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naam00
Honored Guest
12 years ago

Attach To Camera help

Hey Guys, Since the forum doesn't allow me to search for the string AttachGameObjectToCamera (I guess it's too long?), I suspect this may have been answered elsewhere, but other queries lead to not...
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drash
Heroic Explorer
12 years ago
A property or indexer `UnityEngine.Component.gameObject' may not be passed as `ref' or `out' parameter

Aha! "gameObject" is a property of the MonoBehaviour you're in, not a variable. Properties have get/set accessors that can potentially do more than just retrieve and assign the value to a variable, so it makes sense that they can't be passed in by ref that way.

You can probably just do it like standtall007 suggested, or if you're trying to attach the GameObject you're in:
GameObject thisGameObject = this.gameObject;
ovrCam.AttachGameObjectToCamera( ref thisGameObject );

Note that if you're trying to attach a different gameObject that you've created other than the one you're in, try using a different name for it because "gameObject" is already taken (the property on the MonoBehaviour).