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Boolean not functioning as intended.
Okay so I'm working on a simple first person game and I'm currently in the process of making a start menu for the game.
I've made the menu and everything, but the problem comes when my "Play"-button is supposed to make the player movements available by making the "running" boolean that I made "true".
Here's the code for the player controller:
public class FirstPersonController : MonoBehaviour {
public float movementSpeed = 5;
public float rotateSpeed = 3;
public bool running = false;
float rotZ = 0;
public float zRange = 60;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
if (running == true)
{
//Mouse
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
//Cursor.visible = false;
//Rotation
float rotX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * rotateSpeed;
rotZ -= Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * rotateSpeed;
rotZ = Mathf.Clamp(rotZ, -zRange, zRange);
Camera.main.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(rotZ, 0, 0);
transform.Rotate(0, rotX, 0);
//Movement
float forwardSpeed = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * movementSpeed;
float sideSpeed = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * movementSpeed;
Vector3 speed = new Vector3(sideSpeed, 0, forwardSpeed);
speed = transform.rotation * speed;
CharacterController cc = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
cc.SimpleMove(speed);
}
}
}
And here's the code for the menu:
public class menuScript : MonoBehaviour {
public Canvas quitMenu;
public Button startText;
public Button exitText;
FirstPersonController fpcScript;
GameObject fpcGameObject;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
quitMenu = quitMenu.GetComponent<Canvas>();
startText = startText.GetComponent<Button>();
exitText = exitText.GetComponent<Button>();
fpcScript = fpcGameObject.GetComponent<FirstPersonController>();
quitMenu.enabled = false;
}
public void ExitPress(){
quitMenu.enabled = true;
startText.enabled = false;
exitText.enabled = false;
}
public void NoPress(){
quitMenu.enabled = false;
startText.enabled = true;
exitText.enabled = true;
}
public void StartLevel(){
fpcScript.running = true;
}
public void ExitGame(){
Application.Quit();
}
}
Would greatly appreciate some help with this. I've been stuck with this for a few hours now and I just can't get it to work.
Both of these fields are private, so they cant be set from inspector.
FirstPersonController fpcScript;
GameObject fpcGameObject;
In start you try to get the FirstPersonController from an uninitialized reference.
fpcScript = fpcGameObject.GetComponent<FirstPersonController>();
This will fail and you should see an error in the console. As a result, fpcScript will remain null.
Then you are trying to set the running boolean on nothing.
public void StartLevel() {
fpcScript.running = true; // Note! fpcScript is null!
}
So the problem isn't with your boolean. The problem is that you don't have a reference to the controller.
Fix it by providing a reference to the game object that has the script.
public GameObject fpcGameObject; // now it's public, set it up in the inspector.
Aaah, took me a while to figure what you said out, but it works perfectly now! Well explained, since even I got it after some thinking :) Thanks for the help!
