Ambiguous reference 'name': HSController.name, UnityEngine.Object.name.

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Hi, I cant figure out how to get the player name from my game to the HSController script.

I have... var name: String = "";

and

To get the players name... name.text = getPlayN.player1;

But i keep getting: Ambiguous reference 'name': HSController.name, UnityEngine.Object.name.

   #pragma strict
     
     private var secretKey: String = ""; // Edit this value and make sure it's the same as the one stored on the server
     var addScoreUrl: String="http://localhost/unity_test/addscore.php?"; //be sure to add a ? to your url
     var highscoreUrl: String="http://localhost/unity_test/display.php";    
     
     var name: String = "";
     var nameText: UILabel;
     var score: int;
     var scoreText: UILabel;
     var loadingText: UILabel;
     var getPlayN : CashCountGemCount;
     
     function Awake(){
         getPlayN = GameObject.FindWithTag("CashNGems").GetComponent(CashCountGemCount);
         score = CashCountGemCount.kills;
     }
     
     function Start() {
         getScores();
     }
     
     function GetPlayersInfo(){
         yield WaitForSeconds(0.2);
             name.text = getPlayN.player1;
         nameText.text = getPlayN.player1;
         scoreText.text = ""+CashCountGemCount.kills;
     }
     
     function postScore(name:String, score:int) {
         //This connects to a server side php script that will add the name and score to a MySQL DB.
         // Supply it with a string representing the players name and the players score.
         var hash=md5functions.Md5Sum(name + score + secretKey); 
     
         var highscore_url = addScoreUrl + "name=" + WWW.EscapeURL(name) + "&score=" + score + "&hash=" + hash;
             
         // Post the URL to the site and create a download object to get the result.
         var hs_post = WWW(highscore_url);
         yield hs_post; // Wait until the download is done
         if(hs_post.error) {
             print("There was an error posting the high score: " + hs_post.error);
         }
     }
      
     // Get the scores from the MySQL DB to display in a GUIText.
     function getScores() {
         loadingText.text = "Loading Scores";
         var hs_get = WWW(highscoreUrl);
         yield hs_get;
         
         if(hs_get.error) {
             print("There was an error getting the high score: " + hs_get.error);
         } else {
             loadingText.text = hs_get.text; // this is a GUIText that will display the scores in game.
         }
     }

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Answer by legion_44 · Sep 08, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Hi, ambigous reference means, that you want to use some type, that is from two or more references, in this case the 'name' is from UnityEngine.Object.name and from HSController.name, JavaScript(really UnityScript) automaticaly creates a reference from script you create, so solution that is best its to just change the 'name' to something else.

Hope that helps

Paul

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Jaysta · Sep 08, 2013 at 11:23 AM 0

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Thanks Paul, I saw that I might have to change 'name' but could not get my head around it, if I change 'name' then how can I reference 'name' to my players name?

fafase · Sep 08, 2013 at 11:34 AM 0

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If HSController inherits from Object, it has name into it. That is why you are "hiding" the original one. So if it inherits then you can use the HSController object.

Jaysta · Sep 08, 2013 at 12:02 PM 0

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Ah ok I see that I do not need the var name up top.

Then my question would be how do I get player 1 name to 'name'? I added var score and that seems to be no problem with Ambiguous Reference score = CashCountGemCount.kills; .

Jaysta · Sep 08, 2013 at 01:51 PM 0

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O$$anonymous$$ I have changed 'name' to 'pname' and it has removed the error. I know get (when I call postScore):

Failed to call function postScore of class HSController Calling function postScore with 1 parameter but the function requires 2.

What am I doing wrong?

 #pragma strict
 
 private var secret$$anonymous$$ey: String = ""; // Edit this value and make sure it's the same as the one stored on the server
 var addScoreUrl: String="http://localhost/unity_test/addscore.php?"; //be sure to add a ? to your url
 var highscoreUrl: String="http://localhost/unity_test/display.php";    
 
 var pname: String;
 var nameText: UILabel;
 var score: int;
 var scoreText: UILabel;
 var loadingText: UILabel;
 var getPlayN : CashCountGemCount;
 
 function Start() {
     getScores();
     GetPlayersInfo();
 }
 
 function GetPlayersInfo(){
     yield WaitForSeconds(0.2);
     getPlayN = GameObject.FindWithTag("CashNGems").GetComponent(CashCountGemCount);
     score = CashCountGemCount.kills;
     pname = getPlayN.player1;
     nameText.text = getPlayN.player1;
     scoreText.text = ""+CashCountGemCount.kills;
 }
 
 function postScore(pname:String, score:int) {
     //This connects to a server side php script that will add the name and score to a $$anonymous$$ySQL DB.
     // Supply it with a string representing the players name and the players score.
     var hash=md5functions.$$anonymous$$d5Sum(pname + score + secret$$anonymous$$ey); 
 
     var highscore_url = addScoreUrl + "name=" + WWW.EscapeURL(name) + "&score=" + score + "&hash=" + hash;
         
     // Post the URL to the site and create a download object to get the result.
     var hs_post = WWW(highscore_url);
     yield hs_post; // Wait until the download is done
     if(hs_post.error) {
         print("There was an error posting the high score: " + hs_post.error);
     }
 }
  
 // Get the scores from the $$anonymous$$ySQL DB to display in a GUIText.
 function getScores() {
     loadingText.text = "Loading Scores";
     var hs_get = WWW(highscoreUrl);
     yield hs_get;
     
     if(hs_get.error) {
         print("There was an error getting the high score: " + hs_get.error);
     } else {
         loadingText.text = hs_get.text; // this is a GUIText that will display the scores in game.
     }
 }

flaviusxvii · Sep 08, 2013 at 02:54 PM 0

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" Calling function postScore with 1 parameter but the function requires 2."

Isn't this pretty self-explanitory? You're calling postScore and passing only one value.. it's written to accept TWO.

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