Help with camera switch

Unity Engine
1

I know this should be a fairly easy script, but it’s giving me massive problems (new to scripting, hinthint)

This is my script:

var mainCamera : Camera; //Main Camera

var overheadCamera : Camera; // Camera I want to switch too

mainCamera = GameObject.Find("Main Camera"); //Find my main camera
overheadCamera = GameObject.Find("OverHead Camera"); //Find my overhead camera

function Update () {
 if(Input.GetKeyDown ("c")) //if I press c, switch to my overhead camera
      { 
        mainCamera.enabled = false;
        
        overheadCamera.enabled = true;
    
        
     }
if(Input.GetKeyUp ("c")) //if i release c, switch to my main camera
      { 
        mainCamera.enabled = true;
        
        overheadCamera.enabled = false;     

}
}

It gives me the error: Assets/Scripts/Camera Switch.js(11,33): BCE0022: Cannot convert ‘UnityEngine.GameObject’ to ‘UnityEngine.Camera’.

So it dislikes Game.Object and .Camera being used? I tried both routs of only going game.object’s and just .camera’s, but both end in more errors…What am I doing wrong?

2

At the top of your script, declare your cameras as GameObjects. Then add a Start function and put this part inside it:

mainCamera = GameObject.Find(“Main Camera”); //Find my main camera
overheadCamera = GameObject.Find(“OverHead Camera”); //Find my overhead camera

See if that works.

3

Like This?

#pragma strict

var mainCamera : GameObject;
var overheadCamera : GameObject;

function Start() {


var mainCamera : GameObject;

var overheadCamera : GameObject;

mainCamera = GameObject.Find("Main Camera");
overheadCamera = GameObject.Find("OverHead Camera");

}


function Update() {
 if(Input.GetKeyDown ("c"))
      { 
        mainCamera.enabled = false;
        
        overheadCamera.enabled = true;
    
        
     }
if(Input.GetKeyUp ("c"))
      { 
        mainCamera.enabled = true;
        
        overheadCamera.enabled = false;     

}
}

This gave me almost the same error: ‘enabled’ is not a member of ‘UnityEngine.GameObject’.

4

Ok, try using .active instead of .enabled and remove the var declarations from the Start function, but leave evyerything else as is.

5

Awesome! The .enabled is what was throwing it off, thanks so much!

Edit- It seems GetKeyUp is non functional though…it changes for when I press c, but it’s bugged stuck even after I release…

Double edit- Fail on my part, I just didn’t attach the script to the overhead camera. Script works fantastic, thanks again