Script Reference

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I have 4 ui buttons each with the same script , the script holds a different gem unlock value for each set in the inspector only..

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ok go on...

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I'm trying to use the child button to make the script reference from its parent specifically

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so the button's parent has the script attached to it

and you just want to access that script?

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yes

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GetComponentInParent<MyScript>()

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this might help you see what's going on .... I'm trying to set the reference using a for loop but it does it for all of them instead of getting the object who's child button i clicked

public void UnlockBackgroundButton()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < gameBackgroundButtons.Count; i++)
        {
            unlockablesInfo = gameBackgroundButtons[i].GetComponent<PlayerUnlockables>();

            Debug.Log($"Index Object Name: {gameBackgroundButtons[i].gameObject.name}");

            Debug.Log($"Index Number: {i}");
        }

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why are you looping over all of them?

didn't we deal with this at some point? Give the button on click function a parameter. It can be the button's index, or the button itself (as a GameObject)

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lmao yes for 2 days I've been trying to solve this , when I use the get index method it gives a wrong index always ... -1 to all 4 buttons

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well then let's fix that problem 😉

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at this point I'm ready to bang my head against the wall

I have tried this method
https://answers.unity.com/questions/1614589/make-a-list-of-buttons-produce-their-index-number.html
and this method
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49317488/how-i-can-get-gameobject-index-in-the-list
among others

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yes those work

well the first one does

idk what the second one is doing

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in my start method

for (int i = 0; i < gameBackgroundButtons.Count; ++i)
        {
            int keyIndex = i;

            if (gameBackgroundButtons[i] != null)
            {
                gameBackgroundButtons[i].onClick.AddListener(() => OnKeyPressed(keyIndex));
            }
        }

private void OnKeyPressed(int keyIndex)
    {
        Debug.Log($"Index: {keyIndex}");
    }

produced this in console

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ok looks good, right?

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also I clicked on the first button ( index 0 ) and it set button 4 as the script reference ( bottom of the inspector )

unlockables info reference

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well how is that set

you're still doing the loop thing, no?

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yes the for loop

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you shouldn't use a loop anymore there, you should do this:

public void UnlockBackgroundButton(int button)
{
   unlockablesInfo = gameBackgroundButtons[button].GetComponent<PlayerUnlockables>();```

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It should be set in the second function right

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yes

private void OnKeyPressed(int keyIndex)
    {
        UnlockBackgroundButton(keyIndex);
    }```

something like this

if I understand the situation correctly

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private void OnKeyPressed(int keyIndex)
    {
        unlockablesInfo = gameBackgroundButtons[keyIndex].GetComponent<PlayerUnlockables>();

        Debug.Log($"Index: {keyIndex}");
    }

now clicking a button does nothing

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is there an error?

What changed

you said it was logging before, no?

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yes it was logging but I think its because I don't have the reference set on start

this unlockablesInfo = gameBackgroundButtons[keyIndex].GetComponent<PlayerUnlockables>(); stopped it

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wdym it stopped it

the only way that would stop it is if there's an error

so is there an error?

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I made the reference to the first button on start and clicking buttons 2,3 or 4 doesn't change the reference to those objects

no error

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this isn't printing anymore?
Did you remember to reassign the buttons to call this function?

now that we added a parameter

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I get that console Log I made ... because the script reference is null

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if this log isn't printing that's the issue you need to focus on

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Omg i think its working

child button set up

I set the int in the on click myself , and it seems to be switching correctly now

can I get that on click int value to set itself or only can change it manually?

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I'm actually confused now because I thought you were assigning the on click in code

instead of doing it manually

you shouldn't have to assign anything manually

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isn't that what this loop does?

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I guess not I had to change it maanually

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that doesn't make sense. Something's still fishy about your setup

what's the point of that loop then

is that array actually populated?

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Recorded with my phone

Here's a working video , sorry my pc seems yo be temperamental on screen recording

Bottom of the inspector , looking at unlockable info

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you have two errors btw

in your console

also it looks to be working fine, no?

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Yes one is for my leaderboards and the other is for my notifications

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Yes seems to be functioning correctly now and seems pretty scalable ( if I wanted to add to them in the future )