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Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsWhy can't I see the ground?
In the instructor's screen, when he has "game view" clicked I can see the screen as it would appear to the end user. By contrast, in my own copy of Unity, the ground does not appear, just the grey "nothing" under the frog. Also, my frog seems to be standing straight up, when I compare him to the logs and rocks in the background, not sitting on his belly frog-style. He's in position x=-0.01, y=1.28, z=0, with rotation of x=y=z=0. Can anyone explain where I'm going wrong, please? Thanks.
Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsJosh Shoffner, I hope you see this.
To answer your questions, I haven't gotten up to running the game, and I don't even know how to do that yet. I'm talking solely about the game view while setting up the game, as Mr. Pettit discusses in the "Setup the Camera" video.
My main camera transform is in position x=0, y=5, z=-1.5, with rotation of x=60 and y=z=0, as we're instructed to do in the video. Scale is at x=y=z=1.
John Shoffner
1,514 PointsThose settings should be fine, for the main camera (although I would probably move the camera back some by adjusting the transform.position.y = 15).
NOTE: There is a difference between the scene view and the game view. What you're describing sounds like you're viewing the game through the scene view, not the game view. Can you can send a screen-shot of Unity3D? That would really help.
7 Answers
Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsJosh, how do I attach a .jpg file to these comments? Or can I somehow send you the screenshot privately?
Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsJosh, how do I attach a .jpg file to these comments? Or can I somehow send you the screenshot privately?
John Shoffner
1,514 PointsThe command to attach an image is: 
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Please refer to the "Markdown Cheatsheet" link (below the textbox that you enter comments) for more examples.
Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsI hope this works.
John Shoffner
1,514 PointsSorry.. the image didn't come through... please try again.
Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsThe path part of the command should lead to the location of the file in my computer, right?
Yehoshua Kahan
211 Points
Maybe this'll do it.
John Shoffner
1,514 PointsI reached out to Treehouse support, and they suggested reaching out to the community. After thinking about it, I've only ever done this referencing an image's url.
Yehoshua Kahan
211 PointsI appreciate your attempts to help me out, Josh. Didn't work out, but I greatly appreciate the attempt.
John Shoffner
1,514 PointsHmmm... ok... try this... run the game, by clicking the play button icon. Do you see the top of the frog, or the bottom of the scene (below the frog)?
John Shoffner
1,514 PointsJohn Shoffner
1,514 PointsIt sounds like the problem is with your camera. To clarify, in "game view" you see the grey "nothing" (this includes when you run the game)? If this is so, please verify that your "Main Camera" Transform is: Position x=0, y=14.67, z=-1.5 and Rotation x=60, y=0, z=0 (scale should have all 1 values). NOTE: My player transform Position is x=0, y=1.225, z=0 so, it sounds like the frog's position is fine.