archived-code-general

[leaden ice]

Well for selection stuff just add a Selectable component to the object

instead of trying to handle it here

[tender arch]

so i can just handle the double click?

[leaden ice]

yes

[dusk apex]

Maybe consider https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.IPointerUpHandler.html

Note: In order to receive OnPointerUp callbacks, you must also implement the IPointerDownHandler interface

[tender arch]

mmm okay, but when i do the double click how to i make it deselect

[leaden ice]

It's a checkbox on the input module:

or if you want it to deselect when you double click, just add an EventSystem.current.SetSelectectedGameObject(null);

[tender arch]

where is that

oh yeah

when i double click

erm

how and where do i do that

[leaden ice]

in your code...

[tender arch]

idk man im extremely stupid

[leaden ice]

you misspelled it

[tender arch]

i copy and pasted from u

[leaden ice]

ok then I misspelled it

and you blindly followed

[tender arch]

sorry

[white coyote]

I can use 'play' on my laptop where I'm building the application. However, I can't proceed to the point where the prefab is instantiated because I need to scan the marker for that. I can only do that by running the program on my phone or other iOS or Android devices..

the application has to interact with the real word

[leaden ice]

can't you fake it with some test code?

just make up a position where the marker is "scanned" and spawn it there

and see what happens

[round violet]

does anyone knows dot tween here ?

i would like to make my shakes working independently of timescale

[cold parrot]

https://dotween.demigiant.com/documentation.php#options

[cold parrot]

Call SetUpdate(UpdateType.Normal, true) on your tween

[round violet]

ty

[hard viper]

let’s say I make a git for my project. How will pull/commit function with my non-code files, like images, or SOs etc?

[heady iris]

completely normally

[somber nacelle]

SOs are yaml so they work just like any other text file

[heady iris]

Git will detect binary files, like images, and not try to do line-by-line diffing and merging

You may want to use Git LFS to avoid storing very large binary blobs in your repository.

[hard viper]

LFS?

[heady iris]

Large File System.

[hard viper]

i’m still looking into how to set up my git properly, so excuse me for not knowing the deets

[heady iris]

It's an add-on for Git. Large files are stored in the repository as a "pointer" to the actual file.

I don't use it, personally

So Git just does its best to deal with large binary files. They take up a good chunk of the total size of my repository.

[quaint rock]

yeah it can handle it fine, just don't have like massive psds and stuff in there

at work we keep the project repo and the source art repo seperated and they use different types of version control

[round violet]

Can I make 1 trigger box call OnTriggerEnter when it hits another trigger box ?

[hard viper]

i’ll see. I’ll try making a git for my unity project, and I’ll come back when I succeed or fail lol

[quaint rock]

triggers do not interact with other triggers

[round violet]

would it work if i have a rigidbody on the object B ?

[somber nacelle]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages/trigger-matrix-3d

[quaint rock]

not unless you make a shared bundle for that stuff first

[hard viper]

so I saw a guide on making a git, which makes a folder of files on my computer. What tool do I use to effectively connect this git repository between two different computers, but not using github?

eg I want to keep it to a local network

[simple egret]

You would need an instance of a Git server (like Azure DevOps) on a local server on your network

[leaden ice]

Git is the tool

All repositories are created equal

You add a remote repo with git remote add ...

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-The-Protocols

[hard viper]

ty

[quaint rock]

think i would jsut use something simple like github as the remote to start

[hard viper]

i just want to keep it local. Hypothetically keeping some backup copies of my git repo

i don’t want to store my whole project on a foreign server

foreign as in not owned by me

[opal bridge]

Anyone got any ideas for a simple health system for the player and enemy. I can’t seem to figure anything out.

[wicked scroll]

If you want to keep it local you certainly can, but if you want to be able to work across multiple machines at all, you may as well connect to github and make use of that instead of copying files around

[hard viper]

I have a Monobehaviour to parse collisions into a simple struct that I can easily work with. I have a static class with helper functions to quickly interpret that struct with an entity’s data to check for specific things happenning. And I have an entity logic monobehaviour that stores health, gets the struct, uses the helper class to do the check, and then update the health.

eg, ObjCollision is a monoscript that turns a raw collision between mario and goomba into a simple “collision from up/down/left/right.”
ObjCollisionParser can compare an ObjCollisionData vs mario’s data to check what sort of thing happens with this collision.
PlayerLogic has the HP, gets ObjCollisionData from ObjCollision, uses ObjCollisionParser to interpret whether or not dmg has been taken.

Having these intermediate steps lets you make a system with more things that don’t need explicit code to handle logic

[opal bridge]

Cool thanks

[round violet]

what is the logic behind "look at"

i would like to get the look at, modify it, then apply rotatrion

[simple egret]

It does something along the following lines:

Vector3 direction = (target.position - transform.position).normalized;
transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);

So either modify the direction vector, or the quaternion, before assigning it to the Transform's rotation

[round violet]

okay ty very much

[hard viper]

btw, part of that system is that different logic scripts can use the information in different ways.
Like GenericEnemyLogic, PlayerLogic, SpecificEnemyLogic… all of these monobehaviours can rely on ObjCollision and ObjCollisionParser to do different things with collision information.
More applicable for a platformer than a JRPG, obviously.

ObjCollision mostly helps because Collision2D can be a bit rough to work with, since it has a bunch of contact points in it, and vectors and shit. I just want to reduce all that into a simple “overlap/up/down/left/right”

[opal bridge]

Does anyone know how to make a shared variable. I am pulling my hair trying to figure this out! I want one that can be my Health variable across different scripts

[opal bridge]

Oh cool thanks

[hard viper]

you just need a reference to the script with health

https://unity.huh.how/references

[opal bridge]

Oh alright thanks again (don’t worry I’ll be back)

[hard viper]

btw, make sure health is public with a PRIVATE setter

only the script with the health field should be allowed to modify it

like this
public int health {get; private set;}

[opal bridge]

Alright. Will do

[hard viper]

you will be tempted to let other scripts modify it. don’t

[opal bridge]

Alight, hehe. I will fight the temptation

[opal bridge]

Is there anyway other way I can place the variable in the heath Manager script and modify the value from the enemy script.

[opal bridge]

Without worrying about this

[lean sail]

Have a public method on your health script like TakeDamage which other scripts can call

[opal bridge]

Alright

Good idea

[celest iron]

Hi. I want to use SetTiles, but the logic for my world generation uses a 2D array, while SetTiles uses 1D. How would I flatten out the 2D array?

Meh, I'll add to a list and then use ToArray()

[hard viper]

SetTiles takes a 1D array of TileChangeData, which contains an xy coord in it

[celest iron]

That's one of the overrides, yes

[opal bridge]

Awesome thank again it works great, it has been 3 days of me hitting problem after problem with this. Thanks and thank you to @hard viper

[hard viper]

that is the override to use.

[calm talon]

void LateUpdate()
{
  float targetDist = (cam.position.x - startPos) * speedMod;
  transform.position = new Vector3(startPos + targetDist, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
  float newDist = cam.position.x - transform.position.x;
  if (Mathf.Abs(newDist) > width / 3) startPos = cam.position.x; 
}

I have some basic parallax code for the background in my game that chases towards the camera, however at high values for speedMod (approaching 1) it causes the background to jitter

For context the camera uses cinemachine and runs on smart update, & smoothly follows the player

[somber nacelle]

i recently had a similar issue, i found that the object i had following the camera was updating before the camera's position updated because CinemachineBrain is set to like 200 for the script execution order.
You could try ensuring that this code runs after the CinemachineBrain updates by specifying an even later script execution order to see if that fixes it
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-MonoManager.html

[calm talon]

worked perfectly, thanks mate

[acoustic sorrel]

british

[orchid abyss]

sometimes swing sound plays even when he doesn't swing

[terse garnet]

guys invoke repeating work in webgl? because I am using for each 3 minutes, but not respect this time

[rigid island]

should work fine?

should use coroutine anyway, is better

[soft shard]

I have a debug console for logging information in a Development Build, it works fine, though some testers find when theres a lot (around 600+) of logs it starts to drastically affect frames (due to rendering so many since the scroll view wont only render whats visible at the scroll position), I have a 1K pool of TMP input fields, the easiest solution would be to reduce the pool size, but that also means I lose log info when searching for specific things, is there another way I can possibly optimize this? Would it be less taxing to maybe check the bounds of everything in the scroll view every frame and toggle TMP based on how close it is to the visible part of the view?

[latent latch]

What's the profiler looking like? Draw calls / verts rendering

[soft shard]

At about 500 logs, 1.4K draw calls, 1.6M verts it seems when the console is open (from an average of 100 draw calls and 1.4K verts when its closed), I have a feeling its likely just that a single Canvas is trying to render 500+ TMP objects in the scroll view, though that did also show something interesting (unrelated to this issue) ill have to look into later with some areas of our prototype maps spiking the draw calls higher than it should - I say "unrelated" cause im testing these numbers looking in the sky of maps with the least geometry when the draw calls are the lowest

[latent latch]

That's a lot of draw calls. Is this only a canvas game or do you have more in your scene rendering? The verts are also pretty high if so, but that could be more related to rendering all in the scroll view since it will render everything (2 tris per letter)

Which then your idea of disabling the rendering would be how to solve it, but that would probably require some tinkering with the scroll rect to keep it proportional to the selection. (need to keep the rect transform values so the scroll view doesn't collapse when you remove the text renderings)

[hexed pecan]

You can always try drawing it with the legacy IMGUI system instead. I use that for debugging

Just providing an alternative

[soft shard]

Interesting, I could try it and see if the legacy text might be better for this - its a FPS multiplayer so theres a lot more being rendered than just UI, though that 2 tris per letter helps too, I also log the stacktrace with each entry, so maybe only having 1 area to show the stack trace for a selected input field could cut the number in half, thanks for the ideas!

