How can I have a gui.button return a random number and display it?

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1

Sorry for the noob question, but I couldn’t find anything that specifically remedies my problem.
I want the player to be able to press a gui button and have it return a random number between 1 and 6 like a normal dice. I need the button to change its texture to he corresponding number, and I also need the number to change in a public float so it can be seen by the other scripts.
This is what I have, but I’m not very good at code and it doesn’t work correctly, nor is it finished:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class DieValue : MonoBehaviour {

	public float currentValue = 1f;
	public float diceRoll = Random.Range(1f, 6f);
	public Texture btnTexture;
	public Texture btnTexture1;
	public Texture btnTexture2;
	public Texture btnTexture3;
	public Texture btnTexture4;
	public Texture btnTexture5;

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
	
	}

	//void Update () {
	//	if(currentValue == 1)
	//}

	void OnGUI() {
		if (GUI.Button(new Rect(30, 650, 90, 90), btnTexture))
			diceRoll = currentValue;
			Debug.Log("You rolled a" );
			
		
	}
}

Thanks for any help. I’m usually the art guy so I get lost when it comes to coding well.

2

First put your button textures in an array this will make it easier to access them

public Texture[] btnTextures;

void Start()
{
   btnTextures = new Textures[6];
   butTextures[0] = btnTexture1;
   butTextures[1] = btnTexture2;
   .....etc untill you have filled your array
}

Then you need to change your onGUI method

void OnGUI() {
   if (GUI.Button(new Rect(30, 650, 90, 90), btnTextures(currentValue)))
   diceRoll = currentValue;
   Debug.Log("You rolled a" + diceRoll.ToString());
}

Because OnGUI runs at least once per frame the texture for the button will update in the frame following the calculation thereby selecting the correct image from the btnTextures array.

3

Hi sir i don’t usually write code, but i will help you (:

using UnityEngine; 
using System.Collections;
    public class DieValue : MonoBehaviour {
     
    
    public int diceRoll;
    public Texture btnTexture;
    public Texture btnTexture1;
    public Texture btnTexture2;
    public Texture btnTexture3;
    public Texture btnTexture4;
    public Texture btnTexture5;
    public Texture actualBtnTexture;
 

    void Start(){
//Here you are saying that when you start the game, the actual texture should be the first one.
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture;

    }

    void OnGUI() {
        if (GUI.Button(new Rect(30, 650, 90, 90),actualBtnTexture)){
            
            Randomize();

            }

void Randomize(){

diceRoll = Random.Range(0,5);
SetTextureButton();

}
 
void SetTextureButton(){

if(diceRoll == 0)
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture;

if(diceRoll == 1)
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture1;

if(diceRoll == 2)
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture2;

if(diceRoll == 3)
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture3;

if(diceRoll == 4)
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture4;

if(diceRoll == 5)
actualBtnTexture = btnTexture5;

}
 
    }
}