The type or namespace name `Attribute' could not be found.

Unity Engine
1

hi, i was doing the burgzergarcade tutorials and I ran in to this error: Assets/Scrips/Character Classes/ModifiedStat.cs(27,16): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `Attribute’ could not be found. Are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?

Here is my code.

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class ModifiedStat : BaseStat {
private List _Mods;
private int _modValue;

public ModifiedStat(){
_Mods = new List();
_modValue = 0;
}

public void AddModifier(ModifyingAttribute mod){
_Mods.Add(mod);
}

private void CalulateModValue(){
_modValue = 0;

if( _Mods.Count > 0)
foreach( ModifyingAttribute att in _mods)
_modValue +=(int)(att.Attribute.AdjustedValue * att.ratio);

}
}

public struct ModifyingAttribute{
public Attribute attribute;
public float ratio;
}

Any help is appreciated.

2

Next time put your code in the right blocks for them.
[ CODE] [ /CODE] without the spaces.

In any case, it means that you are trying to create a class of type Attribute and Unity cannot find that class anywhere in your project, so it is giving you the error. Have you created a class called “Attribute”?

3

Assuming Attribute is a valid type…

You’re problem is referencing it as Attribute rather than attribute.

Attribute is the type
attribute is the instance

ie. it should be…

foreach(ModifyingAttribute attr in _mods)
_modValue += attr.attribute.AdjustedValue

4

Ah, didn’t see that! You would be correct, JamesLeeNZ. My bad.

5

sorry, the error is here:

public struct ModifyingAttribute{
	public Attribute attribute;      / the error is on this line
	public float ratio;
}

I do have a class called attribute. I still don’t know that the problem is.

Here is the attribute script:

public class attributes : BaseStat {
	public void attribute(){
		ExpToLevel = 50;
		LevelModifier = 1.05f;
	}
}
	public enum AttributeName{
		Strength,
	    Agility,
	    Speed,
	    Concentration    
}

Thanks for your help.

6

attributes != attribute != Attribute

Remove the S and capitalize the A.

7

i have the same error, and i tried switching Attribute with attribute in all the places , and none of them worked. for example "_modValue += attr.attribute.AdjustedValue " with "public Attribute attribute; " or "_modValue += attr.Attribute.AdjustedValue " with "public attribute Attribute; " so what’s the problem? I have the same code as his. Loius I capitalized and didn’t work, and there are no ‘s’ .

8

You sure your script is named equal in the hierarchy and in the code? Cause I’d just support what’s already been said, for me the error is on line 1 of the attribute class… Again, if you changed the name of your classes you might want to look up if you changed the name in the project files too.

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yep, they are. I have exactly the same code as in the tutorials. Although my error is slightly different: “error CS0246: The type or namespace name `ModifiedStat’ could not be found. Are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?” and it appears twice, once in Skill, once in Vital.

10

Seriously, post all relevant classes using the [ code] tags

11

Sorry. I can’t believe it was a typo. After I checked it like, 14 times.

12

It’s fairly common actually. Make sure you revise your code thouroghly next time, though! You’ll save yourself a good deal of time!