[hexed pecan]

Oh I don't mean the legacy Text component. I mean the old, immediate mode GUI. You know, GUILayout.Label, GUILayout.BeginScrollview and such

No need for gameobjects, just pure code. And maybe a custom GUIStyle if you want. And you can easily limit the amount of lines drawn

[spring creek]

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

[soft shard]

Ah I see, hmm, ill have to look into that as well, I only used it in editor scripts, might require a bit of a overhaul but since its for debugging its not a huge deal to me to spend that time

[spring creek]

#archived-game-design is a good place to ask

[upper pilot]

How to Move a gameobject towards another game object at an offset without weird jittering movement?
Just move straight from point a to point B?
Without rigidbody, just Vector3.

Vector3.SmoothDamp causes it to move back and forth when it reaches the target which is not what I want

I feel like just doing x += speed * Time.deltaTime tbh Then checking if we reached or crossed the destination to stop movement.

[soft shard]

Maybe Vector3.Lerp or Vector3.MoveTowards?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Lerp.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.MoveTowards.html

[upper pilot]

Trying MoveTowards again as that mighr be the easiest way

but is there a way to not do extra condition check?

It should stop and never go beyond the target position.

otherwise its jittering at the end.

                float distance = Vector3.Distance(character.transform.position, TargetPosition);
                Vector3 dir = character.transform.position - data.TargetPosition;
                Vector3 targetOffsetPosition = new Vector3(data.TargetPosition.x - 10 * dir.x, TargetPosition.y, TargetPosition.z);
                Vector3 interpolatedPos = Vector3.MoveTowards(character.transform.position, targetOffsetPosition, Time.deltaTime * 5f);

                if (distance > 1f) character.transform.position = interpolatedPos;

This works, but I have to do distance > 1f which is not ideal

But at least it stops moving and doesnt jitter at the end.

[soft shard]

Well .MoveTowards will move from a to b, where t is a value between 0 (0%) and 1 (100%), so if you restrict t to 1f then it should never pass b, maybe this blog could help with that param, as it can be a bit confusing: https://gamedevbeginner.com/the-right-way-to-lerp-in-unity-with-examples/

[upper pilot]

MoveTowards doesnt stop for me

https://gyazo.com/9519d7080d88a25e86c3b665beb67c2c

Its stuck in a loop at the end

[soft shard]

Well from your code, it looks like your using t as Time.deltaTime * 5f, so once it reaches the end, the calculation of deltaTime multiplied by 5 might be slightly above/below 1

[upper pilot]

t = Time.deltaTime * 5f

right

but if I dont do *5f then its too slow

afaik lerp will not do what I need, but I can try.

Yep lerp has same issue

[hexed pecan]

It should work without any additional checks 🤔

Like it should clamp automatically, not overshoot

Talking about MoveTowards

[soft shard]

I dont think you want t to use deltaTime directly as t, since deltaTime is just the difference between frames, and Lerp will move smoothly to b, without ever reaching b, while MoveTowards will eventually reach b, AFAIK

[hexed pecan]

Using deltaTime in MoveTowards is fine

And correct

[upper pilot]

I call this method from Update

In case that matters

[soft shard]

Really? I usually see it produce weird results, I usually add to a variable that stops at 1f, since t isnt meant to be above 1 if the goal is to stop at b o.o

[hexed pecan]

Maybe TargetPosition is causing the jitter? Where does it come from?

[upper pilot]

Target position is a non moving object

I just add an offset to it

Based on the docs its like you said, it shouldnt go beyond the target position.

[hexed pecan]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.MoveTowards.html

the new position does not overshoot target.

Also

To make sure that object speed is independent of frame rate, multiply the maxDistanceDelta value by Time.deltaTime (or Time.fixedDeltaTime in a FixedUpdate loop).

[upper pilot]

Vector3 interpolatedPos = Vector3.MoveTowards(character.transform.position, targetOffsetPosition, Time.deltaTime * 5f);
character.transform.position = interpolatedPos;

[mossy snow]

if nothing else is modifying the char position and targetOffsetPosition is a stable value, maybe your assumption is wrong. It might be that the object is stable, but your camera is jittering instead

[upper pilot]

Vector3 targetOffsetPosition = new Vector3(data.TargetPosition.x - 10 * dir.x, data.TargetPosition.y, data.TargetPosition.z);

Yeah this is causing the issue

if I go directly on top of a target its fine

but I want to move at an offset 😐

maybe its because I am recalculating it

so I should set offset 1 time

[hexed pecan]

Maybe you are updating TargetPosition after doing this, every frame? Should update it first

[upper pilot]

I am not updating target position

I am just calculating new target offset position which probably causes some floating point errors which makes it different from previously calculated position.

So every frame it gets different value

Thats my guess, trying to set it 1 time only

[latent latch]

Vector3 direction = (transform.position - relativePivot).normalized;
Vector3 targetPosition = relativePivot + direction 
    * stateData.stateSO.MovementData.EncirclingData.MoveTowardsRadius;

float distance = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, targetPosition);
float moveTowardSpeed = distance / (stateData.stateTime - stateData.stateTimeElapsed);

transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, 
    targetPosition, Time.fixedDeltaTime * moveTowardSpeed);

That's a snippet of some movetowards code I use

Relative pivot calculated at frame start

[upper pilot]

Alright yeah that was the issue

Once I calculated the offset one time only it works good.

[latent latch]

If you are trying to do local position without parenting usually I only calculate the offset once and cache it (that would be the zero position in local space) and append another value which would be the local position change (which I'd recalculate every frame)

[upper pilot]

Not sure what do you mean by parenting here.
I do .position in this case since those 2 objects have different parents, tho both parents are at 0,0 in this case.

[latent latch]

World position + offset (relative to another object) = local position relative to that object

that offset would be the zero point in local space, so you wouldn't change that but rather have another variable that represents the change in space that you'd update every frame.

[earnest gazelle]

Could you share file layout in rider for your unity projects?

[upper pilot]

Too confusing for me 😄
I assume that .position is world position and .localPosition is local.

[earnest gazelle]

.localPosition is based on its parent

[spring creek]

position is the offset from the world center position 0,0,0

Localpositions is the offset from wherever the parent is.

Sometimes it helps to consider them offsets

[latent latch]

I sometimes have to calculate local positioning without parenting because there's not an easy way to remove rotation relativity from parenting.

Pretty odd there's no easy feature for that beyond using animation constraints which seems hacky to me.

[tawdry jasper]

What's up with this error? I thought its because I had my OnEnable public, but I changed it and still get this warning. Isn't it expected that monobehaviours will each have an OnEnable method?

Also on animation events, if I have multiple objects' animators use this animation, I can set the Object field to some random object and all animation events will call it's method? what if the scene changes, I can't think of a use case for this field unless it's meant to be set at runtime?

[cosmic rain]

Everything below Function field is a parameter. That includes the Object field.

Not sure why it complains about OnEnable, when you have a different function selected.

[tawdry jasper]

ah, interesting, I'll read up on some examples on how to use it. thanks.

[tawdry jasper]

I think this is details about the warning of duplicated function names across monobehaviours, and then the details say which function is duplicated? but I also have "duplicated" Start 🤷‍♂️

[cosmic rain]

Of course you'll have duplicate methods in Monobehaviours. That shouldn't be a problem, unless you select them in the Function field.

Maybe it's just a warning in case you would want to use them... In which case it's a weird timing to show it...

[grave mango]

Hey guys Im new to Unity but a seasoned programmer. Im wondering what techniques i need to research to make a map like this? I want to make a train move along those lines and decide direction. Can anyone point me to some conecepts i need to learn to make this?

[dusk apex]

What does the stacktrace show?

You'll be able to see more details in the details pane
https://docs.unity.cn/2021.1/Documentation/Manual/Console.html

[dusk apex]

The points of interests would just be nodes which could be implemented with linked list, tree or whatnot.
The lines drawn would require artistic talent or some spiffy algorithm for smooth curves.
The train traversing would require some sort of pathing - navmesh or whatever you've used to generate the lines.

[fervent furnace]

directed acyclic graph

then the most difficult part is placement

[grave mango]

DAGs look interesting, thank you!

@dusk apex ive done some smooth curve drawings in swift so I should be able to do that. Thanks! Sounds like i need to find a way to turn a DAG into a map on a grid, and navmesh or whatever to do the pathing?

[fervent furnace]

I think you dont need to turn a graph into navmesh which is another graph

[grave mango]

Ohh okey. Thanks. Not to familiar with these concepts 😄

So I would make the DAG on a grid, and some pathing

Sounds easy enough

😄

Is there anywhere I can learn how to make a line based map like that procedurally?

[fervent furnace]

ofc if you need to respresent it in a 2d space by generate a mesh then navmesh can offer you a smooth movement and path finding on a real 2d geometric mesh

[upper pilot]

Can someone explain this?
https://i.gyazo.com/0a86b37e7e5d5e921d82338b443573bb.png

Distance is 5, 5 is not equal to 0, but the condition is true?

Must have been VS bug, it works now

[opaque fox]

Hello so I have ran into some trouble with my player damaging and killing system. I put in an animation event which activates damagePlayer() and then it just kills the player immediately instead of in 2 hits. https://hatebin.com/jhfpqtmaza

[robust whale]

How can i fix this ? that's my code;

Ray ray = cam.ScreenPointToRay(Mouse.current.position.ReadValue());
if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit)) {
  Vector3 pos = hit.point;
  playerMovement.handTarget.position = pos;
}            

[dusk apex]

What're you needing to fix?

[robust whale]

the position is suddenly locked on the character.

[dusk apex]

Maybe filter your ray cast using layer masks

[robust whale]

It's not working.

[dusk apex]

I don't understand what "locked on" means

And where's/who's the character?

[robust whale]

That's what it looks like on the gif I posted.

Can't you see the gif?

[dusk apex]

I don't understand what to look for in the gif

Maybe you ought to summarize what you're trying to do. What's working. What's not. What debugging steps you've taken. And provide your code.

[robust whale]

I've got a rig. This target follows the mouse position. When it is working properly, it suddenly locks towards the character's head in some positions.

