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How to use FindGameObjectWithTag to get 0
I've been trying to use a simple script to count the number of GameObjects to print to a GUI. I can't figure out how to properly do it. My difficulty is that Length always returns 1. How should I change this code?
public static int count = 0;
private GameObject[] getCount;
void Update () {
getCount = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("BallsTag");
count = getCount.Length;
}
I don't see anything wrong with this code. Are you sure there are no game object with the tag 'BallsTag' in the scene? Perhaps you have a ball in the scene you use to Instantiate() from?
You could print the name of the object and its position, that would tell what and where it is.
////////Edit: I missed how I fixed my problem, the text below is not the solution/////////
Thank you to both of you for replying to my unclear question. The answer turned out to be that because I was using this script to destroy object itself:
void OnBecameInvisible()
{
DestroyObject(gameObject);
}
The final object was destroyed/removed from hierarchy but not completely disappearing. I fixed my problem by changing the code to:
void OnBecameInvisible()
{
DestroyObject(this.gameObject);
}
Actually, both code are the same. Your fix is from somewhere.
The this keyword is just a pointer to the actual object calling the method, in your case, the script on which it is called. The script inherits gameobject reference from $$anonymous$$onoBehaviour, so using this.gameObject or simply gameObject result in the same.
