Prefab

Hello

There is a Prefab already existing in Unity Project. When I rename the prefab and try to use it in c# script, I get an error.

Assets\Scripts\GameControl.cs(9,12): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'time' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

What do I need to do?

Please advise.

Thanks.

 

Most likely prefab has nothing to do with it, but there's a typo in the script. It is hard to tell what ort of typo, because you've not posted any code.

It is possible, however, t hat it is something like "time.deltaTime" instead of "Time.deltaTime".

C# is case sensitive.

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. using UnityEngine;
5.  
6. public class GameControl : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     public static readonly int totalStick = 54;
9.     public static readonly int stickPerLayer = 3;
10.     public time woodstick;
11.  
12.     public static int stickNumberVariable=1;
13.     public static int collisionVariable=0;
14.  
15.     void Start()
16.     {
17.         stickNumberVariable=1;
18.         collisionVariable=0;
19.         Time.timeScale = 2;
20.    
21.         for(int h = 0; h < totalStick/stickPerLayer; h++)
22.         {
23.             for(int i = 0; i < stickPerLayer; i++)
24.             {
25.                 time locStick;
26.                 locStick = Instantiate(woodstick);
27.                 locStick.stickNumber=stickNumberVariable;
28.                 stickNumberVariable++;
29.                
30.  
31.                 if (h % 2 == 0)
32.                 {
33.                     locStick.transform.position += new Vector3((time.x * i), (time.y * h), 0);
34.                 }
35.                 else
36.                 {
37.                     locStick.transform.position += new Vector3((time.x * i), (time.y * h), -time.z);
38.                     locStick.transform.RotateAround(transform.position, new Vector3(0, -1, 0), 90);
39.  
40.                 }
41.                 locStick.SetOriginalPosition();
42.             }
43.         }
44.         collisionVariable++;
45.     }
46.  
47.     public void Restart()
48.     {
49.         stickNumberVariable=1;
50.         collisionVariable=0;
51.         var sticks = FindObjectsOfType<WoodStick>();
52.         foreach (WoodStick ws in sticks)
53.         {
54.             ws.RevertPosition();
55.         }
56.  
57.     }
58.  
59.  
60. }

 

Well, here you go:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public time woodstick;
3.  

There's no type called "time".

What is it even supposed to do? If you're trying to instantiate an object from prefab reference, it should be

public GameObject woodstick;

, or, seeing that you have a WoodStick behavior somewhere,

public WoodStick woodstick;

 

public time woodstick;

, here is your error

 

My prefab name is "time".

 

Prefabs are gameobjects, they aren't given types based on their names

 

Funny Thing. If I rename a Prefab object (say 'WoodStick' to 'WoodStick1'). And then again rename it (to 'WoodStick' from 'WoodStick1'), the game stops working!

 

When I try to instantiate an prefab, I get the following error:

ArgumentException: The Object you want to instantiate is null.
UnityEngine.Object.Instantiate[T] (T original) (at <d3b66f0ad4e34a55b6ef91ab84878193>:0)
GameControl.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/GameControl.cs:28)

Any idea what this could be?

P.S: I am using Unity 2020.3.26f1 Personal

 

As the log says, the prefab/object that you are trying to instantiate is null. Lucky guess - double check if you assigned it in the inspector

 

Amazing Intuition. Thanks.