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Question by roopesh23 · Sep 28, 2022 at 07:24 PM · c#animationbuttonbugs

One of my game buttons is giving errors, even though second button with same code works fine?

Hi all,
I am making two buttons in my game, in w$$anonymous$$ch one button plays "Spin Attack" animation and other "Double Chop" animation. I have added two separate functions to each button but with exact same code (can see in the code sample below). When I press the Attack Button (AttackButton() function is added to it) in the Unity, it works fine.

But when I press the Spin Attack button (to w$$anonymous$$ch SpinButton() function is added to it), its throwing error :-

UnassignedReferenceException: The variable anim of PlayerControllerAndroid has not been assigned. You probably need to assign the anim variable of the PlayerControllerAndroid script in the inspector.

I have assigned anim variable in the script as you can see in the code and Player Component has been added to it, then why is it throwing t$$anonymous$$s error? Yes, "SpinAttack" and "DoubleChop" are genuine and correct Animation names here. I am stuck on t$$anonymous$$s issue for a w$$anonymous$$le now, it seems basic problem but please do help!

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class PlayerControllerAndroid : MonoBehaviour
 {
     
     [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed = 10.0f;
     [SerializeField] private LayerMask layerMask;
     [SerializeField] private FixedJoystick joystick;
 
     private CharacterController charachterController;
     private Vector3 currentLookTarget = Vector3.zero;
     private Animator anim;
     private BoxCollider[] swordColliders;
     private GameObject fireTrail;
     private ParticleSystem fireTrailParticles;
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
         charachterController = GetComponent <CharacterController> ();
         anim = GetComponent <Animator> ();
         swordColliders = GetComponentsInC$$anonymous$$ldren <BoxCollider> ();
         fireTrail = GameObject.FindWithTag("Fire") as GameObject;
         fireTrail.SetActive(false);
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
         if(!GameManager.instance.GameOver)
         {
             Vector3 moveDirection = new Vector3(joystick.Horizontal,0,joystick.Vertical);
             charachterController.SimpleMove (moveDirection*moveSpeed);
 
             if(moveDirection == Vector3.zero)
             {
                 anim.SetBool("IsWalking",false);
             }else{
                 anim.SetBool("IsWalking",true);
             }     
         }
     }
 
     void FixedUpdate()
     {
         Vector3 joystickPosition = new Vector3(joystick.Horizontal,0,joystick.Vertical);  
            
         Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(joystickPosition);
         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.rotation,rotation,Time.deltaTime*10f);       
     }
 
 
     public void BeginAttack()
     {
         foreach (var weapon in swordColliders)
         {
             weapon.enabled = true;
         }
     }
     
     public void EndAttack()
     {
         foreach (var weapon in swordColliders)
         {
             weapon.enabled = false;
         }
     }
 
     public void speedPowerUp()
     {
         StartCoroutine(fireTrailRoutine());
     }
 
     IEnumerator fireTrailRoutine()
     {
         fireTrail.SetActive(true);
         moveSpeed = 13f;
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(10f);
         moveSpeed = 6f;
         fireTrailParticles = fireTrail.GetComponent<ParticleSystem> ();
         var em = fireTrailParticles.emission;
         em.enabled = false;
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(3f);
         em.enabled = true;
         fireTrail.SetActive(false);
     }
 
     public void SpinButton()
     {
         if(!GameManager.instance.GameOver)
             anim.Play("SpinAttack");            
     }
 
     public void AttackButton()
     {
         if(!GameManager.instance.GameOver)
             anim.Play("DoubleChop");
     }
 }

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Answer by SurreyMuso · Sep 29, 2022 at 11:24 AM

Greetings @roopesh23

Well, I've tried the same t$$anonymous$$ng from scratch. Two animations (on the same game object) Grow, w$$anonymous$$ch scales, and Move, w$$anonymous$$ch changes position. Here's my code:

 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class TestAnim : MonoBehaviour
 {
     Animator anim;
 
     void Start()
     {
         anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
     }
 
     public void GrowButton()
     {
         anim.Play("Grow");
     }
 
     public void MoveButton()
     {
         anim.Play("Move");
     }
 }
 


As you can see, it's pretty minimalistic. I've linked the two buttons to their respective public methods and it works as expected.

In your case, I'd first check that you are definitely creating animations on the same game object. Here's my Animation window:

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Then I'd check that the two buttons are definitely calling the same game object (if you had an earlier version of the code kicking around, or are pointing at the wrong Game Object, that could be the problem). If all else fails, try reducing the code. Copy it and take out everyt$$anonymous$$ng that you don't need; see if you can get down to a minimal version like mine and try again. Let us know how you get on.


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