Inspector default values on derived Scriptable Object Class

Hello, I have found that the default values won't be initialized when creating scriptable object from right click, if it is from a derived scriptable object base class.

Code (CSharp):

1. abstract public class StatusEffect : ScriptableObject
2. {
3.     [Header("Generic Fields")]
4.     public string statusEffectName = "Test"; //This will result in blank inspector default values.
5.     public string description;
6. }
7.  
8. public class SpeedBoostEffect : StatusEffect
9. {
10.     [Header("Speed Up Fields")]
11.     public float baseMSBonus = 2; //This will result in blank inspector default values.
12.     public float multiplierMSBonus = 0.2f; //This will result in blank inspector default values.
13. }

Why wouldn't the default values work like regular fields?

Thank you.

 

May be .net serializer overrides them or do not call base class field initializers at all. Declare a parameterless constructor and initialize defaults explicitly in constructor.

 

You could add a Reset() method to the derived scriptable object and assign the default values there.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.Reset.html

 

Reset() is better place to set defaults than constructor for consistency since reset also will be called when reset menu item is clicked.

 

This works so well, thanks!

 

Excellent, Reset() was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks!