's supposed to be a 64*64 image. However there is nowhere this is specified so how does the Texture2D understand the image dimensions.

I also have this problem when trying to get the pixel data from an image as a matrix but all member functions give a 1 dimensional array instead of a 2d structure. So I am quite confused.

Unity - Scripting API: Texture2D.LoadImage

Unity is the ultimate game development platform. Use Unity to build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop, VR/AR, consoles or the Web, and connect with loyal and enthusiastic players and customers.

cold nest
#

apparantly i needed sharedMaterial not material

hexed pecan
#

Or maybe not, hmm, good question

#

Maybe it expects the image to have a 1:1 aspect ratio?

silent rivet
#

im trying to use UnityYAMLMerge to solve my merge conflicts that i keep getting with scene files. However, when I tried it for the first time after configuration based on https://gist.github.com/Ikalou/197c414d62f45a1193fd by pulling main into my branch that's way behind and running git mergetool, it just throws up an error that says "Error parsing file '.\Assets\Scens\MyScene_BASE_2074.unity': could not find expected ':'

That isn't the actual scene file, it seems to have been created by the mergetool and it created something with a parsing error in it. How would I go about solving that?

Gist
Git and Unity

Git and Unity. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

#

Had force text asset serialization throughout the entire duration of this unity project existing, "Visible Meta files", using git

leaden ice
silent rivet
#

that yaml file is massive and the error doesn't give any clue to where it could be happening. But what im concerned about is the fact that UnityYAMLMerge tool is the one that generated it, and even if i were to find the spot and fix it manually, can i have it continue the process? It just exits out and says "Was the merge successful? [Y/N]"

silent rivet
leaden ice
#

use a yaml validator

silent rivet
#

these files are being generated by the mergetool as soon as it runs so even if i fix this, when i try to rerun it it'll just happen again

leaden ice
#

the merge tool is just a helper to fix merge conflicts

#

you can also fix them yourself

#

once the conflict is fixed and committed, there will be nothing to merge anymore

silent rivet
#

i've tried that before

#

wanted to pull my hair out trying to figure out the yamls and which parts had to be taken or removed

#

thats why i set up the mergetool

leaden ice
#

yes indeed

#

but seems like it has a bug in it

#

so you will probably have to fix it manually this one time

#

you can also just take --theirs or --ours and fix the scene in Unity

silent rivet
#

yeah um

#

that is pretty annoying unfortunately

#

oh well

#

hoping that it's not a universal bug

muted helm
#

I'm trying to sync the transform rotation of the player's head using this script I've written:

public class HeadDirSync : NetworkBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] CharacterIdentityLink clink;
    void Update()
    {
        if (clink.hasLocalIdentity)
        {
            if (isServer)
            {
                RpcUpdateLookDir(transform.localEulerAngles);
            }
            else
            {
                CmdUpdateLookDir(transform.localEulerAngles);
            }
        }
    }

    [Command]
    private void CmdUpdateLookDir(Vector3 euler)
    {
        RpcUpdateLookDir(transform.localEulerAngles);
    }

    [ClientRpc]
    private void RpcUpdateLookDir(Vector3 euler)
    {
        if (!clink.hasLocalIdentity)
        {
            transform.localEulerAngles = euler;
        }
    }
}

clink is a PlayerIdentity object which connects the character to a player's identity. The character can be deleted at will but the PlayerIdentity object will persist until the player disconnects. The only part of it that's important here is the hasLocalIdentity property, which is identical to isLocalPlayer.

The script succesfully syncs the rotation of the head from the host to all clients but not in the reverse direction. Any glaring issues that might cause this?

#

ohhh

#

i'm stupid wait

#

I mistakenly called RpcUpdateLookDir() with the parameter transform.localEulerAngles instead of euler

#

Apologies for polluting the chat

indigo pasture
# 
        // Get the movement direction by using the player camera
        moveDirection = _playerCamera.forward * vertInput + _playerCamera.right * horizInput;

        // Add force to the rigidbody based on our supplied speed
        rb.AddForce(moveDirection.normalized * characterMovementSpeed * 10f, ForceMode.Force);

Theres an issue with this code where if the player camera is looking down, the player starts going into the air, I assume the issue because it's getting the direction on all axis or something, but unsure how to fix

muted helm
#

You likely shouldn't be using the player camera to determine the forward direction of the player

#

Since you're looking straight down, _playerCamera.forward will be pointed straight down as well, and -_playerCamera.forward will be pointing straight up, so if you apply a negative vertInput you will be forced straight up.

