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Dependency Injection using Unity: Resolve Dependency of Dependencies

by Akhil Mittal

A tutorial to learn dependency injection with the help of a simple example

ReInventing Neural Networks - Part 2

by Byte-Master-101

In Part 2, the Neural Network made in Part 1 is tested in an environment made in Unity so that we can see how well it performs.

by Alexander SchuIze, Felix Herbst, Paul Kirsten

Multi-User game for AIO where players build their own spider's web

Introduction to HoloLens Development with UWP

by Joel Ivory Johnson

In this article I take a look at setting up a system for HoloLens development, the compatibility of the applications with other UWP platforms, and introduce Unity for making a 3D application

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Unity Graphics Emulator for Native Plugin Development

by EgorYusov

This article describes Unity low-level plugin interface and the Unity graphics interface emulator that facilitates native plugin development.

Exploring Electronic Game Development 2D Supported by Unity Engine

by André Marcos (Advisor), José Cláudio Silva, Victor Lopes

Unity Engine support for Electronic 2D game development

Install a Desktop Environment GUI on Ubuntu Server in Azure

by OwenDavies

Installing a desktop environment and setting up RDP to allow us to connect to our Virtual Machine

Integrating a Chatbot into Unity in C#

by DaveMathews

Using an on-device bot development framework to integrate a chatbot into unity

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1 exception was raised by workers: see the console for details.

30 Jan 2020 by Oleg Pruh

Hi, I work in Unity 2018.4.16f1 (64-bit). Today I had to build my project in Grudle, but there is a problem. Help me as soon as possible. Please do not write much, but to understand, you can write a solution step by step. 1 exception was raised by workers: See the Console for details. ...

1 exception was raised by workers: see the console for details.

30 Jan 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

java.lang.RuntimeException: Duplicate class com.unity3d.ads.BuildConfig found in modules classes.jar (:UnityAds:) and classes.jar (:unity-ads:) Duplicate class com.unity3d.ads.IUnityAdsListener found in modules classes.jar (:UnityAds:) and classes.jar (:unity-ads:) Duplicate class...

2 CS0029 error messages...

2 Aug 2020 by Hand Cubing

I tried to add Raycast for shooting by following a tutorial on youtube but I still get 2 CS0029 Error Messages the first one saying Assets\Shooting.cs(19,30): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'bool' to 'UnityEngine.RaycastHit' ...

2 CS0029 error messages...

2 Aug 2020 by Sandeep Mewara

Here, have a look: Unity - Scripting API: Physics.Raycast[^] Physics.Raycast returns a boolean type. You have assigned that to variable of type RaycastHit and thus the error. It straight away returns true if the ray intersects with a Collider,...

2d scene into 3d scene

17 May 2020 by Christian Graus

A 3D scene has more data so you can't take a 2D scene and automatically make it 3D. You could GUESS the depth of objects but you can't be sure. You can GUESS their thickness in different points, but you can't be sure.

2d scene into 3d scene

17 May 2020 by User 14475602

I have made a puzzle in 2d scene and now I want to put it in complete 3d scene. Is that even possible? How can I do that? In 3d scene, I want to put it where is visible and the player can access it with key on keyboard or somehow like that. Put...

[SOLVED] how do I change text on canvas based on states.

17 May 2017 by Chill Naga

Greetings! I'm at the end of my short text adventure game \ practice and he debugged it as far as I currently think I can. Enough that it lets me play test the thing in Unity. The initial text I put up loads just fine, but none of the keys meant to transition to other scenes with more text...

[SOLVED] how do I change text on canvas based on states.

17 May 2017 by ZurdoDev

From the comments, we found that your Text object named "text" in the code was not initialized. Since you declared it as Public it will show as an item in the Script properties in the main Unity Window. Drag and drop your Text object from the Canvas in the hierarchy into the Text property in...

`Unityengine.object.name.set': cannot explicitly call operator or accessor

1 Jan 2020 by swamy456

// HTEditorTool v2.0 (MArs 2013) // HTEditorTool library is copyright (c) of Hedgehog Team // Please send feedback or bug reports to the.hedgehog.team@gmail.com using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; using UnityEditor; public class HTEditorToolKit{ public static Texture2D...

