Create copy of Scriptableobject (during runtime)

Unity Engine
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Here’s a handy extension script you can use to clone your scriptable objects.

public static class ScriptableObjectExtension
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates and returns a clone of any given scriptable object.
    /// </summary>
    public static T Clone<T>(this T scriptableObject) where T : ScriptableObject
    {
        if (scriptableObject == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError($"ScriptableObject was null. Returning default {typeof(T)} object.");
            return (T)ScriptableObject.CreateInstance(typeof(T));
        }

        T instance = Object.Instantiate(scriptableObject);
        instance.name = scriptableObject.name; // remove (Clone) from name
        return instance;
    }
}

You can use it like this:

scriptObj = scriptObj.Clone();

Or:

var cloneObj = scriptObj.Clone();
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