archived-code-general

[hexed pecan]

@hearty merlin Show your input manager settings for the vertical axis?

Do you have separate gas/brake pedals? 🤔 If yes, do the same with those

[heady iris]

Those would be providing the Y inputs

[hearty merlin]

pedals did nothing.

[ancient magnet]

Hey, how do I check if I'm on mobile (Android) or PC (Windows, Linux) using the #if statement? I could only find UNITY_STANDALONE and UNITY_STANDLONE_WIN and PLATFORM_STANDALONE and PLATFORM_STANDLONE_WIN, but I'm not sure what they do.

[gray thunder]

UNITY_STANDALONE_LINUX, UNITY_STANDALONE_WINDOWS, UNITY_ANDROID

[heady iris]

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

Check this out

[ancient magnet]

They don't show up for me. Will they still work, or do I have to change something in the player settings?

[heady iris]

I don't think you're going to see all of these symbols in the autocomplete list

If a symbol isn't defined, C# doesn't have any clue that it could ever possibly exist

[knotty sun]

if in doubt look in Assembly-CSharp.csproj

[ancient magnet]

Alright, thanks a lot of the help 👍

[hearty merlin]

do you have any other ideas to why i would be giving a phantom input?

i also can send a video of what the player is doing when I press play.

[hearty merlin]

nevermind, finally fixed it. only took 6 hours

[karmic sand]

hey im trying to procedurally create a terrain mesh but am having an issue with it not rendering the mesh when i increase the depth or width like theres some sort of limit to the amount of triangles it can render.

heres my code https://pastebin.com/Xqh6zekY

as you can see in the image below 256x256 works fine but as soon as i go over that it doesnt even though its still generating the triangles.

nevermind didnt realise there was a limit on mesh vertice count 😭

[heady iris]

You need to switch the index format from 16-bit integers to 32-bit integers

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rendering.IndexFormat.html

[low crag]

hey guys, I'm trying to make a simple curved world, and I already made a shader to achieve the visual result, but I'm getting some issues with the trigger collider I'm ussing to put another gameobject of my pool in front of the other piece together, I have some printscreen, but:

• I can handle different to achieve that?
• or maybe exists a simple solution for that?

[heady iris]

You have not stated what the problem is.

[low crag]

the problem is to set correctly the position, as you can see, the colliders are getting pretty close one to the other, it's strange to work like this, with a anchor point far away to the road curved

I'm just looking for more consistency

[heady iris]

If everything uses the curved world shader, then it'll work out correctly.

[low crag]

actually the road segment it's a prefab, all with the same default material with the shader

[heady iris]

all of the game logic will work on a straight line

the visuals will just get distorted

[low crag]

but look, why I'm getting different location at my colliders of the same prefab?

I change the values to not curve to show it

[heady iris]

Get rid of the curved material entirely to make sure.

[low crag]

well, I'll stay with this solution, and try to adapt

[heady iris]

not to permanently remove it

I just want to rule out anything shader-related

[heady iris]

Also, I'm not sure what you're expecting to see here.

[low crag]

I was just wondering if this is a really good solution, or maybe I should try something different

because the shade make not so easy to put all pieces together to achieve a infinite curved road

[heady iris]

Using a shader to make a "curved world" effect is reasonable. I've done it before.

you just have to remember that this has no effect on anything other than the visuals

So you will see the visuals "detaching" from your objects

And there are some cases where you do have to manually move objects to match the shader curve

For example, if you have lights, those need to be moved

[low crag]

but probably I'll get some issues to fit the pieces right?

[bright relic]

                uOffset = (adjPos.x % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                break;
            case Direction.East:   //X+
                uOffset = (adjPos.z % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                break;
            case Direction.West:   //X-
                uOffset = (adjPos.z % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                break;
        }

        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset, vOffset + tileSize));
        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset + tileSize, vOffset + tileSize));
        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset + tileSize, vOffset));
        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset, vOffset));```  left some cases out to make the message shorter, how can i correct the offsets for z- x+ and y-? this works fine for the other 3 directions

[heady iris]

Fit the pieces together completely normally, as if it were a straight track.

Assuming they're all being distorted in the same way, they'll still fit together

[maiden stone]

For example, if I have 3 sounds in my scriptable object, and I go through each of them, increasing the index, gameobjects are returned, however, they all are the last audio clip that was input.

audioQueue.Add(soundFXHandler.GetSound2DRaw(inputMusic.Sections[0].ReadAudio()));    audioQueue.Add(soundFXHandler.GetSound2DRaw(inputMusic.Sections[1].ReadAudio()));     audioQueue.Add(soundFXHandler.GetSound2DRaw(inputMusic.Sections[3].ReadAudio()));

[low crag]

but Idk why, they don't, if I fit perfectly withou a curve, when I try to curve, the position doesn't fit perfectly, but I'll study about how can I handle this

[maiden heath]

any ideas?

[heady iris]

I don't know what "doesn't fit perfectly" means.

[low crag]

I mean the object road put in front of the other object, doesn't fit in the position, and I was trying to adjust manually

but seems annoying

[heady iris]

If they line up with the curving disabled, and your curving shader is written correctly, they'll still line up when you turn on curving

[low crag]

well, let me try fit without curve and test

[ivory smelt]

Hello, im building a little popup message and I wanted to know how to target this task:

• Using a singleton to access the functions from any class (I already have a few and I think I shouldnt have too many but idk)
• Using a static class (I think its not possible since I need to attach a prefab somewhere, explanation below).
• Attaching the script to the canvas and calling it a day.
• Something else Im missing.

I either can render the popup to an existent canvas or create a temporary canvas from code and render it there, but I 100% need to be able to have the popup panel (background, buttons, etc) in a prefab.

Which solution should I pick?

[low crag]

It's not supposed to have a lot of singletons, but it really depends. You can use events. I'd prefer to have an event invoked, and in the class where I need to use it, I just subscribe.

[ivory smelt]

But is it possible to attach the prefab to a class that is not assigned to a GameObject in the inspector?

[low crag]

yes, for sure? just a prefab?

[ivory smelt]

ye

[low crag]

you can use a gameObject or Transform reference serialized to put your prefab

[ivory smelt]

and in the code I should put the name of the prefab as string?

like,

void Awake()
{
prefab = GameObject.Instantiate((UnityEngine.Object) Resources.Load("Popup"), Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity);
}```

[low crag]

wait a minute

[ivory smelt]

sure

[low crag]

you can't make like this

as I can see, you want to instantiate a resource for your project

right?

[ivory smelt]

Yes, an UI element in this case

[low crag]

ok, and why you need this object?

change movement or something?

[ivory smelt]

its a popup confirmation window,

"u sure?"
"yes/no"

and then i pick the resulting bool

and perform x action

[low crag]

ok got it

[heady iris]

Sounds like your shader is wrong, then.

[low crag]

maybe it's a lot of easier for you, just have a Canva with Modal object and set active, when it's necessary

[heady iris]

Two vertices at the same position on different objects should wind up at the same position after the curving

[ivory smelt]

I know how to make it work, i just dont know wich approach is the best in order to keeping the code clean and logic

[low crag]

maybe, I'll need to check this

[heady iris]

One issue could be if this is an HDRP game: it uses camera-relative rendering by default

hence there being the Absolute Position node, which isn't camera-relative

[low crag]

it's urp

[low crag]

for me, the best aproach it's make an UIManager

and then handle all types of menu inside my game

[ivory smelt]

Yeah, I have a small addiction to singletons

[low crag]

ok, cool

[ivory smelt]

So, another one cant hurt, right?

[low crag]

now, it's good to have a canvas for this modal popUp and active the reference

[low crag]

nah, but I think this time you don't need it

[ivory smelt]

maybe i should just stick it to the screen manager?

[low crag]

in MyScreenManager you can handle

[ivory smelt]

alr

[low crag]

yeph

[ivory smelt]

Welp, that was pretty much it

Thanks buddy!

[low crag]

yw

[maiden stone]

I have a method which creates a new audio source with a clip. When calling this method through another script multiple times, it sets all of my clips to the most recent time I run the method.
Why could this be?

[somber nacelle]

show the code

[leaden ice]

It could be that your code has a bug 🪲

[grim gyro]

Has anyone encountered such a problem?

[maiden stone]

    {

        AudioSource audioSource = GetAudioSource();

        if (audioSource == null)
            return null;

        audioSource.name = clip.name;
        audioSource.spatialBlend = 0f;
        audioSource.clip = clip;

        return audioSource;

    }

    private AudioSource GetAudioSource ()
    {
        foreach (AudioSource source in audioSources)
        {
            if (!source.isPlaying)
                return source;
        }

        if (audioSources.Count < maxSources)
        {
            GameObject newAudioSource = new GameObject();
            newAudioSource.transform.SetParent(transform);
            audioSources.Add(newAudioSource.AddComponent<AudioSource>());
            return audioSources[audioSources.Count - 1];
        }

        Debug.LogWarning("No available audio sources found and maximum number of audio sources reached.");
        return null;
    }

This error happens when I try to run this under start:

        audioQueue.Add(soundFXHandler.GetSound2DRaw(inputMusic.Sections[0].ReadAudio()));
        audioQueue.Add(soundFXHandler.GetSound2DRaw(inputMusic.Sections[1].ReadAudio()));
        audioQueue.Add(soundFXHandler.GetSound2DRaw(inputMusic.Sections[3].ReadAudio()));

[leaden ice]

Looks like you're using Unity Physics or Havok or something?

[grim gyro]

No

This problem occurred after reloading the project. It's very strange

[maiden stone]

I am almost certain that the error is not what is being passed into it, but instead how it is handled

[grim gyro]

I'm using Unity 6, so

😶‍🌫️

[maiden stone]

I attached my code in the message above. It should function as intended, however I still get this issue. Do you happen to know why this may be?

[spring creek]

Are you using this in 2d? Like on a canvas or something?

[grim gyro]

3d. But, I recently migrated a project to WebGL. Is CharacterController not supported in it? I haven't found any information about it, plus everything works on other platforms...

[rigid island]

CC works fine on webgl

[grim gyro]

Well, this is sus

[heady iris]

I think you are!

Show me your package manager window.

oh yeah, you can also just look in the "Physics" section of the Project Settings, it looks like

it looks like unity 6 rearranged the menus a bit

[grim gyro]

Default settings

[heady iris]

you have no physics engine selected at all

[grim gyro]

Hm, so that's what they changed

[rigid island]

well ofc its not working 😛

[heady iris]

you may have switched it by accident, since I doubt that the default is now "no physics "

[rigid island]

yeah def not default

[grim gyro]

Nice

Oh, yeah, it's working now

Thanks 🙏

[swift falcon]

#texture

Where is texture chat?

[lean sail]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[lean sail]

Oh you cross posted too. Read the #📖┃code-of-conduct please, this is just spam

[vivid halo]

This is a very common approach that should work for you

You could consider using a constant seed for debugging if you want to make the process a little easier

Nice, good luck with it!

[low crag]

@heady iris I remade my shader, now it's working fine

[heady iris]

nice (:

[low crag]

tysm for the support

[heady iris]

If you want to put lights on the track, you'll need to implement the same bending logic in C#

(or anything else that you can't bend with the shader)

[low crag]

make sense, for now I'll prototype some others aspects and work with lighting when I'm in the polish state of this project

[heady iris]

lighting turned out to be a major pain in the ass for other reasons

the lights wouldn't light up the track properly if it was curved far enough

because Unity thought that there was no way for the light to affect the mesh at all

I need to go re-visit that

[low crag]

god damn

well, maybe I can afford of this, it's just a mobile game, I want to make it simple

but decent

[heady iris]

For a mobile game you probably don't want to use realtime lights anyway

[low crag]

maybe I can create a fake lighting in the road editing my shader

[heady iris]

they also wound up being kind of ugly lol

[low crag]

I'm not sure

[low crag]

probably I don't need any shadows, just some bloom's to get nice visuals, do you think this will cost a lot of my performance?

