Unity C# Object pool script need Help!!!

Hi guys,
Basically this is my object pooling script

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class oBJECTpOOL : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.     public static oBJECTpOOL instance;
8.  
9.     /// <summary>
10.     /// The object prefabs which the pool can handle.
11.     /// </summary>
12.     public GameObject[] objectPrefabs;
13.  
14.     /// <summary>
15.     /// The pooled objects currently available.
16.     /// </summary>
17.     public List<GameObject>[] pooledObjects;
18.  
19.     /// <summary>
20.     /// The amount of objects of each type to buffer.
21.     /// </summary>
22.     public int[] amountToBuffer;
23.  
24.     public int defaultBufferAmount = 3;
25.  
26.     /// <summary>
27.     /// The container object that we will keep unused pooled objects so we dont clog up the editor with objects.
28.     /// </summary>
29.     protected GameObject containerObject;
30.  
31.     void Awake ()
32.     {
33.         instance = this;
34.     }
35.  
36.     // Use this for initialization
37.     void Start ()
38.     {
39.         containerObject = new GameObject("ObjectPool");
40.  
41.         //Loop through the object prefabs and make a new list for each one.
42.         //We do this because the pool can only support prefabs set to it in the editor,
43.         //so we can assume the lists of pooled objects are in the same order as object prefabs in the array
44.         pooledObjects = new List<GameObject>[objectPrefabs.Length];
45.  
46.         int i = 0;
47.         foreach ( GameObject objectPrefab in objectPrefabs )
48.         {
49.             pooledObjects[i] = new List<GameObject>();
50.  
51.             int bufferAmount;
52.  
53.             if(i < amountToBuffer.Length) bufferAmount = amountToBuffer[i];
54.             else
55.                 bufferAmount = defaultBufferAmount;
56.  
57.             for ( int n=0; n<bufferAmount; n++)
58.             {
59.                 GameObject newObj = Instantiate(objectPrefab) as GameObject;
60.                 newObj.name = objectPrefab.name;
61.                 PoolObject(newObj);
62.             }
63.  
64.             i++;
65.         }
66.     }
67.  
68.     /// <summary>
69.     /// Gets a new object for the name type provided.  If no object type exists or if onlypooled is true and there is no objects of that type in the pool
70.     /// then null will be returned.
71.     /// </summary>
72.     /// <returns>
73.     /// The object for type.
74.     /// </returns>
75.     /// <param name='objectType'>
76.     /// Object type.
77.     /// </param>
78.     /// <param name='onlyPooled'>
79.     /// If true, it will only return an object if there is one currently pooled.
80.     /// </param>
81.     public GameObject GetObjectForType ( string objectType , bool onlyPooled )
82.     {
83.         for(int i=0; i<objectPrefabs.Length; i++)
84.         {
85.             GameObject prefab = objectPrefabs[i];
86.             if(prefab.name == objectType)
87.             {
88.  
89.                 if(pooledObjects[i].Count > 0)
90.                 {
91.                     GameObject pooledObject = pooledObjects[i][0];
92.                     pooledObjects[i].RemoveAt(0);
93.                     pooledObject.transform.parent = null;
94.                     pooledObject.SetActiveRecursively(true);
95.  
96.                     return pooledObject;
97.  
98.                 } else if(!onlyPooled) {
99.                     return Instantiate(objectPrefabs[i]) as GameObject;
100.                 }
101.  
102.                 break;
103.  
104.             }
105.         }
106.  
107.         //If we have gotten here either there was no object of the specified type or non were left in the pool with onlyPooled set to true
108.         return null;
109.     }
110.  
111.     /// <summary>
112.     /// Pools the object specified.  Will not be pooled if there is no prefab of that type.
113.     /// </summary>
114.     /// <param name='obj'>
115.     /// Object to be pooled.
116.     /// </param>
117.     public void PoolObject ( GameObject obj )
118.     {
119.         for ( int i=0; i<objectPrefabs.Length; i++)
120.         {
121.             if(objectPrefabs[i].name == obj.name)
122.             {
123.                 obj.SetActiveRecursively(false);
124.                 obj.transform.parent = containerObject.transform;
125.                 pooledObjects[i].Add(obj);
126.                 return;
127.             }
128.         }
129.     }
130.  
131. }

and here is how i call the object pool.

Code (CSharp):

1. IEnumerator SpawnObject(int index, float seconds)
2.     {
3.         Debug.Log ("Waiting for " + seconds + " seconds");
4.  
5.  
6.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(seconds);
7.         spawnpos =oBJECTpOOL.instance.GetObjectForType ("ZombiePrefab", false);
8.  
9.  
10.  
11.  
12.         //We've spawned, so now we could start another spawn
13.             game.zombiesalive ++;
14.         isSpawning = false;
15.  
16.     }

The trouble im having is that i can't seem to figure out how to spawn these prefabs at predefined locations,(such as an empty gameobject which i assign in inspector)


any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

If spawnpos (in your second script) is a game object, you just assign the location you want to its position?

 

For predefined positions just make an serialized array of gameobjects and then in your spawning coroutine iterate through them. But do a check if they are occupied first - f.e. With Physics.OverlapSphere

 

Code (CSharp):

1. IEnumerator SpawnObject(int index, float seconds)
2.     {
3.         Debug.Log ("Waiting for " + seconds + " seconds");
4.  
5.  
6.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(seconds);
7.         spawnpos =oBJECTpOOL.instance.GetObjectForType ("ZombiePrefab", false);
8.         spawnpos.transform.position = trans.transform.position;
9.  
10.  
11.  
12.  
13.         //We've spawned, so now we could start another spawn
14.             game.zombiesalive ++;
15.         isSpawning = false;
16.  
17.     }

im going to get some sleep now haha because i should have seen that solution haha ,
thanks !!!

 

Hey cool sleep well & no problem, you're welcome