Leap RTS on prefab

[jhamman11]

Hello, I am trying to add the LeapRTS script onto a prefab that I can instantiate during runtime. I set up my prefab by dragging the PinchDetector_L and PinchDetector_R into the public fields, but when I drag a new instance of the prefab into my scene or instantiate during runtime, the fields are blank. I am trying to figure out how to set these within the LeapRTS script and my first thought was to do this:

pinchDetectorA = GameObject.Find("PinchDectorL"); (it is spelled "PinchDector_L")

But I get the error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.GameObject' to 'Leap.Unity.PinchUtility.LeapPinchDetector'

so I tried:

_pinchDetectorA = Leap.Unity.CapsuleHand.FindObjectOfType();

and this will add the the PinchDector_R like I want, but I am not sure how to get the Left vs the Right

I am not very familiar with traversing namespaces and do not exactly know what I am doing here. Any help is appreciated.

[jhamman11]

Hi @Joe_Ward - any hints about how to preset the pinch detector fields for a prefab that I attach the LeapRTS to?

[jhamman11]

OK, I have gotten this working although I would be interested to hear if there is a better/more efficient way:

I've added the following lines to the beginning of the Awake function in the LeapRTS script:

private GameObject PinchLeft;
private LeapPinchDetector PinchLeftDetector;
private GameObject PinchRight;
private LeapPinchDetector PinchRightDetector;

void Awake() {

    PinchLeft = GameObject.Find("Designer/CenterEyeAnchor/LeapSpace/LeapHandController/CapsuleHand_L/PinchDector_L");
    PinchLeftDetector = PinchLeft.GetComponent<LeapPinchDetector>();
    _pinchDetectorA = PinchLeftDetector;

    PinchRight = GameObject.Find("Designer/CenterEyeAnchor/LeapSpace/LeapHandController/CapsuleHand_R/PinchDector_R");
    PinchRightDetector = PinchRight.GetComponent<LeapPinchDetector>();
    _pinchDetectorB = PinchRightDetector;

[Joe_Ward]

I suspect that you can't preserve the pinch detector settings in the prefab since they refer to specific instances, which don't exist in the context of a serialized prefab. (But that's really a Unity question and I'm hardly an expert on Unity.)

Otherwise, your method looks fine. You could streamline things a bit. For example, you don't really need to define class members for the temporary variables used to find the pinch detector objects. You also probably don't need the full path to the pinch detector; using a less specific path would make your setup more flexible.