camera.ScreenToWorldPoint() question

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I'm trying to convert the Vector data from Input.mousePosition() relative to the playing screen. It works without the camera.ScreenToWorldPoint line but not properly. However, it doesn't work at all with that line in, saying I need to a attach a camera (there is one as a child to the player).

Here's my code thus far:

var speed = 6.0;
var jumpSpeed = 8.0;
var gravity = 20.0;
var mousePosition;
var AllowClickJump : boolean = true;
var clickJump : float = 2;
private var moveDirection = Vector3.zero;
private var grounded : boolean = false;

function Awake()
{
    clickJump = clickJump/10;
}

function FixedUpdate() {

    if (grounded) {
        // We are grounded, so recalculate movedirection directly from axes
        moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, 0);
        moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
        moveDirection *= speed;

        if (Input.GetButton ("Jump")) {
            moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
        }
    }

    // mouse jump

    /* HERE IS WHERE MY PROBLEM IS */

    if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire1") && AllowClickJump) 
        {
            mousePosition = new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, 10);

                    //THIS LINE RIGHT HERE kills the script, saying I need
                    //to attach a camera.
            mousePosition = camera.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);
            mousePosition = transform.TransformDirection(mousePosition);
            moveDirection = mousePosition;
            moveDirection *= clickJump;
        }   

    // Apply gravity
    moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;

    // Move the controller
    var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
    var flags = controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
    grounded = (flags & CollisionFlags.CollidedBelow) != 0;
}

@script RequireComponent(CharacterController)
2

If you don't have a camera attached to the Game Object, of course it won't work. "camera" is just a shortcut for GetComponent(Camera), not GetComponentInChildren(Camera). Just add this at the top of the script and drag your camera's Game Object onto it.

var theCamera : Camera;

Then, change your trouble line to 

mousePosition = theCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);

Call it whatever you like if you don't like "theCamera". I like using C# better for this, because you can still call it "camera", you just need to use

new public Camera camera;