indigo pasture
#

what's a good solution?

muted helm
#

You should control the vertical look direction with the camera but rotate the entire player object on the Y axis for horizontal looking

#

Then, use the forward direction of the player object

indigo pasture
#

transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRot, yRot, 0); this is my camera rotation code

#

would I just make it parentobject.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, yRot, 0);

muted helm
#

Yes

indigo pasture
#

or add to it

muted helm
#

It depends

#

Does the player input accumulate the yRot value or just set it?

indigo pasture
#

accumulate

muted helm
#

Then that would work I believe

indigo pasture
#

no longer flying!

hexed pecan
muted helm
#

You would need to rotate the camera like so:
_playerCamera.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(xRot, 0, 0)

indigo pasture
#

I did transform.parent.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, yRot, 0);

muted helm
#

If you rotate the player object itself you'll want local rotations

indigo pasture
muted helm
indigo pasture
#

so I'd no longer account for the y axis since the parent is already rotated

muted helm
#

Yes

#

If you used the before code, your camera would remain pointed in one direction

indigo pasture
# 
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRot, yRot, 0);
        transform.parent.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, yRot, 0);

well this works

muted helm
#

I suppose?

#

I've never done a character controller this way before but if it works go for it I guess.

indigo pasture
# 
        transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(xRot, 0, 0);
        transform.parent.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, yRot, 0);

this as well

muted helm
#

That's generally how I do it

indigo pasture
#

yeah O

#

I'll go with that way since it makes since not to rotate the y axis twice

muted helm
#

though I usually just use Rotate. So transform.parent.Rotate(new Vector3(0, horInput, 0)) but since you accumulate yRot yourself it's better what you're doing

clever lagoon
#

FYI transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRot, yRot, 0); is worldspace (not relative to parent) transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(xRot, 0, 0); is modelspace (relative to parent)

#

(not sure which you want, just be careful of that stuff)

fleet rapids
#

Im making a procedual walk/balance script and I want to keep the targets in a fixed location, and I did that, but for some reason its really jittery

# 
public class BetterIKFootSolver : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject leftTarget;
    public GameObject rightTarget;
    public Transform hips;
    public LayerMask ground;

    Vector3 oldLeftPosition, currentLeftPosition, newLeftPosition;
    Vector3 oldRightPosition, currentRightPosition, newRightPosition;

    private void Start()
    {
        currentLeftPosition = newLeftPosition = oldLeftPosition = leftTarget.transform.position;
        currentRightPosition = newRightPosition = oldRightPosition = rightTarget.transform.position;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        leftTarget.transform.position = currentLeftPosition;
        oldLeftPosition = newLeftPosition;

        rightTarget.transform.position = currentRightPosition;
        oldRightPosition = newRightPosition;
    }
}
#

thats the code

hexed pecan
#

That's my immediate thought

#

Usually jittering means that something goes wrong in the execution order

fleet rapids
#

Late update didnt fix it

hexed pecan
fleet rapids
#

yes

hexed pecan
#

If you look closely, those aren't jittering

fleet rapids
#

Yeah its just the feet

hexed pecan
#

So the problem is elsewhere. How does the IK work?

#

Oh apparently you are using the Animation Rigging package

fleet rapids
#

Yeah

#

its just 2, two-bone IK's setup on the leg bones with a target and a hint

hexed pecan
#

Is there a reason your animator's update mode is set to Animate Physics?

#

That means it will run in the physics loop and not in sync with the render loop

fleet rapids
#

no, but the animator isnt doing anything so I dont see why that would be an issue

#

I can see if that'll fix it

#

it could also be where the script is placed maybe

#

this is where the script is placed

image.png
#

setting the update mode to normal didnt change anything

hexed pecan
chilly aspen
#

Hi! I apologize, I'm somewhat new to this so I hope I'm in the correct category. Me and my friend have been creating a game using a car and map system, and recently we've attempted to complete an upgrade from Unity 2019 to Unity 2022. We have a floating origin system in-place currently, however whenever I reach position X coordinate of 1,000, it's supposed to go back to 0,0,0, however the map does but the vehicle is now not going back with it, falling off the map and breaking. I've attempted to diagnose this, and I still can't quite figure out the issue. Is there anyone who thinks they could be of assist to help me? Thank you all so much. 🙏

Code script: https://hastebin.com/share/kokorohano.csharp

hexed pecan
#

I see some glitching at the 0:54 mark, is that supposed to happen?

chilly aspen
#

No, It's not

leaden ice
#

I'm not sure WaitForEndOfFrame is a prudent time to do be doing this either

#

that's usually reserved for specific rendering tasks

#

you wouldn't typically want to be moving GameObjects around at that time

#

There is of course also the disconnect between moving a Transform and when the physics engine syncs - which won't be until the next physics simulation step.

