GetComponent from a non Instantiated Prefab

Questions & Answers
1

I have a different script which sets and changes this scripts “turretSkill” gameobject. Then in this script I would like to set the component. “TuuretControl” is a script attached to each “turretSkill” object that will be set in this gameobject.

public GameObject turretSkill;
private TurretControl turretControl;

void Update()
	{
		if(turretSkill)
		{
			print ("Have turretSkill");

			turretControl = turretSkill.GetComponent<TurretControl> ();

			if(turretControl) //will not assign this variable 
			{
				print ("Have turretControl"); //this will not print out
			}


		}
	}

But this is not working. The “turretSkill” GameObject is a prefab and is not instantiated in the scene. Just need this to grab certain variable amounts for a info box that displays turrets damage and etc.

2

I think you are looking for static field or static class. Because static field does not require class instance to be accessed. But I’m not sure what you need exactly
ps: beware overusing static fields.