`Unityengine.object.name.set': cannot explicitly call operator or accessor

1 Jan 2020 by Member 14704891

Change exemple myTexture.set_name("Color Texture by Hedgehog Team"); to myTexture.name = "Color Texture by Hedgehog Team";

A simple hashing class

12 Feb 2014 by charles henington

This is an alternative for "Send Mail With Attachment File"

About UnityContainer Register Default or Parameterised Constructor or Rsolve them

7 Oct 2014 by Praveen Dselva

I have A Interfacepublic interface ICountryDataService { void CountryDataService_Save(ICountry country); }And implement in a Classclass CountryDataService : DataServiceBase, ICountryDataService { public CountryDataService() { } ...

Android Platform: What Game Engines, Libraries, and APIs Should I Choose?

1 Feb 2016 by Android on Intel

This article describes the best tools and engines to use for game development.

Android unity C++ plugin - reference prototxt file

23 Oct 2021 by ThunderWiring

I'm building a C++ plugin for a Unity Android app. The plugin is using OpenCV and specifically i need to load a caffe model by using: cv::dnn::readNetFromCaffe(path to model files) Problem is, the plugin is a dll file, so what is the...

Asm.js and WebGL for Unity and Unreal Engine

2 Sep 2015 by Dave_Voyles

With the advent of WebGL and asm.js, developers can now harness much of the power of their computing device from within the browser and access markets previously unavailable.

ASP.NET MVC with Unity (Dependency Injection)

18 Jun 2014 by Ngo Thanh Tung - Softech

How to use the Unity container to add support for dependency injection to a real-world application

Assets/scripts/managers/facebookmanager.cs(87, 26): error CS0103: the name `sharelink' does not exist in the current context

18 Feb 2018 by swamy456

using UnityEngine; using UnityEngine.UI; using System.Collections; using Facebook.Unity; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Facebook.MiniJSON; public class FaceBookManager : MonoBehaviour { List readPermission = new List () { "public_profile", "user_friends",...

Azure + HoloLens = Mixed Reality to the Cloud!

24 Feb 2019 by Vangos

Azure + HoloLens = Mixed Reality to the Cloud!

BCE0019: 'active' is not a member of 'unityengine.transform'

14 Dec 2017 by swamy456

#pragma strict var target : Transform; function Start () { } function Update () { if(target.active){ gameObject.transform.position.x= target.transform.position.x; gameObject.transform.position.z= target.transform.position.z; } } What I have tried: #pragma strict var...

BCE0019: 'active' is not a member of 'unityengine.transform'

13 Dec 2017 by Richard MacCutchan

Transform does not appear to have such a property according to Unity - Scripting API: Transform[^].

BCE0019: 'active' is not a member of 'unityengine.transform'

14 Dec 2017 by phil.o

You could try: GameObject targetObject = target.gameObject; if (targetObject.activeSelf) { // ... } and targetObject.SetActive(true /* or false */); Also, the code block you showed is not well formed, you have an else statement outside of any function nor related to any if statement. I...

Best way to learn unity and C# as a beginner programmer

29 May 2020 by CodingGreek

I want to learn C # and Unity together but I am new to programming and I would like to know the best ways there are. Maybe a website, videos or even a book that could help me out in anyway. I am new to programming and already I'm understanding a...

Best way to learn unity and C# as a beginner programmer

29 May 2020 by OriginalGriff

Start of by learning C# first - ignore Unity until you have the basics done and properly sorted in your head. A course is the best idea - check locally, you may find evening classes - or a book if that isn't available (Wrox, Addison Wesley, and...

Blendability - Adding design time support for regions in Prism 6

29 Nov 2015 by MatthewThomas

Adding design time support for regions in Prism 6

Blocks going invisible (unity2d, c#)

10 Mar 2016 by Member 12376177

I'm attempting to create a script which allows me to randomly generate platforms infront of my character and the code is:using UnityEngine;using System.Collections;public class SpawnScript : MonoBehaviour{ public GameObject[] obj; public float spawnMin = 1f; public...

Blocks going invisible (unity2d, c#)

10 Mar 2016 by leon de boer

You have invoked spawn within the call of spawn.Your code goes fully reentrant .. creating objects every one to two seconds infinitely on top of each other ... HENCE THE FLASHINGLook at your hierarchy tab you get ever increasing numbers of spawnHere is you code step by step1.)...