[heady iris]

I don't know much about mobile performance

bloom doesn't seem too expensive though

[low crag]

cool, I'll check on old devices to take an idea

thanks again

[spare island]

using unity relay, I get a 404 everytime I try to connect with the code.. even though the code is correct
https://forum.unity.com/threads/relay-troubleshooting-join-code-not-found.1278065/ everybody just says "same" and has no solution, does anybody know?

[heady iris]

sounds like the code is wrong, then

or you have some other configuration that is incorrect

e.g. you need to change something in the cloud dashboard

you should ask about this in #archived-unity-gaming-services

[spare island]

the code is right unless there is some invisible character being injected but i have it joining by getting the room code from the lobby data

[heady iris]

oh, the join code

not your actual c# code

What is the full error?

[spare island]

oh right it got cut off

[heady iris]

Note that a 404 would not be the expected response for a bad join code

you'd expect a 403 (Forbidden)

[spare island]

404 join code not found

[karmic sand]

thank you 🙏

[spare island]

here's the last time it traced back to my own code

really doesn't give me any information

[heady iris]

show your !code

[tawny elk]

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[spare island]

Which part would you like to see?

[heady iris]

The entire LobbyManager script.

[spare island]

https://gdl.space/iciqiyohin.cs

[heady iris]

how does GetJoinCode work?

[spare island]

        public async Task<string> GetJoinCode()
        {
            var code = State.CurrentLobby?.Data["joincode"].Value;
            if (State.CurrentLobby?.Data["joincode"].Value == null)
            {
                await RelayService.Instance.GetJoinCodeAsync(State.CurrentRelay.AllocationId).ContinueWith((task) =>
                {
                    code = task.Result;
                });
            }
            return code;
        }

the if statement is for when the relay is first created

As far as I know, the problem isn't with the join code

On both ends they're identical (at least from what I see in the logs)

[heady iris]

yeah, I'm not seeing anything obvious

[spare island]

rn i'm digging through utp transport stuff, i'm guessing i missed a step somewhere in the setup/connection

[heady iris]

This should be separate from the actual transport that'll be used for gamepaly

since this is just requesting a Relay instance and then connecting to it

[spare island]

i saw something about binding a driver but then another message under it saying that you don't need to do that anymore

[heady iris]

https://docs.unity.com/ugs/en-us/manual/relay/manual/relay-and-ngo

the example here only configures your transport to go through the relay server after JoinAllocationAsync succeeds

[spare island]

I should mention im using Mirror

maybe i'll find an example that shows me what im doing wrong

[karmic sand]

anyone got any clue as to why i get this weird camera stuttering when looking left and right? its only in the editor

[heady iris]

are you rotating a rigidbody?

[karmic sand]

yeah

oh wait

i think ive just realised

yeah i had interpolate on 😭

fixed now

[spare island]

fast ass save times

[karmic sand]

fr 😆

cos its only saving like 4 floats

[spare island]

that means the log file is taking more storage 💀

[heady iris]

you may still want that -- are you moving the camera in Update?

if so, do it in LateUpdate instead. Interpolation happens between those two messages

[spare island]

If you're using a cinemachine camera you can change the update mode

[karmic sand]

i dont think i even need interpolate on so should be all good as is

[spare island]

I'm just going to try and bruteforce the order I do things in maybe that'll fix it

well, trying to start the client/host THEN join the allocation

[tepid meteor]

anyone know how to change the UV scaling and offset values through code? I'm not seeing it in the shader script for LitTesselation

[heady iris]

hit Select Shader in the material's little ... menu

this will let you look at all of its properties

[kindred pike]

im having a problem, i followed the brackeys tutorial using player controller for 3d player movement, https://gdl.space/vuborozike.cpp this is my code, but the problem is when i go backwards then its kindof funky, and when i jump backwards and move my mouse downwards then i go really high, and when i point my mouse down then i cant jump at all

[tepid meteor]

thats a lot cleaner, but im still unable see the values im looking for. is there inheritance or importing values in hlsl?

[heady iris]

Show what you're seeing in the inspector.

[heady iris]

Don't crosspost. You just asked this in #💻┃code-beginner

[kindred pike]

my bad

[nimble cairn]

I understand the difference between a double and a float with a few exceptions.

Does defining a variable like this have any impact? Do I need to always suffix these numbers with f?

float foo = 1;

In examples similar to the below mentioned, is the number 1 getting compiled differently? Is this format to my disadvantage?

float foo = .5f;
foo += 1;

float bar = .5f;
bar = foo + 1 + .5f;

Is there any reason as to why I should put the f after a "whole number" float?

[tepid meteor]

pretty sure f at the end is a static cast so itll happen at compile time. if you do something like 3/4 and no static cast it'll assume integers so you truncate

@heady iris its the LitTesselation shader in the hdrp folder. I can upload it here

[heady iris]

I want you to show the inspector after clicking "Select Shader"

[hollow cradle]

I saw that BinaryFormatter is bad idea, does it refers to every binary saving? And while I have many large arrays of integers (mostly byte) what is good and fast way to serialize that?

[tepid meteor]

there are vulnerabilities in binary deserialization iirc

better to google it

[somber nacelle]

it refers specifically to c#'s BinaryFormatter class and the other classes that use it https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/binaryformatter-security-guide

[eager yacht]

There is also a section half way down for good alternatives (and bad ones too)

[heady iris]

It's not as bad as, say, Python's pickle module

I was TAing a cryptography class in grad school

The students built a networked application for their final project (then tried to break another team's project)

[heady iris]

I used it to pop calc.exe on one team's computer

[hollow cradle]

thanks, Ill see these alternatives

[heady iris]

You can literally just tell it "run this command"

BinaryFormatter is still vulnerable, but it's more convoluted

[spare island]

https://youtu.be/msPNJ2cxWfw?si=xAhLmHi-KsE6gWQe&t=637
I think this might've answered my problem (timestamp embedded)

[dense yoke]

I forgot that gravity is negative XD

[upper turtle]

Hey, i'm trying to detect if I can spawn an object in without it overlapping another, I have this code written: transform.position = new Vector3(worldPos.x, 30f, worldPos.z);
Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Vector3.down, Color.yellow, Mathf.Infinity);if (Physics.SphereCast(transform.position, 1f, -transform.up, out hit, 1000f, whatIsInterior))
{

but it doesn't seem to find anything, is there something I am doing wrong?

[spare island]

did u try changing the size of the cast already

[spare island]

I switched back to netcode for gameobjects and it was easy enough to set up, mirror is just too finnicky

worked instantly

(it won't let me take a two monitor screenshot)

[upper turtle]

yeah i tried making it small and large and both didn't make a difference

[spare island]

how do you know it's not detecting anything

does the object expected to be hit have a collider

[upper turtle]

I've added a print into the If statement and it never prints anything

Yeah the object that is spherecasting and the object getting hit both have a collider

[spare island]

is your game 2D

[upper turtle]

3D

[rigid island]

use the physics debugger and see whats happening to cast

[spare island]

there's a physics debugger? o-o

oh my god there is

[rigid island]

its been there for a while lol
they just recently as of 2022 added a Queries debugger, no need to draw gizmos anymore really

[steady whale]

Hey guys I'm trying to rotate a cylinder forwards (when I press W), but the cross product of vector up of the game object and vector up of world sign gets flipped when the object rotates. I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong here?

[spare island]

are you perhaps trying to use euler angles

[steady whale]

Using radians

[lean sail]

have you debugged what the values you're sending in are? what issue is this actually causing because this sounds more like you aren't using the result of the cross product in a valid way

also not even sure what euler angles or radians have to do with that because a cross product has nothing to do with rotation

[steady whale]

Thing is the camera can rotate

so I get the dot product to know which side of the object I'm on and apply the input accordingly

[lean sail]

maybe take a moment and actually describe what the issue is, because this seems like it has nothing to do with what you described above.

[rugged elbow]

Guys, does anybody know how I can rotate the player (ship) using Rigidbody.MoveRotation instead of Transform.Rotate?
https://gdl.space/agakelejih.cpp

[somber nacelle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MoveRotation.html

[stark sinew]

Hey, small question!

I need to run some logic pre-build (precisely, fetching some ScriptableObjects and assigning some Data to them), and i'm wondering if OnPreprocessBuild is the proper thing to hook into?

Nvm, i think it's BuildPlayerProcessor and PrepareForBuild

[iron vortex]

Can anybody tell me about how Toggles are supposed to work, and more specifically how OnToggle is used and where it's referenced?

[somber nacelle]

where are you seeing anything called OnToggle

[iron vortex]

it's code I wrote a long time ago so I'm just trying to figure out what I even did** **

somehow a toggle with no references to this function manages to call this static function I wrote in a script
public static void OnToggle_Processing()

[somber nacelle]

you'll have to show the context for this if you want anyone to interpret what it does. just showing the signature doesn't help at all since this is some method that you created

at a guess though, I'd say you probably subscribed to the toggle's onValueChanged event with that method

[faint otter]

how can i make a collider with a set of points?

[somber nacelle]

2d or 3d?

[faint otter]

2d

[somber nacelle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-PolygonCollider2D.html

[faint otter]

I tried mesh collider but that didnt work at all

Thank you

[knotty sun]

A collider has a bounds property. You can use that to set a size or mix,max positions

[iron vortex]

        pauseOptions = MenuController.pauseOptions;
        Debug.Log(pauseOptions);

        // - Graphics -
        toggleE = pauseOptions.transform.Find("toggleEffects").gameObject;
        Debug.Log(toggleE);
        toggleEComponent = toggleE.GetComponent<Toggle>();
        Debug.Log(toggleEComponent);
        // v
        preferencePrAll = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("DisablePrAll");
        Debug.Log("Read PlayerPref 'DisablePrAll' with value (" + preferencePrAll.ToString() + ").");
        switch (preferencePrAll)
        {
            case (0):
                Debug.Log("Case (0) iterated.");
                toggleEComponent.isOn = true;
                MenuController.ProcessingOn();
                break;

            case (1):
                Debug.Log("Case (1) iterated.");
                toggleEComponent.isOn = false;
                MenuController.ProcessingOff();
                break;
        }

This is how the toggle is obtained currently.

the function it's calling, MenuController.ProcessingOn()/Off() respectively, just disable one gameObject

and it's unrelated to this script

it also contains no references to this

[somber nacelle]

paste the whole class in a bin site 👇 !code
at no point is that method you were asking about shown here

[tawny elk]

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[iron vortex]

https://hastebin.com/share/awiyeyuyay.csharp

[faint otter]

didnt work

[iron vortex]

idk why the link immediately broke

hold on

[somber nacelle]

hastebin has been doing that a lot lately, it should appear in a few minutes

but use a different site if possible. hastebin has gotten terrible since toptal acquired it

lmao i just got ip banned from the site due to rate limiting for refreshing a couple times so even if the link does start working i won't be able to see it

[iron vortex]

https://gdl.space/donazaxedo.csharp

[somber nacelle]

oh god everything is static 😬
but none of those methods are being used in this code so you'll need to use your IDE to find out where they are actually being used. and since it's all static none of it is being set or subscribed in the inspector

[iron vortex]

I was worried you would say it was that bad lmao

let's just say I didn't learn to code by making a game, but I did learn CS that way

[sleek bough]

Do you have more than one copy of that object?

