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Component.BroadcastMessage

public void BroadcastMessage(string methodName, object parameter = null, SendMessageOptions options = SendMessageOptions.RequireReceiver);
public void BroadcastMessage(string methodName, SendMessageOptions options);

Parameters

methodName Name of the method to call.
parameter Optional parameter to pass to the method (can be any value).
options Should an error be raised if the method does not exist for a given target object?

Description

Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object or any of its children.

The receiving method can choose to ignore parameter by having zero arguments. if options is set to SendMessageOptions.RequireReceiver an error is printed when the message is not picked up by any component.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { void ApplyDamage(float damage) { print(damage); } void Example() { BroadcastMessage("ApplyDamage", 5.0F); } }