gameObject.Find, .transform.position, variables, for loops -HELP MEEE-

Unity Engine
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function bonus(){
var BonusXAxis = Random.Range(-2.7,1.78); //Random point across screen
for (var BonusYAxis = 0; BonusYAxis >= 3.2; BonusYAxis++){ //Sliding up screen
yield WaitForSeconds(1); //Time delay for each reposition
gameObject.Find(“Bonus”).transform.position = Vector3(BonusXAxis, BonusYAxis, -1.579669); /Change pos
}

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(There is a execution for this in the update function)
I want to add a bonus money amount. An indication of the bonus should slide up across the screen. And from a random point across the screen.
Sadly for me :c

  • The position will not change at all

And the console shows no error. What did I do wrong?

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What is the game object “Bonus”? Is it a 2D GUI element? Is it a 3D TextMesh?

From your description it seems like an on-screen GUI element. Make sure it’s transform.position isn’t in “screen space”, meaning that the position of the object is normalized (the X/Y/Z positions on the screen only go from 0-1, with 0 being one side of the screen and 1 being the opposite).

I’ll give my usual suggestion for these circumstances (I should really just make this text my signature :p):

When you’re writing code, and you’re not sure how any part of it works, build a simple test first until you understand it.

In your case, remove the line with the Random.Range call, the yield WaitForSeconds, really everything except for the gameObject.Find(“Bonus”).transform.position call (or whatever part of your code is not working at that time). Then play with the position manually until you understand how to position/move it on the screen as you would like. Once you understand how this Bonus object’s position works, then you can begin to add the rest of the code around it (random position, the yield call, etc.).

Good luck!