#

You almost definitely want/need a Physics.SyncTransforms() in there

chilly aspen
#

Alright, I'll see what I can do. Thank you for the suggestions, and I'll see what I can accomplish with attempting to fix this

hexed pecan
#

Using Debug.Break() when shifting the origin can help identify some issues

chilly aspen
chilly aspen
fleet rapids
#

@hexed pecan Turns out it was the animator lol. I just didnt realize because changing Update to LateUpdate made it worse so when I set the Update Mode to normal, it looked like it hadnt changed anything💀

chilly aspen
fleet rapids
#

but changing it back to Update and setting it back to Normal fixed my issue, thanks

hexed pecan
#

You originally said that the car is not moving back with the map, but it is moving back in the video 🤔

chilly aspen
#

Yeah, I kinda just realized that too lol

hexed pecan
#

Just in a bad position or not synced so it falls thru

#

The glitching I pointed out is a thing you should fix

chilly aspen
#

My guess is that it isn't synced for some reason - Map + car moves back, but the car falls through the map for some weird reason

fleet rapids
#

just download the latest physics drivers for unity

#

😆

chilly aspen
fleet rapids
#

the map just stopped loading in lol

hexed pecan
#

Yeah whatever is happening at 18 seconds must be fixed

#

That's the main issue IMO

#

Why is the terrain changing like that

chilly aspen
#

Is there a better way to debug what is going on with that? I figured it would be Floating Origin

#

I should say I know it is Floating Origin - I disabled it entirely and the game ran fine once disabled

hexed pecan
chilly aspen
#

👍

hexed pecan
#

The rigidbody might go back to its previous position even if its root transform is moved. So you should move the rigidbody itself with rigidbody.position

chilly aspen
#

Is that something that changed when I upgraded from Unity 2019 to Unity 2022?

hexed pecan
#

In your latest video I see the playerpos value text changing rapidly in the 0..1000 range

hexed pecan
chilly aspen
#

Wonder why it worked in 2019 then, really weird

sullen fern
#

Is there a way to check if a navmesh agent starts avoiding another agent?

#

I'm making an enemy AI and I want to stop the enemy if its going to try to walk around an enemy

chilly aspen
# 
 rbs[i].MovePosition(rbs[i].position - _focusPosition);```

same issue
#

atleast i think i did it right this time

leaden ice
#

MovePosition cues up the movement to happen during the next physics update

#

simply rbs[i].position -= _focusPosition;

chilly aspen
#

Ooooh alright

chilly aspen
leaden ice
chilly aspen
#

Not yet, that was my next step

#

Figured I'd give that a try too

leaden ice
#

the map's collider movement won't be reflected until that happens

#

or until a physics simulation step.

chilly aspen
#

Tried this for this bit of code that does the recentering
https://hastebin.com/share/adayeyebey.csharp

Still didn't work for that either, with Physics.SyncTransforms implemented

Hastebin

Hastebin is a free web-based pastebin service for storing and sharing text and code snippets with anyone. Get started now.

hexed pecan
chilly aspen
#

One second

chilly aspen
# hexed pecan Show this video but with current setup?

I graciously appreciate your attempts to assist me today. I hope I can get it working with your future advice, but I do have school tomorrow and will be heading out for the night. Thank you so much for your help today 🙏

wise arch
#

I am looking to visualise the path my enemies will take (using Unity navmesh package) with a line renderer. My navmesh gets baked right before I want to visualise it and when I try to calculate the path right after it gets baked the results are non existant. If I wait for 0.5s (using coroutine) the result is what I want but only some times. I assume that some calculations still need to be done so I am looking for some kind of event for the navmesh agent that notifies me when it's path got changed

