How do I change public variables depending on which level?

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1

I have this script AnimalContainer:

    public SheepFunctions a1;
	public BirdFunctions a2;
	public CowFunctions a3;
	public PigFunctions a4;

	void Start () {
		a1 = gameObject.AddComponent<SheepFunctions>();
		a2 = gameObject.AddComponent<BirdFunctions>();
		a3 = gameObject.AddComponent<CowFunctions>();
		a4 = gameObject.AddComponent<PigFunctions>();
	}

	//ANIMAL 1

	public void Animal1Shape()
	{
		a1.ChangeShape();
	}

	public void Animal1Update()
	{
		a1.UpdateFunctions();
	}

	public void Animal1Ability()
	{
		a1.Ability();
	}

These are the circumstances I want for level1 (scene 1).

In level2 I would like the public variables and the Start() content to be changed to the following:

    public FoxFunctions a1;
    public TurtleFunctions a2;
    public DinoFunctions a3;
    public HorseFunctions a4;

    void Start () {
    a1 = gameObject.AddComponent<FoxFunctions>();
    a2 = gameObject.AddComponent<TurtleFunctions>();
    a3 = gameObject.AddComponent<DinoFunctions>();
    a4 = gameObject.AddComponent<HorseFunctions>();
    }

Also, I can’t just make another script for each level. Because this class is loaded from the PlyaerController, like this:

	ac = gameObject.AddComponent<AnimalContainer>();

How can I solve my problem, when I can’t make “if-statements” at the variable declaration section? Been speculating all day now!

EDIT: Is it possible to convert a type, such as C# class into another C# class, because that might do it. Something like:

a4 = a4 as HorseFunctions;

I know this doesn’t work, it says, Cannot convert type PigFunctions' to SheepFunctions’ via a built-in conversion. But I hope you get the idea?

2

It sounds like you would benefit from making your classes inherit from an interface. Something like this:

public interface IAnimalFunctions
{
    void ChangeShape();
    void UpdateFunctions();
    void Ability();
}

Then in each of the animal functions, inherit from this interface:

public class SheepFunctions : IAnimalFunctions
{
    public void ChangeShape()
    {
    }

    public void UpdateFunctions()
    {
    }

    public void Ability()
    {
    }
}

And then in your AnimalController, you can do this:

    public IAnimalFunctions a1;
    public IAnimalFunctions a2;
    public IAnimalFunctions a3;
    public IAnimalFunctions a4;
 
    void Start () {
        a1 = gameObject.AddComponent<SheepFunctions>();
        a2 = gameObject.AddComponent<BirdFunctions>();
        a3 = gameObject.AddComponent<CowFunctions>();
        a4 = gameObject.AddComponent<PigFunctions>();
    }

I hope this helps. If you’d like to know more, you might want to do some reading about object oriented programming.