Newbie guide to Unity Javascript (long)

Hello - and thanks for this guide, I'm often referring back to it

I do have a question about your sample for Classes as follows:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. class Animal{
3.     var name;
4.     function Animal(n : String){ //this is the constructor
5.         name = n;
6.         Debug.Log(name + " was born!");
7.     }
8. }
9.  
10. cat = Animal("Whiskers");   //var keyword is optional when creating instances!
11.  

I've been trying to figure out why you have "name = n;", and why you couldn't have instead....

Code (csharp):

1. function Animal (name : String)

Thanks for the advice!

 

You could, but then the implementation of the constructor would have to look like:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. function Animal(name : String){ //this is the constructor
3.     this.name = name;
4.     Debug.Log(name + " was born!");
5. }

See the confusion?

 

I can.... I need to let it absorb in the depths of my brain for a while though

 

lol, very short but useful guide to learn basics of programming
nice work

 

thank you so much for your awesome post

 

Okay, so in the second scripting guide it says to 'Rename your script to Move1' But I can't rename it. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

 

What is happening when you try to rename the script? Is the new name not being accepted or does the text editor not appear for the name or... ?

 

Thanks for the tutorial man! Really really useful.

I'm happy that I started with Unity just last night and I already can at least do some very basic stuff... thanks to guys like you

 

I thank you for your post, i read all of it but after the classes part i've found my self little lazy to understand them i'll try to improve my skills better by checking out your links

 

Great guide that helped me get to brings with some Javascript, now finally I can make some games.

 

This is a great lesson in Unity Java. I always found learning any programming language very confusing before I got in to 3D animation and Unity. Now I have to know this stuff !!!!!

For me I'm not so good at dealing with abstract ideas, especially with math, so I need to first see a practical use for something before I can internalize it and then apply that knowledge on something else. This document you have created goes well with other tutorials I am doing right now and I have bookmarked it!

Nostrovia!

 

Hai... i want to develop an app in which i want take a 3d model of a shirt and 3d model of man and in my app i want to fit that shirt to man and change its colour i thought it is possible in unity.. so please guide me regarding this app how should i proceed....

 

I guess i could get this guide when i was new to unity but now i am understanding all unity script. But i appreciate your effort and thanks tonyd because learning have no ends . . . .

 

If you WANT TO LEARN MORE VISIT http://www.walkerboystudio.com/html/unity_training___free__.html

 

I hope you don't mind if I use this as a sort of template for my Boo scripting guide. I'll give credit to you for the idea. I wanted to use the exact scripts you did, so people could read both of our tutorials and see how they compare.

 

Sounds great, we could use a similar Boo guide.

 

Thanks, working on it now

 

Here's the first half:http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/94...t-What-do-you-mean-there-s-less-typing-!-quot
Hopefully I will have the second half translated by Saturday night.

 

Quick question here.

Can you have an array of classes?

Code (csharp):

1. class Person{
2.     var name;
3.     var career;
4. }
5.  
6. //Create objects of type Person
7. var john = Person();
8. john.name = "John Smith";
9. john.career = "doctor";
10. Debug.Log(john.name + " is a " + john.career);

In other words, if I have this code, can I have an array of Persons?


I am trying to figure out a way to store multiple variables per array item, and this seems like a good way, if it would work.

 

Code (csharp):

1. // Array
2. var people = new Person[10];
3. people[0] = new Person();
4. people[0].name = "John Smith";
5. people[0].career = "doctor";
6.  
7. // List
8. var people = new List.<Person>();
9. var john = new Person();
10. john.name = "John Smith";
11. john.career = "doctor";
12. people.Add(john);

--Eric

 

how is this not a sticky?

 

thnx man thats a lot of info and even more helpful since im a total noob to scripting. but i found it kinda hard to understand from the second last code before INHERITANCE.

 

Why is scripting sooooooo confusing to me

I mean I know much more now thanks to you! But it still just confuses me so much. I think it might be one of those things you just cant learn (for me anyway)

 

Your post was very helpfull, thanks.

