Menu not working

Unity Engine
1

Hi,

I’ve been trying to create a simple menu with 2 entries. Both of the entries are supposed to open the same scene, the only different thing is that a boolean is set depending on which entry is pressed.

Here is a screenshot of the menu:

1596339--96023--$menu.jpg
1596339--96023--$menu.jpg1600×900 160 KB

Here is the script for it:

1596339--96024--$menuScript.png
1596339--96024--$menuScript.png1538×834 124 KB

This is some additional code that just makes is clearer why I need

if ( MenuScript.automate == true)
runAutomatically ();
else if (MenuScript.automate == false)
runOnKeyInput ();

I need to mention that I have added the MenuScript to my empty MenuController game object and I have added box colliders for the 2 entries in the menu.

Thanks,
Karina

2

Bump

3

Are you sure that the Raycast is hitting the buttons? Try adding Debug.Log() statements. Or consider using OnGUI() instead of GUIText. You could replace Update() with:

void OnGUI() {
    GUILayout.Label("Run Animation");
    if (GUILayout.Button("Automatically")) {
        GotoNextLevel(true);
    }
    if (GUILayout.Button("On Key Press")) {
        GotoNextLevel(false);
    }
}

private void GotoNextLevel(bool autoValue) {
    automate = autoValue;
    Application.LoadLevel("Robot");
}

If you don’t like the appearance of the GUI labels and buttons, you can create a custom GUI skin and assign it to GUI.skin at the beginning of OnGUI:

public GUISkin customSkin; // <-- Assign this in the inspector.

void OnGUI() {
    GUI.skin = customSkin;
    GUILayout.Label("Run Animation");
    if (GUILayout.Button("Automatically")) {
        GotoNextLevel(true);
    }
    if (GUILayout.Button("On Key Press")) {
        GotoNextLevel(false);
    }
}
...
4

Thank you very much, this is much cleaner and easier to use. :slight_smile: