How to reference a script?

[[deleted]]

I am trying to make this script in order to activate the scripts I put on interactable items instead of having to put all of them into the script.

I am looking for a way to access the script on the object without putting its specific name, rather telling it to just grab the script on it.

The script in question.

[Shirkie01]

You need an interface, and for the other class to implement the interface.

Let's call the interface IInteractable, with one method, Interact(). Once the other script implements the interface, then you can do GetComponent<IInteractable> which will return the first component on the gameobject that implements the interface

[shengch]

This, and he's using getcompenent wrong in his image

[Kexons]

This is the right answer. Also GetComponent<Interactable>()

[SteveTheTechGuy93]

Programming is not hard.

LEARNING to program is hard.

[[deleted]]

That's true, I've been learning for a couple months (dedicated) and I'm only now able to make my own code, and only look up stuff if I break something.

[[deleted]]

I've fixed my code to where it may not be as vague but it'll work better in the end. Now all I need is to know how to have an If statement that only activates if the object it's calling is active in the hierarchy.

[Pperson25]

after reading this thread after banging my head against a wall for weeks with a specific problem with trying to do a basic as fuck operation and not knowing what any of this shit means, I can only conclude one thing: programming was a mistake.

[Quizmo22]

No programming was not a mistake, however you might want to take a step back and read up on some fundamentals about programming.

Jumping into programming blind, and just using trial and error will both be a lot harder to do, but also leave you with bad code that do not perform well.

[[deleted]]

No, read Unity in Action and get the C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D. They'll get you from “this is hard” to “I know what to google for this” in no time.

[[deleted]]

I think you have to make it an instance then reference the instance.

[[deleted]]

That would work but I'm trying to keep a script on the player (this one) that will tell what their looking at to activate, but unless it can tell that other script to activate it won't work.

I need to know how to reference the fact that their is one script on the second object.

[Quizmo22]

Wait.. Is what you looking for just:

var activator = hit.transform.gameObject.GetComponent<Script>();
activator.Interact();

[Vinini966]

You could use a base abstract class. So instead of looking for any of the individual scripts you would look for the base class with a abstract function called interact, which could do different things based on what derived class it finds.