How an instantiated ScriptableObject apply changes to the original ScriptableObject?

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ScriptableObject origin = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(path, typeof(ScriptableObject)) as ScriptableObject;
ScriptableObject so = ScriptableObject.Instantiate(origin);

//change so...

//how to apply so's changes to origin

EditorUtility.SetDirty(origin);
AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();

[spiney199]

You’ll need to give your object a method that takes an instance of itself and update it’s own values:

public class MyScriptableObject : ScriptableObject
{
    public int SomeInt;
   
    public bool SomeBool;
   
    public void UpdateValues(MyScriptableObject myObject)
    {
        SomeInt = myObject.SomeInt;
        SomeBool = myObject.SomeBool;
    }
}

[oscarAbraham]

What I do for Editor stuff like this is:

• Get a JSON from the Object you want to copy with JsonUtility.ToJson.
• Apply the JSON to the other Object with JsonUtility.FromJsonOverwrite.
• Mark the Object dirty and save as you are already doing.

If your Object is not a ScriptableObject or a MonoBehaviour, use EditorJsonUtility instead of JsonUtility. If you want to be able to undo the changes, call Undo.RegisterCompleteObjectUndo before calling FromJsonOverwrite.

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@spiney199

You’ll need to give your object a method that takes an instance of itself and update it’s own values:

public class MyScriptableObject : ScriptableObject
{
    public int SomeInt;
  
    public bool SomeBool;
  
    public void UpdateValues(MyScriptableObject myObject)
    {
        SomeInt = myObject.SomeInt;
        SomeBool = myObject.SomeBool;
    }
}

I found a better choice:

EditorUtility.CopySerialized(so, origin);
//or EditorUtility.CopySerializedManagedFieldsOnly(so, origin);