`UnityEngine.GameObject.Find(string)' cannot be accessed with an instance reference, qualify it with a type name instead

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I get the following error on lines 29 and 32

`UnityEngine.GameObject.Find(string)' cannot be accessed with an instance reference, qualify it with a type name instead

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.Networking;
 
 public class Spectate : MonoBehaviour {
 
     private Camera Main_Cam;
     private Camera Spectate_Cam;
     private GameObject cam_main;
     private GameObject cam_spectate;
     private GameObject gui;
     private GameObject player_name;
     private GameObject name_player;
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
         
     }
     
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update () {
         
     }
 
     public void Overview(){
         foreach (GameObject player in GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Player")){
             if (player.GetComponent<Renderer>().material.GetColor("_Color") == Color.blue){
                 cam_spectate = player.Find ("Spectate_Camera");
                 Spectate_Cam = cam_spectate.GetComponent<Camera> ();
 //                cam_main = player.GetComponentInChildren<Camera> ();
                 cam_main = player.Find ("Main Camera");
                 Main_Cam = cam_main.GetComponent<Camera> ();
 //                Main_Cam = player.GetComponentInChildren<Camera> ();
                 gui = GameObject.Find ("GUI");
                 if (Main_Cam.enabled == true) {
                     if (Network.isServer) {
 //                        Main_Cam.enabled = (false);
                         player.SetActive (false);
                         Spectate_Cam.enabled = (true);
                         gui.SetActive (false);
                     } else {
                         Main_Cam.enabled = (!Main_Cam.isActiveAndEnabled);
                         Spectate_Cam.enabled = (!Spectate_Cam.isActiveAndEnabled);
                     }
                 } else {
                     if (Network.isServer) {
 //                        Main_Cam.enabled = (false);
                         player.SetActive (false);
                         Spectate_Cam.enabled = (true);
                         gui.SetActive (false);
                     } else {
                         Main_Cam.enabled = (!Main_Cam.isActiveAndEnabled);
                         Spectate_Cam.enabled = (!Spectate_Cam.isActiveAndEnabled);
                     }
                 }
                 break;
             }
         }
     }
 }

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Answer by MacDx · Dec 06, 2017 at 01:15 AM

Find is a static method of the GameObject class, and as such it can't be called by instances of the class it can only be called by the type itself. So the console is telling you to do exactly that.

 //Instead of doing this:
 player.Find ("Whatever");
 //You need to do this:
 GameObject.Find("Whatever");

Just like you are already doing on line 35 to find your gui.

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StegnerGames · Dec 06, 2017 at 01:29 AM 0

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That doesnt work. Nothing happens when I press the button. I have 2 cameras as children of the player; the main camera and spectate camera.

MacDx StegnerGames · Dec 06, 2017 at 01:42 AM 0

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That doesnt work.

You mean it solved the compilation error you had but it doesn't do what you expected it to do afterwards. Although that's completely unrelated to the question asked, I'm willing to help. Could you describe what kind of game you are making, and what exactly do you expect to happen when you press the button and how's that different from what's happening right now? Also, are you using Unity's networking system?

StegnerGames MacDx · Dec 06, 2017 at 01:46 AM 0

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I'm not really making a game per say, I'm just playing around with Unity. What I expect to happen when the button is pressed is the main camera and spectate camera toggle. What happens right now is nothing. I am using Unity's networking system.

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Answer by Incogitance · May 18, 2020 at 11:18 PM

I have found that several people have been looking for an answer like this.

What helped me was

 // Instead of 
 player.Find("Whatever");
 // You can use
 player.transform.Find("Whatever");

Gameobject.Find() will search through the whole scene and is not useful when using clones.

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KulNar282 · Sep 25, 2020 at 01:49 AM 0

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@Incogitance I'm trying to access the SelectionCircle child GameObject of my unit, but putting gameObject.transform.Find("SelectCircle") or this.gameObject.transform.Find("SelectCircle") in the Unit class gives me a "Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.Transform' to 'UnityEngine.GameObject'" error. Do you know why this might be? (I may have already posted this, but it disappeared for me)

ChrisP999 KulNar282 · Mar 22 at 07:15 AM 0

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Hi, your problem is transform.find returns a Transform, not a gameobject, but the transform contains the gameobject if that's what you need. (I had exactly the same issue)

`UnityEngine.GameObject.Find(string)' cannot be accessed with an instance reference, qualify it with a type name instead

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