[SOLVED] Find the script in the scene

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1

Hi! This should be simple thing, coming from unity this is common.

I have in a scene entity called “Pool” with script on it poolManager ( it has create method on it)
from some script i want to get this script
so i write

var Tests = pc.createScript('tests');

// initialize code called once per entity
Tests.prototype.initialize = function () {

    let pool = this.app.root.findByName("Pool");
    pool.script.poolManager.create();

};

// update code called every frame
Tests.prototype.update = function (dt) {

};

i get this error
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘poolManager’)

so i guess it finds Pool entity but i can’t get to poolManager? Can somebody tell me what is going on. I can create add property that can hold reference to pool entity but i was wondering how to get it this way?

also i can get it from console like this:
pc.app.root.findByName(“Pool”)
so it can find it, but how to access script?
in console object doesn’t have any script property

2

That should work, can you post the example project to look at please?

3

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PoolManager script is empty/not been saved hence the object at runtime would be null

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4

hmm strange, script is there (also if i put it as a reference then it works, drag in slot)

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5

can you verify?

6

Probably because of the issue I reported.

7

maybe it was a combination of bugs
the point was that there was another entity with the same name in the scene :slight_smile:

8

The findByName will return the first entity it finds that matches the name. You may prefer findByTag for this reason or have a direct reference via script attributes