Quick Question

Hello , need some help

I have an empty GameObject that has my ObjPool script attach. At run time I want to reference it into my ObjPoolManager that has the variable type ObjPool objPool. For the life of me I cant get it to work so deleted and came here, please help

Basically want to script the drag and drop GameObject onto ObjPoolManager.objPool

Thanks

 

If your ObjPoolManager is in the scene(I assume it is) add a

public ObjPool objpool; variable and just drag and drop onto the variable slot.

What issue are you encountering that keeps it from working?

 

Make sure that the objPool variable in your ObjPoolManager is marked public.

 

Still no go, but im not sure on the Syntax since im referencing in class

 

public ObjPool objpool;

This should be in your ObjPoolManager. Then you should see the slot in the inspector. Drag and drop into it.

 

Problem is i need to change the reference to several different GameObject with ObjPool script attach. Basically need to pool several types of objects

Instead of creating a array public ObjPool[] objpool I want to set the reference to a different gameObject. with ObjPool script attached

This generates the game environment so I don't want to hold onto a large array after load

 

I'm not sure what you mean. What is ObjPool? You have several of these in your scene?

Having an array in your manager where you drag and drop several ObjPool isn't really going to hurt anything.

You could create an array of gameobjects if you wanted and use getComponent and loop through those gameobjects, but really it's not going to make a difference and using getComponent will be slower than doing a array of the ObjPool straight up.

 

Can you post the two scripts? ObjPool and ObjPoolManager?

 

sounds a bit like you need a list of generic object pools.

So in one scene you can have "bullets and missiles" then in the next scene "bullets, missiles, laser beams and death rays"?

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/scripting/generics

 

IM not in front of the code this second but let me try clarify. I create an empty gameObject (goTree) and attach the ObjPool Script below ..pseudocode code

Code (CSharp):

1. public class ObjPool : MonoBehaviour {
2.  
3.     public GameObject objForPooling;   // this is connected in scene to a prefab I want the manager to pool at runtime
4.    
5.  
6.     //
7.     // CODE FOR POOLING
8.     public GameObject nextPoolObj {
9.         get{}
10.         set{}
11.         //return object to use from pool
12.     }
13.  
14. }
15.  
16.  
17.  
18.  
19.  
20. public class ObjPoolManager : MonoBehaviour {
21.  
22.     public ObjPool objPool;    // This is what need to point to goTree at runtime    
23.  
24.  
25.     //
26.     // Set objPool to the desired GameOject with ObjPool attache eg. goTree here
27.  
28.         ????????????????
29.  
30.     //
31.     // Loop over number of tree and position
32.     for(int i = 0; i < numTrees; i++){
33.         GameObject goTree = objPool.nextPoolObj;
34.         //
35.         // Do stuff
36.     }
37.  
38. }
39.  

 

Basically I need to know how to set public ObjPool objPool in the ObjPoolManager to a specified GameObject that contains a ObjPool script... ObjPoolManager expects a type of ObjPool .. connecting by hand works I just can seem to get it working by scripting it

 

Click-dragging works because Unity can detect the ObjPool component on it.

You just have to find the correct GameObjects in the scene (the ones with ObjPool components).

Code (CSharp):

1. public ObjPool[] pool;
2.  
3. void Start()
4. {
5.     pool = FindObjectsOfType<ObjPool>();
6. }

 

Yup that is what I was after, thanks heaps. Just out of curiosity, I drafted up this junk below. Will it work? Just for
my own understanding. Im new to unity scripting and C#

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public GameObject objForPooling;
3. public ObjPool objPool;
4.  
5. void Start() {
6.  
7.     foreach (string name in goNames){
8.  
9.         objForPooling = GameObject.Find(name);
10.         ObjPool objPool = objForPooling.GetComponent( typeof(ObjPool) ) as ObjPool;
11.  
12.         //
13.         // Pool
14.         for(int i = 0; i < numTrees; i++){
15.             GameObject goTree = objPool.nextPoolObj;
16.             //
17.             // Do stuff
18.         }
19. }
20.