It's pointless to have private static objects if you do not intend to share references between object instances

[iron vortex]

It's uh self-referencing in a way

you probably don't want me to get into all that, it's even worse

actually it's quite simple I can probably summarize it

basically I don't think I ended up using scriptable objects to make my game's objects (the player, hud elements, etc.) scene-consistent and also persistent in cases where the objects are destroyed, I uh.. yeah, I made everything static and that seemed to solve most issues

[sleek bough]

But if you are destroying everything, you'll have to repopulate all references anyway with new ones

[iron vortex]

exactly! I had the same epiphany, I decided to use a "cache" scene, so that in one instance of the game session it only needs to instantiate once, and then a global persistence system I made carries the same objects between scenes

they're just not scriptable technically

this requires weird workarounds

[plucky inlet]

Is there any equivalent to AssetDatabase.GUIDToAssetPath on runtime? I have a imagelibrary I need to access through runtime, but the library itself is only providing GUIDs.

[cosmic rain]

Put the images in an array and use an index as as an ID.

[nocturne wyvern]

Hi

Why when I enable obfuscate my list elements are null? List is not null, only elements of list

[plucky inlet]

They are already an array. But I just found out, you got a little checkbox on that referenceimagelibrary to keep the images on runtime, so .texture already returns a texture instead of GUID. 🙂 Thx anyways tho!

[placid summit]

does IL2CPP-generated code mean you can not detect null errors without a ton of extra code affecting performance? This was easy to catch in mono but I guess c++ land does no such thing!

[cosmic rain]

It depends on the build configuration and wether you're making null checks explicitly

[maiden heath]

why do people use the abstract keyword on scriptable objects classes?

[hybrid relic]

I think this belongs here, tell me if this is more something for #archived-code-advanced

I have my own API and i want to have my own Player Feedback System ingame.
I already have an idea how to set that up, doesnt sound too hard.

Now i also want if there are bigger errors or execptions to not start the unity Execption / Problem thing, but to start my own automated system that sends that to my API with their Account name, Machine Information, The Point where it crashed and the Stacktrace.

How would ago disabling the Unity Error Popup / Window and replace it with my own code / access the Error stuff ?

[placid summit]

well yes - debug build is equivalent of adding tons of code to check things! But I could add explicit checks for debugging always

[cosmic rain]

Yeah. But you're typically not supposed to get null reference in a prod build. That would mean that you failed during development and QA

[placid summit]

for sure - but have to test for it during dev

[cosmic rain]

To have abstract classes. Same as non SO.🤷‍♂️

[maiden heath]

IIRC abstract classes are classes that are used as a base class and can be extended upon

right?

[dusk apex]

Any class can be a base class (any class can be inherited unless explicitly sealed - OOP). You cannot create instances of abstract classes.

It explicitly ensures that no one attempts to create an instance of it

Use the abstract modifier in a class declaration to indicate that a class is intended only to be a base class of other classes, not instantiated on its own.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/abstract

It's for explicitness like keywords private, const, readonly and whatnot.

[maiden heath]

ohhh so for example if i have a GameManager script i should make that abstract?

[dusk apex]

Only if you do not want anyone (including yourself) to create an instance of it. You can create an instance of something that inherits it but not it specifically.

[maiden heath]

ok thank you for the short explanation!

[hollow mesa]

hi, can someone help me, i have a cube, who normally jump when spacebar is clicked, it function is call, but nothing happened :

[gray mural]

What's the JumpHeight's value and where is the method Jump called?

Also I hope you note that you Rigidbody's mass is 100

[hollow mesa]

the Jump Called is un the Move corposant, and the jumpHeight is at 10, but whatever the value, the cube don't jump

[gray mural]

Where is the Move method called? In Update?

[gray mural]

Consider changing the mass first

[hollow mesa]

yup, because before, i used a Vector3 Transform, so for a faster fall after i put this value

[gray mural]

Or increasing JumpHeight a lot

[gray mural]

Sorry, I meant FixedUpdate in that question. That's fine.

Serialize your JumpHeight and significantly increase the value

I don't know the suitable ratio, so you'll have to find it out yourself

Also it seems you're updating the IsJumping boolean. Are you sure the collision happens properly?

[hollow mesa]

that work, thank

[gray mural]

So Impulse requires a lot of force. Consider changing the JumpHeight as required in the Inspector and multiplying it by some value to keep it low

[hollow mesa]

ok for example, i put 10 JumpHeight, and 100jumpForce to multiply each other

[gray mural]

That's right

[gray mural]

Additionally, I would like to suggest you to name your variables in camelCase, so jumpHeight and isJumping. Although, jumpHeight is not accurate, as this is not the height your character surpasses, so you may consider changing it to jumpForce

[hollow mesa]

yup, i'Il do that

[gray mural]

#archived-code-general message

[gray mural]

Sorry, wrong channel and person.

[hybrid relic]

I have my own API and if there are bigger errors or execptions i want to start my own automated system that sends the needed Info to my API with their Account name, Machine Information, The Point where it crashed and the Stacktrace and not start the unity Execption / Problem thing.

How would ago disabling the Unity Error Popup / Window and replace it with my own code / access the Error stuff ?

Better said i want to replace the Unity Crash Handler thing with my own more hidden automated system.

[cosmic rain]

I think this post pretty much answers your question:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/crash-log-entries-w-custom-logger.1051652/#post-6801728

[hybrid relic]

that is complete bull

[cosmic rain]

If you want to override the unity crash reporting system, you'll need the source code.
Another alternative is to maybe provide a launcher/wrapper app that would actually run your game and would detect when it exited with a crash. Then it could take the files that unity saved and upload them to wherever you want.

[hybrid relic]

ive written crash handlers before

that is just a lazy excuse to "its hardcoded and we dont want to change it"

[cosmic rain]

Well, it's probably in the C++ land. And they don't provide access to their C++ code for free

[hybrid relic]

i will just make my own crashhandler and replace the one that unity puts into the project

so it starts my exe instead of the unity one

[cosmic rain]

And it totally makes sense what they're saying. The game runtime could be messed up, so providing hooks for a crash reporter could mess up many things

[cosmic rain]

Yeah, that's what I suggested

[hybrid relic]

noone asking for hooks tho

just whatever data they are giving to the crash handler to be used by a custom exe

like my own exe

without needing to replace it each time

[cosmic rain]

That's totally prossible though

[hybrid relic]

thats super easy to do

but they want to sell their overpriced unity services crap so they make it harder then it needs to be

[cosmic rain]

The info that the crash handler produces is stored somewhere on the user device and you can access it freely

It's just that you can't access it from the crashed app

since, well, it's crashed

[hybrid relic]

and noone tells us where to look cuz

cuz i think having automated crash reporting to be send to their api for automated tracking with gh issues or youtrack is not only i would want

[cosmic rain]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Windows.CrashReporting-crashReportFolder.html#:~:text=Crash reports are stored in,Crashes in earlier operating systems.

[hybrid relic]

how did you find that

[cosmic rain]

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

[hybrid relic]

i was looking for that for 3 hours

[cosmic rain]

google

[hybrid relic]

or rather something like that

i have google skill issue then

[cosmic rain]

unity crash report location

[hybrid relic]

yeah i guess i really have google skill issue

[cosmic rain]

It comes with experience

[hybrid relic]

im a gamedev for 8 years by now

but only hobby

never had the need to replace the crash handler with something automated

but thank you very very much

[sour trench]

Is EventSystem.current.IsPointerOverGameObject() really supposed to hit BoxCollider ? 🤔 I have zero UI and it returns true for my floor which makes no sense to me...

[cosmic rain]

I think it depends on the raycasters that you have in your scene.

If you have a physics raycaster, then yes.

[sour trench]

I do on my camera yea..

Needed that for the IPointerEnterHandler etc to work. So how do you detect clicks on just UI then? 🤔

[cosmic rain]

You shouldn't need the physics raycaster for ui.🤔

Unless your ui is not actually ui, but a physics object.

[sour trench]

It's not UI, this is to detect clicks/enter for physics objects like floor tiles. I guess I need to exclude UI from the raycast I'm doing, so I guess just put all UI on a separate layer and use that to ignore it.

[cosmic rain]

I don't get it. Does your ui have colliders??

Ah, okay, so you are using the event system both for normal ui on a canvas and for physics objects?

Is that right?

[sour trench]

No, I don't have any UI at the moment. I'm doing void IPointerClickHandler.OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData) { ... some code here ... } for some gameobjects (non-UI).

[cosmic rain]

Ok, I see.
I'd avoid relying on the events system for something like that, especially if you want more control.

[sour trench]

Just a manual raycast from the camera is better?

[cosmic rain]

The way I'm doing it is having a UI manager that can tell me if the pointer is over any of the UI(using that data for other stuff as well, like dragging and tooltips). While the player controller is handling interaction with the environment. It checks the UI manager for whether the pointer is over ui, before executing it's logic.

[cosmic rain]

Yes.

And you can avoid casting it, when the pointer is over ui, to save some CPU cycles.

[sour trench]

I've used a similar approach in the past but found it difficult to isolate code in smaller component scripts. All of a sudden my Door script for example will need to know about Player stuff (PlayerController for mouse input), and vice versa (since I need to check what I clicked in the PlayerController).

Maybe the PlayerController can use an interface, similar to how like IPointerClickHandler works, but for my custom raycast? So when I click something it's up to the Door to check in the implemented interface method if it was clicked:

class Door : MyCustomClickHandler {

  // Wouldn't fire if clicking UI
  MyCustomClickHandler.OnClick(GameObject clickedThing) {
    if (clickedThing == gameObject) {
      // do stuff when clicking on this door
    }
  }
}

This way I don't have to check in PlayerController what I clicked... Thoughts?

[cosmic rain]

Sounds like just some design issues. Your door shouldn't need to know about the player or anything else that is not directly related to the door.
If you click on the door(or any other interactable object), you should probably handle that in your player controller and only call something like Close/Open on the door itself.

[sour trench]

Yeah but if you then have many interactable objects you will end up with a lot of checks in the PlayerController which isn't really as scalable 😅

[cosmic rain]

You don't have to end up like that.

[cosmic rain]

One way you can do that is have the interactable objects implement an IInteractable or similar interface or an abstract class, that you can call Interact(this, someParam) on, and the object would handle the interaction.

What I have in my current project is a bit more complex. I have an actions queue system. I get the appropriate action from the interactible and queue it on the character controller. The action has access to the character, interactable and/or whatever else it might need and executes the specific logic.

[scenic sigil]

How do I stop Visual Studio from correcting my own methods to Unity messages? Hard to escape too, because basically any input accepts the suggestion

[slate quest]

typo wrong so the thing goes away, type the normal thing out

[cosmic rain]

You can change how the auto complete works in the VS settings.

[slate quest]

then delete the typo (if u add an extra character)

[scenic sigil]

This is so stupid

Me: ...Quit()...
VS: Did you mean OnApplicationQuit()?
Me: No~
Vs: You did mean OnApplicationQuit().

[slate quest]

normally i would let this be and then delete the OnApplication bit

btw is there a way to detect whether a button is pressed not through the editor but through script?

