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Question by gianni123 · May 11, 2012 at 02:28 PM · gameobjectchangecast

Changing gameobject assigned to a variable from string

hello, I can not change a variable gameobject in my script.

npcname is a string that matches the name of gameobject..

I use this code:

GameObject.Find(triggername).GetComponent("AnimationOnTrigger").animateobject=NpcName;

but it returns the error:

InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source type to destination type.

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avatar image maroonrs2 · May 11, 2012 at 02:34 PM 0
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Try this:

var ObjectHere:Transform; //Locate your object here
ObjectHere.Find(triggername);
FlowerPotsHaveDirtInThem = ObjectHere.getComponent("AnimationOnTrigger");
FlowerPotsHaveDirtInThem.animateobject=NpcName; //Not sure how to do this part

avatar image gianni123 · May 11, 2012 at 02:42 PM 0
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don't work..i can't define the gameobject in a var..

avatar image maroonrs2 · May 11, 2012 at 02:46 PM 0
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Tell me the whole bit of the section of gameobject.find and the triggername.

avatar image gianni123 · May 11, 2012 at 02:48 PM 0
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triggername and NpcName are taken from an xml file

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Answer by Berenger · May 11, 2012 at 03:41 PM

This GetComponent only returns a Component, which doesn't have an animateobject variable. You should cast it like that (C#)

 GameObject trigger = GameObject.Find(triggername);
 AnimationOnTrigger animOnTrigger = trigge.GetComponent("AnimationOnTrigger") as AnimationOnTrigger;
 // Or, with generics
 //AnimationOnTrigger animOnTrigger = trigger.GetComponent< AnimationOnTrigger >();
 animOnTrigger .animateobject=NpcName;
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