Define attacks to choose from

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Hi,

i'm looking for a way to create an array or a list to choose a random attack from. The problem is that my attacks are derived classes and i currently don't know how to get the right infos. Since they don't derive Monobehavior i can't create prefabs.

Here is what i got so far:

The base class.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 [System.Serializable]
 public class BaseAttack
 {
     public string AttackName;
     public int AttackID;
     public string AttackDescription;
     public float AttackDamage;
     public float AttackCost;//Mana cost for example
 }

and one of my attacks.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 [System.Serializable]
 public class StandartAttack : BaseAttack 
 {
     public StandartAttack()
     {
         AttackName = "Normal Attack";
         AttackID = 1;
         AttackDescription = "Just the standart attack";
         AttackDamage = 10;
         AttackCost = 0;
     }
 }

I want to make use of differnt attacks, and set them by hand in the editor for each enemy i have to choose any attack from. Like a public List or Array. I hope you understand my problem. What step did i missed?

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Answer by UCSIM · Feb 18, 2016 at 10:37 PM

If I understand correctly you are looking to create a list of all attacks that includes any attack that inherits from BaseAttack.

Because StandartAttack inherits from BaseAttack you can create a list of BaseAttacks and then put StandartAttack object in it. As well as any different attack as long as they also inherit from BaseAttack

Example:

  List <BaseAttack> attacks = new List<BaseAttack>

And then just add whatever attacks you want to the List.

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OctoMan · Feb 18, 2016 at 11:00 PM 0

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Basicly you got me right, but id like to drag in the attacks a specific enemy can have into the inspector, in this list. Or how should i make right use of it?

OctoMan · Feb 18, 2016 at 11:27 PM 0

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I think i got an idea. If BaseAttack would inherit $$anonymous$$onobehavior i can drag each attack onto an empty game object, create a prefabof it and then drag those into the list. In the end i might have 100 prefabs of different attacks to choose from, and place those into the list of attacks possible to use. Wouldn't i lose the connection to them, once i reload the scene for example?

All my enemys also need to be a prefabs to deter$$anonymous$$e who to fight.

The question now is, is this the only way? Or a good way to do it?

UCSIM OctoMan · Feb 22, 2016 at 10:33 PM 0

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I wouldn't do that, but what you can do is make all of the attacks as scripts. Then you can drag those scripts onto each enemy. After doing that you can add them to a public list like mentioned above that you made on that enemy.

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