Disable script from other script

Unity Engine
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So i have two scripts on the same gameobject and i want to disable one script from the other. I found some people saying i can use GetComponent(scriptname).enabled = false; but it doesnt work for me same with GetComponent<scriptname>().enabled = false; any ideas on why this is happening?

2

I hope scriptname is the name of the class. It should work.
Alternatively you can just save a reference to the script somewhere and call enabled on that.
(Thats also the recommended that)

3

This one is correct:

GetComponent<scriptname>().enabled = false;

But it only works if a few things are true:

  • scriptname is the class name of the script you’re trying to get. i.e. it looks like public class scriptname : MonoBehaviour
  • Both the scriptname script and the script this code is in need to be attached to the SAME GameObject.
4

The script i wanna disable has VersionedMonoBehaviour instead of just MonoBehaviour, is that maybe the reason?

5

Explain what you mean by “doesn’t work”. If you are getting an error, post the error.

What is a VersionedMonoBehaviour?

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No that’s most likely not the reason. What exactly is going wrong? We’re not mind readers.

7

Ok, my bad. So the error when i use GetComponent<name>().enabled = false; is that it says “The type or namespace name could not be found”. When i use GetComponent(name).enabled = false; the error is “Component’ does not contain a definition for ‘enabled’ and no accessible extension method ‘enabled’ accepting a first argument of type ‘Component’ could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)”

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GetComponent<name>().enabled = false;

You have to replace ‘name’ with the name of your script.