archived-code-general

[clear siren]

https://paste.ofcode.org/kTbE4SqJPmxSTKXgPs5MVx

goal

https://paste.ofcode.org/3aKj6yRvfPsYaavv6cLRKe7

ball

[dusky lake]

Is the debug.log in there ever triggered?

[rigid island]

also where is your console window and why is it hidden

[clear siren]

https://paste.ofcode.org/9C6spzLZqs3vY5xVQLTABk

this is the paddle

[rigid island]

show inspector for goal n ball

[clear siren]

https://youtu.be/YHSanceczXY?feature=shared

the tut

basically i started yesterday just learning of other tuts on different subjects

[rigid island]

pong in 6 minutes.. lord..

and thought you exactly nothing

not a fan of BMo videos.

[rigid island]

you still haven't sent what I asked #archived-code-general message

[clear siren]

lmao first video i saw def took longer than 6

[clear siren]

so uhm idk how to open inspecter.

Oh

I'm dumb

Ball

Goal

[rigid island]

the insectors of the objects mate not the scripts..

[spring creek]

Do not take pictures of your screen

[rigid island]

also this ^

https://screenshot.help

[clear siren]

I just started ok 🙏🏼

[rigid island]

maybe you should start with the essentials pathways

it wil teach you how to navigate the editor

https://learn.unity.com/pathway/unity-essentials

[maiden heath]

capitalize the goal in public class goal

[rigid island]

lets not worry about that rn

[maiden heath]

doesnt that ruin the script?

isnt it case sensitive

[rigid island]

no

[maiden heath]

oh nvm then

[clear siren]

Would a screen record be good?

[rigid island]

tecchnially they need to match but afaik newer unity versions don't mind

[spring creek]

Unnecessary, and honestly harder to deal with

[clear siren]

I'll js screenshot

[dusky lake]

filename must have the same capitalization as the script name, atleast it was like that some time ago, otherwise unity didnt find the class

[clear siren]

There's two goals

these

so what happened is until i added the code for it to return it was fine

[maiden heath]

https://hatebin.com/rgekinznta

is this what you mean?

i cant make them protected because then i get an error when i try to call them in CombatManager

[dusky lake]

Does your goal class trigger any logs into the console when it should score a goal?

            Debug.Log("player1scored...");

like that

[clear siren]

ill check

[maiden heath]

unrelated but you should organize your project more, its a hell of a mess right now and thats a bad practice

• also your scripts

better to get used to it from now so it can stick with you later down the line

[clear siren]

got it

tag ball is not defined

heres the ball code

public class goal : MonoBehaviour
{
public bool isplayer1goal;

private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("ball"))
    {
        if (isplayer1goal)
        {
            Debug.Log("player1scored...");
            GameObject.Find("gamemanager").GetComponent<gamemanager>().player1scored();

        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("player2scored...");
            GameObject.Find("gamemanager").GetComponent<gamemanager>().player2scored();
        }
    }
}

}

[rigid island]

ur missing tag

can you show the full inspector of the ball cause its cut off

why the hell are you spamming this shit

can you use the link like it was told to you multiple times

[clear siren]

u said

[clear siren]

ok ok calm

[rigid island]

wdym? I said show the inspector not send the scripts

[rigid island]

ok its confirmed

the error is telling you exactly what is wrong

[clear siren]

what does it mean

[rigid island]

1. the ball tag is missing

2. it is not assigned to the ball

do you know what tags are ?

[clear siren]

. I SWEAR I SET THE TAG

[rigid island]

you never even created it in the first place according to the error

[clear siren]

must be bug i tagged it now

still showing same thin

thing

how do i assign it???

or define wtv

[dusky lake]

at the top the dropdown where it says "Tag"

[clear siren]

yep did that set it to ball

[dusky lake]

in the screenshot it is still untagged

[clear siren]

somethings wrong with unity 😭

whenever i play the tag goes

[dusky lake]

have you set it on the prefab or the object in the scene?

[spring creek]

Show a screenshot showing that you set it before hitting play

[dusky lake]

also stop play mode, then set tag, then start playmode

[clear siren]

oh.

[spring creek]

Ah yes. Changes in playmode are not kept

[dusky lake]

that looks better, does it completely work now?

[rigid island]

i suggest you go through !learn courses

[tawny elk]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[rigid island]

instead of some crappy 7 minute copy a whole game video

sure it works but its not teaching you anything , just copy n paste

[clear siren]

nope still dont appear back in middle after score.

[dusky lake]

thats why i loved https://www.youtube.com/@mixandjam just shows an outline of what he did and some examples for the more complicated things

[dusky lake]

your player1(2)scored functions in the game manager dont call the resetposition

[clear siren]

how do i fix that

[dusky lake]

well... call the resetposition inside the player1scored and player2scored functions

[wary coyote]

just got back, will do

[clear siren]

so like in code?

[clear siren]

how would it be done in code

[clear siren]

copy this and show me and make a link.

[maiden heath]

btw im pretty sure this convo belongs in #💻┃code-beginner

but that channel seems too active anyways

so nevermind

[clear siren]

ik thats why im doing it here sorry

[maiden heath]

nw

[rigid island]

its fine if its active, this indeed belongs in code beginner

[clear siren]

i just need a solution man i been stuck forever

[gray mural]

That's why I have mentioend that protected methods can only be accessed within the class and its derived classes

[maiden heath]

yes im aware so thats why i removed them

and also i got an error when i made the class abstract so im trying to find out why

abstract allows function bodies right?

[gray mural]

No, it doesn't

That's what the error should tell you

[maiden heath]

wait what? doesnt abstract allow it and but interface doesnt?

or do i have them mixed up

[spring creek]

Yes, it does

[maiden heath]

im confused now.. im just going to google it

[spring creek]

It doesn't allow directly using the abstract class, but it DOES allow default implementation.

Sashok maybe confused it with the current .net level of interfaces?

[dusky lake]

i am sorry, this is not how this works, you should try to solve it based on what we are telling you, no pre-prepared full solutions here

[maiden heath]

ohhhhh i see..

okay thanks

[weak spruce]

Do I need to put a sphere collider on sheep or dog(player)?

[gray mural]

Well, when you create an abstract method within the abstract class, you cannot have a body for it. You must create a body when implementing the method in derived classes

public abstract class Foo
{
    protected abstract void MyMethod();
}

public class Bar : Foo
{
    protected abstract void MyMethod()
    {
        // the logic goes here
    }
}

[dusky lake]

The object that scans should have the sphere collider which represents the scan area, the other should have any collider that can interact with the sphere collider

[spring creek]

You know, I think yeah I am just wrong. I could have sworn you could
Apologies

[gray mural]

It happens with everyone

[spring creek]

Ah, you can make a non-abstract method inside an abstract class which allows a body.

That's what I was misremembering

abstract class Animal 
{
  public abstract void animalSound();
  public void sleep() 
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Zzz");
  }
}

[gray mural]

Yep, you just cannot create an abstract method inside of the non-abstract class, as it doesn't make sense to access a method without a body

[maiden heath]

ohhhhh.......

thank you for clearing that up

[rigid island]

abstract class is very similiar to interface

except it deals with inheritance instead

[weak venture]

If I set script execution order of base class, do children inherit that if they dont specify any priority override for script execution order?

[rigid island]

why not just

iirc they don't

if you're messing with execution order though you might have a design problem

[somber nacelle]

I believe they do if you use the DefaultExecutionOrder attribute though

[weak spruce]

Do I have to set sphere collider tigger?

[rancid frost]

When using JsonUtility, how can i override the instance ID value with another one?
I have a scriptable object which holds a persistant ID, to the texture in question, how can I change it?
Thus far the best solution I have come up with is to manually subtring/replace the string, any other ideas?

[leaden ice]

Don't use JsonUtility to serialize UnityEngine.Objects

and/or use a different serialization framework

[rancid frost]

Open to suggestions, Newston wasnt working

[leaden ice]

Newtonsoft works fine

it has its own rules you need to follow of course. It's very flexible/configurable

[rancid frost]

i tried messing with it, couldnt get it too work

[modest brook]

hey my button clicks aren't working, does anybody have any idea why?

`public void warrior()
{
Buttons.SetActive(false);
Warrior.SetActive(true);
}

public void mage()
{
Buttons.SetActive(false);
Mage.SetActive(true);
}

public void archer()
{
Buttons.SetActive(false);
Archer.SetActive(true);
}

public void druid()
{
Buttons.SetActive(false);
Druid.SetActive(true);
}`

[rigid island]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[rigid island]

also start with checking if you have Event System

if thats there, debug it by inspecting it during Playmode and uncollapsing its window at bottom of inspector

if you have the new input system it will only register on clicks unfortunately

[modest brook]

yeah and its saying the button is being pressed

[rigid island]

puts logs inside the functions and see if they print

[modest brook]

alright

[rigid island]

Debug.Log($"Hello from {name}" , this);

[modest brook]

i'll try that now

thats working

let me try something hold on

nvm i know what the problem is thanks guys

[dawn dock]

Hey, I'm trying to set up a dialogue system that takes individual lines from a text document and displays only one line at a time in a dialogue box, I have the following code: https://hatebin.com/rmhzylkajs but i have no idea how to add only individual lines from the text file to the queue, ive been researching this for hours but can't find a solution, any ideas?

[leaden ice]

There are many ways, but basically split the string up based on the newline character

[dawn dock]

I see, so I can use a special code at the start or end of a new line to mark a new line?

[rigid island]

btw this is a nightmare
StreamReader("Assets/Dialogue/" + characterName + "/" + dialogueFileName + ".txt");

use TextAsset type

[leaden ice]

Also since you're not doing any kind of streaming stuff you can just use File.ReadAllText no need for streamreader etc

Oh yah that too

[dawn dock]

Okay, Ill look a bit into that

thanks

How would I go about making unity recognise a new line by a special character in the text document?

[leaden ice]

No need for a special code in the text, no

[dawn dock]

no?

[leaden ice]

Just use the existing newline character

New lines are marked by a special character already that's how the computer knows there's a new line

[dawn dock]

does unity automatically recognise \n?

[leaden ice]

It's just data

[dawn dock]

Oh, I see, so theres no need to force unity to recognise a new line, as it already will

[leaden ice]

Unity has nothing to do with it

Also

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.file.readalllines?view=net-8.0

This exists

[dawn dock]

That seems useful, I'll check it out

thanks a bunch

[maiden heath]

i dont understand this error

im trying to call a coroutine

[rigid island]

whats on line 70 on combatmanager

[maiden heath]

enemy.CurrentHealth = enemy.MaxHealth; i think the issue is that i have a scriptable object but i didnt set it to a gameobject in the hierarchy

so the values are null

but why wont these values show up in the inspector?https://hatebin.com/jrjqhftqgv

theyre part of an abstract scriptable object class

[rigid island]

enemy is null yes

[maiden heath]

yeah thats probably why

[hard estuary]

If enemy's reference is not set, then you can't access .CurrentHealth or .MaxHealth, hence the NullReferenceException.

