One does not simply add to an array.
In JavaScript you might have familiarity with using arrays.You might also be familiar with "adding" to arrays.
Well Unity sugarcoated that for you.
Arrays are not really re-sizable.
When you declare an array in c#, you have to define it right there.
If your looking for something similar to re-sizable arrays, use lists.
To use Lists in Unity c#, you must add the line
"using System.Collections.Generic;" At the top of your code.
Declaring a list of Game Objects would go something like this
List<GameObject> myGameObjectList = new List<GameObject>();
Then adding to the list would is as simple as
myGameObjectList.Add(gameObjectInstance);
Then if you really just want an array you would say something like
GameObject[] gameObjectArray = myGameObjectList.ToArray();
The API is not what it always seems.
Unity has also sugar coated some of its API, some parts to the point where its practically lying to you in the provided documentation. I learned this the hard way in a short game I did in JavaScript a while back, I had blood splats come up on the screen, and then fade away. To have a fade property, I had the blood splats change their GUI alpha value gradually to 0.Sometimes when you think your going crazy, simply go to Google.
Everything is a class
In the begging of your coding experience, you were probably not familiar with classes. In fact in "real" JavaScript you can not simply declare a class. Unity had made it though, so that you can declare a class in a similar way compared to the rest of it's syntax.So now in c#, when you create a c# script in Unity and open it in MonoDevelop(or what ever editor your using), you will see now at the top you have something like:
public class ScriptName : MonoBehaviour {}
***Make sure you script name matches your class name!!!!***
Example, if you have created a file in Unity named Example.cs, in your code you must have
public class Example: MonoBehaviour {}
If you do not do this your compiler will throw you back an error.
Declaring Methods and Returning Variables
Like in all Object oriented languages declaring methods follow the same flow in syntax. In JavaScript, declaring methods is simply typing function(){}. C# follows the same flow except you use VOID instead of function.
But this is not always the case in C#! In Javascript, methods labeled function could return variables. In order for a method in C# to return variables, two things must occur
1) Void must be replaced with the type of variable you want to return.
2) The method must be declared public for other classes to call it!
You can not anymore say:
void GetPlayersHealth(){
return Health;
}
You need to now say:
public int GetPlayersHealth(){
return Health;
}
Declaring variables for Inspector View
With JavaScript all variables declared at the top of the script, unless declared as private, where shown in the inspector view in Unity as variables to manipulate. For C# you need to declare the variable as public or it will not show up in the Inspector pane in Unity's Editor.
Getting Instances of Other Scripts and Components
Let's say you want to get an instance of the players behavior in order to add damage to it. To get it as a variable in the code your currently working on, you now must use the needed class name as the variable type. Getting components is also different, as in the way you call it. In JavaScript it might look like this
var playerBehavoirInst = GameObject.Find("Player").GetComponent(PlayerBehavior);
Now in C#, its change to
PlayerBehavior playerBehaviorInst = GameObject.Find("Player").GetComponent<PlayerBehavior>();
Notice the get Component and how it's called.
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