[dusk apex]

When does it lock on the players head? Is there a pattern that can reproduce the behavior? The video illustrates that the hit point is very close to the player when the mouse is lower (more towards the player).

Log what you've hit and see what the patterns are during the wanted and unwanted event.

[robust whale]

This is how I solved this problem...

Ray ray = playerCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Mouse.current.position.ReadValue());
handTarget.position = ray.GetPoint(100);   

[opaque fox]

please

[marble mauve]

How I can create a websocket client and use it all around my protect in all the scenes etc.. like a class which I can call a connect and send message method.

And which package I should use to create the client. Is there any native package?

[arctic plume]

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to check if a character in your game is done speaking before it moves onto the next character to speak?
I'm thinking about implementing a queuing data structure to manage it but I'm wondering if there's a simpler solution that I'm just missing

[latent latch]

cliptime ah, didn't see the whole message, but yeah a queue sounds ideal beyond situations where you may have too much dialogue queued up.

[round violet]

how can I place the cursor to the center of the screen ?

[vagrant blade]

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

[round violet]

i tried locked then none but it didnt work

[vagrant blade]

Did you click into the game view?

[round violet]

tried again and now its works

maybe i didnt saw well when i first tried

[vagrant blade]

It always worked 🤷‍♂️

[round violet]

yeah mb

[marble mauve]

I'm using a websocket client package called NativeWebSocket and I'm trying to connect to a server but I have some problems. How I can create a connection and make it global and accessible for all the scripts and objects from diffrent scenes etc...?

[knotty sun]

That sounds more like a question for the publisher of the package

[marble mauve]

No as I am asking about creating in this case a class when the game starts and this class being accessible from all the scripts. I know how to run and make the connection with the package

[knotty sun]

Use a Static class or a Singleton with DDOL

[marble mauve]

Mmm okey. I will try to create a singleton with don't destroy on load

[kind pivot]

hi, I have a class library project that is not in a unity project. so it doesn't have any direct reference to unity. I can get references to unity dll's by finding a game that has the unity files in its output and add those to my project references. but this makes it dependent on the game meaning if the game is moved or removed the references will no longer work.

so is there a way to get more independent way to access unity code?

[knotty sun]

yes, access the dll's directly from your Unity Editor install location

[kind pivot]

ideally the unity dll's would be able to be referenced directly within the project and be as independent as possible. this project will be used as a template so the location of the files shouldn't cause problems

[kind pivot]

that does require me to have the installation in the first place? which might not always be the case

[simple egret]

Found some that look correct under C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Data\Managed\UnityEngine (your install location may vary).
Ideally these should be copied into your project folder

[knotty sun]

how would you have a project without having the corresponding Editor?

[kind pivot]

like I said, I had previously just used the unity files from an installed game

[simple egret]

But yes you do need to install the editor at least once to get the DLLs

[knotty sun]

    <Reference Include="UnityEngine">
      <HintPath>C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.48f1\Editor\Data\Managed\UnityEngine\UnityEngine.dll</HintPath>
      <Private>False</Private>
    </Reference>

this is from one of my dll projects

[kind pivot]

I mean it is a project template so I really only need like one or two unity dll references. so even though it doesn't seem very optimal maybe I could drag and drop the dll's I need and reference them from within the project somehow?

[knotty sun]

afaik VS does not support drag and drop references

[kind pivot]

I can clarify this is for modding purposes so the files are only needed to compile but will be present when loaded in game

[kind pivot]

that's unfortunate

[knotty sun]

you should know by now that modding discussions are not allowed here

[kind pivot]

they aren't? I wasn't aware

can't really imagine why

[knotty sun]

#📖┃code-of-conduct

[ashen yoke]

is it a mod or a satellite dll for the project itself?

[knotty sun]

because there is no difference between legal modding and illegal pirating and we have no wish to help pirates

[ashen yoke]

with vs you can automate some things like using relative paths to locate things, i dont remember if it finds references by relative path

[kind pivot]

don't know what a satelite dll is. it's a class library project that'll be loaded by UnityModManager

[ashen yoke]

but if it does then all you have to do is keep your solution dir at the same relative location as your bin

#archived-code-general message
test it, change this path to be relative to your solution and see if it picks up the references after you move it

[kind pivot]

I guess that's understandable? but unity games built with unity. if you wanna mod a game this seems like a place to come to for help? but I guess there's no way to tell what the extend of a mod is? I don't know. honestly sounds confusing to me

[ashen yoke]

modding is generally frowned upon here due to the grayzone it is

[kind pivot]

just having trouble understanding a world I have no knowledge off

but I'm sure the discord moderators have their reasons

[kind pivot]

only issue is it heavily relies on the version being the same which isn't always as easy to ensure

[knotty sun]

actually it doesn't, Unity dll's are specifically build to be version agnostic unless there are specific apis being used

[kind pivot]

I mean the path

Edtitor/2020.3.48f1

if I have installed any other version it will fail

[knotty sun]

so copy the dll's to your project folder

[kind pivot]

hmm yea that could work. some kind of dependency folder and simply referencing those dll's instead? seems reasonable

[clear sapphire]

im attracted to this game engine in ways i shouldnt be

[knotty sun]

remember, if you add a reference to an external dll it has a Copy Local option, if this is true the dll and it's dependencies will end up in your bin folder anyway when you build

[twilit marlin]

Hello there, i'm currently working on a 2d game and i'm trying to implement a 2d grapple-hook.
The grapple hook once shoot should make the player spin in a orbital trajectory around the target that got hit by the grapple. It's kind of working, but i've one problem. Currently the orbital trajectory given by sin and cos is getting updated even tho it shouldn't. This makes it so every time the player shoot the grapple, and hit something, it start grappling from a new position.
https://hatebin.com/ldajccqhhe Code.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2OUiP1C4uU video of what's happening

[kind pivot]

yea I set copy local to false as mentioned previously the game files will contain the unity files which will be automatically loaded by the game

thanks for your help btw

[knotty sun]

but, as you also said, if you remove or move the game those references are invalid, by using copy local at least you have a fixed place for them

[latent latch]

it's getting updated cause you're using time lol

I'd suggest using rotatearound instead if you want to just plug in some values

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

[twilit marlin]

oh i get it now

ty

[latent latch]

what you need is the starting angle from the two points, because at the moment you're just using the angles defined by the current time

[twilit marlin]

mm okay i'll work on it, tysm

[marble igloo]

I'm scripting a bunch of Splines, but I have to click "Create Mesh Asset" in the Inspector (under SplineExtrude) while the scene is playing in order to see it. Anybody know a way to do this from script? https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.4/manual/extrude-component.html

(splineExtrude.CreateMeshAsset() does not work)

[thin aurora]

Posting this in here is not going to change the fact that we don't help people who ask questions about generated code. You've already been told in #💻┃unity-talk so this also counts as crossposting.

Please learn how to write your own code. People would rather help broken code from lack of experience than somebody who relies on generated code they have no clue about

[regal oak]

I've posted here at the same time..

[clear sapphire]

sure, generated code can be useful, but theres no soul to it, why not learn how to script yourself? you can actually learn and understand more

very true statement

[thin aurora]

Generated code is only useful if you actually know what it's supposed to do.

It's a great timesaver, but especially pointless for beginners who are learning.

I admit I write the majority of my powershell scripts using ChatGPT because I am too lazy to learn the language, but even then I spend half an hour actually chatting with ChatGPT before it generates a script I am satisfied with

Even then I usually restart the process like 3 times because it will write new scripts lol

But either way, even if I can't write it myself, I have the knowledge how to debug the flow so I actually know what parts of the code does.

I do think this is very different to code shared here since I use it for tools, while the rest is for a whole game and every small mistake here matters. So don't do what I do

[steady marsh]

Blasphemy!

[round violet]

what could make a Play one shot not work ?

i tested mutliple sounds with multiple volumes

does it need a audio source not playing already ?

[rigid island]

is the game muted?

[simple egret]

Is the audio listener close enough to the source?

(is there even a listener in the scene? - it's on your camera by default)

[jade vault]

Hi, I am implementing Perlin Noise Terrain Generation into my game and its going well.

An issue I am having is with Unity Ruleset tiles. I want single tiles to not have connecting tiles. It needs to be in a 2x2 to connect. I have a somewhat working solution however, tiles still are trying to connect to the single tiles. Is there anyway to add conditions to a rule set tile to not connect to a single tile?

[round violet]

nop

[round violet]

the code is on the player

[simple egret]

That's not answering the question

[round violet]

i play other sound on the player and hear it, but not this one

[round violet]

yes sorry i missunderstood

well i did a workaround with another audio source dedicated with this sound

and just using Play when needed

[tawny elm]

does anyone have any clue why i cant have things you can click on within a prefab? or specifically, an object thats in a prefab, which activates a function within another object in the same prefab upon clicking. for some reason, the multiple prefabs ive tried this in, and the different ways ive tried doing it, it will not work at all. ive tried putting debug.logs on both the button script itself, and the recieving function in the other script, but neither do anything. i have made buttons within prefabs that activate a method in the GameManager before, but for some reason just other parts of the prefab cant be talked to??

it should be really simple but ive been stuck on it for weeks

[jade vault]

is there any UI components blocking raycasts? any overlapping objects that blocks raycast?

[rigid island]

how should we know.

debug the Event System in playmode and check

[jade vault]

?? Im literally trying to help the guy above

[tawny elm]

no ive looked around at that one

[jade vault]

Ok

[tawny elm]

theres nothing infront of it

[rigid island]

well this isnt a code question

[tawny elm]

for some reason, i have another script that changes the cursor while hovering on something, and those scripts work fine

its only for clicking?

[rigid island]

OP debug the Event System if you think UI Is blocking raycast

do you even have UI?

[tawny elm]

there is UI but its off to the sides

also i have other things you can click on in this game and those work fine

[rigid island]

depends how you are detecting clicks

[jade vault]

So its just instantiated objects that cant be clicked?