[rigid island]

its not even a probability its fact

[maiden heath]

i fixed the null reference exception but now i have another issue:

why wont these values show up in the inspector?https://hatebin.com/jrjqhftqgv
theyre part of an abstract scriptable object class

[rigid island]

because they're properties

[maiden heath]

ohhhh i remember [SerializeField] doesnt work on properties

i have to use [Serializable]?

[rigid island]

you can use
[field:SerializeField] with autoproperty iirc

[maiden heath]

ok thanks

[rigid island]

I normally just serializeField the private field

not common i touch properties with inspector at all though

[hard estuary]

[Serializable] is used before class/struct definitions to let your compiler know it should be serializable and lets you use [SerializeField] for fields of that class/struct. It's not an issue in your case, but this knowledge might be handy in the future.

[maiden heath]

void Update()
{
  switch (state)
  {
    case States.Initialization:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: Initialization");
        break;
    case States.PlayerWait:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: PlayerWait");
        break;
    case States.PlayerAttack:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: PlayerAttack");
        break;
    case States.PlayerItem:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: PlayerItem");
        break;
    case States.PlayerTalk:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: PlayerTalk");
        break;
    case States.EnemyAttack:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: EnemyAttack");
        break;
    case States.BattleWin:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: BattleWin");
        break;
    case States.BattleLose:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: BattleLose");
        break;
    case States.BattleDraw:
        Debug.Log("Battle state: BattleDraw");
        break;
    default:
        Debug.LogError("Battle state: NULL");
        break;
  }
}

how can i make this debug only ONCE then debug again ONLY if the state was changed again

[maiden heath]

ohhhh i see

what does [Serializable] even do tho

how do classes and structs get.. serialized?

[hard estuary]

My guess is that it recursively serializes all serializable fields. You can open your game assets in some notepad to see how the scripts look after serialization.

[maiden heath]

i see

interesting..

[rigid island]

a scene essentially is just a serialized(making things neat) yaml file

like most assets

[ebon leaf]

does anyone understand abit about prefabs?

[ebon leaf]

its just lets whatever is assigned to it show up in unity editor without being accessible by other scripts unlike using a public method

[ebon leaf]

i had a prefab object that i accidentally modified outside of the prefab and everytime i change that value in prefab it wont get applied or updated in the modified object, how i can i reset it to the prefab

[upper pilot]

Revert that object changes in the inspector, you can right click it

[rigid island]

this isn't a code question

[ebon leaf]

dang that was an easy fix XD

thx alot man

[ebon leaf]

my bad i thought the fix would be through coding

[upper pilot]

np

Someone save me from Coroutines 😢
I am probably using them wrong, but at the same time it does exactly what I want it to do.

Pseudo code for a turn based auto combat(player does no interact during combat)

void StartCombat()
{
  isBattleStarted = true;
  isTurnReady = true;
}

void Update()
{
   if (isBattleStarted && isTurnReady)
   {
       StartCoroutine(DoBattle());
   }
}
private IEnumerator DoBattle()
{
  isTurnReady = false; // prevents Update from calling another coroutine
  yield return StartCoroutine(DoTurn());
  CheckIfBattleIsOver(); //this sets isBattleStarted = false to stop Update from calling another coroutine
}

private IEnumerator DoTurn()
{
  // some logic, might have yield break; to exit early
  yield return StartCoroutine(attackerSlot.DoAttack(defenderSlot));
  isTurnReady = true; //Enable update method from starting next turn
}

This makes both sides of 1 to 5 characters attack each other with the logic I wrote and it seems to work fine.
But I feel like I have to have IEnumerators everywhere in order to execute code in specific order.

I cant see how I could remove DoBattle IEnumerator, as I need to wait for turn to end before I can execute CheckIfBattleIsOver since logic is delayed inside coroutine.

attackerSlot.DoAttack is also an IEnumerator which has the delay for animation to finish etc.

[upper pilot]

Just to add to the above as I am working on it:

  public IEnumerator DoAttack(CombatSlot target)
  {
      MoveTowardsTarget(target);
      yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);

      target.OnAttacked();

      yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.2f);

      target.ResetColor();
      MoveTowardsStartPosition();

      yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
  }

The flow is:
Update -> DoBattle -> DoTurn -> DoAttack

All 3 of these are coroutines calling next one and waiting for it to be finished before the previous one can continue.

[lean sail]

honestly i find it very unclear what you're actually asking. i dont even really see a question. if you want to go with a coroutine setup, then why do you want this removed?

[upper pilot]

I just started using Coroutines, but yesterday someone said that I might be using them wrong(based on how I explained it at that time)

My question is: Is the above code a good use of Coroutines for what I am trying to achieve(turn based auto combat with no player input(yet))

Or should I avoid nesting coroutines like that.

[lean sail]

if you feel its suits your use case then its fine. you can do the same things in update that u can do with a coroutines, but overall coroutines will be less performant.

and as you're somewhat experiencing here, everything will need to be a coroutine or you'll have to use like WaitUntil

[upper pilot]

oh WaitUntil seems interesting I could actually use it if I do it right.
I can waitUntil next turn is ready for example.

[hallow matrix]

Would it be faster to have a list of strings and do a bunch of string comparisons (~20 comparisons) or have a Dictionary<string, int>, find the int via a string and then do int comparisons?

[upper pilot]

What are you comparing? Length of a string?

[hallow matrix]

anywhere from 5 characters to 100 characters in length

[lean sail]

this is incredibly vague, what are you actually comparing?
you can just use the profiler to find out whats better

[rigid island]

Dictionary iirc is always faster (for larger collection )

[rain minnow]

Use a dictionary. Make life easier . . .

[lean sail]

🤷‍♂️ it does matter what the actual comparison they're doing is. Like if this is just comparing the length of the string then theres no point in storing the lengths in a dictionary

[hallow matrix]

It is comparing the strings themselves to find if there are matching strings between 2 different lists. so anywhere from 10-100 strings per list. Each string can be anywhere from 5-100 characters in length. Each string will be unique so it could be assigned a number in a dictionary...

[dusk apex]

Why use strings?

[hallow matrix]

The user defines the strings/text.

[spring creek]

So user input as text? What is the int for?

[hallow matrix]

Well I was trying to debate if it would be faster to look up the int via a Dictionary<string, int> (because the strings are unique) and use the int in the comparisons vs just comparing string to string in the lists.

[spring creek]

What is the int for?

Your response did not seem to answer that (or the other question honetly)

[hallow matrix]

Yes user input is text. The int would be for an int to int comparison. It would be a unique number specific to that string.

[spring creek]

So an ID?

[hallow matrix]

yes

[spring creek]

You are assigning IDs to random user input, and checking if they have input the same thing before?

[lean sail]

Whats the int gonna do? if this is just a list of numbers, you'll still need to go through it anyways to find a matching one. you should really just use the profiler here and see that this will likely be instant anyways unless this is done like 1000 times per frame

if you can sort the strings, or use some other collection that'll make the comparison faster

[hallow matrix]

Yeah you're probably right that it doesnt matter. I am just over complicating it.

[empty elm]

Does anyone have an example of a centralized input manager for their player? The main advantage would be managing states and activating/deactivating the player from one place.
I understand how to use events to represent actions such as mouse click but movement scripts, for example, care about the inputs every frame. I don't think it's correct to use events if they're meant to be invoked every frame so how would you notify the observers?

[vale bridge]

Is there a "correct" way of making a rigidbody object face a certain direction constantly?
As in Quaternion.Lookrotation equivalent for rigidbody
Because I was told to not mess with transform once you have a rigidbody

[lean sail]

Quaternion.LookrRotation has nothing to with transform or rigidbody, this is just a quaternion. For rb directly you can use torque, or MoveRotation

[vale bridge]

okie

I'll look into those

[soft shard]

Sounds like a question for #🖱️┃input-system, though you should specify if you are using the "new" input system or the default Input class, with the "new" one, you can subscribe/unsubscribe to the events of your actions once, they only fire when Unity detects the input values changed, so it would not be done every frame unless your polling the input yourself

[mild goblet]

any idea why this gpu instancing implementation aint working?

matrices = new Matrix4x4[size];
       



renderParams.material.enableInstancing = true;
material.enableInstancing = true;






for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
    matrices[i] = Matrix4x4.Translate(new Vector3(-4.5f + i, 0.0f, 5.0f));
       

Graphics.RenderMeshInstanced(renderParams, mesh, 0, matrices);```

[keen lodge]

I am developing a mobile app in Unity and need a script to save the app’s state when it closes, then restore it to that state when it reopens. Thire is oonly one scene.

How can I achive this?

[waxen socket]

If your state is a separate class you can serialize it and save as a JSON into persistent memory or PlayerPrefs. And on load just read this data and import the state.

[keen lodge]

I’m quite new to this, so thank you for your help. How can I save prefabs that spawn later, especially when I don’t know they exist from the beginning?

[waxen socket]

You need to keep track of them yourself, save all relevant information manually and instantiate them back on load

[hazy raven]

hey guys, have an issue with iappurchases, i filled iapcatalog but when i check catalog items they dont have payouts which ive set, anyone faced that?

[keen lodge]

I have this PrefabRegistry with all the objects that can spawn inside the app is this correct to do?

And then I have some other objects but they stay the same so dont know if I have to save them?

[waxen socket]

hard to say, it depends on your goal

[waxen socket]

If they are always the same and their state doesn't change you don't need to save them

[keen lodge]

When a user presses a button one of theses spawns in a scrollveiw inside of the canvas and then I want them to be thire again when the user opens that app again.

Dosent Unity have a save scene or something like that that just saves everthing in the scene?

[waxen socket]

I don't know how your app works but I can assume that you can have each object serialize it's state, then get all of the states in one list and save it. On load you'll just read this list and create an object based on the state that was saved. Your checkbox would probably have only one bool in the state and on load you will need to Instantiate it and set IsOn accordingly.

[waxen socket]

No

[waxen socket]

It helps to think about it one by one. If you only have checkboxes with custom names in the app you can have a save file that looks like this:

[
  {
    "name": "checkboxA",
    "isOn": true
  },
  ...
  {
    "name": "checkboxN",
    "isOn": false
  }
]

[keen lodge]

Thank you. This is what it looks like when it is opened the first time. Then when the user press the Add button a gameobjet (MainTaskAndSubTasks(Clone)) Spawns and inside of that one thire is a button called Done that then spawns (MainTaskHolder(Clone)) Inside of the MainTasksScrollview content.

Dont know if that makes senes.

@waxen socket

[night elk]

Hello, I have an error using ServerAuthenticationService.Instance.SignInWithServiceAccountAsync() I have a bad request error and I tried to resolve it for 2 days but I am really stuck, can anyone help me ?

