how to access lists dynamically?

[totallylegitemail669]

Hey friendos, newbie question here;
I’m currently using a list to store data for each weapon the player can use, but iI don’t know how to reference it efficiently. my current setup is;

[System.Serializable]
public class Weaponz{    //creates list with data of every weapon
    public string name;
    public float placeholderStat1, placeholderStat2;
   
}
[ExecuteInEditMode]
public class Test : MonoBehaviour
{
    public List<Weaponz> weapons_Info;
   
    public Weaponz pistol = new Weaponz(), shotgun = new Weaponz();
    public float activeweapon;
   
    public float currentPlaceholderStat1, currentPlaceholderStat2; //active memory of weapon
   
    void Start()            //change weapon stats
    {               
        if(activeweapon == 1){
           
            currentPlaceholderStat1 = pistol.placeholderStat1;
            currentPlaceholderStat2 = pistol.placeholderStat2;
        }
       
        if(activeweapon == 2){           
            currentPlaceholderStat1 = shotgun.placeholderStat1;
            currentPlaceholderStat2 = pistol.placeholderStat2;
        }
    }
}

basically I want to be able to pull variables in one function, if that makes sense?
thanks!

[Kurt-Dekker]

You may wish to consider reaching for ScriptableObjects for this.

For runtime modified data you can always Instantiate() a fresh transient copy of the weapon SO from the base original stats.

ScriptableObject usage in RPGs:

ScriptableObjects for an RPG with multiple units in your team

The most important concept about ScriptableObjects (SOs) is that they are custom-shaped blobs of data that you can edit inside the Unity inspector. The serialized values inside a SO map directly to that created asset on disk, the instance of the SO. When your game runs, it needs some data. One way to get that data is to hard-code it in the code. That is bad because when you change it, you need to change code. That’s why we have things like a SO to configure existing unchanging shipped code. W…

Creating lookup tables that can be assigned in the inspector.

This looks like a job tailor made for ScriptableObjects! ScriptableObjects are basically structured blobs of predefined data to help you create content for your game. For instance if I had a ScriptableObject called Weapon, it might have these properties: name detailed name description damage toughness weight what it looks like in the inventory what model it uses in game what animations the player uses to swing it I would create many of these Weapons, each one a file on disk (also called an…

Usage as a shared common data container:

Better Data with Scriptable Objects in Unity! (Tutorial)

[totallylegitemail669]

i did that, works great! thanks dude!