declaring a variable in function start doesn't work????!!! ERRORS???

Unity Engine
1

function Start() {
static var stopMoving = false;
}

now I can access this variable in other scripts by doing ‘GameController.stopMoving’ but when the variable is in start, I get this error:

BCE004: expecting }, found ‘static’
BCE004: expecting EOF, found ‘}’

but if I put ‘static var stopMoving = false;’ at the top and not inside any function, then I don’t get the error but I only want it to run once on startup so why can’t I put it in start?

BTW: I’m using UnityScript/JavaScript NOT C# :slight_smile:

2

Why is it static?
Im certain it being static is the issue but I cannot remember why.
Just remove it and tell me how it goes.

EDIT:
Read over the post again.
Instead of static why not make it public and create a reference instead. It wont be as clean if it works but a working solution is better than one that doesn’t.

3

Same. Why static?

Declaring a static variable in the scope of a funtion does not make sens (at least in C#).

Static means the variable belongs to the class not to the instances. It means that the variable is shared over all objects; changing the value from any object will change it for all objects. Is this you are expecting?

4

Local scope variables cannot be static or have access modifiers. Simply remove static and things will run.

5

for static var:

static var stopMoving : boolean;

function Start() {
    stopMoving = false;
}

for public var:

var stopMoving : boolean;

function Start() {
    stopMoving = false;
}

local var:

function Start() {
    var stopMoving : boolean = false;
}