[somber nacelle]

it usually helps to share the actual error, but that sounds like it's an issue with the account you are attempting to sign in with and not a code issue

[night elk]

@somber nacelle Here is the error

And my code: ``` await UnityServices.InitializeAsync();

    try{
        await     ServerAuthenticationService.Instance.SignInWithServiceAccountAsync(
            " id", 
            "secret key");
    }catch(ServerAuthenticationException ex){
        Debug.Log(ex.GetBaseException());
        Debug.Log(ex.Message);
        Debug.Log(ex.Data);
        Debug.Log(ex.Source);
        Debug.Log(ex.ErrorCode);
    } ```

[knotty sun]

why are you passing the literals Id and secret_key rather than values from variables?

[night elk]

@knotty sun I changed them to send them to you, in my code they are correctly copied

[lofty ether]

How do I retrieve the old version in my unity project?

Like how do I access a project version that I worked on 15 mins ago?

[somber nacelle]

do you have some sort of version control set up?

[lofty ether]

Nope.

[somber nacelle]

well then i think you have your answer

[lofty ether]

How do I set it up?

[somber nacelle]

!vc

[tawny elk]

Using version control in Unity

Unity Version Control

• Getting started

Git

Get the latest .gitignore file from here. It should be placed at the root of your Unity project directory.

[lofty ether]

@somber nacelle can you use it in unity version 2021.3?

[night elk]

@somber nacelle so do you know how to help me ?

[somber nacelle]

don't ping people into your questions. #📖┃code-of-conduct

ah wait, that's about that error i told you was regarding the UGS service (or whatever that sign in service you are using is) and not the actual code

[night elk]

I am using the Service Account from unity

[somber nacelle]

okay so then you need to check its documentation and maybe ask for help in #archived-unity-gaming-services (if the documentation is not sufficient) because it is not an issue with your code, but rather an issue with the request

[night elk]

Ok thx

[merry stream]

what's the go to way of triggering visual effects (hit splash, sword slash, particles, etc)? especially when there will be a lot of them. I've tried using vfx graph but sending events is super finniky or maybe I just don't understand it?

[leaden ice]

Sending events to the graph is the way for VFX graph

If you're using a ParticleSystem you'd use Emit()

[merry stream]

I know but it doesn't work well

or I assume I'm doing it wrong

[leaden ice]

You're doing it wrong, presumably

[somber nacelle]

!collab 👇

[tawny elk]

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[golden wave]

how easy or hard is it to protect variables from being changed with cheat engine by non-hackers that just read a simple cheat engine tutorial?

[knotty sun]

it is impossible to protect variables. Period

[golden wave]

I'm not asking for 100% security, I'm asking how to hide a variable from complete noobs who watched one cheat engine tutorial

[knotty sun]

How long is a piece of string? What tutorial, what cheat engine?

[wise kindle]

You can obfuscate or encode it so that they don't know what the string means, but nothing more beyond that

[knotty sun]

Even that is pointless, it is so easy to monitior the memory of a game and when the score, for example, changes to see which memory address is affected

[wise kindle]

I mean, yeah, but that would take actual effort

[golden wave]

but is it easy for someone who watched one or two Cheat Engine tutorials?
I want to prevent the most basic and easy ways of cheating, not all cheating

[wise kindle]

I want to ask a question. If it's not an online game, why does it matter if people cheat?

[knotty sun]

think about your question. There is no way to quantify it

[golden wave]

I was thinking to just add a random number to it for example
my health is 500
I generate a random number between 1000 & 100000 that I add to the health and then add that to health and save it?

[somber nacelle]

yes, absolutely. there are tutorials for cheat engine that teach how to do exactly that.

[golden wave]

But I don't know if CE detects that

[wise kindle]

That seems needlessly complicated

[somber nacelle]

it's going to be nearly impossible for you to prevent cheating with cheat engine if everything is done on the client

[knotty sun]

As you have already been told, multiple times, if it matters assume that all data on the client is corrupt

[golden wave]

What about this asset?
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/anti-cheat-toolkit-2024-202695

📌 Obscured Types ▶ tutorial
Keeps your sensitive variables away from all memory scanners and searchers.
All basic and few Unity-specific types are covered.
Detects cheating attempts.

[wise kindle]

I mean, yeah, based on what I've just seen it could work

[maiden heath]

any idea on how to make a cutscene with dialogue like in undertale? i already have a dialogue system but now i want the player to be frozen and i want to control the person whos talking but i cant find an efficent way to do it without sphagetti code

[knotty sun]

A complete and utter load of bollocks

[golden wave]

mate you're not trying to help me, you're trying to prove your point, which is mute because I know and agree
I don't want to prevent cheating
I want to prevent people with absolutely 0 knowledge who watched 1 or 2 CE tutorials from cheating

[knotty sun]

but this is what I'm trying to tell you, how can you or I know what someone can or cannot do

[onyx osprey]

I got this snapshot from the profiler because i'm trying to find out why there's a framedrop to 15fps. The jobs are mainly staying idle and the main thread is not showing anything else then EditorLoop so i'm not quite sure what it's stuck or waiting on. I"m new to using this profiler so if anyone could point me in the right direction to find the cause it would be greatly appreciated

[knotty sun]

@golden wave You are throwing statements around like 'who watched 1 or 2 CE tutorials from cheating' which have absolutely no quantifiable answer

[golden wave]

stop typing if u don't wanna help pls

[golden wave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBe8Atevd-4
Here, watch the first minute of that video, that is what I want to prevent

[rigid island]

is your game online or something?

[golden wave]

yes

[rigid island]

what you shown probably just works on singleplayer, multiplayer you wouldn't store anything on client

[golden wave]

all games store tons of things on the client, that's why so many games have cheaters
the player health is a good example again, I don't want my server to need to check the health after every attack - it would probably be better if I did, but that's not an option

[chilly surge]

You are going to get the same answer, client side anti cheat is futile, put your sensitive stuffs (data, logic, etc) on the server.

[rigid island]

so by that logic you cannot do anything about it 🤷‍♂️

[golden wave]

why do you all insist to not answer my question but instead give advice that I am fully aware of already?

[rigid island]

"tons of things on the client" is false

take a look at games like Path of Exile/ Diablo. They do not store playerdata on the client thats why you are connected to their servers

[golden wave]

but I'm not capable of writing a server like that and I do not wish to learn it at this time, so that is not an option

so it doesn't matter

[rigid island]

we call this "wanting the cake and eat it too"

so you want some magical solution to prevent client side cheating by without using any server verifcation methods.. Got it

well goodluck with that lol unrealistic expectation

[golden wave]

no, I'm just asking a very simple question here, that would probably prevent 90%+ of hacking attempts in my game
but instead I'm being told to go spend the next 3 months to learn how to build and adminster servers

[golden wave]

again that is not what I am asking

[rigid island]

the exploit video you shown shows a single player cheat 🤷‍♂️

[golden wave]

yes, I know, that is what I'm asking

[rigid island]

if its singleplayer who cares about cheating, if its online deal with using servers to your advantage 🤷‍♂️

[chilly surge]

I've also explained to you why "preventing 90% of wannabe hackers from cheating in your game" is not enough, when you said your game has an in game economy. It matters that just one single cheater can ruin your game economy so preventing 90% or 0% doesn't matter, your economy is going to get ruined either way.

[rigid island]

yike so you want ingame economy but don't wanna as you say "build and admin " servers, makes sense.

[late lion]

I agree with you. There's nothing wrong with making the trivial attacks a bit harder.

[golden wave]

and that is all I'm asking

[rigid island]

no one saying there is something wrong with trying to do that though

[golden wave]

but I asked how to do it and didn't get single helpful reply
I even suggested a method I could think of

[chilly surge]

I am 😄

[rigid island]

all was said was getting your priority in order

[rigid island]

because there is no "on click solution" to this complex issue

it all comes down to how you are going to manage the data..

[golden wave]

my priority is getting my game released, there is no time or budget for a server
so I'd rather have a game with lots of cheaters and a shit economy than no game at all

[rigid island]

why not have something good by putting the minimum required time to do so ?

[golden wave]

well I gave an example, my player health will be stored on the client
how do I hide it from the most basic CE searches?

[golden wave]

because there is no time

[rigid island]

alright

[chilly surge]

For one, your "adding a random value" idea doesn't work.

[golden wave]

why do I have to explain my entire project and life story to get an answer to a simple question lol

[golden wave]

thank you, why not?

[rigid island]

cause its not a "simple question" lol

[late lion]

Assets like you linked should work to prevent basic Cheat Engine cheating, but you should also be wary of using an off-the-shelf solution, because all of this is security by obfuscation. An obfuscation method becomes less effective the more popular it becomes. Cheaters only need to solve it once and then apply it to all games that use it.

[rigid island]

you're asking wat took very experienced engineers years to perfect...and even then still not good enough

its not a "simple question"

[golden wave]

yeah I'm aware, so the asset does work?

[late lion]

I haven't used the asset you linked, but there are proven methods that make using Cheat Engine more difficult.

[golden wave]

I'm asking how to stop someone who watched a 1 minute YT video from hacking my game, you may assume my game is single player if you like

[chilly surge]

CE can search not just absolute values, but also relative values. So your solution will prevent people from "seeing 500 health, search 500 health" but it will not stop people from "my health decreased, search all decreased values in memory, my health increased, narrow the search results to ones that just increased, repeat until I find the health."

That approach is extremely basic too, anyone that uses CE beyond a toy example will know it.

[golden wave]

so is there a simple method that would work? like encrypting the value? probably won't work too?

[chilly surge]

Nope

If there was a simple solution, Valve and all these giant gaming companies with practically infinite money would've solved cheating years ago, don't you think?

[golden wave]

I'd actually like to install CE and test it out on my game a bit, but I'm afraid I'll get banned from other games I have on my PC lol

[late lion]

Why did you jump to the idea of solving cheating? We're just talking about making it less trivial.

[golden wave]

AGAIN I'm not asking to solve cheating
I'm asking how to stop someone who watched a 1 minute tutorial on Cheat Engine

[chilly surge]

Sure, let me rephrase it: any anti cheat solution gives you exactly the amount of protection you paid for it. A free protection offers you zero protection because someone already cracked it because so many people use it for free, a $20 solution is probably already cracked (if not, will be cracked in the near future) because a lot of games can afford a $20 solution.

[golden wave]

yes I know, that is not what I'm asking

[late lion]

But "cracked" could mean a really specific, obscure program is necessary, or a special plugin for CE. That alone could deter some percentage of cheaters.

[golden wave]

Here's another suggestion:
Every time my Health variable is updated I generate a random number between -10000 and 10000 and add that to my health, so it could go up or down.

[chilly surge]

No, that doesn't work either.

[late lion]

Security by obfuscation is very effective for small games, and basically useless for popular games. You need someone that knows what they're doing to sit down and figure out how to bypass your protections. The smaller the game, the less likely there will be someone who does that, and vice versa.

[chilly surge]

People can still find your health value by "scan the memory, move around but don't change your health, narrow the result to values that haven't changed" or "scan the memory, change your health, narrow the result to values that have changed" combine the two and repeat multiple times to find out where your health variable lives in the memory.

