HTC Vive - Reference lost on play

Hello, I'm trying to figure out the touchpad for the VR Controllers and it's driving me nuts, yet again...

Here's the code to get input:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using Valve.VR;
4. using UnityEngine;
5.  
6. public class Metronome : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.  
9.  
10.     //Controller stuff
11.     public SteamVR_Controller.Device device;
12.     public SteamVR_TrackedObject controller;
13.     Vector2 touchpad;
14.     public int BeatsPerMinute = 1;
15.     public int firstBeat;
16.     //public bool turnedOn;
17.     public AudioSource soundSource;
18.     public AudioSource sourceTick;
19.     public AudioClip metronomeTick1;
20.     public AudioClip firstTIck;
21.     public GameObject light1;
22.     public GameObject light2;
23.     public GameObject light3;
24.     public GameObject light4;
25.  
26.     private float _t;
27.  
28.     private void Awake()
29.     {
30.  
31.         //CS
32.         controller = gameObject.GetComponent<SteamVR_TrackedObject>();
33.      
34.     }
35.  
36.     void Start()
37.     {
38.         soundSource.gameObject.GetComponent<AudioSource>();
39.         firstBeat = 0;
40.        
41.  
42.     }
43.  
44.     void OnEnable()
45.     {
46.         _t = 0f;
47.     }
48.  
49.     private void FixedUpdate()
50.     {
51.         this.tuneBPM();
52.     }
53.  
54.     void Update()
55.     {
56.    
57.         float dur = 60f / this.BeatsPerMinute;
58.         _t += Time.deltaTime;
59.         while (_t >= dur)
60.         {
61.             _t -= dur;
62.             this.CodeToRun();
63.         }
64.  
65.  
66.         this.LightSwitch();
67.      
68.  
69.     }
70.  
71.  
72.  
73.     public void CodeToRun()
74.     {
75.         firstBeat += 1;
76.  
77.         if (firstBeat > 3)
78.         {
79.             firstBeat = 0;
80.         }
81.  
82.         if (firstBeat > 0)
83.         {
84.             soundSource.Play();
85.             Debug.Log("Metronome BPM");
86.  
87.         }
88.  
89.         if (firstBeat == 0)
90.         {
91.             sourceTick.Play();
92.             Debug.Log("First tick");
93.  
94.         }
95.  
96.     }
97.  
98.     public void LightSwitch()
99.     {
100.         if (firstBeat == 0)
101.         { light1.SetActive(true); }
102.         else
103.         { light1.SetActive(false); }
104.  
105.         if (firstBeat == 1)
106.         { light2.SetActive(true); }
107.         else
108.         { light2.SetActive(false); }
109.  
110.         if (firstBeat == 2)
111.         { light3.SetActive(true); }
112.         else
113.         { light3.SetActive(false); }
114.  
115.         if (firstBeat == 3)
116.         { light4.SetActive(true); }
117.         else
118.         { light4.SetActive(false); }
119.     }
120.  
121.     public void tuneBPM()
122.     {
123.         if (controller == null)
124.         {
125.             Debug.Log("Controller not found");
126.  
127.         }
128.  
129.         device = SteamVR_Controller.Input((int)controller.index);
130.  
131.        
132.         //If finger is on touchpad
133.         if (device.GetPressDown(SteamVR_Controller.ButtonMask.Touchpad))
134.         {
135.             Debug.Log("Touchpad Click");
136.             //Read the touchpad values
137.             touchpad = device.GetAxis(EVRButtonId.k_EButton_SteamVR_Touchpad);
138.         }
139.  
140.     }
141.  
142.  
143. }

But when I press on "Play" the object "controller" is loosing the reference, even though I dragged and dropped the controller before hand. But when the game is paused and I re-drag and drop it in, then I cllck on the play button so the game continuous and it works fine, I get the Debug.Log and everything.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

Whatever you do to get the controller in the inspector, you overwrite it when you do this in Awake:

Code (CSharp):

1. controller = gameObject.GetComponent<SteamVR_TrackedObject>();

Is that intentional?

 

No it wasn't, thanks!