did you even look at what I sent?

[willow quest]

whats your point? its all important and all the same

anchoring is what will keep it centered in different resolutions

ook...so learn more about how the UI elements work in the documentation linked.

rect transform sizes play a big part in positioning

the camera has 0 relation to the UI

why is the camera in the UI

clearly you lack fundamentals. Idont have time to tutor you

!learn 👇

[vale ridge]

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[willow quest]

sure keep the camera as UI element wtf do i know lol

different render modes do different things. check the manual

looks fine but I dont need to see every step you change, just check the tutorials and manual that cover this extensively

[steel cloak]

hey now.. "Untitled Game" is my game..

[steel cloak]

good start 👍

Why'd u delete everything 👀

[stable nebula]

bro who’s deleting my chats

wtf

[steel cloak]

lol i just sit here and watched it happen i thought it was you

[stable nebula]

i was watching youtube

here is the video

[steel cloak]

some moderator i guess

[stable nebula]

i’m not sure if it’s better than my old version

[steel cloak]

lol ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[stable nebula]

can you say which version better

[steel cloak]

i think you know which version is better

[stable nebula]

not sure

i might’ve downgraded

[steel cloak]

yea u did..

minimalistic = clean = easy to navigate

u dont want to plaster big meme's and photos across teh background

unless you do...

[stable nebula]

the purple aki is the old one

[stable nebula]

oh

alrigjt

i’m making progress

[steel cloak]

heres my menu screen.. may help you to see other peoples

i dont have Title. or a logo.. but all the content and coding is there

[stable nebula]

that’s wayyyy to advanced lol

for me

[steel cloak]

true.. but the base of it is the same as any other simple menu screen/system

i just added bunch of camera affects and parallax

[stable nebula]

did you make that yourself fully

[steel cloak]

then the black fader (thats an important piece for most games)

when u click from one menu to another it fades to black and then from black back to transparent

(hiding the transition)

[stable nebula]

maybe i should consider scrapping my whole menu

[steel cloak]

noo.. dont do that.. even if u re-do it always keep ur projects

you'll be able to go back and learn from what you came from to where u are

[steel cloak]

ya, i started game-dev as a graphic artist

i can make things pretty but i havent made a full game yet

[stable nebula]

i was thinking have particles drop in the background behind the buttons and text

not sure yet tho

[steel cloak]

thats pretty easy and would give it something a little extra extra

[stable nebula]

i tried and failed tho lmao

[steel cloak]

i also use particles for my menu.. (they're parented to the camera)

[stable nebula]

i don’t even know how to make games

i’m just making UI for now

functional UI

i know how to make a moving player and that’s about it

[steel cloak]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Resources/blob/main/101/readme.md heres a link that may help u while u learn

[stable nebula]

but i’m watching tutorials and learning new stuff

[steel cloak]

i tried to collect abunch of the best/my fav tutorials and videos

and link them all from a single place..

[steel cloak]

thats how we all learn 💪

just keep at it

[stable nebula]

i kinda want shooting star like particles

[steel cloak]

easy.. just use regular particles and add the Trail component to them

[stable nebula]

i think i’m aiming too high

maybe i should figure out how to make a functional settings button

with working options first

[steel cloak]

lol.. this is facts

learn the basics first (they wont be prettty) but if u know the basics u can always add effects to it later

[stable nebula]

unity particle system is the best particle system

forgot who said that

dani i think

[steel cloak]

actually I would argue that VFX Graph is better 😉

VFX Graph utilizes your GPU so ur particles arent draining the CPU

[stable nebula]

i wish this was as easy as web development

it feels so much harder to center stuff

and make everything equally spaced lmfao

[steel cloak]

gotta learn how to manipulate the UI

their anchors.. the parents the scaling all that stuff

[stable nebula]

the best settings button i can do is a button that loads you into a new scene with the settings options…

i mean hey it works

it’s just

probably not the best way to do it

😂 😂

[steel cloak]

think about how u want ur UI.. for example here.. ^ i want this to Always be in the corner right.. no matter what the screen size is..

so its anchored to the bottom right... w/ an offset (X,Y,Z positions)

if i scale the UI it should scale w/ it and always remain the bottom..

for main objects you'd want to center them and so on and so on

[steel cloak]

you can have a Settings Canvas sitting in the scene and disabled..

when u click the button u can Enable it.. (if its sorting order or Higher than the rest of ur UI Canvas's it'll go on top).. when ur done u just disable it..

uiSettingsGameObject.SetActive(true): -> uiSettingsGameObject.SetActive(false):

[stable nebula]

ohhh

smart i never thought of disabling stuff

[steel cloak]

its the go-to beginner way of coding..

turn stuff on and off.. use bools to keep track

[stable nebula]

the only settings i can think of implementing is resolution and sound

[steel cloak]

if u have a character u may need some sensitivity settings

[stable nebula]

ah

and i’ll add an edit button

which is straight forward

[steel cloak]

yourCharactersSpeed * sensitivity

where 1 is default.. and then they can raise or lower depending on their mouse/controller or w/e

[stable nebula]

yeah good idea

[steel cloak]

ahh thanks for getting me to lookin at my menu

i found a bug!