 

Looks super helpful, thanks!

 

Can we have a noobie guide to C# pretty please?

 

There are already lots of those on the web. The reason for this topic is that UnityScript doesn't exist outside Unity.

--Eric

 

its a good article ，thank you

 

thanks for posting this but for a person thats never really programmed before it needs to be explained better

ps. the human brain learns best and fastest if it can relate something it is learning to something it already knows.

 

thanks for this post, it would help everyone especially me.

 

thanks very much dude

 

Thank you so much Tonyd. It's really kind of you to spend time on doing posts like these. The whole community and I appreciates it.

 

Lets bring this back up to the front page of Scripting

Great guide, but i'm still having a hard time myself. One day all of this with just fall on me and I will be able to understand it all, but so far I still am having a hard time.

I'll review this a few dozen more times. Maybe i'll start to understand

 

Thanks! This really helped me.

 

Can you use classes in unity scripting? And if so, how are they applied?

 

The first post in this topic covers that.

--Eric

 

Thank you very much, very helpful introduction.

 

Thanks for this tut. I've looked at loads of different resources in order to help me understand classes properly. You did it it a few short words - "Classes are simply new types (of variable) that YOU create." I'm not sure if this is the "long" or even most accurate explanation of classes, but it did it for me!!

 

bump? this is realy helpfull This should be stickied in the scripting forum.

 

Thank you so much for this guide to scripting. I seriously recommend you guys check out this guide, http://www.unityscript.com/lessons1/basics.php
It goes over each part if the basics of Unity script step by step and explains why he did what he did in the script. Combine that tutorial with this one and you are set to make a simple game with Unity.

 

you would say STICKY!!! im more a C# programmer but this guide is really awesome and its hard to find good unity scripting guides but this one is over all really good

 

Fantastic post..thanks a lot

 

Couldnt understand the constructor thing DX

 

Code (csharp):

1. class Animal{
2.     var name;
3.     function Animal(n : String){ //this is the constructor
4.         name = n;
5.         Debug.Log(name + " was born!");
6.     }
7.     function JustAnotherFunctionInsideTheClass(){ //this is NOT the constructor.. there can be only one
8.         name = n;
9.         Debug.Log(name + " was born!");
10.     }
11. }

Constructor thing is just a function with the same name as Class, in this case Animal. It will be always called when creating instances of a class like:

cat = Animal("Caddie");

When you got that line of code function Animal(n : String) the constructor will be executed, but function JustAnotherFunctionInsideTheClass() will be executed only when you call it, like:

cat.JustAnotherFunctionInsideTheClass()

 

*bumped to youtube for tuts.... didnt learn enough*
*bumped at other tuts.... still not enough*
*bumped at your thread..... !!! *

BRAVO! NOW I UNDERSTAND HOW UNITY'S CODE DIFFERS FROM JS!
THANKS ALOT! THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!

*two thumbs up!*

 

Thanks for the guide Tony !!! <3

 

What a wonderful guide it is! Can you please post me a link for little advanced level?

 

Really unsefull stuff!

thanks. : )

 

Hi everyone
maybe my question seems like too silly but what is meaning of dot ? "." how its read by computer i dont understand this thing something like connecting ? or i use it when i want what to do ?

like if i write
i dont understand TIme.time what means

Code (csharp):

1. var index : int = Time.time * framesPerSecond;

or

Code (csharp):

1.     var aniPlay = GetComponent ( "aniSprite" );
2.     aniPlay.aniSprite ( 16, 16, 0, 1, 16, 12 );

I know that it creates variabile aniPlay and assign aniSprite script component from same gameobject as this assigned to but what means aniPlay.aniSprite ? im sorry if i cant explain it well sorry for my english, im not from english speaking country if someone can explain it, please do
thanks

 

Thanks for this thread, it's really useful, but what about other stuff that is used in the scripts? For instance @HideInInspector @RequireComponent, I see this is read by the editor but where can we find documentation for these commands?