Debug boxcast

[devout leaf]

I was trying to implement a wall jump into my 2d game, so I wrote a script to detect if the player is touching a wall with the right/left side of the player. For some reason the isTouchingWallRight() method is returning true when the player's left side collides with a wall

Here is a video of the problem. It doesnt really trigger continuously only when you move at a wall with the left side

There is also a gizmo that should be the same as the boxcast, so im really lost as to why its resulting in true

[devout leaf]

https://hatebin.com/zsrbgtkkdf

[trim flame]

start by drawing debugs

[devout leaf]

you mean like gizmos?

[trim flame]

is that supposed to be the yllow?

[devout leaf]

yeah

[trim flame]

yeah but it doesn't show the direction tho

[devout leaf]

wdym?

direction of what?

that is the right wall hit detection box

[trim flame]

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

draw out your casts accurate first

[devout leaf]

ive never used github

am i just supposed to download the zip?

alright thanks for this is looks hella helpful

[trim flame]

Read the guide , should be easy setup
https://github.com/vertxxyz/Vertx.Debugging#installation

[rancid cobalt]

thats the way i do it.. download the zip extract it.. and pull the folders over into my project

but hes got a guide so follow tht prolly

[devout leaf]

i did

but like i still cant use the methods or whatever

[rancid cobalt]

did u include the namespace?

using Vertx. blabla probably

[devout leaf]

no i was gonna but i didnt know how to find that

i got it now tho you were right

[rancid cobalt]

is this not it?

[devout leaf]

Vertx.Debugging

yeah

thank you 🙏

[rancid cobalt]

thats what i was guessing while i was lookin at ur code

its probably the case of ur cast doing one thing.. and ur visualization doing another

[devout leaf]

sorry to both you again but i just couldnt get the debugger to work

like no hitboxes will show up no matter what

[rancid cobalt]

don't be sorry to us.. we're just tryin to help u out..

have u thought of trying adiffernt method of detection?

raycasts maybe? or overlapspheres just a suggestion

[devout leaf]

first i just wanna try and get the debugger to work

[rancid cobalt]

if not i'd def try to simplify ur problem first.. new scene, just two objects.. very simple.. and then use ur code

[devout leaf]

cause like idk what im doing wrong 😭

[rancid cobalt]

debugging sucks some times 😐

[devout leaf]

idk if ur familiar with the vertx thing

[rancid cobalt]

did u ever debug.log ur left condition?

[devout leaf]

but like this is what im putting into my code

[rancid cobalt]

if ur right is firing when ur left hits.. i wonder if ur left fires when ur right hits./..

[devout leaf]

no id have to try that

[rancid cobalt]

i write my own debug code

never tried vertx stuff

OnDrawGizmosSelected() is my go-to debugging method

it will draw the gizmo's when the object containing them is selected.. and no other time

[devout leaf]

what does it mean by "selected"

like in the editor?

[rancid cobalt]

it means when the object is clicked on inside the hiearchy

yes

[devout leaf]

ah okay

[rancid cobalt]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnDrawGizmosSelected.html

[devout leaf]

idk like how do gizmos help you detect if things are colliding

[rancid cobalt]

it also has tons more than just Debug.DrawLine or w/e else it has

it will show you what ur code is doing.

but u have to code them to match

[devout leaf]

idk cause i like drew the gizmo where the boxcast was

but like i didnt see it colliding with the wall

so like what do i do from there 💀

[rancid cobalt]

im thinking ur boxcast isnt casting where u think its casting

[devout leaf]

what would cause that

[rancid cobalt]

i watched the video and i dont understand it either

just the wrong code..

-x instead of x, simple mistakes..

i dont know specifically in ur case...

[devout leaf]

yeah dw ur good

i was just thinking maybe someone had a similar issue or smthg

ill prob just have to try other collision detection methods like you said

[rancid cobalt]

are ur layer masks set up correctly?

imma play around with the code u sent here in a minute to see if i can't pick up on wats wrong

im not usually a 2d designer.. but i can open an empty project atleast and see.. what is ur wall? and ground? what kind of colliders do u use on those things?

[devout leaf]

yeah im pretty sure they are

[devout leaf]

tilemap2d, composite 2d, platform 2d

on both

picture of the collider settings

[rancid cobalt]

thanks!

i'll see what i cant figure out here in a bit

[devout leaf]

no worries

youre way too kind, thank you so much

[rancid cobalt]

np, u just keep trying to figure it out on ur own tho..

b/c i cant promise i'll know whats wrong with it

[devout leaf]

yeah its all good

youve already helped me way more than enough

[devout leaf]

pretty sure i figured out what was causing the issue

thank you for all your help

do you know how to fix the issue tho

im pretty sure that if you move too fast you clip into the wall which causes it to think youre hitting it from the right

idk if this is a common thing or nah

[devout leaf]

alright i just switched the rigidbody collision detection on the player to continuous instead of dynamic and that seemed to work