How to keep certain values on MonoBehaviour Reset method.

Questions & Answers
1

The API documentation implies that the Reset method can selectively keep the values of assigned fields.

Code example from MonoBehaviour.Reset in Unity Script Reference:

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public GameObject target;
    void Reset() {
        if (!target)
            target = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player");
        
    }
}

However, when I try to do this it seems that references are nullified before Reset is executed. For instance:

protected void Reset () {
	if (m_nextNode == null) {
		Debug.Log("m_nextNode = null");
	}
}

The message is logged regardless of the value of m_nextNode in the inspector. Am I doing something wrong or is there an error in the reference?

2

It is not possible. The fields are reset before the Reset function is called.

3

You can override Reset method. Use [ContextMenu(“Reset”)]