[solved] Flashlight help

Hi, this is my first day using Unity, and my first day using C# (I find it similar to Java).

I was wondering how I could get a specific spotlight object for my script.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class flash : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public Light fl;
7.     // Use this for initialization
8.     void Start () {
9.         //    fl = GameObject.GetComponent<Light>;
10.         fl = GetCompontent("flash") as Light;
11.     }
12.  
13. }

This is what I have so far but I can't seem to get the object D: what do I do ;-;

**This is also my first post so I'm not sure if this is in the right spot

 

you could try to fix a point light or something to your game object & then turn it on & off via script as needed

 

yeah I have the point light under the object in Hierarchy but I just don't know how to reference it from the code :L

 

I think if you put something like this on your light it should work


Light myLight = lightPoint.GetComponent("Light");

if (Input.GetButtonDown(//whatever you want to use to turn it on)) { myLight.enabled = true; }

I don't have access to check the code though

 

lightPoint doesn't exist ;-; im srry im seriously totally lost

 

idk what i did but it works now

 

I suggest you read into the unity documentation. Look up some basic tutorials. All that good stuff.

For example, here's the scripting reference for GetComponent. It shows you how to use it in code.

Here's the page with all the official unity tutorials on it. Some of them may be outdated, so you may need to post again with some questions in the future. I'd be happy to help out a beginner in any way I can.