Update multiple text scores on screen with one script

[Nightmare72]

I have multiple texts on screen that need updating. All have their own individual script for updating themselves. I would like to use one script that would update all this text. However, when I try to merge these scripts into one, it seems the fields share information.

One thought was to check which text item the script is attached to then, only update that text. Here is my code:

public class ScoreDisplay : MonoBehaviour
{
    TextMeshProUGUI _scoreText;
    TextMeshProUGUI _highScoreText;
    GameSession _gameSession;
    int _highScore;

    private void Start()
    {
        _scoreText = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
        _highScoreText = GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>();
        _highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("HIGH SCORE", 0);
        _gameSession = FindObjectOfType<GameSession>();
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        _scoreText.text = _gameSession.GetScore().ToString();
        _highScoreText.text = _highScore.ToString();
    }

[PaulMDev]

In Start(), you’re assigning the same value to _scoreText and _highScoreText.
From the doc for GameObject.GetComponent :

GetComponent returns only the first matching component found on the GameObject on which it is called.

So even if you have 2 TextMeshProUGUI the first one will be assigned to both fields.

I see 2 ways to solve that:

• You could use [SerializedField] and assign your values in the editor.
• If you want to avoid that, I guess you could have your TextMeshProUGUIs in childrens of your manager to differentiate them. Then you can either get them by name or use [SerializedField].

Sorry if this wasn’t clear.
Good luck!