🖼️┃2d-tools

[warped viper]

Then it will only divide it in the display not in the actual data right?

[distant pecan]

goldText.text = $"Gold Coins: {data.gold / 1000}K";

[hybrid yoke]

correct

[warped viper]

Why huh

I

I'll try that

[hybrid yoke]

might need parentheses not sure

or just use gabriel's interpolated string

[warped viper]

Noice

Thanks guys

This saved me from spending an evening figuring this out

Umh, I might wanna show one decimal tho

If it's not too much, like how to change it to show 1.1k 1.2k

[hybrid yoke]

make it a decimal instead of an int

then look up how to round with Math() or something else

in C#

(data.gold / 1000).ToString("0.0")

if gold is switched back to a double or decimal

[dapper otter]

hi guys I'm currently facing a problem. I'm trying to make a dash for my character but it's in conflict with the movement script

whenever Dash() is executed, it doesn't do anything because the velocity x is used by the movement

is there a workaround for this?

[lofty wigeon]

why the player when touch food object rotating https://paste.myst.rs/o3j2105w

[narrow jacinth]

this is 2d, right?

can i have a screenshoot of your rigidbody2D set up?

[narrow jacinth]

I'd do a boolean isDashing, and if the Dash btn is pressed, call the code in fizedUpdate, else, use the one you already have (movement)

[dapper otter]

ohh thank you. I went the other route by having the movement being transform instead of velocity and have velocity as the dash haha

[dusty python]

for some reason i can't get 2d raycast to work, it just ignores colliders

[narrow jacinth]

can you please Debug.log(hit.collider.name); after your first line?

[brazen halo]

If you get only nulls, (and you believe it should be working), debug draw the raycast to see how it actually looks. You can use Gizmos.drawline for that.

If the line actually shows that you hit the collider, your issue is with layers or physics.layer collision settings

if the line is wrong, you setup the raycast wrong

[dusty python]

huh, there's something wrong with the references or something in the raycast line

[narrow jacinth]

it is a long code? could youshare?

[dusty python]

wait no its in the next line where i try to log the name of the collider

[narrow jacinth]

mean it didnt collide

Satiris' option is good to see where are you shooting your ray

[dusty python]

i checked it before and it shoots in a needed length and direction

[narrow jacinth]

can you put the debug line after the "if" and remove the comparteTag wall? and show me

[dusty python]

god dammit, why does the solution always needs to be so painfully simple

ughh the wall object was just on -8 on z axis

now it works

[lean estuary]

@narrow jacinth Don't post off-topic media

[narrow jacinth]

gtk

[dapper otter]

oh hello another quick question. How do I access non static variables from a different script in my project?

Ik there's t he GetComponent thing but I don't really understand the namespace

[brazen halo]

you can, [SerializeField] ScriptName scriptName assign it in the editor, and then access it:
scriptName.VariableName, assuming the VariableName variable is public.

[dapper otter]

the second scriptName I can name it anything right

ScriptName is my actual script name

I'm assuming

[brazen halo]

ScriptName is the actual script name, like Player

[dapper otter]

ah got it

[brazen halo]

scriptName can be anything, but it's good to name it the same, I guess

[dapper otter]

also what does SerializeField do

[brazen halo]

serializes private field

so it can be assigned in the editor

like this

[dapper otter]

ohh gotcha

I put this under Start() and it's giving me error that I need a bracket?

[bright bluff]

the SerializeField can't be in the void start it needs to be above it

[dapper otter]

I get this error whenever it's above it

[bright bluff]

what I did instead of searializeField is using public

[brazen halo]

show whole class

[bright bluff]

what is playerMovement ? is it a gameObject a script something else ?

[dapper otter]

oh wait

nvm it works

when I run

LOL

thanks guys

[bright bluff]

Nice XD

[dapper otter]

why's coding so hard

[bright bluff]

idk I'm still trying to make multiplayer work well but I keep finding problems

[dapper otter]

I

I got another problem

I'm using velocity to make my character walk

whenever the D or A key is pressed

I'm also using velocity to make the character dash

but the two velocities conflict with each other, so I made it whenever J is pressed, the velocity movement isn't used

but there's a really big delay for when that happens so my dash isn't instant

anyone know how i can solve this

[terse thorn]

i have a quick question, if my object is rotated 90 degrees (to the left) ho i make it move to his local Y position + 3 game units so the object will fly to the front of where it is aiming, im currently using this:

    target = new Vector2(transform.localPosition.x, transform.localPosition.y + 3);
  }

void Update(){

    transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, target, speed * Time.deltaTime);

    if(transform.position.x == target.x && transform.position.y == target.y){

      DestroyProjectile();
    }
}```

but what seems to happen is that the object i want to move is just flying upwards while his target is the left because the object that instantiated it made it point the left

[hollow crown]

transform.position += transform.up * 3; would move 3 units in the direction that its local y is pointing

[terse thorn]

thanks bro

wait

i tested it and is not what i want

i want it to increase his local Y position

each frame

[hollow crown]

then multiply it by Time.deltaTime

[terse thorn]

ok

[hollow crown]

if you actually want it to move in local space then transform.localPosition += new Vector3(0, 3 * Time.deltaTime, 0);

[terse thorn]

it works thank you

[novel harbor]

Please help me find mistake on code

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

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{

    public GameObject PlayerPrefab;
    public GameObject GameCanvas;
    public GameObject SceneCamera;

    private void Awake()
    {
        GameCanvas.SetActive(true);
    }


    public void SpawnPlayer()
    {
        float randomValue = Random.Range(-2f, 2f);

        PhotonNetwork.Instantiate(this.PlayerPrefab.name, new Vector2(this.transform.position.x * randomValue, this.transform.position.y), Quaternion.identity, 0);
        GameCanvas.SetActive(false);
        


    }



}``````

This random thing spawns that falls into nothingness.

[rotund imp]

I have a question

where can I find a source that can teach me how add movement to my character? (wasd)

[abstract olive]

Do you just intentionally ignore responses?
#💻┃code-beginner message

[rotund imp]

no

I couldn't find what I wanted

on youtube

[abstract olive]

Well nobody here is going to be your personal secretary until you find what you want.

There are countless tutorials on the internet to handle movement.

Any one of them would be more than enough. Saying that none of them suit your needs is just ignorant.

[rotund imp]

alr thanks

[abstract olive]

If you have specific questions regarding implementation of them, after the fact, then you're welcome to ask for help.

But at least make an effort.

[rapid wagon]

Hey, does anyone know how to make it so that the player character only does something each time you push a button, and it doesn't repeat as long as you hold the button down?

[terse thorn]

 //code here
}```

[rapid wagon]

Okay, thanks!

[terse thorn]

np

[digital fjord]

Hi, I have a question, how to make 2d randomly generated world with tilemaps on different layers, or if it's not possible on 1 layer?

[distant pecan]

i've made a procedural generator using cellular automata

there's a lot of ways you can do it, a lot of algorithms to use

after having the logic you'll just make a script to loop through your generated map and put it in the tilemap

here's how i did it

maybe it will be helpful to you

the way it works: firstly it generates a random "noise", then it fills the close noises and remove the distant ones, expand it, detect rooms and connect in a way all of them are connected

and the end result

also it can generate using a seed, this way the map generation would be the same if the seed is the same

[digital fjord]

Thank you so much, that exactly what I was looking for

[boreal jetty]

hey i need a code with a charactercontroller 2d for an endless runner and i need an automatic Map generator

[snow willow]

Get writing!

[abstract olive]

This discord isn't the place to ask for free work.

[boreal jetty]

and what is this?

[snow willow]

Someone generously sharing their work

[boreal jetty]

i can do all and let me ask!

