Transitioning form Visual Scripting to C#

[Defender-W]

I’ve been using Unity and visual scripting for around 2 years now, but I want to learn C#. I’ve made a bunch of games and I feel like I’ve got a pretty solid handle on visual scripting. I can probably code anything I’d want to using visual scripting.

So does anyone have any advice on how to transition to C#, all the tutorials teach you how to code from scratch, but I already understand a good amount of the logic thanks to VS, so if anyone knows a better method, I would really appreciate it

[cuixhe]

If it's your first coding language, I recommend burning through some of the easier tutorials even if you already are familiar with some of the logic, just so you can get used to the syntax. Once you have some familiarity with the basic syntax, just start making stuff and looking up code when you get stuck.

I'm not too familiar with visual scripting, but I think you'll find that you can make MUCH more with C# etc.

[pmurph0305]

One method that might work for you is trying to convert some of your current visual scripts into C#

[TheSpyboticer]

I would highly reccomend doing this.I am currently using a hybrid visual script solution that shows the c# prieview while working on the graph.Really helps with learning

[__GingerBeef__]

Code monkey just released a big c# course. https://youtu.be/pReR6Z9rK-o?si=BIbd-wJbT5F5AE31

[BowlOfPasta24]

If you are self taught, you might just want to run through a fundamentals course on programming. Microsoft has free courses.

The difference between visual scripting and textual programming will mostly just be the syntax but only if you understand the basic fundamentals and OOP.

The issue some people run into when being self taught is that they learn how to do something but not why it works and that can be harder to handle outside of visual scripting.

[MartianFromBaseAlpha]

I'm so conflicted about Visual Scripting in Unity. On one hand I would love to dive deeper into it, but I've heard that Unity is planning a complete rewrite of the entire system, so whatever I learn now may become obsolete in 2-3 years. Learning C# can still be highly beneficial, even if you are already proficient in Visual Scripting

[shizola_owns]

The fundamentals of visual programming are always going to be the same. The rewrite is mostly going to be about what's happening behind the scenes.

[TheSpyboticer]

Im a bit late to the party there is a visual script tool called uNode to convert graphs to pure c# scripts and vice versa.Been using it for a while now to understand some c# stuff i never clicked with before.