How do I deselect an object when another is selected?

Questions & Answers
1

Okay so I have two cubes and I want it so when I click the first cube it is selected and when i click the second cube it deselects the first cube and selects the second cube. How would I go about doing this? Here is the first script I tried:
#pragma strict

var selected = false;
var clickCount = 0;

function Start () {

}

function OnMouseOver() {
	if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)){
	clickCount = clickCount + 1;
	}
	if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
	{	
		if(clickCount%2==1)
		{
		selected = true;
		Debug.Log("Grid Peice Selected");
		}
	}
	if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
	{
		if(clickCount%2==0)
		{
					selected = false;
					Debug.Log("Grid Peice Unselected");
		}
	}
}

This is the second script I tried this time using raycast:

#pragma strict

var selected = false;

function OnMouseDown()
{
	
	var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);


	if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
	{
		if(Physics.Raycast(ray, 100))
		{
			Debug.Log("Selected");		
		}	
	

	}else{
	Debug.Log("Unselected");
	}
	}
2

Using the first script, i think you will need to store the first cube you select as a Boolean variable after it is selected and make it true. Then say when you click the 2nd cube something like -

// Do this dynamically.  So once the object is clicked, it   // makes the var.  You may need to disable Pragma Strict for // this

var cube1 = false;
var cube2 = false;


// Function with selecting the 2nd cube
if (cube1) {

// This part isn't actual code
cube1 = selected

else {

cube1 = false;

}

if (cube2) {

// This part isn't actual code again
cube2 = selected

}

else {

cube2 = false;
3

Easiest way is to use 2 scripts.

cubeOne:

#pragma strict
public static var selected : boolean = false;
function OnMouseDown () {
	cubeTwo.selected = false;
	selected = true;
}     
function Update() {
	if(selected){
		Debug.Log(this.gameObject.name);
	}
}

cubeTwo:

#pragma strict
public static var selected : boolean = false;    
function OnMouseDown () {
	cubeOne.selected = false;
	selected = true;
}     
function Update() {
	if(selected){
		Debug.Log(this.gameObject.name);
	}
}