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Question by Tageos · Jun 26, 2015 at 10:32 PM · c#transform.position

Find the transform of a gameobject

Hi! Hi

I need to find the transform of a gameobject. I have this code:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class ZombieMovement : MonoBehaviour {
 
     private Transform playerPos;
     public float moveSpeed;
         
     
         void Start () {
 
         playerPos = GameObject.Find ("Swordsman(clone)").transform.position;
         
     }
 
         void Update () {
 
 
     
         float move = moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
         transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards (transform.position, playerPos.position, move);
 
     }
     
 
     
 }

But i keep getting the error: "Cannot implicitly convert type UnityEngine.Vector3' to UnityEngine.Transform'" What should i do if i wanted do get the position of Player(clone) and use it in

 float move = moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
         transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards (transform.position, playerPos.position, move);
 

?

Thanks in advance!

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Answer by RLin · Jun 26, 2015 at 10:41 PM

Remove .position at the end of the line. .position causes it to be a Vector3 instead of a transform.

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Thank you! Now another problem appears, i now get: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Zombie$$anonymous$$ovement.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/Enemies/Zombie$$anonymous$$ovement.cs:20)

But only after i press play.

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That means that the object doesn't exist. Are you sure that the name is exactly the same as your find statement? Also, mark this question as answered please.

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the thing is in

 playerPos = GameObject.Find ("Player(clone)").transform;

the "player(clone)" spawns when i press play. It does not exist before, any idea how to define the clone before it exist?

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If there is only one player, you can search for it by tag. Again, name search is case-sensitive, so "player" is different from "Player."

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ofcourse lol thank you

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