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How do I make a working button?
I just started using Unity the other day and, as such, I'm a total noob. While I've been able to learn how to set up a scene and navigate it with a working player controller, I can't figure out how to make a working main menu from which you can chose which level to go to by clicking a button. I don't know java, which has proved to be a problem, and every time I browse the forums to get sample code I get the following: "All compiler errors have to be fixed before you can enter playmode!" with the error: "UCE0001 ";" expected. Insert a semicolon at the end." Sorry for the ignorance. Any ideas?
Here this is the Script Reference to your question : http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/GUI.Button.html
Alright, so here's my script;
pragma strict
/ Draws 2 buttons, one with an image, and other with a text // And print a message when they got clicked. var btnTexture : Texture; function OnGUI() { if (!btnTexture) { Debug.LogError("Please assign a texture on the inspector"); return; } if (GUI.Button(Rect(10,10,50,50),btnTexture)) Debug.Log("Clicked the button with an image"); if (GUI.Button(Rect(10,70,50,30),"Click")) Debug.Log("Clicked the button with text"); } function Start () {
}
function Update () {
}
A print-screen of my workspace is attached. 
The button is now clickable and the console gives me verification that I'm clicking it correctly, however how do I take this make it send the player to the next scene?
Application.LoadLevel will load the scene for you. http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Application.LoadLevel.html
Please put your code in the code formatting so that we can help you better.
I can't thank you guys enough. I've been able to piece together how to code in Java because of the responses and I've been able to make a working button. $$anonymous$$y only other problem lies in that I can't figure out how to choose the location on the screen of where I want the buttons to go. When I try to code 2 buttons, only one of them is selectable because the other button is put in the exact same location. Here's the code (in proper format this time, haha)
#pragma strict
// Draws 2 buttons, one with an image, and other with a text
// And print a message when they got clicked.
var btnTexture : Texture;
function OnGUI() {
if (!btnTexture) {
Debug.LogError("Please assign a texture on the inspector");
return;
}
if (GUI.Button(Rect(10,10,50,50),btnTexture))
Application.LoadLevel ("level better");
}
function Start () {
}
function Update () {
}
What might be easier for you (instead of working with the GUI class) is to put something in the scene, like a plane, to represent your button. Stick a BoxCollider on it or a BoxCollider2D to use as your button's clickable area. If you attach a script to the same GameObject that has this collider, you can use the OnMouseDown() callback to do stuff in code when your button is clicked.
