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Hi there,

I am working on a tile based game. I have the tiles laying out perfectly. The problem is how to name them and then access them again. I have named them as below.

pieces[x,z].name = "p"+x + "p" + z;

so it should be named p1p1, p1p2 etc.

How do I now access these pieces. Like p2p3.x = 50 or something.

Thanks

Will

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If you have the array:

var pos = pieces[2, 3].transform.position;
pos.x = 50;
pieces[2, 3].transform.position = pos;

If you want to use GameObject.Find (slow):

var pos = GameObject.Find("p2p3").transform.position;
pos.x = 50;
pieces[2, 3].transform.position = pos;

answered Dec 06 '11 at 10:24 AM

Statement ♦♦
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Thanks for that. I guess it might be better to write all the code using the array numbers.

Dec 06 '11 at 10:27 AM iloveaphextwin

Yes, it's to prefer over finding by name, converting to string, generating a lot of garbage memory etc :)

Dec 06 '11 at 10:34 AM Statement ♦♦

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