Variables defined in editor, but clear on runtime

Questions & Answers
1

OK, so I have a GUI script, which gets a variable called BarkyStatus, which is a script name. The GameObject that has that script is the player, which I define. But, whenever I hit Play, the variable clears and halts the entire script.

Here is the basic formula:

• Script needs the BarkyStatus variable, which contains score data, pickup data and health data.

var scoreTexture : Texture;
var timeTexture : Texture;
var checkmarksTexture : Texture;
var gemsTexture : Texture;
var healthBase : Texture;
var healthBar : Texture;

var nativeVerticalResolution = 600.0;

var barky : BarkyStatus;
barky = GetComponent("BarkyStatus");

function OnGUI () {
	var timeText = Time.timeSinceLevelLoad;
	GUI.matrix = Matrix4x4.TRS (Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, Vector3 (Screen.height / nativeVerticalResolution, Screen.height / nativeVerticalResolution, 1)); 
GUI.DrawTexture(Rect(5,5,80,20),scoreTexture,ScaleMode.ScaleAndCrop,true,0);
GUI.Label (Rect(85,6,100,23), barky.score.ToString());
GUI.Label (Rect(65,27,100,23), timeText.ToString());
}

Well, that’s the incomplete version, anyway.

• Plug in the variable in the editor.

• Press Play, and the variable clears itself.

Any tips on how to prevent this? Not that this affects the core gameplay, but I kinda want to see what my score is during gameplay. Help?

2

I believe you’re searching for BarkyStatus script only on the object this script is attached to. Try searching the owner object for the compenent.

player : GameObject; //Your player goes here!

barky = player.GetComponent(BarkyStatus);
3

OK, here’s what worked:

var player : GameObject; // Just this part in the beginning

Then, I modified the GUI.Label command…

GUI.Label (Rect(85,6,100,23), player.GetComponent(BarkyStatus).score.ToString());

This solved the problem. Thanks!