Question Is this the best way to avoid hardcoding scene names?

I'm aware that I can load scenes by using their name.

Code (CSharp):

1. SceneManager.LoadScene("Hellpit");

Obviously hardcoding strings everywhere is a problem as the I could later decide to change the name of the scene. My solution would be to create a class storing all the scene names in one place so that they're easier to alter.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class SceneName
2. {
3.     public const string hellpit = "Hellpit";
4. }

Then

Code (CSharp):

1. SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneName.hellpit);

Is this the best way of doing this?

 

Dunno if it's the best way, but that's how I do it!

Your instinct to avoid splattering string literals all over your project is a Very Good Thing(tm).

ANOTHER even more-centralized way is to make your SceneName class actually contain functions that take you to places in the game. If you put 100% of your scene loads inside each function, then if suddenly you need to additively load multiple scenes (also a GREAT way to work!), you know you only have to change it in that function and you're done.

Here is my blurbery on additive scenes:

Additive scene loading is one possible solution:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/right-way-for-performance-divide-scene.1023673/#post-6630961
https://forum.unity.com/threads/right-way-for-performance-divide-scene.1023673/#post-6754330

https://forum.unity.com/threads/problem-with-canvas-ui-prefabs.1039075/#post-6726169

A multi-scene loader thingy:

https://pastebin.com/Vecczt5Q

My typical Scene Loader:

https://gist.github.com/kurtdekker/862da3bc22ee13aff61a7606ece6fdd3

Other notes on additive scene loading:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/removing-duplicates-on-load-scene.956568/#post-6233406

Timing of scene loading:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/fun...ject-in-the-second-scene.993141/#post-6449718

 

Dude wow thanks for these

 

You can often make it even more data driven than that though so you have some state machine handling it so you never hardcode

Code (CSharp):

1. SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneName.hellpit)

But it depends on the use case and domain. We are a MP game and our scenes are configured using a scriptable object were we keep more things like game mode setup etc

 

Maybe use enums?

Code (CSharp):

1.   public enum Scenes
2.     {
3.         Scene1, Scene2, Scene3
4.     }
5.  
6. SceneManager.LoadScene(Scenes.Scene1.ToString());