[scenic sigil]

thank you

[slate quest]

how does one detect button pressed without editor

the context is that its attached to a gameobject that keeps on making copies of itself and then destroys itself

thus the references would all be detached

[soft shard]

Im not sure I understand your context, but you can use the Input class (https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input.html) if your using the default input system, or you can setup an action in a action map asset and bind to that through code, if your using the "new" input system

[tawdry pecan]

Hello again. I am suffering a problem with the ammo system for my weapons. Both the pistol and the bazooka uses the same GunDamage.cs but the pistol works flawlessly whilst the bazooka just reports "No Ammo" and that's it.

Here's all the code asscoiated:
GunDamage https://gdl.space/ejeqabivek.cs
GunController https://gdl.space/erugidoxaw.cpp
ProjectileManager https://gdl.space/urukuvixeh.cs

[ashen pewter]

is there a way to open file explorer in runtime?

[gray mural]

Have you tried googling it? https://forum.unity.com/threads/open-windows-file-explorer.371516/

[ashen pewter]

I haven't

[rigid island]

nope

[ashen pewter]

Thanks for your help tho

[rigid island]

I use this one @ashen pewter
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/runtime-file-browser-113006
works very well

[ashen pewter]

Yoo tysm

Thanks for the help guys

[ashen harbor]

Hello guys, im new to this and Im following a tutorial, anyone knows why the squares (enemies) shows on the scene but not in game window? thanks

[heady iris]

This isn't a code problem.

If the squares are being drawn by a "Screen Space - Overlay" canvas, then their position in the scene view doesn't correspond to where they'll appear on the screen.

[eager steppe]

Hey y'all

Trying to load AudioClips in parallel with async/await and MainThreading, but for some reason my audio clip always comes back null, no matter what happens? Looking into LoadSongFile() method specifically. It always comes back as null in the debug.log. Stuck for a few hours, i'm embarrased to say, but I'm new to working with parrallel threading so i have no idea what's wrong. This only happens when using the ThreadDispatcher though, i justadded it on because I can't create things on anything but the Main Thread.

Here's the relevant scripts:
Initializer.cs (with LoadSongFile()): https://pastebin.com/MKAFcMaj
UnityMainThreadDispatcher.cs (Relevant to RunOnMainThread() method): https://hatebin.com/zbmiuwevnm

if you need more info let me know i'm just gonna go eat really quick

[leaden ice]

Your hastebin link is broken

Also async await are not generally related to multi threading in Unity

[eager steppe]

my bad
replaced it with a pastebin

[eager steppe]

i mean like tasks or something like that

[thorn isle]

Hello! I'm trying to add unity ads to my game. In unity editor, when I click the button that's supposed to show ads, it says everything works. But when I build and test in my phone, it doesn't show anything

[quaint rock]

yeah wish everyone did not see async and await and immediately think threads. its just a method for dealing with concurrency how that is implemented has nothing to do with Tasks

[alpine geode]

i have watched the entire “Beginner Scripting Tutorial” series made by the official unity yt channel, and i was wondering if you guys think i would be able to make my first project using the knowledge i have acquired and some stuff from the unity forums

[somber nacelle]

nobody here can possibly know if you've properly absorbed the knowledge that was presented. so the only objective answer to your question is "try it"

[alpine geode]

hmmmmm, yes i didn’t think about that kind sir. i shall try my best

[spring creek]

Go for it. You will never stop needing to learn, so may as well test yourself periodically

Don't be afraid to do bad work and restart. That is a HUGE piece of learning.

[alpine geode]

got it 👍 thank for that peice of advice

thanks

[ivory cove]

Hey so I've been optimizing my game recently as when using the profiler I noticed my garbage collection would spike pretty frequently. I start with learning a little more about the better practices of memory usage. I noticed that one of the big ones was creating new instances in code that is repetitive. I can understand that for expensive operations such as creating gameobjects, but what about values such as vectors? Would you recommend that I initialize a temporary vector and reuse that one rather than creating a new vector every time? Or is the difference negligible.

[somber nacelle]

vectors are value types so if you are creating new instances of them inside of methods they will live on the stack and won't have any impact on GC

GC impact will come from instantiating reference types, or anything that lives on the heap that you only use for a short time

[steady moat]

You can easily see what is being allocated by frame with the profiler.

Find the worst offender.

[ivory cove]

Alright got it! Thank you ^^

[rain tide]

Is there anyone here who has experience with movement on orbiting objects, or anything similar*?

[lean sail]

Many people, just ask your question. No one wants to make an effort to initiate helping someone else

[heady iris]

that question is also very vague, since orbiting objects could be a physics simulation or just parenting stuff to other stuff

[dawn nebula]

Are we talking about just something circling something or like, actual orbital mechanics via forces/gravity?

[broken light]

how can i instantiate prefabs but create an instance of its materials since i need each material to be different in a few of its properties on a per object basis

[heady iris]

when you access the material or materials properties of Renderer, the materials areinstantiated

so that happens automatically

[broken light]

wouldnt that just be the reference to the material ...

that all the prefabs reference

unless you are saying if i do:

var mat = renderer.material;
//change the color property

that will now only affect that specific game object's material not all other instances?

[rigid island]

yes

other instances you would use .sharedMaterial

[broken light]

ah i see.

[proud loom]

I’m trying to get my player to flip when I move the other direction. The sprite renderer is saying it slips on the x axis but is not showing in game. Is this code or something to do with my sprite

[rain tide]

Like, actual orbital mechanics, and the reason I asked if there were anyone with experience, is because it's not a specific problem, or error.

[rain tide]

What way are you flipping it, like rotation, scale, flipping the sprite?

[crystal holly]

Using the UI Toolkit with custom uss vars, is it possible to edit vars in the UI?

Eg I have something similar to bootstrap in a vars.uss file:

:root {
    --brand-primary: #375a7f;
    --brand-success: #00bc8c;
    --brand-info: #3498DB;
    --brand-warning: #F39C12;
    --brand-danger: #E74C3C;
}

I'd like to be able to edit these in the UI Builder interface, can I? Or possibly connect them to a scriptable object if not?

[proud loom]

Got it

[dawn nebula]

Well what do you intend to ask?

[rain tide]

How I would stick the player to the planet, I've tried matching the velocity, parenting the player to the planet, and a couple other things I don't remember.

[cosmic rain]

Well, what makes you stick to the planet earth?

[rain tide]

I already tried simulating gravity.

[rain tide]

You really think I'm an idiot?

[void basalt]

No. He asked you a question needed to solve your own question

[cosmic rain]

And? It didn't work?

[void basalt]

Apart from the floating origin problem of space simulations, you'll need to simulate your own gravity

so you apparently didn't do it right.

no need to get hostile for no reason.

[rain tide]

Am I here asking questions?

[void basalt]

How did you try to implement gravity

[rain tide]

I did.

[void basalt]

can I see

physx has it's own gravity system that you'll need to disable

so that you can implement your own.

[maiden stone]

Hello. Would anyone be willing to help me figure out what I'm doing for my code? (I know what I'm trying to do but I cant actually figure out how to achieve that)

[cosmic rain]

If you really need help, you need to be able to provide enough information to us. And with an attitude like that, you're not gonna get much help.

[rain tide]

I disabled gravity for all physics objects, do I need to disable a physics setting?

[lean sail]

https://dontasktoask.com/
just ask the question, look at the #854851968446365696 on how to if you arent sure

[rain tide]

Okay.

[void basalt]

that's probably enough. can you paste your gravity implementation?

[cosmic rain]

And you still didn't answer my questions. But I'd assume that the answer is that it didn't work.
In that case, did you figure out why?

[rain tide]

The name isn't extremely informative, but:

{
    Vector3 gravityUp = (transform.position - referenceBody.Position).normalized;
    Vector3 localUp = transform.transform.up;
    Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(localUp, gravityUp) * transform.rotation;

    //Debug.Log(gravityUp);


    transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, targetRotation, 50f * Time.deltaTime);

    moveDirection = new Vector3(moveAction.ReadValue<Vector2>().x, 0, moveAction.ReadValue<Vector2>().y).normalized;
    if (!IsGrounded())
        rb.AddForce(-transform.up * referenceBody.mass, ForceMode.Force);
}```

[void basalt]

three ` for a better code paste btw

[cosmic rain]

And how did you apply the movement to your character?

[void basalt]

I personally would've just used gravityUp in my addforce call

[rain tide]

Changing the rigidbody's velocity.

[cosmic rain]

Changing the velocity overrides any forces applied to an object. So there's your answer.

[void basalt]

you're also not taking into account acceleration

force = mass * acceleration

[rain tide]

I tried that, then tried this, and forgot to change it.

[rain tide]

I know.

[void basalt]

what doesn't work?

[rain tide]

I don't have to move to get launched off the planet.

[cosmic rain]

Then there must be an issue in your calculation somewhere. Did you try debugging the relevant values?

[void basalt]

the big issue is that you don't have a realistic gravity calculation

if you jump, the jump is gonna be massive

earth's gravity is 9.82M/s^2

and that does a good job of keeping everything grounded

}```
at least I think that should be right

your rotation code might also be getting you lodged inside the collider and shooting you up

[spring creek]

I have no idea how you could possibly have read that from what they said. Please don't speak to people like that. Dlich is trying to get information in order to help you. We have no idea what stage of knowledge people are at. I do not appreciate you calling people that don't know stuff like that idiots.

[maiden stone]

So, I'm trying to make a dynamic music system. I currently have my music being held in a audioQueue list. I'm what I'm attempting to achieve is:

• Have my music play, one clip after another. (1, 2, 3, 4...)
• Have a fall back once the music clips played reach a specific song. This will repeat the current song playing if its position in the queue is the same as the measure where it should stop. This is defined in inputMusic.Measure. The songs playing would look something like this: (1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3).
• If the inputMusic.Measure variable is changed, it should finish playing that song, and then continue to play the songs with the pattern mentioned previously until it reaches the next instance of inputMusic.Measure.
  (I apologize for the poor description. Please ask questions and I will clarify if you are confused)

Currently, I am able to run this code and it nearly functions as intended. The audio clips play as follows: (0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2...) My issue: When it is supposed to loop on the 3rd clip, it returns back to the second clip instead. Any help or input would be appreciated, as well as any input on how I can improve.

Here is my code:
https://pastebin.com/Az1Vj3T7

[rain tide]

Okay.

[void basalt]

@rain tidejust an fyi, if you're planning on having multiple planets, or any 3d space game at all, you will need floating origin or something similar. otherwise you will exceed the limitations of 32 bit floating point numbers and everything will start glitching out past a certain point in space.

[dusk apex]

You may want to tell folks what those issues are.

[maiden stone]

Yeah that may be a good idea...

[rain tide]

Alright, thanks for the reminder.

[maiden stone]

I edited it describing my issues

[tawdry pecan]

Hi I’m still having this problem please help 🥺

[rain tide]

The problem seems to be that I'm going through the planet.

[void basalt]

remove that rotation code temporarily and see if things get any more stable

you also said that you're moving your player with velocity. that is also a likely culprit

[rain tide]

How would you want me to move in a way that would work?

[void basalt]

I don't know. Moving a player around a circular planet is a lot more difficult to get right than moving a player on a universally flat ground

I have no clue what that video is supposed to show

if you're trying to move your planets like they'd move in our real universe, I would probably not do that.

[rain tide]

Sorry, I'm not moving with velocity, I'm using the MovePlayer method.

[rain tide]

That's the point.

[void basalt]

idk what a moveplayer method is

and second, you're going to run into floating point issues like I said earlier, very quickly

and you don't even have a system to handle that yet

[rain tide]

MovePosition, wow sorry.

[void basalt]

MovePosition bypasses the physics engine

which is probably why you're teleporting through the planet

[rain tide]

Oh.

