A field initializer cannot reference the non-static field, method, or property 'Component.transform'

Happy weekend, all!

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I'm trying to use a Vector3 to copy the x and z euler angles, then change the euler y angle to -180, for the 2D object attached to the script and all of its children. By doing so I hope to flip the objects across the y axis, making them face the opposite direction— left.
I got the error in the title, however. Does anyone know how to make this work as intended without errors? I appreciate any insight, even if you're not too sure.


The issue has only occurred after attempting to apply "transform.eulerAngles = FaceLeft" on line 72.
The issue is on line 19, character 44, and character 80— Unity doesn't like the transform.eulerAngles.x & z.
Here's my code:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class CharacterMovement : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     private void Start()
8.     {
9.         _rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
10.     }
11.  
12.     //This is the movement speed
13.     private static float MoveForce = 10;
14.     private static float JumpForce = 8;
15.     public Vector2 HorizontalVelocity = new Vector2(MoveForce,0);
16.     public Vector2 VerticalVelocity = new Vector2(0, JumpForce);
17.  
18.     //This is the rotation for facing a sprite left.
19.     private Vector3 FaceLeft = new Vector3(transform.localeulerAngles.x, -180, transform.localeulerAngles.z);
20.  
21.  
22.     // </>
23. //This is for the TpToSpawn method
24.     public Vector3 SpawnPosition = new Vector3(-2, -3, 0);
25.     public Vector4 Upright = new Vector4(0, 0, 0);
26. // </>
27.     private Rigidbody2D _rigidbody;
28.  
29.  
30.  
31.  
32.  
33.  
34.  
35.     private void Update()
36.     {
37.         //Move Player to spawn position, reset their velocity, and make them upright
38.         //If they fall off the map
39.      
40.             if(transform.position.y < -5)
41.             {
42.                 Debug.Log("The Player should be respawning!");
43.                 _rigidbody.velocity = new Vector2(0,0);
44.                 transform.position = SpawnPosition;
45.                 transform.eulerAngles = Upright;
46.             }
47.      
48.         //This allows horizontal movement
49.  
50.         if(Input.GetButton("Right"))
51.         {
52.             _rigidbody.AddForce(HorizontalVelocity * Time.deltaTime, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
53.         }
54.  
55.         if(Input.GetButton("Left"))
56.         {
57.             _rigidbody.AddForce(-HorizontalVelocity * Time.deltaTime, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
58.         }
59.      
60.         //This allows for jumping if the character presses the jump button
61.         //and their vertical velocity is less than 0.001 units/s
62.         if(Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && Mathf.Abs(_rigidbody.velocity.y) < 0.001f)
63.         {
64.             //Add an Impulse force called JumpForce
65.             _rigidbody.AddForce(VerticalVelocity, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
66.         }
67.  
68.         //Makes the character face left when they move left
69.         //changing the euler angles to the "FaceLeft" Vector3
70.         if(Input.GetButtonDown("Left"))
71.         {
72.             transform.eulerAngles = FaceLeft;
73.         }
74.  
75.    
76.     }
77. }

 

You can't call functions in field initializers like you're doing in line 19.

You can convert that variable into a getter pretty trivially and then it should work.

NOTE: the "function" you're calling is

transform.localeulerAngles

, which is a getter in itself.

ALSO:

transform.localeulerAngles

is misspelled; the Euler is capitalized.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-localEulerAngles.html

 

Thank you very much! I'm glad you told me transform.localEulerAngles is a getter; I ended up deleting line 19 altogether and using this on line 80 INSIDE THE UPDATE METHOD which I previously failed to realize was the reason for that error:

transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(transform.eulerAngles.x, -180, transform.eulerAngles.z)