[tawny elm]

theyre activating a function in the gamemanager which works fine but for some reason they cnat activate a function in another object within the same prefab

[simple egret]

Seeing how the selected object doesn't have a Rect Transform, it's not UI. How are you detecting clicks? You should post some code.

[tawny elm]

the object has a box collider 2d

[simple egret]

OnClicked?

Where is this executed? Spoiler, it's private , so never

[tawny elm]

ive used it before??

it worked fine

[rigid island]

:doubt

[simple egret]

That's not a Unity message that I know of

[jade vault]

On UI thats a function

Idk about on a boxcollider

[rigid island]

its not a method

its an event

and its lowercase onClick

[tawny elm]

right if this is seriously what was wrong im gonna peel some skin off

[rigid island]

no

[spring creek]

Dont

[rigid island]

if youre using sprites and colliders you probably want the OnMouseDown

[simple egret]

Yeah that's on buttons for example. It's provided by the Button component, and you can subscribe to it so it notifies you when a click occurred

[rigid island]

or put the Physics Raycaster on the camera to use built in event system on colliders

[tawny elm]

THATS THE THING

GUH

i was trying to use event triggers before

and i remembered thinking "yeah isnt there a thing that needs to be on the camera too??"

and couldnt find that on google

[rigid island]

normally event trigger is UI only

but that component on camera lets u also use it on Collider

hence the "physics" in the name

[simple egret]

Yeah event triggers work, I think you can also use the IPointer* interfaces if you don't want to attach the component everywhere? Or does that only work for UI?

[tawny elm]

i seen that a lot but i remember not liking it

[rigid island]

yup it works exaclty the same as the interface methods

component is only if you want to use inspector for same functions

[simple egret]

I wouldn't be surprised if the component implements all the interfaces and invokes the event when the methods are called

Acting as a simple relay

[rigid island]

Yeah prob thats what might be happening

[deft timber]

actually

IPointerEnterHandler

is better, i think OnMouseDown is outdated

but might be wrong i dont remember

[rigid island]

OnMouseDown works fine but iirc only works with the mouse though

[deft timber]

i had issues with OnMouseDown not working but im not sure where exactly trying to remember 😄

[rigid island]

OnMouseDown is for colliders and usually IPointerEnterHandler is UI unless using the component mentioned above

[deft timber]

what component?

[rigid island]

I used to use it before I learned raycasts, and yes it was not relyiable

[deft timber]

it can be used on normal colliders aswell

with PhysicsRaycaster comopnent on camera

[rigid island]

thats what I wrote above

[deft timber]

right, saturday evening strikes hard

[rigid island]

but op is using 2D so I mentioned the 2D Physics Raycaster

[noble root]

hi, i'm having a really annoying problem with this function.

it says that researcher[i] is empty (throws me an NRE) even though it's initialised in Awake

the problem is that this error goes away if... i click ResourcesManager in the Hierarchy (in the editor)

why does inspecting the ResourcesManager GameObject do anything in the first place? there isn't any special behavior in it

[fervent furnace]

i will reopen the editor to see if it solves anything

[thin aurora]

Your !ide is not configured

[tawny elk]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[thin aurora]

You should configure it

[tawny elm]

im aware of that

i cant be arsed lol

also im on linux so idk if that would make thigns more annoying to do that

[thin aurora]

It's better for you to do it so you have proper help, not to mention it's required to have a configured editor for us to help you

[tawny elm]

huh

[thin aurora]

It's a one time thing, then you're done

[rigid island]

it works fine on linux

I have a guide on VScode for Mint

[rigid island]

and yes its community rules to have a configured IDE to get help

[tawny elm]

this thing just tells me to install the unity package for vscode

[rigid island]

sure thats part of it, there is more to it

[tawny elm]

and also says i shouldnt

[rigid island]

https://youtu.be/ywKFzU1jPsg?t=157

[rigid island]

exactly because now VSCode piggy backs off the Visual Studio Editor package

hence it needs to be updated to 2.0.20+

[tawny elm]

guh

[rigid island]

dont use any external package managers to install packages btw

[tawny elm]

nevermind it opened anyway

[rigid island]

dotnet6 is hella outdated

use the video I sent, it shows the whole easy process

[tawny elm]

god its making me do bash things

[rigid island]

ur in linux

better get used to it

[tawny elm]

half the time my bash just says no

[rigid island]

are you running the commands as sudo

[tawny elm]

yeah

[rigid island]

what is failing though because configuring VSCode only requires commands for .NET installation

[tawny elm]

i installed .net but it still says i havent installed it

[rigid island]

did you restart PC after installing

[tawny elm]

guh

ill do it later then

[eager steppe]

Attempt 3 bruh im so done with this not working

Tryna make this stupid timeline work, basically when i click somewhere on it, i want the song to skip to that point in time (how we calculate this is we see how far away the LineRunner (just a vertical line that should be here).

Since it's a scrollbar, it's just harder so for this I tried using this script
It basically (tries to) calculate the current place we are in the timeline, by finding where it starts and ends on the screen.
It then finds where between the bounds the mouse is, and uses that to calculate where to put the LineRunner on the grid

Of course there's a few problems with this though.
For one...

• It somehow like, becomes way way less accurate the more of the song you play/deeper to the right of the timeline you go, resulting in the LineRunner being further forward than ideally needed
• sometimes StartBounds is just plain incorrect

But I'm not good enough at math to see what's wrong. Can someone help?

[solemn raven]

hi,
i'm confused in a weird way, why is this function doesnt work :S

float constant = 0.1f;
public Image img;
void Update()
{
  if (img.color.a < 1)
  {
        Debug.Log("img.color.a =  "  + img.color.a ); // ----------------------> WORKS!!!
        img.color = new Color(1, 1, 1, img.color.a + constant); //---------> WORKS !!!!
  }
  else if (img.color.a > 0)
  {
        Debug.Log("img.color.a =  "  + img.color.a ); ------------------>> WORKS I CAN SEE IT ON THE CONSOLE-- means condition's met!!
        img.color = new Color(1, 1, 1, img.color.a - constant); // ------------------>> ((( DOESNT WORK!!! )))) 
  }

}

[knotty sun]

update is not Update

[solemn raven]

typo , but not the issue, thx tho

its the same function ... adding value works but subtracting doesnt ??

[knotty sun]

define doesn't work

[solemn raven]

the console spits out on every update the value of Debug.Log("img.color.a = " + img.color.a ); and it's img.color.a = 1.01 on every update ... it doesn't subtract anything

if I changed img.color.a - constant to img.color.a + constant it works , it keeps on adding

[knotty sun]

looking at your code it should flipflop depending on the start value of a

[solemn raven]

wait let me add a debug on the (adding portion ) maybe both of them works on every update so it keeps on adding and suptracting in the same update

[knotty sun]

no, you have an else, they will flipflop on sucessive Updates once a = 1

[clear sapphire]

im too stupid to comprehend code like that

[solemn raven]

u are right , let me test it out

yes it worked thanks @knotty sun i've no idea how i missed that 😄

[knotty sun]

plug a value like 0.5 into a and run the code in your head, it's pretty simple

[fierce forge]

Hello everyone

is there any way to project some room with tilemap and then using it in generating dungeons

or i have to do it totally procuderaly

[rigid island]

#💻┃unity-talk not code question

[vale bridge]

oh sry mb

[rigid island]

wdym project some room

[nova leaf]

i have a sprite in the 3d world, that i use as a health bar, i want to scale it from right to left, but it always scales down from both sides to the middle, so i changed the sprite pivot. problem now is, the billboard shader that i use rotates on the sprites pivot and not the middle ._.

[rigid island]

RotateAround and pass the Center of the collider ?

huh?

[fierce forge]

like prepare that in the editor, draw it by hand and then reuse that in code to generate dungeons

[rigid island]

ofc

I would use scriptable tiles so you can put a custom enum for tiletype

[crystal creek]

I currently have an issue when loading Universal Render Pipline materials from an asset bundle

how im currently loading them:

            foreach (string assetName in assetNames)
            {
                Material asset = loadedAssetBundles[0].LoadAsset<Material>(assetName);
            }

currently they load correctly, but they do not seem to be affected by any type of ambient lighting, even calling DynamicGI.UpdateEnvironment(); does not seem to have an effect.

I can fix ambient lighting by reassigning the shader, however this breaks almost every other property of the material such as emission will no longer work etc

any idea to what could be a possible fix?

additional info: yes i am including shader variants into the bundle

[vagrant blade]

Isn't it TimelineAsset?
https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Timeline.TimelineAsset.html

[vagrant blade]

What a weird deleted conversation. Well, timeline assets are serializable. 👍

[rigid island]

great case of xy problem , also they mentioned tracks inside timeline btw

as soon as i asked use case they blocked me

[vagrant blade]

You can modify the tracks in a timeline as well. 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, good luck to them I guess

[rigid island]

yeah lol no idea what they were going for . strange folk

[frosty sequoia]

Heya, im trying to add an enemy that can pathfind to a location while avoiding objects that spawn after the game starts. What's the best method of tackling this? It's top down so I thought A* is what I needed for this, but I don't know how to use that to make the enemy navigate correctly. Should I just generate a new grid every time an object spawns and is destroyed?

[rigid island]

Unity has built in A*

just attach sprites instead of a mesh if you're doing 2D

[somber nacelle]

navmesh (unity's A* implementation) doesn't really natively support 2d, but there is a third party package you can get to make it work with 2d

[frosty sequoia]

i didnt know that lol. how would i go about using it for this

[rigid island]

Yeah you could use it also with third party package for native 2D support, I usually just put sprites and use the 3D colliders

[crystal creek]

anyone have a clue at all? ive been searching for ages and have no idea what is the cause

[rigid island]

I typically put a sprite on the gameobject and attach a navmesh agent to it , nothing to it

now its 2D!

the only difference is you have to work with 3D colliders so there is that
if you want native 2D
here is the third party
https://github.com/h8man/NavMeshPlus

[frosty sequoia]

right, thanks

[rigid island]

wish I could, I haven't worked much with assetbundles :\

[crystal creek]

yeah its making me insane

[frosty sequoia]

nvm i dont understand it at all. can you please go in more detail on what i have to do in order to do this. i havent dabbled with pathfinding much but i know hot it works so yea lol

[rigid island]

is your game 2D or 3D

[frosty sequoia]

2D, topdown

[rigid island]

did look at the github and what it says

[frosty sequoia]

oh yea, sry i didnt look through it much. this is exactly what i want lol. thanks

[crystal creek]

lmao fixed

[rigid island]

nice!

