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Cannot reference "Halo" type in Javascript
I have a Halo component attached to a child GameObject, but trying to use the Javascript
var h = GetComponentInChildren(Halo);
Gives
Assets/Selection.js(8,42): BCE0005: Unknown identifier: 'Halo'.
On the child GameObject itself, I can do this:
var test : Component = GetComponent("Halo");
Debug.Log("direct type: " + test.GetType());
which prints
direct type: UnityEngine.Behaviour
I expected to get the specific Halo type back (like UnityEngine.BoxCollider) rather than the generic Behavior.
Is there something "special" about Halo, where it doesn't have its own type? If so, what's the proper method for referencing it in a similar manner to GetComponentInChildren?
Using Unity 3.5.0f5, MonoDevelop 2.8.2
Not everything is exposed to scripting; Halo is one of those things that isn't.
Simple enough; is there any way to tell what is and isn't available, besides "just try it"? Looking in the docs for "Halo" and "Lens Flare" (another light effect), I couldn't see anything that would indicate one would be available, and another wouldn't.
Well, usually just look into the scripting reference. At the left side you get a complete alphabetically sorted list of all classes / structs available. Well there are some undocumented classes that can also be used, but you shouldn't rely on them since they could be removed at any time.
There's also a hierarchical list
Using the documentation search, "lensflare" comes up with results and "halo" doesn't, so that's a pretty clear indication.
Maybe this is new functionality since this question but it is now accessible.
var halo : Behaviour;
halo = GetComponent("halo");
