Text Not Updating

Unity Engine
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I have a game, where when an object is deleted, money is added. The amount of money the player has should be displayed on text. When I run the game, and when money should be added to the text, the text doesn’t change. The prefab of the text shows the correct amount of money, and it is updating with every object that is deleted. When I stop and start the game in unity, the text then updates, and stays at the value of money that was in the code at the start. Please help me with this… Thanks.

Here is my code to destroy the object.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Despawn_ : MonoBehaviour {

    public Moneyy mmoney;
    public float localMoney = 0.0f;
    public float waitTime = 15.1f;
    public float Value = 1.0f;
    public float zero = 0;

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col)
    {
        if (zero == 0)
        {
            if (col.gameObject.name == "Despawner")
            {
            DestroyObjectDelayed();
            AddMoney();
            zero++;
            }
        }
    }

    void AddMoney()
    {
        mmoney.Money += Value;
    }

    void DestroyObjectDelayed()
    {

        Destroy(gameObject, waitTime);
    }

}

Here is my code to add the money to the text.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Moneyy : MonoBehaviour {

    public UnityEngine.UI.Text moneyDisplay;
    public float Money = 0.0f;

    void Update()
    {
        moneyDisplay.text = "$" + Money;
    }
 
}

I’m not sure why this is happening, maybe to update the float money while the game is running? idk…

2

Change value to localMoney and you should be all good

3

Wait Value is set to 1.0 so that should be working too

4

Are you modifying your prefab asset, or are you modifying the prefab instance that is located inside of your scene?

5

That’s probably it…

How can I modify the instance instead of the prefab itself?

6

It’s just a mystery…

7

Yeah idk why I have local money in there - I should have deleted it

8

Did you ever get it working?

9

can you try this script, just a few changes.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Despawn_ : MonoBehaviour {
    public Moneyy mmoney;
    public float localMoney = 1.0f;
    public float waitTime = 15.1f;
    public float Value = 1.0f;
    public float zero = 0;
   
    void Start() //added this
    {
        mmoney = GameObject.FindObjectOfType<Moneyy>();
    }
    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col)
    {
        if (zero == 0)
        {
            if (col.gameObject.name == "Despawner")
            {
                AddMoney(); //moved this befor the destroy
                DestroyObjectDelayed();
                zero++;
            }
        }
    }
    void AddMoney()
    {
        mmoney.Money += localMoney; //changed this to use localMoney
    }
    void DestroyObjectDelayed()
    {
        Destroy(gameObject, waitTime);
    }
}
10

Just change your variable to point to the instance instead of the prefab.

11

I will! Thanks man I’ll tell you how it goes

12

I’ll try to do that

13

Thanks man, the text is now updating! I think it is that start method you added… Thanks!