[long dagger]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class NoteScorer : MonoBehaviour
{
    private int playerScore;
    public int perfect = 5, great = 3, almost = 1, miss = 0;
    public int CalculateScore(float noteScore)  
{

        if (noteScore > -.4f)
        {
            Debug.Log("Almost");
            playerScore = almost;

       }
        else if (noteScore > -.2f)
        {
            Debug.Log("Great");
            playerScore = great;
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("Perfect");
            playerScore = perfect;
        }

        return playerScore;
    }
}```

My ddr game keeps calculating scores as almost than the other scores. I don't know why

The notes are moving sideways

[abstract olive]

Debug the noteScore value coming into CalculateScore to see what it's giving you.

Also, you probably want to do do playerScore += almost; so that your variable accumulates.

[long dagger]

Should I do += for great as well?

And the CalculateScore is part of the activator script so the activator knows when it collides with the note, calculating the input as the given score

[snow willow]

if the score is greater than -0.4, it is always greater than -0.2. The "Great" part will never run

"Perfect" will run only if the score is less than or equal to -0.4 with this code

[long dagger]

I should switch the values then?

[snow willow]

do you think that would help?

can you express in english first what you want to do?

that might help with writing the code

[long dagger]

I want the code to essentially show a score when a note is destroyed by the activator. Depending on how close the note is to the center of the activator, I want it to show whether the button input was almost, great, perfect or a miss

[snow willow]

yes but

let's get into the details of the score analysis

you have a number right?

What's the valid range of that number

seems like it can at least be negative?

is it like -1 to 0?

[long dagger]

The activator has an x position of -19. I want the note to print a score whether it is dead center to it or close. I tried implementing values that are close and went from there, but it still prints as almost

[snow willow]

ok be precise though

this is code we're talking about

something like

"If it is less than -1, it's a miss"
"If it's closer than -1, but less then -4, it's an Almost"

etc..

[long dagger]

if (noteScore < -24, it would be great)

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Activator : MonoBehaviour
{

    public KeyCode key;
    bool active = false;
    GameObject Note;
    private float arrowLocation, activatorLocation;
    private float noteScore;
    public int playerOneScore;
    public int playerNumber, damageToDeal;
    public bool playerOneHit;

    public DamageScript damageScript;
    public NoteScorer noteScorer;


    // Start is called before the first frame update

    void Start()
    {
        activatorLocation = this.transform.position.x;
        //Debug.Log(this.name);

    }

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

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(key) && active)
        {

            arrowLocation = Note.transform.position.x;


            Destroy(Note);
            noteScore = Mathf.Abs(activatorLocation - arrowLocation);

        if(playerNumber == 1)
        {
            damageScript.playerOneDamage = true;
            damageScript.playerOneScore = noteScorer.CalculateScore(noteScore);
        }

            //Debug.Log("Player One did " + playerOneScore + " damage");
        }


    }

    void OnTriggerEnter2D (Collider2D col)
    {
        active = true;

        if (col.gameObject.tag == "Note")

            Note = col.gameObject;

    }

    void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D col)
    {
        active = false;
    }


}

As a reference, this is the activator code that calls the NoteScorer

[still tendon]

where can i create pixel art for unity?

which program or app?

[snow willow]

Piskel is good

[still tendon]

ok thx

[snow willow]

at least seems good to an amateur like me ;D

[still tendon]

well...

[tulip saffron]

Ok i have a nooby question coming in. It's basically my first day of unity but I can't figure this out.

[still tendon]

me too 🙂

[tulip saffron]

This is about the 2D physics engine. I have gravity set to the default, -9.81, and a rigidbody with a mass of 1. When I apply a force of 9.81N upwards, the block moves upwards even though the net force should be 0. Can anyone explain why this is or if i'm just doing something stupid?

[snow willow]

From where are you applying the force?

In Update?

FixedUpdate?

[tulip saffron]

yeah in void Update()

[snow willow]

Use FixedUpdate for physics

[still tendon]

how to get the animation to unity?

[snow willow]

the game engine applies gravity once every FixedUpdate

[tulip saffron]

Oh I see

[snow willow]

Update runs a lot more frequently

depending on your framerate

[snow willow]

probably a way to export the spritesheet from piskel

I'm never tried it personally

[tulip saffron]

That works for me. Thanks so much

[long dagger]

Tried multiple methods, however, it will still come up as almost

[still tendon]

i downloaded a png file but i cant add it to unity?

[snow willow]

try checking for perfect first, then good, then almost.

[snow willow]

Just drag it into the Assets folder

[still tendon]

aaah got it

but i made an animation and now its just a photo how to make it an animation?

[snow willow]

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

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/introduction-to-sprite-animations#5fa66921edbc2a0020bcaadb

[still tendon]

it says : unaplied import setting

[snow willow]

apply it 😄

[still tendon]

but then it dissapears

[rotund imp]

what is the difference between sorting layer and order layer?

[snow willow]

order in layer controls sorting within a single sorting layer

[rotund imp]

ohh

does that mean it's mainly used for animations?

[snow willow]

to be honest I haven't played with that stuff much

idk what people use it for

I could imagine something like - let's say a multiplayer game

all the "players" are on a certain layer

but your character is always sorted within that layer to draw on top of everyone else

so you can see yourself

that kinda thing I imagine

[rotund imp]

alr thanks for the help

[still tendon]

soo how can i fix that?

[rotund imp]

can you send me screenshot?

me a *

[still tendon]

i can screenshare

[rotund imp]

do you know what layers are?

[still tendon]

yes

[rotund imp]

And do you know how to use them

[still tendon]

but i want to animate a sprite

[rotund imp]

can you call me on discord?

[still tendon]

yes

[still tendon]

soo how can i make a pixel art not blurry ?

[lean estuary]

https://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/06/19/pixel-perfect-2d/ There's also pixel perfect package, it has some learning curve as well.

[still tendon]

well that not solved my problem

[still tendon]

.

[lean estuary]

@still tendon Why are you pinging me? You didn't post any problem. You asked about pixel art I pointed you to resources.

[still tendon]

i just want to know how to unblurry something not 10 page of stuff

how to make it not blurry?

[snow willow]

Sometimes the answer to your question doesn't fit into a single tweet

[still tendon]

well i got it filter mode

[still tendon]

how can u make your camera move with your character?

https://www.codepile.net/pile/dyPMGYxl

help please

fore some reason the seconds "position" is marked as an error in visual studio but it should work

[lean estuary]

only Transform has position

[still tendon]

oh

ye works when i swapped spawnlocation to a transform ty homie

[still tendon]

can i get a script for moving in 2d?

[lean estuary]

@still tendon Yes, you can find one in many tutorials on Unity Learn. Links are pinned in #💻┃code-beginner top right.

[still tendon]

i tried 5 script none of them are working

[lean estuary]

Have you tried learning from them?

[still tendon]

well my character is falling with 20000km/h right now

[tulip saffron]

Hi, this is probably an obvious question but I can't find a simple answer. I have 2 circle sprites in my 2d world and in one of my scripts I can select the rigidbody of the component its applied to, but how can i select another rigidbody in the scene?

[snow willow]

Simplest way is like this:

https://help.vertx.xyz/?page=Programming/Variables/Other Members/Serializing Component References

(replacing Transform with Rigidbody obviously)

[turbid wasp]

I'm not going insane right?
This should only become true when the box is coming in contact with an object on the "Walkable" Layer defined in the Inspector?

public LayerMask walkable;
    public void GroundCheck() 
    {
        isGrounded = Physics2D.OverlapBox(groundCheckPosition.position, new Vector2(box_X, box_Y), walkable);

    }

[tulip saffron]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot

Awesome, cheers.

