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2D Toolkit => Support => Topic started by: jakecattrall on May 24, 2013, 01:47:16 pm

Title: How do I reference 2dtk objects in code?
Post by: jakecattrall on May 24, 2013, 01:47:16 pm

I got this far:

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GameObject _tileMap = GameObject.Find("TileMap");
Presumably that gets my tilemap object, but then what?

On a general note, it would be nice to see some detailed code examples in the script reference.

Title: Re: How do I reference 2dtk objects in code?
Post by: unikronsoftware on May 24, 2013, 04:27:43 pm

You shouldn't do that really - GameObject.Find is pretty slow, especially so if you do it every frame.

Check the Unity tutorials on how to reference objects, etc. The best way is to create a public variable in your object, and then simply drag and drop a reference in the Unity interface. No finding, and a reliable link to the object permanently.

Expanded the code samples in the tk2d 2.0 tutorial a bit more:
http://unikronsoftware.com/2dtoolkit/docs/2.00/

Title: Re: How do I reference 2dtk objects in code?
Post by: Artheus on November 04, 2013, 09:51:51 pm

Sorry to bring up an old topic but I'm writing an editor script and can't use the drag and drop to make a reference to the tilemap.  In this case, is GameObject.Find() my best option?

Title: Re: How do I reference 2dtk objects in code?
Post by: unikronsoftware on November 05, 2013, 12:08:18 pm

GameObject.Find is fine from editor scripts, its just very slow at runtime.