Edit: Solved. Just forgot to set it dirty… in all my scripts
Hello, this is actually an older problem that I didn’t bother fixing. However, it made me really hesitant to even use custom editors anymore. Actually, when I was making the final modifications to a game, every single time I was trying to edit - say text - of several objects, they would revert in play time to what the prefab’s value is. I eventually had to break the prefab connection, which isn’t really an efficient option.
So now that I’m on another new project in its early stages, I was wondering why this problem came up in the first place and how I can avoid it. It would be nice to make custom editors as I go.
(Also, does this have anything to do with how I have the default inspector at the end of every single one of my editor scripts?)
Here’s an example that I know that stopped working (…if I recall correctly, as I thought I commented it all out rather than deleting it to disable it for final changes):
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
[CustomEditor(typeof(GUIWindow))]
public class E_GUIWindow : Editor
{
// Flag variable for folds
bool showDefault = false; // Show default Inspector?
bool customTextMesh = false; // Choose something other than this object's TextMesh
public override void OnInspectorGUI()
{
// Get the current script and its values
GUIWindow myTarget = (GUIWindow) target;
// Get the current type of Terrain
myTarget.thisWindow = (GUIWindow.TypeWindow)EditorGUILayout.EnumPopup(
"Window Type: ", myTarget.thisWindow);
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("-----------"); // Spacer/Separator
// NECESSARY so text wraps around and creates an expanding box
EditorStyles.textField.wordWrap = true;
// Message to show if GUIWindow hasn't been assigned
if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.None)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("This currently does nothing! Absolutely NOTHIN!",
MessageType.Warning);
}
// Settings if this is a SecretsIndicator window
else if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.SecretsIndicator)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("Secrets Indicator! Used for showing information on secrets!",
MessageType.Info);
myTarget.windowName = EditorGUILayout.TextField("Name of Window: ", myTarget.windowName);
myTarget.message = EditorGUILayout.TextArea("Window Message: ", myTarget.message);
}
// Settings if this is an Info Menu
else if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.InfoMenu)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("Used for showing different information!",
MessageType.Info);
// Toggle a non-default Text Mesh or not
customTextMesh = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(customTextMesh, "Choose Non-Default TextMesh?");
if(customTextMesh)
{
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("TextMesh: Hover Affect");
myTarget.thisText = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(myTarget.thisText,
typeof(TextMesh), true) as TextMesh;
}
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Window Title");
myTarget.windowName = EditorGUILayout.TextField(myTarget.windowName);
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Message of the Window:");
myTarget.message = EditorGUILayout.TextArea(myTarget.message);
}
// Settings if this is a DeleteData window, for deleting all data
else if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.DeleteData)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("Window for deleting all data... ='(",
MessageType.Info);
// Toggle a non-default Text Mesh or not
customTextMesh = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(customTextMesh, "Choose Non-Default TextMesh?");
if(customTextMesh)
{
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("TextMesh: Hover Affect");
myTarget.thisText = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(myTarget.thisText,
typeof(TextMesh), true) as TextMesh;
}
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Window Title");
myTarget.windowName = EditorGUILayout.TextField(myTarget.windowName);
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Message of the Window:");
myTarget.message = EditorGUILayout.TextArea(myTarget.message);
}
// Settings if this is a WorldInner window
else if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.WorldInner)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("Used for giving the name and information of the current world",
MessageType.Info);
// Toggle a non-default Text Mesh or not
customTextMesh = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(customTextMesh, "Choose Non-Default TextMesh?");
if(customTextMesh)
{
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("TextMesh: Hover Affect");
myTarget.thisText = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(myTarget.thisText,
typeof(TextMesh), true) as TextMesh;
}
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Window Title");
myTarget.windowName = EditorGUILayout.TextField(myTarget.windowName);
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Message of the Window:");
myTarget.message = EditorGUILayout.TextArea(myTarget.message);
}
// Settings if this is a Tabbed window
else if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.Tabular)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("Used for making tabs",
MessageType.Info);
// Toggle a non-default Text Mesh or not
customTextMesh = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(customTextMesh, "Choose Non-Default TextMesh?");
if(customTextMesh)
{
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("TextMesh: Hover Affect");
myTarget.thisText = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(myTarget.thisText,
typeof(TextMesh), true) as TextMesh;
}
myTarget.customTabSize = EditorGUILayout.Toggle ("Custom Tab Size?", myTarget.customTabSize);
if(myTarget.customTabSize) // If using a custom tab size
{
myTarget.sizeMultiplier = EditorGUILayout.RectField(myTarget.sizeMultiplier);
// Print input
if(GUILayout.Button ("Print Input"))
{
Debug.Log("Current Input: " + myTarget.sizeMultiplier);
}
// Reset the sizeMultiplier to default
if(GUILayout.Button ("Reset Size Multiplier?"))
{
Debug.Log("Default Size: " + myTarget.defaultSize);
myTarget.sizeMultiplier = myTarget.defaultSize;
}
}
} // end else if tabular
// Settings if this is the Settings window [main menu]
else if(myTarget.thisWindow == GUIWindow.TypeWindow.Settings)
{
EditorGUILayout.HelpBox("This is the main menu's setting GUI Window",
MessageType.Info);
}
EditorGUILayout.LabelField("-----------"); // Spacer/Separator
// Code for showing the default Inspector
showDefault = EditorGUILayout.Foldout(showDefault, "Show Default Inspector");
if(showDefault)
{
DrawDefaultInspector();
}
}
}
This seems like a systematic error, as practically all my past editor scripts have been structured like this. Any possible reasons?
And thank you for helping, it means a lot to me 
