Getting Components with the same name

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1

I am trying to create an object that can be affected by more than one joint at run-time. When a new object B is attached to my original object A, A adds a configurable joint to itself and takes B as its connected rigid body. The problem occurs when a new object C wants to attach itself to the original object A. A adds a new configurable joint to itself, but when I use the GetComponent() function to get the configurable joint, it returns the first joint created so changing the connected body that joint replaces B (i.e object C replaces B) and the joint created for C cannot be accessed leaving the connected body to be none. How can I reference the joint created for C without replacing that for B.

PS: Sorry the question sounds like a riddle that's the best way I can explain it

2

Use GetComponents instead, which returns an array you can loop through (or store the components yourself in an array when you do AddComponent, so you know which is which)

3

All I ever get when I try this is

InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source type to destination type. AudioManagerScript.Start () (at Assets\MIHT_Assets\MIHT_Scripts\AudioManagerScript.js:27)

my code is:

var mySfxAudioSources:AudioSource;

function Start()
{
mySfxAudioSources=gameObject.GetComponents(AudioSource);
}

I'm obviously doing something wrong but I dont know what. I have tried declaring a new array length too(mySfxAudioSources=new AudioSource(20)) but I still get the same problem.

4

For some reason gameObject.GetComponents(AudioSource) does not seem to return an array try casting whatever it returns into an array. This should work. Try this:

var mySfxAudioSources:AudioSource[];

function Start() { mySfxAudioSources = Array(gameObject.GetComponents(AudioSource)); }