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normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:47 AM

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atwhatcost

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okay i was gonna ask earlier

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the sprite ive made to replace the other object

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if i hide it using this will it be visible when replacing the object?

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or still be hidden

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i dont want it to be in the way so i wanna hide it

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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if you disable the gameobject, its disabled

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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oh thats a disable

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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well if you "hide" it, it will be disabled

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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i thought it was just a hide button

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where can i hide sprites

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wait

faint valve Sep 7, 2024, 1:48 AM

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kayla please look at the tutorials i beg

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even if not to check programming

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 1:49 AM

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normal nest where can i hide sprites

disable the sprite renderer?

faint valve Sep 7, 2024, 1:49 AM

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just to see what buttons do

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:49 AM

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theres no harm in just seeing for myself!!

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ive put the sprite in the errm

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assets folder thing

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at the bottom

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i assume i can call it from there

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:50 AM

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i would definitely learn the layout of unity, pressing random buttons can lead to bad things

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 1:50 AM

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normal nest i assume i can call it from there

if you assign it in the inspector

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:50 AM

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im not pressing random buttons

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is there a noticeable difference from using

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serializefield with private variables

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or just using public variables

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:52 AM

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yes

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:53 AM

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i tried googling this before but nothing was really showing up

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whats the difference

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 1:53 AM

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normal nest whats the difference

i already told you what serializefield does

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:53 AM

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i know

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im asking

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private vs public

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:53 AM

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serializing a private variable will make it visible in inspector but not visible to other scripts

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while public does both

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:53 AM

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so if i make a public variable i can reference it in another script

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:54 AM

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thats what public does

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use the documentation to figure this out

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:55 AM

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ive been wondering that for ages

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and no because now i know the information

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while using it at the same time

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rather than combing through documents and videos which you can barely rely on for specific questions

faint valve Sep 7, 2024, 1:55 AM

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the videos specifically explain how the commands work

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:55 AM

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documentation literally tells you your own answer

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very quickly

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:56 AM

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this works just the same to me

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 1:56 AM

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same with videos

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:56 AM

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with the advantage of answering more specific questions

faint valve Sep 7, 2024, 1:56 AM

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you dont know if its a specific question or not because you dont understand what the thing is

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like when you asked about the disable game object button

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:57 AM

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im not talking about buttons

faint valve Sep 7, 2024, 1:57 AM

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where is my angry old guy cloud thing

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:57 AM

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i have specific questions all the time

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actually i have another question right now notlikethis

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it looks like i need a void ChangeSprite() to use the sprite changing code

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but i wanna use it inside of a void OnTriggerEnter()

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what do i do here

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 1:58 AM

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normal nest it looks like i need a void ChangeSprite() to use the sprite changing code

huh

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just do .sprite = newSprite

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 1:58 AM

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websites lying to me again

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hold on that doesnt work

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did you mean something other than .sprite

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 1:59 AM

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normal nest did you mean something other than .sprite

dont think so

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but you can check the docs

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should be that

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:00 AM

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hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:00 AM

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normal nest

omfg

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on a reference to your sprite renderer...

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:00 AM

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atwhatcost

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fuck are you talking about,,,,

faint valve Sep 7, 2024, 2:00 AM

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🗿

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good luck kayla

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:01 AM

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im slow either way

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i 100% gauruntee you even if i read every document in the world

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id ask stupid questions

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im just not a bright gal

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:01 AM

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hollow pilot on a reference to your sprite renderer...

i dont know what you mean by that

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 2:02 AM

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https://unity.huh.how/references

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:02 AM

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this makes zero sense to me

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just give me an example ill figure it out from that

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:03 AM

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normal nest just give me an example ill figure it out from that

the same way you changed the colour on your rendrer

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but now your doing sprite

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on a SPRITE RENDERER

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 2:04 AM

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SpriteRend.sprite //this is a reference = mysprite;

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:05 AM

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spriterend doesnt exist

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:05 AM

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use

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your

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🧠

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:05 AM

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IM TRYING I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO SOB SOB

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im autistic just give me the answer

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thats been working so far

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ill like reverse technology it

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 2:06 AM

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im not just gonna give you the answer or else you wont learn?