[golden wave]

that already sounds a lot harder than what was shown in the 1st minute of that video

[chilly surge]

I would agree except the common things you can come up with, CE tutorials past chapter one pretty much already shows you.

[golden wave]

probably still not enough though

[golden wave]

but I'm ok with that, I doubt most wannabe hackers get to chapter 2

[chilly surge]

I feel like if you keep coming up with potential solutions, this chat will turn into me teaching people how to cheat in games 🤣

[golden wave]

I guess I'll just go buy the anti cheat asset 🙂

[ebon leaf]

my fireball does not go to the left instead it goes to the left and falls as if there was gravity but the fireball has no rigidbody or anything that gives it gravity

[maiden heath]

since override completely overrides the function, is there a way to just add functionality to it instead of overriding everything?

[chilly surge]

Call the base method in your overridden method.

[ashen shuttle]

in the function that overrides the base one, use base.FunctionName() and then add your modifications

[maiden heath]

thanks!

[maiden heath]

thank you

[last island]

How do I ensure that all scenes are loaded in Unity? Currently when I start a play session 2 scenes are loaded; A preload scene that lives in the game always with a couple of elements for all other scenes and then the actual scene I play in.

However I have 2 other playable scenes that are not registered anywhere other than in the buildSettingsCount. That's it. So if the build indices are 0, 1, 2, 3 I can only access 0 and 1. How do I get Unity to load 2 and 3? According to the SceneManager those scenes don't exist.

[knotty sun]

screenshot your build settings

[knotty sun]

well done, obscured the name when I was going to tell you to load by name

[last island]

I mean, I can still use the names just because you can't see them

[somber nacelle]

how have you confirmed that the SceneManager thinks those scenes do not exist

[last island]

sceneName turns out null

[somber nacelle]

sceneCountInBuildSettings 4

[last island]

Yes

I am well aware

I even said as much

[somber nacelle]

so it sees that the scenes exist

[last island]

But when I use the count and GetAt methods it says that the index is invalid

[somber nacelle]

did you actually look at what those are?

[last island]

Yep. I can check again.

[somber nacelle]

You should read the documentation for them

[knotty sun]

and this does not work?

[last island]

newSceneIndex 2 is correct

activeSceneIndex 1 is correct

sceneName comes back null because 2 is invalid index

[somber nacelle]

and again, have you read the documentation for that method?

[last island]

What method

Be specific

[somber nacelle]

GetSceneByBuildIndex, you know, the one that is returning null

[last island]

Yeah it says I can't return a valid scene if the scene isn't added to the buildingsettings and is already loaded.

I specifically asked up top

How do I ensure they are loaded

[somber nacelle]

before we go any further, is there even a reason you need to get the scene name? you can load by index. but also you have to actually have the scene loaded for that method to work

[last island]

I feel like we are having two separate conversations.

How do I load

How do I ensure the scene is loaded

[somber nacelle]

for what purpose

[last island]

I need to switch scenes.

[somber nacelle]

and have you just been completely ignoring the part where we've been telling you to load by the index? you don't need to use that GetSceneAtBuildIndex method at all

you do not need to get the scene name to load it. if you already have the index

[pearl burrow]

hi guys! Need a tip.

Some of the item i can pick up in the game go into the inventory and stay there for a fixed amount of time giving you every second X amount of resources, then it disappear. Since you can get more of these item in the inventory i have a variable that checks how many "ticks" i get each seconds. So lets say one item gives you 1 resource per second, the tick is 1. Then if you get another the tick is 2. When one item expire the tick is subtracted so when there are 0 item the resource is 0. I did this in the update function checking if tick > 0 and checking every seconds.

My question is, since im checking in the update an if condition that might be not fired at all (if the user never get the item for whatever reason) is there a better way to do it?

[last island]

I felt what I wrote kept being ignored and not addressed. I was well aware I needed things to be loaded before. I even said as much as top when I asked how to ensure things are loaded.

Anyway, going by index at least did something.

[somber nacelle]

to ensure a scene is loaded you have to actually . . . load the scene. it's literally that simple

your issue was that you were attempting to use a method to get an unloaded scene just so you could load that scene. if you have the scene's index, just use that

[last island]

"Using the index would be enough to ensure the scene is loaded" could have been the answer.
I felt I wasn't being heard. But at least a solution was found 👍

[rigid island]

maybe coroutine

though update should still be fine

[somber nacelle]

#archived-code-general message

you can load by index
#archived-code-general message
shows the sceneBuildIndex parameter for the method
and finally: the docs show you that you can load a scene by its index

if you didn't feel heard, how do you think we feel when you ignored what we were telling you

[last island]

If you propose to help, then it's on you to also address what is being said rather than trying to brush it aside as if what is said is a given. I felt the answer "how do I ensure things are loaded" was never answered, and it wasn't. Instead it was about being coy.
"have you read the documentation?"
"Yeah what does it say?"
That's not helpful. That's sneering. So of course things get adversarial.

[knotty sun]

hmm, #archived-code-general message

[last island]

That didn't show up on my screen during the conversation. So partial blame on me on that one.

[somber nacelle]

if we had just answered your question about how to ensure your scenes were loaded, the answer would have been to use SceneManager.LoadScene(Async) for each scene. So do you think it would have been appropriate to answer your question with that, or do you think getting more information then providing the info about using the index like we had done was the more appropriate course of action to solving your issue?

[last island]

And now I have the issue I've had to solve before that I forgot how I solved.
You load Scene A and B additively.
You unload scene B while loading C additively.
B does not get unloaded as you'd expect. But if you then then load B again and unload C it seems that C does not get unloaded 🤔

I realise Unity does some stuff to save on resources there but I'm sure this is a well-known problem solved by many before.

[last island]

Asking me to read documentation the way you did was not helpful. It was condescending.

[somber nacelle]

and yet this whole thing would have been avoided had you read the documentation

[last island]

No. Because I already had and I even quoted it back at you to underline that I had read it and that my question had not been answered; how to ensure scenes were loaded.

Should probably move on though.

[placid summit]

this is very C#, but if you want to remove all subscribed Actions/delegates from a class when it is gone (or Destroyed for Monobehaviour) is there a cleaner method then unsubscribing every one at this point (in OnDestroy on Monobehaviour). Perhaps there is a pattern to manage event subscriptions?

[rigid island]

multiple, custom too
EventAggregator pattern maybe?

[knotty sun]

Ah, The penny drops.
Did you perhaps think that because you had declared the scenes in the build settings they would automatically be loaded?
This would account for the confusion amongst those of us who know that is not the case

[chilly surge]

In my project the entire state is driven by reactivity system so things automatically unsubscribe and no fear of leaks.
It's a bit high of a buy in if you don't start the project with a reactivity system in mind, but you can easily achieve a good enough version of the automatic unsubscription on destroy.

Make a MyMonoBehavior class or whatever you want to call it, let it keep track of a list of subscribed events. Have a SubscribeTo method, which subscribes to an event and puts it in the list to keep track of. On destroy, loop through the list and unsubscribe.
Now to use it, instead of inheriting from MB like you usually do, you would inherit from MyMB instead, and you subscribe to events using the SubscribeTo method, and that's it, on destroy it will automatically unsubscribe everything.

There are some limitations with this solution unlike a reactivity system, but for simple use cases you don't need to worry about "oops forgot to unsubscribe now I have a hidden leak that might lead to hard to detect bugs."

[rigid island]

so basically this lol but I thought using a dictionary instead but yea

[chilly surge]

Probably a List<Action> so it's more flexible, but yeah.

This solution kind of sucks that you must subscribe using the method or else it won't be tracked which limits your flexibility, unlike a reactivity system.

[fringe light]

Anyone have some suggestions for the best way to tell if a player is moving an object in one of the cardinal directions? Like are they moving up, down, left, or right?

[waxen socket]

Use Vector3.Dot with Vector3.up, forward, right etc.

[fringe light]

Ah. You know, I forgot about that. Let me do a bit of review.

[last island]

What confused me most of all was that I've not had this issue before with scene loading and as such I felt the engine was almost mocking me. But I couldn't remember how I solved it last. So I came here to ask.

[knotty sun]

There was a lot of confusion and misinterpretation going on on both sides, so let's write it off to experience

[slate imp]

Hi there, I've got an issue with terrains, i don't know why i have a couple of terrains that does not appear when building the game, in playmode everything is okay but whenever i build the terrain, the floor is transparent...

[spark flower]

hey guys, how do i get 0-360 degrees from transform.rotation.eulerAngles.z ?

i know about rad2deg but that is just a value and i think it pushes the value just to 180/-180

[cold parrot]

Below 0, add 360, above zero use as is.

[spark flower]

so if the degrees is negative i do rad2deg * eulerangles.z + 360 and if its positive, i just do rad2deg * eulerangles.z ?

@cold parrot

[cold parrot]

Euler angles are already in degrees

[leaden ice]

This is an XY problem. Can you explain what you are trying to accomplish with this information?

There are probably better ways to approach it than reading euler angles from a Transform, which has a lot of pitfalls

[placid summit]

Yes I think will do something like that just to make it secure and cleaner.

[placid summit]

That looks interesting, need to read up on it

Delegates just seem bad design as hold references to classes

[placid summit]

Why not get from transform.eulerAngles? But is in degrees

[echo jungle]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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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.

[echo jungle]

For some reason start and update dont work in my code but fixedupdate does

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Collidable : MonoBehaviour
{
    public ContactFilter2D filter;
    private BoxCollider2D boxCollider;
    private Collider2D[] hits = new Collider2D[10];
    private void Start()
    {
        Debug.Log("F");
        print("A");
        boxCollider = GetComponent<BoxCollider2D>();
    }
    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        //print("GDS");
    }
    private void Update()
    {
        boxCollider.OverlapCollider(filter, hits);
        for (int i = 0; i < hits.Length; i++)
        {
            if (hits[i] == null || hits[i] == boxCollider)
            {
                continue;
            }
            print("G");
            OnCollide(hits[i]);
            hits[i] = null;
        }

    }
    protected virtual void OnCollide(Collider2D coll)
    {
        Debug.Log(coll.name);
    }
}

[leaden ice]

Wdym by them not working? How did you check?

[echo jungle]

i put print function in each one of them and only fixed update one worked

[leaden ice]

Show a screenshot of your object's inspector with this script attached, and the console window open in your editor while the game is running

Also the FixedUpdate print is commented out

so showing the code as it actually is when you run the game is essential as well

(btw there is no print in Update right now, except for the one inside a conditional statement)

[echo jungle]

started working mb

[flint panther]

I am working on spawning the enemies. I have a function to do it, but I want to make a check for if the position is a bad one (has colliders blocking)

    public static Enemy SpawnEnemy(Vector3 position) {
        CapsuleCollider check = I.enemyCheck;
        if (Physics.CheckCapsule(position, position + Vector3.one * check.height, check.radius)) {
            print("Tried to spawn enemy in an invalid position.");
        }
        return Instantiate(I.enemy, position, Quaternion.identity);
    }```

I have done this, but now I want to find the closest "valid" position. Is there algorithm to do this easily?

