ExecuteInEditMode seems to not be working. Why?

Edit: The original problem in this post has been more or less solved, but i've resurrected this thread for a reason. Read from post #6 onwards

Spoiler: Original text of post:

Here is my code: http://pastebin.com/hNMdsKZy
the [ExecuteInEditMode] is on line 53, and i've put a debug message in start to indicate if it's working. It seems to not be working.

I'm not quite clear on whether it's supposed to be inside a class or not, so i also tried this, with it on line 4 outside of any classes: http://pastebin.com/L4eJ9tBt

Still not working. I'm stumped.
The debug message fires as soon as i enter play mode and everything functions perfectly then, which is neat but not adequate for my purpose.

 

[ExecuteInEditMode] is an attribute (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0w1kczw.aspx).

Attributes can attach meta data many different declarations, classes, methods, variables, etc. Whether the meta data does something depends on the context. [ExecuteInEditMode] is only relevant when applied to MonoBehaviour classes. It tells unity that that specific MonoBehaviour needs to run in edit mode. In your first code sample, you attached the attribute to a function (which is meaningless). In your second code sample, you attached it to the ObjectPart class, which is not the class you want to execute in edit mode. Move the [ExecuteInEditMode] line to just before your InteractiveObject class definition and it should execute in edit mode.

 

thank you tomvds <3

re: constructor, good point. i just removed the monobehaviour inheritance to solve that.

 

Ok i could have sworn i got this working, but now it isn't. Maybe i didn't make it work to begin with.

Here's what i've got: http://www.pasteall.org/59157/c

OnValidate does run in edit mode, but Start() does not, and thusly all the bootstrapping functions it contains aren't running, and lists aren't getting populated with necessary data

i have the [ExecuteInEditmode] just before the interactiveObject class, so shouldn't it work?

 

Now just hold on one minute!

I took your advice, i got it working with Update and a flag like you said, and i called it done a month ago.

And then i just stumbled upon this script, which i wrote several months ago:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. [ExecuteInEditMode]
4. public class DropToFloor : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     // Use this for initialization
7.  
8.     Vector3 MiddleBottom;
9.     Vector3 GroundPoint;
10.     Vector3 min;
11.     Vector3 max;
12.     LayerMask layerMask;
13.  
14.  
15.     void Awake()
16.     {
17.         print("Droptofloor is starting");
18.         if (FindBottom())
19.         {
20.             FindGround();
21.             Move();
22.         }
23.      
24.     }
25.     void Start()
26.     {
27.         DestroyImmediate(this);
28.     }
29.  
30.     bool FindBottom()
31.     {
32.      
33.         if (GetComponent<Collider>())
34.         {
35.             min = GetComponent<Collider>().bounds.min;
36.             max = GetComponent<Collider>().bounds.max;
37.         }
38.         else if (GetComponent<Renderer>())
39.         {
40.             min = GetComponent<Renderer>().bounds.min;
41.             max = GetComponent<Renderer>().bounds.max;
42.         }
43.         else
44.         {
45.             Collider[] temp = GetComponentsInChildren<Collider>();
46.             foreach (Collider col in temp)
47.             {
48.                 if (min.y > col.bounds.min.y && (min.x > col.bounds.min.x || min.z > col.bounds.min.x))
49.                 {
50.                     min = col.bounds.min;
51.                 }
52.  
53.                 if (max.y < col.bounds.max.y && (max.x < col.bounds.max.x || max.z < col.bounds.max.x))
54.                 {
55.                     max = col.bounds.max;
56.                 }
57.             }
58.         }
59.  
60.         //We find a point that is centred on the X and Z axes, but minimal on the Y axis
61.         float Xrange = max.x - min.x;
62.         float Zrange = max.z - min.z;
63.  
64.         MiddleBottom = new Vector3((min.x + (0.5f * Xrange)), min.y, (min.z + (0.5f * Zrange)));
65.         //MiddleBottom += transform.position;
66.         MiddleBottom.y -= 0.01f;
67.         return true;
68.     }
69.  
70.     void FindGround()
71.     {
72.         layerMask = PhysicsTools.BuildCollisionProfile(gameObject);
73.         RaycastHit hit;
74.         Physics.Raycast(MiddleBottom, Vector3.down, out hit, Mathf.Infinity, layerMask);
75.         print("Hit :" + hit.collider.gameObject.name+"   "+hit.point);
76.         GroundPoint = hit.point;
77.     }
78.  
79.     void Move()
80.     {
81.         Vector3 diff = GroundPoint - MiddleBottom;
82.         print("Diff: " + diff+"     "+MiddleBottom);
83.         diff.y += 0.01f;
84.         transform.position = transform.position + diff;
85.     }
86.  
87. }
88.  

Yeah, it uses Awake and Start. It executes in edit mode, and it WORKS!
I just tested it to be sure, it's fully functional still.

What's the deal here?

Spoiler

For anyone wondering what this does: When dropped into an object, it does some stuff to it (positions it touching the ground) and then the script deletes itself when finished. It's an authortime tool i wrote to quickly place things on the floor without fiddling