How do I call a funtion without refrencing the script?

Questions & Answers
1

Im working on a combat system for my game. I plan on having any damage a player would take being done via a function inside the players health script. What I would like to know is there a way to call this function without having to reference the playerscript inside every enemy and object that would hurt the player?

2

You could use Unity’s SendMessage. All you have to know then is the GameObject that you’re trying to send the message to. It would look something like this:

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    collider.gameObject.SendMessage("DoDamage", 5, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
}

Additionally, you could get the component during a collision.

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    Player player = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<Player>();
    if (player != null)
        player.DoDamage(5);
}

There’s nothing wrong with either one, but I think GetComponent is slightly faster.