Unity, huh, how?
An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'Foo'
Types are usually created as instances. This means that there are individual objects, and a variable can reference one of them.
static is a keyword that restricts something to a single instance, bound to the type name.
Static is not to be liberally applied. Generally the correct way to solve this error is to properly reference an instance.
Reference the instance you care about, instead of its type. See referencing members in other scripts if you are trying to access content in another script.
void Update()
{
Transform.position = newPosition;
}
Transform is the name of the class, but which Transform is this referring to? position isn't defined statically, because each individual Transform has a position.
The code must define which instance it is positioning.
In this case Component has a transform property defined which is the Transform they are attached to.
transform.position = newPosition;Static methods cannot access instance members (not static), only other static members.
Liberally applying the static keyword is not a solution to reference objects.
For example, if you have a static method on a MonoBehaviour, a non-static property like transform is not accessible. Static variables also aren't serializable, so inspector-defined variables can't be referenced directly in static methods.
If you want to access an instance member inside a static method, it must be passed as in as a parameter.
Question whether your method should be declared as static, and consider properly referencing an instance of your class instead. In cases where you have a singular manager class (a score manager for example), you may consider using a singleton.