Body Tracking using Orbbec Astra + Nuitrack (Kinect Alternative)

27 Jan 2019 by Vangos

Today, I would like to introduce you to the Orbbec Astra sensor and the Nuitrack body-tracking SDK. This is an in-depth tutorial for software developers who would like to use a new depth sensor and a new body-tracking SDK to develop amazing motion applications.

Breaking Changes and Unity

2 Jun 2015 by Paulo Zemek

Breaking changes and Unity

Building APK failed (directorynotfoundexception: could not find a part of the path "assets\plugins\android\res\drawable-xxhdpi\common_Google_signin_btn_icon_light_disabled.9.png")

15 Aug 2016 by David Dimalanta

I tried using this[^] tutorial from the App Guruz website to observe and point out the errors on not showing the leaderboard UI. Not only the codes but also the plugins as well. (see this link[^] below for more info) By the way, i'm using Unity, making games. After I succeeded in showing...

Building asset bundle compression problem via command line

4 Sep 2018 by Numan Doğruay

Hello guys. I'm trying Asset Bundle Build via command line and i can do. With this code: Object[] selectedAssets = Resources.LoadAll("Prefabs"); Object[] videos = Resources.LoadAll("Prefabs"); Debug.Log(bundlePath); Object obje = new Object(); ...

C# how do I calculate perlin noise

20 Jan 2018 by dolfijn3000

so i was watching this tutorial :PERLIN NOISE in Unity - Procedural Generation Tutorial - YouTube[^] i was looking for a way to create a heightmap in an array. i know this tutorial is made with unity but i tought i just ignore the unity stuf and only pick the stuf i need. it worked realy well...

C# how do I calculate perlin noise

20 Jan 2018 by Graeme_Grant

Had a quick look at Google Search and there is plenty of information for you: C# calculate perlin noise[^] * Understanding Perlin Noise[^] * Improved Perlin Noise Implementation in C# · GitHub[^] UPDATE: For 2D, there is an answer using the Google Search above: c# - 2D Perlin Noise - Stack...

C# script for unity drag and drop

27 Sep 2021 by Ethir Pakalela

hi there, This below code works absolutely fine : the DRAG AND DROP function works good. Here when correct image is droped on to its correct place it stays , but how to lock the image once its dropped in its correct position? using...

C# script for unity drag and drop

27 Sep 2021 by Pete O'Hanlon

There are many ways you could achieve this. You could, for instance, maintain a HashSet of animals that have been dragged like this:private HashSet _draggedAnimals = new HashSet Having done this, you would need to do two...

C# unity question with player movement

5 May 2016 by Member 12417202

Hey. I've started learning Unity and I've been following this tutorial pretty much line for line in the code, but this specific line doesn't seem to work at all.GetComponent().AddForce(input * moveSpeed);This should make the character move, but it doesn'tHere's the...

Camera movement in unity/C#

2 Apr 2020 by sOwlO

Hello, I am working on my first 2D game in Unity. And I have some struggles with camera, which seems lagy. It is like micro lags, when camera is folowing the players, sometimes. Should it be, because I used it in Update method? My code looks...

Camera movement in unity/C#

2 Apr 2020 by Gerry Schmitz

Use Stopwatch to narrow things down. Stopwatch Class (System.Diagnostics) | Microsoft Docs[^]

Can someone create me a Google play console account?

27 Apr 2021 by OriginalGriff

No. Nobody here is going to provide you with credit card information or do this for you. Instead look to see if you can find an "prepaid debit card" that you can apply for.

Can someone help optimise this code please?

7 Jun 2022 by Bl4ugr4n4 Bl4ugr4n4

using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine; public class EnemyVision : MonoBehaviour { private Enemy enemyScript; public GameObject playerCenter; public float range = 5.2f; public float...

Can you link 2 different mysql servers to read and write from each other?

6 Apr 2021 by Cody O'Meara

I have been working on a Unity game for a bit. The database is MySql. I want to create a link between the unity server I have and the website server. So I have an array of servers for my game already. I have another server that I installed...

Can you link 2 different mysql servers to read and write from each other?

6 Apr 2021 by Chris Copeland

This is an example of distributing databases and having them synchronise. It's a common practise for applications with enormous user bases (ie. YouTube) to optimise for speed, by having multiple databases available for reads and writes, and...

Change color of augmented object (AR core + unity) at runtime

25 Sep 2019 by Noshair Farooq

I am using the Image Target Detection example from AR Core SDK. I want to change the color of the object at runtime through script. A material is attached to that object. // Create an anchor to ensure that ARCore keeps tracking this augmented image. Anchor anchor =...