[heavy gale]

Uh guys?

RaycastHit2D does not detect a hit if the target object slides into the ray?

    {
        proximity = Physics2D.Raycast(enemyCollider.bounds.center, transform.right, 12.5f, playerLayerMask);
        return proximity.collider != null;
    }```

[heavy gale]

My current code

[snow willow]

it will be a problem with some combination of the parameters you're passing in and the setup of your scene

e.g. is the ray origin at the right place and in the right direction?
Are the objects in the right place to get hit by the ray and in the correct layers (and do they have colliders?)

[slate parrot]

I have an OnTriggerExit2D that's not calling

The enter does, but not the exit

[snow willow]

Are you destroying one of the rigidbodies/objects

[slate parrot]

No

OnEnter, some text appears. On exit, it should go away

[snow willow]

Did you Debug.Log to make sure the code is running

[slate parrot]

I put a Debug.Log() and it logs the enter, but not the exit

Yeahh

[snow willow]

show code?

[slate parrot]

Sure

[heavy gale]

The object in question is an enemy gameObject that flips every 7 seconds.
the flip takes the ray with it.
if my player slides into the ray, no hit is detected

although if the enemy flips and then detects a player, a hit is detected

[slate parrot]

Enter:

        if (trigger.gameObject.name == "triggerDetector")
        {
            Debug.Log("Enter");
            triggerText.SetActive(true);
        }

Exit:

if (trigger.gameObject.name == "triggerDetector")
        {
            Debug.Log("Exit");
            triggerText.SetActive(false);
        }

[snow willow]

are you casting every frame or only when you flip?

[heavy gale]

every frame

not even in FixedUpdate

[snow willow]

the ray is not really something that can be "slid into"

it's just a query that happens immediately when you call it

so somethign is just not set up right

[snow willow]

put a debug.log outside the iff statement

[heavy gale]

hmmm
Thanks for the tip

[slate parrot]

Where? Still inside the void, but just outside the if?

[snow willow]

void is the return type of your method. But yes inside the method/function and outside the if

[slate parrot]

Ok

[heavy gale]

Hey turns out you're right and I'm gigantically dumb

[slate parrot]

Nothing happens

[heavy gale]

Had the check nested in flip()

[snow willow]

Are you disabling one of the objects in question?

[slate parrot]

The text that shows up when you enter works, but when you exit the trigger, that text is supposed to go away. It worked before, but suddenly stopped

[snow willow]

the text doesn't happen to be the same object that has the collider or a parent of it, does it?

[slate parrot]

No

OMG

I FOUND OUT WHY! The TriggerEnter is 2D, as it should be. The Exit, however, isn't!

[snow willow]

yeah

share the whole function next time 😄

[slate parrot]

I don't know how that happened, but. Huh

[slate parrot]

Noted!

lmao well thanks for your time

[blazing narwhal]

hi, i have a problem trying to instantiate a "prefab". And it is that after coding it I can see the correct behavior of the "prefab" in the scene, but in "game" nothing is seen. Can someone help me?

[warped viper]

Does everything needs to be in the same public void Update() or can create more and they'll function as one in the same script?

[heavy gale]

if you have modifications to the gameObject in scene, in hierarchy and not in the prefabs

The prefab object and the in-scene object will work differently

If that is the issue, simply apply the modifications to the prefab by either opening the prefab or right clicking on modification/component-> apply

What would be the best way to find if my player is to the left of to the right of my player?

[blazing narwhal]

Thanks for answering, but no, that is not the problem, when I put the "prefab" in the scene manually, in the "Game" window I can see it without problems and when I give Play the "prefab" will move with the behavior that I have programmed. But those that are programmed in the Spawn are not instantiated on the screen,
but if I can see them behaving correctly in the scene screen. I divide into 2 seeing the same "Scene" and "Game" and in "Scene" everything works correctly, but in "Game" the "prefabs" are not instantiated.

[heavy gale]

Is instantiation of the prefab dependent on the gameObject present at start?

Did you give the right reference?

The reference for instantiation should be the prefab in your assets window

not the hierarchy window

[blazing narwhal]

Yes, the reference is taken from the folder where the prefabs are saved

[heavy gale]

Then i'm out of ideas dude, can't help ya

[heavy gale]

Any idea tho?

[still tendon]

rb.AddForce(new Vector2(dash, 0), ForceMode2D.Force);

how do i make it go opposite way

[heavy gale]

-dash(minus dash)

[still tendon]

@heavy gale thx

[heavy gale]

np

[abstract olive]

@blazing narwhal Don't cross-post.

[blazing narwhal]

ok, sorry mb

[gray iron]

Why isnt my Character Moving? i used the Same Script and it used to work, now i added a different Sprite, made some Animations and when i wanted to use this Script he just wasnt moving

using UnityEngine;

public class BasicMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float MovementSpeed = 1;
    private void Start()
    {
        
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        var movement = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        transform.position += new Vector3(movement, 0, 0) * Time.deltaTime * MovementSpeed;
    }
}

[snow willow]

If you have an Animator on your character that can interfere with movement scripts like this

Try disabling the animator to see

[gray iron]

well how do i figure that out? i got no animations assigned as far as i know

[snow willow]

disable the Animator on your character

and see if movement works again

[gray iron]

its disabled

[snow willow]

and?

[snow willow]

ok is it working?

[gray iron]

still nothing sadly

[snow willow]

ok then your problem is not that

is your movement code running

use Debug.Log to find out

[gray iron]

yeah one sec

[snow willow]

then if it's running, check movement speed, check the input values, etc...

also do you have a CharacterController

or Rigidbody?

[gray iron]

Rigidbody yes

[snow willow]

of course fix all compile errors first...

[gray iron]

nah that happened when i added Debug.log

lmao

[rotund imp]

So I have a question, I am watching a tutorial video and the guy shows us how to make the bird that we are making fall, I know how to do this and I decided to try it by my self instead of watching that part and I used box colliders (2d) and rigid body, it didn't work so I watched the video and the tutorial guy used polygon collider instead of box collider because the bird it's an oval. What I don't understand is why doesn't the box collider work? Why do we especially need polygon colliders for ovals?

I hope you understood my question

[spring adder]

It’s hard to say without knowing how it didn’t work.

[heavy gale]

A collider diff is definitely not a problem, check layer interaction in edit->project settings

[heavy gale]

also this

[snow willow]

the shape of the collider is just that - the shape of the collider

you can make it whatever shape you want

[rotund imp]

it didn't work in the box collider

[snow willow]

what didn't work

[rotund imp]

instead it worked in the polygon

[snow willow]

define "didn't work"

[rotund imp]

the bird didn't land on the ground

it went through

[snow willow]

Did you use a BoxCollider

or a BoxCollider2D?

[rotund imp]

2d

[snow willow]

Then the only difference is the shape

if it went through it would be because it was set as a trigger

or on a layer that didn't collide with ground

[rotund imp]

alr thanks for the help

[narrow halo]

Can anyone help me figure out why this is throwing an error?

'Collider2D[] hitColliders = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(Vector2 currentExplodePoint, float radius);

"syntax error ',' expected"

Collider2D[] hitColliders = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(currentExplodePoint, radius);

will give me a Cannot implicitly convert a UnityEngine.Collider2D to Collider2D[]

nevermind, the Google came thru;
https://answers.unity.com/questions/1261957/cannot-create-a-2d-collider-array.html

Physics2D.OverlapCircle only returns one Collider2D. That's why the error. Use OverlapCircleAll, which returns the desired array of Collider2Ds, which is probably what you intended to do

[rotund imp]

What is the difference between these 2 codes? and which one is better?

