archived-code-general

[sharp bison]

i drop the ornament in the trigger

both get destroyed and the object i assigned to activate in the placement trigger script activates

[pure garden]

I thought you wanted smth like theres a red blue and green ornament and you only want the red and green to be able to activate the trigger but the blue do nothing

[sharp bison]

ooh or maybe just to bypass all this trouble i can just activate the placement trigger with other funcionts in game such as i wake up and the object + the trigger gets activated

maybe i can provide footage to see what i mean lol

ah i'll just make the other functions activated the other placement triggers and the item

[warm kraken]

guys i have a script attached to an object. this object's child is a particle system. what the script itself does is to just copy the player's position. everything works as intended but the only issue is as i move player the particle system rotates. i tried both local and world space options on the particle system and it doesnt work. i cant figure out why its rotating it should be just copying the position.

[sharp bison]

im actually so dumb i couldve just made a script for each item

[boreal condor]

Alright, hope recursion doesnt fuck my brain

[latent latch]

I would assume it wouldn't inherit rotation in world space. Perhaps there's some more options for constraints on the particle system, otherwise can probably just set the rotation yourself to be clamped within the script

there's also the constraint class

[terse turtle]

How could I simply make scenes have a type? Something that would tell the Player that this scene is either Peaceful or Action.

[latent latch]

make an SO with the scene asset and any extra info relating to the scene

[terse turtle]

How can I make a script attached to the Scene?

[latent latch]

you attach the scene to a script

[terse turtle]

Are you talking about ```C#
public Scene scene;

[open charm]

Can navmesh work with tilemap colliders and regular colliders

Simultaneuously

[latent latch]

Yep

Actually, may need to use the GUID/Name

can't reference the scene by asset in build

[gray mural]

Hello.
I have a Canvas with Render Mode Screen Space - Camera.
I have a UI Image in this Canvas.
How do I make this Image's sizeDelta with the same as the current size of of 1x1 block?

The block's size changes according to the current camera size

[hasty haven]

Thoughts on how to approach checking specific conditions about the player for tutorial purposes?
I have a TutorialManager script that grabs a reference to the player controller script when they load in,
think I may start coroutines for each section that checks for conditions like basic movement, using their light, opening doors, etc

I already have simple zone triggers they can enter to trigger these tutorial messages

[twilit radish]

not sure if this is helpful

but a technique i used was a universal variable handler

and with variable like 'hasUsedFlashlight'

and the bool would be set to true

and you could check whether or not the bool was true

by accessing it from another script

[hasty haven]

Makes sense yeah, I intend to track some things that way

I can reference TutorialManager from anywhere with static methods like TutorialManager.ShowBasicMovementInstructions or something similar

within that coroutine it checks if player position has changed and then hides the message

From my notes:

1. "Use [WASD] to move"
 - Short delay after spawning
 - Persists until player moves

2.  "Hold [Shift] to run faster"
 - Persists until player runs or reaches next section

3. "Press [F] to use your light"
 - Door is blocked by particle field/wall
 - Persists until player turns on light

Thats just the very simple beginning stuff but yeah, making sure the tutorial isnt restrictive or overly rigid making you do every single action

I noticed a small amount of players never knew you could use a light and had a bad time with our demo as a result

At the time there was no official tutorial though, it was notes on the wall you could run by, and some people did. Most players seemed drawn to them though

[brisk shore]

Hi guys, I'm new to unity and I was wondering if someone would look over my code and suggest any improvements. Much appreciated https://pastebin.com/wEeTHq1s

[lean sail]

All the transform.Finds could definitely be removed. You can instead just reference the object directly

[hasty haven]

This seem like a good way to handle things?
This is a simple example that starts the scripted tutorial once the player spawns in, it waits for the local player to be defined.

The first conditional just waits for them to move and then hides the message.

private IEnumerator StartTutorialDelayed() {
      // Wait for player reference
      while(PlayerController.LocalPlayer == null) { yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f); }
      localPlayer = PlayerController.LocalPlayer;

      Debug.Log("Found local player: " + localPlayer.playerAttributes.displayName + 
                "\nStarting Tutorial");

      StartCoroutine(MovementTutorial(localPlayer));
  }

  private IEnumerator MovementTutorial(PlayerController p) {
      if(!p) yield break;

      Debug.Log("Tutorial Message:" + movementTutorialMessage);

      // Display hint text and record initial position
      PlayerHintText.ShowHint(movementTutorialMessage);
      Vector3 initialPos = p.transform.position;

      // Wait for position to change
      while(p && initialPos == p.transform.position) { yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f); }

      // Hide when player meets condition
      PlayerHintText.HideHint();
  }

[brisk shore]

how? bc by making them public and assigning the value by dragging it to the script would be messy

[lean sail]

Are we looking at the same code? You're literally doing the same with other gameobjects already
And anyways, you are looking it up based on the name, this is already messy. If the name changes, you suddenly have an error

[heady iris]

I consider this the opposite of "messy"

[brisk shore]

so i should do this insead?

public GameObject soundmenu;
public GameObject generalmenu;
public GameObject templatePrefab;
public GameObject generalButtonMain;
public GameObject soundButtonMain;

etc..

[heady iris]

you explicitly indicate which objects you want to interact with

[heady iris]

this is perfectly normal

[brisk shore]

so like 20 lines of just that is fine?

[lean sail]

Yea I drag in references in inspector for most things.

[heady iris]

note that you probably want more specific types

notice how, in my screenshot, none of these things are GameObject

they're very specific component types that are on those prefabs

I have a few public GameObject fields, but they're all in dead code I need to delete anyway

[heady iris]

There are some attributes you can use to pretty up the inspector.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/HeaderAttribute.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SpaceAttribute.html

[brisk shore]

how bad is my layout then bc all this is just ui and menuscreens

[heady iris]

that's a separate matter entirely

Looks good to me.

[heady iris]

If all you're doing is activating and deactivating soundmenu, generalmenu, etc., then it's reasonable to use GameObject

[brisk shore]

i mean towards the end of the script im cloning prefabs and renaming stuff idk if that would need changing

[heady iris]

If your code looks like this:

GameObject obj = Instantiate(prefab);
obj.GetComponent<Button>().DoSomething();

consider rewriting it to

Button button = Instantiate(prefab);
button.DoSomething():

by changing the field's type from GameObject to Button

If the prefab does many things, make a component!

I have a lot of components that are mostly just a way to glue other components together

i have a MenuButton component that references a text component and a button component

it does some work, like setting up a "click" sound when you click on it, too

[brisk shore]

anywhere where i can learn all those basics bc i tried doing the unity tutorials on the unity website but i think those are too basic

[heady iris]

I don't have a good source for this kind of thing. It's just something I figured out over time.

I didn't follow a lot of tutorials myself

mostly because I had a good programming background already

[brisk shore]

ight thanks for the help

[heady iris]

(if someone else has suggestions, that'd be very helpful!)

[somber nacelle]

vertx's site has a bunch of useful little tips like that
https://unity.huh.how
you kind of have to know what to search for in some cases though

[heady iris]

I've considered writing my own hot takes, but I'm not sure it'd be a net positive given how many places you can already get hot takes from

[somber nacelle]

do it anyway even if it's only for yourself. more backups of this kind of knowledge/useful info is never really a bad thing

[lean sail]

Might as well as long as it's not a youtube video "top 50 things you didn't know about unity"

[heady iris]

those make me suffer

you won't believe number 12

(number 12 is switching to local mode from global mode)

"THINGS I WISH I KNEW"

[somber nacelle]

i saw one of those top 5 unity tips videos recently where one of the tips was just to use print instead of Debug.Log for some reason and at least one of the others was just bad practice

[heady iris]

lol

top 0 tips for using Unity

video ends

[hexed pecan]

Tbh I cant even think of text-based unity resources other than unity docs, unity.huh.how and catlike coding

[heady iris]

catlike coding is good

[hexed pecan]

And some random blogs

[heady iris]

i vastly prefer well-organized written documentation to basically anything else

hey guys today we're going to make an epic first person shooter in just 3 minutes

[heady iris]

stack exchange is usually worse than nothing

somehow

[random pelican]

what is this error?

[somber nacelle]

editor error due to a window you have open that uses the graph editor like shader graph or animator. you can ignore it

[random pelican]

ok

[random pelican]

my health bar isnt working?

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TMPro;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class PlayerHealth : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Slider slider;
    public PlayerEnemyCollisionManager collisionManager;
    public TextMeshProUGUI healthText;
    private String currentHealthText;
    private String maxHealthText;

    private void Update() 
    {
        slider.maxValue = collisionManager.maxPlayerHealth;
        UpdateHealthBar();
    }

    private void UpdateHealthBar()
    {
        float healthPercentage = (float)collisionManager.currentHealth / collisionManager.maxPlayerHealth;
        slider.value = healthPercentage;

        maxHealthText = collisionManager.maxPlayerHealth.ToString();
        currentHealthText = collisionManager.currentHealth.ToString();
        healthText.text = currentHealthText + "/" + maxHealthText;
    }
}   

[somber nacelle]

well it's not related to that error you posted

[random pelican]

heres the other script too

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

public class PlayerEnemyCollisionManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public AttackingEnemies enemyStats;
    public int currentHealth;
    public int maxPlayerHealth;

    private void Start() 
    {
        currentHealth = maxPlayerHealth;
    }

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D other) 
    {
        if(other.gameObject.CompareTag("Enemy"))
        {
            currentHealth -= enemyStats.enemyDamage;
            if(currentHealth <= 0)
            {
                Destroy(gameObject);
            }
        }
    }
}

[random pelican]

yeah sorry this is just not working and idk why

[somber nacelle]

any errors? and be more specific than "not working" what isn't working

[random pelican]

the health bar doesnt even start full and doesnt update and neither does the text

[somber nacelle]

well for starters, is this component actually attached to anything in the scene?
also you should ideally use a filled image rather than a slider, it will look better

[random pelican]

the health bar one is on the health bar slider and the collision one is on the player

[somber nacelle]

have you used breakpoints or logs to determine if your code is actually running?

[random pelican]

for some reason currentHealth = 0

wait

[random pelican]

i assing maxPlayerHealth to 12 and it does nothing still

[somber nacelle]

that doesn't answer the question i asked

[random pelican]

oh yeah and the current health = 0

[somber nacelle]

are you referencing the correct object

[random pelican]

maxPlayerHealth = 12

[somber nacelle]

for example, if the PlayerHealth component is referencing the player prefab instead of the instance of the player that would certainly be wrong

[toxic lodge]

you should change the variable in the inspector, if the variable is set to 0 in inspector script will think it is still 0

[random pelican]

i love you

[random pelican]

Thankyou bot~

both!

