Changing Enum value in another script

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Hi there, I’m having some trouble changing the enum in one script with another. What I’m trying to do is to get the enemy character to switch his type enum when he uses an attack. However, it’s not choosing the right attack. Here are my scripts:

Script 1: Base attack which all attacks inherit from

[System.Serializable]
public class BaseAttack: MonoBehaviour
{
	public string attackName;//name
	public string attackDescription;//description
	public float attackDamage;//Base Damage
	public float attackCost;//ManaCost
	public BaseEnemy BEnemy;
}

Script 2: The attack

public class EnemyAbility1 : BaseAttack
{
	public EnemyAbility1()
	{
		attackName = "Enemy Ability";
		attackDescription = "Enemy Ability";
		attackDamage = 20f;
		attackCost = 0;
		BEnemy.EnemyType = BaseEnemy.Type.WATER;
	}
}

Script 3: EnemyStateMachine which controls the enemy

void ChooseAction()
{
          //Bunch of scripts here, but the important one in this context is the one below to run the type change
	enemy.EnemyType = myAttack.chosenAttack.BEnemy.EnemyType;
}

Thanks in advance!

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First of all you shouldn’t implement (and definitely shouldn’t call) constructors for MonoBehaviours, as the data will be overwritten by unity ( in the best case! ). If you want to set up data for initialization, use Awake/Start/OnEnable…