Question Prefab Update() event responding simultaneously in all instances of my prefab.

I have a 9x9x9 array of Prefabs (cubes with Text components.)



Attached to my prefab is an Update() event as follows:

Code (CSharp):

1.  private void Update()
2.     {
3.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
4.         {
5.             if (_sudoValue < 0)
6.                 this.SetCandidate(-_sudoValue, true);
7.         }
8.  
9.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
10.         {
11.             if (_sudoValue < 0f)
12.                 this.UserValue = -_sudoValue;
13.         }
14.     }

When I wrote this code I was thinking the Update() event would apply separately--to each individual prefab, but when I click any single of my instantiated prefabs, it's exactly as if I'd clicked on every individual instantiated prefab at once. This seems to break the object-oriented paradigm. Can someone help me understand what I'm missing?

Thank you,

rosco_y

 

This code is just detecting whether the mouse buttons are down. There is no code to determine what is being clicked, just is the mouse button down, yes or no? Sorry for not pointing you in a better direction, but it's a pretty open ended topic.

 

CodeRonnie--Thanks for your quick reply! Your answer does make sense, and it is so much more rewarding than checking back daily to find no responses.

While being careful to not sound gratuitous, Thank you again, I really appreciate your help!

rosco_y

 

Happy to help. Also, I would move the input logic out of the prefabs, and into one central location where input is being handled, then do something like raycast from the mouse position on screen, converted to a ray in the world space of the scene. If that ray being cast into the scene collides with one of your prefabs, that is what the mouse is clicking on.