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sharp harness
understandable
hot umbra
I suppose I can try and give more info.
sharp harness
You could also check that the player object is not being affected by any physics or other forces when transitioning between scenes, as this could potentially cause it to move unexpectedly
hot umbra
When we transition to the new scene, we load in the map data and spawn the spawn points. Once those spawn points are spawned, we set the position to the first one we find.
I can confirm that the value is valid and that the position is getting set (for the next line in debugger) but it will snap me back by next frame.
From what I can tell, it doesn't ALWAYS do this, but it's relatively often. Could it just be a timing issue?
sharp harness
it could be a timing issue, cuz of loading assets and initializing objects, maybe the pos is being overwritten by another process
maybe adding a coroutine to delay setting the position of the player until after the scene has fully loaded and all initialization processes are complete
would fix it
im assuming when transitioning there is like a loading screen of some sort
hot umbra
We move from the other scene at 0,0,100
I'm setting it in two places.
OnLoadComplete (the spawn point isn't actually there yet so this just sets us to 0,0,0)
and in a custom OnMapLoaded, which happens about a half second or so after we can see. where it actually finds the spawn point at (0,1,0 let's say) and is supposed to move us there
sharp harness
yeah its 90% likely that its a timing issue
can you try a coroutine
that waits like .1 second
before trying to set the position
hot umbra
Sure, one sec
Looks like no dice from initial testing.
The onMapLoaded event happens probably half a second or so after we load the scene.
I threw a printout of the position into the logs for fun. It never changes (except for gravity) from 0,0,100
sharp harness
did you try setting the player's position directly in the Start() function instead of using the OnMapLoaded event to see if it makes a difference?
hot umbra
That... worked.
And then it didn't on trying it again
hmm, actually. it worked briefly
For a single frame
sharp harness
a possibility is that there is a race condition happening, where the player object is being moved to the correct position but then immediately moved back by another system or script you could try adding some debug logs or breakpoints to see exactly when and where the player's position is being changed
it may be that we're overthinking the shit out of this too Lol
hot umbra
Good point.
So Start, we move to 0,1,0
Update says that next frame we are at 0,0,0
Frame following we are back to 0,0,100
0.1 seconds after the OnLoadComplete event, we set to 0,0,0
The next Update log says we never changed
Likewise for the custom map loaded event
sharp harness
can you try a basic script that only sets the player's position and see if the issue still occurs?
hot umbra
Should that be on the player prefab or can it just be in the scene?
sharp harness
if u have one player object in the game then u can attach it to the prefab
hot umbra
Any specific timing?
I just tossed it on a button.
Similar thing. It moves for exactly one frame
sharp harness
hm
update woudlnt work
or lateupdate
maybe lateupdate
after update is called
or rather finished executing
but then itd be updated every frame
hot umbra
So... I'm just a dumbass
sharp harness
oh god
hot umbra
Let me confirm
I examined that player prefab my coworker made.
It has a character controller on it.
If I call Move, we move fine.
If I set position directly, we snap back.
Which... I'm realizing is still kinda weird. Can you not just set the position of something if it has a character controller?
Thank you @sharp harness for all your help. Sorry I overlooked something so simple lol.
I just disable the CC, move the guy, then re-enable the CC. Dunno if there's a better way than that, but this works
sharp harness
no worries am glad u got it to work