[quartz folio]

The docs have { 0, 3, 1, 2, 3, 0 } listed, but you'll need to do some debugging to show what corners the vertices are at for anyone to helpfully correct the indices

By logging their positions, or displaying labels at their positions

Can you view that from the back? Ie. is it renderered double-sided?

that's the only way I can understand your vertices

I would use 0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1 if I'm correct in understanding their layout

can you not look at the other side in the scene view?

Well, we don't really allow modding discussion here, partially because it's difficult to communicate solutions when so little of the editor is available to you.
Surely the indices are changing something? Regardless, you need to understand how meshes are constructed. I have a page on triangle winding order that also describes how triangle indices works that might help

[nimble cairn]

Hey guys, just a bit confused on when (or why) I should reference a component through the inspector rather than GetComponent<ComponentType>()

Are there instances where I should use one over the other?

What are the downfalls to both methods?

[latent latch]

convenience

[nimble cairn]

Are there any performance downside to assigning components through script rather than the inspector?

[latent latch]

downfall to linking it via editor is if you edit variables / serialized values and don't handle it correctly it will unbind from the editor, while doing it via component is more explicit to the location to where this reference may be.

performance-wise, you do know the direct reference to the component if linked via editor, but if you handle getcomponent correctly such that it doesn't need to linear search through hundreds of components/gameobjects then it should be minimal

[nimble cairn]

@latent latch Thanks! +rep

Just wanted to double check 👍

[quartz folio]

Personally I don't use GetComponent outside of setting up serialized references in Reset and dynamic use-cases.
Setup costs have always come back to haunt me, and so has placing extra requirements on the way components are set up

[latent latch]

I getcomponent usually if it's to that specific gameobject

feels strange to link it to itself otherwise

[quartz folio]

I don't, because I rarely create components where that's a requirement. I just set those references up in Reset for convenience, but they're still serialized

[latent latch]

If you were say working on some UI gameobject that had a Image component / Button and you had a script that interacts with it, I'd feel like that's a case where you'd just use getcomponent

unless you mean like you mostly keep a lot of that logic off those gameobjects and centralize it elsewhere

[indigo cobalt]

the interpolation value in lerp will automatically use 1 if given a value greater than 1 right?

[quartz folio]

Just like the button having a serialized reference to the image despite them being on the same object, I do the same

[quartz folio]

Unity's Lerp is clamped, yes. There is an Unclamped version

Whether or not it's clamped is up to the implementation

[indigo cobalt]

what's the unclamped one?

[indigo cobalt]

oh okay thanks

[shrewd roost]

this might be a thing with VS Code that is not applicable to Unity but has anyone had these popups in VS Code? it happens every time I save a script and seems to be 'Restoring' the same few scripts from my project constantly. it appears in the bottom right and doesn't really get in the way, but it's just annoying and idk why it's appearing

[rigid island]

VSCode being its typical charming self xD

are you using the Unity extension for VS ?

[deft spear]

How can I reset values in a component in editor when I stop play? OnApplicationQuit doesn't seem to work

[cosmic rain]

Values changed during play should reset automatically.

[deft spear]

@cosmic raincinemachineVirtualCamera.GetCinemachineComponent<CinemachineTransposer>().m_FollowOffset.y doesn't seem to

[cosmic rain]

Cinemachine? I think it had a setting somewhere to keep changes during play mode.🤔

[deft spear]

Oh yeah that checkbox was checked, maybe that is why

[cosmic rain]

Yep. That's why. It is so that you can get the settings you like in action and not lose them.

[terse turtle]

Is there a way to mark a scene? I am trying to mark scenes either Combat or Peaceful. How can this be done?

[shrewd roost]

oh, I'm not. didn't realise there was one. let me get that and see if that resolves it

[void basalt]

you could always just have an empty gameobject in every scene, with a script and a boolean whether it's combat or peaceful

if it tries to load a scene and can't find the script, throw an exception

[rigid island]

also config for unity by following this guide below

!vscode

[tawny elk]

Visual Studio Code guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[terse turtle]

Thank you! Just letting you know it worked!

[shrewd roost]

that seems to have fixed it, and now my awake, start, and update functions are no longer grayed out. thanks a lot

[sullen fern]

I'm using mouse delta in order to move my camera, but when starting the game in the editor it always moves a large amount at start sometimes bugging my script

[leaden ice]

maybe put a thing in to skip the first frame with #if UNITY_EDITOR 😜

[sullen fern]

i havent done that sort of code before

how would you skip the first frame?

[leaden ice]

Could be as simple as:

#if UNITY_EDITOR
  if (Time.frameCount <= 0) {
    return;
  }
#endif``` in Update

you can change the number to something higher if you need to skip multiple frames

[sullen fern]

I'll try that out

thank you

uh do i put this into like my update function?

[leaden ice]

I did say "in Update" didn't I?

[sullen fern]

youre right

im blind

took 4 extra frames but it seems like that has fixed it

thanks!

[terse turtle]

Why is Player Duplicating? c# private void Awake() { if (instance == null) { DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject); instance = this; } else if (instance != this) { Destroy(gameObject); } }
I have the same code on the GameManager, but that object doesn't duplicate?

[leaden ice]

Have you tried putting Debug.Log in here and seeing which code is and isn't running?

[terse turtle]

Yes

[leaden ice]

and? What were the results?

Where did you put logs? What printed?

[terse turtle]

Its printing at the instance !- this*

the null part is printed at the start of the game though

[leaden ice]

Then it's being destroyed

[terse turtle]

Yes

[leaden ice]

So it's working

[terse turtle]

This is happening though

[leaden ice]

And what are those objects? What components are on them?

[terse turtle]

Those are the Player.

[terse turtle]

Just found out that I was checking printing in another Script

The actual reality is that "instance == null" is getting called.

[cosmic rain]

Is instance static?

[terse turtle]

no

[cosmic rain]

Then it would be null of course

[leaden ice]

well then of course it won't work

[terse turtle]

Thanks for the help. 😄 I need to be more attentive to my code.

[fervent coyote]

Hello, I am getting a weird error when making projectiles:
This is the code that runs Instantiating projectiles:
GameObject _spawnedProjectile = GameObject.Instantiate(_Combat._Projectile, origin.transform.position + new Vector3(0, 0.6f * (_charcontroller.height / 2), 0) + pos + (origin.transform.right * 0.2f), Quaternion.Euler(dir));
And this is what dir is
MainCamera.transform.forward
Using debug, it turns out dir is approx: (-0.00872, 0.00034, -0.00017, 0.99996)
However, using dir is also used for raycasts, and raycasting (And debugging raycasting while I'm at it) works fine! How can I convert so the projectiles will work correctly? Thanks

Okay, so I know what I'm doing wrong...

Unity is weird with rotations. So I guess my question is, how do I convert transform.forward directions to eulerAngle directions. I really prefer to use just one dir in my code as it is used by both the player and NPCs to shoot

[mellow sigil]

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

[fervent coyote]

Thank you so much

[mellow sigil]

you can just use MainCamera.transform.rotation though

[fervent coyote]

Oh, I know

So, basically, dir is used for raycasts (hitscan). And also, it is using both the player AND the NPC view. For the player, it is as described above, for NPCs:

(target.transform.position + (Vector3.down * 0.5f)) - transform.position

Essentially, i guess this is setup for Raycasts

Before, I just did use what you recommended me for both the player and NPCs... However, I wanted to combine both into one script since they work basically the same. So, when I did, this issue came up

Thank you for your help, works flawlessly!

[lofty crest]

I am trying to make a dialogue system i have a dialogue trigger on my npc.

On my dialogue box i have a dialogue manager

but it just wont trigger,

[knotty sun]

so how are your colliders and rigidbodies set up?

[lofty crest]

i have a rigidbody on my player that is dynamic as well as a box collider 2d on my npc i have a boxcollider set to is trigger, and a static rigid body

this is on my npc

[knotty sun]

So you need to add some Debugs to your Trigger script to see what is/not happening

[lofty crest]

ok wait where do i put the debug triggers?

[cosmic rain]

In code

[knotty sun]

do you not know what Debug.Log is?

[lofty crest]

i do i just dont really know where i put it

can it just be put anywhere?

[knotty sun]

what code do you expect to run when a Trigger happens?

[lofty crest]

i am trying to follow along this video and understand it, and i just dont know what is wrong

[knotty sun]

answer my question

[lofty crest]

well if i understand correctly, in unity i can create elements which have the dialogue lines or icons etc, and then sends it to the dialogue manager when the player collides with the npc

[knotty sun]

that is not what I asked.
Specifically which method in your code should run when a trigger happens?

[lofty crest]

is it not public void TriggerDialogue ()

[knotty sun]

no it is not

[lofty crest]

then im missing something

[knotty sun]

where does TriggerDialogue get called from

[lofty crest]

is it private void OnTriggerEnter2D (Collider2D collision)
{
if (collision.tag == "Player")
{
TriggerDialogue();
}
}

sorry im a begginer

[knotty sun]

yes, so that is where you need to add Debug statements

but this shows you have made all of this code and not understood a single thing about it. Programming is not just about writing code you must also understand every word that you write

[lofty crest]

wait what is wrong here on line 39

[knotty sun]

That is not how you write Debug.Log statements.
If you dont know something go and look it up in the documentation

that is also not where you want the statements, it would be pointless

[dusk apex]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html

[lofty crest]

@knotty sun based on the Debug.Log it is triggering

[knotty sun]

show code and console

[knotty sun]

ok, so now we need to know what is triggering this if it is not the player. So add the collision tag to your debug.log

[lofty crest]

it gets triggered when the player walks onto the npc

the player is triggering it

[knotty sun]

no, it gets triggered when anything enters the trigger

how do you know it is the player if you do not show that in the debug.log?

[lofty crest]

while looking at the console the console is empty until the player walks onto the thing

[knotty sun]

but it says player because you have hardcoded "Player" not because it is the player

[dusk apex]

Debug.Log($"{collision.name} triggered {name}", collision);```

[fervent furnace]

it can be maincamera if you tag it to be main camera

[knotty sun]

we need the tag in the debug

[native fable]

Hello

When I recompile scripts, subscriptions to buttons in the editor window fall off, well, in general, everything is reset, the objects are null

Is it possible to fix this somehow? Should I re-init?