[crystal creek]

nvm causes more issues

[vale bridge]

Is there a unity equivalent to a for in loop? Like for (animator in SomeAnimators) { }

If not is it just typically done via int i = 0; i < SomeAnimators.length() or something like that?

For context I'm trying to loop through a series of animators to call a trigger on all of them at the same time

[lean sail]

Unity uses c#. Unity is not it's own language so you can just use a for loop. In the first case you would want foreach though, and in the 2nd snippet you would still need the for loop part. Then you would just be iterating through the array/list by its index

[vale bridge]

thanks!

[vale bridge]

If I have for example multiple types of bullets I need to fire, but have different damage/sprites etc, how would it be done typically if not via inheritance? I've read something about the composition pattern but was curious how you'd implement it in Unity

[rigid island]

Scriptable Objects

[vale bridge]

Thanks! I'll look into those

Is the official documentation a good place to start? Or is there some official unity article/video about it

[rigid island]

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

[oblique spoke]

Just prefabs. Create different bullet prefabs with different damage values and sprite.

[cosmic rain]

I should point out that the ScriptableObjects in this case just play the role of storing data for all your different bullet types. You still need to implement the bullet and a mechanism of initializing it with the desired data.

If you don't have many variations a prefab approach might be better.

[rigid island]

Yeah prefabs will be easiest to start with

[vale bridge]

Gothca, thanks guys!

[vale bridge]

The initialization process I imagine would be through a script that has all the behvaiour written in it and go through a bunch of if statmeents or a dictionary right?

[cosmic rain]

Sort of yeah.

Not sure about the if statements part. And it could be as simple as just assigning the fields to the values in the SO.

Depends on what you want to do.

You would probably need some "factory" script that has reference to all the bullet SOs.

[faint hornet]

Why can't I find a way to add a dropdown menu for my scriptTemplates !?? god this is frustrating

[cosmic rain]

Or maybe not. Depends on your architecture.

[faint hornet]

anywone know how to?

[vale bridge]

Makes sense! Like the factory pattern?

[rigid island]

enum

[cosmic rain]

If it's just for enums, then unity should create a drop-down automatically. Otherwise, a custom editor/inspector/property drawe.

[cosmic rain]

Yes.

[faint hornet]

no not enums.. i share a screen shot

[rigid island]

if its not enums the default answer is custom editor stuff

[faint hornet]

i want to make the blue circled elements be inside a drop downlist like the red arrow

[rigid island]

attributes

depend what you're putting there though

[faint hornet]

c# script templates

is it as easy as adding a folder inside the scripttemplates folder?

[rigid island]

Oh you want script templates then

[faint hornet]

what do you mean? lol

[rigid island]

I meant CreateAssetMenu

thought you need both

maybe you do

[faint hornet]

its already in the folder. create assetmenu does not work

they are .txt files

[rigid island]

ohh thought it was something like public class #SCIPTNAME# : MonoBehaviour or whatevr

https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-create-your-own-c-script-template.459977/

I did it a long time ago but once so I cannot be much help sorry ll

[faint hornet]

bro, i already know how to create templates. i want to organize them

[cosmic rain]

Nevermind. Thought it's the create asset attribute.

[faint hornet]

this works if it is a script

[rigid island]

I assume you already tried to put them inside another folder there?

[faint hornet]

@rigid island Ok got it working

[rigid island]

how?

[faint hornet]

The file structure needs to look like this:
index - 1st level __ menu item label - file name

i think you can do nested levels by adding more double underscores like this:
index - 1st level __ 2nd level __ menu item label - file name

[rigid island]

yeah found a read about that, but misunderstood it

[faint hornet]

Does anyone know why my empty project build is 470mb large? how do i reduce this?

[quaint rock]

in the editor log after doing a build, you can find a section in the outputs that breaks down what went to the buildsize

though what platform and what unity features heavily effect the build size

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.build-report-inspector@0.3/manual/index.html
this tool can be used as a other way of viewing that data too

[faint hornet]

its an empty project. you have no idea what the issue could be? how do i create a new unity project with a clean slate?

[quaint rock]

i showed some tools to look at whats going on

the game engine takes up space in the build too, how much depends on the target platform, render pipeline and packages

[crystal creek]

ok i did this as a joke but it actually ended up being a good solution wtf 😭

[dreamy meteor]

I have a file that has "using TMPro;" When I move it to a specific folder in assets, it doesn't recognize what to import

it's in assets/samples if that helps

But if I put it into a different folder in assets it works

[mossy snow]

probably the Assets/Samples dir has an assembly definition that doesn't reference the TMPro asmdef

[dreamy meteor]

how do I fix that?

[quaint rock]

find the asmdef, in its references add the one for text mesh pro

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ScriptCompilationAssemblyDefinitionFiles.html
shows how about half way down this page

[dreamy meteor]

got it working thanks

But do you know why if I delete that asmdef file, it doesn't work? I had to manually add Unity.TextMeshPro

to my knowledge asmdef limits the packages that are used. So if I remove the asmdef, shouldn't it allow all packages

[cosmic rain]

Did you try refreshing/reimporting the project after deleting the asmdef file?

[dreamy meteor]

oh no i did not. But I didn't have to refresh when I added Unity.TextMeshPro

[cosmic rain]

The script needs to be included in the main project assembly for it to take effect.

Maybe regenerating project files in project settings - external tools would work too

[rigid island]

lookup rigidbody moving platforms they show fix

[timid crater]

Good morning, I'm trying to connect my firebase realtime database to my Unity project but I'm getting this error:
I even tried to add reference to my db using GetInstance and a url still didn't work, here's how I reference the db:

FirebaseDatabase.GetInstance("url");
dbRef = FirebaseDatabase.DefaultInstance.RootReference;

[spring creek]

#archived-networking would be the best place for that

[timid crater]

Oh thanks

[dusk apex]

What is a smooth camera collision?

So your camera doesn't move, it teleports instead?

Maybe lookup how to move an object (consider cinemachine)

[limber wigeon]

is there a way to accept 2 different object types? I need a public variable and I would like it to accept either a Tile or a RuleTile.

[fringe ridge]

How would you make the camera have a delay of 30 ms for example?

[knotty sun]

Try TileBase

[limber wigeon]

That does it, ty

[latent latch]

When working with a manager that handles the coupling and communication between objects (primarily through event callbacks), should I directly bind these event callbacks between the objects? Or, should I always callback to the manager and let it forward the data to the coupling?

[knotty sun]

let the manager do it's job if that is your design strategy

[latent latch]

This manager I'm making is binding my UI to the business logic, and for some callbacks it seems like all I'm doing is forwarding events, such as a UpdateUICallback() from the manager. I feel like I can just instead bypass that extra method call, but probably for consistency I should just keep it like that.

[knotty sun]

really, yes, it makes the design and code flow cleaner and easier to follow

[latent latch]

aight ty

[knotty sun]

that's what managers are for, to manage but also to act as conduits

[vestal geode]

If I'm modifying a single variable temporarily from multiple sources, such as timescale being affected by various components, I wonder if there are programming patterns that could help ensure that the change remains temporary, while considering maximum and minimum allowed values or potentially handling multiplication too without the need for a singleton manager class in the middle
I guess that might not be possible with Unity's own static variables, but with custom components the "management" side of the external effectors could be built in relatively simply

[craggy veldt]

imo abusing Time.timeScale is a bad practice, you'll end up guard clausing lotta things just for them not be affected by it. I usually make my own custom deltatime/global-speed to manipulate the speed and what not and only change that

what you're going to use it for? hope not for the sake of just pausing the game

[vestal geode]

It depends what you mean by "abuse", precisely
I have been using it for pausing and haven't encountered any noticeable issues, nor heard of what to watch out specifically, though mostly I make rather simple prototypes where those limitations are unlikely to show
Now I'm planning for a system that could do handle pausing, menu-slomo and gameplay slomo seamlessly together

[craggy veldt]

make it event-based so only certain components can be paused EVEN without timescale.

[vestal geode]

On the surface it sounds like it might be difficult to get Animators and particle simulations to use a custom time variable

Animators specifically only give you the option to use timescale, physics time or unscaled time
Updating them manually breaks their multi-threading

[chilly surge]

If two different code both want to pause and not aware of each other, when one of them unpauses it resumes the whole world even though the other thinks the world is still pausing.

But really it’s what can happen with mutable global state that anyone can modify, not limited to time scale.

[craggy veldt]

surely does have that, but it's more convenient and safe if you just change their speed, no?

[vestal geode]

Quite
Usually I'd have to make singleton with the ability to receive multiple signals to change the timescale, and then with its discretion use them to produce the final real timescale non-destructively
Making singletons kind of sucks though so I was wondering if there were better ways around it

[craggy veldt]

oh s wrong video

see this, Spazi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaEnLpu57s

[chilly surge]

Yes having a centralized manager for time scale (rather than everyone free for all and modify time scale however they want) solves the issue. How that manager is managed is a different issue yeah.

[latent latch]

I was looking into something related to this to add animation frame skip for my characters, and my solution was to just evaluate the animation keys every other frame.

[broken jewel]

any idea on camera collision??

[vestal geode]

This doesn't really seem to explain what problems are we avoiding by doing this
Unity already has timescale and the option to use unscaled time for time-sensitive components
I can see that it gives you more control to make a custom timescale, for when you need more than just two modes of time, but what beyond that?

