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Why do we need the GetComponent at all at 4:13? We already have the projectile as a Rigidbody through the public variable.

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  • January 18, 2016 at 2:14 pm #4755
    Chris Johnson
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      Why do we need the GetComponent at all at 4:13? We already have the projectile as a Rigidbody through the public variable.

      January 20, 2016 at 8:03 am #23013
      Jonathan Gonzalez
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        Yes I see what you’re talking about, it was unnecessary since we don’t need to access anything within the component itself. Not sure why I added it actually as I never do that with projectiles. Thanks for pointing it out.

        May 1, 2018 at 1:31 pm #23014
        Jason Finney
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          But I thought it was necessary since the script was being added to the GameObject(empty) so in order to use the RigidBody of another GameObject(sphere prefab) didn’t it need the GetComponent to make a reference to the RigidBody component so we can edit the velocity?

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