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Number1son100
Number1son100

Reputation: 219

How to I get my text to display my score in Unity?

I am programming a game, and I want the text to show the player score, which increases over time. However, it is not working. Why wont it work?

#pragma strict
import UnityEngine.UI;
var score = 0;
var highScore : int;
var text : Text;
function Start() {
    highScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("High Score");
    text = GetComponent(Text);
    text.text = score.ToString();
}
function Update() {
    score += Time.deltaTime;
    if (score >= highScore) {
        highScore = score;
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("High Score", highScore);
    }
    text.text = score.ToString();
}

I keep getting the error:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Timer and Scoreboard.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/Timer and Scoreboard.js:17)

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 1572

Answers (1)

Programmer
Programmer

Reputation: 125305

I can see that you have already assigned Text component called Score to the text slot in the Editor but then you override that when you did text = GetComponent(Text); in your Start function. Simply remove text = GetComponent(Text); and your code should work.

If you want to know why text = GetComponent(Text); is returning null, that's because there is no Text component attached to the-same GameObject(Main Camera) the script is attached to. text = GameObject.Find("In-Game UI/Score").GetComponent(Text); should work fine. You don't have to do this since you have already assigned the Text from the Editor.

Upvotes: 3

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