I'm trying to display my ammo; not working

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Hello, I've been using this script to shoot bullets out of my gun, and decided to add ammo and all that to the script. After i did that, I tried to display my ammo but it didn't do anything to the text. Here is the script:

 #pragma strict
 import UnityEngine.UI;
   
 var bullet : GameObject;
 private var bulletsPerSecond = 20.0;
 private var shooting = false;
 private var Allammo : int = 320;
 private var ammo : int = 35;
 var sound: AudioClip; 
 var Gun : GameObject;
 var ammoDisplay : Text;

 function Start()
 {
     InvokeRepeating("Shoot", 0.0, 1.0 / bulletsPerSecond);
     ammoDisplay = GetComponent.<Text>(); //
 }

 function Shoot()
 {
     if (!shooting) return;
     var go = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
     go.rigidbody.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward * 1000.0);
     ammo = (ammo - 1);
     audio.PlayOneShot(sound);
 }

 function Update()
 {
     shooting = false;
     if(Input.GetAxis("Fire1"))
     {
         shooting = true;
     }
     if (ammo == 0)
     {
         Allammo = (Allammo - 35);
     }
     ammoDisplay.text = ammo + "/" + Allammo.ToString();    
 }

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

So I finally got a script to work. I gave up on it a month ago, but decided to experiment. I got this as my final script and it works.

 #pragma strict
   
 var bullet : GameObject;
 private var bulletsPerSecond = 20.0;
 private var shooting = false;
 private var Allammo : int = 320;
 var ammo : int = 40;
 var sound: AudioClip; 
 var Gun : GameObject;
 function Start()
 {
     InvokeRepeating("Shoot", 0.0, 1.0 / bulletsPerSecond);
 }
 function Shoot()
 {
     if (!shooting || ammo < 1) return;
     var go = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
     go.rigidbody.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward * 1000.0);
     ammo = (ammo - 1);
     audio.PlayOneShot(sound);
 }
 function Update()
 {
     if ((Allammo > 0) || ((ammo <= 40) && (ammo > 0) && (Allammo == 0)))
      {
          if (ammo > 0)
          {
              if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
              {
                  shooting = true;
              }
              if (Input.GetButtonUp("Fire1"))
              {
                  shooting = false;
              }
          }
          else
          {
              shooting = false;
              Allammo = (Allammo - 40);
              ammo = 40;
          }
      }
      else shooting = false;    
 }

I actually added this is two scripts, one to a text field on a canvas, and one to the gun. This is the script on the text. It differs from the one on the gun but are very alike.

 #pragma strict
 
 import UnityEngine.UI;
   
 var bullet : GameObject;
 private var bulletsPerSecond = 20.0;
 private var shooting = false;
 private var Allammo : int = 320;
 var ammo : int = 40;
 var sound: AudioClip; 
 var Gun : GameObject;
 function Start()
 {  
     InvokeRepeating("Shoot", 0.0, 1.0 / bulletsPerSecond);
 }
 function Shoot()
 {
     if (!shooting || ammo < 1) return;
     var go = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
     go.rigidbody.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward * 1000.0);
     ammo = (ammo - 1);
     audio.PlayOneShot(sound);
 }
 function Update()
 {
     if ((Allammo > 0) || ((ammo <= 40) && (ammo > 0) && (Allammo == 0)))
      {
          if (ammo > 0)
          {
              if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
              {
                  shooting = true;
              }
              if (Input.GetButtonUp("Fire1"))
              {
                  shooting = false;
              }
          }
          else
          {
              shooting = false;
              Allammo = (Allammo - 40);
              ammo = 40;
          }
      }
      else shooting = false;    
 }
 function OnGUI () 
 {
     GUI.Box (Rect (10,10,100,90), ammo + "/" + Allammo);
 }

Answer 2

Answer by UNZoOM · Mar 19, 2015 at 07:14 PM

 Line 16. ammoDisplay = GetComponent.<Text>(); // ERROR 
 
 C# :
  ammoDisplay = GetComponent.<Text>();
 
 Js :
  
  ammoDisplay = GetComponent (Text);

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ToxicNova · Mar 19, 2015 at 09:29 PM 0

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I changed line 16, though it still displays "New Text"

UNZoOM · Mar 20, 2015 at 02:50 PM 0

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Alright , my major concern was getComponent , can you create a string and assign that string to the ammoDisplay textbox and see if it updates ?

Also , since ammo is an int , shouldn't this
ammoDisplay.text = ammo + "/" + Allammo.ToString();
be ammoDisplay.text = ammo.ToString() + "/" + Allammo.ToString();

ToxicNova · Mar 20, 2015 at 07:34 PM 0

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Do i need to use a GUI text, because it still isn't working. The only problem is when i add the component "GUI Text" to a "Text", it doesn't appear. I changed the font size and everything, and i gave it some text but the GUI text doesn't show up

UNZoOM · Mar 20, 2015 at 07:43 PM 0

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Are you viewing the GUI text in the Game view or Scene View ? Also which version of Unity are you using ?

ToxicNova · Mar 20, 2015 at 08:07 PM 0

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I can't view the GUI text in the game or scene view, but I'm trying to view it in game mode. Also I'm using Unity 4.6.1f1

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