Question ScriptableObject intermittently doesn't Awake() or OnEnable() in editor

Unless I actually click on the ScriptableObject, Awake() is never triggered.

I tried all kinds of things, like serializing it in `Preloaded Assets`.

The only workaround was to serialize it in my first scene, but that's not-so-classy.

Any ideas?

 

Awake/OnEnable/OnDisable for scriptable objects are only called during Domain reloads whilst in the editor. Are you expecting them to be called at other times?

 

Well yes, I expect any class that has an Awake/etc to be called at all times editor and in runtime. If its only to be called in the Editor, it should have its own EditorAwake etc calls.

 

That's not what I said though. I only described when they're called in the editor. They are still called at runtime, just with different behaviour/timing.

Read the documentation.

 

You made it seem like they only get called in the editor. Either way, Awake calls are *not* happening in runtime even though the documentation says they should be.

 

You're just misreading my post from a year ago.

Nonetheless Awake is a bit weird with scriptable objects and ultimately useless I think. You should just use OnEnable/OnDisable, and beyond that, rely on scriptable objects having some form of initialisation as little as possible.

 

Just have Init() method on each SO and have _initialized boolean check inside Init()..

then call Init() everytime you use SO (inside Awake/Start of other MonoBehaviors)..