For the record, the actual enemies that get spawned later always have the expected path while the linerenderer sometimes doesn't (the points are the actual points of the navmesh agent made for visualising it)
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/763495187787677697/1176551441234669578/image.png?ex=656f47ea&is=655cd2ea&hm=89d18b398d0bc133638d113b034f7b3ce04e1d7d64f29c9e6014052c0f9ff91c&=&format=webp&width=714&height=491

low harbor
#

Hi all. Random question about grid/voxel based chunk system etc
Should a voxel/chunk be in 0,0,0? Or should it respect the quadrants, so -0.5 and +0.5 on each axis?

fervent furnace
#

the center can be located at anywhere.
i am not sure how the -0.5 and 0.5 comes out since size of voxel may not be 1

low harbor
#

Ok i meant, -voxelSize/2 to +voxelSize/2

kind wolf
#

how do i get emojis to work in TMP?

fervent furnace
#

not code question
you need to find the texture of the emoji online and create asset iirc

kind wolf
#

where should i ask this question

#

i just wanna render all unicode emojis not make my own

mellow sigil
soft acorn
#

Hello all, I need to open a webpage inside a scene something like a Webview/Iframe. I am Building my application for Mac, windows and WebGL. Need support in all three for that, I don't want to open the url externally , only inside my scene. Can anyone help me in this?

fervent furnace
#

sounds complicated, you may need to search internet about the plugins/assets you can use or waiting for other suggestions
you dont want to write a html and css parser/renderer by yourself

mellow sigil
#

You can't do that inside the game in WebGL. The best you can do is show an iframe element on the web page and position it on top of the game

obtuse flame
#

Im using ImGui to render a little menu in my game, this menu has a input field and I have made it so whenever the user presses tab it auto completes the input field. This works fine but theres one annoying little problem. When I correct the input the cursor of the textfield stays at the same place it was when I want it to jump to the end of the text, I've tried using GUI.FocusControl but cannot get it to work, does anyone know how to do this?

forest linden
# 
void coverAndShoot()
    {
        if(nPCScript == null)
        {
            return;
        }
        bool check = false;
        Vector3 playerPos = Player.position;
        playerPos.y = 0;
        if (coverPoint != null)
        {
            nPCScript.target = coverPoint.transform.position;
            Vector3 coverPos = coverPoint.transform.position;
            
            coverPos.y = 0;

            if (Vector3.Distance(playerPos, coverPos) <= shootDis * coverDisMult)
            {
                check = true;
            }
            
            if (Vector3.Angle(coverPoint.direction, (Player.position - coverPoint.transform.position).normalized) <= maxCoverAngle)
            {
                check = false;
            }
        }
        if (!check)
        {
            coverPointScript closestCover = getBestCover();
            if (closestCover != null)
            {
                closestCover.coverer = gameObject;
                coverPoint = closestCover;
                nPCScript.target = coverPoint.transform.position;
            }
            else
            {
                confidentShoot();
            }
        }
    }

Unity is giving me an error when i have the nPCScript.target lines on

more specifically
"
MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'NPCScript' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
"

It's not showing me the line in the error but when I disable those lines it does not give the error

#

Ive also got other voids called at the same time that change the target and don't return this error, kill me

#

how is this happening I check if the script is null at the start of the void

fleet furnace
forest linden
#

its a monobehaviour that is attached to each of the NPCs that stores saved values

somber tapir
#

show NPCScript

forest linden
somber tapir
forest linden
#

the thing is it works perfectly fine in this void

void confidentShoot()
    {
        if(coverPoint != null)
        {
            coverPoint.coverer = null;
            coverPoint = null;
        }
        if (playerDis < evadeDis + (evadeAddDis * confidenceMult))
        {
            state = 2;
        }
        else if (playerDis < shootDis + (shootAddDis * confidenceMult))
        {
            state = 0;
        }
        else if (playerDis > shootDis+ (shootAddDis * confidenceMult)+shootDisThick)
        {
            state = 1;
            lastState = -1;
        }

        if (state!=lastState)
        {
            if (state == 1)
            {
                nPCScript.target = SetPos(Player.position);
            }
            else if (state == 2)
            {
                coverPointScript closestCover = getBestCover();
                if (closestCover != null)
                {
                    closestCover.coverer = gameObject;
                    coverPoint = closestCover;
                    nPCScript.target = coverPoint.transform.position;
                }
                else
                {
                    nPCScript.target = Player.position + (-transform.forward * (shootDis + (shootAddDis * confidenceMult)));
                }
            }
            else if(state == 0)
            {
                nPCScript.target = transform.position;
            }
        }

        lastState = state;
    }
woeful depot
#

!code

tawny elkBOT
fringe ridge
#

I dont understand. I have a class with like 15 properties all set like this :