Vector3 newPosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
transform.position = new Vector3(newPosition.x, newPosition.y) ;

Vector2 newPosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
transform.position = newPosition ;

[snow willow]

the first one doesn't compile The first one is kinda pointless

the second one is sensible

[rotund imp]

so the 2nd one is better?

[snow willow]

definitely

it's shorter

easier to read

and probably faster too

since you don't have to call the Vector3 contructor

[rotund imp]

I have done a better code than the tutorial guy that I was watching 😎

Thanks for the help

[still tendon]

freezing rotation on a square?

[magic rivet]

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log(Circle.position);``` so im trying to debug.log the position of a circle thats moving but it gives an error "the variable circle of camerafollow has not been assigned"

camerafollow is the name of my script

[abstract olive]

Have you assigned a transform to Circle? It's literally telling you that's what you haven't done, if you read the error.

[slate parrot]

So, public means it can be reached from other scripts, right? So, I should be able to reach a function from one script, from inside a different one, right?

[abstract olive]

Generally speaking, yes.

[slate parrot]

So I don't get why I can't reference an IEnumerator from a different script. I've referenced variables before, but never a function, so I'm not too sure how it works

[snow willow]

what happens when you try, and how are you trying to do it

keeping in mind that generally if you have a function that returns an IEnumerator it's probably a coroutine

[slate parrot]

Well yeah, it's a coroutine I'm trying to run from a different script. If x happens, run this coroutine

[snow willow]

ok

so what happens when you do that

compile error? Runtime error? Nothing happens?

Are you just calling the function, or are you calling it with StartCoroutine?

[slate parrot]

I tried referencing it like a static variable, example:

ScriptName.FunctionName

That's how static variables are reached, but that's not happening with the coroutine

[snow willow]

Well a coroutine is afunction

you call functions with ()

The ohnly time you really reference a function without the () is when you're doing delegates which is a more advanced topic

but beyond that

[slate parrot]

An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'FoodSpawn.RandomSpawn()' [Assembly-CSharp]csharp(CS0120)

Is what it says

[snow willow]

it's a Coroutine and to call coroutines you need to use StartCoroutine()

[slate parrot]

Yeah

[snow willow]

If it's not static you need an instance

same as it is with fields

[slate parrot]

StartCoroutine(FoodSpawn.RandomSpawn());

[snow willow]

that only works if it's static though

otherwise you need an instance

e.g. public FoodSpawn foodSpawnInstance; < assign in inspector
StartCoroutine(foodSpawnInstance.RandomSpawn());

[slate parrot]

Ohh

[snow willow]

so basically the only difference between a field and a method is you call methods with () or (parameter1, parameter2)

the rules for accessing them are the same

[slate parrot]

Alright, thanks for the help

[slate parrot]

I can't get triggers to work on anything right now. No matter if I make an entirely new project, add a couple of GameObjects, make one isTrigger enabled and add an OnTriggerEnter2D to the other one, it does. not. trigger.

I took isTrigger and set it to false while the game was running, and I pass right through it, and it passes right through me. Both GameObjects have Box Collider 2D

[abstract olive]

One of the objects needs a rigidbody.

[slate parrot]

I had no idea.. All this time, and that's what it was. Thank you.

[hollow crag]

Trying to make stat files in CSV (unless you guys recommend another file format). Wondering how to grab the gameobject's name the script is applied to. Am I on the right track at least?

Also, I'm aware I don't need to make it a public void, I no longer intend to call it via other scripts.
If I'm spawning in waves, should I temporarily store the attributes? And how would I do so?

[still tendon]

i fixed it myself

i am very cool

[loud glade]

Hello people i need a help. I have edited a vs console code to display the output in Unity console. But it is not working as i expected. Can anybody help me with this. I am a beginner to these field. Someone suggested me to add void start update functions. But i have no idea what to implement inside those functions Here is my pastebin code
https://pastebin.com/Qw2x59AA

[lament pollen]

yes

[spice ridge]

Pls learn to never use Regions

I don't see any code that uses these methods so I have no idea what is supposed to happen

[rotund burrow]

Can someone help me out. Im tryna make a 2D platformer and everything in my code works fine except for when i press space my character wont jump, I even added a Debug.log and it works. But i cant figure out why the rb.addforce wont work

Here's my code

[heavy gale]

use continuous collision

[fossil linden]

you don't need Time.deltaTime of addForce, i think

[untold badger]

@rotund burrow remove Time.deltaTIme

[rotund burrow]

ok

doesnt work

[untold badger]

@rotund burrow is ur ground set to isTrigger?

[rotund burrow]

i have 2 colliders on my player and 1 of them is set to isTrigger

[rotund burrow]

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

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody2D rb;
    public float moveSpeed;
    public float jumpForce;
    private float horizontal;
    private float vertical;
    public bool grounded;
    public bool activateJump;
    public bool jumped;

    private void Update()
    { 
        horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        vertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            if (grounded)
            {
                if (jumped == false)
                {
                    activateJump = true;
                } 
            }
        }
    }
    
    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(moveSpeed * horizontal * Time.deltaTime, rb.velocity.y);

        if (activateJump)
        {
            Debug.Log("code works");
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce);

            activateJump = false;
            jumped = true;
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.tag == "Ground")
        {
            grounded = true;
            jumped = false;
            Debug.Log("You are grounded");
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.tag == "Ground")
        {
            grounded = false;
            jumped = false;
            Debug.Log("You are no longer grounded");
        }
    }
}```
updated code

[untold badger]

Does it print code works?

[still tendon]

my character keep falling trought the platform, why?

[untold badger]

@still tendon check if your player and platform are having colliders

[still tendon]

i have rigidbody and box collider

[untold badger]

If it's a 2d game use box collider 2d and rigid body 2d and make sure u don't have is trigger check for colliders

[still tendon]

ok

still falling

[untold badger]

Send a picture of scene window.

[still tendon]

lol i cant screenshot wth?

i just cant screenshot it

[still tendon]

i get this error message : this collider will not function with an effector until there is oce enabled 2D effector on this gameObject

[slate parrot]

That means you need to put a 2D effector on there

I have a question: I'm new to using instantiate, and I need to know how to Destroy(gameObject) and make a clone of it. I managed to make a clone with the instantiate how I want, but after the original is destroyed, and the clone spawns, not only does the clone have its box collider 2D off, when you turn it on and trigger it, no more spawn

[turbid wasp]

Hi guys, this should only become true when it's in contact with an object within the "walkable" layer. right?

[slate parrot]

Never mind, I got it figured out. I just needed to use a prefab of the GameObject insead of using the existing one in the hierarchy

[still tendon]

but what is that and how to add it?

[slate parrot]

On your GameObject that needs the effector, click "Add Component", and search for "2d effector" and click the one you need

[still tendon]

oh ok

[still tendon]

area effector surcice effector etc there soo many which one?

[slate parrot]

Well, which one do you need?

I have to go, but best of luck to you figuring it out. You got it!

[still tendon]

its not workinggggg!!!!

i tried every combination and its not working

[severe flint]

have you solved? Or you need help?

[still tendon]

help

[severe flint]

ok send me (in DM) a screenshot of your platform and you character

[still tendon]

yeah about that its not working i cant screenshot but i can screenshare

[severe flint]

In Dm you can

[severe flint]

?

[gray iron]

can someone help me understand why it is only letting my character jump once

it is supposed to be a double jump

[still tendon]

i mean i cant screenshot

[gray iron]

but somewhy i can jump once, and then never again

i can only jump once per "starting the game"

[severe flint]

Are you resetting isGround every time the player is grounded?

[severe flint]

some NDA?

