Feature Request Presets at runtime

Is there a way the preset system could be extended to be used at runtime?

The preset system in short is just way too good.

I haven't been able to get anywhere near the functionality it offers using any kind of method I try (all of them require reflection or new class per component). So it would be really helpful if there was a way you guys could extend the preset system to be usable at runtime.(it's just too good to not be included at runtime )

 

What do you need presets for that Instantiating an object doesn't already provide?

 

Well, take a look at this: State System - Opsive

 

Okay, cool, I guess?

I don't see how that applied to your problem. It's just a system that developer has built for their tool.

If you want a copy of something - anything that inherits from UnityEngine.Object - you can Instantiate it.

 

Well, I already have a system in place that's better than what you are proposing.

My point in this thread is to make the preset system available at runtime, it's really good for a lot of use cases including mine.

One of the major benefits of preset system is that let us selectively include and exclude properties we want to be overridden by a preset (really useful when making a state system which I need btw) and works on all the components without any modification and has much better workflow than saving as prefab.

 

I can see where you're coming from now.

Though it's a pretty tall ask for an integral part of the UnityEditor framework to be pulled out and added to the runtime framework. Like most things you're better of implementing it yourself than waiting on Unity to maybe never do it.

That said the use case you said was more for a temporary override system. The preset system just straight replaces the values that have been set, so not sure how much use that would be.

The kind of system you've shown could easily be done with scriptable objects in any case.