How to change a variable in a script on one object from a script on another object?

Unity Engine
1

I need to make a script on an object change a variable in a script on a camera. I’ve read countless answers via google and I think I’m close to getting it to work but I can’t quite get it to happen. Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong? Here’s what I’ve got (javascript):

The variable in a script on my main camera:

public static var variableInTheCameraScript = false;

The script on the object:

var findCamera : GameObject;
var getScript : MonoBehaviour;

function Start(){
    
	findCamera = GameObject.Find("Main Camera");
	getScript = findCamera.GetComponent(ScriptOnTheCamera);

}

function OnGUI(){
    
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)){
    	    
		getScript.variableInTheCameraScript = true;
    
    }
    
}

This gives me the error “variableInTheCameraScript is not a member of UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.”

I’ve also tried changing getScript to a boolean and using:

findCamera.GetComponent.getScript.variableInTheCameraScript = true;

Which gives the error “getScript is not a member of function(System.Type): UnityEngineComponent”

2

The variable variableInTheCameraScript is static, you can retrieve it from the class itself.

ScriptOnTheCamera.variableInTheCameraScript

If the variable is not static, you have to use a GetComponent to get the script on the game object and retrieve the variable from there (as shown in your 2nd code example).

3

Your static variableInTheCameraScript cant be accessed in an Instance of its Parenting class.

Just do: "YourClassThe-variableInTheCameraScript-IsIn".variableInTheCameraScript = true / false;

4

Awesome thank you, that did the trick. Looks like I was over-complicating it.