[void basalt]

after you fix that, you should let your simulation run for a few minutes and see how glitchy everything gets as your planets move past the 10,000+ meter mark. so you can see what I'm referring to w/ floating origin

you should really consider just having statically oriented planets, like most major games do. nobodies really gonna know the difference anyways...

[maiden stone]

As an update, I found out my issue is the fact that I limit the running of my code if it passes an if statement:

if (clipsPlaying.Count < 1)

What can I do to work around this or even what can I redo to make this function without removing things from my audioQueue? This line of code is important to making sure multiple clips dont play at once unless intended to, however I dont know what I can do to fix this...

Does anyone have any ideas?

[chrome trail]

So if I create submeshes for a mesh, is there any way for me to feed it different sets of vertices for both or do they have to share the same set of vertices? Because I'm only seeing a way to do this for the triangles

[leaden ice]

there's only one set of vertices

the triangles for the submeshes reference from the same set of vertices

[supple pewter]

So how does a mesh know theres a submesh?

[leaden ice]

What do you mean by it "knowing" there's a submesh?

Maybe you're asking about this? https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh-subMeshCount.html

[ashen pewter]

why's my python code is error in unity
it works pretty well in vscode

[cosmic rain]

This looks like a runtime error. Something about unicodeescape codec? Not sure what that codec is for.

[ashen pewter]

its actually because i dont add r before the string

yea it was a dumb moment

[gray mural]

Hey. When having a MonoBehaviour A and its derived class, B, both with the Awake method, is it possible to give A.Awake the functionality, which will also execute when B.Awake is implemented, without marking them as virtual and override?

This way, I don't want to always call base.Awake()

[cosmic rain]

No. You have to call base methods in the override if you want them to execute

[gray mural]

Alright, it seems so. Thank you

[ashen pewter]

is python can be used in runtime?

[cosmic rain]

No. At least not by default.

You could probably use the OS api to launch a batch file or a python script, but that would require python to be installed on the user machine among other things.

[ashen pewter]

ah okay

i thought its going to work with python

[craggy pewter]

Hi all, is there a way to enable word wrap in the Unity console?

[chilly surge]

For UGUI InputField, it seems like selectionAnchorPosition and selectionFocusPosition reset to 0 when you lose focus. Are there properties that track the last known positions, or do we just have to do our own tracking on top of it?
My use case is that I have some buttons that essentially pastes some predefined texts and I'd like it to replace the selection.

[night elk]

Hi, I want to get access of the username of a player in the server side; which is stored in the cloud save: player data but to get access I need to log in with an admin account, I tested the ServiceAccount but there is no documentation about how to connect to the service account. I tested this method: ServerAuthenticationService.Instance.SignInWithServiceAccountAsync(); but I have this error: ServerAuthenticationException: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

[hollow comet]

hii, im having a problem with my players animation when they move. it works in the editor perfectly and no errors show up in the log. but when i build it the animation is stuck on idle instead of switching the walk anim like in the editor. does anyone know how to fix this?

[knotty sun]

what build target?
development build?
have you checked the player log ?

[hollow comet]

just this one

is there anything here that looks like it could be wrong? sorry i dont know alot about this part

[knotty sun]

To start with this is not a code question But...
Select development build. Build and Run then check the player.log for errors.
The !log location can be found in the documentation

!logs

[tawny elk]

📝 Logs

Documentation

Editor logs

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

Unity Hub

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

[hollow comet]

ty ill give it a try

im new to the server so i wasnt sure what chat to ask in, since i also dunno whats wrong so 😅

[knotty sun]

for future reference if in doubt #🔎┃find-a-channel and #💻┃unity-talk

[hollow comet]

tysm

its just in the console in the editor that should tell me if something is wrong after the build right?

[knotty sun]

No, when you Build and Run any errors will be written to the Player log, which is why I told you to look at it

[hollow comet]

sorry where can i find the player log`?

[knotty sun]

did you not read this?
#archived-code-general message

[hollow comet]

i didnt see that earlier

[old linden]

Hello. Is there a more efficient way to get the current playing time of an audio clip instead of AudioSource.timeSamples / AudioSource.clip.frequency? Thanks

[gray mural]

AudioSource.time

[humble thicket]

hey im trying resize my rendertexture however the camera refuses to render to the texture until i enable and disable the camera script in the editor is this a bug?

the camera has the render texture it just refuses to render unless i turn the camera script off and on

[stark sun]

Anybody know how can I make my character hold the weapon with 2 arms. I thought about adding a public gameobject to a script which is on the both lower arms but didnt know what to do next. I also want to use those slots because I want to also use one handed weapons

I want to use slots too because there are another actions character does when weapon in not 2 handed

[lean sail]

Maybe animation rigging, look into unity's package for that.

Depends on how you want these objects to move

[upper pilot]

If I want to create a turn based combat with animations, would creating coroutine within a coroutine be a good idea?
Top level coroutine as a "loop" for each character
Then each character would have its own coroutine to play its animation.

Is that correct way?

Tbh I could also just have infinite loop and reset index when I reach last element until specific condion is true(i.e. enemy or player lost)

This would only have coroutine for animations right?

[lean sail]

A coroutine is just a way of running logic after some time, so this is incredibly vague especially as to why you need these. Or what a "top level coroutine" even is since it sounds like you could just run logic in update.
If you're creating a ton of coroutines, it wont be great and also controlling the flow of when things happen exactly may be a pain

[upper pilot]

I see, I am working on a prototype so I might get a better idea of what I need once I start writing combat logic.
It's meant to be automated combat, so it loops through all characters and they do their attacks/animate etc.

my logic would be:

void Update()
{
  StartCoroutine(CombatTurn);
}

IEnumerator void CombatTurn()
{
  foreach(Unit unit in units)
  {
    yield return unit.DoAnimate();//I assume its another coroutine? It has to wait until this character stops animating
  }
  yield return null;
}

This could be wrong, but that's current idea.

[knotty sun]

Starting in Update is your first mistake

[upper pilot]

Yeah thats true, I just saw it in an example somewhere, it will start only 1 time, since whole combat is automated from start to finish.
it's really just a bunch of things animating, but it has logic for combat too.

Loop units -> unit.DoLogic() -> unit.DoAnimate()

[lean sail]

Maybe do some experimenting with coroutines first to see how things even run. Like that yield return null at the end does nothing too

[upper pilot]

Yeah I will do that first, the project is still empty lol

I thought that you always need to yield return null to stop the coroutine

but maybe its used to end it early

[lean sail]

But still I'd just try to define as much as I can in update and have my own control of when things are running. Maybe with some pseudo state machine though im not sure what logic you intend on actually running

[lean sail]

No, not at all. Instead of just guessing based on examples, look at the docs and learn it for real.

[upper pilot]

I kinda want to take advantage of coroutines, just to learn them a bit.

But the logic is simple, some calculations for combat + animating simple 2d sprite.

I will be back in an hour or two if I get closer to writing some code, I should have a better idea by then!

[stark sun]

https://hatebin.com/jfngrqiyyv I have these script to move left upper , right upper and low arms but I want to be able to move lower arms only when weapon isnt 2 handed.

[lean sail]

This definitely should be in #💻┃code-beginner given that code. You could store if the weapon was 2h or not on the weapon itself, but I dont know enough about what you're actually trying to do here. This logic looks.. fragile to say the least

[misty blade]

I have an issue with async tasks cancelling. I’m creating a simple game creation scene where you can change between game modes. There is local, host and join and some of them fetch data from the Relay server or Authentication Service.
When the user selects host game mode it starts fetching some data and after it finishes the data is displayed on the screen. But if in the mean time the mode is changed then it still shows the previously fetched data on the current freshly selected game mode screen.
I would like to cancel these tasks when the other mode is selected, but was wandering how? Is CancellationToken the right way to go about it? Tried to implement it, but had some issues.

    private async void OnGameModeDataSelected(ISelectable selectable)
    {
        GameModeData gameModeData = selectable as GameModeData;

        #if UNITY_WEBGL || UNITY_EDITOR

            await HandleRegions(); //fetch data from the Relay
                return;

        #endif
    }

    //example method
    private async Task<bool> HandleRegions()
    {
        try
        {
            foreach (var region in await RelayManager.Instance.TryToListRegionsAsync())
                //stuff happening here
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            HandleErrorText(e);
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

[gray mural]

The TryAddTile method adds a Tile to the Tilemap on the specified position, if it's available.
When recording the changes and setting both player and its Tilemap dirty, the torso seems to be collapsed after undoing the changes.

Undo.RecordObjects(new Object[] { _player, _player.torsoTilemap }, "Paint torso");

if (_player.TryAddTile((Vector2Int)position))
{
    EditorUtility.SetDirty(_player);
    EditorUtility.SetDirty(_player.torsoTilemap);
}

My question is, what am I doing wrong that the Tilemap does not get saved?

[wraith spear]

When I make a development build I get a lot (>50) of errors like these:
The referenced script on this Behaviour (Game Object 'Player') is missing! A scripted object (probably Players.Player?) has a different serialization layout when loading. (Read 32 bytes but expected 88 bytes) Did you #ifdef UNITY_EDITOR a section of your serialized properties in any of your scripts?

However, I don't use #if UNITY_EDITOR or any other #ifs anywhere, aside from a package I'm using. I've Googled around a bunch, but none of the answers are helpful. Most give solutions like "I copy pasted every script and now the error is gone" or they do actually use #ifs. Since the errors are shown on basically all of my scripts, I'm kind of at a loss where to start. Any help is hugely appreciated!
Here is a complete log output: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hXmh1SlaFanRyubuLlryTnsbV_KdUs8KRNH0WTtpV2Q/edit?usp=sharing
And Player.cs code: https://hatebin.com/ajkyrmdcsk

[wraith spear]

I've made a simple scene with only an object and a movement script, and it still gives me the error. I've tried removing things until I don't get the error anymore and apparently the thing throwing the error is... All my variables???

My methods are fine, but as long as I have any public or [SerializeField] private variable in my script I get build errors. I've tried it with public vars, private vars and [SerializeField] private classes, enums, floats and ints. Only private vars don't give errors. All methods are fine.

So now I'm wondering... What the heck's wrong?
Here's the script: https://hatebin.com/hliqdrrqvq

[weak spruce]

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

public class SheepManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public PlayerData playerData;
    public GameObject sheep;
    public Transform spawnPoint;
    public GameManager gameManager;
    public int spawnedSheep;


    private void SpawnSheep()
    {
        if (spawnedSheep <= playerData.sheepAmount)
        {
            Instantiate(sheep, spawnPoint.position, Quaternion.identity);
            spawnedSheep++;
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator SpawnSheepRoutine()
    {
        while (spawnedSheep <= playerData.sheepAmount)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
            SpawnSheep();
        }
    }

    private void Start()
    {
        StartCoroutine(SpawnSheepRoutine());
    }
}

why only 1 sheep spawn on start

[wraith spear]

First of all, you check if (spawnedSheep <= playerData.sheepAmount) twice. I recommend removing the check in SpawnSheep()

Second, it's a bit hard to say without more info. What number is playerData.sheepAmount?
And maybe multiple sheep are spawned, but they all get spawned on the same point so they overlap?

