How do I reference the character?

[tight lily]

My character is in the scene, and the player can organize cards that affects this character.
The cards are a prefab so I can randomize them, but I cant reference the character just by dragging it in the public variable.Any ways to do this?

[royal sparrow]

make a function on the car that accepts the player reference as a parameter

[twin dawn]

GameObject.Find("CharacterName) will find you anything in the scene. References are obviously best, as this can lead to issues later (performance if used too often, confusion if objects have the same name)

[tight lily]

I won't use it often but I will try that

[tight lily]

But the cards are put by the player and each card must have a different script so how do I insert the parameter from outside?

[royal sparrow]

When you call a function, you provide the parameter

myCard.ExecuteAction(thePlayer);```

[tight lily]

I dont know how to find the function from the outside if I dont know the script's name

[royal sparrow]

wdym you don't know the script's name? Aren't they all subclasses of a base Card class or something?

You should be using inheritance here or an interface

[tight lily]

Each card does something different so they need different scripts no?Tho I can name the function the same for all

[royal sparrow]

When did I say "don't use different scripts"?

I said use a base class and inheritance and/or an interface

that implies different scripts

I think you're missing some C# basics here.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/object-oriented/inheritance
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/object-oriented/polymorphism
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/types/interfaces

[tight lily]

My computer crashed

I lost the video

I will try looking at interfaces

[tight lily]

This is the video with the player choosing the cards, each card as I said has a different script in it that will do something, tho I need to reference the character.

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I can't reference the character because I can't drag it in the script when it is in the card prefab.

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So I should what you provided me to be able to reference it right?

[royal sparrow]

The player should reference the card that you instantiate from the prefab, and pass a reference to itself as a function parameter as needed.

I already know what your issue is, and the video doesn't really help anything

[tight lily]

I am able to reference the card but I can't get the script component because each card will have a different script, thus I tought of referencing the character

[royal sparrow]

#1496153795829436587 message

[tight lily]

I dont know how to get those components if I dont know which script it will be

[royal sparrow]

I explained that above

Use an interface or polymorphism

[tight lily]

It might work

[royal sparrow]

it will work

[tight lily]

Thanks, I will try those

[tight lily]

Can I pass a GameObject to an interface as a parameter?

[royal sparrow]

The same way you pass any other object as a parameter to any function

[tight lily]

Thanks then I understood them

[royal sparrow]

You probably wouldn't want to use GameObject though

[tight lily]

I am now ready

[royal sparrow]

you would use your Player script or whatever you actually need

[tight lily]

I will pass a script with the stats then

thanks