I need it to toggle instead of only turning off once and never back on

Unity Engine
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1

Basically what the title says. I want an array of light objects to turn off and back once they are interacted upon.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using SUPERCharacter;





public class PowerSwitch : MonoBehaviour, IInteractable
{




public bool Interact()
{

LightsOff();
return true;

}



    void LightsOff()
    {
       
        GameObject[] AllLights = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("Lights");
        foreach(GameObject go in AllLights)
        {
            go.SetActive(!go.activeSelf) ;
        }
    }
}
2

The code you shared looks like it will do that. What’s the issue you are having with it?

3

I activate the button it turns off, but when i activate it again it does not do anything except for debug.log
*I want it to turn back on

4

That’s because “FindGameObjectsWithTag” does NOT find deactivated objects, as per the documentation:

Why not just find them all at the start and save the array?

5

Because I had no clue I could. How would I do that the way you mention it?
P.S Thank you for calling that out

6

The other thing is you could just disable the Light components rather than setting the whole GameObjects inactive.

7

is there a way i can call for all arrays in the “” bracket?

8

I don’t have the slightest idea what this question means.

9

I’m guessing you’re looking for something like this?

using UnityEngine;
using SUPERCharacter;

public class PowerSwitch : MonoBehaviour, IInteractable
{
    private GameObject[] _allLights;

    private void Start()
    {
        _allLights = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Lights");
    }

    public bool Interact()
    {
        ToggleLights();
        return true;
    }

    private void ToggleLights()
    {
        foreach (var go in _allLights)
        {
            if (go.TryGetComponent<Light>(out var component))
            {
                component.enabled = !component.enabled;
            }
        }
    }
}
10

Is there a way to make it timed.