[RELEASED] Odin Inspector & Serializer - The Ultimate Workflow Tool ★★★★★

Hi,

I am trying to follow the DropZone example here:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/rel...mate-workflow-tool.476949/page-6#post-3290847

and here:

http://www.sirenix.net/odininspecto...-drag-elements-unto-a-member-to-set-its-value

...in order to be able to drag/assign a field/class from within a monobehaviour, but I'm having a few problems, so I was wondering if the syntax has changed here at all?

If so, an updated example would be wonderful


thanks,

Nalin

 

I am having an issue where the unity editor stops responding and I have to force close it when I use

Code (CSharp):

1. byte[] bytes = SerializationUtility.SerializeValue(data, DataFormat.Binary);

It used to work normally before, not sure what could have affected it now. The weird thing is it still works nomally when I have a build of the game, the issue is only in the editor.

 

Apologies if the solution is mentioned somewhere and if so, can you please point me in the direction of it? Thanks.

What I'm wondering is that is it possible for Odin to specifically ignore a certain c# script and not change the inspector view for it. I have a couple of scripts with custom inspector editor files and having Odin installed it overrides what I have designed for those scripts.

Thanks.

 

I was wondering if someone could help me, I'm relatively new to Odin so this might be relatively simple, but what I want is to only use reference types for a field. I am using `Copy Reference` right now, but I don't want to have to go through menus to get that reference, I want the field to only accept reference types (and not be able to create new types). Is that possible?

 

Quick question - are there any future plans to switch to UIElements?

I hoping yes... and if that's the case, you know when? Asking mainly because my use case is for Editor Only mode.

 

Any chance we can have TypeDrawer/TypeSelector implement filtering support?
Long-term, I'd like to be able to do something like the following:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. [SubclassOf(typeof(GameplayAttribute))]
3. public Type ModifiedAttribute;
4.  

Your current TypeFilter attribute only works on instances rather than variables of type Type, which means I can't use it.

TypeDrawer does most of what I want, but it has no way to restrict the types shown that I can see.

Ideally there'd be an AttributeValueDrawer based TypeDrawer that can query its attribute for a base class, then forward that onto a new TypeSelector constructor that can then filter the list of types itself. Alternatively the attribute could specify a predicate method that the TypeSelector could defer filtering to.

I can extend TypeDrawer such that it fetches an explicit list of types and passes that through to the selector, but at the moment that requires me to reimplement DrawPropertyLayout just to change which constructor is used when you create `TypeSelector selector` (TypeDrawer.cs:70).

 

Odin does not compile its assemblies. Any help ?

 

Hi there!
I have public enum TrackKey in [System.Serializable] public class Track. Here the settings screen

"Track" i've added manually, because wasn't added anything after scan.I also tried to add "Track.TrackKey"

Here my error on il2cpp build

Code (CSharp):

1. No AOT serializer was pre-generated for the type 'Track.TrackKey'. Please use Odin's AOT generation feature to generate an AOT dll before building, and ensure that 'Track.TrackKey' is in the list of supported types after a scan. If it is not, please report an issue and add it to the list manually.

 

Hi,

im using Odin to use properties in Unity and its editor.
Until now all worked greate. But if i want to use it for a list of a custom class i cannot add items with the + button.

Code (CSharp):

1. [SerializeField, HideInInspector] private List<TestClass> test;
2.  
3. [ShowInInspector]
4. public List<TestClass> Test
5. {
6.     get => this.test;
7.     set => this.test = value;
8. }
9.  
10. [Serializable]
11. public class TestClass
12. {
13.     public int t;
14. }

Strangely i can add items by right click and use "Set collection size".
Do i miss something?

 

Hi,

I'm new to Odin inspector but I've used Full Inspector in one of my project. I found that 'fiValue' of FullInspector is very useful if I only want to use a non-unity serializer for some specific fields rather than whole MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject.

In a nutshell, Is there a similar solution for Odin inspector as fiValue for FullInspector to only use custom serializer for specific fields?

 

Hi,

New to Odin, I saw a video about Odin that showed an object placement demo scene. That looked really useful and I figured I can probably use it for some level design in my project, but I can't seem to be able to find it in v2.0.20. Can you let me know how to import it?

Thanks

P.S. Video Showing the object placement scene:

 

Same happening here. I assume that it's just not compatible yet with 2019.2?

 

Hi,

Does the serializer work on Animation Curves?
I would like to serialize and save to file.. possible to do it?

 

Odin 2.1 beta is looking awesome. Hanging for the release... $property looks game-changing (but it's not in the beta, right?)

 

The 2.1 beta seems to be working reasonably well with 2019.2, just a few fails.

 

Same problem here.

 

Is there a way to filter objects by monobehaviour when selection a new object in a PreviewField? For example, a GameObject with some MonoBehaviour (TestClass for example) and it exists in the project.

 

Hi, I have encountered bug with the CustomValueDrawer attribute, it seems that polymorphic fields aren't handled properly:

Code (CSharp):

1. class A {}
2. class B : A {}
3.  
4. class C
5. {
6.      [CustomValueDrawer("DrawSelector")
7.      A _myA;
8.  
9.      private A DrawSelector(A value, GUIContent label)
10.      {
11.          return (A)EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(label, value, typeof(A), false);
12.      }
13. }

When assigning an object of type B, the drawer fails and shows an error: "... must have the following parameters: B, GUIContent"

It looks like your validation is missing a check if the parameter is assignable from the actual type.

Similar issue with AssetList(CustomFilterMethod)

 

Hi, [ShowInInspector] on Getter/Setters causes the property to be listed last after all fields. Is there a way to make it maintain its order in the class declaration?

 

I attached the editor script to a prefab component and due to that, its giving this error, "A selected object is serialized by odin, is a prefab, and contains nested prefab data. This is NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORTED by odin - therefore, modification of all Odin-serialized values has been disabled for this object". How to resolve this error.

 

Hey there What do you mean by "I attached the editor script?" This is just a guess, but you don't need to inherit from SerializedMonoBehaviour to use Odin's editor capabilities in components. If you can jump in on our Discord server and reach out to me there then I'm sure I can help you out quickly. I'm online now!

And to everyone else. We're not activly maintaining this thread, all support has moved to Discord and our issue-tracker primarily, but you can also reach by mail if you prefer. https://odininspector.com/support

 

Any way to use the ValueDropDown as reference types? It seems like I just get copies when I would like to keep references instead

 

EDIT: I worked it out. Odin appears to automatically change the appearance of all collections unless there is a custom inspector taking over. I really don't like this behaviour. In the Preferences there are options to tweak this feature but no way to disable it. How do I stop Odin from putting all collections in FoldoutGroups? I really don't like it inserting itself like that.

 

Hi, I'm trying to serialize an interface field, but it seems to work only if this field belongs to a SerializedMonobehaviour/SerializadScriptableObject. I need it to be nested inside another class, but it just doesn't appear in the inspector. Am I doing it wrong or is it just impossible for some reason?

 

Is the class hosting that field marked with System.Serializable attribute?

 

Yeah, sure. Here's the code and the inspector:

Code (CSharp):

1. public class ActionTrigger : SerializedMonoBehaviour
2. {
3.  
4.     public List<Condition> conditions;
5.     public List<IGameAction> actions;
6.     public Test testField;
7. }

Code (CSharp):

1. [Serializable]
2. public class Test
3. {
4.     [SerializeField] int blabla;
5.     [SerializeField] public IGameAction action;
6. }

 

try using OdinSerialize https://odininspector.com/tutorials/using-attributes/the-odinserialize-and-the-showininspector

 

Nope, still doesn't work.

 

My bad, I should RTFM more thoroughly. So I needed to put [ShowInInspector], which I wouldn't do, because I assumed that all public fields are shown by default. Thanks!

 

Can I get an info (via event or something) when a list is reordered via drag and drop and which list element was affected?

 

It seems that Odin is not ready for 2019.3.0f6. I get constant errors of "argumentnullexception value cannot be null" and it also makes the public variables not show at all in the inspector on scripts. Deleting the Sirenix folder from my plugins folder instantly makes the problem go away. No rush or anything, as version 2019.3.0 is still pretty fresh. Just more of an FYI.