[gray iron]

oh....

lmao

alright gotcha haha

[still tendon]

im pressing the windows alt prt but its not working i just cant screenshot idk why

[severe flint]

you can easly download a software for screenshot

[gray iron]

download lightshot

quite good

[still tendon]

1 min

[still tendon]

i sent you in dm

i still cant fix it...

[severe flint]

thats really strange its all correct setted up

[still tendon]

rly?

[severe flint]

yep for what I saw. Try to put the screenshot here. Maby someone can help you

[still tendon]

im keep falling trought the plat

[abstract olive]

Your rigidbody screenshot is missing a collider as well, it looks like.

[still tendon]

whats that?

[abstract olive]

You need a collider on both objects for physics to work. One on your object that has the rigidbody and one on the environment, like your platform.

[nocturne crystal]

Hey ! I'm working on a dash system,
I want that the player can dash on the actual orientation and that the dash have a flat distance. My actual problem is that my horizontal power of dash is not the same as my vertical power (when I press the dash key, if I dash in Y axis, my character will dash a lot far than if he just dash on the X axis), I probably miss something ^^
someone have an idea why ?

There's also the dash effect instantiate on this code, this one works

[still tendon]

ohh yeah its working now i can have a character on a platform now finally onjly took 2 days to do it

[still tendon]

soo can i get some movement script pls

[turbid wasp]

I know I posted this before but I'm still having trouble with.

it works fine in some scenarios such as in this image. represented with a yellow Gizmo

but if I add a object close by, it doesn't seem to work properly

The Gizmo

I have no clue why it does this.

[left lotus]

The vector2 parameters for Physics2D.OverlapArea are supposed to be the Top-Left corner and Bottom-Right corner of a rectangle to check

DrawWireCube parameters are a center and size. Not a TopLeft/BottomRight pair of points

[turbid wasp]

I see, is there a Gizmo that uses a Topleft and bottom right?

[left lotus]

I don't believe so https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Gizmos.html

[still tendon]

2d movement script pls

[left lotus]

No one is going to write your code for you, if you have specific questions we can help

[still tendon]

noone have a 2d movement script?

[turbid wasp]

I suppose it would be easier if I used a sphere since it will use a radius

Well, thanks Squeaky clean for pointing that out for me.

[left lotus]

No problem. Yeah a bit inconsistent in their parameters. It's not too difficult for a square to convert back and forth between center/size and two points. You could make a pair of functions to swap back and forth as you need

The position of the two points is basically center +/- (size / 2)

[dense violet]

Just wondering, if using a tileset for the grid should I change the scale of the grid or the cell size if I want to make it bigger or smaller?

they seem to do the same on the surface just wondering if there is something im missing

[left lotus]

If I'm understanding right, I don't believe you can set the scale of the Grid component. But you can set the scale of the Tilemap component. But scaling the Tilemap only works when Orientation="Custom"

[heavy gale]

Uh guys

Is there a special function for manipulating some value of all gameobjects in camera's view?

Like inbuilt?(something like OnCollisionEnter2d())

Even getting a reference of all those objects would be nice

[dense violet]

@left lotus I'm not sure if I completely understand but it seems to be working fine changing the cell size, thanks anyway

[weak sinew]

I have 7 errors and i think this code could be some part of the problem

...

[still tendon]

hey, so im trying to make the player flip (gravity) when it touches a square

here's my code btw

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

public class FlipPlayer : MonoBehaviour {

    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if(other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            //what do i do
        }
    }
}

[left lotus]

If you want gravity to only change for the player, you can set the gravityScale on the RigidBody2D Component to negative https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody2D-gravityScale.html
If you want to change gravity globally, you want to change Physics2d.gravity
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D-gravity.html

This is assuming you're using the Unity physics and gravity. And that you haven't written your own code to handle gravity instead

[still tendon]

oh cool thanks

[weak sinew]

im watching this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGDeafTx5ug and how would i change the jump script so i only jump once

or should i just reset the code and find a better tutorial

[still tendon]

check out the platformer tutorial by muddy wolf

its pretty good and started me out

[weak sinew]

k

can i use the code i already have as a base or should i reset it @still tendon

[still tendon]

reset

i think

[weak sinew]

mmmmm

k

[still tendon]

or do you only want the jump script

[weak sinew]

i only want to use a new jump script

[still tendon]

because wolfs script is movement + jumping

[weak sinew]

so, could i add in the jump script to my current movement script?

[still tendon]

idk

[weak sinew]

.

k

and ive forgot where i put my Ground Check code to delete it...

[still tendon]

how can i make clouds go slowly without script?

[nocturne crystal]

public variable that you can manually increase?

[left lotus]

Use the animation system?

[still tendon]

how can i make that in animation?

[still tendon]

rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePositionX; is it even possible to unfreeze it and how?

[abstract olive]

https://answers.unity.com/questions/238887/can-you-unfreeze-a-rigidbodyconstraint-position-as.html

First hit on google.

[still tendon]

like i want only x position to be unfrozen

[abstract olive]

Seems like the the answer in the link explains how to do exactly that.

[upbeat sinew]

Hey everyone! Newbie developer very much enjoying his first few weeks in Unity, was hoping someone could send me to a tutorial regarding using 3d shapes in a 2d world. Video tuts are best but any reference would be appreciated 👍

[left lotus]

I don't have specific videos to recommend, but searching with the term "2.5D" will help you find what you want

[upbeat sinew]

haha thanks squeaky, yes lots out on that subject

@left lotus is it alright to post a picture here?

[heavy gale]

Why is this hapenning?

[left lotus]

Seems to be, I'm not a mod or anything

[upbeat sinew]

this is along the lines of what I am aiming to build

just don't know enough to call it 2d, 3d or between haha. Would you say this is 2.5?

that's a wonky error @heavy gale

[abstract olive]

That particular image looks like it's using sprites, so it would be 2D isometric.

[upbeat sinew]

Thank you Osteel, the terminology will help alot I'm sure

[nova remnant]

I'm doing a top down 2d game and I want the camera (which follows the player centered on it) to be able to move forward (not infinitely) with the mouse pointer when the player aims down

I'm kinda lost... Any suggestions on how to do this?

I'm thinking of something like getting the vector between the player's position and the mouse's to get a sort of halfway point

[left lotus]

That sounds like a good idea to start with yeah, and maybe a maximum distance, at which the camera stops following your formula

[nova remnant]

I tried this but no luck

[left lotus]

So Vector2.Lerp doesn't take a speed, it takes a value between 0 and 1 that represents how much it should interpolate between the first Vector2 and the second Vector2

e.g. with the third parameter equal to 0.0, it's the same as the first Vector2. If it's equal to 1.0 it's the second Vector2. If it's 0.5. it's halfway between both

[still tendon]

what does this mean NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[nova remnant]

Post your code friend

it means you're calling an object that's not properly assigned to

[still tendon]

oh

[nova remnant]

can you click on the error

and send a screenshot/copypaste the line that's giving you trouble?

[still tendon]

when i click on it it leads me to this line

[nova remnant]

okay... can you show me where you assign playerActionControls, Land, and Move?

The problem is probably there

[still tendon]

Sorry bro my WiFi went out

ok, so i have my gravity switch

and i can't jump while upside down

[left lotus]

Your jump is probably applying a globally upwards force

[still tendon]

when i multiply the jump force by -1 on the key press and flip back regular, the jump kinda breaks

[left lotus]

How does the jump happen. Does a jump force of -1 work with however you're doing the jump force?

[still tendon]

huh??

