Bounds.Contains not working properly

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1

I have a RoomManager script whose job is to track and manipulate all objects inside the room, which is defined by a box trigger collider that the script requires. Every piece of furniture has a collider, and I’m trying to iterate through my furniture and compile a list of every piece inside the collider, as follows:

furnitureHolding = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("Furniture");
		for (int i = 0; i < deskHolding.Length; i++) {
			if (Bounds.Contains(furnitureHolding*))*

_ furnitureList.Add(furnitureHolding*);*_

* }*
However, the line with Bounds.Contains prompts an error, “An object reference is required to access non-static member UnityEngine.Bounds.Contains(UnityEngine.Vector3)”. Is my syntax somehow off, or am I just using bounds.contains in a way it wasn’t intended for?

3

Contains is not a static function of the Bounds class. You are trying to use like it was.
You need a Bounds instance and then you can call that. You said you have a collider so i will assume you are using the collider’s Bounds. In this case you should do this:

Bounds myBounds = yourCollider.bounds; //yourCollider here is the collider your script requires.

furnitureHolding = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("Furniture");
        for (int i = 0; i < deskHolding.Length; i++) {
            if (myBounds.Contains(furnitureHolding*))*

furnitureList.Add(furnitureHolding*);*

}

2

I haven’t used bounds much, but I believe it is supposed to be used Collider.bounds.

4

what type is furnitureHolding defined as?

Bounds is a type - you need a variable containing the bounding box.

Bounds boundingBox = new Bounds(Vector3.zero, new Vector3(1, 2, 1));

then

if (boundingBox.Contains(furnitureHolding*))*

you are iterating thru furnitureHolding using deskHolding.Length as a count - that’s an accident waiting to happen :wink:
also, which line is the error reported on?