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:06 AM

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the whole point is ill learn from the answer

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 2:06 AM

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we have to teach you

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:06 AM

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normal nest the whole point is ill learn from the answer

youve done this a hundred times

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with the rigidbody

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renderer

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same thing with the sprite renderer now

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:07 AM

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all i remember from that was just

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normalize

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do i normalize,,?

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:08 AM

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normal nest all i remember from that was just

the same way you add force

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or change the color

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you now change the sprite...

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its not that complicated

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:08 AM

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thats literally

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what im trying to do

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i dont know the exact code needed

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 2:08 AM

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when you did .normalize that right there is a reference

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:08 AM

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im like

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90% of the way there

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i dont know

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precisely

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what im meant to put there

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tell me so i know for the future

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oh wait i missed out something

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:11 AM

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normal nest oh wait i missed out something

yes you did

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the reference to the sprite renderer

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you can use .sprite on nothing

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:11 AM

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it was not the thing you think im thinking of

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:11 AM

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hollow pilot you can use `.sprite` on nothing

cant

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:11 AM

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od you mean in the inspector

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i already know im supposed to do in the inspector

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thats the easy bit

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i wanna get rid of the error line here

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:12 AM

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normal nest thats the easy bit

and the rest i gave you the code ages ago?

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:12 AM

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i want to fix this bit

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:12 AM

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normal nest

use the reference

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to your sprite renderer

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you cant use .sprite on nothing

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:12 AM

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im supposed to do the inspector thing now?

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:13 AM

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private SomeVariableType variableName;

variableName.Something = 5;
variableName.DoSomething();
//"variableName" is your reference

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:13 AM

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its not showing up

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ujghggghh im sorry i dont get it

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:14 AM

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normal nest its not showing up

because you have an error

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:14 AM

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thats what im

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trying to fix

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i dont get what you mean by reference

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:14 AM

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hollow pilot ```cs private SomeVariableType variableName; variableName.Something = 5; variab...

then listen

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and analyze

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to what im saying

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:14 AM

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i dont understand that

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im trying to

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:15 AM

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normal nest i dont get what you mean by reference

look at my code example

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i tell you what a reference is

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:15 AM

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i am

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i dont get how to

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incorporate that

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into mine

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:15 AM

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private SpriteRenderer sr
sr.sprite

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whats so hard about that

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please tell me

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:15 AM

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sr?

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:16 AM

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variable name........

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:16 AM

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oh i was misusing a capital

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the way you worded it makes it sound really complicated

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references

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just goes in one ear and out the other for some reason

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i get what you mean now

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:17 AM

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i could have a fully working multiplayer game by the time you learn basic C# and Unity code 🤦‍♂️

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:18 AM

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woah thats so weird maybe its because im a beginner and youre not

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:18 AM

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ive barely touched Unity in the past 3 years

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:18 AM

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you clearly know miles more than me

terse slate Sep 7, 2024, 2:19 AM

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he retained the information

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:19 AM

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exactly,,?

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okay wait i cant put my sprite in the slot

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probably because its a 'prefab asset'

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how do i make it go in there

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:20 AM

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what even is it

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what did you drag into assets

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a .png?

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:21 AM

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2d object

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its a 2d object with a child

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:21 AM

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so thats not a sprite

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thats a GameObject

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you cannot change the sprite

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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aaagh annoying

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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or just have an actual sprite

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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how do i get around this

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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and drag it in

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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like turn it into one

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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idk why you have a prefab of a GameObject

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:22 AM

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i thought since it yknow

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has like

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image properties

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it would count

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i dont see why it shouldnt

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worked for other ones

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how do i turn it into a sprite

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:24 AM

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why are you turning anything into a sprite

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do you have a png?

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your image

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that you want to use?

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:25 AM

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i dont know

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i made it out of gameobjects

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and because i want

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this gameobject

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to be used a sprite

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its just the box with a white outline

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:26 AM

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so what you wanna do here is just completely changeout the entire GameObject not the sprite?

