Showcase Node finder for unity visual scripting

After deleting the previous version and then installing the 0.5 version it still shows 0.4 in the finder window and can't find the scene hierarchy tab anywhere. The only thing that's different from 0.4 is that I'm no longer getting any errors. At least yet. Crossing fingers

 

Oups I forgot to manually increament the value...

 

Thanks for the quick response! And how about the scene hierarchy feature? Couldn't find it anywhere. Since I had to use more than one script machine in the project it would be very useful to be able to find nodes in all the machines present in the scene.

 

I'm worried, do you mean that the hierarchy tab don't show ?I

 

Apologies, my bad. I expected 0.5 to have a new tab or something. Everything is working flawlessly so far and I thank you.

 

Ouff. Nice to ear. I you find anything, I would be glad to help.

 

Hello and hope you're doing well. I want to express my gratitude again for this asset. It's the most important one for sure in my arsenal ! I absolutely can't imagine working without it now. Do people use it?? What are the stats I wonder? Have all visual scripters found it...? Visual Scripting is practically impossible without it for mid to large projects.

I wish Unity buys it for a lot of money as it's an absolute necessity for UVS!

 

Such great work!

It’s free? Let us pay you!

 

You already can! https://ko-fi.com/sokatoa or https://www.patreon.com/myanko

 

Great asset! Thank a lot, it's working, but in my case - I think it's working partially, cause it's throwing this errors (JFYI):

 

It would be nice, but I think it will never happen. . I'm just glad it can help people and to be able to contribute with something to share my love for visual scripting and game making.

 

Yup you can if you want like @Ignacii wrote.
You already can! https://ko-fi.com/sokatoa or https://www.patreon.com/myanko

But note thay I'm happy as long as the tool make you happy ^-^.

 

By any chance are you on a mac m1? We have an issue with harmony dll not built for mac m1 and it look like your error.

 

Yes, you right, I'm on M1

 

I installed this as soon as it came out, and it was amazing and worked perfectly!

I upgraded to 0.5 shortly after the update came out, and the search only seems to find some nodes now and not others. As far as I can tell, it only seems to search subgraphs that are saved to disk (not embedded graphs). It also will search a subgraph if I'm currently in the subgraph (the results will show in the Current Graph).

I deleted the package and re-installed it and it's still not working as well as before. Any ideas? Thank you for your amazing work!!

 

We added a new feature, to be able to narrow the search in graphs to what you see in current graph or to let the user grab more stuff.

Sorry for the late reply. This new feature is possibly the reason why you are not getting as much stuff as before.

Put your state Context to All and you should get the same expected results from before.


State contexts
- All: Search in all the graphs, subgraph and
- Current: Search only in the currently opened graph, won't search in the parent graph or in subgraphs.
- Children: Enable the search from current graph and all the embedded graphs,macros.

 

We are looking at some fix for M1 and harmony dll. Don't know when it will come out.

 

Hello there,

I also had the same problem with Embed graph in prefab.
Node are not found in embed prefab with the State Context: All.

But I got this log which indicate an exception. I think it would be better if it was a log error btw.

Code (CSharp):

1. encountered an error while searching in all scripts Object reference not set to an instance of an object   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.GraphElement.GetNameFromSpecificTypes (Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement ge) [0x01366] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\Serialization\GraphElement.cs:278
2.   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.GraphElement.GetElementName (Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement ge) [0x00007] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\Serialization\GraphElement.cs:20
3.   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.isFoundElement (Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement currentElement) [0x00001] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:482
4.   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.GetElementsFromIGraph (Unity.VisualScripting.GraphReference reference, Unity.VisualScripting.IGraph graph, System.String assetPath, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.ResultItemList searchItems) [0x0003a] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:275
5.   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.GetElementsFromStateGraph (Unity.VisualScripting.GraphReference reference, Unity.VisualScripting.StateGraph graph, System.String assetPath, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.ResultItemList searchItems) [0x00012] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:323
6.   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.FindNodesFromStateGraphAssetGuid (System.String guid, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.ResultItemList searchItems) [0x00056] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:212
7.   at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.PerformSearchAll (System.String keyword, System.Boolean isExact) [0x0006d] in C:\ws\sentry_games_git\obec\obec\Assets\ThirdParties\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:155
8. UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
9. Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider:PerformSearchAll (string,bool) (at Assets/ThirdParties/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSSearchProvider.cs:183)
10. Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSFinder:PerformSearch (string,bool) (at Assets/ThirdParties/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSFinder.cs:219)
11. Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSFinder:OnSearchAction (string,bool) (at Assets/ThirdParties/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSFinder.cs:347)
12. Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSGraphElementWidgetExt:OnFind (string) (at Assets/ThirdParties/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/ContextExtension/UVSGraphElementWidgetExt.cs:181)
13. Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSGraphElementWidgetExt/<>c__DisplayClass1_0:<Postfix1>b__2 () (at Assets/ThirdParties/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/ContextExtension/UVSGraphElementWidgetExt.cs:131)
14. Unity.VisualScripting.GraphWindow:OnGUI () (at Assets/ThirdParties/com.unity.visualscripting@1.8.0/Editor/VisualScripting.Core/Windows/GraphWindow.cs:740)
15. UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)
16.  

