How to set Child As Target in Script

How do you assign a child object through script by name? I tried

Code (CSharp):

1. attackTrigger = GameObject.Find("EnemyAttackTrigger");

but it just assigned the first EnemyAttackTrigger, which is another enemy's attack trigger. Is there an easy way to assign the current objects child, without assigning each individually through the inspector?

Thanks

 

You can use transform.Find instead of GameObject.Find.

You can also iterate over the direct children of a transform with something like

Code (CSharp):

1. foreach (Transform child in parentTransform)

 

Sorry, it doesn't seem to be working, it is a game object, so it says cannot convert transform to game object.

 

That just means you need to write ".transform" after your variable. Every GameObject has an attached Transform.

If you need any further help than that, post the code that is giving you the error.

 

This time it says cannot assign gameobject.transform, it is read only.
Here's my script

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class EnemyAttack : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     public Animator animator;
8.     public GameObject attackTrigger;
9.     public EnemyMover mover;
10.     public EnemyCreator enemy;
11.     public bool isAttacking;
12.     private float speed;
13.     private float baseSpeed;
14.     public LayerMask playerLayer;
15.     public Player player;
16.     private void Start()
17.     {
18.         enemy = this.GetComponent<EnemyCreator>();
19.         player = FindObjectOfType<Player>();
20.         attackTrigger.transform = transform.Find("EnemyAttackTrigger");
21.         attackTrigger.SetActive(false);
22.         mover = this.GetComponent<EnemyMover>();
23.         baseSpeed = enemy.speed;
24.         animator = this.GetComponent<Animator>();
25.        
26.     }
27.     private void Update()
28.     {
29.         RaycastHit2D info = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, mover.isRight ? Vector2.right : Vector2.left, 1f, playerLayer);
30.         if (info.collider != null)
31.         {
32.             if(!this.GetComponentInParent<EnemyCreator>().isDead && !isAttacking && !player.isDead)
33.             {
34.                 StartCoroutine(Attack());
35.             }
36.         }
37.     }
38.     IEnumerator Attack()
39.     {
40.         if (!this.GetComponentInParent<EnemyCreator>().isDead)
41.         {
42.             enemy.speed = 0.1f;
43.             isAttacking = true;
44.             animator.SetBool("isAttacking", true);
45.             yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
46.             attackTrigger.SetActive(true);
47.             yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.25f);
48.             animator.SetBool("isAttacking", false);
49.             if (attackTrigger != null)
50.             {
51.                 attackTrigger.SetActive(false);
52.             }
53.                 isAttacking = false;
54.             enemy.speed = baseSpeed;
55.         }
56.     }
57. }
58.  

 

Always point out which line has the error, too.

I was imagining that you had a GameObject and needed a Transform. Apparently your situation is the other way around.

You want to change

Code (CSharp):

1. attackTrigger.transform = transform.Find("EnemyAttackTrigger");

into

Code (CSharp):

1. attackTrigger = transform.Find("EnemyAttackTrigger").gameObject;

 

That worked, thank you very much!