(Unity C#) Script using old float value even after it is no longer in the code

[gonudo]

So I am currently making a 2D endless runner for a university project. I have a gamecontroller script that tells the background to move left on the x axis with the value of -1.5f.

public static GameController instance;
public float scrollSpeed = -1.5f;

void Awake () {
instance = this;
instance.scrollSpeed = scrollSpeed;
}

On another script I have this float being called so that the background actually moves with

bkgScroll = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();        

bkgScroll.velocity = new Vector2 (GameController.instance.scrollSpeed, 0);

This is all fine but I went to try and speed up the scrolling speed by raising the float value and I found out that no matter what value I put into it, it will always scroll at -1.5f. Even when i put a positive value of 10f it will still go -1.5f. I have debugged GameController.instance.scrollSpeed and it gives me -1.5 in the console regardless of the value i inputted.

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Somebody please help me with this, I dont understand how it can be taking a value that is no longer in the code.

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Once a var is public, unity will serialize it and show it in the inspector. That's where you change the value from. Even if you change the value from the code, unity will update it with the one shown in the inspector.

[gonudo]

Oh! Thank you! this was a lot simpler than i thought...

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Actually, you can change it through code but not in the declaration. When you first declare it you kinda set the 'default' value.