Can I attach the Main Camera to two scripts?

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I have objects Main Camera and Player Ship. Player Ship has a script attached (Ship.js) with a var myCamera : Camera (Main Camera is assigned).

Now I've created another script HitPointBarController.js, also with a var myCamera : Camera, but the Inspector won't let me assign Main Camera to it.

What's up with that? Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Answer by Giannis7312777 · Jan 04, 2014 at 06:30 PM

A another way is to search for the tag of camera on function Start. Here's an example:

 var myCamera : Camera;
 
 function Start(){
      myCamera =  GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("MainCamera");
 }

Hope it helped :)

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brag42 · Jan 04, 2014 at 08:17 PM 0

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@Giannis: I tried your suggestion and got this error:

Cannot convert 'UnityEngine.GameObject' to 'UnityEngine.Camera'.

brag42 · Jan 05, 2014 at 12:56 AM 0

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Ah, your answer led me to find the correct code. If you add a .camera to line 4, I'll mark it as the answer.

sath · Jan 05, 2014 at 01:22 AM 0

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you dont have to set a var for $$anonymous$$ain Camera you can do it like:

 Camera.main.backgroundColor = Color.red;

Camera.main.ReadToLearn