FindWithTag("Player") is not an instance reference

[anon_2819230]

So, I’m pretty sure that Player is a type in Unity, but I am receiving this error for this bit of code.

@Unity Console

error CS0176: Static member `UnityEngine.GameObject.FindWithTag(string)’ cannot be accessed with an instance reference, qualify it with a type name instead

gameObject.FindWithTag("Player")

[arzi]

The method FindWithTag is a static function, which means you cannot use an instance to call it. gameObject is an instance of the GameObject to which your script is attached.

The correct way is:

GameObject.FindWithTag("Player")

[anon_2819230]

Thank you for the reply. I thought that it was trying to tell me that Player was an instance.

[petesails389]

bro this was a life saver I thought there was no way of doing it and was so close to giving up ty so much