how to create scene from table data with C#

Unity Engine
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Hi,

I have a table (it can be csv, json, whatever) with data about my 100 levels in my game. There are following columns in my table: level_id, mission objectives, XYZ location of enemies, if the level is unlocked.

I would like to do 2 things with it:

  1. (in main menu scene)create a level selection menu (e.g. like this) dynamically - i.e. if a player have 10 levels unlocked I want to show only them.
  2. (in level scenes) load information about the levels to scenes.

What is the best approach for this in Unity?

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Here’s a quick and dirty summary of how I’d do it:

First, create a class that represents your tabular data. Something like:

public class LevelInfo {
  public string LevelId { get; set; }
  public List<MissionObjective> Objectives { get; set; }
  public List<Vector3> EnemyLocations {get; set; }
  public bool IsUnlocked {get; set;}
}

Second, build a list of LevelInfo objects. How you drop this depends on where the data is coming from etc…

Make a UI prefab that can show a preview of the level based on a LevelInfo data and loads the level in response to button click. something like:

public class LevelPanel : MonoBehaviour {
  public Text LevelNameLabel;
// etc...
  LevelInfo myLevelInfo;

  public void Init(LevelInfo info) {
    myLevelInfo = info;
    LevelNameLabel.text = info.LevelId;
   // etc..
  }

  // Call this from UI button click
  public void LoadLevel() {
    GameManager.LoadLevel(myLevelInfo);
  }
}

Make a scene for all the levels. In the scene, make an object which initializes the scene based on the LevelInfo object:

public class LevelInitializer : MonoBehaviour {
  void Start() {
    LevelInfo levelInfo = GameManager.LoadedLevel;
    // rest of the code to set up the level from the data in LevelInfo
  }
}

You’ll need a singleton DontDestroyOnLoad GameManager object that helps facilitate the transfer of the LevelInfo object from your UI prefab to your LevelInitializer.