can you use AddComponent with a custom script?

Hi there,

Just wondering, is ther a way to use AddComponent to add a custom script to an object? I'm stuck trying to get it to work. I keep getting -
No appropriate version of 'UnityEngine.GameObject.AddComponent
I guess that makes sense because it is my own script but I figured sice you can do it in the editor window , there must be a way to do it in the game.

Any Ideas?
Thanks
Pete

 

1: Show me the code you used.
2: try this:

Code (csharp):

1.  yourObjectName.AddComponent("YourScriptNameWithOutFileExtension");

for another example...

floorCube.AddComponent("FloorIsMadeOfLava");

 

It should be gameObject.AddComponent, not GameObject (you're adding to a specific game object, not the class).

--Eric

 

Make sure you inherit from MonoBehavior.

 

I realize the docs show the string version first. You should read from the bottom of the page, instead. GetComponent, at least, tips you off. And don't forget the new generic version, if you need to store the component in a variable.

 

Ahh Cool, thanks guys, I wasn't using the quotation marks
Sorry, I don't know ho i missed that... embarrassing...

 

Like I said, you shouldn't.

 

Hmm, I'm not sure I get it, how would you use this? GameObject.AddComponent.<T>
Also, GetComponent is only for getting existing components, right?

 

I think it's like this...

GameObject.AddComponent.<YourScript>();

But honestly I've always loathed typecasted functions like this... they never make sense to me.

 

I have no idea how it works in UnityScript. You could have made it yourself, in C#, before it was in the API, with an extension method (this still works, but is pointless):

Code (csharp):

1. public static T GenericAddComponent <T> (this GameObject gameObject) where T : Component {
2.     return gameObject.AddComponent(typeof(T)) as T;
3. }

And then you could use it like this, exactly the same as AddComponent as it exists now:

Code (csharp):

1. BoxCollider boxCollider = gameObject.GenericAddComponent<BoxCollider>();

Here's a great intro to extension methods:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va556bGnXIg