Having to select an object multiple times to continue

[anon16251611]

Hello everyone. I seem to be having some raycasting issues. With the code I have written I want the user to click on a certain number of objects. After that I want a question to show up that asks them to click on another object. If I have them right click the object the second time through, after the question is posed, it works. But I would rather have them left click. The problem is that if I have it set to have them left click then after they click on the objects the first time, depending on what they click last, the correct or incorrect response shows up without them clicking on the object a second time. My code follows:

void testQuestionThree()
{
    Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
    string finalClick = hit.collider.gameObject.name;

    if(popUpDisplayed == false)
    {
        if ( Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) )
        {
            if (Physics.Raycast (ray, out hit, 100.0f))
            {
                if(hit.collider.gameObject.name == "learningCylinder2")
                {
                   object1Clicked = true;                     
                }

                if(hit.collider.gameObject.name == "learningCube2")
                {
                    object2Clicked = true;
                }

                // below we add a test, to see if we clicked either object,
                // but importantly this only matters if we've clicked both already.
                // this determines what we clicked after the request
                if(object1Clicked && object2Clicked)
                {
                    allObjectsClicked = true;
                    object1Clicked = false; //resetting variables to false
                    object2Clicked = false;
                }
                if((object1Clicked || object2Clicked) && allObjectsClicked)
                {
                    isClicked = true;
                    finalClick = hit.collider.gameObject.name;
                    allObjectsClicked = false;  //resetting variables to false.
                    object1Clicked = false;
                    object2Clicked = false;
                }
            }//end physics
        }//end input.get

        if(allObjectsClicked)
        {
            if(isClicked == false)
            {
                GUI.Box (new Rect (350,10,350,120), "Please click the learning cube.");
            }//end isClicked false
        }

        if(isClicked)
        {
            if(finalClick == "learningCube2")
            {
                GUI.Box(new Rect (350, 10, 350, 120), "That was correct. You may now continue.");
            }

            else
            {
                GUI.Box(new Rect (350, 10, 350, 120), "Sorry, the correct answer was the cube. Click to advance.");
            }                   
            navButtonEnabled = true;
        }//end if isClicked
    }//end popUpDisplayed
}

This is being called in onGUI(). As stated. If I have them right click after the box comes up saying "Please click on learning cube" then it works. But if I them left click then it runs through the whole thing, top to bottom, without the user having to click a second time.

[Alec-Slayden]

EDIT in response to evolved question / problem:

Looks like my previous answer didn't help prevent multiple OnGUI() calls from running the whole section of script, sorry about that. Here's a solution that will definitely work:

Your testQuestionThree function should look like this:

    void testQuestionThree(){    

        if(popUpDisplayed == false)
        {
            if(allObjectsClicked)
            {
                if(isClicked == false)
                {
                    GUI.Box (new Rect (350,10,350,120), "Please click the learning cube.");
                }//end isClicked false
            }
            if(isClicked)
            {
                if(finalClick == "learningCube2")
                    {
                    GUI.Box(new Rect (350, 10, 350, 120), "That was correct. You may now continue.");
                }

                else
                {   
                    GUI.Box(new Rect (350, 10, 350, 120), "Sorry, the correct answer was the cube. Click to advance.");
                }                   
                navButtonEnabled = true;
            }//end if isClicked
        }//end popUpDisplayed
  }

The upper part has been moved to update in this form:

void Update () {

        if ( Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && !popUpDisplayed)
            {
                RaycastHit hit;
                Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
                if (Physics.Raycast (ray, out hit, 100.0f))
                {
                    if(hit.collider.gameObject.name == "learningCylinder2")
                    {
                    object1Clicked = true;                     
                    }

                    if(hit.collider.gameObject.name == "learningCube2")
                    {
                        object2Clicked = true;
                    }

                    // below we add a test, to see if we clicked either object,
                    // but importantly this only matters if we've clicked both already.
                    // this determines what we clicked after the request
                    if(object1Clicked && object2Clicked)
                    {
                        allObjectsClicked = true;
                        object1Clicked = false; //resetting variables to false
                        object2Clicked = false;
                    }
                    if((object1Clicked || object2Clicked) && allObjectsClicked)
                    {
                        isClicked = true;
                        finalClick = hit.collider.gameObject.name;
                        allObjectsClicked = false;  //resetting variables to false.
                        object1Clicked = false;
                        object2Clicked = false;
                    }
                }//end physics
            }//end input.get

    }

This ensures that the check for mousedown is only done once per frame, and fixes the issues that were presented by multiple OnGUI Calls. The script itself isn't changed so much as cut into two parts and moved. It's important to keep the OR (||) operand.

finalClick as a variable will need to be declared ahead of time, setting = "" is fine.

Now, I assume you're going to want more test questions in your interactive. Leaving this as is will only work for test question three. If all of your questions involve two objects, then you can use a variable to store the name to test against the clicked object, and not much needs to be changed. If each question has its own dynamic, you might want to turn the stuff we moved to update into a second function, and just have two functions per question; one for the GUI display, and one for the mechanics.