Setting up a New Data Type - Am I Doing Something Wrong?

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1

In my current project, I’m trying to set up a new data type so I can get a script off a game object and enable/disable it on a keystroke. All of my syntax seems to be correct, except for the fact that my new data type isn’t being established as I expected it to. Currently I just have things as follows:

private ScriptToToggle script;
        public void TinSight()
        {
            script = GetComponent("ContrastEnhance");
            if (useTin == true)
            {
                Time.timeScale = 0.8f;
            }
                Time.timeScale = 1.0f;
            }
        }

I must be missing something here, because with things as they are now I get the “type or namespace name ‘ScriptToToggle’ could not be found” error. I’m sure I’m missing something obvious, but would someone mind pointing out my mistake?

2

Hi, here’s how you can do it if you just want a direct reference…

In this first case you will have a public ScriptToToggle variable in the Inspector and you can just drag and drop the object that contains the script to the slot and create a reference…

    public ScriptToToggle script;

    public void TinSight()
    {
        script.methodName();
        if (useTin == true)
        {
            Time.timeScale = 0.8f;
        }
        Time.timeScale = 1.0f;
    }

or alternatively you can do it like this

    public GameObject scriptToToggleObj; // same as above really, you'll need to drag and drop the object that contains the script to the inspector variable slot and create a reference
    ScriptToToggle script;
    public void Start()
    {
        script = scriptToToggleObj.GetComponent<ScriptToToggle>();
    }
    public void TinSight()
    {
        script.methodName(); // execute whatever method you want to run from the script
        if (useTin == true)
        {
            Time.timeScale = 0.8f;
        }
        Time.timeScale = 1.0f;
    }