[gusty aurora]

Is there any situation where is it useful to set HideFlags.NotEditable on top of HideFlags.HideInInspector ?

[gusty aurora]

Check Physics.ComputePenetration

[leaden ice]

No

[cold parrot]

Count the punches, if 0 then left, if 1 then right. To alternate forever: if count % 2 == 0 then left, if count % 2 == 1 then right

You should also call the invoked methods directly through a reference to the script component that has them.

[hard estuary]

I think it depends on the scenario. Mentioned Physics.ComputePenetration could work assuming you only need to push spawned enemy away from the initial collision. The thing is, the collision can occur again, with another object. You can repeat the process in the loop, but I think there would be a risk for this loop to be endless (unless you also push other colliders, effectively spreading them out).

I think the simplest way of dealing with the problem would be simply to set spawn points and spawn enemies inside of an unoccupied spawn point. It should work as long as at least one spawn point is not occupied. You can also add some triggers to those spawn points to automatically set them as occupied/unoccupied. The spawn points could be either placed manually or baked with some algorithm. The things would be simpler for grid-based games, since those already divided the game into small zones. If you want to keep analogue precision, I suppose you could create some variation of a quadtree, but I believe simple solutions are a better choice.

[flint panther]

Yes, I have a predetermined spawn pool for particular objects, but I also need random spawn positions for patrols

[hard estuary]

You can consider using NavMesh. There is a method that returns the closest point on the NavMesh in a certain range:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMesh.SamplePosition.html
But keep in mind that you would need to set characters to be treated as obstacles on the NavMesh. Also keep in mind that NavMesh can be quite expensive depending on how you use it.

[flint panther]

I am using navmeshes, I will look into this

[stable osprey]

Hm.. I wanna disable auto refresh but I don't see it on my preferences window -- what I want to do is described here:
https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/210452343-How-to-stop-automatic-assembly-compilation-from-script

My preferences window looks like this though:

[merry stream]

project settings

[stable osprey]

I've already changed those -- but these are specifically for play mode

I want Unity to not reload each time I hit ctrl+s in Visual Studio for every small change

[swift falcon]

i was also looking for the same thing but i couldnt find it

its painful especially when your just adding comments

[stable osprey]

I used to have a hack for it which involved changing EditorUserSettings.asset or EditorSettings.asset directly but I don't remember what it was lol

[swift falcon]

i just accepted it xd

[dusky lake]

Hey I am planning a little experiement with Unity ECS, is there a way to get all entities that had a certain componennt changed? Like a reactive way to query entities

[tardy beacon]

im thanking god enums exist rn

enums are making this thing im trynna do a little easier and fun

[spring creek]

Also make sure you know about enum flags. You can have multiple values at the same time.

[Flags]
public enum MyEnum {
  First,
  Second
}

MyEnum current = MyEnum.First | MyEnum.Second;

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

[upper pilot]

yield return new WaitUntil(() => CombatManager.Instance.animationSpeed > 0);

Is it possible to make this code multi line? What is the syntax? Adding { } doesn't work

[chilly surge]

You need to return ...; after adding {}.

[upper pilot]

ah thanks

That worked, is there a reason why I have to return?
I assume that the above is a shortcut that already returns behind the scene?

[chilly surge]

In a statement block, return is how you return.

[upper pilot]

oh it has to return boolean for the WaitUntil to know when to stop the loop

[chilly surge]

Expression body is just a short way to write a block that contains only return.

There's no implicit return in C#, we are not Rust here 😄

[upper pilot]

Makes sense similar to properties

I found a post from 2011, I wonder if this is still a thing or if it should be avoided at all cost?
Perhaps Coroutines werent a thing back then?

function Update(){
MakeThis();
}
 
function MakeThis(){
//make this first thing
yield WaitForSeconds(2)
//make the second thing..
}

[chilly surge]

I don't think that's valid C# code.

[upper pilot]

Perhaps its from JS times

[leaden ice]

that is definitely a JS (UnityScript) snippet

it is a coroutine though

[chilly surge]

Not valid JS either, MakeThis is not a generator function.

(Did Unity version of JS ever support genreator functions?)

[leaden ice]

It's UnityScript

https://docs.unity3d.com/560/Documentation/Manual/Coroutines.html

This example is from there^:

function Fade() {
    for (var f = 1.0; f >= 0; f -= 0.1) {
        var c = renderer.material.color;
        c.a = f;
        renderer.material.color = c;
        yield WaitForSeconds(0.1);
    }
}```

UnityScript isn't exactly JS

but it's close

[chilly surge]

I feel like UnityScript and Boo were such dumpster fire. They look like the languages but not exactly, so you could use zero of the mature ecosystem. At least they got C# right that we are not locked out of .NET ecosystem.

[leaden ice]

C# is partially right. We're still not totally in the ecosystem. We can't use NuGet (easily), We can't manage assemblies in a normal way, etc.

[chilly surge]

(I also feel like they are repeating the same mistake by reinventing CSS/HTML but I guess it's better than nothing)

[tardy beacon]

ooo multiple values cool, also ive never heard of enum flags

[gray bough]

How can I draw an ellipse with code in the UnityEngine library?

[rigid island]

line renderer

well that was fun..

[gray bough]

You don't have to use your hands to draw the code and then draw it right away
ellipse 🤔

[rigid island]

wdym draw the code?

[gray bough]

I don't understand the code of unity 2d

[rigid island]

why do you want to draw ellipse then ?

[gray bough]

to do some functions

[rigid island]

that is very vague, everything you do is a function because they are part of doing anything lol

[leaden ice]

I'm pretty sure there's a language barrier/translator involved in this discourse

[rigid island]

seems that way lol

[gray bough]

that's true

[swift falcon]

Question:

    void VelocityControl()
    {
        Vector3 currentVelocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, 0, rb.velocity.z); //Current player velocity

        if (currentVelocity.magnitude > current_setting.speed) //Check if velocity is over max speed
        {
            Vector3 fixedVelocity = currentVelocity.normalized * current_setting.speed; //Sets velocity to 1, then to the max speed allowed
            rb.velocity = new Vector3(fixedVelocity.x, rb.velocity.y, fixedVelocity.z); //Changes it in-game
        }
    }

So this ensures the player has the same speed when he is moving ||(Ofc some floating point differences but who cares)||
However when the player is in the air, the drag is 0, but when its on the ground its 5. So the speed is different in the air

So im wondering how I could make that code account for drag somehow? Right now I have to manually slow down the player by multiplying the speed by a small value when hes in the air. This seems quite complicated

I dont think its even possible

I guess it has to change fixedVelocity using the drag value somehow

[leaden ice]

I recommend not using Unity's Rigidbody drag . Just control the speed yourself with separate speed variables

[swift falcon]

So something like simulating drag by pushing the player in the opposite direction hes moving when he doesnt do any input?

if thats what you mean by separate variables

[leaden ice]

Well your code is just directly normalizing the input and setting the speed

So no

Just using a different speed variable when grounded vs in the air

[scenic sigil]

Hello. When I build my game, one specific sprite just disappears. Somewhere it becomes a white rectangle, somewhere it's fully transparent. What to do? How to make it show up? It's not a sorting layer issue.

Editor/Build

Googling gave me nothing

[ebon leaf]

im having 2 problems with this code
A) the ball prefab doesnt instantiate to begin with
B) the current ball in my scene does not move to the left without tilting downwards

can anyone help with this?

[rigid island]

#📲┃ui-ux

[scenic sigil]

This is not UI/UX

This is build problems

[rigid island]

looks like a UI problem to me

unless you're loading the image via code ?

or like remotely

[rigid island]

!code

[tawny elk]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[scenic sigil]

im using an Image with this sprite

the sprite vanishes in all uses

either white rectangle or nothing

[rigid island]

and where are you getting sprite from

[scenic sigil]

Assets/Sprites

[ebon leaf]

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

public class FireBall : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject ball;
    public GameObject[] spawn;
    int minNum = 0;
    int maxNum = 2;
    public float ballSpeed;
    GameObject player;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        player = GameObject.Find("Player");
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
        Invoke("FireballInstantiate", 5);

        ball.transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(ball.transform.position, Vector2.left, ballSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
    void FireballInstantiate()
    {
        Instantiate(ball, spawn[Random.Range(minNum, maxNum)].transform); 
    }
}

[swift falcon]

Oh thats what you mean. Well I am sort of doing that
speed * airSpeed //(around 0.3)

[rigid island]

yeah because you're trying to move the prefab and not the spawned fireball

also might just want to make a timer with Time.time for example, that Invoke in Update especially not even using nameof

[leaden yew]

I implemented unity ads in my project and I don't understand why I can only see 8 ads (then something with "no fill" appears)

[ebon leaf]

so how do i move the spawned ball?

the ball doesnt even get spawned btw

[rigid island]

Instantiate returns and Object

[ebon leaf]

not a prefab?

[rigid island]

how do you know the code is even running then

[rigid island]

no prefabs arent a thing in playmode

[ebon leaf]

cause the code included the fireball to move to the left and it was (the already existing one)

[rigid island]

are you cloning a scene object with ball

instead of using prefab

[leaden yew]

what should I do?

[ebon leaf]

ok i used the object instead of the prefab and it worked but it still wont just go to the left without slowly falling down

[rigid island]

what..who said to do that

[ebon leaf]

thought u said prefabs wouldnt work

[rigid island]

no i wanted to know if you were cloning ball as a scene object instead of using a prefab 🤔

[wide terrace]

Maybe take the question over to #archived-unity-gaming-services, unless you suspect some of your own code is responsible?

[ebon leaf]

i was using a prefab before yea

[rigid island]

like I said, the new object isn't moving because you never assign it to the instance spawned

as to why its not spawning you are not assigning it a position so its prob spawning at world 0

[ebon leaf]

not sure i understand

im assigning it to a spawn point

in a gameobject array

[rigid island]

you're just parenting it

[ebon leaf]

but it spawned somewhere else

so how can i assign it to a spawn position and not parent it

[rigid island]

look here
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

you see you're only assinging a parent not giving it position

the Vector3 is for position

use the correct signature

also you see the return value is Object

[ebon leaf]

true

[rigid island]

if you don't know what it is click it

[ebon leaf]

no, i do

its just that i was experimenting different methods since i was experiencing issues

[rigid island]

well sounds like a case of I didn't look at the manual first 🙂

[ebon leaf]

i still dont know how to instantiate the object in the position that i want

and in the direction i want

[rigid island]

vector3 is a position

[ebon leaf]

alr let me try that real quick

[rigid island]

do you need the parent ? you dont have to parent it

[ebon leaf]

nah i dont need to parent it

hey quick question

whats the diff between time.deltatime and time.time

@rigid island

like if i wanted something to instantiate every 5 seconds

[wide terrace]

Time.deltaTime is the number of seconds which have passed since the last frame. Time.time is the number of seconds the game's been running.