[vestal geode]

That does work but from what I've read that prevents Animator's internal optimizations from working, at least if you're using Animator.Update

[mild coyote]

I agree, unity already give the unscaled delta time to almost everything, so I dont see benefit on avoiding timescale = 0

[latent latch]

Right, you'd lose some features by directly animating it yourself through the script. I'm actually surprised Unity doesn't allow you to scale animation frame rate as it's a technique used in older games for optimization purposes.

Animancer from the asset store does provide this feature though if you're interested.

[craggy veldt]

lots? physics, anything related to Update.. I mean sure you can freely cherry picking them and make them work with timescale 0. The idea is to make your life much easier and have more control on what should be affected by speed and what not, which is a big deal imo

and cleaner code ig

[mental rover]

apart from the boilerplate event handlers you now need to write for every class of course

(not that it's a bad idea though)

[mild coyote]

exactly this.
and prone to error too I think

now you'll need XManager everywhere

[craggy veldt]

in what way it's prone to error?

[vestal geode]

Are really that many issues with timescale?
As long as you keep in mind that it's just a multiplier used by components and doesn't change how Update itself runs, I haven't seen anything weird about how it works

Doesn't seem like I'll escape singletons either way

[mental rover]

if you want a global way to control timescale that other individual components can access and request changes to, a singleton makes perfect sense

you don't need to try so hard to avoid it

[mild coyote]

more code to write, more chance one make mistake

[craggy veldt]

what I was trying to convince you is that, you have more control of which objects should be affected by the speed and what not, so you won't need to deal with which components should have access to speedup/slowingdown things, they can have their own speed control.. it's not a global thing so you don't need to get too hairy of who/when should access the singleton

[mild coyote]

they can have their own speed control
now that I think of it, unreal iirc has this system where each actor has their own 'local' timescale, and I dont think its a bad idea 🤔

[chilly surge]

It’s basically opt in (“stuff that care about pausing needs to write code for it”) vs opt out (“stuffs that care about not being paused by time scale need to write code for it”), it very much depends on the ratio between the two.

[vestal geode]

Whether I use timescale or custom time multiplier, I would practically have to have a manager class in between anyway which as far as I can see should make them technically identical in how they work relative to components

Custom and local timescales sound good but are not that much of an everyday use case

[latent latch]

Video seems like fine idea for pause, but I'm not seeing how to change the timescale by a value. Would you just compare the current time and return from it otherwise?

[mild coyote]

I was going to add

not that I'll need one anytime soon 😅

[steep saddle]

I need to communicate with a couple serial ports. Incoming packets will be small most of the time, outgoing have the possibility of being much larger (I think close to 2 kb at the most extreme). In that most extreme example, I could be sending that packet pretty consistently, maybe every 20ms. Could be less frequently if I limit if further. For context, this is sending rgb data for several hundred addressable LEDs.

My question is, should I consider multithreading this process, or even have the serial port handling in an external application? At a baud rate of 921600, I believe it it would take around 20ms to send the largest packet I could conceivably send (1800 bytes).

[knotty sun]

which protocol are you using or, as you said serial ports, is is straight RS232 or RS422?

[steep saddle]

Like over USB

I've had a few iterations of this. First was to use a few USB hubs and then several USB extenders to connect to the distant microcontrollers (up to 50 feet away). USB extenders were unreliable so I switched to UART adapter boards and rs485 modules. And my latest (final?) version is a single microcontroller connected to the PC via USB which channels packets to up to 6 other microcontrollers.

But yeah, at the end of the day, it's just a USB com port

[knotty sun]

but USB does not have a baud rate as such, so I fail to see how that is relevant. If you can buffer multiple ports then a single thread will handle it, if not then you will need a thread per port

[steep saddle]

The limiting factor is on the microcontroller side, which uses USB 1.1, so there is a baud rate cap

[knotty sun]

tbh if you are coming from 485 then channelling into 422 would be preferable, if you have the hardware to support it

[steep saddle]

I don't, and this needs to be pretty flexible/work on any PC

[knotty sun]

USB 1.1, damn, does that even still exist?

You using USB-B connections?

[steep saddle]

No, the board has micro usb

it's a raspberry pi pico

[knotty sun]

so USB-C?

[steep saddle]

...micro?

Sorry, I might be unclear on terms. USB-B I thought was the boxy one for connecting to printers

[knotty sun]

micro can be A micro or C

[deft timber]

Don't offtopic in code related channel 🤷

[steep saddle]

It's relevant to the question I'm working through

[deft timber]

Is the question related to code?

[knotty sun]

simple answer, if your microcontroller is buffering, which I'm pretty sure it can handle, then single thread should be sufficient

[steep saddle]

So yeah I guess it's micro C. But I must have misread earlier and I see the baud rate is 12Mbit/s. The bottle neck is the rs485 on the controller side, not the USB side

[steep saddle]

Yeah I think you're right

Thanks

[knotty sun]

that's fine, as I suspected, then single thread should be no problem at all

[knotty sun]

fyi, USB-B is the standard for USB 1.1 connections

[normal arch]

public void CorrectColliders()
    {
        foreach(Collider2D col in colliders)
        {
            HeightCollider colHeight = col.GetComponent<HeightCollider>();
            colHeight.dynamicColliderHeightLevel = colHeight.startingColliderHeightLevel + (int)entityHeight;
            colHeight.ChangeHeightLevel();
        }
    }

    public void CorrectColliderList()
    {
        foreach(Collider2D col in colliders)
        {
            HeightColliderList colHeightList = col.GetComponent<HeightColliderList>();
            for(int i = 0; i < colHeightList.dynamicColliderHeightLevels.Count; i++)
            {
                for(int j = 0; j < colHeightList.startingColliderHeightLevels.Count; j++)
                {
                    int heightAdder = colHeightList.startingColliderHeightLevels[j] + (int)entityHeight;
                    colHeightList.dynamicColliderHeightLevels[i] = heightAdder; 
                }
            }
            colHeightList.ChangeHeightLevels();
        }
    }

so i have this code that's supposed to be changing the player's position in a height system and i can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong

[leaden ice]

What's it supposed to do? And what's happening instead

[normal arch]

there are many scripts tied to it and i can show them if thats what you want

so first off, the first function in there works completely fine but the second one just messes up

[leaden ice]

First explain what it's supposed to do and what's happening instead.

[normal arch]

the second function is supposed to what the first one is doing

but for a list

[leaden ice]

What's the first function doing?

[normal arch]

but this line colHeightList.dynamicColliderHeightLevels[i] = heightAdder; gives all the wrong numbers

[normal arch]

basically my player can jump, and when they jump it moves the players height level so they interact with the right things

[mental rover]

seems weird to be looping over both i and j

I'd try some https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging - this sounds like the type of thing where as soon as you actually try to explain step by step what you're trying to do, it will be obvious to you where you made the mistake

[modest brook]

yo can someone help me?

im trying to make it so text gets a bit bigger when hovering over it

this is the current codee i have

i followed a tutorial but it was for a 3d object

`public GameObject HoverPanel;

public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
{
if (OnPointerEnter(true))
{
transform.localScale = new Vector2(3.798263, 3.798263, 3.798263);
}

}`

it could be all wrong im quite new sorry

[knotty sun]

why not just change the font size?

[modest brook]

because i want to make it so when ever i hover over it it will change size

[knotty sun]

what do you think changing the font size will do?

[sudden relic]

You should probably remove the if statement and just call "transform.localScale = new Vector2(3.798263, 3.798263, 3.798263);"

And then add an "OnPointerExit" method that sets the size to the original

[modest brook]

i'll try

[modest brook]

yeah but surely i'll need a bit of coding to make it so i exit and enter it'll change

[knotty sun]

yes, OnPointerEnter/Exit, which you already have

[modest brook]

i did that btw

[sudden relic]

However, the suggestion by @knotty sun is probably what you want to do. Instead of modifying the localScale, you should set the font size.

Replace transform.localScale = new Vector2(3.798263, 3.798263, 3.798263); with transform.localScale = new Vector2(3.798263, 3.798263);

[knotty sun]

can you count

[modest brook]

how can i do that/

?*

[knotty sun]

Vector2(3.798263, 3.798263, 3.798263);
2 -> with 3 parameters

[modest brook]

im so sorry or the inconvenience by the way guys

[modest brook]

yeah but it said the same with 2

hold on

[arctic plume]

Is there a way to make a collider for an object visible to the player in the actual game through scripting?

[knotty sun]

missing f, you are specifying doubles not floats

[modest brook]

how can i specify a float instead of double?

[knotty sun]

f at the end of the number

[modest brook]

wait that worked cheers

is there a way to smooth it out?

i know thats a stupid question

[knotty sun]

yes, Lerp but I fear that is way beyond your current skill level

[sudden relic]

It circles back to changing the font size vs. scaling

[modest brook]

how can i change the font size instead then?

im assuming i just change a couple of things

[sudden relic]

It requires a bit more context, but assuming you're using TMP and the script you have is attached to a Text Object:

GetComponent<TMP_Text>().fontSize = 50; // or whatever font size you want.

However, I'd recommend watching tutorials or guides related to UI

[modest brook]

yeah im using TMP

wait

i have an idea using animation

and blend trees

[knotty sun]

no, you need a Coroutine and Lerp

[rigid island]

yeah probably

wiremesh material

[kindred copper]

im having issues using the default unity json serializer
It seems clunky, is it better to use or not much of a difference if I use other .net serialization methods

[latent latch]

newtonsoft

[kindred copper]

thanks 🙂

[rigid island]

yes built in one gets job done but its trash because its limited by unity serialization.
Json.net from newtonsoft is the best tool for the job

[orchid abyss]

how to destroy gameobject but have the particle effect play?

