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it says Input doesnt contain a definition for GetKey

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by fathex, Aug 22, 2021.

  1. fathex

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    void FixedUpdate()
    {
    rb.AddForce(0, 0, forwardForce * Time.deltaTime);

    if ( Input.Getkey("d") )
    {
    rb.AddForce(500 * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0);
    }

    if ( Input.Getkey("a") )
    {
    rb.AddForce(-500 * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0);
    }
    }
     
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  2. fathex

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    i checked everything 10 times still no idea why it doesnt work
     
  3. exiguous

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    First please use code tags when posting code (topmost pinned thread in the scripting forum).

    Second C# (and most programming languages) are case sensitive. So you should verify your capitalization.
     
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  4. fathex

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    ty that was the problem
     
  5. Kurt-Dekker

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    Don't check everything ten times. That's not a good strategy.

    Instead, learn how to read errors. They are made to be explicitly easy for you to read. Here's how:

    First, remember: NOBODY memorizes error codes. The error code is absolutely the least useful part of the error. It serves no purpose at all. Forget the error code. Put it out of your mind.

    The complete error message contains everything you need to know to fix the error yourself.

    Always start with the FIRST error in the list, as sometimes that error causes or compounds some or all of the subsequent errors.

    The important parts of the error message are:

    - the description of the error itself (google this; you are NEVER the first one!)
    - the file it occurred in (critical!)
    - the line number and character position (the two numbers in parentheses)

    All of that information is in the actual error message and you must pay attention to it. Learn how to identify it instantly so you don't have to stop your progress and fiddle around with the forum.

    Finally, if you are going to monkey-bang tutorial code in, this will save you a lot of time:

    How to do tutorials properly:

    Tutorials are a GREAT idea. Tutorials should be used this way:

    Step 1. Follow the tutorial and do every single step of the tutorial 100% precisely the way it is shown. Even the slightest deviation (even a single character!) generally ends in disaster. That's how software engineering works. Every single letter must be spelled, capitalized, punctuated and spaced (or not spaced) properly. Fortunately this is the easiest part to get right. Be a robot. Don't make any mistakes. BE PERFECT IN EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE.

    If you get any errors, learn how to read the error code and fix it. Google is your friend here. Do NOT continue until you fix the error. The error will probably be somewhere near the parenthesis numbers (line and character position) in the file. It is almost CERTAINLY your typo causing the error, so look again and fix it.

    Step 2. Go back and work through every part of the tutorial again, and this time explain it to your doggie. See how I am doing that in my avatar picture? If you have no dog, explain it to your house plant. If you are unable to explain any part of it, STOP. DO NOT PROCEED. Now go learn how that part works. Read the documentation on the functions involved. Go back to the tutorial and try to figure out WHY they did that. This is the part that takes a LOT of time when you are new. It might take days or weeks to work through a single 5-minute tutorial. Stick with it. You will learn.

    Step 2 is the part everybody seems to miss. Without Step 2 you are simply a code-typing monkey and outside of the specific tutorial you did, you will be completely lost.

    Of course, all this presupposes no errors in the tutorial. For certain tutorial makers (like Unity, Brackeys, Imphenzia, Sebastian Lague) this is usually the case. For some other less-well-known content creators, this is less true. Read the comments on the video: did anyone have issues like you did? If there's an error, you will NEVER be the first guy to find it.

    Beyond that, Step 3, 4, 5 and 6 become easy because you already understand!
     
  6. MatlineTG

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    EVERYTIME I GET THAT ERROR I TRY TO FIX IT AND END UP WITH ANOTHER ERROR IM LOSING MY MIND
     
  7. MelvMay

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    Please don't make posts like this, especially full-caps no-information posts on someone elses thread.

    If you have a problem then create your own thread and state what's going wrong. If you keep having the "same error" then it means you're having the same problem; you don't understand C# is case sensitive and are typing things wrong, pure and simple.

    If this isn't the problem then it isn't the same problem so again, please create your own thread.

    Thanks.
     
  8. Kurt-Dekker

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    You cannot type code ALL IN CAPS... is that your problem?

    If not, slow down, take a deep breath and review your process. It sounds like you are getting breathless and defocused. Stay focused, move slowly, and when in doubt, slow down more and cross-check your work.

    Tutorials and example code are great, but keep this in mind to maximize your success and minimize your frustration:

    How to do tutorials properly, two (2) simple steps to success:

    Step 1. Follow the tutorial and do every single step of the tutorial 100% precisely the way it is shown. Even the slightest deviation (even a single character!) generally ends in disaster. That's how software engineering works. Every step must be taken, every single letter must be spelled, capitalized, punctuated and spaced (or not spaced) properly, literally NOTHING can be omitted or skipped.

    Fortunately this is the easiest part to get right: Be a robot. Don't make any mistakes.
    BE PERFECT IN EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE!!


    If you get any errors, learn how to read the error code and fix your error. Google is your friend here. Do NOT continue until you fix your error. Your error will probably be somewhere near the parenthesis numbers (line and character position) in the file. It is almost CERTAINLY your typo causing the error, so look again and fix it.

    Step 2. Go back and work through every part of the tutorial again, and this time explain it to your doggie. See how I am doing that in my avatar picture? If you have no dog, explain it to your house plant. If you are unable to explain any part of it, STOP. DO NOT PROCEED. Now go learn how that part works. Read the documentation on the functions involved. Go back to the tutorial and try to figure out WHY they did that. This is the part that takes a LOT of time when you are new. It might take days or weeks to work through a single 5-minute tutorial. Stick with it. You will learn.

    Step 2 is the part everybody seems to miss. Without Step 2 you are simply a code-typing monkey and outside of the specific tutorial you did, you will be completely lost. If you want to learn, you MUST do Step 2.

    Of course, all this presupposes no errors in the tutorial. For certain tutorial makers (like Unity, Brackeys, Imphenzia, Sebastian Lague) this is usually the case. For some other less-well-known content creators, this is less true. Read the comments on the video: did anyone have issues like you did? If there's an error, you will NEVER be the first guy to find it.

    Beyond that, Step 3, 4, 5 and 6 become easy because you already understand!

    Finally, when you have errors...

    Remember: NOBODY here memorizes error codes. That's not a thing. The error code is absolutely the least useful part of the error. It serves no purpose at all. Forget the error code. Put it out of your mind.

    The complete error message contains everything you need to know to fix the error yourself.

    The important parts of the error message are:

    - the description of the error itself (google this; you are NEVER the first one!)
    - the file it occurred in (critical!)
    - the line number and character position (the two numbers in parentheses)
    - also possibly useful is the stack trace (all the lines of text in the lower console window)

    Always start with the FIRST error in the console window, as sometimes that error causes or compounds some or all of the subsequent errors. Often the error will be immediately prior to the indicated line, so make sure to check there as well.

    All of that information is in the actual error message and you must pay attention to it. Learn how to identify it instantly so you don't have to stop your progress and fiddle around with the forum.

    Do not necro-post someone else's thread. Start your own... it's FREE!

    How to report your problem productively in the Unity3D forums:

    http://plbm.com/?p=220

    This is the bare minimum of information to report:

    - what you want
    - what you tried
    - what you expected to happen
    - what actually happened, especially any errors you see
    - links to documentation you used to cross-check your work (CRITICAL!!!)
     
  9. MelvMay

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    That's not true.

    Those are for when you're using (unsurprisingly) .Net collections and generic collections i.e. things like "List" and "List<T>". It's nothing to do with Input which is in the "UnityEngine" namespace.
     
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