How do I disable Script on FP Controller? (Solved)

Questions & Answers
1

I’m trying to disable the ‘CharacterMotor’ script on the First Person Controller when I change between cameras in my scene.

I’m using this script -
var cam1 : Camera;
var cam2 : Camera;

function Start()
{
	cam1.enabled = true; cam2.enabled = false;
}

function Update()
{
	var myScript = GameObject.Find("FirstPersonController").GetComponent("CharacterMotor") ;
	
	if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.C))
	{
   		cam1.enabled = !cam1.enabled; myScript.enabled = false;
   		cam2.enabled = !cam2.enabled; myScript.enabled = true;
 	}
}

And getting this error -

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
SwitchCameras.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/SwitchCameras.js:11)

What am I doing wrong? As usual any help is greatly appreciated.

(alternatively if there is a way to switch off/disable the character controller itself temporarily until I switch back to it, that would also be great)

???

2

Call your cameras Cam1 and Cam2 then in Start() before you enable/disable them do this:

cam1 = GameObject.Find("Cam1");
cam2 = GameObject.Find("Cam2");

My JS is poor though so may need tweaking.

EDIT:

Also shouldn’t you have an if statement for checking the cam1.enabled? like I said not well up on javascript but it looks like you should have:

if(cam1.enabled)
{
    // do your code here
}
3

Sorted ! Just switched the Boolean and getkey parts round and works fine

function Update()
{
    var freezePlayer = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").GetComponent("CharacterMotor");

	if (cam2Active == false)
		{
			if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.C))
			{
				cam1.enabled = false;
				cam2.enabled = true;
				freezePlayer.enabled = false;
				cam2Active = true;
			}
		}
	
	else	
		
	if (cam2Active == true)
		{
			if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.C))
			{
				cam1.enabled = true;
				cam2.enabled = false;
				freezePlayer.enabled = true;
				cam2Active = false;
			}
		}
}

Just thought I’d put the answer up in case it might help anybody else in future !