You can use either to manually manage a timer. Or InvokeRepeating() or coroutines, in which case you typically wouldn't need to use either for this use-case.

[rigid island]

keep it nice and simple cs timer += Time.deltaTime; if (timer >= fireballInterval) { FireballInstantiate(); timer = 0f; }

[ebon leaf]

nice

[ebon leaf]

thx for the help 🙂

[ebon leaf]

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

public class FireballMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float ballSpeed = 10;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, Vector2.left, ballSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

[ebon leaf]

why does it not go straight left

instead it starts falling down slowly

i have no rigidbody attached to it so gravity shouldnt be affecting it or anything like that

[cosmic rain]

I don't think move towards take a direction vector as the second parameter.

[ebon leaf]

oh yea it needs a target

i forgor xd

[ebon leaf]

thx

[vivid halo]

I'm trying to pair scriptable objects 1:1 with a corresponding method, and I'm not sure how to go about it.

I want to use a scriptable object to store spell/ability configuration data, but also have a method that performs the spell cast/ability cast.

What is the best way to map these together? {AbilityConfigData, AbilityMethod}

[gray thunder]

public interface IAbility
{
    void Execute(AbilityConfig config);
}

You could do something like this

And for example

public class FireballAbility : IAbility
{
    public void Execute(AbilityConfig config)
    {
        Debug.Log($"Casting {config.abilityName}");
    }
}

Then you create some kind of abilityManager

private Dictionary<AbilityConfig, IAbility> abilityMapping;

public void ExecuteAbility(AbilityConfig config)
    {
        if (abilityMapping.TryGetValue(config, out var ability))
        {
            ability.Execute(config);
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log($"No ability found for {config.abilityName}");
        }
    }

[modest brook]

does anybody know how i can make a cooldown in c#? i have tried a few things but they aren't working

[unique flower]

why the code doesn't work

[unique flower]

yeb

[knotty sun]

A simple coroutine @modest brook

coolingDown = true
yield WaitForSecondsRealtime(coolDownTime)
coolingDown = false

[unique flower]

it doesnt work for me at least i have another way if it doesnt work with you @modest brook

[modest brook]

i have tried that

whats your way marwan?

[unique flower]

make a varible first
float poweruupcooldown = 10f;

update (){
poweruupcooldown -= Time.deltaTime;
//that will make the code subtract 1 number from powerup cooldown at when a second end
}

that is my code

[somber nacelle]

show what you actually tried, because a cooldown is incredibly simple and what steve showed absolutely would work, so you probably did something wrong

[unique flower]

it doesn't work with me and @modest brook

by the way can anyone help me now ?

#archived-code-general message

[modest brook]

ok

[knotty sun]

not until you actually describe your problem. 'Doesn't work' is meaningless

[somber nacelle]

your issue is that you are just calling PlayerPrefs.Save, that isn't actually setting anything in playerprefs. that is what you are supposed to call after calling PlayerPrefs.SetXXX

[unique flower]

okay sorry again

[modest brook]

public GameObject Axe; public float CooldownDuration; public float timeStamp;

void Update() { AxeHit(); timeStamp = Time.time + CooldownDuration; }

` void AxeHit()
{
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && timeStamp <= Time.time)
{
Axe.GetComponent<Animator>().Play("Hit");

 } 

}`

[somber nacelle]

three backticks, not just one. and you're just constantly increasing timeStamp so it is never possible for it to be less than or equal to Time.time (unless CooldownDuration is 0)

[modest brook]

how can i fix?

i was thinking that tbf but its one that i got online that people said worked

[somber nacelle]

You must have misunderstood the code you saw "online" because that could never work. However if you change where you set the cooldown it could work. you need to set the cooldown when you actually perform the action that requires the cooldown, not every single frame

[modest brook]

so should i put timeStamp = Time.time + CooldownDuration; in AxeHit()

[knotty sun]

think about your code and when you want to start the countdown

[modest brook]

putting in the axe hit thing had a weird response where the timer only happened when i pressed the mouse button

[modest brook]

yeah

[unique flower]

thx sooooooooooo much @somber nacelle

[modest brook]

well i want the countdown to jump be a number and if a timer is above that number i can use the axe but if it is below i can't use the axe you know?

[knotty sun]

Do you actually understand your own code?

[modest brook]

bit harsh but yeah

i've tried to do a timer before but its just not worked for some reason

the code i have rn is just saying when the mouse clicks play the animation of the axe hitting

[knotty sun]

look ar this

 void AxeHit()
 {
     if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && timeStamp <= Time.time)
     {
         Axe.GetComponent<Animator>().Play("Hit");
         
         timeStamp = Time.time + CooldownDuration;
     } 
 } 

now think, when will the if be true once it has been executed once

[modest brook]

well never because the timeStamp will always be above Time.time and the timeStamp has to be lower than time.time for the code to run

[knotty sun]

not true

[modest brook]

oh wait its inside the if statementr

i'll try that and see what happens

for god sake😂

it was ONE SMALL THING

but, thanks

[knotty sun]

now do you think I was harsh?

[modest brook]

yeah BUT i was thinking this before anyway and its just a good way of teaching lol

also i've spoken to you before like almost a year ago cheers

@knotty sun im comparing you to Rick from rick and morty

[knotty sun]

no idea who they are

[modest brook]

fair he's just a good teacher

its a compliment

👍

[scenic sigil]

Howdy. In my game, on one device the sprites are normal, but on other devices, some sprites are much brighter. I tested on my machine and a VM (due to lack of other devices). Here is a comparison: host/VM

[knotty sun]

Not a code question

[scenic sigil]

where do i put it

[knotty sun]

there is #🔎┃find-a-channel but I would guess #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[placid summit]

with SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync( name, LoadSceneMode.Single );) the current scene elements seem to stick around for a second or 2 even though it should be unloading it immediately. I have dontDestroy things to show a loading screen but do I need to hide all elements in a scene before loading the next to be sure they immediately hide? Especially UGUI

Or is the Async just not needed and I should use LoadScene

[deft dagger]

hey i have a question about something in blender but i cant find the right channel to ask in, is there a channel for that or do i need to find another server that is for blender ?

[knotty sun]

!blender

[tawny elk]

A supportive community for Blender artists of all levels. Share your work, ask for help, and learn from others! https://discord.com/invite/blender

[deft dagger]

thank youu

[weak spruce]

https://hatebin.com/uqfsifwhjv

whats wrong with the sheep?

i tried to fix it for 2 day

[lean sail]

You should be the one saying what's wrong. Most wont willingly look at your code and point out every error

There are really a ton of logical flaws in that code, this kind of stuff belongs in #💻┃code-beginner next time

[weak spruce]

I looked at code but i dont understand the error

[weak spruce]

ok

[lean sail]

Did you not write the code yourself? You should at least be able to debug, since your code has one, to point out what specifically isnt working as intended

[weak spruce]

i write it myself

[lean sail]

You should add more useful things to your debugs, because just a string doesnt tell you anything. Methods like Debug.DrawRay can help u visualize where the sheep is trying to move from your code. Look at your code logically too, casting in 4 directions here doesnt make much sense, especially considering you potentially move it between casts while using the original point. You could just use one larger overlap sphere or some trigger collider and the unity physics messages. Theres a lot of other minor issues, but probably best to fix those after

[weak spruce]

i put earlier direction forward but then sheep looked only forward

[ebon leaf]

why wont it let me add a gameobject to my array?

[somber nacelle]

are you trying to drag scene objects into a prefab?

[ebon leaf]

lowkey yea but it wont let me do that with a normal object either

[somber nacelle]

prefabs cannot reference scene objects because those scene objects simply do not exist until the scene is loaded but prefabs do exist at all times

assets (like prefabs) can only reference themselves and other assets

[ebon leaf]

so i need to make the scene object into a prefab first?

[somber nacelle]

well that won't give the prefab the reference to the instance in the scene so no. you would need to pass the reference at runtime
https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[ebon leaf]

what would be the code for it for example

to refrence a scene object in a prefab

[maiden heath]

enemyAnimator.runtimeAnimatorController = animator.runtimeAnimatorController; is this the correct way to set a components animator to another components animator? because it isnt working for me

[somber nacelle]

https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[somber nacelle]

be more specific than "not working". but also that is how you assign the animator's animator controller to another animator's animator controller

[maiden heath]

yeah thats what i meant. basically its giving me an unassigned reference exception

i assigned it in the inspector and everything

[somber nacelle]

then one of your two variables are null at the time that line runs

[ebon leaf]

would it work if i refrence the scene object into the fireball and delete the prefab then create it again after the refrence?

just curious

[somber nacelle]

wtf does that even mean? again, assets cannot reference scene objects.

[ebon leaf]

ah ok

[sterile gorge]

Hey Folks, so we were trying to create a Pool class for gameobjects but to implement it specifically for gameobjects we would need it to inherit from monobehavior. Is there a way to do it without inheriting monobehavior?
Basically, I want to do something like this:

{
Gameobject[] pooledObjs;
void addToPool(Gameobj)
Gameobject getFromPool();
etc.
}```

I was thinking I could forward declare Gameobj but I saw in a few search results that C# doesn't allow it

[somber nacelle]

just FYI unity already has a built in object pool class in 2021+
and you don't need to inherit from MonoBehaviour for the pool, if you don't you just need to create an instance of the class in whatever component/class you'll be using it in

[sterile gorge]

can you explain a bit on the create an instance bit?

[ebon leaf]

same here i tired reading the article he sent me but i didnt understand much about instances and root components

[somber nacelle]

you create an instance of the class using the new operator. that's some like absolutely basic stuff for c#. if you aren't familiar with the language or the fundamentals, then consider going through the beginner courses pinned in #💻┃code-beginner

[somber nacelle]

what i advised you to do was entirely different than what i told Jako to do. do not get them confused. the page i linked shows you how to pass a reference to an instantiated prefab, consider actually reading it

[ebon leaf]

too complicated for me rn since im sleepy, im just gonna check a youtube tutorial

[somber nacelle]

then take a break and come back to it after you've slept. don't make your lack of sleep everyone else's problem

[ebon leaf]

alr take it easy

[sterile gorge]

wait no im familiar with new, so do you mean just like

{
GameObj[] Pool = new List<GameObj>();
}```

[somber nacelle]

no that's not at all what i was referring to. that's also super wrong

i was referring to creating an instance of your Pool class. you do need to initialize your array, but arrays are not lists

[sterile gorge]

this was just to get the idea forward, but I sense the condescending tone, so good day to you

ill take my questions elsewhere

[somber nacelle]

fun fact, but constructive criticism is not an attack on your person. don't take things so personally

[sterile gorge]

there's constructive criticism and then there's a tone of superiority complex, for obvious reasons, I don't want to get into online arguments, so thanks

[somber nacelle]

or maybe, i was literally just providing you information. but if you're so insecure that you took it as an attack or a "superiority complex" or whatever, maybe look inward to find out why that is

[ebon leaf]

I dont want to fuel anything especially because you were helpful to me before but i felt a similiar way as jako and its no biggie but abit of patience with us would be nice

[cosmic rain]

I'd say the issue is posting in a wrong channel. #💻┃code-beginner would be more appropriate for such questions. People would be more tolerant to you if their expectations match reality. In this channel we expect you to know what creating an instance means.

