mikerochip/unity-websocket

How to instantiate "_Connection"?

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Nic-Vladimir commented

I was following the README instructions and I got stuck at "public WebSocketConnection _Connection" ;

Am I missing something? _Connection is null and unity always throws error when I try to do anything with it. Do I have to create my own object or is it somewhere and I missed something??

Sorry for noob questions, I'm trying to understand web sockets, first time using them

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found a similar issue and used these two lines and it worked:
GameObject connectionObject = new GameObject("WebSocketConnection");
_Connection = connectionObject.AddComponent();

mikerochip commented

Hello, this sounds more like an issue learning how Unity GameObjects and Components work, not really a websocket issue.

The sample code doesn't walk you through a full project setup, it does assume you know how to work with those already.

You can see a video here https://youtu.be/qOZNvxveZXQ?t=164

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mikerochip commented

--- UPDATE --- found a similar issue and used these two lines and it worked: GameObject connectionObject = new GameObject("WebSocketConnection"); _Connection = connectionObject.AddComponent();

I do not recommend you learn to do things in this way. It is unnecessary and inefficient vs using serialized fields.

I also recommend you take things one at a time. It might be easier to use a command line utility to learn websockets, but it is up to you and your learning style!

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Nic-Vladimir commented

Thank you for the fast reply and suggestions! Yeah now everything makes sense. I managed to use the inspector to add a dedicated game object for the connection. I will read about this because I did get confused.
By the way, a million thanks for this great utility plugin!

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