Hi there! I've got a question about a specific problem related to a topic which seems to be hard to understand.
That topic is .GetComponent<>();
The question may sound silly but before I got overwhelmed by errors I thought I learned [this][1] lesson well... but now I don't know what to think anymore!
**And the question is:**
**What do I have to do to access/reference/manipulate an instantiated prefab/GameObject/thing?**
Now something more specific ( i'm keeping this generic enough so that any answer may easily be understood by others in my same needs):
I've got scriptA attached to objectA, scriptB attached to objectB and scriptC attached to objectA. scriptA has a public "slot" in the editor in which i put objectB. This is a simple way to reference another GameObject.
Then I put my objectA with its two scripts inside the Hierarchy, so that it exists.
*When I execute in scriptA an Instantiate(objectB) I'm making a Clone of that GameObject, am I right? But what if my scriptC tried to access a variable of scriptB?*
*I've set up the references "properly", and by properly I mean that I followed the .GetComponent<>(); method. Obviously I get a null reference exception in this case.*
*I know that exception is right, it does make sense: the hierarchy contains no objectB so there's not a scriptB either. But the Hierarchy do contains an objectB(Clone), which has a scriptB.*
**So what would I have to do to "talk" to that Clone with my scriptC?**
I also tried the static workaround, even if it's not smart when you have multiple clones on screen. It didn't worked.
*The only thing I managed to do to solve this issue is to put objectB inside the Hierarchy too, thus disabling the Instantiate execution inside scriptA of objectA. This way I just have to make a regular Find & GetComponent with scriptC to access stuff in scriptB. But this is not what I wanted in the first place.*
My apologies, I know this argument has been already explained in tons of examples, but I just couldn't get it.
Needless to say that a link or some lines of code would be very appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your kindness.
P.S.: I can provide you my own code if you think that might improve your answers, but it's just a coded version of what I stated above.
[1]: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/550578/cant-understand-getcomponent-c.html
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