Is there anyway to have finer control over the order of Update functions? I need a PreUpdate function to handle calculations used by the remaining update functions. I see a PreUpdate event in the docs, but it isn’t well documented and I see no examples nor threads talking about it. I’ve also looked at a PlayerLoop, but can’t find much information on how I would use it to adjust my update order.
Is there a standard way to control update orders without needing to write my own update loop?
There’s this:
But really if you need fine-grained control over this it’s often better to just write your own manager class that invokes the methods you need in the order you need.
Thanks. I think that will be enough for now. I might need more later, but this will accomplish what I want initially.
Endeavor to put what you call “PreUpdate()” stuff in Start()… that’s what it is for.
Otherwise yes, you would need to control it explicitly.
I highly recommend NOT putting all your stuff in one giant loop because I work with projects like that all the time and it is usually a serious technical debt that cripples all future development.
Here is some timing diagram help:
Here is an abbreviated and better-annotated version of the above: