Disabling A Script on a GameObject From a Different Script

Questions & Answers
1

Hello.

I’ve been creating something recently which requires me to disable the “FPSInputController” component of the First Person Controller that comes with Unity.

I’ve implemented this bit of code which I thought would have worked:

GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("Player").GetComponent<FPSInputController>().enabled = false;

However, Unity gives me an error when I try and use this:

  • The name “FPSInputController” does not exist in the current context.

I don’t know why I cannot reference the FPSInputController on my Player. Can someone give me an idea?

2

When you run your game, go to the editor before you run this piece of code. Check to see that the game object does in fact have a reference to the FPSInputController.

I might also suggest doing a singleton implementation if you plan on accessing it a bunch of times. Singletons with unity are pretty easy to implement:

 public class MyClass : MonoBehavior {

        public static MyClass myInstance = null;
 
        void Start() {
          myInstance = this; 
        }
 }
3

I was the same problem, and I discovered that MonoDevelop IDE doesn’t recognizes the issue. Just write your code, save it and Unity will not throw any error in the Console.

GameObject.Find("Player").GetComponent<FPSInputController>().enabled = false;

Try using Find() instead FindGameObjectWithTag()

Good look!