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Is it possible to include a variable inside of a vector3?

I trying to make a game kind of like slope, where there are new obstacles every 3 seconds.
Instead of making infinite spawn points, I thought of making the first one and change the z by 20 pixels. the problem is I don't know how I can make a Vector3 storing 2 integers and a variable.
I'm kind of stuck so I haven't tried anything since I don't know what to try.
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class levelgen : MonoBehaviour
{
private int count = 9;
public GameObject[] templates;
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
public Vector3 spawn = new Vector3(-2, 0, count);
int rand = Random.RandomRange(1, 5); //1-5 types of levels
Instantiate(templates[rand], spawn1, Quaternion.identity);
count = count + 20;
}
}
I want to store the variable count in the Vector3 spawn.

You can't store anything else into the Vector3 or any other built in variables*. You can, and you should make custom containers for your variables like classes or structs
public struct Custom
{
int a;
int b;
string name;
int count;
}
or something like
public struct Custom
{
Vector3 vec;
int count;
}

Sure you can .. but it will not be called count anymore but e.g. z
public class levelgen : MonoBehaviour
{
// You can not declare a public field within a method
// so move it to class scope
public Vector3 spawn = new Vector3(-2, 0, 9);
public GameObject[] templates;
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
// Here NOTE that for int parameters the second argument is "exclusiv"
// so if you want correct indices you should always rather use
int rand = Random.RandomRange(0, templates.Length);
// I will just assume a typo and use spawn instead of spawn1
Instantiate(templates[rand], spawn, Quaternion.identity);
spawn.z += 20;
// Or I would prefer since this works in general
// Vector3.forward is a shorthand for writing new Vector3(0, 0, 1)
// and this works in general
spawn += Vector3.forward * 20;
// you can e.g. NOT use
//transform.position.z += 20
// but only
//transform.position += Vector3.forward * 20;
}
}
Note Having this code Instantiate a new object every frame in general is a very bad idea. If you really need so many objects checkout Object Pooling

Every time you want to change the z-axis for a new spawn you will need to reassign it to your Vector3 variable. You could do this in a for loop as seen below.
zPosition in this case is storing the latest zPosition value so you don't need to store it anywhere else. If you want to spawn more obstacles after the initial 10 then it will pick up from the zPosition where it left off.
public class levelgen : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject[] templates;
public Vector3 spawn;
int zPosition = 0;
void Start()
{
GenerateObstacles(10);
}
void GenerateObstacles (int numObstacles)
{
for (int i = 0; i < numObstacles; i++)
{
spawn = new Vector3(-2, 0, zPosition);
int rand = Random.Range(0, 6); //1-5 types of levels
Instantiate(templates[rand], spawn, Quaternion.identity);
zPosition += 20;
}
}
}

How can I generate the units at the same time?

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class GenerateStairs : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("Stairs Prefb")]
public GameObject stairsPrefab;
[Space(5)]
[Header("Platforms")]
public bool addPlatforms = false;
public GameObject platformsPrefab;
[Space(5)]
[Header("Settings")]
[Range(1, 20)]
public int numberOfUnits = 1;
public float delay = 3;
public int stairsNumber = 5;
public Vector3 stairsStartPosition;
public Vector3 stairSize;
public Vector3 stairsSize;
public float stepWidthFactor = 1f;
private Vector3 stairsPosition;
private GameObject stairsParent;
private int oldNumberOfUnits = 0;
// Use this for initialization
void Start()
{
oldNumberOfUnits = numberOfUnits;
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfUnits; i++)
{
stairsParent = new GameObject();
stairsParent.name = "Stairs";
StartCoroutine(BuildStairs());
}
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
if(oldNumberOfUnits != numberOfUnits)
{
StartCoroutine(BuildStairs());
oldNumberOfUnits = numberOfUnits;
}
}
private IEnumerator BuildStairs()
{
for (int i = 1; i <= stairsNumber; i++)
{
stairsPosition = new Vector3(
stairsStartPosition.x,
stairsStartPosition.y + (i * stairsSize.y),
stairsStartPosition.z + (i * stairsSize.y) * stepWidthFactor);
GameObject stair = Instantiate(
stairsPrefab,
stairsPosition,
Quaternion.identity);
stair.tag = "Stair";
stair.transform.parent = stairsParent.transform;
stair.transform.localScale = stairSize;
yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);
}
stairsParent.AddComponent<MoveObjects>().Init();
}
}
In the Start I'm doing a loop and start the Coroutine according to the numberOfunits.
It's working fine if numberOfUnits is 1. But is it's more then 1 for example 2 it's first creating the first set of stairs but then on the second "Stairs" parent it's creating only 1 stair. I don't want it to wait to finish the first Coroutine I want in the same time to create number of Coroutine's of stairs.
And I want also to add a gap between each stairs unit.
And also to make that in the Update if I change the numberOfUnits it will add/destroy more stairs units. All the stairs units should be Instantiate inside StartCoroutine.

