Temporarily disable a component via script

Unity Engine
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Hi all,

Can someone show me how to temporarily disable a component
on an object via another object?
Ie, I press object 1 to stop component script
on object 2. When I stop touching object 1, the script continues…

Thanks,

Greg

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Step 1: get a reference to the desired game object, either store a reference via a public variable or use something like GameObject.Find.

Step 2: get a reference to the component attached to that game object using GetComponent.

Step 3: enable/disable that component by setting its enabled property.

GameObject.Find("Foo").GetComponent("Blah").enabled = false
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Thanks, Higgy,

I’m getting an error: ‘enabled’ is not a member of ‘UnityEngine.Component’. I forgot to mention that this was for iphone unity. Sorry, I mistakenly placed this under scripts, when it should have been entered under iphone dev.

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Hi,

I’m still trying to figure out why the above is giving me: ‘enabled’ is not a member of ‘UnityEngine.Component’
When you get a chance, I’d appreciate some help.

Thanks,

Greg

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(GameObject.Find(“Foo”).GetComponent(“Blah”) as Behaviour).enabled = false

6

Thanks, Chris!