[leaden ice]

spawn a separate object that is just the particle system

[orchid abyss]

aight

[half vigil]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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

[half vigil]

does anyone know why this calculation could result in the "Input velocity is NaN, NaN, NaN"
https://gdl.space/ujequgugiq.cpp

im aware the error appears when you try dividing by 0

Im just not sure where I am

[rigid island]

if you dont know debug your values

[half vigil]

im not sure where to

[rigid island]

inside CalculateJumpVelocity

[simple egret]

Most likely the result of the division on line 9, which would imply that the result of the addition for the denominator is zero

[knotty sun]

break this line down into it's constituents
Vector3 velocityXZ = displacementXZ / (Mathf.Sqrt(-2 * trajectoryHeight / gravity) + Mathf.Sqrt(2 * (displacementY = trajectoryHeight) / gravity));

[rigid island]

yeah that line looks freeky

[half vigil]

bro i can barely even comprehend what ur saying but sure Ill try it thnx

[simple egret]

Also is this an intended = (assignment) here? In the middle of the expression?

[spring creek]

You divide by zero on line 9

[leaden ice]

that's gotta be a typoed + or -

brutal for the calculation though

[simple egret]

Yeah most likely it's a subtract

[half vigil]

lmao

yeah p sure thats it

[knotty sun]

@half vigil fyi, there is no reason whatsoever to ever write a line of code like that which is impossible to debug

[simple egret]

And for pure completeness, the "denominator" is the lower part of a fraction (the division), while the numerator is the upper. num / den

[half vigil]

alr so the jump is quite working byt the error is gone so I may just have to tweak som stuff'

its doing like half the jump and then the other half after a couple seconds

[mental rover]

more likely to be NaN from the negative square root I'd say

[modest brook]

can someone help, im trying to make an animation play when i hover something

[west lotus]

Okey now show the code

Also obligatory using the animator for UI is bad for performance

[untold siren]

really stuck on this - I'm trying to make a script that allows the enemy to wallrun - I originally tried to implement this via navmesh, navmeshlinks etc and then just handle the visual rotation in script but it keeps auto pathing to walk backwards and then approach another wall, even though both surfaces (I have one for left, one for right, so I can control the correct rotation for the enemy) have the same cost

I'm now trying to implement this via manual movement but I can't figure out how to check when the enemy needs to wall run - I can check the navmesh if the path is valid but according to navmesh it thinks that this path is still valid (see pic)

there is nothing else online that really mentions wallrunning for enemy movement, so I'm stumped on what to do :p

its just weird since I see so many games out there have their own implementations of wall running, across multiple game engines but its just so odd to not find resources for unity that help implement this

[rigid island]

bake the navmesh on the wall

[knotty sun]

I have a rather old test project that does wall running using NavMesh, I can package it up for you if you want

[untold siren]

that would be amazing if you don't mind doing so :)

[knotty sun]

sure, wait a minute and I'll DM it to you

[untold siren]

yeah, I've gone about that method - the AI repaths however to run on the other wall even though they both have the same cost, and disabling repathing whilst the enemy is on the wall changes nothing

[untold siren]

thank you very much :)

[half vigil]

can someone explain why this is happening (the neon blue cubes are the grappling ones)

ignore sound

[rigid island]

strange I had it working like that before, but seems you have something sorted 🙂

[untold siren]

yeah it seems to be one of the only methods I can find online, that implement it that way - the whole thing is actually rotating the mesh etc once its on the wall but it results in it being so goofy lol

a method would be to set the linkers to single direction when the enemy wallruns but having that would require it to be on every single wall which sounds like far more effort then what sounds like could be done with an easy method

[modest brook]

` public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
{

 animator.Play(ScaleWhenHover);

}`

i thought this would work

[rigid island]

yea iirc when I did it just used the surface itself as way to "ground player" but it does take more effort instead.

[untold siren]

if it works it works lol, since I've never used navmesh that in-depth in the past I'm surprised how barebones the package actually is, unless I'm just trying to use it in odd ways the devs didn't intend for XD

[modest brook]

can anyone else help me?

im trying to get it so an animation plays when hovering over text

[rigid island]

yeah it does work well but you have to get kinda creative to push it at its limits :p

[rigid island]

you havent provided enough info

what's wrong with OnPointerEnter

[simple egret]

You need to implement the IPointerEnterHandler interface, have you done that? Do you have an Event System in the scene?

[modest brook]

i thoughts thats what i have to do

[rigid island]

well sure if you want mouse event but you need a couple of things, for starters the ones mentioned by SPR2 above

[modest brook]

i should do

[dense estuary]

I logged when its true, and it seems to be functioning properly.

But I am still leaping into the sky when the ramp ends

[golden lichen]

is it possible for compute shaders to create geometry (meshfilter mesh, for example) without reading back the compute buffer on C#? I know it's possible to create textures this way, since the template compute shader does exactly this

in other words, how do I know if something is possible to do on a compute shader with/without a compute buffer?

(this is not a graphics question)

[golden lichen]

your question?

[modest brook]

this

[simple egret]

Event system is present. Second part, is your class implementing the IPointerEnterHandler interface?

eg. class SampleScript : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler { ... }

[modest brook]

yeah

`using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class HoverOver : MonoBehaviour , IPointerEnterHandler,IPointerExitHandler
{
public GameObject HoverPanel;

public Animator animator;

void Update ()
{
   
}

public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
{

    animator.Play(ScaleWhenHover);
   




}

public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
{
   
}

}
`

this is fulll

[simple egret]

Post a screenshot of your Canvas, and one of your Event System

[simple egret]

The Inspector of that object lol

[sudden relic]

Maybe that is their canvas

[simple egret]

Okay good, can you do the same for the object you're trying to hover? Also confirm it's under your Canvas

[late lion]

You can access the GPU vertex buffer of a mesh with this method:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh.GetVertexBuffer.html
Then you can pass this buffer to a compute shader and read/write to it.

[golden lichen]

whoa, awesome!

[half vigil]

does anyone know why this is happening (the neon blue cubes are for grapplin(zooming towards them) and brown is for swinging(thats working properly so I dont need help with it))

also sorry about the strange sound

[modest brook]

@simple egret these are under canvas New game text is what im trying to hover

[simple egret]

Good. What you can do is play the game, and with the Event System selected, at the bottom of the Inspector you can pull up a small window, it will show what's being detected. See if your object appears in the list when you hover over it. If it does not, then it might be blocked by something "on top" of it

Like that "Main Menu" object if it englobes the button

[modest brook]

@simple egret ?

[half vigil]

can anyone help ith this?

[modest brook]

@simple egret ?

[simple egret]

Sorry I'm not available right now, someone else will take the lead

But it seems like the event system isn't detecting anything

[modest brook]

oh

[simple egret]

The "Selected", "pointerEnter" and other fields should fill up when an object is detected

So yeah there might just be another object in front of the one with the script on.
Basic check, you attached the script to the object right??

[modest brook]

oh no cuz it had compile errors

[heady iris]

How should I go about changing the name, namespace, or assembly of a type that's used by managed references (i.e. [SerializeReference] fields)?

I imagine I can just whack every scene and prefab file with a find-replace

but this is uh

an interesting way to make changes

Oh, I guess I could write an editor script.

I see that I can get https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedProperty-managedReferenceFullTypename.html, but I don't see a way to manipulate the assembly name, namespace, and classname

ah, hmm

I see that UnityEditor.ScriptAttributeUtility is what actually gets you the Type that SerializedProperty.managedReferenceFullTypename reports, but it's inaccessible

i'm going to go ask this in #↕️┃editor-extensions because it's gone off into that territory

[little meadow]

@heady iris oh, but isn't it obvious? you can just use the MovedFrom attribute... that no one ever documented anywhere... 😒

Or so I've heard, I haven't actually tried it 😄

[heady iris]

I just bumped into that. Someone on the forums suggested it only works for MonoBehaviour/ScriptableObject classes

i'm going to give it a try

[little meadow]

If that doesn't work - utter sadness 😄

[heady iris]

if it doesn't work, I'm using sed

[little meadow]

I use [SerializeReference] extensively... so I made a menu that goes "Tools" -> "I did the unspeakable" -> "I changed a serialized object's type", which opens a menu that does exactly what you said - find and replace in all prefabs and scenes 😄

Buut I didn't know about this attribute back then... let me know if it helps!

[heady iris]

I think it worked!

I did have to convince Unity to re-serialize my prefab to see the updated namespace

I already have a button to do that project-wide

[little meadow]

yeah, that's normal

[heady iris]

that way I don't have to litter my code with [FormerlySerializedAs]

[little meadow]

That's just for another use-case, no?

[heady iris]

Yeah, it's just what motivated me to add the Big Reserialize Button

and the Bigger Reserialize Button

[little meadow]

Ah, I see, yeah 🙂 👍

[heady iris]

which reserializes every asset I have

scorched earth

I'm going to make sure this works when renaming and changing namespaces

it still might be easier to find-replace the YAML though

lol

or, if I'm feeling less naughty, actually parsing the YAML, rewriting the relevant parts, and writing it back to disk

[little meadow]

find-replace 👍 😄

[half vigil]

does anyone have a fix for this?

[grave tundra]

I have code that needs a list of objects. I want to be able to add to this list in the editor and at runtime. In order to work in the editor, I understand it needs to be UnityObject[] instead of object[], however, I have scripts at runtime that are not UnityObjects (or any derivative). Is there a way to structure this field so this can work in both situations?

[heady iris]

If a plain-old C# class is marked with [System.Serializable], Unity can serialize it.

The big caveat is that this doesn't support polymorphism

That's what the [SerializeReference] thing we were just talking about is for -- it lets you serialize a parent type and then actually store a child type

This comes with the drawback of Unity not providing an inspector UI for you out of the box.

[somber nacelle]

vertx has a nice property drawer for that

https://github.com/vertxxyz/Vertx.SerializeReferenceDropdown

[swift falcon]

How could i get **serialized **variable's count in a Type? typeof(TestClass).GetFields().Where(i => !i.IsNotSerialized).Count() this does not work.

[hexed pecan]

Maybe .GetFields.Count(i => ...)?

