Static variable resetting on new scene load

Hi,

I cant seem to figure out why a static variable is resetting when a new scene is loaded.

The holding class:

Code (CSharp):

1. public partial class myClass1
2. {
3.     public class Localisation
4.     {
5.         private static Dictionary<string, string> Text = new Dictionary<string, string>();
6.  
7.         public Dictionary<string, string> text
8.         {
9.             get
10.             {
11.                 return Text;
12.             }
13.         }
14.     }
15. }

The calling class in Scene 2:

Code (CSharp):

1. public class myClass2 : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     private myClass1.Localisation localisation = new myClass1.Localisation();
4.    
5.     private void Start()
6.     {
7.         Debug.Log(localisation.text.Count);
8.     }
9. }

On Scene 1, the dictionary is populated and has a count of 83. Everything is fine in scene 1. However when Scene 2 is loaded the count is 0.

I'm using static variables on this project and do not have this issue with any other. the code looks simple enough and i cant figure out where its resetting. probably something so simple.

I'm happy to post the full scripts if needed.

 

How do i delete this thread??????

OMG this is so embarassing lol

So for those who are interested - the issue was that i was running scene 2 in the editor directly. so the dictionary was never populated as that happens in scene 1. So to make it work i had to run scene 1 and then change to scene 2 from within the game.

of course, it all makes sense now LOL

 

This is good case for lazy initialization pattern. You can do something like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. public partial class myClass1
2. {
3.     public class Localisation
4.     {
5.         private static Dictionary<string, string> Text = new Dictionary<string, string>();
6.         public Dictionary<string, string> text
7.         {
8.             get
9.             {
10.                 if(Text.Count == 0) {
11.                     initializeText();
12.                 }
13.                 return Text;
14.             }
15.         }
16.     }
17.  

and have your dictionary initialized on demand, in any scene.

 

Fantastic!! Why did i not think about this lol

thank you this will help prevent further issues