Question How do I access a script attached to a GameObject in a way what won't be overly verbose

I'm trying to make 2 arrays of a GameObject and have made a script for the prefab, but I've found that I can't just make an instance of the script and instantiate the GameObject from there because MonoBehavior can't be made with the "new" keyword, but also there doesn't seem to be an easy way to use the script if I've got a lot of instances of a GameObject and want to be able to use an instance of the script for each instance of the GameObject

 

Steps to success:

- have a reference to the GameObject

- call .AddComponent<MyScriptName>() on it

- keep a reference to what that method returns.

I like this structure to maintain sanity:

Factory Pattern in lieu of AddComponent (for timing and dependency correctness):

https://gist.github.com/kurtdekker/5dbd1d30890c3905adddf4e7ba2b8580

 

My current thought it, perhaps the purpose of your script or how you are trying to use it is not correct. Are you certain you need this to be a MonoBehaviour script? Looking at your other post, I think the script was PlayerSprite or something like that, which I assume controlled the sprite of the player. But is it a class that simply holds an array of sprites the player could be? It may be helpful to show a bit of your code and what you are trying to accomplish and perhaps we can give you some additional advice.

And of course, use code tags.

 

Here, I uploaded the code onto GitHub so you can see it: https://github.com/AndrewC243/Unity
Please don't code review as I know it probably really sucks, I'm just trying to troubleshoot a project I'm doing with some friends for our Video Game Programming assignment. Line 22 and 26 is where I formerly made instances of PlayerSprite for each array, until I realized that the reason my game wasn't working was because I can't make instances of a class extending MonoBehaviour or something. I'll add comments to it to explain my thinking on various parts of the code when I post this comment

 

I mean, we have to review the code if we're going to help...

Code (CSharp):

1.  async void Start()
2.    {
3.        for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
4.            for (int z = 0; z < 10; z++) {
5.                Instantiate(prefab, new Vector3(x, 0, z), Quaternion.identity); // Create ground tiles
6.            }
7.        }
8.  
9.        t1sprites = new PlayerSprite[4]; // Initialization, 4 sprites per tean
10.        t2sprites = new PlayerSprite[4];
11.  
12.        for (int i = 0; i < t1sprites.Length; i++) {
13.                t1sprites[i] = PlayerSprite.inst(i / 2, (float)0.9, 0);
14.        }
15.      
16.       /*
17.         Formerly:
18.        
19.         for (int i = 0; i < t1sprites.length; i++) {
20.             t1sprites[i] = new PlayerSprite();
21.             t1sprites[i].inst(i * 2, (float)0.9, 0);
22.         }
23.        
24.       */
25.  
26.         for (int i = 0; i < t2sprites.Length; i++) {
27.                t1sprites[i] = PlayerSprite.inst(i / 2, (float)0.9, 0);
28.        }
29.        
30.    }

There is an error here in your second for loop, I'll let you see if you can spot it.
Looks like your PlayerSprite is your player class basically.
I would suggest your Init class exist in the scene with the prefab for your PlayerSprite on it and have it instantiate them instead.

I'm not sure how your Test variable is getting a value in the PlayerSprite class for you to be able to instantiate it.

Since you made changes and aren't using new anymore, that message should be gone.

 

Hm, I'm a bit confused, so should I move things from one class to the other? If I do make my arrays as GameObjects, how do I make the init script use the methods of PlayerSprite, or should I not and just see what I can change to the Init script?

If it helps, I believe I forgot to include that my Init script is attached to a transparent plane