stopping animal from growing once it reaches a certain size.

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Hi guys, I'm trying stop a creature from getting bigger and I'm not sure how to do it or fix the errors I'm getting. If anyone could help that would be fantastic and much appreciated.

 var growth : GameObject;
 var Value : float;
 var scle;
 var CsScript:Detonator;
 var size: Transform;
 
 function Awake(){
     CsScript = this.GetComponent("Detonator");
     size = growth.transform.lossyScale;
     }
 
 function Update () {
     if(Time.timeScale == 1.0){ //if the game is paused or on the menu the horse won't move
         if(size.position.x < 2){ //if the horse is still small enough
             scle = Value/1000; //gives me a value i can work with
             growth.transform.localScale += Vector3(scle,scle,scle);
                     //increases the size of the horse
             }
         else{
             Blow(); //explodes if it is too big
          }
     }
 }
 
 function OnGUI(){
     if (MainCode.Attrib == true){
         Value = GUI.HorizontalScrollbar (Rect (25, 25, 100, 30), Value, 1.0, 0.0, 10.0);
     }
 }
 function Blow(){
     CsScript.Explode();
             }

The problem I keep getting is as follows: Assets/Growth.js(10,33): BCE0022: Cannot convert 'UnityEngine.Vector3' to 'UnityEngine.Transform'.

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Answer by Coderdood · May 22, 2013 at 08:58 PM

The problem is exactly as described in the error message. It is not possible to convert a 'Vector3' to a 'Transform'.

This occurs in the awake function:

 function Awake()
 {
     CsScript = this.GetComponent("Detonator");
     size = growth.transform.lossyScale; // This line is an error
 }

My guess from reading the code is that you want to actually store the transform. So change the awake function to:

 function Awake()
 {
     CsScript = this.GetComponent("Detonator");
     size = growth.transform;
 }

That should fix your problem.

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Tebrithiel · May 23, 2013 at 04:29 AM 0

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Thanx very much. With this I was able to finish my game Assignment on time.

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