Promote script variables to Component level?

Questions & Answers
1

If I have a script called HtMod under a GameObject that has a variable called yCoord, I know I can access it with

gameObject.GetComponent(HtMod).yCoord

Is there a way I can promote that variable so that I can access it via gameObject.yCoord?

Not a problem to work around it, but I was just wondering if there was a way to save all that typing and all those GetComponent() calls…

2

Cache your script during Awake().

For C#:

private HTMod htmodScript;

private void Awake()
{
  htmodScript = gameObject.GetComponent<HTMod>();
}

For UnityScript:

private var htmodScript : HTMod;

private function Awake()
{
  htmodScript = gameObject.GetComponent("HTMod");
}

Now, whenever you want to access yCoord, you only have to type htmodScript.yCoord (or whatever you want to name your cache variable as).