Unity won't let me assign text mesh pro to public text

Unity Engine
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1

I previously made a code for collectible items and tried doing the same thing here but for some reason, in inspector, I cannot assign a text mesh pro or anything to the public TextMeshProUGUI or the winTextObject even though I could in the collectibles code.

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

public class destroyOnContactBlank : MonoBehaviour
{
    //declare our list of strings we'll use if we want our projectile to destroy an object it hits
    public List<string> destroyableObjects = new List<string>();
    public GameObject explosionEffect;
    public TextMeshProUGUI countText;
    public GameObject winTextObject;
    private int count;

    void Start()
    {
        // Set the count to zero
        count = 0;

        SetCountText();

        // Set the text property of the Win Text UI to an empty string, making the 'You Win' (game over message) blank
        winTextObject.SetActive(false);
    }
    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        //run through our list of tags we want to destroy
        for (int i = 0; i < destroyableObjects.Count; i++)
        {
            //check if the hit object has one of our tags
            if(collision.gameObject.tag == destroyableObjects[i])
            {
                //destroy the hit object and the projectile
                // Add one to the score variable 'count'
                count = count + 1;

                // Run the 'SetCountText()' function (see below)
                SetCountText();
                Destroy(gameObject);
                Destroy(collision.gameObject);
                GameObject explosion = Instantiate(explosionEffect, transform.position, transform.rotation);
                Destroy(explosion, 5);
            }
        }
    }
    void SetCountText()
    {
        countText.text = "Count: " + count.ToString();

        if (count >= 12)
        {
            // Set the text value of your 'winText'
            winTextObject.SetActive(true);
        }
    }
}
2

This is the collectibles code and it works fine.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
using TMPro;
    // Create public variables for player speed, and for the Text UI game objects

    public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Create public variables for player speed, and for the Text UI game objects
    public float speed;
    public TextMeshProUGUI countText;
    public GameObject winTextObject;
    public GameObject ball;

    private float movementX;
    private float movementY;

    private Rigidbody rb;
    private int count;

    // At the start of the game..
    void Start()
    {
        // Assign the Rigidbody component to our private rb variable
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();

        // Set the count to zero
        count = 0;

        SetCountText();

        // Set the text property of the Win Text UI to an empty string, making the 'You Win' (game over message) blank
        winTextObject.SetActive(false);
    }
    private void Update()
    {
        if (transform.position.y < -5)
        {
            ball.transform.position = Vector3.zero;
        }
    }
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        // Create a Vector3 variable, and assign X and Z to feature the horizontal and vertical float variables above
        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(movementX, 0.0f, movementY);

        rb.AddForce(movement * speed);
    }

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        // ..and if the GameObject you intersect has the tag 'Pick Up' assigned to it..
        if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("PickUp"))
        {
            other.gameObject.SetActive(false);

            // Add one to the score variable 'count'
            count = count + 1;

            // Run the 'SetCountText()' function (see below)
            SetCountText();
        }
        else if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Gate") && count >= 12)
        {
            other.gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }
    }
    void OnMove(InputValue value)
    {
        Vector2 v = value.Get<Vector2>();

        movementX = v.x;
        movementY = v.y;
    }

    void SetCountText()
    {
        countText.text = "Count: " + count.ToString();

        if (count >= 12)
        {
            // Set the text value of your 'winText'
            winTextObject.SetActive(true);
        }
    }
}
3

But they show up in the inspector and everything else looks normal? If that’s the case, then you’re probably trying to create an invalid connection like dragging a scene reference into a slot on a prefab. Post some screenshots of your inspector and project.

4

Yeah, that seems to be the issue. I was trying to drag text in the science onto a prefab for a projectile that destroys enemies. I’ll have to find another way to track destroyed enemies. Thank you for your clarifcation.

5

“cant add text(tmp) to UnityEvent”

I tried to do this for Prefab too! Thanks for your reply <3