koobas.hobune.stream
Exception when I try to get other parent's children (GameObjects)
Good day to ya. I had an empty parent GameObject and a script, attached to every child GameObject.
In this script I'am trying to do next:
GameObject[] children = this.GetComponentsInParent<GameObject>()
And i have this exeption:
"ArgumentException: GetComponent requires that the requested component 'GameObject' derives from MonoBehaviour or Component or is an interface."
What I'am doing wrong?
Best Answer
Gameobjects are not components, they are containers for components. You can't get Gameobjects in such fashion. Since your child is related to the other gameobjects by their transform, you can get them with this code:
Transform parent = transform.parent;
GameObject[] children = new GameObject[parent.childCount];
for(int i = 0; i < parent.childCount; i++){
children[i] = parent.GetChild(i).gameObject;
}
GameObject does not inherit from Component. So you can't use GetComponentsInParent.
What you need here is:
Transform parent = transform.parent; // access this GameObject's parent
for (i = 0; i < parent.GetChildCount(); i++){
Transform child = parent.GetChild(i);
}
