Compare gameobjects

[Bart Wttewaall]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to compare two GameObjects on their Type.

public var chair1:GameObject;
public var chair2:GameObject;
public var chair3:GameObject;
public var chair4:GameObject;
public var table:GameObject;

public var selectedObject:GameObject; // either a chair or table

This won't work:
print(selectedObject instanceof chair1);

Neither does this:
print(selectedObject.GetType() == chair1.GetType())
It returns "GameObject", so that's of no use.

I'd lke to do something like this:
if (selectedObject is chairPrefab) sit();
else if (selectedObject is tablePrefab) dinnerIsServed();

So how do I compare selectedObject to some other GameObject on their Type or prefab class instead of reference?

With regards,
Bart

[Joaquin Grech]

Bart,

 

those are not types, they are just variable names. The type is always "GameObject".

So if you want to know if 2 variables are equal then if (selectedObject == chair1) ...

 

In any case, I would begin using C# because it's clearer for all these things ;)

 

Joaquin

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[Bart Wttewaall]

Yes I know, that example was pseudo code (whishfull thinking) ;)
In my real project I have 300 clickable books, so checking if each one is the selectedObject is not very smart.

I've solved it this way:
On creation I add a value object as a component on each clickable/selectable object.
Now I can check on type, isClickable and other properties.

Is this the best way or does someone have a better solution?

Cheers, Bart

2010/12/20 Joaquin Grech <joaqui...@gmail.com>