How do I make one object appear when I mouse over another object?

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I am currently working on a menu, and I would like for another object in the scene to appear when I mouse over my 3D text.

The object in question is currently set to invisible using this script:

GetComponent(MeshRenderer).enabled = false;

My understanding is that if I set the value above to True, it will do the trick.

However,

Which object should I put that part of the script on?
And where in that script do I identify the object that I want to make visible?

Thank you.

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Answer by MikeNewall · Feb 21, 2014 at 12:20 AM

Attach this script to your text. Assign the object you want to show to the menuObject variable in the inspector.

 public GameObject menuObject;

 void Start(){
     menuObject.renderer.enabled = false;
 }

 void OnMouseOver(){
     menuObject.renderer.enabled = true;
 }

Just so you know a Gameobject has a property which gets its renderer if it has one attached so you don't need to get the component :)

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a1468155 · Feb 22, 2014 at 10:41 PM 0

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Thank you for the reply! I did get an error upon attaching that script to the 3D text object:

Assets/invisibleVisible.js(3,12): BCE0043: Unexpected token: GameObject.

robertbu · Feb 22, 2014 at 10:45 PM 0

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@al468155 - the above script is C#. You pasted it into a Javascript file.

a1468155 · Feb 23, 2014 at 02:36 AM 0

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@$$anonymous$$ikeNewall and @robertbu, thank you both very much! I got it working right away! Perfect!!

getyour411 · Feb 23, 2014 at 02:38 AM 0

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Ins$$anonymous$$d of posting a follow up/thank you as another ANSWER (as you did here), please tick the 'Accept Answer' icon under the thumbs icons up there. I converted this one for you.

How do I make one object appear when I mouse over another object?

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