[gleaming nebula]

hey im having in issue with unity2d where if I view my panel its not there in the game view. any ideas?

the top photo is what i want it to show but the bottom photo is what it is showing
hang on i think i know
nvm it didnt work
i was thinking it was showing the main camera but when i move it to show it it still doesnt show it
yea wherever the main camera is it shows the bottom photo

[still tendon]

 private void Update() {
        mx = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");

        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && IsGrounded()) {
            Jump();
        }

heres my jump script

theres also a float of jump force = 20f

[left lotus]

That's not the jump script, Jump() is your jump script

Though actually, could it be related to IsGrounded ?

[still tendon]

it is, i just realised

because the groundCheck is on the bottom of the cube

thanks

wait but how do i move the groundCheck up on the keypress?

[gleaming nebula]

any ideas on why i cant see an object in game view?

[dreamy egret]

i think there's not enough info...
do you have any code in that object's start() or update() that might be hiding it?
or a sorting layer issue?

[gleaming nebula]

Well it works when I attach the UICamera to its Canvas but I wish for it to be shown on the maincamera

Whenever I use the UiCamera it only shows that panel

But with the maincamera I see all three panels but the middle one isnt there for some reason

[dreamy egret]

are all three panels on the same layer?

sounds like possibly some of them are on UI and not others

[karmic jetty]

I agree with you @dreamy egret

@gleaming nebula Can u share scene view during game play?

[gleaming nebula]

Ya here lemme show you

[karmic jetty]

Which using canvas type? Screen-space or overlay?

[gleaming nebula]

It says screen space - overlay

[still tendon]

use the world space render

[gleaming nebula]

?

[still tendon]

in render mode

[gleaming nebula]

oh

It gives me the shade of green i uave

It covers the screen

[still tendon]

hmm

are you editing the canvas?

as a parent

[gleaming nebula]

I think so

Key word think

[karmic jetty]

@gleaming nebula Can you try put camera to scene and select render screen space - camera from canvas

[gleaming nebula]

camera to scene

Like put it in the inspector

Or In inside the canvas

[karmic jetty]

no

like this

without parent

[gleaming nebula]

Ok

[karmic jetty]

and select render mode of canvas to screen space camera

[gleaming nebula]

Ok

So canvas is at screen space camera and I added a camera

To the scene

[karmic jetty]

okay can you see new field on canvas

Camera

[gleaming nebula]

Ok it shows now but here is what is wrong now

So i drag to go to the next page

And when i drag it goes through all the pages then out of the panels

[karmic jetty]

You can try add canvas scaler to canvas

[gleaming nebula]

Also why is the checklist now in the same page as page 1?

Should I move it till its right?

[karmic jetty]

Do u have a any remote controller app? like team viewer

[gleaming nebula]

Ill get it real quick

I have teamviewer now

[karmic jetty]

Can u share your id & password privately

[gleaming nebula]

Ye

Just dm’d u it

[still tendon]

quick question, how come this isnt working? it doesnt seem to change the boolean (sorry im new, and I'm still learning)

Yea, I know there is Input.GetAxis but I kinda wanna use GetKeyDown at the moment

[hollow crown]

you've declared it locally as true, so it'd always only enter the first if statement and only on the single frame where you press space

private bool goingDown;

void Update () {
  if(Input.GetKeyDown("space"))
    goingDown = !goingDown;

  if(goingDown)
    transform.Translate(down-etc);
  else
    transform.Translate(up-etc);
}```

Unsure whether this is what you were going for, but that's how I would write it simply

@still tendon sorry for the slow response!

[still tendon]

No need to be sorry!!
Thanks so much for the help!

I forgot that I added it into the update instead of start lol

[weak sinew]

and good tutorials for a 2d platformer aim and shoot?

[heavy gale]

https://pastebin.com/pkziMGHc

This is a run of the mill fade coroutine

Makes the gameObject flicker tho

any ideas?

[weak sinew]

if anyone knows any... dm me.

[still tendon]

anything with decimal points has to have an f after it right??

i.e ```cs
yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.3f);

[abstract olive]

Anything that is of type float, does yes.

[snow willow]

If you want to use it someplace that expects a float instead of a double, yes

[hollow crown]

typically there's little in Unity that uses doubles (ie. decimals that don't have an f)

[still tendon]

oh wait f stands for float?

[hollow crown]

yes

[still tendon]

neat

[still tendon]

soo how can i make an invisible wall like at the beggining of the level but i cant see trought you know what i mean?

[hidden cypress]

Make an empty gameobject and add a collider?

[still tendon]

but the camera can see trought

[hidden cypress]

I'm confused, dont you want it to be invisible?

[still tendon]

oh sorry cant*

you know like in mario at the beggining of the level there is an invisble wall you cant go trought and the camera is not moving

[hidden cypress]

You mean like on the left side of the screen?

[still tendon]

yes

[hidden cypress]

Oh, okay. Thats a but tricky, you'll have to define a region on the screen where the player is "progressing" and while thats true move the camera with the player. Are you using physics to move your character?

[still tendon]

what?

[hidden cypress]

Is there a rigidbody on your player?

[still tendon]

yes

[hidden cypress]

Okay then you can just attach a child to the camera that is just a big collider, and use layermasks to make sure it can only hit the player

[still tendon]

ooooohhhh got it thanks

oh wait

i fckd up

help

i deleted the main camera

[hidden cypress]

just add another one from the menu or ctrl z

[still tendon]

the cinemachine is not working now

[heavy gale]

Can somebody give me an idea here

I want all my enemies visible on screen to get alerted if one of them gets alerted
how do I do that?

basically using a raycast hit 2d to turn isAlerted to true, how to set isAlerted =true to all enemy entities present in screen?

[hidden cypress]

Easiest way is find all by tag and then check if they're on screen

[heavy gale]

through Renderer.isVisible right?

[hidden cypress]

There are probably like a dozen ways to do that, so which ever way you like/works for you/performs well is good

[heavy gale]

I tried with Renderer.isVisible but apparently the gameObject is visible at all times

[heavy gale]

any recommendations?
google hits only gave me renderer.isvisble

[hidden cypress]

renderer.isvisble is totally fine and probably the best performance wise. If you need to have more control you can do worldtoscreenpoint and manually check it

[heavy gale]

huh, thanks

[thorn dirge]

you can make a static bool call alerted then if one od them sees the dude flick the switch

[hidden cypress]

He just wants the ones on screen though, you'll still have to check

[thorn dirge]

ah ok

[hidden cypress]

But yeah otherwise thats the best way

[boreal knoll]

Guys, I want to make DASH like Maplestory, can someone tell how to make it? I have tries many ways, but the result isn't the thing i want.

I dont want to make a dash by setting rb.velocity = new Vector(dashSpeed * direction)

I had tried to make a timer to let it run 「rb.AddForce」several times

I had tried both Impulse and Force , but ...

I Want to make a effect looks like the player is pushed by a Force.

My english is a little bit bad, so if there is something can't be understood, i will try my best to explain...

[ruby karma]

ForceMode.Impulse is what you want

how were you using it?

[boreal knoll]

no, I tried...

it just...looks like dash in a straight line in the air

that is not the thing i want

If (GetButtonDown) rb.AddForce(new Vector3(dashSpeed*faceDirection,0),ForceMode2D.Impluse);

It will be so weird

I saw an article said it will be better if you use GetButton, but it will be better if we can use GetButtonDown to DASH

[ruby karma]

GetButtonDown fires once when you press a button
GetButton fires every frame the button is pressed

[boreal knoll]

I know, I know

[ruby karma]

I still don't understand what you mean

[boreal knoll]

well... wait me about five minute

I want to record dash in maplestory

and the dash in my game

[ruby karma]

okay

[boreal knoll]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C87AmXWHlMk&ab_channel=月巴宅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQJ7TSh8RDE&ab_channel=月巴宅

There is a weird move in the second video, it is my dash

not the double jump

if we use getButtonDown to Dash, it will suddenly teleport to right/left, or just do nothing

by the way , i use impulse

[boreal knoll]

...WELL, SORRY About wasting your time, BUT I KNOW HOW TO deal with it...now...

