Component

Info

Component inherits from [Object](/docs/create/lua/API/Object/index.html)

Base class for everything attached to GameObjects. Unity Component

Members

Properties

Name	Description
Component.gameObject	The game object this component is attached to. A component is always attached to a game object.
Component.tag	The tag of this game object.
Component.transform	The Transform attached to this GameObject.

Methods

Name	Description
Component.BroadcastMessage(methodName, parameter=nil)	Calls the method named methodName on every Lua Script in this game object or any of its children.
Component.CompareTag(tag)	Is this game object tagged with tag ?
Component.GetAllLuaScripts()	Returns an array of all Lua scripts that attached to the game object.
Component.GetComponent(type)	Returns the component of Type type if the game object has one attached, nil if it doesn't.
Component.GetComponentInChildren(t)	Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children using depth first search.
Component.GetComponentInParent(t)	Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its parents.
Component.GetComponents(type)	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject.
Component.GetComponentsInChildren(t)	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children.
Component.GetComponentsInParent(t)	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject or any of its parents.
Component.SendMessage(methodName, value=nil)	Calls the method named methodName on every Lua Script in this game object.
Component.SendMessageUpwards(methodName, value=nil)	Calls the method named methodName on every LuaScript in this game object and on every ancestor of the behaviour.
Component.TryGetComponent(type)	Gets the component of the specified type, if it exists.

Inherited Members

Inherited Properties

Name	Description
Component.hideFlags	Should the object be hidden, saved with the Scene or modifiable by the user?
Component.name	The name of the object.

Inherited Methods

Name	Description
Component.GetInstanceID()	Returns the instance id of the object.