koobas.hobune.stream
How to declare a list of arrays?
As the title says, is this possible?
If I had, for example:
public List <Weapon> wpn;
public List <Armor> amr;
How could I then create an array of these lists that will display nicely in the Inspector? Both weapon and armor inherit from Item
Lists and arrays display the same in the inspector.
But the type must be Serialisable. Make sure you use the [System.Serializable] attribute on them.
[System.Serializable]
public class Item {}
public class Weapon : Item {}
public class Armor : Item {}
Thank you for the reply. I have these lists set up and displaying correctly. I should have mentioned the main reason I would like an array of lists is to help serialise my inventory.
In the Inspector I would like an array called inventory of the lists above, and then I face the arduous task of serializing that array to a json file.
So what is the correct way to declare this array?
That's what I am currently using. But I'm currently writing each of these lists to JSON separately. I tried to serialise just one list but JsonUtility doesn't serialize derived classes as the correct type (always reverts to the parent type and data is lost as a result).
So my idea was to have separate lists for my different items, and add them to an array. That way I can (hopefully) serialize them at the same time, and also loop through them.
I've never used nested lists/arrays before, so I'm stuck at the first hurdle
