Coding 17/9

 Joe Simmonds - joe.simmonds@sit.ac.nz

1st year recap

3 sections to coding:
Variables, Functions and Methods

• Variables store data that can be referenced or changed, basically any assets can be stored and referenced as variables. The 4 main types we are using are Strings(Basically ASCII storage of names, passwords, dialogue etc. Cannot be used for calculations), Ints(Integer, whole numbers only), Floats(Any number with a decimal place, used in % type health bars) and Bools(Boolean, true/false, yes/no) .
• Functions are blocks of code that are triggered at specific times in your game. We are using 3 main ones: Start(), Update() - runs on each frame refresh and FixedUpdate() - runs on a set frame rate. 
• Methods are similar to functions but only run when they are "called". Methods can have a lot of code/instructions then we can call it with a single line of code in a Function.

C# Syntax

End code lines with ; and {} denotes a paragraph of code. When writing variables remember to set public(can be used by any script) or private(can only be used by the script it is written in) and must have a lower case p. Next is the type of variable, and then the name of the variable(any name we want/will remember but with no spaces. Use lower case to distinguish from functions/methods which use capital letters). Finish it with the initial state of the variable, in this case it is in quotations due to being a string.

public string location = "Invercargill";

private in score = 0;

• = symbol tells a variable that there is a new value
• == symbol is asking to check what the current value of the variable is
• "if" statements checks values before a piece of code is run
• "if else" statements are the same as If statements with an extra code that runs if the first part is true and will do nothing if the first part is false.
• && symbol tells the code to check more than one variable before running the code. Both must be true before the code will run
• || symbol means "or" in which the code will run if one of the two conditions are met.
• Short form boolean writing is where the variable is shortened to the name only ie: if(jump == true) gets shortened to if(jump). if(jump == false) shortens to if(!jump).
• // comments out anything written after them

Exporting from Unity to Maya for tweaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD0O1ic5Wx8&app=desktop

Have at least one basic floor blocked out for next week, and character modelled and rigged from gaming class.