You are mistaking how the coroutine works its not at thread. What is happening is your continually invoking the coroutine so its starting over and over again not creating a separate instance.
what you should do is create create a prefab and Instantiate that to do the work. My last remark was about threads but you wont be able to instantiate anything unless its on the main thread so the easiest way to get this done would be like so.
public GameObject yourGoWithAboveClassOnIt;
void Start()
{
oldNumberOfUnits = numberOfUnits;
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfUnits; i++)
{
Instantiate(yourGoWithAboveClassOnIt);
}
}
your prior class will remove this
void Start()
{
//oldNumberOfUnits = numberOfUnits;
//for (int i = 0; i < numberOfUnits; i++)
//{
stairsParent = new GameObject();
stairsParent.name = "Stairs";
StartCoroutine(BuildStairs());
//}
}

How do I get a component from a ever changing List of objects?

while working in a 3d endless runner game in unity I came across this issue. I have a List of platforms(segments/roads) that lay in front of the player while the player runs in z direction. I have downloaded a new asset package called Dreamteck splines. So each platform has a spline component attached to it. Once a platform is laid the player grabs the spline and runs according to the pattern of the spline.
Let's say that the player is on the first platform. When the player reaches the end of the first platform's spline, the OnEndReached() event handler is called, which basically says what you want to happen when the spline's endpoint is reached. So I want to know how to I get the next spline once the end is reached.
P = player
As seen in the image above this is what I am trying to accomplish. As a brief description of how platforms are laid is that once the player goes to the next road the one he just passed gets disabled so next time he can reuse the road in front of the player in random manner.
The code: track manager script.
public Segment[] tilePrefabs;
public static Segment newSegment;
public static List<Segment> m_Segments;
public static List<Segment> m_PastSegements;
private int m_SafeSegmentLeft;
private int m_PreSegments = -1;
private float startingSegmentDistance = 4f;
private int startingSafeSegments = 2;
private int amtSegmentsOnScreen = 10;
private float segmentRemovalDistace = -40f;
private float m_TotalWorldDistance;
private float m_CurrentSegmentDistance;
void Update ()
{
while (m_Segments.Count < amtSegmentsOnScreen)
{
SpawnNewSegment();
}
m_TotalWorldDistance += scaledSpeed;
m_CurrentSegmentDistance += scaledSpeed;
if (m_CurrentSegmentDistance > m_Segments[0].worldLength)
{
m_CurrentSegmentDistance -= m_Segments[0].worldLength;
m_PastSegements.Add(m_Segments[0]);
m_Segments.RemoveAt(0);
}
Vector3 currentPos;
Quaternion currentRot;
Transform playerTransform = playerMotor.transform;
m_Segments[0].GetPointAtInWorldUnit(m_CurrentSegmentDistance, out currentPos, out currentRot);
bool needRecenter = currentPos.sqrMagnitude > floatingOriginThreshold;
if (needRecenter)
{
int count = m_Segments.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
m_Segments[i].transform.position -= currentPos;
}
count = m_PastSegements.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
m_PastSegements[i].transform.position -= currentPos;
}
m_Segments[0].GetPointAtInWorldUnit(m_CurrentSegmentDistance, out currentPos, out currentRot);
}
playerTransform.rotation = currentRot;
playerTransform.position = currentPos;
for (int i = 0; i < m_PastSegements.Count; i++)
{
if ((m_PastSegements[i].transform.position - currentPos).z < segmentRemovalDistace)
{
m_PastSegements[i].Cleanup();
m_PastSegements.RemoveAt(i);
i--;
}
}
}
public void SpawnNewSegment()
{
int useSegment = Random.Range(0, tilePrefabs.Length);
if (useSegment == m_PreSegments)
{
useSegment = (useSegment + 1) % tilePrefabs.Length;
}
Segment segmentToUse = tilePrefabs[useSegment];
newSegment = Instantiate(segmentToUse, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity);
Vector3 currentExitPoint;
Quaternion currentExitRotation;
if (m_Segments.Count > 0)
m_Segments[m_Segments.Count - 1].GetPointAt(1.0f, out currentExitPoint, out currentExitRotation);
else
{
currentExitPoint = transform.position;
currentExitRotation = transform.rotation;
}
newSegment.transform.rotation = currentExitRotation;
Vector3 entryPoint;
Quaternion entryRotation;
newSegment.GetPointAt(0.0f, out entryPoint, out entryRotation);
Vector3 pos = currentExitPoint + (newSegment.transform.position - entryPoint);
newSegment.transform.position = pos;
newSegment.manager = this;
newSegment.transform.localScale = new Vector3((Random.value > 0.5f ? -1 : 1), 1, 1);
newSegment.objectRoot.localScale = new Vector3(1.0f / newSegment.transform.localScale.x, 1, 1);
if (m_SafeSegmentLeft <= 0)
SpawnObstacle(newSegment);
else
m_SafeSegmentLeft -= 1;
m_Segments.Add(newSegment);
}
The player script
//Current tile segment;
private Segment currentSegment;
//Spline Follower
private SplineFollower follower
//For Dreamteck spline -->
private Segment nextSegment;
void Start()
{
playerCollider = GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>();
anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
follower = GetComponent<SplineFollower>();
moveLane = currentLane;
follower.onEndReached += Follower_onEndReached;
}
private void Follower_onEndReached()
{
currentSegment = nextSegment;
follower.computer = currentSegment.spline;
}
void OnTriggerEnter(Collider col)
{
nextSegment = col.GetComponentInParent<Segment>();
}
The segment script : Attached to each road/ platform
public SplineComputer spline;
public static Segment next;
SplinePoint[] points;
void Start()
{
spline = GetComponentInChildren<SplineComputer>();
spline.space = SplineComputer.Space.Local;
points = spline.GetPoints();
if (points.Length == 0)
return;
}
At the moment I use colliders, each road has a box collider component. Once the player reach end of the platform it does get the next spline component. It works but sometimes it fails to recognize the next spline and use the same spline which causes the player to run the same platform that he passed again and again.
So I'm out of ideas. So came here to find a solution or advice. Help would be appreciated.

