Destroy GameObject Variable?

Questions & Answers
1

var Zap : GameObject;

    function Start() {
    Destroy(Zap);
    }

My code is shown above. I place the game object Zap into that variable slot and then i get the error "The name ‘Zap’ does not denote a valid type (‘not found’)

I just want to destroy the OBJECT!!

4

Why would you guys want him to declare it as a new gameObject when it’s obviously a public variable? Just be sure since your variable is public, you assign the gameObject in the inspector, then check that it’s not null before you destroy it.

#pragma strict
var Zap : GameObject;

function Start()
{
    if(Zap != null)
        Destroy(Zap.gameObject);
}
2

zap must not actually be equal to anything it must be null already.

basically if you do for example

Zap : GameObject = new GameObject();

then
Destroy(Zap)

or you assign Zap through the editor window to something it’ll work

but basically what you need to understnad is declaring a variable doesnt make it equal to something or do anything nessacarily.

It’s confusing because some objects like numbers have a built in constructor so when you do for example

int x;

x actually exists now it is in fact a number with its default value which happens to be 0
thats coded in, when an int is created it automagically has a value

but not all classes do except a few intergral classes things like gameobjects require the new keyword to be assigned memory.

3

Zap : GameObject = new GameObject;

Destroy(Zap.gameObject)