Augmented-Reality

Commandinvokationfailure: gradle build failed. HELP ME PLEASE! ! !

7 Apr 2020 by Oleg Pruh

CommandInvokationFailure: Gradle build failed. D:/JDK\bin\java.exe -classpath "D:\STOP\Editor\2017.4.36f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\Tools\gradle\lib\gradle-launcher-4.6.jar" org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain...

Commandinvokationfailure: gradle build failed. HELP ME PLEASE! ! !

7 Apr 2020 by Member 14795952

Guy your date and time is wrong change it and go on with building your stuff

Convert Class To Stream

17 Aug 2015 by sdsoft.comze.com

i am trying to save gamesdata in file but in gives error cannot Convert GameData to System.To.Stream Severity Code Description Project File LineError CS1503 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'GameData' to 'System.IO.Stream' Assembly-CSharp-vs GameControle.cs 43......... Help Me ...

Convert Class To Stream

16 Aug 2015 by George Jonsson

Try to change your GameData class and use public properties instead.[Serializable]class GameData{ public bool IsGameStartedFirstTime { get; set; } public bool IsMusicOn { get; set; } public int HighSchore { get; set; } public bool[] Levels { get; set;...

Count List stays 0 after adding an item and resolving via unity container

1 Apr 2015 by Herman<T>.Instance

Hi Everyone,I have a small issue but cannot figure out to get it working.I have a windows Service and each minute it does some tasks.To test if I can store all my exceptions in memory (and later send them to a database as soon as a disconnect db is connected again).In the class holding...

Create a simple maths game

27 Nov 2019 by Member 13925784

So I am creating a maths game, I've started the simple functions etc however when coming to providing the user with a correct and incorrect screen I've become confused. The user will be provided with a equation which they have to create a diagram to equal that equation. So where I'm stuck is...

Create a simple maths game

27 Nov 2019 by OriginalGriff

Please don't repost the same question - five days ago you posted the same thing: C# maths game (unity)[^] which shows that you have done nothing in the meantime to even try to get started. While we are more than willing to help those that are stuck: but that doesn't mean that we are here to do...

Creating a game in unity will it work for all platforms?

5 Mar 2016 by devonJones

If I follow a guide i.e on YouTube, lets say they are creating a 2d platformer on for the PC, will it work for an Android aswell?Was thinking of writing the game in C#New to game development!What I have tried:I've tried looking at youtube videos and looking over the comments...

Creating a game in unity will it work for all platforms?

5 Mar 2016 by Per Söderlund

Yes it will work on android as well.You can read about it at their website.Unity - Multiplatform - Publish your game to over 10 platformsBut I think you have to do manual coding for touch.Not sure if there are presets in the editor, like mouse and gamepads (sensitivity,gravity...

Creating a game like Clicker Heroes

23 Nov 2015 by BladeLogan

Hello!So my friend is trying to develop a game like Clicker Heroes.& he needs to know what the best way would be to go by when making such a game, would Unity be the best option? Or could he do it in a WPF app in visual studio.What we are trying to figure out is what would be the...

Creating a game like Clicker Heroes

23 Nov 2015 by Richard MacCutchan

See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/games-development-msdn.aspx[^].

Crossword puzzle unity

28 Oct 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

Google for it. No, nobody here is going to make an entire video and share the entire code for you. That's not helping you. That's doing your job for you.

Crossword puzzle unity

29 Oct 2018 by Patrice T

Quote: In unity 5, Did you know about "How to make Crossword Puzzle in unity?" for mobile and can you share the video, step by step, and script for me? The help you want is someone doing your job. Think about hiring a professional programmer. He will do anything you want as long as you pay him....

