CS1061 error

Unity Engine
1

I’m making a prototype FPS game, and I want my gun to play a particle system while shooting. I declared it in the class and selected it when the script was put on the gun. But I get this error:

'ParticleSystem' does not contain a definition for 'play' and no accessible extension method 'play' accepting a first argument of type 'ParticleSystem' could be found 
(are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)```

The code is:

```csharp
using System;
using UnityEngine;

public class GunShootPistol : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float damage = 10f;
    public float range = 50f;

    public Camera Cam;
    public ParticleSystem flash;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
        {
            BulletShoot();
        }
    }

    void BulletShoot()
    {

        flash.play();

        RaycastHit hit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(Cam.transform.position, Cam.transform.forward, out hit, range)) {
            Debug.Log(hit.transform);

           ShootingThings target = hit.transform.GetComponent<ShootingThings>();

            if (target !=null)
            {
                target.TakeDMG(damage);
            }
        }
    }
}

The script should play the particle system, but instead it says that it’s not containing the play function. I don’t know what can I do, and if someone would help me out, I’d really appreciate it.

2

Hi!

You’re attempting to use a non-existing method - the one you’re looking for is Play() (notice the capitalized P)

3

It works, thanks!