is it okay to put initialisation logic into Data Components ?

Like something like this

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2.  
3. namespace Hybrid.Components
4. {
5.     public class PlayerInputForRTSComponent : MonoBehaviour
6.     {
7.         //Keybinding variables
8.         //ZQSD
9.         public KeyCode forward = KeyCode.Z;
10.         public KeyCode backward = KeyCode.S;
11.         public KeyCode left = KeyCode.Q;
12.         public KeyCode right = KeyCode.D;
13.     }
14. }

Let say i want to do this. Can i assign KeyCode directly into the component or should use a System to do that for me (if i must use a system, i dont know how to run a system once for initialisation) ?
thanks

 

No this is ok

 

oh, thanks.

is it okay to put a Start() Method in it too ? (yes i start to be adventurous =O)

 

In ComponentSystem you can override OnCreateManager() which as implied is run once when created.
There is also OnStartRunning which is run once every time the system becomes enabled.

If what you are looking for are some initial values editable through the editor then you can always use an IComponentData with a ComponentDataWrapper that you then read from in one of the above mentioned methods.

 

OnCreateManager() manage entity when created and added to the system and OnStartRunning() run once when the system start working (and run another time if the system is stopping because no entity is there and a entity came back again). Did i understand you correctly ?

If yes OnCreateManager() would do the job. But my class still require an OnUpdate() method. Should i create one and leave it empty ?
Thanks