[knotty sun]

because playerData.sheepAmount is zero

[weak spruce]

if i put amount in script its working but in saved json file they dont work

but if i debug.log(playerdata.sheepamount) it show right number

[gleaming falcon]

I'm making a rhythm game and I need to spawn the notes at a certain time in milliseconds. This is how im currently doing it:

public class SpawnNotes : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] BeatmapParser beatmapParser;
    [SerializeField] AudioSource song;
    public long ms;
    private Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
    public int currentNote = 1;
    private bool songStarted = false;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        ms = Convert.ToInt32(stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);

        if (songStarted && Convert.ToInt32(stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds) == Convert.ToInt32(beatmapParser.notes[currentNote].Item2))
        {
            UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Spawned Note");
            currentNote++;
        }

    }

    public void StartSong()
    {
        songStarted = true;
        stopwatch.Start();
        UnityEngine.Debug.Log("ran");
    }

}```

However, the if statement is never fired. I'm assuming this is because the update method is tied to the frames and cant keep up with exact ms. Is there a better way I could do this?

The StartSong() function is being called in a different script btw, the issue isnt that thats not being fired

[steady moat]

It is because you are checking if the time is a specific time.

Obviously, it is not

[gleaming falcon]

Yeah but it goes straight past the time its meant to fire at without firing. I know my method is probably flawed so im asking for a better solution for my case

[spring creek]

You should check if it is greater or equal to, not if it is EXACTLY equal to.

[ivory smelt]

Hey! Is anyone else struggling with IHeartGameDev procedural environment animations?

I started the unity tutorials a couple of days ago and Im having trouble building everything from scratch.
The guy explains things really good and the editing is fantastic, but there is some stuff, mostly components attached to the GameObjects, that he has done outside the video and are never shown, for example:

-Rigidbody
-Capsule collider
-Animator
-PlayerStateMachine script

Sometimes also there are scripts that change between videos without context or explanation.
Since the guy is widely known in the community, I was wondering if someone also had this same problem and managed to solve it and get the thing to work.

If someone had already the finished proyect, or the parts Im missing, Id be extra satisfied! But I'll settle for a little help.
Obviosly Im willing to share the code I got if needed, just ask!

[lean sail]

For help you should share what you're specifically struggling with. It's unlikely anyone that's also doing the course is going to see this, remember it, and help you.
For something like this maybe you'll want to find if they have some discord server or place to talk related to their videos

[ivory smelt]

They do have a discord server, but its attached to a patreon, and Im a broke ass dude. 💀

[wraith cobalt]

That kinda thing is a frequent problem with tutorials, but hard to bugfix without going through it. Especially if they just leave stuff out.

[ivory smelt]

Yeah, but idk, since is a big channel I am expecting, with a bit of luck, to find someone that aldeady went throug it and could help me.

Made a post in reddit too

[lean sail]

Then not much can really be said, since you also havent really asked a question. YouTube tutorials generally are shit so maybe dont just try copying an exact 1 to 1 setup. You can make your own solutions if you've learned enough from it

[ivory smelt]

My problem is that there is stuff missing, the question is if someone figured it out.

Sadly, cant make my own solution tho, if I dont know how that missing part works.

;(

[lean sail]

3 of the 4 components you listed are built in unity components if you arent aware

[ivory smelt]

I know, but I am not aware of their config

Made a copy to test stuff but couldnt get the errors fixed, those evil red messages are always there.

[lean sail]

As I said above, dont try copying an exact 1 to 1 setup. You should first learn to code

It seems like you're just blindly following a tutorial. Honestly theres almost nothing you need to do to setup a rb or collider. It's all unique to your game anyways so those should be things you're setting up different from the tutorial

[ivory smelt]

Well, lets say the collider and the rigidbody are not the problems, still missing a script, animator and such stuff.
Im trying to understad things, not blindly following, but im aware that I couldnt do it alone since is over my level. I dont have that much expecience using Unity.
My target is to get it to work, then modify it to fit my needs.

[craggy cobalt]

Hey guys what is your opinion about muse?

[mighty void]

hi someone could help me? i have a problem

look at this

[somber nacelle]

is OrionEditor something you made or is it an asset?

[mighty void]

something that i made

wait i show you my code

[somber nacelle]

okay then #↕️┃editor-extensions and yes, show code

but the error is pretty clear, you did not call BeginLayoutGroup but you are trying to call EndLayoutGroup

[mighty void]

` public override void OnInspectorGUI()
{
DrawDefaultInspector();
OrionFile f = (OrionFile)target;
if (GUILayout.Button("Create new Animation"))
{
Save(f);
}
GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
if (GUILayout.Button("Save Animation"))
{
if(f.GetOrion() != null)
{
f.Save(f.GetOrion());
}
}

    if(GUILayout.Button("Load Animation"))
    {
        string path = EditorUtility.OpenFilePanel("Load animation", "", "orn");
        Debug.Log(path);
        if (path.Length != 0)
        {
            f.Load(path);
        }
    }
    GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
    GUILayout.BeginVertical();
    if (GUILayout.Button("Reset Animation"))
    {
        if(f.GetOrion() != null)
        {
            f.GetOrion().ClearLayers();
        }
    }
    GUILayout.EndVertical();
}

public void Save(OrionFile or)
{
    string path = EditorUtility.SaveFilePanel("Save animation", "", or.name, "orn");
    Debug.Log(path);
    if (path.Length != 0)
    {
        or.Save(path);

    }`

the error becomes from here

[rigid island]

it tells you exactly whats wrong and how to fix it, whats the problem ?

[mighty void]

i dont know, i dont find the method BegingLayourGroup

[rigid island]

maybe its related to this
https://forum.unity.com/threads/endlayoutgroup-beginlayoutgroup-must-be-called-first.523209/

[wide mural]

Im making an ar app, i made an animation in unity using blend shapes imported from Blender, when I enable the objects with blend shapes, my application crashes, when i disable these objects it works fine. do blendshape not work on mobile? struggling to find anything online

[cosmic rain]

Use the android logcat to see the logs. There should be some info about the crash

[merry surge]

hey guys is there a way to force unity to regenerate csproj and solution files

i figured it would regenerate them when i launch the scene but nope

[quaint rock]

delete them

[merry surge]

they are gone

[quaint rock]

Assets->Open C# project

[merry surge]

but now i cant get em back

open c# project gives me an error

[quaint rock]

is the external edtior setup right

how it generates them depends on the target ide

like Rider, VS and VS Code all have slightly differnet files for it

[merry surge]

i have it set up to use visual studio

but idk it's not generating anything

[quaint rock]

and whats the error

[merry surge]

if i try to launch c# project i get

[quaint rock]

thats pretty strange

[merry surge]

i had this on my laptop and threw it on git and pulled it onto my desktop

so maybe i missed a file on the laptop

but idk what

[quaint rock]

nah pretty much everyone ignores csproj files in git

[merry surge]

yeah i didn't commit anything that the gitignore has by default

since they're all generated files

[quaint rock]

well defualt gitignore is no good for unity

there are alot of things you will want ignored

[merry surge]

i used the one that github supplies i think

can i delete library or something to force a full rebuild

[quaint rock]

would start with this as a base
https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Unity.gitignore

[merry surge]

yea thats whaty i have

[quaint rock]

how are things looking for these settings

[merry surge]

pretty bare

[quaint rock]

got the package for it installed in package manager

[merry surge]

oh ffs

that's prob the issue

i had problems with other missing packages

must have not committed that file

[quaint rock]

yeah pretty much all ide support is in the package

[merry surge]

that did it

cheers

[mighty void]

exists a way to fuse diferent sprites in an animation

i have some sprites but i dont know how to fuse then

[cosmic rain]

Wdym by "fuse"?

[mighty void]

like layers, but with booleans

is a menu

i dont really how could explain clearly but i wanna reproduce a diferent layers in a animation in a specific moments

like in this sprite

[cosmic rain]

Do you have some example of how you want it to look like?

Also, is that really a coding question?

[mighty void]

i really dont know how i can do it

like minecraft furnace

with this

[cosmic rain]

This is either a color filling or an overlapping sprite with a mask.

A simple script with an ui image would do it. You can control the fill with the fillAmount property of the image.

[tepid charm]

anyone have any advice on how to make a custom animator event system? unity's system is utterly unusable and I can't really find any good alternatives except making one myself

[spring creek]

Maybe if you describe what issues you have with unity's animation events, and what you want yours to do, the answer would be a bit more helpful

[tepid charm]

events do not register consistently

so the whole system becomes useless for anything beyond maybe some visuals/sound

[spring creek]

Huh. I have never experienced that. That would indeed make it tough

[tepid charm]

well I have, a lot

which meant I had to stop using them, and I haven't found a good alternative that doesn't cost $90

the problem with the existing one is that if a frame in the animation is skipped due to changes in the animation's speed or low FPS (which happens a lot), the event tied to that frame never gets called

so for my system I want to tie events to coroutines which are guaranteed to be called properly

but I have no idea how to make an actual editor for it

[cosmic rain]

I don't think that's how it works. It should be calling the events between the previous and current sample. It would barely work at all if skipping frames would prevent it from dispatching events.

[tepid charm]

well I don't know exactly what causes it, but that's not really the point

the point is that it doesn't work

[cosmic rain]

Perhaps with a little troubleshooting you could get it to work as you expect, instead of reinventing the wheel.

[tepid charm]

I've looked a lot on the forums and the prevailing answer is usually "the unity devs don't even know why it doesn't work"

and I don't feel like spending another 2 years trying to use this system that breaks at seemingly random times

also I've noticed that if you have transitions at the end of animations, the events during the transition often aren't fired

but even without transitions it's inconsistent

[cosmic rain]

Well, we can't really help you if you don't have a specific problem. That being said, if your system is dependent on the animator, it would probably have similar issues. So you might need to implement a whole new animation system along with it.

[tepid charm]

? I don't understand what you mean

I asked for suggestions for how to implement my own system, specifically making an editor for it

and I don't think I would need to implement a whole new animation system

this system would be animator independent

[cosmic rain]

The question reaction is for that spam message that seemingly comes from you? I'm not sure. Am I the only one who sees that?

[spring creek]

Ah, I thought you said an animation event system. I didn't see you say anywhere it would be a whole new animation system entirely

[tepid charm]

from me? what lmao

[twilit scaffold]

it was from a bot that is now banned

[spring creek]

It is in all the channels

[cosmic rain]

Ah ok, guess my discord bugged out. Sorry

[tepid charm]

you can see it says "today at 11:56 AM" meaning it was a message from someone else

[cosmic rain]

Well, how are you gonna know what animation frame it is then?

[tepid charm]

by keeping track of the timings in coroutines

all I really need is to know how far into the animation the event should be, and the playback speed

I don't see the issue with that?

[cosmic rain]

You're making an assumption that the animator would update at the same rate. Transitions and what not might be affecting it.

[tepid charm]

but that doesn't matter, I just need the timings to be correct

if it doesn't line up frame perfect that's fine

as long as the timings are right and the events actually get fired, I'm good

the visuals come second to functionality

which is not how the built-in animator system seems to work

[cosmic rain]

Okay.
As for about the editor side, you should probably ask in the #↕️┃editor-extensions
As well as check the manual/API docs.

[spring creek]

It is for me 🤷‍♂️
I have literally never had an event get skipped or heard of it happening

[tepid charm]

well you're lucky then, but that doesn't really help my issue lol

[tepid charm]

you got it

[cosmic rain]

That would imply that what you need is not really an animation event, but some kind of sequencing system.

[tepid charm]

as for hearing of it happening, just google "unity animation event not firing"

[spring creek]

I don't think it's luck. I think it is misattribution of the problem
But either way, best of luck

[cosmic rain]

Animation events are intrinsically tied to the visuals.

