Cannot change text of UI element

Hello everyone,

I have been absolutely losing my s#!$ over the last couple of days.
My goal is very simple.

I have three Text views, and during runtime I use my script to change their text values. Simple as that.

Yet I can't.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class FindGameScene : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     public Text t1;
4.  
5.     // Start is called before the first frame update
6.     void Start()
7.     {
8.         var gameModel =
9.         new GameItemModel("someGameId", "someGameName", "aGameType");
10.          
11.         this.updateView(gameModel,);
12.      
13.     }
14.  
15.     void updateView(GameItemModel model)
16.     {
17.         print("Update started");
18.      
19.         print(this.t1.text);
20. //      this.t1.text = model.gameType;
21.  
22.         print("Update finished");
23.     }
24.  
25.     public class GameItemModel
26.     {
27.         public string gameId;
28.         public string gameName;
29.         public string gameType;
30.  
31.         public GameItemModel(string gameId, string gameName, string gameType)
32.         {
33.             this.gameId = gameId;
34.             this.gameName = gameName;
35.             this.gameType = gameType;
36.  
37.         }
38.     }
39. }

This is the code I have.

When I run it like this, it works fine, meaning the script CAN access the Text object, retrieve its text variable value and print it. Then the 'Update finished' line is printed and I know the method has finished running.

BUT, once you uncomment the line where I try to set its value, the script just stops running once it gets there. It doesn't terminate, it just seems to hang. The 'Update finished' line does not get printed. Here's that part of the code again, for clarity.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. void updateView(GameItemModel model)
3.     {
4.         print("Update started");
5.      
6.           print(this.t1.text);
7.           this.t1.text = model.gameType;
8.  
9.         print("Update finished");
10.     }

I'd appreciate any attempt to help me fix this annoying thing, it has driven me crazy these last couple of days.

Thanks in advance!

Update: Initially I used TMP_Text as the type of the elements. I have now changed it to Text, but the problem still persists.

 

Show the gameType1 field definition. Looks like error is there.

 

Oh crap, I must have missed that. I updated it now but as a matter of fact, it does not solve the problem.

 

I'm not sure, but your description sounds like stack overflow or infinite loop. TMP_Text isn't a buildin unity component, so it must be somewhere in int's text setter.

 

I just changed the elements' types from TMP_Text to Text.
Nothing changed, problem still persists.

 

Obvious question, but still.. are there any errors in console? May be you forgot to set t1 reference in the Inspector?

 

Nope, no errors whatsoever, it just prints the original contents of the element and then it hangs.
Reference is set in the inspector; at this point I'm literally re-setting the reference on every script modification.
It's hella frustrating.

 

Okay I might have something.

When I checked the element in the inspector while the game was running, the contents of the text field were changed. But this change is not reflected in the Game panel.

I have no idea why it could act this way and why it would block the script.