[kindred copper]

I want to code better in unity, im not sure when I should abstract my methods and code in seperate game objects or have a game controller etc.
Is there some kind of guide for best practices for code abtractions on unity that anyone recommends?

[swift falcon]

Ah overloads...

[rigid island]

https://unity.com/resources/level-up-your-code-with-game-programming-patterns

[kindred copper]

just what I needed thanks 🙂

[latent latch]

virtual all methods

[swift falcon]

Thank you. Now only one problem left

[latent latch]

virtual all methods and use protected over private :)

(it's a joke but im lazy to go back and change stuff)

[zealous salmon]

Hello, any help here would really be appreciated.

I've been wokring on trying to import a character from a URL & render into my game. I've seen unity games download fassets before I'm just trying to figure out how to get it to work for me.

If anyone has any tutorials or working code examples that they can show me I would be greatly appreciatied!

[rigid island]

Maybe asset bundle?

[knotty sun]

you need to look up Asset Bundels and Addressables

[rigid island]

You could potentially just use GLTF file and load them runtime like that + webrequest

[zealous salmon]

Could you guys give me some links that I could use to learn more please?

[rigid island]

well the link i've sent is a repo for this plugin you can try.. it tells you how to use it

[zealous salmon]

oh right I never realised that was a link lol

[knotty sun]

I've given you 2 keywords you can plug into Google after the word "Unity"

[zealous salmon]

Thank you guys will try this & get back to you if I get stuckl again 😅

[gray nebula]

Hey all, wondering if you can add a folder to a sprite atlas packables list via c#. I can currently sift through the folder and add all the assets individually, but just wondering if I can just add the folder path. Thanks!

[modest lion]

Hey guys i have this error for one of my maps on my multiplayer games
this error wont allow me to play on the map
does anyone have any idea in what direction i should look for to fix that bug?

[deft timber]

did you read it?

[modest lion]

yes

[deft timber]

and what does it say

[swift falcon]

There is a spy EventSystem in your scene.

[deft timber]

t: EventSystem

type that into your hierarchy

[modest lion]

Thank you

[swift falcon]

This isn't allowed because shared thing can't be multiplied but can be overriden.

[tender arch]

using TMPro;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class HoverDetector : MonoBehaviour
{
    private RawImage rawImage;
    private TextMeshProUGUI textMeshProUGUI;
    public Color noHover;
    public Color hover;

    private void Start()
    {
        rawImage = GetComponent<RawImage>();
        textMeshProUGUI = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>();
    }
    private void OnMouseEnter()
    {
        rawImage.color = hover;
        textMeshProUGUI.color = Color.white;
    }

    private void OnMouseExit()
    {
        rawImage.color = noHover;
        textMeshProUGUI.color = Color.black;
    }
}

its not detecting when the mouse is hovering over it

wait no

i figured out the solution

thanks anyway

[tawdry jasper]

Should I be able to do: if (heroIsStuck && _heroItem.transform.parent?.TryGetComponent<Target>(out var target)) { I get an CS0019: Operator '&&' cannot be applied to operands of type 'bool' and 'bool?' err. Does this mean the ?. syntax can only be used to conditionally run methods on nullable types and can't shorten a parent != null check? (It appears I can use a ?? to coerce the potential null to a bool, but then I loose the ability to conditionally call TryGetComponent 🤔

[tender arch]

what are you trying to achieve?

can you send me the full code snippet

[lean sail]

You shouldnt be using ? on unity objects in the first place

[tawdry jasper]

this works: var heroParent = _heroItem.transform.parent; if (heroIsStuck && heroParent != null && heroParent.TryGetComponent<Target>(out var target)) {
I was hoping I can get by without explicitly checking for transform.parent with the ?. operator.

[lean sail]

Modern ways of null checking (? and ??) dont work on unity objects, because it does not use unitys implementation of a null check

[tender arch]

i just do if (ex != null){}

[heady iris]

It sounds like you have your project set up to be nullable-aware

if I do that, I don't get such an error

ah, no, there it goes

You got that error because the right hand side winds up being a nullable bool

But, as bawsi noted, you shouldn't be doing this in the first place

When you destroy a Unity object, it will compare equal to null

but this is just how UnityEngine.Object defines the == operator

Any existing references don't magically become null

[golden lichen]

can anyone find an example of a compute shader that uses GraphicsBuffer instead of ComputeBuffer? I can't find a single example of one online, not even the official documentation shows the shader code (GetVertexBuffer in this example https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh.GetVertexBuffer.html)
and speaking of GetVertexBuffer, what kind of data am I sending to the GPU? ints? floats? Do I still use RWStructuredBuffer for GraphicsBuffers? So much isn't explained in the docs

[cosmic rain]

Shaders typically don't care about the exact types you use on the shader side. What matters is that your type matches the memory layout of whatever you send from the CPU side.

You'll need to figure out what the data structure on the C# side looks like and replicate it in the shader.

[golden lichen]

yes, I perfectly aware of that

when I use ComputeBuffers, but I'm asking about GraphicsBuffers

with ComputeBuffers, you can send any data as a struct as long as the structs matches on both C# and the shader code

[cosmic rain]

Same with graphics buffer. A compute buffer is just a wrapper for a graphics buffer I think.

[golden lichen]

okay, but it would help if I found 1 example

since Graphics Buffers are used with vertex/index buffers, both of which I don't know how to use (in the shader code)

[cosmic rain]

I think there aren't any examples, because unity generates the buffer struct dynamically based on what attributes the mesh has. I.e. it can be as simple as just the vertex position or as complicated as position, normal, tangent, uv, etc...

Check the VertexAttributeDescriptor docs page. It explains it a bit.

[golden lichen]

alright, thanks!

[half vigil]

Does anybody know why this is happening, the grappling script targets the neon blue cubes but as you can see in the video is doesnt grapple properly

ignore the sound btw lol

[hexed pecan]

Better share your code

[half vigil]

its a bit

spread out

accross alot of scripts

but Ill try

unity and vs loading up rn tho

[dusk apex]

When you do, here's instructions on how to post !code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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

[half vigil]

bruh Im getting so many namespace errors now that its open

sould I just wait them out?

or is there something u have to do to fix them

[cosmic rain]

What errors and where do you see them?

[half vigil]

Type 'Movement' already defines a member called 'StopCrouch' with the same parameter types

I have this but for basically all the scriptscand public functions

Im aware its a unity error but I still dont know how to fix

[cosmic rain]

So is your actually issue compile errors?

Do these errors appear in the unity console?

[half vigil]

im pretty sure

[half vigil]

yeah

this

[cosmic rain]

The error implies that you have duplicate scripts/files. Find the duplicates and delete them.

[half vigil]

I just opened the project

[cosmic rain]

I feel like you did something silly, like copying the project or it's assets into itself...

[half vigil]

I feel insulted :(

anyway yeah tere were just extras in the normal assets'

bc scripts is a folder

idk how

silly unity

[cosmic rain]

Search the project for one of the mentioned types/files. Then take a screenshot of the results.

[half vigil]

nah its fixed

time to actually try fixing the problem lol

[cosmic rain]

Since you're asking in general code, you should know how to debug your code. Find the part that actually hooks the grappling hook, and trace backwards from there.

[half vigil]

alr

alr so Im doing it but it just logs what is hooked onto which isnt really the problem

Im quessingthe caculation is off so Ill post it

https://gdl.space/sovolijumi.cpp

[cosmic rain]

I don't k ow enough about your setup, but jump logic doesn't sound relevant to swinging..?🤨

[half vigil]

im just calling the act of pulling u to what ur grappling to a jump

its not the actual jump

[cosmic rain]

Then debug it. The force that is being applied and timing. And compare to when it does work correctly

[tender arch]

im going to cry

ive been trying to get this to work for over 2-3 hours, it worked before but all of a sudden it stopped working when i implemented a optional gameobject then removed it

i am so frustrated that im going to cower on the ground

the thing is it works with other kinds of buttons

but not the actual x buttons

[cosmic rain]

Debug it

[tender arch]

i did

[cosmic rain]

How?

And what are the results?

[tender arch]

its deactivating something completely different

[cosmic rain]

Debug what object it's called from.

[daring hull]

is this a place where I can ask for help?

[half vigil]

no, its patrick

[cosmic rain]

Assuming it's relevant to this channel.

[daring hull]

im trying to make conways game of life on unity, and I'm really confused as to why my code doesn't work. When I click on any of my cells, nothing changes. I'll send my code.

[mild coyote]

you shouldnt close the parent using a function on it's child
instead make the close function on the parent itself and let the child call it

[daring hull]

this is my code for the actual board

[cosmic rain]

I don't think there's any problem in deactivating an object from its child. At least functionally.

[cosmic rain]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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

[daring hull]

oops

sorry

[mild coyote]

if he move the child (the close button) it might close the wrong object

[cosmic rain]

Indeed, but it would work if it's not moved in the hierarchy.

[daring hull]

this is my grid code: https://gdl.space/efiqejubit.cs

this is my cell code: https://gdl.space/lebupovivo.cs

before running

running

when i try to click on my grid, it simply does nothing?

[cosmic rain]

What debugging steps did you take so far?

[daring hull]

ive tried to figure out how breakpoints and stuff work

[cosmic rain]

Ok, when you figure that out, use it to see if the OnMouseUp function is being called.

[daring hull]

can you help me figure out how to use them

im kinda lost

[mild coyote]

the old reliable Debug.Log("Ahoi there"); might be enough to do the job

[cosmic rain]

Did you read through the VS debugging manual or some other resource on how to use the debugger?

[daring hull]

sure

yeah i dont think tis being called because theres nothing in the console

[mild coyote]

maybe you need to add collider(2D) to the cell prefabs
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseUp.html

[daring hull]

i have

[mild coyote]

is Physics2D.queriesHitTriggers set to true?

[daring hull]

OH

[cosmic rain]

What's wrong with it's size? I don't think anything would be able to hit it.

[daring hull]

WAIT

YEAH

dude why is that the default size

im special

sorry

[daring hull]

yeah