Can't get script to compile.

Unity Engine
1

Currently working on the Space Shooter game. I know many people have posted about this, but I can’t find the right answer.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

[System.Serializable]
public class Boundary
{
    public float xMin, xMax, zMin, zMax;
}

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float speed;
    public float tilt;
    public Boundary boundary;

    void FixedUpdate ()
    {
        float moveHorizontal = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal");
        float moveVertical = Input.GetAxis ("Vertical");

        Vector3 movement = new Vector3 (moveHorizontal, 0.0f, moveVertical);
        rigidbody.velocity = movement * speed;

        rigidbody.position = new Vector3
        (
            Mathf.Clamp (rigidbody.position.x, boundary.xMin, boundary.xMax),
            0.0f,
            Mathf.Clamp (rigidbody.position.z, boundary.zMin, boundary.zMax)
        );

        rigidbody.rotation = Quaternion.Euler (0.0f, 0.0f, rigidbody.velocity.x * -tilt);
    }
}

When I run this code it says: "type ‘UnityEngine.Component’ does not contain a definition for ‘velocity’" ect ect.
When I convert the ‘rigidbody’ to ‘Rigidbody’ with a capital ‘R’, I get an error saying: “An object reference is required to access non-static member ‘UnityEngine.Rigidbody.veocity’”

Any help would be appreciated,
Dream.

2

Hi,

that used to work in older unity versions, but now you have to get the component yourself first:

for example,

private Rigidbody rb;

void Awake()
{
  rb = GetComponent<RigidBody>();
}

// then you can access it
rb.velocity = movement * speed;
3

Thanks for the help!