[weak prairie]

(sorry just realized there's a postprocessing channel)

[ebon leaf]

imo its still no excuse to be impatient with developers and sometimes its difficult to tell whether your question is classified for the beginner channel or general channel, you can guide us if we misunderstood and not just once but each time we forget because after all this is what you are here for right? its to guide us and be patient with us. we are not here to engage in arguments and drama online but we are here to just get the help we need with our codes and game development, thanks.

[somber nacelle]

the channels are for your own skill level when asking for help, it is not dependent on the channel. also "this is what you are here for right"
people who help here do so in their free time. there is no obligation for people to help you, so you need to put in the effort to try to understand the help being provided to you. if you do not understand something then it is on you to actually ask clarifying questions instead of just simply insisting you want examples (especially when the resources provided to you have examples)

also i was impatient with you specifically because you were not paying attention to what i was telling you so i had to repeat the same information multiple times before you finally understood that assets cannot reference in-scene objects and the page i provided to you showed you how you could pass a reference to an in-scene object to a prefab instance that was spawned into the scene

[ebon leaf]

fyi anyone can send a forum link and call it a day and like you said, you are not obligated to help me which is why I mentioned I will find a youtube tutorial that can do so.

and it was pretty clear that i wasn't the only one you specifically was impatient with. if you look at the last couple of people you spoke with

[somber nacelle]

alright i'm done entertaining this. have fun fumbling around without understanding any of what you are doing

[kind storm]

lol

[gray mural]

When changing a variable value in the Inspector and having the OnValidate method called for it, is it possible to avoid "Modified value in MyScript" being saved in Undo History?

Or, perhaps, a different approach: change the objects to undo

[leaden ice]

not with OnValidate. Only using a custom editor.

[vale bridge]

Is there a way to subscribe to Actions without having a reference to the script that owns the reference?

Are static Actions a thing?

[somber nacelle]

yes

[vale bridge]

I assume that the disadvantages are the same as static fcns where you obvsly can't access non static members

Actually that shouldn't be a problem

Now that I think of it

Since I only want to subscribe to some event that gets invoked via logic anyways

Actually, why shouldn't one make all Actions static?

[gray mural]

Because some Actions may be associated with the instance of the class

[somber nacelle]

nope, the main drawback of a static event is that you have to make sure you are unsubscribing from it when the object is no longer in use. non-static events would just get nulled out when the instance they belong to are destroyed/GC'd but static will of course persist

[vagrant blade]

I use static actions a lot to broadcast from things like managers, but as boxfriend said, make sure you're unsubscribing from them. Especially if you turn off domain reloading.

[vale bridge]

I see

[gray mural]

For example, you may have an Action onDead in your Enemy class. The Action happens when a specific Enemy dies, it is associated only with this instance of the Enemy, and is not applied to the the the whole class, is thus non-static.

[vale bridge]

That makes a lot of sense

So for example in that case you'd call onDead for this specific enemy and you'd want the specific sfx be applied to this specific location or whatever, which makes using static Actions not very great, is that right?

[waxen socket]

In this case I find it useful to have a static Action<Enemy> where parameter is treated as a sender

[gray mural]

By making your Action static here, you cannot tell which Enemy is dead

[placid summit]

This is what I have been dealing with - static is fine until you forget to unsubscribe!

[vagrant blade]

In that specific case, you could have a static action that is called so that things can "generically" react to the death of an enemy, to play a sound effect I suppose.

But personally I'd just call it directly off the AudioManager.PlayDeathSound();

Otherwise, your AudioManager will have to subscribe to every enemy that gets spawned in.

[vale bridge]

Right

[vale bridge]

Oooh that seems interesting too, then at the end of the day is the solution a preference thing or?

[vagrant blade]

Or the worst, you do:

private void OnEnable()
{
  MyManager.SomeCall += MyManager_SomeCall;
}


private void OnDisable()
{
  MyManager.SomeCall += MyManager_SomeCall;
}

And it takes you over an hour to see it.

[vale bridge]

What happens if you don't unsubscribe?

[vagrant blade]

Fortunately Copilot auto fills these out

[gray mural]

Yes, that's if you want to control all the Enemies

[placid summit]

I was discussing this issue - also related to any object that lasts longer than those subscribed to it. Microsoft added Weak Events patterns for this in WPF

I feel like it is a weakness in C#

[somber nacelle]

you end up with NullReferenceExceptions or other related exceptions because objects that have subscribed are no longer around

[vale bridge]

right

So as long as I subscribe and unsub all events we're good?

[somber nacelle]

yep

[vagrant blade]

Generally speaking, if you're typing out code to subscribe to something, immediately put in the code to unsub it somewhere so you don't forget.

[vale bridge]

I'm starting to think if I should design everything around Actions since they're so useful to separate features, how true is this?

[placid summit]

an event keeps a reference to all classes that subscribe to it so they will never actually be GC'd until you unhook your delegate

[vagrant blade]

Because they're extremely difficult to track down if you do

[vale bridge]

So farI think since I hanen't used static actions not putting unsubs have been working

but I will defo do this from now on

[leaden ice]

Delegates are a tool like everything else. They have their place, but you don't want to use a hammer to try to drive in a screw.

[somber nacelle]

ideally you would still unsubscribe from non-static actions too. it's just that you run into fewer issues if you don't because typically you're subscribing from an object that has a similar lifetime to the object with that non-static event (or a longer lifetime)

[gray mural]

Is overriding the entire Inspector necessary in this case?

[vale bridge]

Ik this might be a broad and thus unanswerable question but then how do I know I'm not using a hammer to drive in a screw when coding some feature

[late lion]

And I would suggest using OnEnable/OnDisable for subscribing/unsubscribing. Some people use Awake/OnDestroy or Start/OnDestroy, but that means the listeners will react to events even when they are disabled, which is likely going to be confusing. OnDisable is also invoked when the script is destroyed.

[placid summit]

this is good - but not all code is monobehaviours, some is plain C#!

[vale bridge]

Roger that

[leaden ice]

Like anything it comes with practice, experience, learning from making mistakes.

[vale bridge]

Aye aye

Omw to write horrible code and fix them later

[placid summit]

github has many attempts to make Events that hold a weak reference to subscribers but it has not become part of C# outside WPF .Net

[late lion]

I view static events the same way as I view Singletons. Extremely useful, but also easy to abuse and run into spaghetti problems down the line.

[vale bridge]

Guess I'll have to find out

I'll be back when the spaghetti is cooked

Thanks for all your answers guys!

Very helpful

[thin aurora]

In that case I suggest implementing an IDisposable pattern

I believe there are hook like systems that are garbage collected and these also unsubscribe your events, but they pretty much will have the same issue as MonoBehaviours

[placid summit]

Yes or you can use the finalizer

same differences, different on destroy

[thin aurora]

That one will also have the same issue; object might already no longer be used when an event is invoked

[placid summit]

yes so better if you can use disposable pattern - but that is a pattern where you have to remember to dispose - so less automatic! IDisposable seems simpler for very short term stuff

[thin aurora]

When in doubt, VS has analyze options that when enabled can warn you of undisposed classes

[thick terrace]

IDisposable is usually the way to go, finalizers have all kinds of caveats

don't forget using statements/blocks for dealing with it, it makes it a lot easier!

[placid summit]

yes but using statement/blocks are like really short term - that is where I understand its use. But you are right OnDestroy and finalizers are a bit late - if you can finish before that then better

replied to wrong message!

[uneven slate]

Is there any way to set up buttons to activate on mouse down as opposed to mouse up? I'm fine with adding stuff to it if need be, but going through and changing every prefab and script that uses Button would be a PITA, so ideally it's just something I can tape on (or change at a settings level).

[waxen socket]

Look into EventTrigger.OnPointerDown

[uneven slate]

Yeah, that'd involve changing every script/prefab that uses buttons lol, hence I'm trying to avoid

[waxen socket]

make your own button component and use an editor script to replace built-in button component with yours

[uneven slate]

yeahhhh that's also a PITA. I'll look into it.

[slim gate]

Hey, maybe someone can point me in the right direction:
I am trying to do probabilities for different resources to spawn in my game. My current approach is an animation curve, which works fine enough for me but I want a solution in code so that players can add their own through mods later on. The animation curve is from 0 to 1 and I just check the curve at current progress in the game. (On level 5/10 i check the curve on 0.5; etc)
I want to be able to control this somewhat, like: When is a resource most likely to spawn, when does it start and end spawning, etc.

This is an example of the types of curves I have right now

What would be a proper way to define these in code?

[knotty sun]

easy way is a Vector2 array

[slim gate]

How do you mean?

[knotty sun]

each point on your curve can be expressed as a Vector2

[slim gate]

That seems very troublesome to do though doesnt it?

If I wanted to add something new then I would have to manually declare a ton of vector2s

[knotty sun]

how else would you do a data representation modifyable via code?

[slim gate]

I have no idea, that why I am asking

Cause everything I can think of is more troublesome than animationcurves

[knotty sun]

no, because youi only need to define when it changes

[slim gate]

Another idea I had was to just define the highest spawnrate and when it is and then just calculate the "difference" from that and have some set falloff

[knotty sun]

you could even use Lerp between the points to define even less of them

So your red line here could be defined by 4 Vector2's

[slim gate]

ahh I get it

Yeah that might be a better way with more control

I will try it out

[leaden ice]

You can modify animation curves in code.

[knotty sun]

I'm guessing as he mentioned modding he wants to read it as data

[uneven slate]

Is there seriously no way to do something as simple as "This button should click on pointer down, instead of requiring down and up"?

[vagrant blade]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/UIElements.PointerDownEvent.html

Also accessible on the EventTrigger component if you don't want to use code.

[uneven slate]

Eugh. Gotcha.

[tawdry forge]

Hello, my question isnt related directly to scripting but I think many of you use Rider as your IDE.
How did you manage to use an editorconfig with Rider in Unity projects ? I dont know why but my Rider doesnt use the file when formatting

[rigid island]

are you looking for ide setup ?

!ide

[tawny elk]

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[tawdry forge]

No my IDE is fine, I just need to make the .editorconfig work

For some reason when I create the file in the asset folder Rider doesn't use it when formatting.
For those who search for this issue in the future, I couldnt make the editorconfig works but you can save the rider settings "in this computer" in the dropdown next to the save button and it will save in the file %APPDATA%\JetBrains\Rider2024.1\resharper-host\GlobalSettingsStorage.DotSettings you can't version it with git but at least you can manage your code style, better than nothing

[swift falcon]

I have a question about the video player (especially regarding 2D animation). How good is it for many animated scenes? I have concerns regarding how it manages memory compared to something like being able to preload and unload audio or even sprite animation.

