#Start a thread and I'll explain if you
red night
For sure, just what you have will work and some people dont care to learn actually lol
I just want you to understand that you're getting a direct reference to your SCRIPT. Not, money.
paper wren
yeah i got that part
red night
That's why your naming doesn't make sense currently.
So you understand that it should be like targetController as your reference name.
And then from there, you can access everything you want in it.
such as money
paper wren
waittt i think i just got what you mean
so like hold on
so your saying even if i put targetController here instead of Money i'd still be able to use the money variable and it would be less confusing?
or am i at a loss again
red night
haha yeah, that's why i'm saying you don't quite understand yet. Yes, you would do targetController typically. Because you are referencing the ENTIRE script, NOT just money.
It's just a different variable name, it will all work, doesnt matter the name, but for clarity and so you understand, you should name it as the script and then access .Money from it.
paper wren
ok ok so i change it from
public TargetController Money;
to
public TargetController targetController.Money;
red night
Yup. Now, be sure you understand you have access to the whole script (so long as it's public). So you could have targetController.BankAccount, etc.
Or even a function:
targetController.MoveTarget()
you should get intellisense with all the options when you just do targetController.
paper wren
ok ok so i change it from
`public TargetController Money;`
to
`public TargetCon...
when i do this now its saying it expects a () at the end
paper wren
mannn
red night
Your reference is:
public TargetController targetController
Now drag that object/script into that spot in the inspector.
Then in your code, you call targetController.Money
paper wren
ok ok so i would then, confusingly change Money.Money -= 1 to targetController.Money.targetController.Money -= 1
red night
ok ok so i change it from
`public TargetController Money;`
to
`public TargetCon...
I think you're still not making the connection that you have access to the entire script and your reference IS THE SCRIPT. Not, just money.
red night
ok ok so i would then, confusingly change `Money.Money -= 1` to `targetControlle...
Can you explain how this makes sense?
targetController.Money.targetController.Money
paper wren
like your asking to make sure i get it?
red night
Your reference is targetController.
Now you want to access Money from that script.
paper wren
yeah so i do targetController.Money i get that part
red night
that's it. yes.
paper wren
ok lmao
red night
Can you explain how this makes sense?
`targetController.Money.targetController.M...
not twice.
like you have here
paper wren
arent i doing it twice though cuz it means targetController.Money = targetController.Money - 1
dalphat told me to switch it to a dot in the middle instead of an = because it was giving me an error
red night
arent i doing it twice though cuz it means `targetController.Money = targetContr...
Sure, same thing as:
targetController.Money -= 1
red night
dalphat told me to switch it to a dot in the middle instead of an = because it w...
idk what this means
red night
So now if you need something else from the target in this script you're in, you should understand how to access it hopefully.
paper wren
ok yeah i just did access something else cuz i needed to make it change the text aswell
butttt before i go theres a new issue lmao rq
paper wren
Sure, same thing as:
`targetController.Money -= 1`
idk what the issue is but when i remove the second targetController.Money i get the error saying the name Money does not exist cuz it thinks im trying to do targetController = Money - 1 now
i think i need two of them man
red night
Share your code.
paper wren
the full thing rq?
red night
sure
paper wren
its pretty short but ill grab one of those websites for it
whats the command to pull up the list of them
red night
red night
can you share your TargetController script too?
red night
Where is this variable defined?
paper wren
😭
meant to switch that to targetController.Money
that would be the issue then
mb i copied the set text part from the targetcontroller and didnt realize
red night
all good
paper wren
alrrrr final test real quick
oops forgot to reference the object again lmao
okkk final test real quick again
alright it all works out 🙏
red night
Nice! Congrats. As a small FYI, the code is not the best, as it makes no sense that a target would know about money, but you're learning to reference different scripts and learning in general, so it's good.
Just something to think about in the future 🙂
paper wren
alr alr now would you be fine with me asking another kind of related but unrelated question
red night
sure
paper wren
now cuz im using this to set up buying something so i want you to only be able to do it after you have a certain amount of money right
so is there a way to add like an "and" type thing to the "if" part that checks the amount of money first aswell?
red night
That sounds perfect to me.
paper wren
alr ill try to set that up on my own
ill come back to the main beginner channel if i have any more issues but for now i should be fine
ty for all the help
red night
Yup all good. Take a moment to think about what you'll need before writing the code. Helps to take a step back first.
paper wren
omg sorry just wanted to say