[Solved] Easy Question.. Disable Objects With Tag?

Hi there I am just trying to disable/activate multiple objects with tags. Is this the correct way to do it? Any direction will be appreciative. Thank you.

 

to disable GameObjects with tag "BoxUI":

Code (CSharp):

1. void OnMouseDown()
2.     {
3.         GameObject[] gameObjectArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("BoxUI");
4.  
5.         foreach(GameObject go in gameObjectArray)
6.         {
7.             go.SetActive (false);
8.         }
9.     }

 

Thank you it works great. However now I am using a different button to make it active again in the same scene but sitting it to true and clicking on new button however now does not activate the objects again? Any ideas thank you.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3.         void  OnMouseDown ()
4.         {
5.    
6.                 GameObject[] gameObjectArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("BoxUI");
7.                 foreach (GameObject go in gameObjectArray) {
8.        
9.                         go.SetActive (true);
10.        
11.        
12.                 }
13.         }
14. }
15.  

Another question how do I enable/disable scripts on multiple objects with the same name? For example have I have multiple object with a script attached called "spawner" with a button press would like to disable/enable them on all objects that has the "spawner" script. I know how to use

Code (CSharp):

1. SpawnObject.GetComponent<Spawner>().enabled = true;

but this controls one object and script. Thank you.

 

I have solved this bit with this

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class DisableTouch : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.  
7.         void  OnMouseDown ()
8.         {
9.        
10.                 GameObject[] gos = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("test");
11.  
12.                 foreach (GameObject go in gos) {
13.  
14.                         go.GetComponent<TouchScript>().enabled = false;
15.                         go.collider.enabled = false;
16.  
17.            
18.                 }
19.  
20.         }
21. }
22.  

But still having trouble reactivating a object after disabling it. Not sure below script not activating disabled object again!

Code (CSharp):

1.         void  OnMouseDown ()
2.         {
3.          
4.                 GameObject[] gameObjectArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("BuildBoxUI");
5.  
6.                 foreach (GameObject go in gameObjectArray) {
7.              
8.                         go.SetActive (true);
9.  
10.              
11.              
12.                 }
13.  
14.         }
15.  
16. }

I did the below not the most elegant solution....(lol) but it works.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class ActivateUI : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public GameObject LevelMenu2D;
7.     public GameObject Icon;
8.     public GameObject Buttons;
9.  
10.     // Use this for initialization
11.     void Start () {
12.    
13.     }
14.    
15.     // Update is called once per frame
16.     void OnMouseDown () {
17.  
18.         LevelMenu2D.SetActive(true);
19.         Icon.SetActive(true);
20.         Buttons.SetActive(true);
21.  
22.     }
23. }
24.  

 

This is an old thread, although came across same issue - UI won't re-activate on go.SetActive(true); Enabling them one by one won't make sense as I got too many. Anyone knows why UI won't set back to active after it was deactivated?

 

Declare

Code (CSharp):

1. gameObjectArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Tag");

outside of your if statement,

in each true/false if statements, put your:

Code (CSharp):

1.             foreach (GameObject go in gameObjectArray)
2.                 {
3.                     go.SetActive(true);
4.                  
5.                 }
6.  

 

I've been having a similar problem to OP. I used davidnibi's code and it's telling me that "The name 'gameObjectArray' does not exist in the current context". While trying to find other solutions I found that I needed to use 'using System;' which didn't fix anything.

 

Where are you declaring the gameObjectArray array variable?
Put it right at the start of your code outside of any methods you call (start/update/etc).

 

Davidnibi's answer is incorrect.
You need to declare:

Code (CSharp):

1. public GameObject[] gameObjectArray;

- at the very beginning.

Then make it look for the GameObject with the Tag in the Start() call:

Code (CSharp):

1. void Start()
2.     {
3.       gameObjectArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("Tag");
4.     }

Then the foreach is going to work

 

Ok so I used this code to turn a tag false but how would I make it true now?