gameobject.Getcomponent<Animator>(); yielding no animator...?

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Having a little issue with:

        weapon = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Weapon");
        weaponAnim = weapon.GetComponent<Animator>();
    }```

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gameobject.Getcomponent<Animator>(); yielding no animator...?

UNSOLVED + temporary ANSWER:

Was calling for the animator in the same instant that i was calling for the game object, which means the game object was not yet called and so "weapon" was an unassigned game object!

temporary solution:
weaponAnim = weapon.GetComponent<Animator>();
in update event;

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        ///weapon = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Weapon");

        ///weaponAnim = weapon.GetComponent<Animator>();

        StartCoroutine(WeaponGetter());
        
    }




IEnumerator WeaponGetter()
{

    Debug.Log("started coroutine weaponGetter");
         weapon = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Weapon"); //I've tagged the game object Weapon with the tag "Weapon"

         

//returning 0 will make it wait 1 frame
 yield return 0;
         weaponAnim = weapon.GetComponent<Animator>();
 
 
}```

[north gale]

Well for starters the method should be named Start not start

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facepalm

[north gale]

And the weapon should be tagged appropriately

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well that worked.

[vivid saffron]

why would you wait one frame?

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Thank you lol

[vivid saffron]

doesnt make much sense for me

[north gale]

Np

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Waiting one frame because if i dont, the game object doesnt exist for weaponAnim = --> weapon <--- .GetComponent<Animator>();

[vivid saffron]

I dont think you need it

void WeaponGetter()
{

Debug.Log("started coroutine weaponGetter");
     weapon = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Weapon"); //I've tagged the game object Weapon with the tag "Weapon"
     weaponAnim = weapon.GetComponent<Animator>();

}

is the weapon a child of the player

beacuse gameobject.find is not really that scalable

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Player --> weaponparent ---> weapon

[vivid saffron]

okay you could use something like

transform.child.child instead of gameobject.find

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i had no clue you could do .child.child

that would work perfectly

[vivid saffron]

well you have to call GetChild(0)

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was infact not needed, good call tysm

ill experiment with that

[vivid saffron]

        //Gets child in child
        foreach (Transform weapon in transform.GetChild(0))
        {
            //gets the animator in the child
            var weaponAnim = weapon.GetComponent<Animator>();

            Debug.Log($"Found weapon " + weapon.gameObject.name);
        }

this code makes it possible to have multiple weapons as children

great day to you 🙂

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🏅 🥇

good day to you aswell, thank you so much