koobas.hobune.stream
BroadcastMessage between children?
If I have a hierarchy:
-Parent
--ChildOne
--ChildTwo
Can ChildTwo have a BroadcastMessage on it that ChildOne can "hear"?
The answer is yes, but you have to reference that child.
var target : GameObject;
function Start()
{
target.BroadcastMessage("ClassToCall");
}
Yes, it's called SendMessageUpwards() :)
EDIT: Or did you mean laterally (eg: a child on the same level of the hierarchy?) Because BroadcastMessage should do that by default.
Depending on your other requirements, you could send the message from ChildOne's parent, or even its root (in case the hierarchy was many layers deep). e.g.
childOne.transform.parent.BroadcastMessage(...);
or
childOne.transform.root.BroadcastMessage(...);
The 'root' of a hierarchy is the object without a parent. In your example "Parent" is also the root. If "Parent" had its own parent, say, "Grandparent", then "Grandparent" would be the root.
See http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Transform-root.html
