koobas.hobune.stream
Public variable not showing in Inspector(Solved)
I had a quite simple script that kept count of the number of enemies in my scene and when that reached zero it loaded the next scene. Now I have multiple scenes I needed to change the variable number in the inspector for each scene rather than have a new script each time.
But for some reason the changing the variable to a public one has not let it show up in the inspector?
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class LevelCleared : MonoBehaviour
{
public static int enemyNumbers = 10;
void Awake()
{
//enemyNumbers = 21;
}
void Update()
{
if(enemyNumbers <= 0)
{
var i = Application.loadedLevel;
AutoFade.LoadLevel(i+1 ,2,1,Color.black);
//Parameter 1 - LevelName or LevelIndex
//Parameter 2 - FadeOutTime - time in seconds until the level actually starts loading
//Parameter 3 - FadeInTime - time in seconds until the fade-in process is completed.
//Parameter 4 - FadeColor - this is the color the screen fades to.
}
}
}
The variable was originally a static in, now public static. The commented out line in the awake function is just a left over from when there was a single scene.
I'm getting no compiler errors and the script still does what I need depending on what number I set the int variable to. It just doesn't show in the inspector so I have to manually change the script.
Any ideas
???
edit..
Script is attached to a sceneManager object in my scene and accessed from another script using -
LevelCleared.enemyNumbers -= 1;
???
Static variables dont show up in the inspector. You can assign it only as a public variable ans assign the public variable to another static variabe. Like,
public int enemyNumbers = 10; private static int staticEnemyNumber = enemyNumbers;
And then use staticEnemeyNumber throughout the script.
:)
Assu$$anonymous$$g I understood you, my script should now look like -
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class LevelCleared : $$anonymous$$onoBehaviour
{
public int killCount = 10;
private static int enemyNumbers = killCount;
void Update()
{
if(enemyNumbers <= 0)
{
var i = Application.loadedLevel;
AutoFade.LoadLevel(i+1 ,2,1,Color.black);
//Parameter 1 - LevelName or LevelIndex
//Parameter 2 - FadeOutTime - time in seconds until the level actually starts loading
//Parameter 3 - FadeInTime - time in seconds until the fade-in process is completed.
//Parameter 4 - FadeColor - this is the color the screen fades to.
}
}
}
But I,m getting compiler error -
Assets/LevelCleared.cs(8,43): error CS0236: A field initializer cannot reference the nonstatic field, method, or property `LevelCleared.killCount'
???
You should initialize your static variable in a start or awake function to be sure that killCount exists.
void Awake(){
enemyNumbers = killCount;
}
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class LevelCleared : $$anonymous$$onoBehaviour
{
public int killCount = 10;
private static int enemyNumbers = killCount;
void Awake()
{
enemyNumbers = killCount;
}
void Update()
{
if(enemyNumbers <= 0)
{
var i = Application.loadedLevel;
AutoFade.LoadLevel(i+1 ,2,1,Color.black);
//Parameter 1 - LevelName or LevelIndex
//Parameter 2 - FadeOutTime - time in seconds until the level actually starts loading
//Parameter 3 - FadeInTime - time in seconds until the fade-in process is completed.
//Parameter 4 - FadeColor - this is the color the screen fades to.
}
}
}
Gives error -
Assets/LevelCleared.cs(8,43): error CS0236: A field initializer cannot reference the nonstatic field, method, or property `LevelCleared.killCount'
well the error is not in this cript, put your static variable to public and that should do it.
ok problem solved (although I'll admit I don't understand why...lol)
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class LevelCleared : MonoBehaviour
{
public int killCount = 10;
public static int enemyNumbers;
void Awake()
{
enemyNumbers = killCount;
}
void Update()
{
if(enemyNumbers <= 0)
{
var i = Application.loadedLevel;
AutoFade.LoadLevel(i+1 ,2,1,Color.black);
//Parameter 1 - LevelName or LevelIndex
//Parameter 2 - FadeOutTime - time in seconds until the level actually starts loading
//Parameter 3 - FadeInTime - time in seconds until the fade-in process is completed.
//Parameter 4 - FadeColor - this is the color the screen fades to.
}
}
}
Changing the enemyNumbers to a public static in (in conjunction with the killCount variable) works fine. I get to edit the value in the inspector and still access the script from other scripts.
Seems like a waste of time to me, I'm still able to influence a static variable from the inspector, just takes another few lines of code to do it. I mean... why not just make it possible to have a public static int in the first place.
Anyway, all sorted. Thanks for the help guys
:)
I think you misunderstand the meaning of static my friend, it has nothing to do with accessibility, other then that you can't edit a static member on the inspector because, well it's static.
You can't just access variables by setting them to public, you still need a reference to what instance of the class you want the value from.
The only reason you can access a static variable is because it's a static value that is the same for all instances of the class.
The way you are doing here is NOT correct, and WILL give you problems in the future.
@winsjansen Can you please elaborate on the correct way then?
