My Buttons Don't Work.

Unity Engine
1

The code is:

public class ButtonScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public EnemyScript OtherScript;

    void OnClick()
    {
        OtherScript.Attack = true;
        OtherScript.AttackType = 0;
    }
}

The problem I’m having is that nothing happens when I click the sprite. If I replace OnClick with Start, it works just fine. Do I need to put in something different, or is something else causing the problem?

2

What is OnClick? Are you sure you spelled that right??? It’s also not public… is this a UI-connected button or are you relying on some other mechanism such as the OnMouse family of functions callbacks? Check the docs for spelling and to make sure you meet 100% of the requirements to get called.

3

Well, I’m not getting any errors in the console, so I don’t know what’s wrong. I had put the code inside a 2d square, so no, it’s not a UI thing. If OnClick isn’t a thing (which it probably isn’t lol) then what should I do?

4

Use the correct API correctly!

There are MANY ways to click stuff and a function like OnClick() kind of implies you are connecting it to UI in the traditional event way.

Is this perhaps what you were seeking?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseDown.html

5

I tried OnMouseDown, but it still did nothing when I clicked on it. I am completely lost at this point and don’t know what to use to detect the mouse click. I guess I’ll re-watch the tutorials for the fifth time. Thanks for the help, though

6

Are you meeting 100% of the requirements? They are stated clearly in the first two lines of the documentation and have to do with having a collider and the location of the script.