In this case I would simply store my possible segments in a List then when I reached the end get the next segment and move the current 1st segment to the end or where ever you want to move it in the list.
That is
public Segment currentSegment;
public List<Segment> segments;
void OnEndReached()
{
//Put the completed segmetn back in the list ... probably at the end or randomized anywhere but at the start
segments.Insert(segments.Count-1, currentSegment);
//Now get the next segment
currentSegment = segments[0];
segments.RemoveAt(0);
}
In this model you have a simple List which represents the order your segments will appear in, you always set the current segment to the next in the list e.g. index 0 and you put them back in the list when done... putting them at the end or if you want to randomize order slotting them in anyware except index 0 e.g.
segments.Insert(UnityEngine.Random.Range(1, segments.Count), currentSegment);
Note that I removed the segment I am on from the list ... the list just represents the upcoming order which in runner games I find it handy to know that e.g. so I can reset things, change attributes of the segments based on performance, score, etc.

Using OnTriggerEnter, or OnTriggerEnter2D if you're dealing with 2D colliders, should do the job. But as you say you already are working with colliders, I assume this is what you have tried.
You could try:
OnTriggerStay
A Raycast down to the ground object. In this link is a 2D Example: https://kylewbanks.com/blog/unity-2d-checking-if-a-character-or-object-is-on-the-ground-using-raycasts
You can also raycast with 3D objects.
What you would be using it for in this case is basically to shoot a "laser" into the ground below your player and grab an object there based on which layers you tell it to hit. So if you have a layer called "Ground" which your platform is part of, then it can only return objects from that layer.
Just remember to raycast often so it's updated to reflect the game.

Setting the spawn position for a 3D object

I am making an endless runner style game in unity where the floor tiles spawn randomly and endlessly in front of the player as they run and delete themselves after a certain distance behind the player this is all working fine and as intended however the individual tiles spawn about half way inside each other and as much as I try to debug my code I can't seem to effect them. Ideally, I want the code to do exactly what it's doing, but the tiles spawn end to end rather than inside each other.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Tile_Manager : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject[] tilePrefabs;
private Transform playerTransform;
private float spawnZ = 5.0f;
private float tileLength = 5.0f;
private float safeZone = 7.0f;
private int amtTilesOnScreen = 10;
private int lastPrefabIndex = 0;
private List<GameObject> activeTiles;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
activeTiles = new List<GameObject>();
playerTransform = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("Player").transform;
for (int i = 0; i < amtTilesOnScreen; i++)
{
if (i < 2)
SpawnTile(0);
else
SpawnTile();
}
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
if (playerTransform.position.z - safeZone > (spawnZ - amtTilesOnScreen * tileLength))
{
SpawnTile();
DeleteTile();
}
}
private void SpawnTile(int prefabIndex = -1)
{
GameObject go;
if (prefabIndex == -1)
go = Instantiate(tilePrefabs[RandomPrefabIndex()]) as GameObject;
else
go = Instantiate(tilePrefabs[prefabIndex]) as GameObject;
go.transform.SetParent(transform);
go.transform.position = Vector3.forward * spawnZ;
spawnZ += tileLength;
activeTiles.Add (go);
}
private void DeleteTile()
{
Destroy(activeTiles [0]);
activeTiles.RemoveAt (0);
}
private int RandomPrefabIndex()
{
if (tilePrefabs.Length <= 1)
return 0;
int randomIndex = lastPrefabIndex;
while (randomIndex == lastPrefabIndex)
{
randomIndex = Random.Range(0, tilePrefabs.Length);
}
lastPrefabIndex = randomIndex;
return randomIndex;
}
}
stacked tiles

You need to take the length of a tile into account. Try changing this
go.transform.position = Vector3.forward * spawnZ;
to this
go.transform.position = Vector3.forward * (spawnZ + tileLength / 2);
to add half the tile length to the spawn position.

Wouldn't you want
go.transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * spawnZ);
not position?
As you're spawning things relative to the world coordinate system.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.Translate.html

