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Question by Irsan · Jun 04, 2011 at 05:22 AM · textmesh3dtextbce0020

Input 3D text with script?

I have a 3D text object called "Menu_Text", and I'm trying to get it to change when the mouse moves over a plane. This is what I have:

 function OnMouseEnter () {
     var textMesh : TextMesh = GameObject.GetComponent("Menu_Text");
     textMesh.text = "Blah";
 }

I get this error:

Assets/Scripts/NewBehaviourScript.js(2,44): BCE0020: An instance of type 'UnityEngine.Component' is required to access non static member 'GetComponent'.

I don't understand?

EDIT

 var myClip : AudioClip;
 var Message : String;
 
 function OnMouseEnter() {
 
     audio.PlayOneShot(myClip);
     var Thing : TextMesh = GetComponent("TextMesh");
     Thing.text = Message;
 }

This is the script as of now.

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Answer by StephanK · Jun 04, 2011 at 05:54 AM

You are trying to access the function GetComponent() from the class GameObject. As this is not a static function you need an object of this class to call this function. In short: Instead of writing GameObject.GetComponent you can just write GetComponent().

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avatar image Irsan · Jun 04, 2011 at 06:06 AM 0
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I already tried that, but bizarrely it doesn't do a thing. It doesn't even display an error.

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The other thing that is not correct is that you are supposed to pass the name of the Component/Type you want to access to GetComponent. So to get a Text$$anonymous$$esh component you will have to call GetComponent("Text$$anonymous$$esh")

avatar image Irsan · Jun 04, 2011 at 06:17 AM 0
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It still isn't working or showing an error. I thought that the name of the object had to go in the quotes. In this case, "$$anonymous$$enu_Text".

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No it's the name of the type. In this case Text$$anonymous$$esh.

Are you sure the On$$anonymous$$ouseEnter function gets called? Your Text$$anonymous$$esh object needs a collider for this.

avatar image Irsan · Jun 04, 2011 at 06:38 AM 0
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The function is definitely being called. It plays a sound in the same function, and that's working perfectly. Could this be a problem with the font I'm using? Something with the texture or material?

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