[rigid island]

ohh ok, I have no idea about rider setups sorry

[swift falcon]

I cant really find a lot of details on how it works internally regarding that stuff.

[rigid island]

not really a coding question

[swift falcon]

well its about the internals of it because i need to know if i need to somehow make a script to preload each set of animations

vs just putting my trust into the component

[rigid island]

unity is closed source so aside from the public c# api you wont see how the actual componets are working if its C++

[swift falcon]

i know but i imagine someone must have some insight or experience with full frame animations in their projects

[rigid island]

thats why it might be better suited for #🏃┃animation or #💻┃unity-talk

[swift falcon]

ah ok thanks

[steady moat]

As a rule of thumbs, you should implement it first, profile, then if it has issue look for solution.

Not a good idea to preemptively optimize if you do not know something.

[swift falcon]

yeah thats why i wanted to ask first though just incase someone else has dealt with it. All the animations are 1080p and i know I dont have fine control over the videoplayer like i do with audio (like choosing when to load and unload the clips into memory) but i will probably end up profiling it

[steady moat]

You mean a video ? I've used it multiple time for professionnal project without any particular issue.

[swift falcon]

its pretty much a complicated visual novel but a lot of scenes are actually animated frame by frame

but im glad to hear it wasnt an issue

as long as it doesnt hoard the memory when i switch to a new video on the player it should be fine

[steady moat]

What is your platform ?

Mobile, Pc, Console ?

[swift falcon]

mobile and PC

[steady moat]

Be sure to transcode your video. Also, you might consider to not use video at all for mobile and instead animate in Unity.

[swift falcon]

yeah thats probably why i need to do some proper benchmarking because alot of the videos arent stationary enough or small enough to split into spritesheets so it would be playing with full sized frames

[wary coyote]

What are possible reasons a List in a Scriptable Object might get its fields nulled out?
VSCode checking the field itself, its only ever added to, never set to null, new list, removed from, yet just now an entry in there I was using deleted itself

The context of the field deleting itself is that I was in play mode, exited play mode, returned to play mode, and it was gone.
I wasnt paying close attention to the field itself at the time, I was working on other things

It makes me greatly concerned about the stability of my project if random lists can null out like this without my input

[lean sail]

Is this supposed to be an editor only function? You shouldnt be editing fields of a scriptable object. This is like the first thing brought up when SO's are mentioned.

If it is editor only, then you can use SetDirty to save those changes

[fervent jacinth]

im trying to make an axis independent player controller for a zero g environment, so the player can free look around and move with 'thrusters'. The problem is, whenever the player is upside down, the y axis gets inverted. heres my code:

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (stopped) return;

    float mouseX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") * Time.fixedDeltaTime * sens;
    float mouseY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y") * Time.fixedDeltaTime * sens;

    yaw += mouseX;
    pitch -= mouseY;
    //pitch = Mathf.Clamp(pitch, -90f, 90f);

    Quaternion yawRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, yaw, 0);
    Quaternion pitchRotation = Quaternion.Euler(pitch, 0, 0);

    Quaternion targetRotation = yawRotation * pitchRotation;

    if (cameraLerp)
    {
        player.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(player.rotation, targetRotation, drag * Time.deltaTime);
    }
    else
    {
        player.rotation = targetRotation;
    }
}```

[wary coyote]

Yes Editor Only, here's its facade. Ill try adding set dirty, but the changes appear currently in the SO already (unless thats unrelated?)

[fervent jacinth]

wait is this the wrong chanel

im so sorry

[wary coyote]

example of it in action.

[lean sail]

Yes it is unrelated, set dirty will actually save the changes.

[wary coyote]

For my understanding, what does saving the changes mean in this context?
Currently hitting play/unplay, the new strings remain added to the SO, but they must not be 'saved' in some way deeper than simply being there and being persistent across play/unplay?

            selectedPlayActor.charData.attackMacros.Add(result);
            UnityEditor.EditorUtility.SetDirty(selectedPlayActor.charData);

Doing this now, charData is the SO

[lean sail]

Honestly I dont know enough of the internals of it. The docs may say more but all I know is that you must use set dirty or the changes will revert. The play/unplay thing is more likely because the SO is unloaded and reverts back to it's original state though I am just guessing here

[wary coyote]

Ahh thats fair, still thank you for the reccomendation added set dirty now

[clear siren]

Uhm what mobile apps y'all suggest

[ocean hollow]

does anyone know why reordering operands will increase performance?

[leaden ice]

Multiplying two floats is one multiplication operations

Multiplying a float and a vector3 is three multiplication operations

Your original code is doing two of the latter and one of the former

The new code does two of the former and one of the latter.

It's fewer operations and therefore faster.

[ocean hollow]

ah ok thanks

[naive swallow]

Vampire Survivors is a pretty fun timewaster. Game itself is free but you should totally get the DLC, they self-published to avoid having loot boxes and other microtransactions

[clear siren]

For learning

I mean

[vale wharf]

Accidentally calculated chunk size wrong in my chunk visualizer in OnDrawGizmos and ended up drawing millions of gizmos causing the Unity editor to completely lock up.

Problem is, it seems the project cannot recompile the C# code. I've removed the gizmo code and saved the script but every time I enter the editor it gets stuck on drawing gizmos.

[leaden ice]

delete the library folder

[fading hull]

Hello!
For my Unity game, I have a list of managers that are singletons containing the main game logic. These managers are organized in a prefab called "Managers." Most of these managers are static instances, allowing me to reference them from anywhere in the code. This Managers prefab gets instantiated in the Awake method when the game starts.

So far, I haven't encountered any issues with this approach. However, I'm wondering if i should look into a different approach or its fine for a solo programmer working on a small game having all this singletons with static instances (right now there is like 60 singletons for managers and there will be more probably). Thank you!

[sharp bough]

I am trying to use the Unity AI But i got these errors after installing the library. Any help?

[leaden ice]

If you haven't run into a problem with your approach then "fixing" it is just bikeshedding

[fading hull]

yea you are right, im more worried about future problems and having to change everything from the ground, rather change everything now than later finding out this is a terrible approach

so wanted to know if this is fine for a smallish game or i should consider other approaches

[leaden ice]

it's fine for a smallish game

until or unless you run into problems

60 does sound like a lot, you might be making your classes too small. but other than that, if it's not causing you issues, don't mess with it

[fading hull]

ok thanks a lot for the answer 🙂 , how big projects approach this is having dependency injection i assume right?

[mossy oyster]

Hey, I have a question. For my game I created some sort of infinite road working with bezier curves that generates a list of points where the road is (I followed Sebastian Lague tutorial).
The thing is, to make it infinite, everytime you're too far away from the start of the road, it removes a section of the road and add another at the end but for now I regenerate the whole mesh (90k verts), is there a better way to do that?
Like only adding and removing tris/verts/uvs without doing something like that:
Mesh mesh =new Mesh();
mesh.verts = v;
mesh.tris = tris;
mesh.uvs = uv;
mesh.RecalculateNormals();

Cause generating a mesh with 90k verts and 45k tris causes a small lag spike

[lean sail]

90k verts for a road sounds kinda insane, is there no way you can just reduce this?

[mossy oyster]

Well that's a good question lol

Here are all the tris

So yeah I kinda don't understand why it displays so many

And now for another road it says this

Ok so as soon as my car start moving, it adds more and more tris, I'll look into that, thanks for pointing that out

[lean sail]

The first ever road building car

[mossy oyster]

fr, I mean that's kinda the point of the thing but it should also delete some parts of the road (which it does) so idk lol

Well it looks like my cubic car is taking more and more tris to render???? If I just hide it, tris are back to normal

On of my trail renderer had corner vertices set to 70, don't know what that's for but it was creating 70k tris somehow

[mossy oyster]

And for this problem, I found a solution maybe, would it be more efficient to make each portions of road into different meshes so I can add/delete some without having to update the whole mesh?

[lean sail]

Yes this would, and could be treated with more of a pooling approach. You just have to make sure it doesnt affect the actual gameplay like these must be positioned properly

[mossy oyster]

Yeah, I'll make sure there'll be no visible difference. What do you mean by pooling approach?

[lean sail]

you could create all these meshes once (or however many you may need) then reuse them. Instead of add/delete you would spawn them all once and only toggle the ones you need

though tbh not sure how valid this would be in your current scenario, or if you even planned to reuse parts of the road or everything is made in a new way every single time

[spare island]

arent road building cars just like, asphalt rollers

[mossy oyster]

It's a great idea but every thing is made in a new way

So wouldn't work

I'll try to make the different meshes part tomorrow

[lean sail]

ah im not too sure how much of a performance difference you'll get then, sorry i didnt really do mesh generation much. The profiler should quickly tell you though even if you just test it on smallish samples.

[spare island]

split the road into a bunch of chunks and destroy old chunks

[mossy oyster]

I'll check that but I dont see how it can be worse

[spare island]

or create them in chunks in the first place so you don't need to split them

[lean sail]

yea im not saying itll be worse, just not sure how much itll be better by

[mossy oyster]

Isn't it the same as making into different meshes?

[mossy oyster]

Oh ok

[spare island]

basically yeah you want a stack of meshes

[mossy oyster]

But I'll still do that, so I can have other objects (trees) attached to a road portion and delete them too when deleting the road portion

[mossy oyster]

Ok thanks

[idle musk]

Is there any thing like #if UNITY_EDITOR for the windows server build? So for example #if UNITY_SERVER someBool = true #endif I'm trying to do something to make a bool true if it's a Windows Server build So ther's no confusion - the option in the build profiles section.

[spare island]

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

[idle musk]

Thanks, I do see the server one in there. Just doesn't exist for me for some reason

nvm I got it

I had to added it to scripting define symbols

thank you

[gusty geode]

Anybody here can help me understand why animationClip.length is returning 162 when the clip is only 3 sec long?

[bleak valley]

Hi So uh, I have this problem on my weapon script which is that when the player kills another player (that isn't him) The score doesn't get updated, But when they kill themselves (a bug that im not fixing yet) The score updates, Could anyone help me?

this is the script

it's pretty messy so this is the one that handles giving the score when they kill a enemy

please ping me 5 times if you respond

[lean sail]

theres a photon server pinned in #archived-networking

[bleak valley]

a-

[mossy oyster]

It's much much better thanks again for the help

[hollow mesa]

Can Someone Help me, I don't Understand why this script doesn't work properly

[somber nacelle]

!code and be more specific than "doesn't work properly"

[tawny elk]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[thin aurora]

If you want to receive help then explain what the issue is, and what you expect to happen

[hollow mesa]

the colider is never call

[thin aurora]

And share the code using a paste site as mentioned above

[somber nacelle]

i have no idea wtf you mean by that