1

hi guys, is there a reason that this:

[System.Serializable]
public class ExampleClass : ScriptableObject
{
    [SerializeField]
    public List<ParentClass> exampleClasses = new List<ParentClass>()
    {
        new ParentClass(),
        new ChildClass()
    };

}

[System.Serializable]
public class ParentClass
{
}
[System.Serializable]
public class ChildClass : ParentClass
{
}

would serialize to be a list with two ParentClass elements instead of one ParentClass and one ChildClass. Is it because of the [serializefield] attribute before the list? if so how can I serialize this whilst still respecting the classes I want?

2

Unity does not support polymorphic serialization, so every list element will just serialize as a ParentClass. You might find my response to this question helpful.