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[tender rivet]

OK so I think you're a bit confused on what the components should be attached to

OnTriggerEnter OncollisionEnter etc are for when you have both the script attached to the GameObject AND a collider of some sorts, like a BoxCollider

Yes, that is what you want to do

but you originally had it on the text GameObject not the player

yes, but that script was attached to the text gameobject, not the player like it should of been

AS shown here:

It wont trigger because there is no collider

again, like I said it needs both to function, a collider and a script listening for the collision (like OnTriggerEnter)

most likely yes. So long as ChangeScoreText is called in the OnTriggerEnter2D method

yes

Does the player need to like stand on it or something? If not, set the collider to trigger and change the OnCollisionEnter2D to OnTriggerEnter2D

a trigger sounds like it would be better

wait

platform? does the player need to stand on the playform?

did you change the collider in the inspector to be a trigger?

yeah 2D evnironment, so OnTriggerEnter2D

not OnTriggerEnter

aye, that wont work haha

so is everything working now?

can you paste the error message?

yeah that's why I asked if the player can stand on it, so in this case OnCollisionEnter2D is required

To me it looks like its working correctly

yeah, that was a double collision

no, I mean the cube spinning hit the platform twice

one corner then quickly the next

ok so something I want you to test first is against double collisions.

in the code you provivded:

   private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "CanJumpOn")
        {
            ChangeScoreText();
            Score += 1;
        }
    }

change it to:

   private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        int currentPlatformId = collision.gameObject.GetInstanceID();

        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "CanJumpOn" &&  currentPlatformId != lastPlatformId)
        {
            ChangeScoreText();
            Score += 1;
            lastPlatformId = currentPlatformId;
        }
    }

Somewhere in the class add a field int lastPlatformId;

that prevents the scenario of the player jumping on the same platform twice, and gaining points twice

?

its a method call, not a property

oh, sorry it's collision.gameObject.GetInstanceID()

yes

what are the values after 4? the video only went up to the 3rd platform

wait, is the score script attached to the platforms or the player?

can you provide the entire script

Set Score to -1

[Header("Score")]
    public float Score = -1;
    public Text ScoreText;
    int lastPlatformId;

also, call Score += 1 before ChangeScoreText()

does it reflect it in the inspector? changing it from 0 to -1 in code wont update the script, unless it's newly added script to a GameObject

like, the value that starts, is it still 0 or -1?

that says -1 right?

ok

alright

still not sure why 3 is skipped

yeah was gunna say, there might be two of them

no, leave it as it will prevent double increments of your score

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

public class GeneratePlatforms : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float SpawnTime;
    public float YMin, YMax;
    public float ChangeX = 8f;

    public GameObject Platform;

    public Vector3 nextPlatformPosition;

    void Start()
    {
        PlatformSpawn();
        StartCoroutine("MoveCloner");
    }

    void PlatformSpawn()
    {
       Instantiate(Platform, nextPlatformPosition, Quaternion.identity);

       float y = Random.Range(YMin, YMax);
       nextPlatformPosition = new Vector3(nextPlatformPosition.x + ChangeX, y, 0f);
    }

    IEnumerator MoveCloner()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);

            PlatformSpawn();
        }
    }
}

set nextPlatformPosition to the starting position you want

yes

it will increment it from there after the first spawn

also, I edited the above script to include a PlatformSpawn() call so you dont have a delay of 1 second before the first one spawns

oh, no you do that in the inspector

if you really want to set it by code, you need to do new Vector3(26.2f, 0, -1) not 26.2, 0, -1

sorry forgot the f

26.2f

you can, but its mandatory on any value with a decimal point

oh lord I completely overlooked that lmao one sec

nextPlatformPosition += new Vector3(ChangeX, y, 0f);
change it to:
nextPlatformPosition = new Vector3(nextPlatformPosition.x + ChangeX, y, 0f);

I tested the script on my end and it works fine

oh, it's all zero

Make the platforms a prefab, and delete the platforms in the scene

it will turn blue if its a prefab

yes, all platforms other than the starting one

and by starting i mean the one the player spawns on top of

yes

the prefab must not be setup correctly

make sure it is setup how you want it to be instantiated, including if it is active or not

needs to be checked, else it spawns invisible and not active in scene

lazy lol

it can be anything, that is the default

set the material you have it spawn with

screenshot the prefab and it's components

that one is likely still in the scene, you need to delete it and have only the ones spawned by the GeneratePlatforms script active

screenshot your Hierarchy

is that the starting platform?

are you sure you didnt accidently add any platforms?

other than the starting one

What does the platform cloner have

mind doing a video of it happening?

that's so weird

what does it look like when you play it while viewing the scene?

not game view

oh yeah then this is a visuals thing

not something with the script

have you tried adjusting any of the post processing your doing? I noticed the screen is slightly warped

could you try disabling it temporarily to see if it fixes it?

how do you produce a white background?

set it to skybox and see if that fixes it

temporarily

so the first one literally just doesnt render at all?

wtf that makes no sense

its clearly visible in scene view

could you try disabling the PlatformSpawn() that happens in start? just comment it out. I think spawned too soon

    void Start () {
       // PlatformSpawn();
        StartCoroutine("MoveCloner");
    }

like that

can you delete that camera component and add a new one

and dont change a single setting

leave it out for now

Im at a loss

Something you could try is to create a new scene, with new everything. But just add only the scripts, camera, and the new platform prefabs

and pray that it works

lmao

Im thinking that there's something overlayed at that specific spot that is hiding the first platform

Can you show me what ScoreUI looks like

in the inspector disable everything but the platform1 EventSystem Player PlatformCloner and Camera

OK I personally want to look into this. right click the Assets folder and select Show in explorer

zip the Assets folder and send me the files

had to creat a new project lol

sec

can you zip me the projectSettings folder as well

did you setup the project as a 2D URP?

k

sorry had to install a new editor

2022 was giving me weird issues

yeah

finised downloading

I honestly cant seem to find an issue

sounds like a plan