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Cannot implicitly converter type to UnityEngine.UI.Text

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by Darkmyst, Feb 14, 2015.

  1. Darkmyst

    Darkmyst

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    So i knew i would get this error when i tried to find the gameobject but what else do i do?
    it doesn't seem like i can put anything after i find the object, like if i wanted the transform i would do GameObject.Find("gun").transform.

    Ill include a snippet of my code:

    1. orbHUD = GameObject.Find ("orbs Value");
     
    Darkmyst, Feb 14, 2015
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  2. hpjohn

    hpjohn

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    GameObject.Find("name").GetComponent<UnityEngine.UI.text>()
     
    hpjohn, Feb 14, 2015
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  3. Darkmyst

    Darkmyst

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    Just incase anyone see this, it should be UnityEngine.UI.Text

    So:

    1. GameObject.Find("name").GetComponent<UnityEngine.UI.Text>()

    :)
     
    Darkmyst, Feb 14, 2015
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  4. DanielQuick

    DanielQuick

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    Or, if you're using Text (or other UI components) multiple times in a script you can add the UnityEngine.UI part to the top instead of in every call.
    Code (csharp):
    1.  
    2. using UnityEngine.UI;
    3.  
    4. void Awake () {
    5.     GameObject.Find ("name").GetComponent<Text> ();
    6. }
    7.  
     
    DanielQuick, Feb 14, 2015
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  5. kdubnz

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    Shouldn't the result of that statement be assigned to a variable so it can be used ??
     
    kdubnz, Feb 14, 2015
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  6. DanielQuick

    DanielQuick

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    Sure, it was just an example of not having to write UnityEngine.UI.Text every time. What I wrote doesn't do anything.
     
    DanielQuick, Feb 14, 2015
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