[stable nebula]

does this look out of place

[steel cloak]

my sensitivity is displayed with a dozen float spaces lol

[stable nebula]

oh wow

lol

[steel cloak]

adds to to-do list

[stable nebula]

if i get my menu good and functioning maybe i can give that guy a hand

if my menus better

will add to my portfolio

🆒

my settings button looks uhh maybe outta place

meh its fine i guess

[stable nebula]

ima full screen the game

needs uhh.. polishing

this is beta so

this is bare bones

awesome

[steel cloak]

looks more like Alpha

[stable nebula]

I DONT KNOW HOW THAT ALPHA BETA STUFF WORKS

soz caps

basically its the first ever version of a simple function

[stable nebula]

Im gettin there

[stable nebula]

oops

i realised im pinging u everytime i reply to ur msgs

sory

[steel cloak]

ya bro.. my computer hasn't shut up this morning

lol

im part of the thread tho.. i'll get notifs no need to reply directly

ur making quick progress tho..

[stable nebula]

im capping fps

realised its at thousands and i can hear a coil whine in my pc xd

i made an initiliaser it grabs your res and auto full screens and caps fps at 60

YIKES IM RUINING THE MINIMALISM

[steel cloak]

as a graphic artist and ui-dev heres a tip, don't let these autosize unless u specify a matching min and max

need to keep things consistent.. (readibility)

[stable nebula]

so your suggesting same font size on all?

[steel cloak]

well in this case yes..

ur buttons are all the same size

the font should be too

[stable nebula]

i need to get good at like groupiong stuff together

[steel cloak]

like in ur case... i would use Settings as the base-line

[steel cloak]

it cant get any bigger.. soo the other needs to come down to match

[stable nebula]

so use the longest words font

size

[steel cloak]

thats something we all struggle with

even the best of us...

[stable nebula]

looks much better already

[steel cloak]

i mean thats the way i do it yea

see that looks 100 percent better already

[stable nebula]

i need to optimise my animations

[steel cloak]

funfact: its not good to animate UI

[stable nebula]

should i js remove it but then im back to a simple casual ui

[steel cloak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_bJvKXjCmU

[stable nebula]

i suppose i can just add a particle system

[steel cloak]

its better to use code/ a tweening library to animate UI

[stable nebula]

and not fade anything in

just have background particles

[steel cloak]

ya, for UI i usually make my Particles and then place them in front of the camera

between the camera and the UI

BUT theres a problem.

[stable nebula]

i think i need to move my buttons up or change the size something is 100% off

[steel cloak]

UI is meant to always be on TOP.... if ur using screenspace UI which is common

then ur UI will draw over the top of ur partcles

the only way to do it is to either have ur particles be an actual sprite/image

[steel cloak]

or.. you'll need to use a world-space canvas instead

[stable nebula]

what is off

[steel cloak]

so the partcles can be drawn on top of it

[stable nebula]

yeah

maybe id be best off making the background a video

to save the pain from myself

[steel cloak]

as a UI artist we're taught about things like margins/ offsets/ etc

its best to keep things consistent even w/ spacing.. soo imo it'll be better if u do 1 of two things

1. place the bottom of the exit button to be lined up with ur Made with tag

or
2. center them between the Title and the Bottom

or

[stable nebula]

what if i make the buttons aligned with made by tyla

but instead of stacking

i put them side by side?

[steel cloak]

i mean.. "what if.."

wont know lest u try

[stable nebula]

i got rid of half my scripts and put them in one called uicontroller

for efficiency?

i think

[steel cloak]

lol.. sure

it really doesn't matter tbh.. breaking things up from 1 script to another is mainly for organization/structure/ and scaleability

less to do with performance

[stable nebula]

would yo u put play in the middle or far left

[steel cloak]

5 scripts all running 5 different things in thier Awake() functions.. would be almost identical as
1 script running 5 different things in its single Awake() function

[steel cloak]

i think you need to take some initiative and just try things out on ur own..
my opinions are only opinions.. while ur learning u just need to experiment.. find what works for u and what doesn't work for you..

*afterwards you can go and see if others woulda done it differently.. (u may chose to change ur system but alteast you put together the first iteration. and u know what didnt work and did work thru that process..

[stable nebula]

yea im asking too much

lol

sorry

[steel cloak]

🤏 just a bit 🤣

[stable nebula]

ooo

i think im onto something

shi idk

[steel cloak]

💪 heck ya

[steel cloak]

ya, i gotta run for a bit.. i gotta do some stuff on my own projects or else i'll never get this down to a single project 😅

[stable nebula]

they need shovin a bit higher tho

[steel cloak]

best of luck 🍀 holla later when i get some time

[stable nebula]

alr cya

put it in the mid point of uh

the credits and title

[steel cloak]

ya, this. or vertically both look okay now that they're off the bottom a bit

[steel cloak]

aye!! looks good..

ship it.

😈 lol

[stable nebula]

as in sell?

[stable nebula]

looks better so say the least but the settings screen is still off looking

maybe its cos i need more settings

lmfao

[steel cloak]

just start with the basics.. it always starts to look better the more u add to it

[stable nebula]

so ive got screen mode and res

mm fps cap setting?

then player sens

[steel cloak]

heres mine.. maybe some settings in there u'd want as well

to be honest mines no where near finished yet.. i need to add a scroll rect and some more settings that we can scroll down through.. but these are the basics

keybindings is whats gonna take me the most time

[stable nebula]

not tryna boost my ego here but im doing decent for someone whos never made a game or menu

in my opinion

subject to disagreement ofc

[stable nebula]

added auto save new options

fps capper

[stable nebula]

can anyone giv a hand?

[steel cloak]

if you have a genuine question u can use #🔎┃find-a-channel to post it where appropriately..

if it requires abunch of back and forth u can ask them to come into this thread..

no ones here except use few.. and im pretty busy atm