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Question by skylerkingdev · Aug 16, 2012 at 04:56 AM · raycastgetcomponenttaglayer

GetComponent, gameObject.tag vs gameObject.layer

Im currently using a raycast system to detect touches on game objects. I cant figure out why I can grab a component from an object if I reference the object by the tag, but I cant if I reference by the layer.

This works :

 if(hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "object_controller") 
 { 
      var objScript : object_controller = hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent(object_controller);    
     objScript.Kill();    
 }



This does not :

 if(hit.collider.gameObject.layer == 9) 
 { 
      var objScript : object_controller = hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent(object_controller);    
     objScript.Kill();    
 }

Can anyone enlighten me?

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avatar image OperationDogBird · Aug 16, 2012 at 07:51 AM 0
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Are you positive that 9 is the correct layer number? You can double check by using name to layer and logging it to the console

 var mask=Layer$$anonymous$$ask.NameToLayer("$$anonymous$$yLayer");
 Debug.Log(mask);
avatar image skylerkingdev · Aug 16, 2012 at 07:08 PM 0
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Thanks, you guys are right! Why is it that even though I physically set the layer on the prefab to 9 in the inspector, the object is on a different layer?

avatar image ScroodgeM · Aug 16, 2012 at 09:13 PM 0
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does collider is on object with correct layer? or collider and object with layer are different (parent and child?)

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Answer by ScroodgeM · Aug 16, 2012 at 11:37 AM

modify your layer check to this (below) and methinks you'll got the answer 8)

if(hit.collider.gameObject.layer == 9) 
{ 
    var objScript : object_controller = hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent(object_controller);  
    objScript.Kill();    
}
else
{
    Debug.Log("my layer is: " + hit.collider.gameObject.layer.ToString());
}
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