Change variable on another script

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new to Unity3D - actually programming in general.
I'm trying to do a basic game with PowerUps and a few animations.

But there is a already the first problem, I can't get the PowerUps to do what i want them to.

What i planis that when the player collides with the PowerUp (BoxCollider) the players Animator Speed should increase for a limited time (10sec or so).

I wrote a script to change the Animator Speed in a variable (float) and it works.
But I am having trouble changing that variable, through the script attached to the PowerUp when the collision happens.

Already tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to work for me. I hope someone can help me out.

The script that manipulates the Animator Speed called "AnimatorVar" attached to "Player"

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public var animator:Animator;
3. public var speed:float;
4.  
5. function Start(){
6. animator=GetComponent(Animator);
7. }
8. function Update () {
9. animator.speed = 1;
10. }
11.  

This is the Script i did for the PowerUp attached to "Trigger" (basicly only a test for the collider itself with no functionality other than destroyng the box after the collison)

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. function OnTriggerEnter () {
3.     GameObject.Destroy (gameObject) ;
4.          }
5.  

So what i need is basically a way to change the variable from = 1 to for example = 2 and give it a timer of 10 secs.

Best Regards.

 

To change a variable on another script you have a few choices. One less choice, and my preferred method, which is exclusive to C#, so you using Java can not. One reason I suggest switching languages.

In C# you can have a script as a variable. Now, with that variable, you have access to that script from this script.

Having said that, GetComponent, or SendMessage().

 

First of all thank you for your reply. Using C# is not really an option for me, as i have no knowledge in using it and i don't want to mix languages here.

I did try the GetComponent Method but just can't get it to work. :/

 

Make it a static and then access it by going CLASSNAME.VARIABLENAME

To make it a static type in static after public. E.g. public static var

When accessing it in your script do NAMEOFCLASS.NAMEOFVAR . E.g. scoreClass.score = 1;

Goodluck

 

So in my script that would result in:

Code (csharp):

1. public static var animator:Animator;
2.     public static var speed:float;
3.      
4.     function Start(){
5.     animator=GetComponent(Animator);
6.     }
7.     function Update () {
8.     animator.speed = 1;
9.     }

Code (csharp):

1.  function OnTriggerEnter () {
2.         AnimatorVar.animator.speed = 2;
3.        
4.                    //GameObject.Destroy (gameObject) ;
5.              }

Or am i still missing something? Can't get it to work with this.
Regards.

 

I'm no pro with the animators but shouldn't AnimatorVar.animator.speed = speed?
Set speed to 1 and try again.

And on your second script make it YOURCLASSNAMETHATWASONSCRIPTONE.speed = 2

Hope that helps

 

Can't get it to work sadly. :S
Appreciate your help man.

 

Isn't GetComponent supposed to be written like GetComponent<>()...?

 

Thanks to everybody that contributed to this. I have managed to get what i wanted by making the player the one triggering the collision and attaching a script to him.