So the fix was pretty straightforward for me:

 

Thank you for the reply!

Just checked my Preferences, and the State Context was already set to All.



I changed it to something else just now and then changed it back, to see if that would fix it... but seeing the same results as before.

 

I saw the mention of an error in the Console log, so I did a search (that found nothing) and checked the Console. Sure enough, there's an error! (I anonymized my folder names, but other than that it's a cut and paste of the error.):

encountered an error while searching in all scripts Object reference not set to an instance of an object at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.GraphElement.GetNameFromSpecificTypes (Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement ge) [0x00f7a] in C:\Users\username\Unity\My Project\Assets\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\Serialization\GraphElement.cs:246
at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.GraphElement.GetElementName (Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement ge) [0x00006] in C:\Users\username\Unity\My Project\Assets\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\Serialization\GraphElement.cs:20
at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.isFoundElement (Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement currentElement) [0x00000] in C:\Users\username\Unity\My Project\Assets\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:482
at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.GrabElements (Unity.VisualScripting.IGraphElement e, System.String stateName, UnityEngine.GameObject gameObject, Unity.VisualScripting.GraphReference reference, Unity.VisualScripting.IGraph graph, System.String assetPath, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.ResultItemList searchItems) [0x002d5] in C:\Users\username\Unity\My Project\Assets\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:439
at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.FindNodesFromScriptGraphAssetGuid (System.String guid, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.SearchContext searchContext, Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.ResultItemList searchItems) [0x0006b] in C:\Users\username\Unity\My Project\Assets\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:197
at Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvider.PerformSearchAll (System.String keyword, System.Boolean isExact) [0x0002c] in C:\Users\username\Unity\My Project\Assets\com.sokatoa.uvs.finder\Editor\UVSSearchProvider.cs:150
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSSearchProvidererformSearchAll (string,bool) (at C:/Users/username/Unity/My Project/Assets/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSSearchProvider.cs:183)
Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSFindererformSearch (string,bool) (at C:/Users/username/Unity/My Project/Assets/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSFinder.cs:219)
Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSFinder:OnSearchAction (string,bool) (at C:/Users/username/Unity/My Project/Assets/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSFinder.cs:347)
Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSFinder:OnSearchAction () (at C:/Users/username/Unity/My Project/Assets/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSFinder.cs:356)
Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder.UVSFinder:OnKeyUp (UnityEngine.UIElements.KeyUpEvent) (at C:/Users/username/Unity/My Project/Assets/com.sokatoa.uvs.finder/Editor/UVSFinder.cs:308)
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

 

I think you have an error similar to mine. I would suggest you to open the GraphElement.cs file to add ? character in the line 246.

Code (CSharp):

1. name = $"{subgraph.nest?.macro.name} [SubGraph]";

 

Thanks! I tried that, but it didn't work alas...

 

Yeah my bad! The null-conditional operator should be placed after the macro property because it is this one that is null for some reasons.

Code (CSharp):

1. name = $"{subgraph.nest.macro?.name} [SubGraph]";

 

Wow that worked, thank you so much!!!!

 

@literacy @termway
Thx guys, I will add those fixes to the next release.

 

@myanko

I added an 'Edit "Unit"' context menu in your tool because I use a lot of custom unit in my project and I don't like to search for files.


There might be some modification to do because you cannot really edit the native unit in the VisualScripting package (I have a custom version of VisualScripting so I don't have that problem).
But an 'Open Unit' menu might still be useful for you.

