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How to display node descriptions / help tips?

Discussion in 'Visual Scripting' started by tenton3d, Mar 14, 2022.

  1. tenton3d

    tenton3d

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    https://gyazo.com/e3333e89ed6686e8c48cd7a270f2e163

    I've noticed on a few tutorials other users have helpful descriptions ( shown in the red boxes :D) on the nodes graph inspector. Where as mine is more minimal / without descriptions.

    I'm most likely being dumb and probably 1 click away from making them appear, but can't seem to find it. I noticed the Visual Scripting preferences menu has 'Show Variables Help' but nothing for the nodes themselves :(

    THanks in advance
     
    tenton3d, Mar 14, 2022
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  2. munchmo

    munchmo

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    What version of Unity and Visual Scripting are you using? Are the tutorials you're following recent and based on Unity's built-in visual scripting or are they based on Bolt? I checked my version of Unity (2021.2.0b14, VS 1.7.2) and it looks the same as yours. I couldn't find any option to show more information either. If the tutorials you're referencing are made in Bolt, it will likely be different although maybe Unity will eventually get to the point where they show more information about the individual nodes.
     
    munchmo, Mar 14, 2022
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  3. ericb_unity

    ericb_unity

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    It is not you, it's bolt that sadly have not got descriptions on all nodes in the node inspector. It will be better in the future with all the work we are doing on nodes but still a big work in progress.
     
    ericb_unity, Mar 14, 2022
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  4. tenton3d

    tenton3d

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    Ah ok thankyou guys for your responses, that makes sense now.

    Definitely be a great thing to get in for people starting out :)
     
    tenton3d, Mar 15, 2022
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