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Creating an "Importance Manager" to destroy older GameObjects from a list to make way for new GameObjects.
Hey guys, I am a huge fan of destruction. Because of that, at any given time I can have a lot of GameObjects that use gravity for debris and whatnot. I was hoping someone can help me with the code I'm making that will only allow a set number of GameObjects be active before it starts destroying them so that new ones can appear. I say destroy and not deactivate because I will never need to see them again.
For starters I have my ImportanceManager script.
public static List<GameObject> Expendable = new List<GameObject>();
void Update()
{
if (Expendable.Count >= 100)
{
Destroy(Expendable[0]);
}
}
Next up is the script I put on the objects that use gravity.
public void OnEnable()
{
ImportanceManager.Expendable.Add(gameObject);
}
The problem is that the new GameObjects that are SetActive do not re-write over the GameObjects on the list. So what my script does is it delete 1 GameObject once it hits over 100, and theeeen... Nothing. How would I go about letting the newer activated GameObjects start from the top of the list so the oldest ones get destroyed first? Thanks!
Issue because you are not removing the element from the list. So after the first time it executes Expendable[0] is null, so you have to call Expendable.RemoveAt(0); this will remove the 0th element.
Or you can use a different Data Structure maybe queue instead of list. Here a small example this will save the update too because you just need to check when you add element to queue.
public class ImportanceManager : MonoBehaviour{
public static Queue<GameObject> Expendable = new Queue<GameObject>();
public static void AddToQueue(GameObject go) {
Expendable.Enqueue(go);
if(Expendable.Count >= 100) {
var obj = Expendable.Dequeue();
Destroy(obj);
}
}
}
