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ataullahkhusaidi
243 PointsSpawnArea or SpawnArena? My MonoDevelop doesn't have SpawnArea, but instead, it has SpawnArena.
So I tried to type
float positionX = Random.Range (-spawnArea, spawnArea) ; But when I debugged the script, it said that it doesn't exist. Please help!
2 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsHey There,
I'm guessing you probably have a typo near the top of the FlySpawner.cs file where we declared the float variable.
You should have (near the top) around line 12 the line
private float spawnArea = 25f;
This is where you probably typed "arena" instead of "area".
Then your
float positionX = Random.Range(-spawnArea, spawnArea);
float positionZ = Random.Range(-spawnArea, spawnArea);
should be fine. I've done that a few times... mis-naming a variable and trying to figure why it isn't auto-completing!.
Keep Coding! :)
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 PointsWhy do you have -spawnArea?
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsBecause that's what's needed for the code to execute properly.
We need a Random number generated in the range from the negative value of spawnArea to the positive value of spawnArea.
Once you take the course, you will see how / why these values are used.