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Reputation: 65

Unity 5.3.2 - Can't use UI Text object in inspector

So I upgraded to Unity 5.3.2 last night, and now I can't drag a UI Text object into a script in the inspector. (Images below)

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There are no compiler errors, except at runtime. I get this error every time:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Scoring.updateScores () (at Assets/Scripts/Scoring.js:21)

I have the javascript code below. The comments are things I have tried. Please ask for and needed clarification.

#pragma strict

var score : int;
//var scoreScore : GameObject;
//var highScore : GameObject;
var scoreScore : UnityEngine.UI.Text;
var highScore : UnityEngine.UI.Text;

function Start () {
    //scoreScore = GameObject.Find("scoreScore").GetComponent.<UnityEngine.UI.Text>();
    //highScore = GameObject.Find("highScore").GetComponent.<UnityEngine.UI.Text>();
    score = 0;
    updateScores();
}

function updateScores() {
    if (score >= PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highScore")) {
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("highScore", score);
    }

    scoreScore.text = "" + score.ToString();
    highScore.text = "" + PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highScore");
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1989

Answers (2)

Cagri Karabulut
Cagri Karabulut

Reputation: 363

Drag and drop those text objects to your project, make them prefab. Then you can assign them.

Upvotes: 0

HalpPlz
HalpPlz

Reputation: 701

When you look at a script in the Inspector (by clicking on it within the Assets folder), you can set the default objects for that script. These objects can only be from your Sssets- it will not allow you to drag objects from within a certain scene. You can only drag objects from a scene to instances of scripts within that scene (e.g. a Scoring script attatched to a certain GameObject).

Try creating a GameObject, attaching the Scoring script to it, selecting that GameObject in the inspector, and the dragging the UIText elements to the instance of the script you attached to that GameObject.

Upvotes: 1

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