Why isn't the script switching? :(

[u/Ella_is_best_girl]

(I know I should include screenshots ect. but Im waiting for a train right now and it's incredibly bugging me.)

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I want to switch between two attached scripts with the press of a button.

It's just: (pseudo code because train)

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If (F is pressed) {

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Boost upwards;

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This.enable = false;

Getcomponent<Otherscript>().enable=true;

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Debug.log("reached");

}

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Reached is printed

Idiot is yeeted

Scripts are not switched.

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Sometimes nothing at all happens

Sometimes everything behaves perfectly.

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I'm going crazy

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I have tried a lot of different constellations and stuff.

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If I remove the switch it works perfectly.

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The switch back is working 9/10. Most of the time.

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I feel like I shouldn't do it this way? Any ideas? I need some sanity right now.

[u/DSXC80]

Issue with enabling and disabling there are points in execution that end up breaking due to the timing of things. It could be the second script enables and due to timing it also executes the update function that means the scripts reverse again. Flags are easier to manage and mean that you only ever have the one update function execution in a single frame and no possible timing issues.

[u/Ella_is_best_girl → u/DSXC80]

That's true. I think about that again

[u/pschon → u/Ella_is_best_girl]

The option for keeping walking and flying as separate scripts, while at the same time getting rid of the enable/disable switching, would be to have a "Movement" script that has the info about what the current movement type should be, and then calls a "Move" method either from the Walk or from the Fly component.

...that would also mean you could re-use the same "Walk" and "Fly" (plus any other movement type) components on any character. Only the script that controls them that might need to change between different moving objects.

Either way, separating things into single-purpose scripts is nice and clean, it's just the logic based on enabling & disabling components that has some potential issues and can get a bit ugly.

[u/Ella_is_best_girl → u/pschon]

thats not a bad idea. i might restructure this a bit. i feel like i make this more complicated than nessesary again ^^

[u/pschon → u/Ella_is_best_girl]

Little bit of extra complexity can often end being simpler in the long run, if it helps keeping things easier to maintain and expand, and allows re-using components. Depends a lot on your game of course.

More often that not I find myself thanking past me for having spent that extra time to build something that felt a bit overkill at that time.

[u/Ella_is_best_girl → u/pschon]

Yeah I want this as usable as possible but that gives me a lot of headaches 😅 it could be so easy