[cosmic rain]

Are you setting up references in play mode perhaps?🤔

[lofty crest]

but the console is empty until the player walks over the thing

[dusk apex]

True but clicking the message will take him to the object so he can verify - unfortunately, not us though.

[knotty sun]

irrelevant

[dusk apex]

Did you try logging this? @lofty crest

[lofty crest]

doing that now

[dusk apex]

Make sure to click the message and see which object becomes highlighted yellow

[dusk apex]

Is it the expected object?

[lofty crest]

yes the player is the object that triggers the shroudling

[fervent furnace]

use .comparetag to see if there is player tag first
then check the tag of the object that "looks like player"

[dusk apex]

Is the object tagged correctly in the inspector?

[knotty sun]

show the inspector of the Player object

[dusk apex]

We need to see the tags above

Note that Player object needs to be tagged "Player"

[lofty crest]

ah

im so stupid

[dusk apex]

Without quotations

[native fable]

you misunderstood me, I have an editorWindow and several buttons in it, with their own handlers (made at events). When recompiling scripts, subscriptions disappear and you have to constantly close/open the window

[lofty crest]

ok it is working

[cosmic rain]

Oh, I see.
There must be some callback that you can hook to that is invoked after assembly reload.

[lofty crest]

thank you so much

[cosmic rain]

InitializeOnLoad attribute maybe?

[native fable]

I found such events, but then it’s not very clear how to correctly unsubscribe from them

[cosmic rain]

Doesn't sound like a great way. Assembly reload is not just compilation. You might be executing code when the objects are not even initialized yet.@native fable

[knotty sun]

I have found calling Init from OnFocus works well for this. You just need to set up a bool so it doesn't get Init'ed more than once

        protected void OnFocus()
        {
            if (error == null)
            {
                Init();
            }
        }

        internal void Init()
        {
            error = new ErrorLine(this);
            Initialize();
            this.Show();
        }

[native fable]

But how will this help if all objects become null and subscriptions to button events remain?

[cosmic rain]

InitializeOnLoad/InitializeOnLoadMethod attributes docs literally say that they are for keeping your editor scripts initialized on domain reloads.

[knotty sun]

unsubsribe in OnDestroy

[native fable]

the window in this case is not destroyed, I don’t close it

[knotty sun]

but the domain reload does

[quaint crypt]

hello, I am developing a multiplayer game, with NGO (I dont want to use steamworks p2p or anything low level like that), but also want some steam integration such as: being able to join steam friend lobbies via right click -> join, or being able to find friend servers via the server browser. what addons / packages do you recommend for me to use to speed things up?

[native fable]

but OnDestroy is not called, where else can you unsubscribe?

[knotty sun]

It's being called for me

[cosmic rain]

I'd assume that whatever you subscribe to is unloaded as well. In this case, there's nothing to cause a problem.

[native fable]

Everything is unloaded, yes, but the window does not close, I continue to click on the buttons and nothing happens, and when I try to close the window, OnDestroy is called and null refernce is shown on those objects that were unloaded

[knotty sun]

is this IMGUI or UIToolkit ?

[native fable]

This is default unity EditorWindow

Editor tool

[knotty sun]

Then IMGUI. Take a look at AssemblyReloadEvents

btw I build all of my new Editor tooling using UIToolkit it is so much better than IMGUI

[native fable]

somehow this is correct?

[native fable]

like this?

    public class SdkManager : OdinMenuEditorWindow
    {
        [SerializeField]
        private SwitchSdkView switchSdkView = new SwitchSdkView();
        private SwitchSdkProcessor _switchSdkProcessor;

        [MenuItem("Sdk/SDKSwitcher/Window")]
        private static void OpenWindow()
        {
            var window = GetWindow<SdkManager>();
            Debug.Log("ShowWindow");
            window.Show();
        }
        protected override void OnEnable()
        {
            base.OnEnable();
            AssemblyReloadEvents.beforeAssemblyReload += OnBeforeAssemblyReload;
            AssemblyReloadEvents.afterAssemblyReload += OnAfterAssemblyReload;
        }
        
        protected override void OnDisable()
        {
            base.OnDisable();
            AssemblyReloadEvents.beforeAssemblyReload -= OnBeforeAssemblyReload;
            AssemblyReloadEvents.afterAssemblyReload -= OnAfterAssemblyReload;
        }

        private void OnAfterAssemblyReload() => Init();
        private void OnBeforeAssemblyReload() => Dispose();
        
        protected override void OnDestroy()
        {
            base.OnDestroy();
            Dispose();
        }

        private void Init()
        {
            _switchSdkProcessor = new SwitchSdkProcessor();
            _switchSdkProcessor.Init(switchSdkView);
        }

        private void Dispose() => _switchSdkProcessor.Dispose();

        protected override OdinMenuTree BuildMenuTree()
        {
            OdinMenuTree tree = new OdinMenuTree(supportsMultiSelect: true)
            {
                { "Switch", switchSdkView, SdfIconType.ToggleOn }
            };
            
            return tree;
        }
    }

[knotty sun]

seems sensible, yes

[distant ice]

Is this a place I could ask about Vivox?
I'm struggling really hard to be able to start the vivox client muted x.x

[thin aurora]

Asking questions about specific libraries usually do not fit here unless they ar every commonly used. I never heard of Vivox, and I don't think you really can get an answer here

You're better off asking in their server if they have one

[vapid condor]

Vivox is an offical unity package tough

[heady iris]

Is there a decent way to get a REPL (i.e. an interactive C# interpreter) in Unity?

I want to play with some Json.NET stuff.

it'd just be more convenient than repeatedly editing and recompiling the test code

[late lion]

Unity used to develop a package for this, but it's very outdated now. No idea if it still works.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.immediate-window@1.1/manual/index.html

[heady iris]

oh, neat

uh oh

[late lion]

Rider also has an immediate scripting window when you're paused on a breakpoint, but then you have to have somewhere to pause.

[heady iris]

oh right, I think you can do that in VSCode as well

[late lion]

This fork has a fix for that it seems:
https://github.com/mminer/com.unity.immediate-window

[heady iris]

I might check that out later, but this works great! Thanks!

[brazen pebble]

ok - my google skills are failing me. I'm trying to create a global list (probably a scriptable object) that contains a list of ItemOptions class. Then in my Item class I want to have a list of ItemOptions but only pick specific ones from the global list - preferably in the inspector. Is that possible? I'm failing to come up with ideas...

[storm bough]

Hey, guys, not sure where to post this? I was only hoping for some advice. I was asked if it was possible to make a desktop application in Unity, the purpose of which would be to have a button that you press to select files (in Windows explorer), and then build an asset bundle from these selected files via another button. I tried googling around but there is a big issue number one - you cant use Unity Editor commands in a build, and I'm not sure I can build asset bundles without using Unity Editor?
Any advice on if such app is even possible to make?
Edit: I do know how to normally make asset bundles in Unity. They were hoping to make an app that can do this automatically without running Unity engine for it.

[knotty sun]

Simple answer, not possible

[storm bough]

Thank you, that's all I was looking for. 💀

[round violet]

hello,
im trying to get the source collider of a OnCollisionExit, since its a child i am using .GetContact(0).thisCollider
but when doing this i get an error (there are 0 contact)

i dont understand why this doesnt work, because it does with OnCollisionEnter

[hexed pecan]

I suppose that there just are no contacts since the collision ended

[round violet]

for more clarity:

parent : script + rigidboy
childs : collider

[round violet]

it feels weird, why cant i know what left what ?

[hexed pecan]

Not sure, I never even thought of that.
Check the answers here, might help
https://discussions.unity.com/t/u5-no-contactpoints-in-oncollisionexit/132154

Seems like checking the last contacts from OnCollisionStay could work.
I'm not sure though - it seems really hacky

[round violet]

yeah

ty for trying to help

whats weird is that in the docs its says it returns the collision data
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnCollisionExit.html

edit: its the data of the other collider i dont want

[polar marten]

while i'm not sure why there are no contacts, you will have to hold onto the state in oncollisionenter

[tired pecan]

can somebody pls help me im trying since an hour or so to code a basic jump n run controller with the new input system but whenever i change a random thing i the code unity says nullreferenceexcaption what does this even mean

[round violet]

i forgot to edit my message, i updated my code
i have each of my child using OnCollision and calling a parentOnCollisionExit with the Collision and self

[rigid island]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[round violet]

this way i got the child who got entered and exited

the issue is i have to use more rigidbodies

[polar marten]

with unirx, you can do

this.OnCollisionEnterAsObservable()
 .SelectMany(entered => this.OnCollisionExitAsObservable()
                            .Where(exited => exited .collider == entered.collider)
                            .Select(_ => entered))
 .Take(1)
 .RepeatUntilDestroy(this)
 .Subscribe(thisArgumentIsTheColliderWeEnteredWith_CalledAtTheTimeItExits => { ... });

[round violet]

ima be honest this code is to complex for me

[polar marten]

tough cookie.

[tired pecan]

but there is a variable with a value assigned😭 i dont even change something in this section its like opening the door and now the window doesnt work

[polar marten]

that's one way of many to express "i want the collidered we entered with at the time that it exits"

you can create a bunch of variables and fields to do the same thing, it will be more code, more buggy and more complex

[rigid island]

the error is telling you otherwise, you have to show the complete stack trace

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception/stack-trace

[tired pecan]

yeah i understood nothing sry

[round violet]

im not saying your code is bad, im just saying i dont want to copy paste some code i dont truly understand
i appreciate your effort, ill find a way, even if its buggy, learning isnt perfect when you start

[rigid island]

its telling you in the link what to look for, if that confuses you.. then you should start with some basic courses

[tired pecan]

i did. really. but you write exactly the same code and have errors i hate it

[rigid island]

this isn't helpful. get the stack trace and we can start with something otherwise this is wasting time lol

also this goes in the #💻┃code-beginner

[tired pecan]

sry

[polar marten]

you will have to share the snippet with the error.

