Adding public Dictionary as Parameter

Hello,

I want to add an dictionary like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. public Dictionary<GameObject, GameObject> mapObjs

to my script. So I can add them in the gameObject where i added the script and match theses two gameObject's together.
But i dont see the dictionary as parameter in the gameObject where i added the script. Did i do something wrong or is it the wrong way to approach this?

Can someone help me out pls?

 

Unity does not serialize Dictionaries, so you will not see them in the inspector. If you'd like to, you can search around for an implementation of a serializable Dictionary, or make your own. It serializes arrays and lists just fine though, so if you make a new tuple-like type like:

Code (csharp):

1. [System.Serializable]
2. public struct GameObjectMap
3. {
4.     public GameObject ref1;
5.     public GameObject ref2;
6. }

... then use...

Code (csharp):

1. public List<GameObjectMap> mapObjs;

... then that'll work fine I think, but it obviously won't enforce unique entries or anything the way a Dictionary would.

 

Thanks for your Answer!

So I made the type you recommended and added in the start() function:

Code (CSharp):

1. private Dictionary<GameObject, GameObject> mapObjs = new Dictionary<GameObject, GameObject>();
2.  
3.     void Start()
4.     {
5.        
6.         foreach(var gameObjectMap in lstObjs)
7.         {
8.             if (!mapObjs.ContainsKey(gameObjectMap.ref1))
9.             {
10.                 mapObjs.Add(gameObjectMap.ref1, gameObjectMap.ref2);
11.             }
12.         }
13.     }

It works fine as i needed, thank you!