// Use this for initialization
public void Start()
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Ready to print stuff.");
/**
* We need to store a reference to the WriteStuff
* instance in the scene.
*
* In this example, instead of calling a method in
* the code, I serialize the field and then attach
* a GameObject to the variable in the Unity inspector.
**/
if (gameObject != null)
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Looking to see if WriteStuff is attached to this game object.");
writeStuff = gameObject.GetComponent <WriteStuff>();
if (writeStuff != null)
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Hooray, we found WriteStuff.");
}
else
{
Debug.LogError("PRINT STUFF: Uh oh, we didn't find WriteSuff. Can you check it is attached to the game object please");
}
}
else
{
Debug.LogError("PRINT STUFF: No GameObject attached in inspector.");
}
}
// Use this for initialization
public void Start()
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Ready to print stuff.");
/**
* We need to store a reference to the WriteStuff
* instance in the scene but need the GameObject
* it is attached to.
*
* I can do this by using multiple approaches, including:
*
* 1) Finding a specific GameObject by name.
* 2) Finding a game object by tag.
*
* After that, I can then use GetComponent<T>.
**/
GameObject gameObject;
switch (gameObjectSearchMethod)
{
case Method.FIND_BY_NAME:
gameObject = GameObject.Find(gameObjectName);
break;
case Method.FIND_BY_TAG:
gameObject = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag(gameObjectTag);
break;
default:
gameObject = null;
break;
}
if (gameObject != null)
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Looking to see if WriteStuff is attached to the game object we found.");
writeStuff = gameObject.GetComponent <WriteStuff>();
if (writeStuff != null)
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Hooray, we found WriteStuff.");
}
else
{
Debug.LogError("PRINT STUFF: Uh oh, we didn't find WriteSuff. Can you check it is attached to the game object please");
}
}
else
{
Debug.LogError("PRINT STUFF: We couldn't find the GameObject in the scene.");
}
}
// Use this for initialization
public void Start()
{
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Ready to print stuff.");
/**
* I'm using the GetComponent<T> method as before, but in
* my Example1Broken scene, the WriteStuff component simply
* isn't there, so this value will store null.
**/
Debug.Log("PRINT STUFF: Looking to see if WriteStuff is attached to this game object.");
writeStuff = this.GetComponent <WriteStuff>();
}