[tired pecan]

i restarted visual studio and now everything works wtf. don´t even try explaining me this i won´t understand

[swift falcon]

[idle oxide]

So I've been just simply trying to get some sort of detection that would allow enemies to see the player to work. I'm just trying to shoot a ray to the player position from the enemy and if it hits the player it will do something but I'm encountering a problem which I can't figure out why it's happening (tbh it's probably something stupid and I'm just too blind to see it). I would really appreciate any help!
Code: https://gdl.space/qusutafimu.cpp

[random relic]

i want to make planets on wich you can walk i got that but i dont know how to rotate the camera when walking around the planet

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

public class GravityControll : MonoBehaviour
{


    public GravityOrbit gravity;
    private Rigidbody rb;
    public float RotationSpeed;


    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void FixedUpdate()
    {


        if (gravity)
        {
            Vector3 gravityUp = Vector3.zero;
            gravityUp = (transform.position - gravity.transform.position).normalized;


            Vector3 localUp = transform.up;
            Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(localUp, gravityUp) * transform.rotation;

            transform.up = Vector3.Lerp(transform.up, gravityUp, RotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

            rb.AddForce(-gravityUp * gravity.Gravity);
        }

    }
}

this is the code for the gravity

[swift falcon]

Hello! I am trying to update a variable named questionItem in questionManager and when im trying to see it in the inspector, it doesnt update properly, it remains the value before

[somber nacelle]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[swift falcon]

ok imma modify

[swift falcon]

questionManager: https://paste.ofcode.org/zcaHB5uyArceSuxf5NaRbL
answer: https://paste.ofcode.org/vwxPAjM6RbJEdQKWi6CPtb

@somber nacelle is it good now?

[somber nacelle]

now instead of making everyone dig through your code, why don't you tell us where you are trying to do this

[swift falcon]

OnValueChanged() and isCorrectToggled() in Answer

[somber nacelle]

well for starters, that questionItem variable in Answer is unrelated to the one in questionManager. now explain what you mean when you say "it doesn't update properly"

[swift falcon]

it just remains like before

[somber nacelle]

in what way

keep in mind that i am neither a mind reader, nor can i see your screen

[swift falcon]

im trying to update questionitem to the first item in OnPrev() in questionManager

and the second in OnNext()

i meant the children objects in questionManager

[somber nacelle]

well again, i don't know what you mean by that. and also none of the code in the Answer class does anything to any child objects

nor does it do anything at all to questionManager

[swift falcon]

as you can see in the right, the elements update in the second question even though i have selected the first one. the update code uses questionItem

[somber nacelle]

you need to show your Question class since that is where anything is happening. your Answer class does not touch questionManager at all
this also appears to be a mess of singletons that are going to be a bitch to untangle and debug

[swift falcon]

answer does not indeed touch questionManager, but questionManager touches answer

[somber nacelle]

and yet you said your issue is within the methods inside of Answer, which do nothing at all to anything inside of questionManager

[swift falcon]

https://paste.ofcode.org/PZgW8YNtcDtHRAMDEQCdaf

question script

[somber nacelle]

jesus this really is a gigantic mess of GameObject.Find calls, singletons, and relying on gameobject names. you're going to need to use the debugger to figure this out yourself

https://unity.huh.how/debugging

[swift falcon]

imma use it then

[keen smelt]

Hello friends. I just figured out how to actually use singletons properly. God I'm such an idiot. Life is good. I just needed to share. That is all, thank you all!

[hexed pecan]

A ray needs a position and a direction.
You are currently using two positions

Change targetPos to "targetDir". You can calculate a direction from vector A to vector B with B - A

[idle oxide]

So I should just do pos-targetPos and use that instead?

[hexed pecan]

B - A, not A - B

So target.transform.position - pos

[idle oxide]

Okay thank you I will try that out!

[swift falcon]

I can still play my game and it works fine can I just live with my life and move on?

[oak siren]

Looking for some advice on how to structure code in C# and unity.
I'm working on a game which I want to contain a large number of items, skills & enemies, somewhere in the 100s total.
Each of the 3 categories follows the same principle design of having 1 abstract class, and then everything inheriting from those.
The problem arising from this is how to cleanly define these items/skills/enemies, as it feels like a lot of classes which may not be necessary.
The way I would approach this problem naively would just be by creating 100s of classes with constructors defining the different fields (say damage for item), and some of those having a special behavior when attacking, for which I would have a method to be executed on an attack.

Performance isn't a huge priority for me, as this would mostly be a turn based game during the times when this would matter, but I'd still be very interested in better performing solutions that offer the same features and logical encapsulation.

I'm looking for alternative approaches to this problem, whether that is defining some stuff in XML (like the basic fields they inherit), and then reading that into a Dictionary which I would use in my constructors, or something else that c# or unity allows me to do (maybe these should all be prefabs? I'm worried about the moddability of that).

What I do like about the current approach is that I would definitely be able to keep all the data & logic of any item/skill/entity in one file, which is quite nice.

Here is an example:
I have an item class
I have a weapon class which inherits from that item class, this weapon class has some custom functions.
I have a sword class which inherits from that weapon class and changes a lot of fundamental field values
I have 5 generic swords which might make slight changes to fields
I have a special sword which wants to override a base function defined in weapon to add some functionality.

Any advice would be much appreciated and sorry for the long post

[somber tapir]

I usually use ScriptableObjects with Serialized classes https://github.com/mackysoft/Unity-SerializeReferenceExtensions

[latent latch]

Scriptable objects for the most part when it comes to defining different values, but if you want to go with a composition approach you can define most unique logic in the sword class then check at runtime how it's constructed

[oak siren]

Alright, ty @somber tapir @latent latch, I'll look into those for a bit and see if they're a good fit. At first glance they do seem to be more 'unity' than pure classes (especially since they'd allow non-programmers to more easily modify certain fields) but I don't immediately see any fundamental differences in the way I'd use them vs what I was thinking before

[oak siren]

I couldn't think of a way to do composition for this setup which I would be 'happy' with

[rigid island]

they're pretty much the same as POCO except a few unity quirks

the major benefit is making many different as assets

[oak siren]

and being able to author them in the editor I assume?

But yeah ok

[rigid island]

you can make them through code as well but typically You create an asset with a Menu button

they're quite powerful

Oligatory vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raQ3iHhE_Kk

[latent latch]

It comes down to do you want to make a bunch classes for each sword, or do you prefer a single class and just component check from that. It's just that if you do want to share some functionality with all these unique weapons then you're best to keep it all together.

[oak siren]

That's fair, and I would probably run into some issues with that because there would be a lot of overlap between custom and custom bows as well

[oak siren]

ty will take a look

[latent latch]

edge cases are more of a programmer error. If there's bad combinations then just dont craft them ;)

but hey, maybe you do eventually want a bow that shoots out sword beams

[oak siren]

I meant more that like if I'd want some specific stats in some custom weapons to be randomized eg golden bows and golden swords would both get between 1 and 5 bonus dmg, this would be annoying to do without some composition, especially since the logic could be identical so it wouldn't be super great as an interface either

like an IGolden wouldn't rly work

Or well it would

[latent latch]

Well, you'd have a sword an bow class derived

that's fine for polymorphism

[oak siren]

but it'd be annoying to have to copy paste the exact same code every time

[somber tapir]

if you have to copy paste the same code than you are doing something wrong.

[oak siren]

exactly

[latent latch]

I just wouldn't make two sword classes where one shoots beams of light, and the other that does a whirlwind attack, but later on want a sword that shoots beams of light and does a whirlwind attack

[oak siren]

That's fair

[latent latch]

But if it's just a handful of classes then it's probably fine. I'm just speaking for expandability

Not everyone is making a looter shooter

[oak siren]

Hey I mean it's still worth thinking about I think

But tbf I don't think it would really change my architecture fundamentally

I could add a separate skill effect or something later

So that's not a super big concern rn

I think

[polar marten]

// attached to base prefab
abstract class Weapon : MonoBehaviour {
 abstract async Task<...> Attack(Context context);
} 

// attached to prefab variant
class ScimitarOfGonads : Weapon {
 public float range, damage, duration;
 async Task<...> Attack(Context context) {
  await Attacks.Whirlwind(context, range, damage, duration);
  await context.Delay(0.3f /*seconds*/);
  await Attacks.Beam(context, range, damage, duration);
 }
}

@oak siren

however if you are making this kind of game for PC, use Unreal, and use its Gameplay Attribute System

[latent latch]

You see, the thing with this is you can very much do this at the Weapon class level but having a container of actions or delegates which you'd invoke. This information would be provided by the SO data, which gives it the identity it needs.

[polar marten]

all of that indirection is zero ROI

use a prefab, it's better

i wouldn't ever program inside a scriptable object

lists of actions and delegates to invoke => a method

just write a method

[oak siren]

As much as unreal has some cool stuff, I'd like the game to be moddable, I really like C# as a language, and I'm not a fan of blueprints 'logic'

[polar marten]

it's all the cart before the horse

i wouldn't invent a programming language inside XML

[latent latch]

It doesn't need to be on the SO, but on the class itself. You can simply map keys to the method which you'd populate the container with.

[polar marten]

mapping keys to methods, populates, containers... just write the method and call it

[oak siren]

And I also don't expect to run into performance bottlenecks

[polar marten]

i really wouldn't overthink it

[oak siren]

I was trying to take inspiration from the way rimworld manages this stuff

[polar marten]

rimworld is good despite of how it's authored, not because of

[oak siren]

lol

[latent latch]

You still need to make a bunch of different classes, and prefabs where you can just have a general Weapon prefab to build upon.

[polar marten]

yeah it's im possible to not write code

you will be writing code somewhere

[oak siren]

But so fundamentally you'd more or less suggest I go with my original approach

[polar marten]

it's upt o you: do you want the code to be written in C#, or do you want it written in XML

yes, but i am trying to illuminate that an effect is "just" a static method somewhere

[oak siren]

fair

[amber sinew]

@oak siren Like other people said, scriptable objets using custom editors might save you a lot of trouble. If any weapon can be summed as a collection of values and pre-defined behaviors/objects that can themselves be stored as assets, then you don't need to write them manually through a constructor.

[polar marten]

if you want to make a method reusable, i guess, you know, make it a method and call it in mulitple places

don't do any scriptable objects or editors or whatever

all of that stuff is a colossal waste of time

trust me

it takes 5s to write a constructor and it will tell you if you've made a mistake.

