.sendmessage to child object?

So I have a characterList and on this list I have a bunch of characters. I created a playerpref which records the name of the current gameobject and it appears to work. But when I try to find the object based on the playerpref, the thing does not find it. Heres code

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class finishImpact : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.     private float doOnce = 0;
8.     public string characName;
9.  
10.     public void Start()
11.     {
12.         characName = PlayerPrefs.GetString("CharacterName");
13.         Debug.Log(characName);
14.     }
15.  
16.     private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
17.     {
18.        
19.         if (doOnce == 0)
20.         {
21.  
22.             Debug.Log(characName +"Is the name");
23.             GameObject.Find("CharacterList").SendMessage("Finished");
24.            
25.             GameObject.Find(characName).SendMessage("raceOver");
26.             Debug.Log("Player Has Finished!");
27.             doOnce = 1;
28.         }
29.        
30.     }
31. }
32.  

In the console i always get an error saying it could not find the GameObject(string).

 

Do you mean you have a "characterList" game object in your scene and the characters are its children? If yes, then do:

Code (CSharp):

1. GameObject.Find("CharacterList/" + characName);

You have to state each object in the parent hierarchy divided by a slash.

 

that did it thanks!