Resolved Type name instead of instance reference

This error keeps coming up over and over, no matter what I try, and I haven't been able to wrap my head around the problem. I am trying to change a Transform from another GameObject to a Vector3, but nothing is working. Please help me! The actual error says:
Assets\Scripts\PlayerMovement.cs(36,41): error CS0176: Member 'Vector3.forward' cannot be accessed with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead

 

Show us your code (use code tags READ THIS).
My blind guess is that you're trying to overwrite the

transform

with a

Vector3.forward

. You probably want to overwrite the

transform.position

, but we only can be sure if you show us your code.

 

Here is the code:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     private Vector3 PlayerCameraRotation;
8.     [SerializeField] private Transform PlayerCamera;
9.     void Update(){
10.         if(Input.GetMouseButton(0)){
11.             PlayerCameraRotation = new Vector3(PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position.x, PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position.y, PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position.z);
12.             PlayerBody.AddRelativeForce(PlayerCameraRotation.forward * PlayerThrust);
13.         }
14.     }
15. )

And by the way yes, I have correctly connected the PlayerCamera Transform

 

This should be

Vector3.forward

because it is simply a static member returning a

new Vector3(0, 0, 1f);

 

This is also redundant:

Code (CSharp):

1. PlayerCameraRotation = new Vector3(PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position.x, PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position.y, PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position.z);

It can be simplified to:

Code (CSharp):

1. PlayerCameraRotation = PlayerGroundCheck.transform.position;

 

My problem is that I want the current object to have added force going in the forward direction of PlayerCamera. Is there any way I can do that? It would save a lot of headaches. Although thank you for your replies.

 

Firstly. You get that error because PlayerCameraRotation is a Vector3 and not a Transform. A Vector3 is just a point in space or a direction. It does not have a forward attribute when you use it as an instance of an object. If you use it as a static class member, than you have access to Vector3.forward which is the same as new Vector3(0,01)


For your Problem:
You need the transform of the PlayerCamera which you already have in your code at line 8. So replace the followin

1. PlayerBody.AddRelativeForce(PlayerCameraRotation.forward * PlayerThrust);

with this:
PlayerBody.AddRelativeForce(PlayerCamera.forward * PlayerThrust);

 

Thank you, that is really helpful! It is working now.