[latent latch]

scriptable objects for data is fine for reusability

there's a reason we use it over plain text or json everywhere (otherwise enjoy explicitly typing out asset paths)

but again, I speak for making more than 5+ weapons

[amber sinew]

Also, you can define "default" behaviors for any field that is left unfilled. For example, if you have an "axe" scriptable object, it can be assumed that the very vast majority will share similar base traits, maybe the same attack speed, base damage, attack animation,... in which case you will only need to fill these values if you want to override the default behavior

[oak siren]

well yes but I would be able to do that with a normal class/constructor anyway

[amber sinew]

In this case, you will only have to write one constructor per weapon category. How you define these weapon categories is up to you

It's mostly about reusability, and ease of use. There are multiple ways of achieving that result, but using scriptable objects makes editing stats, models, animations much simpler than going through constructors

[rocky jackal]

can i somehow turn all these variables into the default variables from my script ?

[polar marten]

triple button, reset

you can also right click on any value

[rocky jackal]

oh no, i meant the other way arround so the default variables become the shown variables

[polar marten]

and i think it has reset as an option

[polar marten]

no. you can create a prefab with the script attached and use variants of it

not in one command. you can certainly just copy and paste the values in

into the .cs file

or create a preset

that's the button that looks like two bars with knobs in them

to the left of the triple dots

[civic folio]

How would you go about detecting mouse click at a point somewhere along a dynamic 2d path?

[polar marten]

what is a dynamic 2d path? do you mean a LineRenderer?

[civic folio]

I could use a line renderer

so yes

[hexed pecan]

@civic folio Search the web for a function that gives you a distance from a point to a line segment

Just make sure to have all the coordinates in the same Space (world or screen space)

[leaden ice]

you mean a spline probably

Most spline frameworks give some kind of "GetNearestPointOnSpline" function

[civic folio]

I thought splines are always curves

[leaden ice]

they can be curvy or jagged

generally curves yes

"dynamic 2d path" was quite vague

[civic folio]

wasn't sure how to call it

I was thinking of Sebastian Lague's logic simulator and how you can click at any point to split the wires

and how the corner rounding works, a fixed distance bezier curve?

I tried reading the source code of that once but I think it was a little beyond my knowledge

[rigid island]

pretty sure the new splines package can do Branching

[leaden ice]

These would absolutely be splines

[civic folio]

what's the difference between a spline and an array of points

I always thought about splines like of bezier curves

[hexed pecan]

GetNearestPoint would convert the spline into an array of points anyway, AFAIK

Splines allow for infinite curvature, an array of points doesn't

[leaden ice]

A spline is a curve. It might involve an array of points as part of how it's defined.
An array of points is just an array of points.

[sharp lotus]

hey gang, im having an issue where when in the editor i run my menu scene, with a canvas button for "play", it all works and executes without error. but when i build it it sorta locks up on clicking the play button. the button does even change color upon clicking, but then just stays like that

i can provide more info if needed, or even the build. im just unsure what i can share that may help

[somber nacelle]

start by checking the player !logs to see if there are any errors happening when you click the play button

[tawny elk]

📝 Logs

Documentation

Editor logs

Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\Editor.log
MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/Unity/Editor.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Editor.log

Unity Hub

Windows: %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs
Mac: ~/Library/Application support/UnityHub/logs
Linux: ~/.config/UnityHub/logs

[sharp lotus]

by running the build or in the editor?

[somber nacelle]

the build since that is where your issue is happening. you don't need to manually look at the player log when using the editor since exceptions and logs are printed to the console

[dim umbra]

What's a good way to have an enemy damage you, but be killed by getting jumped on? I've tried a few different methods but they all seem to have flaws, mostly due to how fast the player could be moving when they're falling on an enemy

[hexed oak]

Is there a way to prioritize something to run before unity encounters the "enter safe mode" screen? I'd like to make a junction to another folder before it opens

[rigid island]

what problem are you having, you can do it different ways including just math or just triggers

[dim umbra]

The way I'm doing it now is that I check if the player is touching the enemy, has downward velocity, and is more than a certain height above the enemy. This doesn't work because with how fast the player is traveling, it occasionally goes below that height threshold and thus doesn't kill the enemy. If I make the threshold any lower, you'll be able to kill the enemy just by running into the side of it with a downward velocity

Basically it's not touching the enemy one frame, and by the next frame it's already below the threshold

[rigid island]

what about just putting a trigger just on the head where its only hittable from above?

Another way i would try it is using Dot product or something like that on the head

and only make it count as kill if the hit/collision point is within that dot product

[dim umbra]

I think that could work if I also had a trigger on just the bottom part of my player, so it wouldn't trigger by running into the side of it with downward velocity

I'll try it

[vagrant agate]

Show a picture of what you mean by stretching

[pulsar holly]

Whenever I try to rotate an object, it doesn't go down when the angle changes, it moves depending on the angle.

I'll show the code ASAP

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[pulsar holly]

https://pastecode.io/s/apbvhyqp

[viral prairie]

Hello i am currently trying my luck with multiplayer and i have come across the problem that i am trying to fill the network prefab lists of the network manager but the list just "wants" so called "Network Prefab List" as a object,
i have no clue to what this could be or why it doesnt want objects.
does anybody now something more?

[somber nacelle]

#archived-networking
also https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects@1.6/api/Unity.Netcode.NetworkPrefabsList.html

[viral prairie]

ok thanks i didnt knew that channel existed

[rigid island]

were you just guessing your way though ?

[pulsar holly]

Whenever I try to rotate an object, it doesn't go down when the angle changes, it moves depending on the angle.

[somber nacelle]

i hope you realize that just simply reposting the same thing with no additional details isn't going to get you an answer any faster

[pulsar holly]

Here's the code: https://pastecode.io/s/apbvhyqp

[vagrant agate]

You are going to have to articulate your problem a little better.

Are you having a rotation problem or a movement problem?

This code you have is doing you a disservice. If you are looking for 2d movement you should learn some better fundamentals

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unity+2d+movement

[pulsar holly]

The object is moving in the direction of the z rotation axis.

It's not going down despite the direction.

[vagrant agate]

Yea im going to be honest, your code has a multitude of design problems ,if you continue coding your movement like this, you will continue to have unexpected behavior.

I would advise you learn some better movement methods, we would have to rewrite your whole movement logic, unless someone else wants to step up to this one lol.

[rigid island]

holy mother of sun

why

[cosmic rain]

Yandere dev apprentice

[somber nacelle]

every time they've posted code they've been asked to format it correctly. they still refuse to. and they keep using these sites that don't even offer syntax highlighting so reading it is an absolute pain

[vagrant agate]

I commend you for trying but really, you should use this link and watch some videos: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unity+2d+movement

[rigid island]

yea formatting does huge difference, even still this code is scary looking lol

[cosmic rain]

One thing that stand out right away is that you're not using transform.rotation correctly.

[rigid island]

dude hates brackets fr

[cosmic rain]

What do you think transform.rotation is? What type is it?

[rigid island]

the only one that might have a chance is rotation.x == 0

even still float point approx is needed prob (but yeah rotation is prob not what you think it is)

[pulsar holly]

Where should I put the brackets?

[vagrant agate]

You dont have to use brackets for your code to work. Its a preference thing. But when you are not using brackets you should add spacing below each portion

[pulsar holly]

Why is the position changing based of the rotation?

If the rotation is 180, the game object doesn't go down.

[rigid island]

because you're using Quaternions

they never reach above 1

[pulsar holly]

How do I fix it?

[rigid island]

use euler angles

[pulsar holly]

How do I do that?

[rigid island]

have you tried googling it

[pulsar holly]

I just did

[rigid island]

and?

should be first result

[cosmic rain]

Honestly, this should be in #💻┃code-beginner at this point.

[cosmic rain]

Are you following a tutorial or writing code randomly?

[vagrant agate]

i sure hope that isnt a tutorial on the internet

[rigid island]

at this point nothing surpise me if it were xD

[pulsar holly]

I'm using tutorials, I think.

[vagrant blade]

Are you not human enough to know? What kind of statement is that? Are you or are you not following a guide in some form?

[vagrant agate]

Anthony kind of reminds me of hitting regenerate response on chat gpt question

[swift falcon]

#if UNITY_EDITOR

using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Tilemaps;

[CustomEditor( typeof( Tilemap ) )]
public class SceneMouse : Editor
{
    public Vector3 MousePos;

    void OnSceneGUI(SceneView sceneView)
    {  
        // Vector3 mousePosition = Event.current.mousePosition;
        // MousePos.y = sceneView.camera.pixelHeight - mousePosition.y;
        // MousePos = sceneView.camera.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);
        // MousePos.y = -mousePosition.y;

        // Debug.Log("OnSceneGUI");
    }
}
#endif```What are these?

am i using OnSceneGUI wrong?

[somber nacelle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Editor.OnSceneGUI.html
yes, it does not appear to have any parameters

[swift falcon]

oh

copied it from a forum,

right, this

[dim umbra]

I have a rotating circle collider, how can I make an object copy its position exactly without rotating? I tried using a script to do this, but the object always trailed one frame behind the position of the circle collider, which messes up my collision detection

to be clear, the script set the objects position to the circle's position every fixed update

[somber nacelle]

is the circle's position also changing in FixedUpdate? if not, then the issue is because you are changing the position on a different time step

[dim umbra]

It's just a physics object, so I assume yes

Is there something like "LateFixedUpdate"?

[somber nacelle]

no, you could try LateUpdate though. or even Update. or a coroutine with yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate. physics updates after FixedUpdate but before WaitForFixedUpdate and Update

[dim umbra]

Doesn't seem to fix the problem

[tall lagoon]

hey guys im doing a science fair project and i need help with collsions so i have this cube that learns how to navigate the course by collidng with these walls and in order to learn i run this code when it collides the ones that are facing straight at the bottom of the picture at set at 0 and the one snext to rotated one is 90 and these perfecly fine but when the cube hits the 45 degree angle on it dosent even collide with it when i debug.log i can conform without the 45 degree angle check it collides but when i add it to the if stement it dosent detect collison anymore.is it bc its a child?

or what could be wrong?

its 45 in code and inspector

[somber nacelle]

don't base your logic on the eulerAngles like that. they are interpreted from the quaternion at the time you access them and may not be what you are expecting them to be because multiple sets of angles can be the same rotation

https://unity.huh.how/programming/quaternions/members#note

[tall lagoon]

so how should i check if the y rotation is 45?

[dim umbra]

I guess what I would need is for it to be at the exact same position as the circle, after the circle's position updates but before it checks collision. Is that even possible to do?

