AddComponent.cs is obsolete

[broesby]

Hi Jean and others

I have a potentially big problem. I am making a short film for a wedding this weekend. I am afraid I started with an alder project and forgot to update playmaker. I am using version 1.7.7 f6. Unity is 5.3.5.

I get this error when I try to build:


Assets/PlayMaker/Actions/AddComponent.cs(56,88): error CS0619: `UnityEngineInternal.APIUpdaterRuntimeServices.AddComponent(UnityEngine.GameObject, string, string)' is obsolete: `Method is not meant to be used at runtime. Please, replace this call with GameObject.AddComponent<T>()/GameObject.AddComponent(Type).'

I guess it would solve as soon as I update Playmaker, but I am really afraid to do it  risking to loose all my work so close to the BIG DAY  I remember I once had big problems updating another project to a newer version of playmaker.

I of course backed up the whole project folder to another drive.

But I am still afraid if an update would somehow risk breaking the project somehow by putting something inside Unity in a way that I cannot go back to where I am now.

I would rather be sure and run it from the editor than risking losing many many hours of work...

I am not so certain of my Unity and Playmaker skills that I dare risking this without asking first...

Would it be safe to update and will it work building afterwards??

.. and is the project folder backed up to another drive a failsafe backup that I can go back to if something goes wrong???

Sry for the noob question..

Best wishes, Jesper Broesby 

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 ouch. Indeed only 1.8 and up is working for Unity 5.3 and up, so you'll have to stick with a previous version of Unity or upgrade to 1.8.

 make a backup and do the upgrade of PlayMaker on a copy of your project, and see how it performs.

 if you project was previousl in Unity 4, it will be tricky, you should first update playmaker to 1.8 inside Unity 4 and then upgrade the project to Unity 5.

 Let me know how it goes.

 Bye,

 Jean

[broesby]

Thx Jean,..

I will try as soon as the project is finished and I have made a recording (video) of theit as a backup .... I am paranoid I guess 

Just to be certain... Is the backed up project totally SAFE? I tested it now. It works as expected.... But I mean.. There is no way that the Playmaker update changes something "deeper" than project wide... I mean inside Unity it self...?? I guess not.... but better safe than sorry 

[broesby]

Plz,...  Is the backup totally safe if it works already??

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 If a project works then I guess it's ok to keep it as a backup yes. The question is more wether it's a Unity 4 project or Unity 5 project and wether you want to update at some point to catch up with Unity and PlayMaker updates.

Bye,

 Jean