koobas.hobune.stream
Tag comparision with a string as variable doesnt work
very simple: I get the other as a string and if that string is equal to the tag of the player it should do smoething
private void TakeDamage(string other){
Debug.Log(Player.tag + " " +other);
if(Player.tag == other){
Debug.Log("attack player");
}
}
The Debug.Log shows that both strings (tag and other) er exactly the same. But it just doesnt work. I tried it with Player.CompareTag and got the same result.
this is the Debug.Log:
tps_player tps_player (UnityEngine.GameObject) UnityEngine.Debug:Log(Object)
The existence of the CompareTag method suggests that tag strings may be stored in a way that doesn't work properly for normal string comparison.
Try this:
if(Player.CompareTag(other))
...
If that doesn't work, you could inspect the bytes of each string with a method like this:
void LogStringChars(string s)
{
string msg = s + "=(";
foreach (char c in s)
{
msg += (int)c + ",";
}
msg += ")";
Debug.Log(msg);
}
Just add the following to your method ...
LogStringChars(Player.tag);
LogStringChars(other);
well, that was my first attempt. but as I said it doesnt work with compareTag either. I get this error message when using comparetag
UnityException: Tag: tps_player (UnityEngine.GameObject) is not defined! EnemyAI.TakeDamage (System.String other) (at Assets/...
Sorry, obviously I read too quickly and missed that you'd already tried that. I edited my answer with another suggestion. Weird problem, good luck!
The tag of a GameObject is just a string, so that comparison will work if they are equal. since it doesn't work they are not equal. Maybe a space at the end?
ps. what does tps stand for? you don't wan't to write fps?
There are no spaces or what ever. and the debug shows that they should be exact the same. the t stands for THIRDperson ;)
Ok I found another way... or... I probably found the main problem.
the "other" string I sent was actually the name of a gameobject (I used gameObject.ToString(); to convert)that had the same name as the tag! Somehow unity makes a difference between strings and their origin.
So what I did now was to send the gameobject.tag instead of the gameobject.ToString(); which would have been the most logical in the first place... dont know what I was thinking there -.-
Even scarier - ToString adds on the type. If you want the name of a gameobject, use go.name
If you want to know if something is a specific game object, you can test if the gameObject is equal to the other gameObject.
Tags are good for testing if the hit item is part of a group of things.