[tall lagoon]

should i do this insted?

[somber nacelle]

no because that's basically the same thing

[tall lagoon]

should i do localeuler angles sicne its a child?

[somber nacelle]

no because that is still basically the same thing

[tall lagoon]

so what should i use insted if quaternions are not angles?

[somber nacelle]

accessing differently named properties that all do the same thing (interpret eulerAngles from a quaternion) is all going to lead to the same issue where the returned angle may not be what you expect. not only that but floating point imprecision is going to cause issues with equality

[somber nacelle]

did you even bother reading the information in the link i shared?

[tall lagoon]

yeah

see

[somber nacelle]

okay well that's not even the important part since you weren't reading the individual components of a quaternion

[tall lagoon]

its says i hsould familerize myself with.dot prduct

[lean sail]

what importance is 45 degrees specifically in your game? what are you trying to do with this cube that learns to navigate

[tall lagoon]

im checking bc the way it collides i need to check when it exits if its xposition is less than hte

checkpoint postion

its really imporatnt

but it depends on the rot

and its weird

but its the way the ai learns

[somber nacelle]

this feels like you're trying to recreate ML agents without actually using ML

[tall lagoon]

im using ml agn\ents

thats what im using for this project

[tall lagoon]

could u plz show me the fix for this solutionplz then ill look into it afterwards

i prmoise

i just need this quicly bc i need have something to show in1 hour

[lean sail]

what specifically does that have to do with the 45 degree angle?

[somber nacelle]

sorry mate, i'm not doing your homework for you 🤷‍♂️

[tall lagoon]

basically it glitche sout a bit when going ot the next target and detetct ing walls so when its 90 or 0 i can check from the ckeckpoint if when the cube exits it checkpoint rot is 0 and if it is and exits and its z pos is larger than we know not go back wards

so for the 45

i need to check the x pos

and if the x pos is less than

the chkecpoint pos

bc for the ones with 0 rot we check if the cube is above it

and when its 45 we need to go to the x pos

or check x pos i mean

[tall lagoon]

could u atleast give me another hiunt?

or something im doing wotng?

plz

[dim umbra]

@somber nacelle Do you know if there's a way to do this?

[potent saffron]

Hello! My name is Ricky, and me and a friend are making a simple horror game, in a forrest within a maze. We have been using Unity Terrain - HDRP Demo Scene (and ofcourse HDRP) and started to aid foilage like grass and bushes to our floor. They are just spread around and dont look like much but are bursting with verticies causing this monstrosty of a stats window.

I have no clue what to do and how to get this to run proparly. Can anyone point out any suggestions?

• Ricky

Occlusion culling does'nt do anything for the performance.

[lean sail]

what you're describing is basically to gibberish to others. The rotation of an object has nothing to do with where a cube is, so it doesnt really make sense. Still got no clue what you're trying to ask tbh

[lean sail]

this isnt a coding question, but also hdrp is gonna be bad performance. You definitely dont even need hdrp, just go urp

[dim umbra]

I think my previous question was confusing so here's a video of what I'm talking about

The box collider should stay in the same relative position the whole time but doesn't

[rigid island]

ur parented to the wrong thing

[dim umbra]

no parenting involved

it rotates

I can't parent

[rigid island]

wdym

ur talking about JumpHitBox?

[dim umbra]

the circle collider is rotating

if I made the box a child it would also rotate

so I have to use a script to set the position

[rigid island]

u put it inside update ?

[dim umbra]

It's in fixed update

[rigid island]

put it in update

[dim umbra]

I think that fixes it visually but I don't think it fixes the physics of it

[rigid island]

if you want something more accurate ditch the script and the separate object comepletly

use physics queries inside update

BoxCast, OverlapBox or even CheckBox

[dim umbra]

I'll look into those

[swift falcon]

https://gdl.space/iqebofoyup.cs does unity have other callback that happens literally everytime? (without needing to have a TileMap selected, cause this one does need)

[rigid island]

maybe someone in #↕️┃editor-extensions have a better answer

[swift falcon]

actually, yea

but imma just keep it here for now, not too crucial fn anyways

[heady iris]

Unity is calling a constructor in a POCO class when I recompile. I don't believe is serialized anywhere, but removing [System.Serializable] makes the issue stop.

I'm loading something from Resources in the constructor, which is causing an error.

I'll get around this by just moving this logic to an "init" method I explicitly call, but...this is very weird!

The stack trace isn't very enlightening here.

It looks like Unity always winds up constructing an instance of a field type if the type is serializable, even if it's not serialized

a minimal working example:

POCO.cs https://gdl.space/ikiranoziv.cs
Child.cs https://gdl.space/eweyoguciw.cpp

(i originally thought inheritance was involved, hence "Child")

the more you know, I guess 🌠

it should trigger an error on recompile if Child is attached to an object in the scene

[swift falcon]

yea unity objects always create a poco class they own when it is serializable, you cant even null it

doesnt even care as well for modifiers

you can make the field [NonSerialized] though

(ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ɪ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʀᴇᴘʜʀᴀsᴇᴅ 80% ᴏғ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ sᴀɪᴅ)

[heady iris]

I doing think NonSerialized helped

[potent saffron]

Well thats the problem tho! URP gives the same results

And yes, its a different project

[normal mica]

i just found out about StateMachineBehaviours and they seem like a really interesting way to manage behaviors that apply to specific states - now i'm thinking about trying to use them for everything (e.g. the docs use them for Grounded checks) and i'm wondering if anyone has insight on whether this is a good idea or will cause me trouble down the line?

[rigid island]

plenty of people do it, I prefer just doing FSM by code to keep things simpler

Animator just makes all the boiler plate code for you mostly

[heady iris]

I use state machines all the time, but not using the Animator Controller

[normal mica]

yeah state machines seem like a clear must, but why not just use the animator controller to have a graphical representation of the state transitions then?

seems like the alternative is having two different state machines that are hopefully kept in sync

[rigid island]

not easy to search through states

idk sometimes gui gets in the way but if thats your speed go for it

[normal mica]

well i feel that actually, big reason why i get tired of unreal blueprints and shader graphs and wish i could just do it all by hand lol

[rigid island]

if you work with anyone else like designers i try to make some gui tools when possible otherwise animator is a perfectly capable fsm

and you still need to write scripts , they just go inside the animator

[normal mica]

sounds like there's no obvious pitfalls anyway and this is a prototype so i'll just give it a go

thanks for the input!

[rigid island]

just found out about this
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorApplication.QueuePlayerLoopUpdate.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorApplication-update.html

here ya go. use at own risk 😈
https://hatebin.com/dmdibmhrwl

[swift falcon]

is executealways supposed to be executeineditmode?

[rigid island]

yea ops

prob best have that instead

this should be inside ifeditor anyway

[quartz folio]

.... but ExecuteInEditMode is just ExecuteAlways but you're too lazy to check if it works in Prefab Mode

[swift falcon]

ExecuteAlways is new ig (me is dont have it)

[quartz folio]

Things aren't "new" when you don't have them, you're just in ancient history

[swift falcon]

new is relative

[drifting crest]

Hey guys I am trying to produce a steering wheel behaviour to control a ship but i don't know why the steering isn't giving well response is it because of transform.translate? that the ship isn't rotating

[rigid island]

try debugging those values

its probably not what you expect them to be

[drifting crest]

okay so i tried debugging them once I move the steering in one direction and then it stops the value still goes up for the previous direction

[rigid island]

whats that mean? which value are you referring to

[hexed pecan]

Reading from world euler Y of the wheel seems a bit sketchy, I would use localEulerAngles at least

[drifting crest]

the rotationAngle in code

[drifting crest]

okay let me try that

[drifting crest]

I can't access the localeulerangle it ain't showin up in vs code

[hexed pecan]

steeringWheel.localEulerAngles

Dont need the rotation in the middle

[drifting crest]

tried but didn't made any difference

I want the ship to rotate smoothly according to the steering wheel's rotation

[hexed pecan]

Is the wheel's Y axis pointing forward?

[drifting crest]

yes in local

and I have made wheel a child of an empty gameobject

[hexed pecan]

Also yeah log all of the floats involved in this and see if they are what they're supposed to be

[drifting crest]

Okayy

[hexed pecan]

And check that rotationSpeed has the correct value in the inspector

Not just the default value kn code

[drifting crest]

yes it is set to 5

also the wheel is rotating in 360 when it is supposed to be rotate in one axis as I have locked it's constraints in rigidbody

[long scarab]

how can I visualize a raycast for debugging? I tried using Debug.DrawLine() but its not showing in game

[hexed pecan]

Enable gizmos in the game view

[long scarab]

they're on

[hexed pecan]

Maybe your positions are wrong then. Show code?

DrawLine does work for that

[long scarab]

full script or just raycast function?

[hexed pecan]

Raycast, for starters

[long scarab]

private void checkInteractable()
    {
        Ray interactRay = new Ray(Hand.transform.position, Hand.transform.forward);
        Debug.DrawLine(Hand.transform.position, Hand.transform.position + Hand.transform.forward);
        if(Physics.Raycast(interactRay, out RaycastHit hitInfo, InteractRange))
        {
            if(hitInfo.collider.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out Interactable interactableObject))
            {
                Debug.Log("Interact ray fired and hit interactable");
                InteractionTarget = interactableObject;
                InteractionTarget.ShowInteractButton();
                Debug.Log("Interaction available");
            }
        }
    }```

[hexed pecan]

Is this called every frame?

[long scarab]

yes

[hexed pecan]

Looks good to me then, you sure its running?

[long scarab]

yup

it was working when i raycasted off my playercam

but its positioned at an offset, so it was detecting and printing debugs when it shouldnt have

[hexed pecan]

Maybe Hand is not where you think it is?

[long scarab]

i added a hand object and tried to raycast from it and now its liek a 10% chance it hits

[long scarab]

i have it as a child of player

[rigid island]

try giving it long duration time

[long scarab]

i just grab a gameobject reference via inspector

[long scarab]

the drawline?

[hexed pecan]

And maybe some color in case the scene is white or something

[rigid island]

yea

[hexed pecan]

Are you saying that it rotates wrong?
Wait why does the wheel need a rigidbody?

[long scarab]

now its showing but its not registering the hit

[drifting crest]

because I am making it for leap motion and the hands need to interact with it that's why

their InteractionBehaviour Component requires rigidbody

[rigid island]

wdym register the hit ?

