/// <summary>
/// Finds UI Elements. If none found will create them and return false to indicate that placeholders are being used.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool FindUIElement()
{
// First see if this is on a canvas, if so note it
if (!canvas)
{
canvas = GetComponent <Canvas>();
}
// Is this a placeholder canvas we just created for another bar?
if (canvas && canvas.gameObject.name == PLACEHOLDER_CANVAS_NAME)
{
// This means another HealthUI created a placeholder, so we will use that canvas.
}
// If we have a canvas then search for the text/images
else if (canvas)
{
if (canvas.gameObject.name != PLACEHOLDER_CANVAS_NAME)
{
if (!UIText)
{
UIText = (searchChildren) ? canvas.GetComponentInChildren <Text>() : canvas.GetComponent <Text>();
}
if (!UIImage)
{
UIImage = (searchChildren) ? canvas.GetComponentInChildren <Image>() : canvas.GetComponent <Image>();
}
}
}
// No canvas, so this may be the UI Element itself this is attached to
else
{
if (!UIText)
{
UIText = (searchChildren) ? GetComponentInChildren <Text>() : GetComponent <Text>();
}
if (!UIImage)
{
UIImage = (searchChildren) ? GetComponentInChildren <Image>() : GetComponent <Image>();
}
}
// If nothing was found after all of that - we need to make a canvas and UI elements.
if (!UIText && !UIImage)
{
DebugX.LogWarning(!DebugX.logWarnings ? null : ("NSTSampleHealthUI on gameobject '" + name + "' cannot find any UI Canvas, Text or Image. Will create some placeholders until you supply them."), nst);
DebugX.LogError(!DebugX.logErrors ? null : ("NSTSampleHealthUI on gameobject '" + name + "' cannot find a NetworkSyncTransform, UI Text, or UI Image component. Be sure the object we are attaching to conains one of those."), !nst);
// Put some bars of this things head if it is an NST - Otherwise they won't make much sense on other objects.
if (nst)
{
CreatePlaceholderVitalBar(monitoredVitalId);
}
return(false);
}
return(true);
}