[ruby karma]

uh, could have pinged me but okay

[boreal knoll]

wait me a second, i will post my video how did i deal with it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT9byA_8fbw&ab_channel=月巴宅

THE Reason is the dashtime is not longer...enough

[compact gate]

Hi, a quick question, is there a way to zoom in and out while being "pixel perfect" ? I guess it is not as it involve using float number zoom level to smoothly go from one zoom level to another

My goal would be to achieve a smash bros like camera, with pixel art assets

[cloud spade]

Hi, I am trying to make my first 2D game. For some reason, this doesn't work. Any idea why? (I will include the errors below)

[snow willow]

Instantiate will return the same type of object that you pass in as the first parameter. Since you're passing in a Transform, it will return a Transform, which cannot be assigned to a GameObject variable

[heavy gale]

I want my enemy to shoot repeatedly with certain intervals between each shot

How do I instantiate multiple bullets with some delay ?

very dumb doubt but I'm very stuck

[cloud spade]

thanks!

[boreal knoll]

@heavy gale I haven't tried the code, but I can give you some idea?

[heavy gale]

sure

[boreal knoll]

assume a value which is called delayTime, put it into update and: delayTime = delayTime - Time.deltaTime

it's a concept, like timer

if delayTime < 0, shoot one ammo and reset it

then repeat, until something disable(shoot == false)

[heavy gale]

Yeah that's a way

Thanks @boreal knoll

How about using InvokeRepeating(function, timeToStart, repeatRate)

[boreal knoll]

I don't know much about this code

[heavy gale]

And using gateway boolean to execute actual code

[boreal knoll]

I 'm sorry 😦

[heavy gale]

Hey no problem thanks for an idea

[boreal knoll]

I just saw this program today, so I haven't studied it yet.

[still tendon]

how to change mouse cursor position

[chrome anchor]

does anyone know how to combine two different objects into one object (spawn an object and delete the two objects) properly? i tried a tutorial but it didn't work for different objects

[left lotus]

There's multiple questions in here, could you break down what/why you're trying to accomplish so we can have some more context?

[chrome anchor]

Ok

So basically I want to do a combine game where you take two objects and merge them together into a single, new object such as combining an acorn and a mana crystal into a tree

i use the mouse to drag and drop them together

this is what i tried for the combine method, it works for duplicate objects that are the same (mana and mana) but not different objects (acorn and mana)

[left lotus]

Could you just place both of them inside an empty gameobject, so that gameobject is now the parent of both? (and you can have any components related to combined objects on that parent gameobject)

[chrome anchor]

ohh i see

[abstract olive]

How many of these recipes do you plan on having?

[chrome anchor]

a lot of different combinations

i want to put them in a recipe script

[abstract olive]

You may want to look into learning how ScriptableObjects work, then.

If you find yourself having to manually type "Mana" and "Acron", it's already too hardcoded.

[chrome anchor]

👍

[warped viper]

I wanna toggle my button, what do I need to put after the . ?
buymobButton.GetComponent<Button>().

I need a method that can toggle the button completely

Do I need to make my button static?

[abstract olive]

Toggle, how? Make it invisible?

[mossy shale]

Hey Im trying to make a 3D game, but using sprites in a 3D space. An issue im coming up against immediately is how the sprites look when i run the game. As you see in this image they are a little distorted? Any thoughts what would cause this?

[dapper otter]

probably perspective of the camera

you can probably model a 3d shape of the 2d sprite and put it into the game

easier to control that way i think

[snow willow]

not sure what you're expecting to look like but yes, the distortion you're seeing is called perspective.

You could experiment with different camera settings such as an orthographic camera or different field of view or camera angle.

[mossy shale]

I guess im wondering why, when my sprite is 16x16, why its cant keep its quality, and just get bigger/smaller? why does the perspective make my edges wobbly

[snow willow]

try point filtering

in the import settings

but if that's what you were concerned with your image didn't illustrate it

[mossy shale]

yeah I have set that

[snow willow]

so wdym by wobbly

[mossy shale]

ill get a better screenshot

[snow willow]

doesn't really mean anything unless you show what it's supposed to look like?

[jade elm]

Hio guys. who can explain me how to create maps? But not simple tile map or such

Korean-Chinese like tile maps.

For example, we have a bunch of images 300x300 from pre-drawed map

Like that

Umm, and any example how to create such background + probably they have a +1 layer above for virtual "tiles" where is defined where you can walk and where nope. And such grid also used for character walking..

But i did not find any tutorial for such type of maps... Mostly of them - simple tile map and not like this. Hmmm

[heavy gale]

TryGetComponent is returning false even if gameObject has target component?

[snow willow]

share code and screenshots?

[heavy gale]

yes just a sec

The gameObject is named General, and has an animator attached

[snow willow]

Is HealthManagement also attached to the same object?

[heavy gale]

yes

Could it be because anim component is public?

[snow willow]

just to make sure - i notice this screenshot is from using the debugger - did you check the gotAnimator bool during this screenshot?

Becaus ethat line of code has not run yet in this screenshot

[heavy gale]

nah

[snow willow]

no public won't affect things

try this on the next line:

[heavy gale]

Log the bool?

i'll do that

[snow willow]

if (!gotAnimator) Debug.Log("This object does NOT have an animator", this.gameObject);

then when you see that log in the console

click on it

one time

it should take you to the object in the hierarchy

just to make sure you're not getting a false negative from another random object you accidentally left this script on or something

[heavy gale]

Turns out after logging the bool, I do get gotAnimator as true

But then why in my script is it skipping that check completely

[snow willow]

where

[heavy gale]

wait let me paste my code

public int health = 10;
    public GameObject deathEffect;
    public Animator anim;

    private bool gotAnimator;

    private void Start()
    {
        gotAnimator = TryGetComponent<Animator>(out anim);
        Debug.Log(gotAnimator + "yes");
    }

    public void TakeDamage(int damage)
    {
        health -= damage;
        Debug.Log(health);

        if(health<=0)
        {
            Die();
        }
    }
    void Die()
    {
        if (gotAnimator)
        {
            anim.SetBool("isDead", true);
        }
        else
        {
            GameObject newExplosion=Instantiate(deathEffect, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
            Destroy(gameObject);
            Destroy(newExplosion, 0.725f);
        }
    }```

if condition doesn't get passed, all objects having

isDead and an animator

execute the else function

Which is just an anim of a pixel art explosion

[snow willow]

debug that part of the code?

[heavy gale]

Wait I'm just really dumb

Sorry mate this was so bad

It works all right

the animator controller state had no motion

[snow willow]

no worries

[weak sinew]

anyone know a decent free laboratory/factory bg for a placeholder bg?

[sage cloud]

umm hello i would like to ask some help with my project
I'm new to unity and with help from tutorials I manage to make this

its a tower defense game. I'm working on placing towers for now and i manage to make so that whenever I click on the green circles it will spawn a tower but I can't choose which towers i want to place on that spot, i was thinking of making it like Plants vs Zombies where you can drag the tower you like on the spot but i don't know where to start

[sage imp]

Hey

How would make top down movement where my character faces the direction it is moving in

But smoothly

[latent hazel]

So, I am very much not a great programmer but I am working on a project in Unity. I am making a minimalist 2D city builder with Tetris mechanics. In terms of establishing a baseline bit of coding, I have some idea of what to do, but it will be tricky. Essentially I want the player to be able to drag and drop their given piece and then once it's placed I want it to snap into place, sort of like placing a tile in a tile placement game. Are there any tutorials that would be helpful for making this sort of thing?