Code (CSharp):

1. using HarmonyLib;
2. using UnityEditor;
3. using System.Reflection;
4. using System.Linq;
5. using System.Collections.Generic;
6. using System;
7. using UnityEngine;
8.  
9. /// <summary>
10. /// This class is extending the right-click on nodes in the Visual Scripting Window
11. /// To achieve this, it relies on Harmony to be able to replace the contextOptions
12. /// getter with my own implementation. I was not able to find another way of doing this...
13. /// </summary>
14. namespace Unity.VisualScripting.UVSFinder {
15.  
16.     [HarmonyPatch(typeof(IGraphElementWidget))]
17.     public class UVSGraphElementWidgetExt
18.     {
19.         // make sure DoPatching() is called at start either by
20.         // the mod loader or by your injector
21.         [InitializeOnLoadMethod]
22.         public static void DoPatching()
23.         {
24.             var harmony = new Harmony("com.sokatoa.patch");
25.             harmony.PatchAll();
26.         }
27.  
28.         [HarmonyPostfix]
29.         [HarmonyPatch(typeof(GraphElementWidget<ICanvas, IGraphElement>), "contextOptions", MethodType.Getter)]
30.         public static IEnumerable<DropdownOption> Postfix1(IEnumerable<DropdownOption> __result, GraphElementWidget<ICanvas, IGraphElement> __instance) {
31.             // UnitWidget > NodeWidget > GraphElementWidget
32.             // SuperUnitWidget > NesterUnitWidget > UnitWidget
33.             var canvasProp = __instance.GetType().GetProperty("canvas", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
34.             ICanvas canvas = (ICanvas)canvasProp.GetValue(__instance);
35.  
36.             var elementProp = __instance.GetType().GetProperty("element", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
37.  
38.             IGraphElement element = (IGraphElement)elementProp?.GetValue(__instance);
39.  
40.             // --------------------
41.             // adding my own options
42.             var name = "";
43.             var type = "";
44.          
45.             if (__instance is Widget<ICanvas, IGraphElement>)
46.             {
47.                 name = GraphElement.GetElementName(__instance.element);
48.                 type = (__instance as IUnitWidget)?.unit.GetType().ToString();
49.              
50.             }
51.             else if (__instance is IWidget)
52.             {
53.                 type = (__instance as IWidget).item.GetType().ToString();
54.                 name = (__instance as IWidget).item.GetType().HumanName();
55.             }
56.  
57.             // adding the related searches per type
58.             switch (type)
59.             {
60.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.CustomEvent":
61.                 case "Bolt.CustomEvent":
62.                     {
63.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as CustomEvent);
64.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [TriggerCustomEvent]";
65.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
66.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
67.                         break;
68.                     }
69.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.TriggerCustomEvent":
70.                 case "Bolt.TriggerCustomEvent":
71.                     {
72.  
73.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as TriggerCustomEvent);
74.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [CustomEvent]";
75.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
76.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
77.                         break;
78.                     }
79.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.GetVariable":
80.                 case "Bolt.GetVariable":
81.                     {
82.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as GetVariable);
83.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [Set Variable: {curr.kind}]";
84.                         var relatedFindName2 = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [Has Variable: {curr.kind}]";
85.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
86.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
87.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName2)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName2}\"");
88.                         break;
89.                     }
90.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.SetVariable":
91.                 case "Bolt.SetVariable":
92.                     {
93.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as SetVariable);
94.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [Get Variable: {curr.kind}]";
95.                         var relatedFindName2 = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [Has Variable: {curr.kind}]";
96.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
97.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
98.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName2)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName2}\"");
99.                         break;
100.                     }
101.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.IsVariableDefined":
102.                 case "Bolt.IsVariableDefined":
103.                     {
104.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as IsVariableDefined);
105.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [Get Variable: {curr.kind}]";
106.                         var relatedFindName2 = $"{curr.defaultValues["name"]} [Set Variable: {curr.kind}]";
107.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
108.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName2)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName2}\"");
109.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
110.                         break;
111.                     }
112.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.GetMember":
113.                     {
114.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as GetMember);
115.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.member.targetTypeName.Split('.').Last()} Set {curr.member.name}";
116.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
117.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
118.                         break;
119.                     }
120.                 case "Unity.VisualScripting.SetMember":
121.                     {
122.                         var curr = ((__instance as IUnitWidget).unit as SetMember);
123.                         var relatedFindName = $"{curr.member.targetTypeName.Split('.').Last()} Get {curr.member.name}";
124.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(relatedFindName)), $"Find \"{relatedFindName}\"");
125.                         yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFindExact(name)), $"Find \"{name}\" ~");
126.                         break;
127.                     }
128.                 default:
129.                     {
130.                         if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
131.                         {
132.                             yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnFind(name)), $"Find \"{name}\"");
133.                         }
134.                         break;
135.                     }
136.             }
137.  
138.             yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => OnEditFileType(type)), $"Edit \"{type}\"");
139.  
140.             // --------------------
141.             // This is recreating the list returned by GraphElementWidget's get contextOptions
142.             var suffix = canvas?.selection.Count > 1 ? " Selection" : "";
143.  
144.             if (GraphClipboard.canCopySelection)
145.             {
146.                 yield return new DropdownOption((Action)GraphClipboard.CopySelection, "Copy" + suffix);
147.                 yield return new DropdownOption((Action)GraphClipboard.CutSelection, "Cut" + suffix);
148.             }
149.  
150.             if (GraphClipboard.canDuplicateSelection)
151.             {
152.                 yield return new DropdownOption((Action)GraphClipboard.DuplicateSelection, "Duplicate" + suffix);
153.             }
154.  
155.             if (canvas.selection.Count > 0)
156.             {
157.                 yield return new DropdownOption((Action)canvas.DeleteSelection, "Delete" + suffix);
158.             }
159.  
160.             if (element != null) // this is fishy that I have to add that and GraphElementWidget doesn't...
161.             {
162.                 if (GraphClipboard.CanPasteInside(element))
163.                 {
164.                     yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => GraphClipboard.PasteInside(element)), "Paste Inside");
165.                 }
166.             }
167.  
168.             if (GraphClipboard.canPasteOutside)
169.             {
170.                 yield return new DropdownOption((Action)(() => GraphClipboard.PasteOutside(true)), "Paste Outside");
171.             }
172.  
173.         }
174.  
175.         private static void OnFindExact(string keyword)
176.         {
177.             var uvsfinder = UVSFinder.GetUVSFinder();
178.             uvsfinder.OnSearchAction(keyword, true);
179.         }
180.  
181.         private static void OnFind(string keyword)
182.         {
183.             var uvsfinder = UVSFinder.GetUVSFinder();
184.             uvsfinder.OnSearchAction(keyword, false);
185.         }
186.  
187.         private static void OnEditFileType(string type)
188.         {
189.             string[] guids = AssetDatabase.FindAssets("t: script", null);
190.             string fileName = type.Split('.').Last();
191.             bool found = false;
192.             // If multiple matches are found, opens them all.
193.             foreach (string guid in guids)
194.             {
195.                 string path = AssetDatabase.GUIDToAssetPath(guid);
196.                 if (path.Contains(fileName))
197.                 {
198.                     var obj = AssetDatabase.LoadMainAssetAtPath(path);
199.                     Debug.Log($"Edits '{fileName}' in the file '{path}' ({guid}).");
200.                     AssetDatabase.OpenAsset(obj);
201.                     found = true;
202.                 }
203.             }
204.             if(!found)
205.                 Debug.LogError($"Could not edit '{type}' because it could not be found in scripts file.");
206.         }
207.     }
208. }
209.  

