[SOLVED] What's is the difference between these functions?

Unity Engine
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Component.SendMessage
GameObject.SendMessage
Component.BroadcastMessage
GameObject.BroadcastMessage

They all seem similar from reading the API.

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One need to get the “gameObject” active and the other must have the component active.

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OK but what about between send and broadcast?

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It doesn’t give a … if the gameObject / component is active ? :stuck_out_tongue:

(I’m not sure but this is the only difference SendMessage and BroadcastMessage)

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No. The explanation in the docs is quite straightforward:

Unity - Scripting API: Component.SendMessage “Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object.”

Unity - Scripting API: Component.BroadcastMessage “Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object or any of its children.”

–Eric

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Thanks I missed that last part.

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Just for clarification there is no difference between Component.SendMessage and GameObject.SendMessage. Use which ever one is most convenient in your code.

Component.SendMessage is the same as Component.gameObject.SendMessage.