[Serializable]
public class PlayerActionData
{
    public string UID { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore, DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore)]
    public string RemoveHexConverted { get; set; } = null;

    [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore, DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore)]
    public int RemoveHexLayerIndex { get; set; } = -1; ...
...
}```
then when i create the object and set some properties i do JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data)

the problem is, that it is not ignoring the default values, most of the properties still are included in the serialized json string as -1 (null strings arent included) and some properties even though set to a different value dont even appear in the json.
#

All i need it to do, is if ints are -1 or strings are null just not to include them in the json at all

#

some properties work fine

somber nacelle
#

well for starters -1 is not the default value for integers so that will not be ignored, it will only be ignored using DefaultValueHandling.Ignore if the value is 0

fringe ridge
#

isnt setting it to -1 on definition implying that that is the default value?

somber nacelle
#

no

deft timber
#

no

somber nacelle
#

you can use the DefaultValue attribute for it though

fringe ridge
#

thanks, this should fix it

steep herald
#

Is there a way for me to cast a component to a type determined dynamically?

somber nacelle
#

depends on what exactly you mean by "determined dynamically"

late lion
steep herald
fleet rapids
#

is anyone good with math in here? I need some help making a target object move in a stepping motion when the targets are too far away from the target goals

somber tapir
#

what is a stepping motion supposed to be?

fleet rapids
#

kinda like an oval rotation going to the target goal, like ya know, a step

#

Idk really how to explain it lol

somber tapir
#

Like a curved path?

fleet rapids
#

um yeah I guess

steep herald
#

I want to broadcast an event whenever this method is called on a derived class (without manually implementing the call in all the derived classes)
public abstract void DeserializeGameEntity(SerializableGameEntity serializableGameEntity);
Do I have any choice other than turn this into a concrete implementation and have the concrete method call another abstract method/broadcast the event instead?

Context is this is for a level editor, I want to avoid adding logic in game classes that is designed for the level editor, since it's not going to be shipped with the client.

I'd like to know if there are other solutions. Even if it's super ugly on the side of the level editor.

somber tapir
# fleet rapids um yeah I guess

You get the vector from the unit to the target and the vector from the unit to the center. Then you add them together and divide by 2. That's your move direction.

fleet rapids
#

doesnt ```cs
float leftDistance = Vector3.Distance(leftTarget.transform.position, leftTargetGoal.position);
float rightDistance = Vector3.Distance(rightTarget.transform.position, rightTargetGoal.position);

#

well, I guess not, just the distance lol

fleet rapids
somber tapir
# fleet rapids yea idk how to do that in code terms lol

To get a directional vector you need to subtract the position of the target from the position of the start. i.e.:

Vector3 targetDir = target.transform.position - player.transform.position;

Then you do the same for the center of your map (or whatever point you want your path to curve to) and merge them into one:
Vector3 actualDir = (targetDir1 + targetDir2) / 2;

steady moat
# steep herald I want to broadcast an event whenever this method is called on a derived class (...

You could use partial class, one part is the editor while the other is the runtime.
You could add multiple events in your base case which your editor register too.
You could use a Proxy to add behavior when a function is called. (You use the proxy and the proxy then use the actual object)
You could use a InternalDeserializeGameEntity which is private abstract while the DeserializeGameEntity is concrete and public and call the internal function + the event.
You could use the decorator pattern
You could use the visitor pattern

steep herald
sturdy thorn
#

Excuse me, can you help me, please?

I'm making a DK, 1st level works fine, but when I lose a life in the 2nd one it takes me all 3 lives! Naturally this is a Game Over so it resets score to 0 and takes me back to Level 1.

somber nacelle
#

you only ever assign lives to 3 inside of NewGame()

sturdy thorn
#

I tested it recently and 2nd level wont do that anymore, however, it still takes me 2 lives.

somber nacelle
#

huh? you tested what recently? i was pointing out where you assign your 3 lives. now look at the only place(s) you call it

sturdy thorn
#

Sorry, I tested second level again

sturdy thorn
#

It is called in levelfailed

#

when lives <= 0

somber nacelle
#

okay and have you bothered logging any relevant information there to see what the values of your variables are?

