numerous errors with super basic door transform

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1

Hello,

I’m a super beginner and have a very basic maze game. Your player character is controlled by a script known as “tankMovement”. This also contains a public int variable called “count” which counts the tank’s number of pickups collected.

On a separate script, “doorOpen”, which is attached to a parent group consisting of a door and the wall trigger associated with it, I am trying to have an If statement check the value of tankMovement’s “count” integer, and then raise the door up once it hits 5. The “doorOpen” script is below.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class doorOpen : MonoBehaviour {

    private tankMovement tankScore;

	void Start () {

		tankScore = GetComponent<tankMovement> ();

	}

	void Update () {

		if (tankScore.GetComponent<tankMovement>().count==5) {	

			transform.Translate(new Vector3(0, 1, 0));

		}

	}

}

I have been getting numerous errors with this all day and it’s hurting my brain trying to fix it. Sorry for being such a beginner but I’d love some advice on how to proceed so I can get on with my learning.

2

tankMovement and doorOpen are two separate scripts on two separate GameObjects, so GetComponent won’t work, that only works if the scripts are on the same GameObject. Make a public reference for the player or tankMovement in the door script. Be sure to drag the player into the reference from the inspector.

 public class doorOpen : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public tankMovement tankScore;
     private Vector3 openPosition;
 
     void Start () {
          openPosition = transform.localPosition + new Vector3(0f, 1f, 0f);
     }
 
     void Update () {
         if (tankScore.count==5) {    
             transform.localPosition = openPosition;
         }
     }
 
 }

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