[still tendon]

in game the floor is look like this but in scene its normal ,why?

[stuck sorrel]

Hi guys, i'm trying to move a ball on my screen. The thing is the ball is moving only in -Y. Any suggestion is appreciate, ty

[sleek spoke]

transform.Translate(ballDirection * Time.deltaTime * ballSpeed);

Vector3 ballDirection;

[maiden karma]

I'm trying to get a top down movement script to work but i'm extremely new to coding so i dont wanna f anything up. can someone help me?

and these are the errors that show up

got this ^^ from a youtube video.

[snow willow]

you're mixing up positions and direction vectors.

[snow willow]

Missing a semicolon on line 8

[maiden karma]

thank you

[snow willow]

Also you have an extra "n" on line 1

at the beginning

[maiden karma]

that cleared up everything except

[snow willow]

Assuming this is using the new input system, that name is going to depend on how you named your Action Map in the Input Actions Asset

Make sure the capitalization is correct

Is it Movement maybe?

ah yeah I can see in your screenshot in the bottom right

it should be Movement capital M<

[maiden karma]

that might be it

yeah

im trying it

if this works i love u

deeply

[snow willow]

I see that your Visual Studio is not set up properly

otherwise it would be giving you auto suggestions etc

[maiden karma]

IT WORKED

[snow willow]

Try following this page to set it up: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity#configure-unity-to-use-visual-studio

[maiden karma]

Thank you so much

for everything!

[still tendon]

@snow willow can i get some help too?

[stuck sorrel]

I am a bit confuse. May you explain it to me with some exemple if you have time please?

[snow willow]

transform.position gives the current absolute position of the object in the world. But you are taking that value (scaling it somewhat by deltaTime) and passing it into transform.Translate. So now suddenly the distance away from the world origin (0, 0, 0) is going to become your speed!

[stuck sorrel]

Ty both of you. I will work on that. At least I understand a bit more about Vector.

[toxic flax]

Hello guys, i'd like to do a delay before an animation, do i have to put the delay on script (before i trigger smthg) or i can do it directly on animator of unity

[maiden karma]

PS: I'm very new to coding With that said. I need help connecting animations to movement

I've already set up the animations, i just dont know how to link so that when i press w (move upwards) it plays walk animation up

[abstract olive]

You can start by not capitalizing the start of each word.

But it means that you haven't told your game what winText is. You probably need to drag it into the inpsector.

[weak sinew]

so im looking at menu tutorials, but whenever i create a new scene, i always see the other scene, instead of nothing there

and then all the tutorials the other scene disappears

[inner vine]

how the frick do i add A FRICKING IMAGE ASSET!?!?

[abstract olive]

To import an asset to your project, you just add it to the Assets folder.

[inner vine]

now?

(ik im fricking stupid)

[abstract olive]

Now, what? What are you trying to do?

[inner vine]

add a fricking dirt .png

oh my fricking god i figured it out

[still tendon]

does anyone know why this isnt being triggered

[inner vine]

when i put a image why does it count the transparent part?

[inner vine]

hello?

[snow willow]

check your import settings

[inner vine]

where is that? ._.

[snow willow]

CLick the image in your project folder

there are import settings for it. And every asset

[inner vine]

confusion

._.

wdym by click the image in my project folder?

[snow willow]

The project window

in Unity

where all your assets are

[analog sundial]

why do my canvas is not is not applying to my prefab

when its public

[snow willow]

huh

[analog sundial]

its is on serialfield but even if i gonna do it on public still not working

[snow willow]

I have no idea what you're talking about

Some context if you want help

[inner vine]

can you screen shot it sorry if im being to frustrating

[snow willow]

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

[analog sundial]

if u gonna see on the right corner of unity there is a prefab of canvas

[snow willow]

there's a Canvas field

But this is a prefab right

[analog sundial]

ys

[snow willow]

you can't reference objects from your scene from a prefab

Not permitted by Unity

It wouldn't make sense.

What would happen if you instantiated your prefab in a different scene?

[analog sundial]

but how do i need to do it then

because without the prefab its not gonna worki

[snow willow]

Singleton pattern or FindWithTag

those are the most straightforward ways to find your canvas

or when you instantiate this thing you can run GetComponentInParent<Canvas>()

any of those three are quite straightforward

but it will have to be done in code no matter what

[analog sundial]

oke how do i need to do it in this code

[snow willow]

I just told you three ways

[analog sundial]

with tag

[snow willow]

tag your canvas

[analog sundial]

but how to find it

[snow willow]

and call GameObject.FindWithTag

Then GetComponent to get the Canvas component

[analog sundial]

but its not and gameobject

[inner vine]

this?

[snow willow]

yes

it should be open by default though unless you closed it

[inner vine]

oh

its there

[analog sundial]

if i gonna call the canvas a gameobject the canvas.scalefactor is not working

[snow willow]

You have to get the Canvas component with GetComponent after finding the object

[inner vine]

i clicked this

all it shows me is the image tho

[snow willow]

why did you click that

all we wanted was the import settings

underneath that open button

is all the import settings

[inner vine]

that did not help me

STUPID SPELLING ERRORS

idk what to change

bruh

nvm i fixed it

[jovial cedar]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/fullscreen-camera-effects/simple-2d-fog-storm-smoke-115617 I have tried implementing this code in my project. I can add it to the camera object and it works (it has to be on the camera object because it's using OnRenderImage(). Unfortunately my camera isn't strictly following the player but rather lerping towards the player to have a "smooth" camera and I think that's the reason the whole fog shader gets moved around as soon as the player starts walking. I don't really know how to fix this, any ideas?

[inner vine]

why the frick is this not working?

[thorn dirge]

you should remove the + beside the equal

and if you are making a 2d game use Vector2

basicallly the same as Vector3 but with the z coordinate removed

to avoid confusion

[inner vine]

ok

[jovial cedar]

variables usually don't start with a capital letter, use lower letters to differentiate them from methods

[thorn dirge]

plus why did you put it the speed at 1

put it at like 10

if the thing disappears

its working

coz sometimes it would be too slow to see its movement

[inner vine]

if what thing disappears?

the player?

[thorn dirge]

the player

coz its so fast it ran off the screen

I doubt you made a camera controller yet so I am certain you wouldn't be able to see it fly to where

[inner vine]

im raging so hard rn bc its not moving

[thorn dirge]

its probably the speed

try set it to 100

or even higher

so you can see its working

coz it dashed out

[jovial cedar]

you're a beginner so there could be a lot of reasons... is it attached to the player object? Are you in scene view or in game view? etc.

[inner vine]

you know what

[thorn dirge]

the scene view kinda doesn't matter

[inner vine]

ill try to make a dif game

[jovial cedar]

I was stuck there once and felt like an idiot... scene view (at least for me) doesn't react to keyboard controls

[signal aspen]

awe mate, don't give up on a 2d unity game

[inner vine]

but i did just now ._.

[thorn dirge]

oh thats something new to learn

wait a minute

why is your input

input and not Input

[signal aspen]

why tho? that's part of programming. you'll have a big problem that stumps you.

[inner vine]

im gonna work on a 2d platformer im done with the shooter idea

[jovial cedar]

that's a good catch, I was confused by the highlighting too

[thorn dirge]

programming is about making the code more simple and easier to read so if you found an error you wouldn't just quit coz of lack of motivation

like me

[jovial cedar]

my movement logic is different but I actually tried his code and it worked