[tepid charm]

alright, whatever you want to call it

[tepid charm]

if you have any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong that would be very helpful

I may be exaggerating how often this happens, but it's common enough that it makes gameplay inconsistent and unfair which is something I want to avoid at all costs

and on second thought I don't really need to make a proper editor extension (at least not yet)

[cosmic rain]

For that you'll need to debug it properly and provide us with more information.

But my guess is that the issue is on transitions and/or blending of animations, which is not impossible depending on your animation states setup.

If you have a fighting game of sorts, and depend on the events for hit/dodge or other mechanic timings, then it would definitely be unreliable

[tepid charm]

I'm making an rpg and in the beginning I was using these events as an easy way to make complex weapon behavior without having to write a bunch of custom scripts

I thought I could fix the issues I had previously had with animation events, but I couldn't

I guess that makes me bad at debugging or whatever

but anyway, I'm gonna get to work on this (even though it's already 5am)

[wraith cobalt]

Umity animation events aren't great.

[old nymph]

Hi, have a nice day.

I'd like to ask, what possibility make a scene too slow to load? I have a simple scene like this, with some vfx and textures around 200KB. I checked the profiler but nothing-suspicious. I use LoadSceneAsync and It took about 9 seconds to load the scene.

[cosmic rain]

What do you see in the profiler?

[cosmic rain]

You could try building only that scene and looking at the build report for what takes how much space. This could provide some clues as to what makes it long to load.

[wraith spear]

When I make a build of my project I get a bunch of errors on public & [SerializeField] private variables. For some reason private variables are fine. They don't show up when in the editor, only when I run a made build. Does anyone know why this might be the case?
The errors are the following:
The referenced script (Unknown) on this Behaviour is missing! The referenced script on this Behaviour (Game Object '<null>') is missing! A scripted object (probably Animations.AnimationSequence?) has a different serialization layout when loading. (Read 44 bytes but expected 296 bytes) Did you #ifdef UNITY_EDITOR a section of your serialized properties in any of your scripts?

And again, this doesn't happen if I comment out all public & SerializeField private variables. Very strange.

[cosmic rain]

Share the code in question and details of the errors.

[wraith spear]

https://hatebin.com/hliqdrrqvq this is the class in question. Everything that throws an error is commented out. The other referenced classes, Animatable and CharacterMover, don't have any public or serialized variables and don't throw errors

The entire error is:
`Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly

• Loaded All Assemblies, in 2.611 seconds
• Finished resetting the current domain, in 0.002 seconds
  <RI> Initializing input.

New input system (experimental) initialized
Using Windows.Gaming.Input
<RI> Input initialized.

<RI> Initialized touch support.
The referenced script (Unknown) on this Behaviour is missing!
The referenced script (Unknown) on this Behaviour is missing!
The referenced script on this Behaviour (Game Object 'Square') is missing!
The referenced script on this Behaviour (Game Object 'Square') is missing!
A scripted object (probably Movement.TargetMover?) has a different serialization layout when loading. (Read 32 bytes but expected 36 bytes)
Did you #ifdef UNITY_EDITOR a section of your serialized properties in any of your scripts?
UnloadTime: 8.304700 ms`

[knotty sun]

this is a Windows or Mobile build?

[wraith spear]

Windows

I've made sure that I don't have any #ifdefs in my code, and my Test assemblies are set to build in Editor only

[knotty sun]

My guess is you have a problem with your input action maps for the input system as this is scriptable object based

[wraith spear]

Ooh I see, haven't looked for any issues there yet

[knotty sun]

this
<RI> Initialized touch support.The referenced script (Unknown) on this Behaviour is missing!
and this
A scripted object
point towards that

[wraith spear]

Oh, my bad, there should be a breakline between those two lines. It's
`<RI> Initialized touch support.

The referenced script (Unknown) on this Behaviour is missing!`

Regardless, I'll have a look at my input settings

[knotty sun]

you may find just regenerating your input actions solve the problem

Also make sure you are using the latest input system package version

[wraith spear]

I've got 1.7.0. I see that there's a 1.8.0 online, but the Package Manager doesn't show an update button. Should I remove 1.7.0 and try to install it again?

[knotty sun]

what Unity version?

[wraith spear]

I'm on Unity 2022.3.21f1

[knotty sun]

then 1.7 is the best you get

[wraith spear]

Alright, thanks!

[knotty sun]

if the worst comes to the worst I would update to the latest 2022.3 version

[wraith spear]

I've tried updating to 2022.3.4f1 to fix the issue earlier, but that didn't fix it sadly enough

[knotty sun]

.21 -> .4 ?

[wraith spear]

Yes

[knotty sun]

how is that an upgrade?

[wraith spear]

Oh my bad, the other way around! I used to be on .4, and then I upgraded to .21.
I need a coffee 😓

[knotty sun]

the latest 2022.3 is .38

[wraith spear]

I didn't yet have any Input Actions, so I made a new asset and generated a C# file for it, but I still get the same error. I'll try upgrading to .38, and I'll see whether Input Actions 1.8.x is available for that version

[knotty sun]

? How are you using the new input system without input actions?

[wraith spear]

I'm not sure honestly, I set this all up at the beginning of the project (>6 months ago), and that was my first time doing so, so it's a bit hazy now

[knotty sun]

I hate to say this but that sounds very much like the root of your problems

[wraith spear]

Yeah I think so too

I'll go do a deep dive into correctly setting up the Input Actions, and I'll see if that fixes the problems

Regardless, thanks a lot for pointing me in this direction. I would never have thought of looking here myself

[knotty sun]

I guess you have never looked at the actual input system code, it is very brittle and fragile if not used exactly how Unity wants you to use it

[wraith spear]

For the new IS or the old one?

[knotty sun]

new IS

[wraith spear]

That sounds... fun

[knotty sun]

I took one look at it and just built my own input system based on the low level code. Not fun but at least it works

[wraith spear]

I just checked my Input System settings, it was on "Both"
Just switched it to the new system and I'll incorporate it according to the official docs

[misty blade]

How can I get the pressed keyboard key? I found online this solution, but it seems inefficient to loop through all the possible key codes. Are there some input events I can listen to make it better?

Heres the example solution:

    void Update()
    {
        foreach (KeyCode keyCode in System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(KeyCode)))
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(keyCode))
                Debug.Log("Key Pressed: " + keyCode);
    }

I’m trying to avoid the new input system, because my project is generally mouse only and using it to detect a left button click seems like an overkill

[scenic sigil]

Howdy. I have a problem.
So I have a value 0..1, and I want to check if it multiplied by 10 is a multiple of 2 (so 0.2, 0.4, etc.). But the native % operator returns stuff like 1,192093E-06 for 1.0 (10). What do I do?

[knotty sun]

Cache this

KeyCode keyCode in System.Enum.GetValues(typeof(KeyCode)

for the rest it's your only option using the old input system

[lean sail]

you can check if its approximately 0, which is what that number is anyways

[scenic sigil]

hiw

how

[lean sail]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.Approximately.html
or make your own comparision for it

[knotty sun]

for future reference try to spend at least 30 seconds understanding what you have been told before responding 'how'

[scenic sigil]

i know what i have been told, idk how to do that

[misty blade]

Alright, thanks

[knotty sun]

A google of 'Unity approximately' would have led you to the documentation

[lean sail]

it is also in the #854851968446365696

Dont
Respond with new issues you have not researched.

[maiden heath]

strange question but how would i go about implenting a battle system for my game? not the technical way; i want to learn HOW to make it. i have the knowledge i need but im kind of stumped. was thinking of using enums for state machines, lmk if thats a good idea

and scriptable objects for the enemies and their stats

[gray mural]

What kind of battle system?

[maiden heath]

turn based

similiar to undertale but with a twist

heres a diagram i drew

[gray mural]

Not sure what to start from. Surely, you will need an abstract class Enemy to then derive specific enemies from it

[maiden heath]

yeah i already did thta

[gray mural]

What's next?

[maiden heath]

i just want to make it perfectly, and not have to restart it because of sphagetti code, so im trying to come up with a plan

[maiden heath]

i guess a combat manager with a state machine

and scriptable objects for enemies

[gray mural]

Well, you definitely need a PlayerController script for your player. The game can be managed by the GameManager Singleton, which contains all the required states and methods

[maiden heath]

combat manager would be more organized

i already have that set up

[gray mural]

Sure, you would also need a UIManager to update things associated with the UI

[maiden heath]

why cant it just be in the combat manager and just handle all the combat ui there?

because i already have different singletons like dialogue manager and inventory manager so i would have to rearrange EVERYTHING

seems like a hassle

[gray mural]

Combat manager only manages the dialogues? Then that's fine

If you have a Singleton for every part of your game, it's fine

[maiden heath]

yeah thats how i approached it

[gray mural]

Does Managers have DDOL on it?

[maiden heath]

whats a DDOL?

[gray mural]

Don't Destroy On Load

[maiden heath]

i dont know how to implement that

is it DontDestroyOnLoad(transform.gameObject);

in the awake function?

[dreamy niche]

I'm having troubles with my gun not shooting the asteroids It might take a while but some help would be appreciated! here's what it looks like.

[maiden heath]

providing more context would help

[dreamy niche]

Yeah for sure! I'm trying to have it so that the gun will always shoot the asteroids but depending on the angle or distance sometimes it will just keep missing target and I was hoping some fresh Ideas on how to fix that since I've ran out.

[gray mural]

You have said you have different Singletons. They usually go with DDOL and are persistent on scene change

[maiden heath]

i added the DDOL now, thanks for telling me

[gray mural]

Not sure whether it's going to work properly if you have simply added [this line](#archived-code-general message) to your code

[maiden heath]

i put it into an awake function

[gray mural]

Consider creating a [generic Singleton](#archived-code-general message) and deriving the suitable Managers from it

[maiden heath]

seems unnecessary to be honest

but still nice

[gray mural]

Seems much more necessary for you than repeatedly creating the same code, which, in your case, won't work

[maiden heath]

true i guess

[ebon leaf]

does anyone know why rigibody.AddForce() is inconsistant with screen resolution? and how can i fix this?

[mellow sigil]

You'll have to show the code

[maiden fractal]

I'm sorry but I have absolutely no clue what you mean by that

[molten thicket]

I don't know where to put this so will ask here in case someone can help.

Has anyone come across this and knows a fix for it?

Unity V 2022.3.11

Deleting the folders from the Unity Editor data folder does nothing and I have no idea why this is happening 😅

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[rain minnow]

The amount of force applied doesn't change based on the size of the screen . . .

[ebon leaf]

when i maximize the game tab

it applies different force

[knotty sun]

you have duplicate scripts in your project

[mellow sigil]

I'm assuming they mean different framerates which changes when resizing the game

[ebon leaf]

could be

[scenic sigil]

In a coroutine, how do I start another coroutine and wait for it to finish?

[ebon leaf]

so anyways how do i get consistant force with different screen sizes

[knotty sun]

yield return StartCoroutine(mymethod());

[maiden fractal]

no code, no way we know what's going on

[mellow sigil]

Continuous force needs to be applied in FixedUpdate, not Update

[scenic sigil]

so that waits until the coroutine ends and resumes the parent coroutine

[ebon leaf]

ohh that makes sense

let me try that and let u know if it works

[knotty sun]

would I have posted it if did not answer your question?

[ebon leaf]

but like im curios

[scenic sigil]

just making sure

[ebon leaf]

when do i know it should be in fixedupdate

and not

[scenic sigil]

when it is related to physics, put it in fixedupdate

fixedupdate runs every physics update instead of frame update

so it is independent of frame rate

[ebon leaf]

yea i knew that but i didnt think rigidbody.addforce is physics

[scenic sigil]

see Fixed Timestamp in unity settings

[scenic sigil]

how

[knotty sun]

then make sure by going and reading the documentation, which is what you should have done in the first place

[scenic sigil]

googling didn't yield clear results

[ebon leaf]

would applying time.delta time be an alternative?

