Efficiently reading variable from another script.

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1

Hi, Im using the following code the pull a variable from another script, it seems to work fine.

But i now need to pull that variable every frame and I know using GameObject.Find is an absolute killer, how do i modify this script to make it more efficient?

Any help would be appreciated.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class timeregister : MonoBehaviour {
	
	public float Alpha;
	
void Start()
        {
            Alpha = GameObject.Find("firstnumber").GetComponent<OnScreenControls>().Lion /100;
        }
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
	print (Alpha);
	}
}
2

You can just store the result of GameObject.Find in a variable, that way you only have to find the GameObject once and can pull the variable quickly through that reference.

public float Alpha;

private OnScreenControls controls;

private void Start()
{
    controls = GameObject.Find("firstnumber").GetComponent<OnScreenControls>();
}

private void Update()
{
    Alpha = controls.Lion / 100;
    print(Alpha);
}