I’m stuck with a strange problem i’ve never faced before. I have a Wallet class, and it’s variable is kept inside class WalletStorageFactory like this:
public class WalletStorageFactory : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField]
public Wallet _wallet;
}
The Wallet class looks like this :
[Serializable]
public class Wallet
{
[HideInInspector]
[SerializeField]
public List<GameEntity> _entities;
}
and GameEntity class looks like this :
[Serializable]
public class GameEntity
{
public string _id;
public int _balance;
}
I have a custom inspector for WalletStorageFactory from which I can add GameEntities to its _wallet. The _wallet seems to be serializing well. But when I run my project, I can’t make changes to a GameEntity’s balance field (via some OnGUI methods) UNLESS the WalletStorageFactory gameObject is selected (and hence it’s inspector showing). I even ran it on device, but the issue exists there as well. What am I doing wrong here?
Unity’s serialization system only works in the editor. It can only serialize assets in the editor. It doesn’t support serialization at runtime as assets in a built game are read only. The serialization of the AssetDatabase belongs to the editor code base.
If you want to serialize data at runtime you have to use your own way of storing / loading the data somewhere. Unity now has the JsonUtility class which is more or less compatible with Unity’s serializer. You can use it to serialize your data as json and store it either in a file or use PlayerPrefs.
