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How do you access the transform component of an object in another class?
Here is my AI script that I have attached to my enemy.
public class AI : MonoBehaviour {
public Enemy enemy;
void Start () {
enemy = new Enemy();
float distance = enemy.Distance();
}
public class Creature : MonoBehaviour{
public float Distance(){
//I can't seem to access transform of the object this script is attached to.
float targetDistance = Vector3.Distance(new Vector3(0,0,0), transform);
return targetDistance;
}
}
public class Enemy : Creature{
}
For starters, you must never instantiate components with the new keyword. Enemy derives from Creature which in turns derives from MonoBehavior, i.e. it is a script component. Such must be added using GameObject.AddComponent, or they get instantiated on the object if the gameobject is an instantiation of a prefab which is configured to have such a script as a component.
Once there is a GameObject in your hierarchy that has an Enemy script attached to it, you can access it from scripts like this:
Enemy enemy = GameObject.Find("GameObject name here").GetComponent<Enemy>();
Afterwards, to answer your actual question, the transform is a property of MonoBehavior, so every class that derives from MonoBehavior has access to the transform of the GameObject to which it is attached like so:
Transform enemyTransform = enemy.transform;