objects using their own unique waypoints array

update...
First Class
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
[System.Serializable]
public class Wave
{
public GameObject enemyPrefab;
public float spawnInterval = 2;
public int maxEnemies = 20;
}
public class SpawnEnemy : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject[] waypoints;
public GameObject testEnemyPrefab;
public Wave[] waves;
public int timeBetweenWaves = 5;
private GameManagerBehavior gameManager;
private float lastSpawnTime;
private int enemiesSpawned = 0;
// Use this for initialization
void Start()
{
lastSpawnTime = Time.time;
gameManager =
GameObject.Find("GameManager").GetComponent<GameManagerBehavior>();
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
// 1 Get the index of the current wave, and check if it’s the last one.
int currentWave = gameManager.Wave;
if (currentWave < waves.Length)
{
// 2 If so, calculate how much time passed since the last enemy spawn and whether it’s time to spawn an enemy. Here you consider two cases.
// If it’s the first enemy in the wave, you check whether timeInterval is bigger than timeBetweenWaves.
// Otherwise, you check whether timeInterval is bigger than this wave’s spawnInterval. In either case, you make sure you haven’t spawned all the enemies for this wave.
float timeInterval = Time.time - lastSpawnTime;
float spawnInterval = waves[currentWave].spawnInterval;
if (((enemiesSpawned == 0 && timeInterval > timeBetweenWaves) ||
timeInterval > spawnInterval) &&
enemiesSpawned < waves[currentWave].maxEnemies)
{
// 3 If necessary, spawn an enemy by instantiating a copy of enemyPrefab. You also increase the enemiesSpawned count.
lastSpawnTime = Time.time;
GameObject newEnemy = (GameObject)
Instantiate(waves[currentWave].enemyPrefab);
newEnemy.GetComponent<MoveEnemy>().waypoints = waypoints;
newEnemy.GetComponent<MoveEnemy>().JiggleWaypoints();
enemiesSpawned++;
}
// 4 You check the number of enemies on screen. If there are none and it was the last enemy in the wave you spawn the next wave.
// You also give the player 10 percent of all gold left at the end of the wave.
if (enemiesSpawned == waves[currentWave].maxEnemies &&
GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Enemy") == null)
{
gameManager.Wave++;
gameManager.Gold = Mathf.RoundToInt(gameManager.Gold * 1.1f);
enemiesSpawned = 0;
lastSpawnTime = Time.time;
}
// 5 Upon beating the last wave this runs the game won animation.
}
else {
gameManager.gameOver = true;
GameObject gameOverText = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("GameWon");
gameOverText.GetComponent<Animator>().SetBool("gameOver", true);
}
}
}
Second Class
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class MoveEnemy : MonoBehaviour
{
[System.NonSerialized]
public GameObject[] waypoints;
private int currentWaypoint = 0;
private float lastWaypointSwitchTime;
public float speed = 1.0f;
// Use this for initialization
void Start()
{
lastWaypointSwitchTime = Time.time;
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
// 1
Vector3 startPosition = waypoints[currentWaypoint].transform.position;
Vector3 endPosition = waypoints[currentWaypoint + 1].transform.position;
// 2
float pathLength = Vector3.Distance(startPosition, endPosition);
float totalTimeForPath = pathLength / speed;
float currentTimeOnPath = Time.time - lastWaypointSwitchTime;
gameObject.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(startPosition, endPosition, currentTimeOnPath / totalTimeForPath);
// 3
if (gameObject.transform.position.Equals(endPosition))
{
if (currentWaypoint < waypoints.Length - 2)
{
// 3.a
currentWaypoint++;
lastWaypointSwitchTime = Time.time;
RotateIntoMoveDirection();
}
else {
// 3.b
Destroy(gameObject);
AudioSource audioSource = gameObject.GetComponent<AudioSource>();
AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(audioSource.clip, transform.position);
//<< deduct health
GameManagerBehavior gameManager =
GameObject.Find("GameManager").GetComponent<GameManagerBehavior>();
gameManager.Health -= 1;
//>>
}
}
}
public void JiggleWaypoints()
{
for (int i = 1; i < waypoints.Length; i++)
{
waypoints[i].transform.position = new Vector3(waypoints[i].transform.position.x + Random.Range(-3, 3), waypoints[i].transform.position.y + Random.Range(-3, 3), 0);
}
}
private void RotateIntoMoveDirection()
{
//1 It calculates the bug’s current movement direction by subtracting the current waypoint’s position from that of the next waypoint.
Vector3 newStartPosition = waypoints[currentWaypoint].transform.position;
Vector3 newEndPosition = waypoints[currentWaypoint + 1].transform.position;
Vector3 newDirection = (newEndPosition - newStartPosition);
//2 It uses Mathf.Atan2 to determine the angle toward which newDirection points, in radians, assuming zero points to the right.
// Multiplying the result by 180 / Mathf.PI converts the angle to degrees.
float x = newDirection.x;
float y = newDirection.y;
float rotationAngle = Mathf.Atan2(y, x) * 180 / Mathf.PI;
//3 Finally, it retrieves the child named Sprite and rotates it rotationAngle degrees along the z-axis.
// Note that you rotate the child instead of the parent so the health bar — you’ll add it soon — remains horizontal.
GameObject sprite = (GameObject)
gameObject.transform.FindChild("Sprite").gameObject;
sprite.transform.rotation =
Quaternion.AngleAxis(rotationAngle, Vector3.forward);
}
public float distanceToGoal()
{
float distance = 0;
distance += Vector3.Distance(
gameObject.transform.position,
waypoints[currentWaypoint + 1].transform.position);
for (int i = currentWaypoint + 1; i < waypoints.Length - 1; i++)
{
Vector3 startPosition = waypoints[i].transform.position;
Vector3 endPosition = waypoints[i + 1].transform.position;
distance += Vector3.Distance(startPosition, endPosition);
}
return distance;
}
}
Code is working 100% without errors, BUT....
After each spawn all objects get the same waypoint array. This can be seen on the screen as all objects jump to new waypoint in line together each time new object is spawned. I want the object which is already spawn to live life with it's own array of only once created waypoints.

You need to create a new array of waypoints each time you create one from the prefabricated object. You don't show your Instantiate method but I'm guessing that it has a line like this:
this.waypoints = prefab.waypoints;
This will mean that all object you create will share the same list of waypoints (as you've discovered).
What you need is something like this - assuming that the waypoints have X, Y, and Z properties):
this.waypoints = new GameObject[5];
for (int i = 0; i++ ; i < 5)
{
this.waypoints[i].X = prefab.waypoints[i].X;
this.waypoints[i].Y = prefab.waypoints[i].Y;
this.waypoints[i].Z = prefab.waypoints[i].Z;
}
(If you want your points to be a variable length you might want to consider using a list).
This means that each object has a list of unique points even if they start with the same values you can change each independently.

Based on ChrisFs' and Joe Blows' answers, do something like this in your MoveEnemy script:
private Vector3[] myWay;
public void JiggleWaypoints(GameObject[] waypoints)
{
myWay = new Vector3[waypoints.Length];
for(int i = 1; i < waypoints.Length; i++)
{
myWay[i] = new Vector3(waypoints[i].transform.position.x + Random.Range(-3, 4), waypoints[i].transform.position.y + Random.Range(-3, 4), 0);
}
}
myWay replaces the GameObject[].
In your SpawnEnemy script you do this:
GameObject e = (GameObject)Instantiate(enemyPrefab);
e.GetComponent<MoveEnemy>().JiggleWaypoints(waypoints);