How to add a Scriptable Object to an List

Hello,

I have a question. I made a Power Up system that allows you to drive over a Power Up and get you a specific power-up. But now I want you to get a random power up. Each power up is a Scriptable object. So it seems to me the easiest to put all Scriptable objects in a List and then extract a random Scriptable Object from it. I just have no idea how to add a Scriptable Object to a List. Can someone help me with this?

So the question is. How can I add Scriptable objects to an List?

Thank you in advance.

 

Just like any other C# object!

Code (csharp):

1. MyList.Add( eachPowerupInstance);

What might be more useful to you however, in a Unity context, is to put all your powerup scriptable object assets in a

MyPowerupDirectory

directory, and then load them with

Resources.LoadAll<Powerup>();

Code (csharp):

1. Powerup[] AllPowerups = Resources.LoadAll<Powerup>( "MyPowerupDirectory/");

I use this pattern ALL over the place: weapons, powerups, game modes, etc. all the uses I find for ScriptableObjects.

You don't get a list back but rather an array. But if you need a List, you can easily create one by using the array loaded above to initialize a list:

Code (csharp):

1. List<Powerup> PowerupList = new List<Powerup>( AllPowerups);

To control the order of the array, you can sort it however you like with

System.Array.Sort()