Question Prefab component properties are not changing at runtime through a script

Hi, I have prefab(NetworkRunner one) which has a Recorder(photon voice) component in it. I need to change one of its bool property called, recorder.TransmitEnabled through a toggle button. I created a script to do that functionality which displayed in below.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. using UnityEngine;
5. using UnityEditor;
6. using UnityEngine.UI;
7. using Fusion;
8. using Photon.Voice.Unity;
9.  
10. [RequireComponent(typeof(Toggle))]
11. public class MicToggle : MonoBehaviour
12. {
13.     [SerializeField]
14.     Recorder recorder;
15.     Toggle micToggle;
16.  
17.     public NetworkRunner prefab;
18.  
19.     // Start is called before the first frame update
20.     void Start()
21.     {
22.         recorder = prefab.GetComponent<Recorder>();
23.         micToggle = GetComponent<Toggle>();
24.         if (!recorder.TransmitEnabled)
25.         {
26.             Debug.Log("disabled");
27.             micToggle.isOn = false;
28.         }
29.     }
30.  
31.     // Update is called once per frame
32.     void Update()
33.     {
34.  
35.     }
36.  
37.     public void ToggleMicOnValueChange(bool state)
38.     {
39.         if (state)
40.         {
41.             recorder.TransmitEnabled = true;
42.         }
43.         else
44.         {
45.             recorder.TransmitEnabled = false;
46.         }
47.     }
48. }
49.  

However when I debugged the values of TransmitEnabled property, it shows that the value is changed but I it is not visible at runtime in inspector(when toggling the button recorder.TransmitEnabled is not changing.) But after running the code the last toggled value is saved in the prefab property. I need to observe the property change through the inspector when toggling the button at runtime. Any idea why this is happening?

 

Have you looked into the code for recorder.TransmitEnabled property? It could have some logic that prevents it from changing state. It could also be a property for a backing field and that backing field is what you see in the Inspector, but not the property.

How is ToggleMicOnValueChange hooked up in the GUI? I see it takes a bool as input which is uncommon for a toggle, at least for me.

I'm used to using a Toggle event like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. public void ToggleMicOnValueChange() => recorder.TransmitEnabled = micToggle.isOn;

Or if you want to pass in the Toggle from the GUI (that works with any toggle but requires dropping the Toggle object on the GUI event):

Code (CSharp):

1. public void ToggleMicOnValueChange(Toggle toggle) => recorder.TransmitEnabled = toggle.isOn;

Lastly, just a note: remove the Update method. It does nothing except getting called, adding some overhead to every instance of the script.

 

Hi,

Thank you for your valuable answer and comments. I was able to solve that issue.