[scenic sigil]

no

deltatime is the difference between frames

all physics go into fixed update

[ebon leaf]

ahh i see

[scenic sigil]

update: runs on frame rate. if it's 30 fps, runs 30 times per second, if it's 60, runs 60 times per second
fixed update: runs on physics simulation rate. by default every 0.02 seconds, approx 50 times per second. used for all physics as it's independent of frame rate
late update: runs after update/fixed update is finished. good for camera updates

[ebon leaf]

niice

i placed it in fixedupdate and it worked like a charm 🙂

thx alot

[scenic sigil]

glad to hear

np

[ebon leaf]

one more thing

i modified a value in a prefab outside of the prefab

and it wont get updated witht the prefab because of it

[scenic sigil]

im not experienced with prefabs heh

never used em actually

[ebon leaf]

fair enough

[scenic sigil]

sorry

[ebon leaf]

no worries man

thx again :))

[uneven elk]

so i have this issue with my gaem where there's this rotating platform but the player does not rotate with it. would anyone here be willing to help me figure this out? i know it's kind of a newb question.

yes i tried parenting the player to the platform and that's not working for some reason, it just gets stuck

i suspect it's an issue with the way i rotate the platform

[gray mural]

The changes made on the instances of the prefabs won't be applied to them, unless overridden

The prefab can be overridden in Unity's Inspector or programmatically, using the PrefabUtility.ApplyPrefabInstance method

[vagrant chasm]

Hoi, I'm working on a portal system that will be able to recursivly render them. The problem I'm having is that when I'm trying to render the camera with UniversalRenderPipeline.RenderSingleCamera(context, portalCamera); it causes a stackoverflow, anyone got any alternative ways of rendering the camera in URP? or any solutions to fix this?

The for the render feature:
https://paste.ofcode.org/5MayTgL3mMCSTxQGYgemdh

Cheers!

[stark sun]

weapon is attached by joint btw not becase arm is its parent

[ruby belfry]

I seem to have misunderstood something about rigidbody, for some reason whever I add force to my object no matter what the direction it always shoots upwards. When I press down it moves up slowly (video) when I press up it shoots up fast. When I press left and right it goes left and right but always upwards too. It's like something is gravitating it upwards.
https://gyazo.com/b0dd077094a831174221b5d3d0094831

Debugging script:

    public bool down = false;
    public bool left = false;
    public bool right = false;

    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rigidBody;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

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

        if (up) {
            rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(transform.position.x, transform.position.y + 1) , ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            up = false;
        }
        if (down)
        {
            rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(transform.position.x, transform.position.y - 1), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            down = false;
        }
        if (left)
        {
            rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(transform.position.x - 1, transform.position.y), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            left = false;
        }
        if (right)
        {
            rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(transform.position.x + 1, transform.position.y), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            right = false;
        }
    }

Anybody got any idea why this is happening?

[vagrant chasm]

You're adding the possition as a force, try adding just a float, for ex, new Vector2(0f, 1f) will add a force of 1 to the y and new Vector2(1f, 0f) will add for the x

otherwise if the transform is at position 100, 1000 it will add a force that is 1001 to the y and 100 to the x, and if its in the x direction it will add 101 for the x and 1000 for the y and therefor mostly go up

then it would look smth like this

public bool up = false;
public bool down = false;
public bool left = false;
public bool right = false;

public float force = 10f;

[SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rigidBody;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
        
}

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

    if (up) {
        rigidBody.AddForce(0, force) , ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        up = false;
    }
    if (down)
    {
        rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(0, -force), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        down = false;
    }
    if (left)
    {
        rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(-force, 0), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        left = false;
    }
    if (right)
    {
        rigidBody.AddForce(new Vector2(force, 0), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        right = false;
    }
}

[ruby belfry]

ofcourse 😅 thanks I was breaking my head over this.... turns out I should have just read a little closer

thank you!

[gray mural]

The position cannot be converted to direction

[dawn dock]

Hey, im making a dialogue system by inputting a text file into unity and then using a streamreader to read the file. Ive heard that translating the text file into binary will massively optimise the system, is this true and how would i do this? Secondly, I would also like the streamreader to read the file line by line and input each line into a separate line in a Queue, how would I do this?

[gray mural]

Here a method should be created, and force should be multiplied by Vector2.up, down etc.

Also, I suppose, else ifs should be added.

[ruby belfry]

The script above was just a debugging tool I added to find out what the problem was, I'm trying to make it work with mouse inputs

This is what I'm working with right now:

        public void shoot(GameObject ball)
        {
            playerManager.losePossesion();
            ball.SetActive(true);
            Vector3 dir = GetMouseWorldPosition();
            Debug.Log(dir);
            ball.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().AddForce(dir, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            ball.transform.parent = null;
        }

        public static Vector3 GetMouseWorldPosition() {
            Vector3 direction = GetMouseWorldPositionWithZ(Input.mousePosition, Camera.main);
            direction.z = 0f;
            return direction;
        }
        public static Vector3 GetMouseWorldPositionWithZ(Vector3 screenPosition, Camera worldCamera)
        {
            Vector3 worldPosition = worldCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(screenPosition);
            return worldPosition;
        } 

Which I now realise is not going to work the way I had intended

[wary coyote]

    public void OnColorSliderValueChanged(float value)
    {
        currentHue = value;
        UpdateColor();
    }

    public void OnLightSliderValueChanged(float value)
    {
        currentValue = value;
        UpdateColor();
    }

    public void OnSaturationSliderValueChanged(float value)
    {
        currentSaturation = value;
        UpdateColor();
    }

    private void UpdateColor()
    {
        Color color = CreateColorFromHSV(currentHue, currentSaturation, currentValue);
        cursorPreview.color = color;
        icoPreview.color = color;
        col = color;
        ClientsideNetworkMessenger.instance.SetPlayerColor(color);
    }

    public Color CreateColorFromHSV(float h, float s, float v)
    {
        return Color.HSVToRGB(h, s, v);
    }```

Do you see any obvious reason why adjusting the Saturation in thos code causes the color to default to red?

[gray mural]

private void Update()
{
    if (up)
        AddForce(Vector2.up, ref up);

    else if (down)
        AddForce(Vector2.down, ref down);

    else if (right)
        AddForce(Vector2.right, ref right);

    else if (left)
        AddForce(Vector2.left, ref left);
}

private void AddForce(Vector2 direction, ref bool value)
{
    rigidBody.AddForce(direction * force, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
    value = false;
}

Also it's really bad to use booleans this way

[ruby belfry]

^ I know lmao

But I apreciate the input 😄

[gray mural]

So what's the problem, currently?

[maiden fractal]

I'd start by debugging currentHue, currentValue and currentSaturation values to make sure they are correct and the hue value doesn't get changed back to 0 or something like that

[ruby belfry]

I think what you and Tapeman have highlighted is that I'm trying to use a location as input while the addForce method is asking for a direction into which to push the object.
Say my Character is at x4 y5 and I'm trying to pass the ball down, I press a spot on the field let's say x1 y3. The way I programmed it now I put that in the add force and it just propells the ball upwards

Still figuring it out how I want to tackle this but I'm on the right track now I think

[gray mural]

The force should be added in the direction, which is the difference between the target and current positions

[ruby belfry]

Behold my ugly quick and dirty fix

Im going to clean it up later but this ended up solving it

I based the direction on where I clicked the screen regardless of where the ball currenlty is

[gray mural]

Vector2 has a - operator between 2 Vector2s

[ruby belfry]

Can you elaborate?

[gray mural]

This means, you can apply the - operator directly on 2 Vector2s

vector = vector1 - vector2

Also, you're supposed to use the target position, not direction, as you have it called dir

[ruby belfry]

aaah like that, gotcha

[maiden heath]

dk if i can post this here or in #archived-game-design but basically im making a turn based battle system and every enemy has its own special attack pattern so should i just:

jam it all into one script
or make seperate scripts for each enemy or
make a script called EnemyAttacks

[gray mural]

The attack pattern is supposed to be a Coroutine, right? You can create an abstract class Enemy for all the enemies to implement its

private abstract IEnumerator Attack();

[maiden heath]

that seems good but why not use an interface

[gray mural]

But not sure how you manage it

[maiden heath]

i already have a scriptable obj for my enemy for stats and one combat manager script that manages the UI and player turns and everything

[gray mural]

You can use that too, but I would rather create an actual class and mark it abstract

public abstract class Enemy : ScriptableObject
{
    protected abstract IEnumerator Attack();
}

[maiden heath]

well why wouldnt interface work or whats the difference bwteen them

[gray mural]

interface cannot be even derived from ScriptableObject

[maiden heath]

ah ok i see i see

well thanks i guess

[gray mural]

Because ScriptableObject is not an interface itself

[maiden heath]

also what does protected do?

[gray mural]

You can google that. protected methods can only be accessed within the class and its derived classes

[maiden heath]

ah i see ok

thanks

[weak spruce]

whats wrong with sheep

using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UIElements;

public class SheepController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float rayDistance = 10f; // Raycasti kaugus
    public int rayCount = 36; // Raycastide arv
    public LayerMask hitLayers; // Kihid, millele raycast reageerib
    public float speed = 5f; //Lamba liikumis kiirus
    private Animator animator;
    private float rotationSpeed = 5f;

    void Start()
    {
        StartCoroutine(RaycastRoutine());
        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
    }

    void PerformCircleRaycast()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < rayCount; i++)
        {
            float angle = i * (360f / rayCount);
            Vector3 direction = Quaternion.Euler(0, angle, 0) * Vector3.forward;

            RaycastHit hit;
            if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, direction, out hit, rayDistance, hitLayers))
            {
                Debug.Log("Tabasime " + hit.collider.name + " suunas " + direction);
                transform.Translate(-direction * speed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

                Vector3 targetDirection = hit.point - transform.position;
                targetDirection.y = 0;

                Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(-targetDirection);

                transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation,targetRotation , rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

                animator.Play("Run");
            }
            else
            {
                animator.Play("Idle");
            }

            Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, direction * rayDistance, Color.red);
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator RaycastRoutine()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.01f);
            PerformCircleRaycast();
        }
    }
}

[maiden heath]

https://www.hatebin.com

[weak spruce]

https://hatebin.com/qmdjzldogg

[dusky lake]

First up, use a SphereCollider and react to collision events or use CastSphere instead of 360 different raycasts, ill look at the rest now to figure out what causes the movement

[clear siren]

Hey guys I'm a beginner and I need help with a pong thing

I'll record it brb

[dusky lake]

Please ask the question directly instead of asking for general help 😄

[clear siren]

Oh ok I'm not used to this thing

[dusky lake]

secondly compare the hit.other.transform.position with transform.position not the hit position which might be inconsistent

[dusky lake]

Please post the relevant !code here

[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.

[dusky lake]

hard to see anything on a phone recording 😄

[clear siren]

Ok

There's 4 scripts though

[rigid island]

how about start with the relevant one

use links

[clear siren]

I don't know which one is the faulty one that's the problem

[dusky lake]

show us the one that would handle the collision with the wall

[clear siren]

https://paste.ofcode.org/aDbbvDJ7da632JkZ2Rgnci

[clear siren]

game manager this one

[clear siren]

ok wait

[rigid island]

where is the one that supposed to increase point