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Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Assets/Scripts/CoinCounter.cs(12,25): error CS0120: An object reference is required to access non-static member `UnityEngine.GUIText.text'

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using UnityEngine.UI;
4.  
5. public class CoinCounter : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     public int coinCount = 0;
8.    
9.     // Update is called once per frame
10.     void Update ()
11.     {
12.         GUIText.text = "x" + coinCount;
13.     }
14. }

I can't figure out why it is giving me this error.

 

GUIText is the name of a class, not a reference to an object.

If you're using GUI Text, add a public variable:

Code (csharp):

1. public GUIText guiText;

and assign it in the inspector. Then change the line to:

Code (csharp):

1. guiText.text = "x" + coinCount;

If you're using the new Unity UI, use "Text" instead to refer to a Unity UI Text element.

(If you don't want to assign it in the inspector, you may be able to use GetComponent<GUIText>().)

 

Text is working, but there is a new issue:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
CoinCounter.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/CoinCounter.cs:12)

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using UnityEngine.UI;
4.  
5. public class CoinCounter : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     public int coinCount = 0;
8.     Text text;
9.     // Update is called once per frame
10.     void Update ()
11.     {
12.         text.text = "x" + coinCount;
13.     }
14. }
15.  

 

You should do the Unity tutorials before trying this. This is basic programming and is explained in detail in the tutorials.

 

Change line 8 to: public Text text;

Then assign the Text field in the inspector.

These will be very helpful to you: http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules