Totally feel your pain! The Unity hierarchy search can be super frustrating, especially when it throws everything together in a random order.

One thing that might help is using the Filter by Type in the search bar. You can try typing the component type you’re looking for directly along with the name of the GameObject. For example, if you’re looking for children with a Collider component, you could type something like Collider parentName in the search field. This could narrow it down a bit, but it might still show you results from other places in the hierarchy.

Another hack is trying out the Find Objects of Type method in a script, so you can filter through all the children of a specific parent GameObject in a more organized manner. You can create a quick script that searches for all children with a specific component and then prints their names or even highlights them in the editor.

Example script could look something like this:

    using UnityEngine;

    public class FindChildren : MonoBehaviour 
    {
        void Start() 
        {
            foreach (Transform child in transform) 
            {
                if (child.GetComponent() != null) 
                {
                    Debug.Log(child.name);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    

Just attach it to your parent GameObject and run it. This way, you can see which children have that component without sifting through the entire hierarchy.

It would also be neat if Unity had a feature to limit search scope to just children. Maybe a suggestion for a future update? Who knows!

Hope this helps a bit! Keep experimenting, and good luck with your game!

Drifting and Turning Issues in Unity Car Physics

It sounds like you’re really diving deep into car physics—awesome! Here are a few things you might want to try to help fix those drifting and flipping problems:

1. Adjust Center of Mass

It could help a lot to lower the center of mass of your Rigidbody. This will give your car more stability, especially when turning at high speeds. Try setting it something like (0, 0.5, 0) or lower and see how that affects flipping.

2. Tweak the Grip

For drifting, you might need to reduce the grip of the tires while you’re turning. You could implement a drift multiplier that reduces grip only when the car is sideways. This way, you keep control but still allow for some fun drifting!

3. Implement Countersteering

For countersteering, you could make it automatic! When your car starts to drift (like when it detects a slip angle), just apply a force in the opposite direction. You might want to limit this force to avoid over-correcting, which could lead to spinning.

4. Smooth Transitions

Try smoothing out the transition between acceleration and drifting. When your speed hits that sweet point for a drift (like above 80 km/h), gradually reduce grip instead of a sudden drop.

5. Experiment with Suspension

It sounds like you’ve got your suspension set to pretty high values. You could try lowering them to see how that affects your car’s handling. Sometimes a softer suspension provides more control.

6. Use Raycasting Wisely

Make sure your raycasting for wheel detection is hitting accurately. If the wheels think they’re off the ground, it might cause the car to act wonky. Check that your ground detection is working as intended!

7. Play with Damping

You mentioned you’re using damping—maybe take a look at that again. If it’s too stiff, it might not allow the car to settle during a turn, leading to flipping.

Conclusion

Finding that balance between grip and fun drifting can be tricky, so don’t hesitate to experiment! Try making small adjustments, and check how each change affects your car’s handling. Keep at it, and you’ll get there!

Texturing Troubles in Unity Surface Shader

It sounds like you’re dealing with a common issue when it comes to handling multiple texture slots in Unity shaders. You’re right that you should be able to control the tiling and offset for both your albedo (_MainTex) and normal (_NormalTex) textures.

The key thing here is that you need to use different UVs for each texture. It seems like you’re only using the UVs for _MainTex (IN.uv_MainTex) for both textures, which is why _NormalTex isn’t reacting to the tiling and offset settings you input.

Here’s a rough idea of what you can do:

1. Define a new set of UV inputs for your normal texture in your shader’s input structure. For instance, you could add float2 uv_NormalTex;.
2. Then, when you’re doing the calculations in the shader, make sure to sample _NormalTex using this new UV set. You would write something like:

        fixed4 normalSample = tex2D(_NormalTex, IN.uv_NormalTex);
        

3. When you set the material properties in the Unity editor, you should be able to control Tiling and Offset for both the albedo and normal textures separately.

Here’s a tiny code snippet to illustrate:

    struct Input {
        float2 uv_MainTex;
        float2 uv_NormalTex; // New UV for normal texture
    };
    
    void surf(Input IN, inout SurfaceOutputStandard o) {
        fixed4 albedo = tex2D(_MainTex, IN.uv_MainTex);
        fixed4 normal = tex2D(_NormalTex, IN.uv_NormalTex);
        // do something with albedo and normal
    }
    

Also, don’t forget to define the tiling and offset parameters for your normal texture in the properties section of the shader, like this:

    _NormalTex ("Normal Map", 2D) = "white" {}
    _NormalTex_Tiling ("Normal Map Tiling", Vector) = (1, 1, 0, 0)
    

Then make sure to read the tiling and offset values in your shader code and apply them to the UVs of _NormalTex. This way, you’ll maintain the integrity of your surface shading while having complete control over your textures!

Good luck and happy coding!