EDIT********

I apologize...I forgot to do the whole delete, update, reimport process. Doing this fixes the problems I was having. I'll leave the post here in case someone else runs across the same issue.

 

Is it in any way possible to disallow the user to add/remove values from a serialized array/list/dictionary?
A pretty common use case with us would be mapping values in the Unity inspector. For example, I dynamically create and serialize a dictionary from code using a number of strings or an enum. Now, level-designers should be able to assign a GameObject for each string/enum-value of the dictionary inside the inspector.
This works well, but sometimes someone accidentally deletes one of the dynamically created entries by clicking the "x"-button next to it. This then results in either errors or the designer needing to ask me what the deleted entry's key was.

Is it possible to prevent this by locking the number of entries in a serialized list/dictionary, somehow?

 

The ListDrawerSettings attribute has parameters such as IsReadOnly and HideRemoveButton

Code (CSharp):

1. [InfoBox("Lists can be made read-only in different ways.")]
2. [ListDrawerSettings(IsReadOnly = true)]
3. public int[] ReadOnlyArray1 = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };

 

Ah, I didn't notice HideRemoveButton. This obviously looks like exactly what I was missing. I will try it out asap. Thank you!

 

Hi everybody!

I noticed there's a bunch of new questions in here, so I'd like to remind everyone that we are no longer answering questions in this thread.
If you need help with Odin or have questions you can reach out to us on our Discord here: https://discord.gg/WTYJEra or you can reach to us through https://odininspector.com/support

Regards,
Mikkel

 

I need to set password for some of inspector windows in my project (To avoid other group members change parameters suddenly) is that possible achieve such a thing with this?

 

Hi,

i have the RPG Editor tutorial, but i cant access the CharacterOverview Global Config from outside. Can anyone help me with that?

 

Hi
I'm trying to create BoxGroup inside a TabGroup but I cant succeed, is this possible? how can I do that?

 

I think this forum is pretty dead...

 

They said they are not answering here anymore:

 

Thanks!
Too bad... Their support page is just a Discord chat... And that’s really not adequate for a support solution.

 

That's not true. Their support page has a ticket / bug tracker which you can use to submit bugs. The discord is simply for immediate assistance from the community, or a dev if available.

 

Same problem here.

 

Is there any way to use the ValidateInput attribute with code that needs to be ran async? I'd like to validate prefab references using AssetReference, but Unity's API only allows those to be loaded async.

EDIT:
I have a class that's serialized through Odin as a list of elements on a ScriptableObject. When I add a new field to this class, the inspector defaults the value to the fields default value rather than the initialized value. IE I add a new "int _myField = 1;", and the field in the inspector will be 0 for existing references rather than 1. How can I resolve this?

 

Can I serialize a 2D array of references?


Paths contain waypoints (class Waypoint) and I need references to them in waypointGrid 2D array.

Thank you.

EDIT: I'm using wrappers for references with [SerializeReference] now but idk if [SerializeReference] works in Odin

 

You can post class Waypoint ?!

 

It's just a simple serializable class, but I don't need to serialize it in the 2D array, I need to serialize references to it. As long as Odin can serialize 2D arrays and supports [SerializeReference] this will work with a wrapper. So it's a 2D array of WaypointContainer that just have one field

[SerializeReference] public Waypoint waypoint;

 

Guys, I have a question
I'm porting a game to Universal Windows Platform.
I NEED to use .NET scripting backend due to some problems with IL2CPP.
Is there any way I can get access to the source code of ODIN? - I've done plenty of UWP porting, I think I can help get your plugin work on WSA, too.
Please let me know at alex@blastproofgames.com

Cheers,
Alex Miron

 

Do I really have to put up with this in my Editor now?


I have some [Button] and [OnValueChanged] handlers, that's it. I think I'm ok without this 150px of wasted vertical space? If a script is going to try and be smart, then it should be smart enough to actually check if something was serialized or not.

I appreciate the humour, but we're in production and this productivity annoyance is not really appreciated from that perspective

 

@shawnblais you can disable this in the preferences: