Enums help!

I'm trying to use enums to give the Player a set of Abilities that each CharacterClass has. The Issue I'm having is that on the Editor I can't see the "Abilities" Enum. I have the following code. Please take a look and give me a little push if you can!

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.     public enum CharacterClass {
3.         Offense,
4.         Defense
5.     };
6.  
7.     [System.Serializable]
8.     public class Abilities {
9.     }
10.        
11.     public class OffenseAbilities : Abilities {
12.  
13.         public enum Power {
14.             DamageBoost,
15.             StunGrenade,
16.         };
17.         public Power power;
18.  
19.         public enum Agility {
20.             MeleeDash,
21.             DoubleJump,
22.         };
23.         public Agility agility;
24.  
25.         public enum Wisdom {
26.             CriticalHit
27.         };
28.         public Wisdom wisdom;
29.  
30.         public enum Sense {
31.             MeleeDamageBoost,
32.             BlasterDamageBoost,
33.         };
34.         public Sense sense;
35.  
36.     }
37.     OffenseAbilities offenseAbilities = new OffenseAbilities ();
38.  
39.     public class DefenseAbilities : Abilities {
40.  
41.     }
42.     DefenseAbilities defenseAbilities = new DefenseAbilities ();  
43.  
44.     public CharacterClass characterClass;
45.     public Abilities abilities;
46.  
47.  
48.     void Update() {
49.  
50.         switch (characterClass) {
51.  
52.         case CharacterClass.Offense:
53.             abilities = offenseAbilities;
54.             break;
55.            
56.         case CharacterClass.Defense:
57.             abilities = defenseAbilities;
58.             break;
59.  
60.         }
61. }

 

In your code, Abilities is a class, not an enum... what are you expecting to see in the editor and what are you not seeing?

 

I'm expecting to see the enums listed in the selected CharacterClass. So when I select the Offense class I see all the Enums listed under OffenseAbilities. Not sure if I'm making myself clear.

 

That doesn't happen magically, you have to make a custom editor to display things in the inspector based on what that Enum is set to.

Enums are serialized and show in the inspector by default. Just make a variable

public CharacterClass ThisGuysClass;

.

 

Yeah that's what I was afraid of. I'll have to dig in to custom editors. I currently have a public CharacterClass on line 44 and a public Abilities on line 45. The Character Class is updated and shows on the editor without any issues. It's the Abilities that doesn't show any variables / enums

 

Correct, you have given it zero connection between the two, so there's nothing for it to do.

 

Yes there is a connection with the switch on Update that changes the Ability depending on the value of CharacterClass