Creating objects and ordering them to act

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1

For some reason I'm having substantial problems simply instantiating a GameObject of a certain type, and then making it perform actions. I think the problem is that I'm missing some kind of underlying fundamentals on how Unity behaves.

I have a GUI button, when clicked it calls the ButtonPressed_Green() function on the target, the target being an instance of the character in game.

function ButtonPressed_Green()
{
    var blob = Instantiate(blobFab, Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y+5, transform.position.z), Quaternion.identity);
    blob.movement.direction.x = 1;
    blob.SendMessage("ToggleWalking");

}

This code should create an instance of blobFab, a variable on my script that is set to the prefab BlobParent. It does that part fine, but the second line "blob.movement.direction.x" does not work.

Movement is a variable of the BlobController script (this same script, this blob is essentially duplicating itself) that refers to the BlobMovement class with some variables for x/y/z. How do I access these variables using the GameObject reference, blob, itself?

2

As always, I find the answer 5 minutes after asking, despite tinkering for ages beforehand!

I must use GetComponent() to retrieve the actual script object, then reference those variables through the script object.

function ButtonPressed_Green()
{
    var blob = Instantiate(blobFab, Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y+5, transform.position.z), Quaternion.identity);
    var blobmovement : BlobController;
    blobmovement = blob.GetComponent("BlobController");
    blobmovement.movement.direction.x = 1;
    blob.SendMessage("ToggleWalking");

}
3

or you could make it into a list of blobs as the new blob will receive the name (Clone) after it, and listing would make you able to synchronize, halt or find em easier.