Custom Editor lost on reload

So I have two dictionary files the first defines a dictionary of character blueprints and the second attack blueprints, I then have a custom editor to create the character blueprints but every time I reload the scene I completely loose all the information from the character editor. I have yet to use serialization and I'm not sure how to correctly apply it to this example.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. [System.Serializable]
5. public class CharacterDictionary : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     Dictionary<string, CharacterPrototype> Characters = new Dictionary<string, CharacterPrototype>();
8.     [SerializeField]
9.     public List<CharacterPrototype> CharactersInspec;
10.     void Start()
11.     {
12.         //Characters.Add ("Templar", new CharacterPrototype("Templar", ));
13.     }
14.     public CharacterPrototype FindItem(string name){
15.         if (name != null) {
16.             return(Characters [name]);
17.         }
18.         Debug.Log ("given null");
19.         return(null);
20.     }
21.     public void DebugMe(){  
22.         Debug.Log ("Debug");
23.     }
24. }
25.  
26.  
27. public class CharacterPrototype : MonoBehaviour
28. {
29.     public string CharacterName;
30.     public GameObject CharacterModel;
31.  
32.     public List<AttackPrototype> Melee_Attacks;
33.     public List<AttackPrototype> Ranged_Attacks;
34.  
35.     public float SightRange;
36.    
37.     public CharacterPrototype(string newName, /*GameObject newModel,*/ List<AttackPrototype> newMelee, List<AttackPrototype> newRanged, float newSightRange)
38.     {
39.         CharacterName = newName;
40.         /*CharacterModel = newModel;*/
41.         Melee_Attacks = newMelee;
42.         Ranged_Attacks = newRanged;
43.         SightRange = newSightRange;
44.     }
45. }

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. using System;
5. [System.Serializable]
6. public class AttackDictionary : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     public Dictionary<string, AttackPrototype> Attacks = new Dictionary<string, AttackPrototype>();
9.     void Start()
10.     {
11.         CreateDictionary ();
12.     }
13.    
14.     public void CreateDictionary()
15.     {
16.         Attacks.Add ("Attack High", new AttackPrototype("Attack High", 60.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f, 0.1f, 40.0f, 1, false, 80.0f, 1.2f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f));
17.         Attacks.Add ("Attack Medium_Left", new AttackPrototype("Attack Medium_Left", 35.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f, 0.1f, 40.0f, 1, false, 60.0f, 1.2f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f));
18.         Attacks.Add ("Attack Medium_Right", new AttackPrototype("Attack Medium_Right", 35.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f, 0.1f, 40.0f, 1, false, 60.0f, 1.2f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f));
19.         Attacks.Add ("Attack Medium_Stab", new AttackPrototype("Attack Medium_Stab", 50.0f, 0.0f, 2.0f, 0.1f, 40.0f, 1, false, 90.0f, 1.2f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f));
20.     }
21.  
22.     public void DestroyDictionary()
23.     {
24.         Attacks = new Dictionary<string, AttackPrototype>();
25.     }
26.  
27.     public AttackPrototype FindItem(string name){
28.         if (name != null) {
29.             return(Attacks [name]);
30.         }
31.         Debug.Log ("given null");
32.         return(null);
33.     }
34. }
35.  
36.  
37. [System.Serializable]
38. public class AttackPrototype : MonoBehaviour
39. {
40.     public string AttackName;
41.     public float AngleSwipe;
42.     public float delay = 0.0f;
43.  
44.     public float MaxDistance;
45.     public float MinDistance;
46.    
47.     public float Damage;
48.     public int MaxCollisions;
49.  
50.     public bool Ranged;
51.  
52.     public float CritDamage;
53.     public float CritDistance;
54.     public float CritBracket;
55.     public float CritChance;
56.    
57.     public float AttackFloat;
58.  
59.     public AttackPrototype(string NewName, float NewAngleSwipe, float NewDelay, float NewMaxDistance, float NewMinDistance, float NewDamage, int NewMaxColl, bool NewRanged,
60.                     float NewCritDamage, float NewCritDistance, float NewCritBracket, float NewCritChance, float NewAttackFloat)
61.     {
62.         AttackName = NewName;
63.         AngleSwipe = NewAngleSwipe;
64.         delay = NewDelay;
65.         MaxDistance = NewMaxDistance;
66.         MinDistance = NewMinDistance;
67.         Damage = NewDamage;
68.         MaxCollisions = NewMaxColl;
69.         Ranged = NewRanged;
70.         CritDamage = NewCritDamage;
71.         CritDistance = NewCritDistance;
72.         CritBracket = NewCritBracket;
73.         CritChance = NewCritChance;
74.         AttackFloat = NewAttackFloat;
75.     }
76. }

Here is the editor which I have trimmed slightly just so it is easier to read.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. using UnityEditor;
5.  
6.  
7. [CustomEditor(typeof(CharacterDictionary))]
8. public class CharacterDesigner : Editor {
9.     public enum tabs
10.     {
11.         Characters,
12.         Inspector
13.     };
14.  
15.     tabs ActiveTab;
16.  
17.     List<CharacterPrototype> Characters;
18.  
19.     int ActiveSelection;
20.  
21.     bool[] Attacks;
22.     string visRange = "", user = "";
23.     AttackDictionary AD;
24.  
25.     public override void OnInspectorGUI()
26.     {
27.         DrawDefaultInspector();
28.         CharacterDictionary myScript = (CharacterDictionary)target;
29.         Characters = myScript.CharactersInspec;
30.         if(Characters == null)
31.         {
32.             Debug.Log ("no list of characters");
33.             Characters = new List<CharacterPrototype>();
34.         }
35.         if(GUILayout.Button("Reset Attacks", GUILayout.Width(250)))
36.         {
37.             Attacks = null;
38.         }
39.  
40.  
41.         GUILayout.BeginHorizontal ();
42.         if(GUILayout.Button("Characters", GUILayout.Width(125)))
43.         {
44.             ActiveTab = tabs.Characters;
45.         }
46.         if(GUILayout.Button("Inspector", GUILayout.Width(125)))
47.         {
48.             ActiveTab = tabs.Inspector;
49.         }
50.         GUILayout.EndHorizontal ();
51.      
52.     }
53. }

 

Unity don't serializable Dictionary use the List instead.

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializeField.html

 

But the dictionary doesn't actually need to save. All that needs to save is the characters list

 

Line 17 of the characterdesigner class

 

The Editor class is only a helper class to modify existing data from another class. If you what to store the data you need to move the List<CharacterPrototype>Characters to a MonoBehaviour class , Scriptableobject class or save it to a file, like XML. Then use the editor class to load the data so the end user can modify it.