findgameobjectwithtag in if statement

[nocturne tulip]

how do i put findgameobjects in an if statement
like i want to check if a gameobject with tag is active or not

[dreamy violet]

You don't

[gray kiln]

Don't use Find methods!

Find methods in Unity are an often-tempting solution to referencing a scene object. However, there is always a better solution.
Whenever you call a Find method, Unity must traverse your entire scene hierarchy and check every single object until it finds a match; and the methods which return arrays will always traverse the entire hierarchy regardless.
This is inefficient! It means that the more objects you add to your scene, the slower these methods become; and it gets even worse if you are calling them multiple times.

A non-exhaustive list of Find methods to avoid:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.FindWithTag.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.FindObjectsOfType.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.FindObjectOfType.html

To read about a better solution, type []getareference or []getref

[nocturne tulip]

so im checking if a gameobject with the ui tag is active or not

how do i do that

[dreamy violet]

Read the bot response

[nocturne tulip]

im sorry do i type that here 😅

[dreamy violet]

You can type it here, or #bot, doesn't matter which

[nocturne tulip]

oh alr thanks

[]getareference

[gray kiln]

How to get a reference
"How do I access a variable from another script?" is usually one of the first questions we ask when learning Unity. Whether you are C# beginner or a C# professional, understanding the way Unity does things differently can be confusing.

🌳 If the objects are already present in the scene hierarchy...
... then you can use the SerializeField attribute on a field, and assign it by dragging the object which has the script you want to access onto the field slot. This also works if the two scripts are on the same object.

[SerializeField] private SomeScript someScript;

If the objects are instantiated prefabs...
... then you can use a form of injection after you call Instantiate:
SomeScript.cs

public GameManager TheManager { get; set; }

GameManager.cs

var clone = Instantiate(prefab);
clone.GetComponent<SomeScript>().TheManager = this;

[nocturne tulip]

how do i use this in an if statement tho

[dreamy violet]

Do you have a reference to the gameobject

Using one of those two solutions ^

[nocturne tulip]

yeah i can use use getcomponent and stuff but how do i check if an object with a specific component is active or not

[fast night]

There are two ways of checking a GameObject's state:

• activeSelf will tell you whether the object itself is set active (like SetActive(true) would do).
• activeInHierarchy will tell you whether the object itself, as well as all of its parents are enabled.

Both of those are documented quite well by the way; I would strongly recommend you consult the Unity docs for questions like this.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.html

[nocturne tulip]

nvm i solved it