stark sinew
#

As far as I can see, you're always calling Invoke to load/reload a level

It's likely that lives gets modified multiple times while waiting for the invoke

You need some kind of condition that prevents modification of your lives if you're currently waiting for a level to be (re-)loaded

sturdy thorn
sturdy thorn
sturdy thorn
somber nacelle
#

well this only shows that it is counting down correctly. but just logging a single number like that with no context isn't very useful. we can't even tell if it is being called more than once in the same frame or even all on the same instance

sturdy thorn
#

it is being called more than once, actually, everytime I collide with an enemy in the 2nd level

#

This is the normal loading, it just says the remaining lives when I lose one and reloads the level

image.png
#

Mario is disabled BEFORE the reload and lives--

upper pilot
# 
"Assets\SteamAchievementsForSteam\Scripts\SteamAchievementsAndStats.cs(107,37): error CS1061: 'Achievement' does not contain a definition for 'Identifier' and no accessible extension method 'Identifier' accepting a first argument of type 'Achievement' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"

Using this package: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/achievements-stats-for-steam-246610

The above error appears in version 2022.1.23f1 in a project.
But it works fine on a fresh empty project.

Any ideas what coud be the cause?

somber tapir
upper pilot
#

Is there an easy way to find that?(its not my project)

simple egret
#

Ctrl+Click the Achievement that is the cause of the error

upper pilot
#

I will check, this might be it 😄

#

The error appears in the package

#

But it might be because its overwritten by another one that was already in the project.

royal crown
#

Does anyone know how I can get my enemy navmesh agent to turn faster into the player?

I've messed with rotation, angular speed, etc for quite a while now. You can kind of matador the enemy, like move out of the way at the last second, and he continues on. I'd preferably want him to turn into the player. The enemy doesnt have a rigid body. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it!

unreal temple
#

Like move directly to the player

royal crown
#

Wouldn't I lose obstacle avoidance?

unreal temple
#

So you switch back to pathing

royal crown
#

I'm using an aggro radius, not raycasting

#

Checking if the player is within a certain distance of enemy

unreal temple
#

Okay

#

Well if you want to check LOS you will need to cast to check

#

The reason your enemy is not attacking the player directly is because it's not recalculating a path fast enough

#

But it doesn't need a path if it can just walk straight to the player

royal crown
#

I can switch to manual movement the moment before the enemy reaches the player, thanks for the idea!

swift falcon
#

What [Unmarshalled] (UnityEngine.Bindings) attribute do?

#

Hey I'm making a dialogue system in which dialogues are stored in ScriptableObjects.
After a dialogue have been played I save the instanceID of the dialogue's ScriptabjeObject in a list, and when I want to know if a dialogue have been played I check if the instanceID is present in the list.
Is saving the instanceID instead of a random int ID a good idea? I wouldn't want that to change or something

royal crown
#

Guess I might have to have a decelerate function or something

unreal temple
#

Overshooting?

royal crown
#

Yeah sorry

#

It just looks like he is skating cause of the character model lol

unreal temple
#

I actually don't know, I don't use the Pathfinder component in my game

#

I just generate the path and make my agents follow it with my own code

royal crown
#

Gotcha

unreal temple
#

I don't recommend that

#

Btw

royal crown
#

I have patrolling integrated with pursuing so I am trying to balance :/ learning a lot tho through the struggle

latent latch
stark plaza
#

I was expanding on a FSM and I thought about two cool features I can't quite figure it out myself. If you can help me out I'd love it.

  1. Toggling state: Let's say I wanna disable the ability to run. How would I do it since in state/factory for returning states switching it is openly declared?
  2. What if I don't want to centralize variables inside the player controller? ie jump height, jump time move to the jump state and same for respective variables?
    Thanks
swift falcon
#

What's the difference between checking the ID fetched to the variable or checking it directly?

hard viper
#

can someone explain why if I cast a collider, the normal of te raycathit2D which is made can be allong the direction of the cast?

#

like casting by (1,1), and then the surface normal is (1,0), which isn't directly opposed., but how

muted elk
#

Hi, im new to Unity, and i apologise if im interrupting something, however, i have a problem, that i don't seem to be capable to solve with my limited knowledge. I would like to create a reference between a Rigidbody2D, and a variable in my code, the Visual studio that i use tells me that 0 references to unity have been made, and whenever i run my project, my code doesn't assign to the Rigidbody2D, could someone please explain to me what i could try to, or what possible errors i might have?

somber nacelle
muted elk
#

thanks

somber nacelle
muted elk
#

ah, thank you

#

here is a picture of my code

image.png
#

you did mean the Unity message | 0 references part, right?

muted elk