 

Also an useful feature would be to able to see the default input value of the unit.
For example: a research for a WaitForSeconds unit could show the delay (float) in the red section and if it's unscaled (bool) in the search result.



This seems out of my reach at the moment, but I might try it in the future if I have time.

 

Nice, thx for sharing, I will create a task for it to become an official feature and try to find some time, to add it to the next release.

 

Would it ever be possible to add a "Find and Replace" feature?

Maybe for now, it would only replace strings. So I could search for a string "thisUnitName" and replace it with "thatUnitName". Then I could choose to find and replace them all at once.

Right now, changing names of variables is easy in Visual Studio... but a lot of manual work in Visual Scripting!

 

It is part of the things I would love to do, but haven't got the time to invest on it. I got some pretty ideas how to make the feature, but I will need to scope it down to get something functional and useable first. We need to test the M1 fix and the fix for the errors that you are getting and push this on the asset store.

I was expecting to possibly add right click actions in the blackboard, to rename vars also. May not be a day one feature, but it is something that could be nice.

 

When I was using VS ages ago, this was a main issue where custom actions are defined with strings. Refactoring would be a great addition. Ideally though, I think any node with a string name could be added to a table somewhere, so not only refactoring, but seeing where everything is, making them more 'scriptable' so to say rather than somewhere out there.

 

Hi! Just wondering what the status of the Harmony M1,2,3 fix is?

 

Hello myanko! Hope you're doing well. I updated to the latest version of Unity LTS 2022 and updated visual scripting to the latest version and the node finder looks for nodes only in the current graph. When looking in all graphs it always shows zero for some reason.

 

Ohh it works now. I just had to delete a huge graph imported from my old project. Had some kind of conflicts for some reason

 

Great work! How to search a node with Scriptable Object as an [UnitHeaderInspectable] variable? Like searching Custom Event.