How do I set an object reference for multiple instances of scriptable objects?

Questions & Answers
1

I am following the live training here: Create an Ability System with Scriptable Objects - Unity Learn

It is a great series, but if I try to give an AI character the ability to use one of the abilties, say ProjectileAbility, then the initialization function

private ProjectileShootTriggerable launcher;

public override void Initialize(GameObject obj)
{
        launcher = obj.GetComponent<ProjectileShootTriggerable> ();
        launcher.projectileForce = projectileForce;
        launcher.projectile = projectile;
}

causes only the latest instantiated character game object’s ProjectileShootTrigger to be referenced for ALL usages of the scriptable object.

Am I missing something here? Or is there a more appropriate way to be calling a function on a gameobject component from the scriptable object?

2

Hey, @Wihtman. Using Scriptableobjects can be dangerous as they are not separate instances, but all reference one instance of the data. When you want something with multiple copies that’s safely malleable, you should probably use a class to store the data or something. In all: it’s changing the attribute for everything because it all references one thing.