Debug lines don't collide

[long scarab]

like my console debug lines dont show

i'm seeing the drawline hit the target, but the ray itself isnt

[drifting crest]

I meant like it should rotate in y axis but it is rotatinng in every other axis

[hexed pecan]

Btw in the DrawLine you should multiply Hand.transform.forward with InteractRange for it to show the real ray

[rigid island]

Debug.Log(hitInfo.collider.name)

[long scarab]

ah ty

[long scarab]

yeah, thats what i'm saying the raycast arent hitting

and i can't tell why

[green creek]

I need to execute a thread to do some calculations asynchronously on a lot of data in my project once, so obviously I will use the Unity Job system. I also don't know from the beginning how much data I will need to store in the end result. I'm new with jobs and I'm wondering, is it a bad idea to use linked lists to store my data and save on memory? Is a linked list of native arrays containing the data a better idea instead?

[hexed pecan]

👆Do this so you get correct visuals and also check that interactrange is the right value

@long scarab

[long scarab]

i did, its showing correctly now

[hexed pecan]

Do the other objects have colliders?

[rigid island]

which one is the colliders

[long scarab]

yup

[hexed pecan]

And the colliders are not triggers?

[long scarab]

colliding with that red tower

[long scarab]

they are

[rigid island]

I can hardly tell from this screenshot

[long scarab]

sorry , its with gizmos on, heres in game

[hexed pecan]

Physics queries (raycast etc.) dont hit triggers by default

[rigid island]

I think they do

depends what they have on QueryTriggerInteraction settings

[hexed pecan]

See querytriggerinteraction parameter in the raycast

Or the global Physics.queriesHitTriggers bool

[rigid island]

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

[hexed pecan]

Where does it say it's on by default

[hexed pecan]

Not there at least

[rigid island]

I always have to use Ignore Triggers exclusively when i use that

[hexed pecan]

Ok but why are you showing me the docs

[rigid island]

my bad replied wrong person

[hexed pecan]

Ah ok

[rigid island]

also where did you put Debug.Log collider

[long scarab]

private void checkInteractable()
    {
        Ray interactRay = new Ray(Hand.transform.position, Hand.transform.forward);
        Debug.DrawLine(Hand.transform.position, Hand.transform.position + Hand.transform.forward * InteractRange, Color.red, 2f);
        if(Physics.Raycast(interactRay, out RaycastHit hitInfo, InteractRange))
        {
            if(hitInfo.collider.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out Interactable interactableObject))
            {
                Debug.Log(hitInfo.collider.name);
                InteractionTarget = interactableObject;
                InteractionTarget.ShowInteractButton();
                Debug.Log("Interaction available");
            }
        }
    }```

[hexed pecan]

Idk maybe I have it on by default via script in my project

Been ages since I started a fresh project

[rigid island]

uhhh why u put log there

should've been before If statement

if(Physics.Raycast(interactRay, out RaycastHit hitInfo, InteractRange))
{
Debug.Log(hitInfo.collider.name);

[long scarab]

ahh to see if it hits anything at all

[rigid island]

bingo

it might be hitting itself or something else entirely

[elder zenith]

Hi, is there any way to change the cursor to some default OS value?

I want to have buttons and input fields that change the cursor to the operating system's default "pointed finger" and "i-beam" respectively

From what I can see you can change the cursor through Cursor.SetCursor() but is there any way to use system default specifically?

[hexed pecan]

Or its hitting a child collider

[long scarab]

omfg

[long scarab]

it was this

it was hitting the player weapon

[rigid island]

ah ye Osmal got it

[hexed pecan]

No u

[long scarab]

so then does a raycast stop immediately once it hits anything?

or can a single ray detect multiple objects

[rigid island]

been doing raycast the past 7 hours 🫠

[rigid island]

you can but I suggest you just ignore that collider

[long scarab]

right, ill do this

[rigid island]

ie anything player layer

[long scarab]

just curious

[rigid island]

there is Physics.RaycastAll

[elder zenith]

Changing cursor from OS default selection

[long scarab]

okay so i ignored anything player related and now the ray actually hits a child object of the tower. issue now is it doesn't grab the Interactable component anymore

which is odd since it did when i cast the ray from a different object

[rigid island]

is the child collider bigger then red zone?

[long scarab]

that stem is the collider its hitting now

[rigid island]

is the arm ever going to tilt up ?

otherwise you might need to make that the hitzone no? not sure how your thing works

[long scarab]

atm it doesn't

the group i have working on it wants gravity similar to super mario galaxy, so the player kinda normalizes their position based on the surface under them

probably will add aiming up/down in the future

[rigid island]

yea or you can do some type of autoaim for ray for now

[long scarab]

it is hitting the stem of the tower, but when i check for an Interactable component it doesn't find it

[long scarab]

wdym?

[rigid island]

well is interactable component on the stem ?

[rigid island]

meaning if you're close enough it aims from arm to the the hitzone you want

[long scarab]

the script sits on the parent gameobject

do children carry references?

[long scarab]

how does it know which to aim at if surrounded by hitzones?

[rigid island]

you can use a dot product to determine which one is the most infront of you

[long scarab]

i see

i might try that if i can't get this way to work neatly

[long scarab]

or is there some way to always reference parent objects that carry scripts when hitting a collider?

[rigid island]

you can do hit.collider.GetComponentInParent<MyScript>

[long scarab]

ah perfect

@hexed pecan @rigid island tysm, finally got it working

time to just make it look pretty

[stoic ledge]

How can one exclude libraries from build in a safe way? (To avoid "The type or namespace name X could not be found")
I excluded certain server-only things from client, but an android build crashes with "The type or namespace name X could not be found" exception (I don't use the components, that use the excluded libraries on the client).

In editor, everything runs just fine.

[lusty dune]

using UnityEngine;

public class SimpleFloating : MonoBehaviour
{
    public static bool movePos = true;
    public Vector3 posAmplitude = Vector3.one;
    public Vector3 posSpeed = Vector3.one;

    private Vector3 origPos;

    private float startMoveOffset;

    void Awake()
    {
        origPos = transform.position;

        startMoveOffset = Random.Range(0f, 540f);
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (movePos)
        {
            transform.position = origPos;

            Vector3 pos;
            pos.x = origPos.x + posAmplitude.x * Mathf.Sin(posSpeed.x * Time.time + startMoveOffset);
            pos.y = origPos.y + posAmplitude.y * Mathf.Sin(posSpeed.y * Time.time + startMoveOffset);
            pos.z = origPos.z + posAmplitude.z * Mathf.Sin(posSpeed.z * Time.time + startMoveOffset);
            transform.position = pos;
        }

        if (!movePos)
        {
            origPos = transform.position;
        }
    }
}

So, I have this code.. i reference this script in another script and whenever i want to pause game, i put animPos = false (because i dont want to pause some animations)... But whenever i resume game by making animPos = true the gameObject position is reset... How do i stop the resetting ?

[drifting crest]

Im still stucked the wheel ain't moving properly

[hexed pecan]

What is rotating it then

You didnt show anything related to that

[lusty dune]

what is the best way to pause a math function?

[drifting crest]

this sometimes the wheel rotates in a single axis and then suddenly rotates in 360 direction and the boat steering is also not happening properly

[hexed pecan]

But what is rotating it? Is it just physics?

If it is a VR specific thing the I have no clue

[hexed pecan]

Stop calling the function

Not sure what you mean tbh

[drifting crest]

yes it is just the physics rotating the wheel

[lusty dune]

did you read my previous post?

[drifting crest]

it's not completely vr actually

[hexed pecan]

animPos, you mean movePos..?

I saw you ask earlier but I couldnt figure out what it all means

[latent latch]

oh, I'm not actually sure but Time.time may not be affected by changing of the timescale, so try debugging that. If so, it's probably better to just make your own time variable in update

that's the only thing I can think of unless you're changing values elsewhere

[deft timber]

yes it is

there is also Time.realtimeSinceStartup which isn't, it's real time in seconds

[hexed pecan]

Thats for editor, but there is Time.unscaledTime

[craggy veldt]

it's runtime api

the editor one is this one EditorApplication.timeSinceStartup

[latent latch]

well, if Time.time is affected, then I guess the sin func should just continue on from where it left off so that was my guess

[craggy veldt]

their question has nothing to do with timescale I think

[thick iron]

hello, i have a button in a scroll rect and when i try to press it the onClick event is not firing. what can i do? i tried to change drag threshold of event system but it doesnt work

[latent latch]

make sure it's a raycast target, and if you're using canvas groups that 'blocks raycast' is selected

[thick iron]

btw when i remove scroll rect the button works

[thick iron]

thanks, i will try it

[latent latch]

could be blocked by another UI component and stuff like that. Alpha values will even block raycasts if there exists a UI element

[thick iron]

yeah.. i think that it's blocked by the scroll event of the scroll rect.. idk

but when i disable scroll rect component

it works

(my button is in the 'content' parent from the viewport of scroll view)

[hexed pecan]

Ah my bad got em mixed up

[latent latch]

not too sure of the hierarchy but try setting the button* to the lowest of the UI elements

below the scroll rect, or even a child of it

[thick iron]

crafting slot is the button

yeah, the thing is that i want to be in this location because if i will have more buttons i want to scroll between them..

i can't move it from 'content'

[tender haven]

i made this simple sensitivity thing and it works but when i exit the game it doesnt save it how do i make it save?

[latent latch]

Looks fine to me, as far as the hierarchy is set up. So, I could only think that something's not configured correctly.

[delicate olive]

Look into PlayerPrefs (simpler) or JSON if you'd like more extensibility

[tender haven]

ok

[delicate olive]

If you want to use playerprefs, a high level overview of what you should do is

1. when you want to change the sensitivity, save it to the playerprefs by using "PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("sensitivity", sens)"
2. after the player loads into the game, to get the sensitivity from the saved setting, you use "PlayerPrefs.GetFloat("sensitivity")" and set the return value of it to the "Sensitivity" variable/property you already have

You can imagine the playerprefs as like a storage where you can store and retrieve data (in this case the value of the sensitivity)

[lean sail]

You should just save to file (json or whatever format you want). Once you start needing to save other things, playerprefs wont suffice and will be a pain to work with.
There are many tutorials for json save systems online

[delicate olive]

This is right but if they're just making a small game with just a few settings to save, I'd go with playerprefs to get to the finished product faster.