Day 100 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Adding the Power-Up Upgrade Into the Game

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

How to add power-up upgrade into the game

Day 11: Using Real Enemy Asset from the Unity Asset Store

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to use Real enemy asset from the Unity Asset Store

Day 12: Creating AI Movements For Enemies In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create AI movements for enemies in Unity

Day 16: Using A Real Gun Model In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to use a real gun model in Unity

Day 17: Shooting With A Gun In Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to shoot with a gun in Unity

Day 18: Creating Weapon Ammo in Unity

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create weapon ammo in Unity

Day 19: Creating Player Health System and Health UI in Unity

12 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create Player Health System and Health UI in Unity

Day 1: Going through the Unity Ball Tutorial

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Going through the Unity Ball tutorial

Day 20: Fixing Game Object Collider in Unity

12 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to fix Game Object Collider in Unity

Day 25 of 100 Days of VR: Creating Victory State After We Defeat All Enemies

13 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create Victory state after we defeat all enemies

Day 27 of 100 Days of VR: Adding New Bandit Enemy

16 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Adding new bandit enemy

Day 28 of 100 Days of VR: Adding A New Tank Enemy

17 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to add a new tank enemy

Day 29 of 100 Days of VR: Spawning New Enemies in Unity and Dealing With “Ghost” Colliders

18 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to spawn new enemies in Unity and deal with "Ghost" colliders

Day 2: Going through the Unity Space Shooter - Tutorial I

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Going through the Unity space shooter tutorial

Day 30 of 100 Days of VR: Creating a Time Score System in Unity

18 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a time score system in Unity

Day 32 of 100 Days of VR: Learning about Saving and Loading Data in Unity

24 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to save and load data in Unity

Day 33 of 100 Days of VR: Implementing the High Score System

30 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to implement the high score system

Day 34 of 100 Days of VR: Setting Up the Google Cardboard In Unity

2 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to set up the Google Cardboard in Unity

Day 35 of 100 Days of VR: How to Run Google Cardboard on an Android Device in Unity

7 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to run Google Cardboard on an Android Device in Unity

Day 36 of 100 Days of VR: Getting Our FPS Game Running in VR

7 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to get our FPS game running in VR

Day 37 of 100 Days of VR: Adding Basic VR Changes Into Our FPS

14 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to add basic VR changes into our FPS

Day 38 of 100 Days of VR: Creating a VR First Person Shooter I

15 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Creating a VR first person shooter I

Day 39 of 100 Days of VR: Creating a VR First Person Shooter II

17 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a VR first person shooter II

Day 40 of 100 Days of VR: Creating a VR First Person Shooter III – UI

19 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a VR first person shooter - III

Day 42 of 100 Days of VR: Using the Daydream Controller with our FPS

30 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to use the Daydream controller with our FPS

Day 43 of 100 Days of VR: Setting up Google Spatial Audio in Unity

30 Nov 2017 by IAmJoshChang

How to set up Google Spatial Audio in Unity

Day 5: Survival Shooter - Tutorial I

10 Oct 2017 by IAmJoshChang

Survival Shooter - tutorial I

Day 62 of 100 Days of VR: Implementing Movement in Google Daydream

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to implement movement in Google Daydream

Day 63 of 100 Days of VR: Rotating a Vector and Moving in the Direction the Player Is Facing In Unity

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to rotate a Vector and move in the direction the player is facing in Unity

virtual-reality

Day 64 of 100 Days of VR: How to Add an Outline Effect on Game Objects

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to add an outline effect on game objects

virtual-reality

Day 65 of 100 Days of VR: Adding the Outline Effect Material on Game Objects In Unity

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to apply the outline effect on our Ball game object

virtual-reality

Day 66 of 100 Days of VR: Picking up and Throwing Objects In Unity - Part 1

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

We spent the past 2 days looking at how we can create an outline effect on our game object, now it’s time to move on to the fun part. Implementing the ability to throw game objects!

virtual-reality

Day 67 of 100 Days of VR: Picking up and Throwing Objects In Unity - Part 2

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

Picking up and throwing objects in Unity

virtual-reality

Day 68 of 100 Days of VR: Creating a Menu In Unity

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a menu in Unity

virtual-reality

Day 69 of 100 Days of VR: Writing Code To Interact With Menus in Unity

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to write code to interact with Menus in Unity

virtual-reality

Day 70 of 100 Days of VR: How to Implement Menu Scrolling in Unity

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to implement Menu scrolling in Unity

virtual-reality

Day 71 of 100 Days of VR: How To Create A Menu That Stays In Your Screen In Unity

27 May 2018 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a menu that stays in your screen in Unity

virtual-reality

Day 82 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Adding Pickup Sound Effects

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

How to go about adding sound effects into our game

Day 85 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Creating a Magnet Power-Up

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

How to create a magnet power up

Day 86 of 100 Days of VR: Endless Flyer – Implementing Magnet Effect in Unity

6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang

Infrastructure to write the magnet power up