How to clear ALL scripts from an entity in code?

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#1

this.entity.script.destroy(name)

is fine if you know the name of the script. But what If I need to just remove every single script from an entity no matter what its called. How do I do that?

CHeers

#2

Hi @Grimmy,

There is a scripts property under the .script component:

https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/api/pc.ScriptComponent.html#scripts

Though I’m not sure how to grab the script type name from there. Internally the engine does something like this using private API:

// destroy all scripts
for (let i = 0; i < this.entity.script.scripts.length; i++) {
   const script = this.entity.script.scripts[i];
   if (!script) continue;

   this.entity.script.destroy(script.__scriptType.__name);
}

I think you could instead remove the script component altogether and re-create it:

this.entity.removeComponent("script");
this.entity.addComponent("script");