Need help with droping objects on ground

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1

Im trying to get my FPS to drop a item that it picked up. I can pick up a item but I cant drop it on the ground. Heres what I got.

private var isHighlighted : boolean = false; 
private var gameCharacter : Transform; 
private var distance : float; 

function OnMouseEnter() { 
   if(distance <= 4.0) { 
      CreateInfoName(); 
      renderer.material.color = Color.red; 
      isHighlighted = true; 
   } 
} 

function OnMouseExit() { 
   renderer.material.color = Color.white; 
   Destroy(GameObject.Find("infoName")); 
   isHighlighted = false; 
} 

function Update () { 
   if(Input.GetKey("e") && isHighlighted == true){ 
      Destroy(gameObject); 
   } 
} 

function CreateInfoName(){ 
   var infoName = new GameObject("infoName"); 
   infoName.AddComponent(GUIText); 
   infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).text = gameObject.name; 
   infoName.transform.position = Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0); 
   infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).alignment = TextAlignment.Center; 
   infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).anchor = TextAnchor.LowerCenter; 
   infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).pixelOffset = Vector2 (0, 25); 
}

Please help?

2

You’re actually destroying the item, not picking it. A simple form to pick the object using your script is to set a flag indicating it was picked, save its offset from the character position and disable its renderer - it makes the object invisible. When dropping the item somewhere, clear the flag, move the object there and enable its renderer:

private var isHighlighted : boolean = false;
private var gameCharacter : Transform; // I'm supposing this is the player's transform
private var distance : float;
private var picked : boolean = false; // flag to indicate the object was picked
private var offset : Vector3; // distance from the player
private var iName : GameObject; // a little improvement to your code

function OnMouseEnter() {
  if (distance <= 4.0) {
    iName = CreateInfoName(); // save the name created in iName
    renderer.material.color = Color.red; 
    isHighlighted = true; 
  }
}

function OnMouseExit() {
  renderer.material.color = Color.white;
  if (iName) Destroy(iName); // destroy the name created
  isHighlighted = false;
}

function Update () {
  if (picked){ // if object picked check if it's being dropped
    if (Input.GetKeyDown("r")){ // if dropping object
      // move it to the present position
      transform.position = gameCharacter.position + offset;
      picked = false; // clear the flag
      renderer.enabled = true; // and make it visible again
    }
  } 
  else  // only pick an object if not already picked 
  if (Input.GetKeyDown("e") && isHighlighted == true){ 
    renderer.enabled = false; // make the object invisible
    picked = true; // signal it has been picked
    // save the position relative to the player
    offset = transform.position - gameCharacter.position;
  }
}

function CreateInfoName():GameObject { // return object created
  var infoName = new GameObject("infoName");
  infoName.AddComponent(GUIText);
  infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).text = gameObject.name;
  infoName.transform.position = Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0);
  infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).alignment = TextAlignment.Center;
  infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).anchor = TextAnchor.LowerCenter;
  infoName.GetComponent(GUIText).pixelOffset = Vector2 (0, 25);
  return infoName;
}
3

When I try to add a script I get this error:

Internal compiler error. See the console log for more information. output was:
Unhandled Exception: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path “C:\Users\jaime jones\Documents\Newtestproject\Temp\Assembly-CSharp.dll.mdb” is denied.

Do you know what this means.