How to create a simple inventory system like this ?

Unity Engine
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Well i have seen some youtube videos but they are different tutorials, I need some implementation guidance like which classes and mechanism to use from

if you know a tutorial then please paste the link here

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You need a better description of what you want to do. What mechanisms do you want? Common functionality for an inventory system includes

  • Drag and drop
  • Click detection
  • Stacking
  • Sorting
  • Tool tips

Work in each piece of functionality separately, rather then trying to create an entire system in one go.

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Hi @Kiwasi Thank you soo much for the reply.

I think these are my requirements

  1. Basically its just a list of Items which are locked ( some initial 2 3 are unlocked ) and then player uses the points scored in game to unlock the further items.
    EXAMPLE: assume that these items are nothing but list of Cars to be unlocked and player progresses through the game earns money and then unlocks respective car according to its price. ( my game is waaay to much simple )

  2. Player can also Unlock the GameObjects using purchases or special collectibles ( NOT MUCH REQUIRED )
    I intend to make this game simple .

  3. If not a whole data structure or a System of collections, but just a simple manual management of the items i.e. if i can just copy paste a particular block and replace the entry ID of the item to be shown in the list in my script, a very naive basic functionality. That will also do .

  4. I want to learn how to make these rather than use a third party system and just use the code. ready to take the pain of this Implementation.

Thank you sir !

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I’m assuming you are using 4.6?

If so you can simply build your interface graphically with a grid layout and buttons. Set intractable on each button to false until it is unlocked. I would also suggest building a class to hold all the details of each button. Cost, isUnlocked and so forth.

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I made a game of chess like that. Monobehaviors on gui objects… who would have thought it.

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I do it all the time. It’s rare that a UI element has the exact combination of behaviours that I’m after. There is nothing inherently draggable, for example.

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Yes i am using 4.6 and New UI for this.
@Kiwasi thanks i will try that out :slight_smile: This makes sense, I understood from where i can start.