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:26 AM

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huh

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:26 AM

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well since you dont have a sprite

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changing a sprite of the SpriteRenderer isnt possible

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:27 AM

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is there seriously no way to just get the image that the gameobject uses and use it as a sprite

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that sounds so stupid sob

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:27 AM

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what image

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how does that sound stupid

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if your "image" is multiple game objects

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then thats your fault

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:28 AM

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it can literally just take the image of it

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and ignore the gameobject stuff

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and because i didnt want to open up an art program to put an outline on something

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:28 AM

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first of all i have no clue, not a bit of information of what it ACTUALLY is

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you havent shown me a single screenshot

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:28 AM

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this is it

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i thought i did

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:28 AM

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normal nest this is it

and how did you make that

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what is this made of

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:28 AM

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two squares

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:29 AM

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i guess what you could do is

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player (parent)
     Sprite1 (child)
     Sprite2 (child)

(in your hierarchy)
and just enable/disable the GameObject that you need

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:30 AM

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it has nothing to do with the player

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this is that 'table' ive been working on

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its meant to show the outline when you get close

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:30 AM

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ok doesnt matter, same principle

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:31 AM

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its actually annoying me that they cant just take the png that is literally stored of the gameobjects and just use that is it really that hard

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am i geeked

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:31 AM

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normal nest its actually annoying me that they cant just take the png that is literally stor...

because its not a png

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its 2 sprites rendered by 2 different SpriteRenderers

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:32 AM

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surely theres a way to just take the image of whats shown on screen and use that

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:32 AM

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that doesnt even make sense

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:32 AM

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hollow pilot ``` player (parent) Sprite1 (child) Sprite2 (child) ``` (in your hiera...

this is the way to do it

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or make some actual art

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and swap the sprite

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:32 AM

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i dont really get it

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do i like

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put the outline bit

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as a child

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on the regular box

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'table'

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:33 AM

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make the outline one and the not outline one both childs

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:33 AM

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and enable disable it

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:33 AM

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make the parent have NO sprite renderers

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make it just have Rigidbody, Colliders, etc.

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:33 AM

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i mean the

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non outline one

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is literally an exact copy of the parent

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whats the point of that

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:33 AM

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because its a visual

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which you might scale

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it should be a child

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the parent should only hold the Key components.
rigidbody, colliders, scripts

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:35 AM

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normal nest i mean the

like this

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:36 AM

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well no because

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it needs the script

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to change colours

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:36 AM

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the children dont need that

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:36 AM

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if i remove that script it wont be the right colours

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:36 AM

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parent has the script with collider and rigidbody

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the 2 children are VISUALS ONLY with a SpriteRenderer

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:37 AM

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think i got it

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i need the code to like

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make the outline appear

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and dissapear

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thats the entire point of this

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you wanted me to uhh

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disable it right

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:37 AM

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yes, which you do by activating and disabling the GameObject's (the children)

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:37 AM

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and enable it

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yeah

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waaait

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if i disable both of them itll just be blank

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do you mean just the one

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:38 AM

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yes you disable only one

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and keep the other

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:39 AM

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i cant find anything on google that has a good example of what i code here

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i hate the 'examples' that are just snippits of someone elses code with random bits of other stuff in it

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i dont know whats needed or not

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can you show me what i need to code here

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:40 AM

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you dont need a single example

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.SetActive(true or false) is what you write

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:41 AM

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zero context but ill try

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:41 AM

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ok let me explain this

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:41 AM

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wouldnt i need to add the name of the thing i want to disable

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:41 AM

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in the documentation it would be

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GameObject.SetActive(bool)

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:42 AM

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hollow pilot `GameObject.SetActive(bool)`

which means what you would do is

private GameObject myObject;

myObject.SetActive(true);

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this same principle applies to any other piece of code in the documentation

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:42 AM

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thats all i needed to hear

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grin

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should work

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unity is being stupid and making the outline look uneven

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it works perfectly fine

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i aligned it perfectly fine

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but its making it look lopsided and its really annoying

hollow pilot Sep 7, 2024, 2:47 AM

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thats probably just because they are overlapping and does some weird stuff i guess

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thats why it would be easier to just make a sprite or the shader

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but this will work fine for now

normal nest Sep 7, 2024, 2:47 AM

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this is only a test anyway

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ill probably sleep and adapt this into a new save with actual sprites

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