How can I access both classes from a single type?

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Hello, I have a camera script that I wish to have multiple configurations for different modes. For example, default and aim. I want the main camera script to read the config from one of two classes, the default class, or the aim class. In the camera script for example, I would have x = mouse.x * config.rotationSensitivity;. Since the config is in two different classes, I added them to the same script so that I could make references to them from the monobehaviour class at the top. So there are now 3 classes. I want to be able to switch between what config class I am using as the config, but I don't know what type to make the config variable to be able to hold both classes and access their variables. Would I have to use a different method of holding the variables like a list? Here are parts of the camera script:

 public ? config;
 
         protected virtual void Start () {
             thirdPersonCameraConfig = GetComponent<ThirdPersonCameraConfig> ();
             config = thirdPersonCameraConfig.defaultConfig;
             x += mouse.Value.x * config.rotationSensitivity;
         }

Here is the config script:

 public class ThirdPersonCameraConfig : MonoBehaviour {
 
         public DefaultConfig defaultConfig;
         public AimConfig aimConfig;
     }
 
     [System.Serializable]
     public class DefaultConfig {
         public float rotationSensitivity = 3.5f; // The sensitivity of rotation
     }
 
     [System.Serializable]
     public class AimConfig {
         public float rotationSensitivity = 2.5f; // The sensitivity of rotation
     }
 }

Any help would be awesome, Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello, @chadfranklin47.

Update:

We can work with a single class, it's more simple and gets the job done.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 
 [ System.Serializable ]
 public class Config
 {
     public        float    cameraRotationSensitivity;
     public        bool    isWindowMode;
 
     public Config() {
         cameraRotationSensitivity = 2.5f; // Default value.
         isWindowMode = false;
     }
 
     public static void CopyConfigAToB( Config configA, Config configB )
     {
         // Manually clone everything. There are other ways of cloning,
         // but this gives us the most control.
         configB.cameraRotationSensitivity = configA.cameraRotationSensitivity;
         configB.isWindowMode = configA.isWindowMode;
     }
 }

Implementation:

     public        Config            defaultConfig;
     public        Config            customConfig;

     void InitializeConfigs() {
         defaultConfig = new Config();
         customConfig = new Config();
 
         // Set [customConfig].
         customConfig.cameraRotationSensitivity = 5f;
         customConfig.isWindowMode = true;
     }
 
 
     void Start() {
         InitializeConfigs();
 
         // Debugging.
         Debug.Log( "Default = " + defaultConfig.cameraRotationSensitivity.ToString() );
         Debug.Log( "Custom = " + customConfig.cameraRotationSensitivity.ToString() );
         Config.CopyConfigAToB( customConfig, defaultConfig );
         Debug.Log( "Copied Custom to Default..." );
         Debug.Log( "Default is now = " + defaultConfig.cameraRotationSensitivity.ToString() );
     }

Old:

 public class ThirdPersonCameraConfig : MonoBehaviour {
     public    DefaultConfig    defaultConfig;
     public    AimConfig        aimConfig;
     
     // The sensitivity of rotation
     public    float            rotationSensitivity;
 }
 
 [ System.Serializable ]
 public class DefaultConfig : ThirdPersonCameraConfig {
     // Default constructor
     public DefaultConfig() {
         // Assign a value to a member variable
         // from base class.
         rotationSensitivity = 3.5f;
     }
 }
 
 [ System.Serializable ]
 public class AimConfig : ThirdPersonCameraConfig {
     public AimConfig() {
         rotationSensitivity = 2.5f;
     }
 }

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