Question How to retrieve a scriptable object while releasing the handle?

Hello, I would like to know if it's possible to released a bunch of scriptable objects, select a random member of the result and release the remaining items while keep the randomly chosen item in memory.

Every attempt so far causes NullReferenceException, so I'm being forced to retain the whole result in order to make my code work. Here's my current implementation, which is working:

Code (CSharp):

1. void LoadActivePattern(KeyValuePair<JerseyStyle,ColorBias> graphicPair)
2.     {
3.         var searchLabelsByJerseyStyle = new List<List<string>>();
4.         var styleIndex = (int)graphicPair.Key;
5.  
6.         var labelsHeader = new List<string>
7.         {
8.             "Torso pattern",
9.             styleIndex.ToString(),
10.             activeTradition.ToString(),
11.             graphicPair.Value.ToString()
12.         };
13.  
14.         Addressables.LoadAssetsAsync<JerseyPattern>(labelsHeader, loadedHeader => { },
15.         Addressables.MergeMode.Intersection).Completed += async dataAsyncHandle =>
16.         {
17.             if (dataAsyncHandle.IsDone)
18.             {
19.                 eligiblePatterns = dataAsyncHandle.Result.ToList();
20.                 activePattern = ListUtilities.RandomItemOf(eligiblePatterns);
21.                 onLoad(activePattern);
22.                 //Addressables.Release(dataAsyncHandle);
23.                 //If I release the handle, "activePattern" gets null...
24.                 OnReadyRaiser();
25.             }
26.             else
27.                 await dataAsyncHandle.Task;
28.         };
29.     }

 

I don't think you can, at least not in the way you're doing it.

LoadAssetsAsync

returns one handle for all the loaded assets. Releasing the handle releases everything.

You would have to load them all individually to have individual handles for each one.

 

Yeah, the thing is, I would like to instantiate/create a new scriptable object instance and set it with the "activePattern" variable before releasing the handle. But all attempts on that regard failed too...