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Instantiating an Object in a Class?
What I want to do is use classes for different types of trees. Keep things organized and logically together.
So I setup my base tree class and then extend it for a specific type of tree:
class Trees {
var Obj : GameObject = new GameObject("Tree");
var filter : MeshFilter = Obj.AddComponent(MeshFilter);
var renderer : MeshRenderer = Obj.AddComponent(MeshRenderer);
}
class Sycamore extends Trees {
function Sycamore() {
filter.mesh = Resources.Load("Art/Meshes/Environment/Trees/Sycamore", Mesh);
}
}
Next I want to create a sycamore at a specific location (and later multiple locations using an array for the trees) and I'm not having any luck trying to instantiate it. Is there another, better way - or if instantiating is the way to go can someone provide a same line to do so?
Thanks!
You're fighting against Unity's component model.
Instead, make Tree a standalone script, not wrapped in class { ... }. That will give you a Tree Component (this is just a shorthand for extending MonoBehaviour, but ignore that for now). Then you can drag that component into your Sycamore prefab.
You probably don't even need subclasses, since a Sycamore does not behave differently to any other tree. In all fields of computing, building a deep hierarchy is usually a mistake, a trap set by professors who use Shapes, Trees, and Cars as example hierarchies.
Yeah I was thinking about doing that. Eventually each tree will have it's own properties, but I can include those in the base tree script and modify per tree species.
Thanks!
Correct. You might even break out some behaviour as a different reusable script, say, Bendy, that deforms a mesh and has a blowInTheWind property. You'll reuse that on your Skyscraper prefab.