So it depends on the scope of the game

And whether or not they're willing to learn more complex stuff

[lean sail]

Json is not complex by any means

It can be as simple as like 5 lines of code

[dusk apex]

I agree with bawsi. Player pref is sort of interesting in how easy it is but because it can annoyingly fill your registry up on Windows with garbage, it's limited types and whatnot, you're better off trying to get a simple generic json or file-read/write setup. I'd give playerpref more attention if storage location was optional.. Other than that, the name implies it's for configuration - which is valid in this case (it just unfortunately floods the Windows register while at it )

[delicate olive]

Yeah but if they don't have previous experience in IO systems then it takes more time to learn

If they anticipate a scalable system with many more settings to come, then JSON is by all means the right path to take

[delicate olive]

Right but players would higly likely not notice it if it's just a small game

[deft timber]

it's not for editor, works in runtime too

you perhaps mistaken it with EditorApplication.timeSinceStartup

[dusk apex]

Totally agree. Just nitpicking as a developer.

[lean sail]

That can be said about anything. I dont find it very reasonable to go for a solution just to see results quicker, when it is a worse solution.
It's the same for when people here suggest things like "cache your get component calls" or "use compare tag". At the end of the day, the user wont see a single difference, but it is better to do these things

[dusk apex]

They really ought to just let devs choose/edit the file location for Player Pref

[thick iron]

help. still not working

[thick iron]

photo

[delicate olive]

Do the animations on the button still play? Like when you hover over it does the color change?

[tender haven]

should i make my player a singleton

[delicate olive]

Depends on what stuff you want to hold on it

I would make it a singleton but some people don't like the pattern so

[tender haven]

ill try making it and see if its ok

[delicate olive]

I think it'll be fine as long as it's not overused everywhere

[thick iron]

no

[delicate olive]

Like when you have 20+ singletons then it's a problem in the architecture of your game

[thick iron]

if i remove mask component from scroll view the button works...

[delicate olive]

That means that either another UI element is blocking the button, or the button isn't raycastable somehow

[delicate olive]

The button is visible even with the mask right?

[thick iron]

yeah

the buttons only works when i remove the scroll rect component from scrollview or when i remove the mask component

but i want to keep them

xd

i tried to change drag threshold of the event system

still not works

[delicate olive]

That's weird, when I use scrollrects they always work just fine with all kinds of raycastable stuff

[delicate olive]

Don't think it has anything to do with the event system

[thick iron]

probably

but i tried

[delicate olive]

Have you tried creating another scroll rect and see if it works there? then if it does you just see the diff between the two and that could help troubleshoot the problem

[thick iron]

no

let me try

thanks

[delicate olive]

okay it's a good idea

[thick iron]

yeah.. it works if i make an empty scroll rect with button

thanks for the idea

i will try to find the differences

and solve

[delicate olive]

Perhaps you could check if the "content" property is set to anything in the old one

But great if you got it working

[thick iron]

yeah

[tame spruce]

Hello all. I'm building a .unitypackage and it comes with a few scenes. I want to have a "Scene Switcher" where I list all my scenes and switch to them upon clicking a button. But in order to use SceneManager.LoadScene(sceneNameToLoad) the scenes should be in the Build Settings

Now, I can write an editor script to add my scenes to the build settings of whoever downloads my package but that's intrusive and I don't want to do that. Is there not another way?

I also am aware that I can use string scenePath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(sceneAsset) but that only works in the editor...

[delicate olive]

Are the scenes just sample scenes showcasing the functionality of your package?
If so then common practice is just have the user load them manually by hand.

[tame spruce]

Yes they are. So, I should simply use SceneManager.LoadScene(sceneNameToLoad) in my code and instruct users to add them manually?

[delicate olive]

Well that's one possible solution, but perhaps you could just have them load the scenes manually like I said in my previous response

Without the complexity of assigning them to the build options

[tame spruce]

Ah, so your suggestion is to ditch the "menu" scene entirely?

[delicate olive]

But if the scenes need to interact with each other (like change scene at runtime) then this is the only option really

[delicate olive]

So it's like a root scene that contains buttons to other scenes?

[tame spruce]

Correct. Here's what I prepared (yet to test) - not sure how valid this is:

    public class SceneSwitcher : MonoBehaviour
    {
        [SerializeField] private Object sceneAsset;
        [SerializeField] private string sceneNameInBuild;

        public void ChangeScene()
        {
#if UNITY_EDITOR
            if (sceneAsset == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            var scenePath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(sceneAsset);
            sceneNameInBuild = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(scenePath);

            // Check if the scene is in the build settings
            var scenes = EditorBuildSettings.scenes;
            if (scenes.Any(s => s.path == scenePath))
            {
                SceneManager.LoadScene(sceneNameInBuild);
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.LogError("The scene " + sceneNameInBuild + " is not in the build settings.");
            }
#else
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(sceneNameInBuild))
        {
            if (SceneManager.GetSceneByName(sceneNameInBuild).IsValid())
            {
                SceneManager.LoadScene(sceneNameInBuild);
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.LogError("The scene " + sceneNameInBuild + " cannot be found. Make sure it is added to the build settings.");
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError("No scene name specified for the runtime build.");
        }
#endif
        }
    }

I'll be filling in these references before releasing

[delicate olive]

If you think the users wouldn't mind having to manually add the scenes to the build options then you could do that, but I would go for simplicity and just ditch the system entirely

But you could also try the intrusive approach, so add the scenes to the list and somehow delete them after they are done using them..?

[tame spruce]

Yeah, and I guess that would look something like this:

        // Fetch current list of scenes in the Build Settings
        var originalScenes = EditorBuildSettings.scenes;
        var newScenesList = new System.Collections.Generic.List<EditorBuildSettingsScene>(originalScenes);

        // Add new scenes to the Build Settings
        foreach (var scenePath in scenePathsToAdd)
        {
            if (!newScenesList.Exists(scene => scene.path == scenePath))
            {
                newScenesList.Add(new EditorBuildSettingsScene(scenePath, true));
            }
        }

        // Apply the changes back to the Build Settings
        EditorBuildSettings.scenes = newScenesList.ToArray();

I really don't like this though!

[delicate olive]

But maybe you don't even need to add the scenes to the build options

I just looked at the documentation for SceneManager.LoadScene and it seems like you can use the path directly for changing scenes

Here

And the way you could get the paths at runtime is have a config scriptableobject, and have a main handler or something for the scenes. Then when the main handler asset is loaded, you get the full paths of the sample scenes, cache them to the SO and then access the SO at runtime

[tame spruce]

Hmm, yes I see

[delicate olive]

But idk I may just be overthinking here

[tame spruce]

I think so hahah. Just didn't expect this to be an issue until I prepared the UI for the main menu scene 😆

[delicate olive]

Lol

[tame spruce]

I guess I'll simply use SceneManager.LoadScene(sceneNameToLoad); and let people manually add scenes. Thankfully there aren't that many.

Thanks for your input 👍

[delicate olive]

Yeah and be sure to include the docs to inform the players to do that, in like a readme or someting

[delicate olive]

Np sir!

[drifting crest]

hey I am rotating a steer gameobject when I interact with it but when I leave the interaction I want the steering to stop rotating so I am trying to set back to intial rotation but it isn't stop rotating

[delicate olive]

Are you using a rigidbody for rotation physics?

[drifting crest]

yes

[delicate olive]

In that case, before you set the rotation to the initial rotation, you should reset the rb's rotation velocity

[deft timber]

this is a code related channel

[drifting crest]

i did it's not stopping the steering

[delicate olive]

Show the code

[drifting crest]

public void StopSteer() {

wheelRigidbody.velocity = intialwheelVelocity;
steeringWheel.localEulerAngles = intialWheelrotation;
// RotateShip(0);
Debug.Log("Stop Steered");

}

[drifting crest]

private void Start()
{
intialwheelVelocity = wheelRigidbody.velocity;
intialWheelrotation = steeringWheel.localEulerAngles;
}

This is the code in start

[deft timber]

!code

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[delicate olive]

1. If you always need it to completely stop spinning, then the variable "initialWheelVelocity" is useless and might be the cause of the issue. Replace it with a 0 instead cause that's what you want anyways.
2. RotateShip()?

[knotty sun]

if you are using rigidbody why not stick with rigidbody. There is rigidbody.rotation

[delicate olive]

Sorry for the bad formatting lol

[delicate olive]

But that won't stop the rotation velocity

[knotty sun]

who is talking about velocity?. He is using transform rotation when he should be using rigidbody rotation

[delicate olive]

He has another piece of code which is setting the rb's rotation velocity (probably), and this code is about stopping the rotation completely

[knotty sun]

intialWheelrotation = steeringWheel.localEulerAngles; ????????????

steeringWheel.localEulerAngles = intialWheelrotation;

[deft timber]

what that has to do with it

[delicate olive]

That is most likely used to cache the initial rotation of the car(?) and then set the initial rotation back when the car needs to be reset

[deft timber]

why is he using localEularAngles at all

when he is using Rigidbody component

it's like you'd modify transform.position when you have Rigidbody

non sense

[delicate olive]

But that would still work right?

[knotty sun]

no

[delicate olive]

Modifying the transform pos with rb

[deft timber]

sure you can but why add rb then?

if you won't use it properly?

it's like having a car

but not driving it

instead you push it with your arms all the way

will that work? yes

is that correct? no

[delicate olive]

Well, one scenario I can think of is when you need a kinematic rb (a damageable for example) in order to register bullets which don't have rb

But then again bullets should be the ones with rb so idk

[drifting crest]

see I am setting the velocity to zero but the steering ain't stopping

[knotty sun]

basically you should never mix transform manipulation and rigidbody manipulation, use one or the other

[deft timber]

that doesnt have to do anything with the issue

[delicate olive]

Yupp, just my 2 cents to ^

[deft timber]

you dont stop it

you just reset the localEulerAngles

the velocity is not resetted

[drifting crest]

I wanted to rotate the ship as well according to the steering and that's why used eulerangles ig coz i thought that's how it's done

[deft timber]

just do Vector3.zero

if you want to zero it

[drifting crest]

okay lemme try

[deft timber]

then make sure you are not overriding it anywhere else

because that is probably the case

you set it to zero, then you set it to some value somewhere else

[trim schooner]

Can a cursor sprite colour be changed via code? Or do you have to swap out different sprites?

[deft timber]

i dont think so as you are referencing the actual texture2d, not the sprite