"FindObjectsOfType" in specific gameObject only?

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1

Hi all, quick question about "FindObjectsOfType"...right now the way it's being used returns all objects of type T[] in the scene:

public GameObject myGO;

void Awake(){

    foreach(GameObject go in FinObjectsOfType(typeof(GameObject)) as GameObject[])
    {
        if (go.name == "The Name I'm Looking For")
        {
            myGO = go;
        }
    }
}

Returning all GameObjects in the scene when I'm only looking for only 1 object, which I know is a child of another GameObject, is a huge waste of time. So is there a way to do this:

public GameObject myGO;
private GameObject playerObj;

void Awake(){

    playerObj = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player");

    foreach(GameObject go in playerObj.FinObjectsOfType(typeof(GameObject)) as GameObject[])
    {
        if (go.name == "The Name I'm Looking For")
        {
            myGO = go;
        }
    }
}

That way "FindObjectsOfType" only looks in the "playerObj" GameObject for objects of type "GameObject" instead of looking through the entire scene.

Also, is "FindObjectsOfType" faster the "GameObject.Find" ?

Thx for any help in advance! Stephane

2

If I'm reading you right, you just want to find a specific gameObject from the children of playerObj. If that's the case, then you could do something like this:

public GameObject myGO;
private GameObject playerObj;

void Awake(){

    playerObj = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player");

    childTransforms = playerObj.GetComponentsInChildren<Transform>();
    foreach(Transform currentChildTransform in childTransforms)
    {
        if (currentChildTransform.gameObject.name == "The Name I'm Looking For")
        {
            myGO = currentChildTransform.gameObject.name;
        }
    }
}

Please note, the above is untested C# and may contain errors.