Using GetComponent doesn't give updated bool

I have 2 scripts attached to the same game object and I'm trying to access a bool in one from the other.
I'm able to check the bool in script1 from script2 through getcomponent, but it doesn't update the value when it changes. I suspect it's only checking the value in the inspector and not the script itself, and so it's always the same.

Is anyone able to help with this? I've spent countless hours searching the web and looking at videos trying to solve this. I've seen some guides setting the bool to private, but then I get errors that script2 is unable to access it.

What I'm trying to do is play animations in script1 on keyinputs, then change the behaviour of the player in script2 (ie movementspeed), and for that to work I need to know if the conditions are met (true/false) in script1.

Here are the scripts: (btw script1 = BasicAnimations and script2 = PlayerMovement). Line 64 in the 2nd script is what I can't get it to do.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class BasicAnimations : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.  
8.     static Animator anim;
9.    
10.     public bool isRunning;
11.    
12.    
13.  
14.     // Start is called before the first frame update
15.     void Start()
16.     {
17.         anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
18.     }
19.  
20.     // Update is called once per frame
21.     void Update()
22.     {
23.        
24.         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
25.         {
26.             anim.SetTrigger("isJumping");
27.         }
28.        
29.         if (Input.GetButton("Vertical"))
30.         {  
31.             anim.SetBool("isWalking", true);
32.                 //Debug.Log("isWalking True");
33.             anim.SetBool("isIdle", false);
34.                
35.         }
36.         else
37.         {
38.             anim.SetBool("isWalking", false);
39.             anim.SetBool("isRunning", false);
40.             anim.SetBool("isIdle", true);
41.                 //Debug.Log("isIdle True");
42.                 //Debug.Log("BasicAnimations isRunning false");
43.         }
44.        
45.  
46.         if (Input.GetButton("Run") && (Input.GetButton("Vertical")))      
47.         {
48.             anim.SetBool("isRunning", true);
49.             anim.SetBool("isWalking", false);
50.                 //Debug.Log("BasicAnimations isRunning true");
51.         }
52.        
53.          
54.     }
55. }

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
6.  
7. {
8.  
9.  
10.     public CharacterController controller;
11.     public BasicAnimations boolValue;
12.  
13.     public float walkspeed = 2f;
14.     public float runspeed = 4f;
15.     public float gravity = -9.81f;
16.     public float jumpHeight = 1f;
17.  
18.     public Transform groundCheck;
19.     public float groundDistance = 0.4f;
20.     public LayerMask groundMask;
21.  
22.  
23.  
24.     Vector3 velocity;
25.     bool isGrounded;
26.  
27.  
28.  
29.     // Start is called before the first frame update
30.     void Start()
31.     {
32.      
33.         boolValue = GetComponent<BasicAnimations>();
34.            
35.     }
36.  
37.    
38.     // Update is called once per frame
39.     void Update()
40.     {
41.  
42.        
43.      
44.         isGrounded = Physics.CheckSphere(groundCheck.position, groundDistance, groundMask);
45.  
46.         if (isGrounded && velocity.y < 0)
47.             {
48.                 velocity.y = -2f;
49.             }
50.        
51.        
52.        
53.  
54.         float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
55.         float z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
56.  
57.         Vector3 move = transform.right * x + transform.forward * z;
58.  
59.         controller.Move(move * walkspeed * Time.deltaTime);
60.  
61.        
62.      
63.        
64.          if (boolValue.isRunning == true)  
65.         {
66.            Debug.Log("PlayerMovement isRunning true");
67.            //controller.Move(move * runspeed * Time.deltaTime);
68.         }
69.        
70.        
71.         if (boolValue.isRunning == false)
72.         {
73.             Debug.Log("PlayerMovement isRunning false");
74.         }
75.  
76.        
77.  
78.         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && isGrounded)
79.         {
80.             velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -2f * gravity);
81.         }
82.  
83.         velocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;
84.  
85.         controller.Move(velocity *Time.deltaTime);
86.     }
87. }
88.  

 

You are never changing the value of "isRunning" in your BasicAnimations script. Calling "anim.SetBool()" will set a value on your animation component, but it won't change the value of the isRunning field in your script.

 

If you want to access isRunning from your animation try this. Replace

Code (CSharp):

1. public bool isRunning;

with

Code (CSharp):

1. public bool isRunning => anim.GetBool("isRunning");

 

Solved all my problems, thank you!