Can't call derived class function from list of base class. Ideas?

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I’ve looked all over but cant find anything about how to fix this. How do I get the Foo function to call the overridden function from derived?

class Base : MonoBehaviour{
     public virtual void Foo(){
          //Something
     }
}

class Derived : Base{
     public override void Foo(){
          //Something else 
     }
}

class BaseController : MonoBehaviour{
    List<Base> L = new List<Base>();    // This is filled with bases and deriveds

    void Update(){
        foreach(var i in L){
            i.Foo();    // Only calls foo from base class
        }
    }
}

Ideas?

EDIT: Fixed typos

2

Derived isn’t inheriting from Base, you’re deriving from MonoBehaviour, it should look like:

class Base : MonoBehaviour {
      public virtual void Foo(){
           //Something
      }
 }

// Derived should inherit from base which also inherits from MonoBehaviour.
 class Derived : Base {
      public override void Foo(){
           //Something else 
      }
 }
 
 class BaseController : MonoBehaviour {
     List<Base> L = new List<Base>();    // This is filled with bases and derives
 
     void Update(){
         foreach(var i in L){
             i.Foo();    // Only calls foo from base class
         }
     }
 }