Iterating through a gameobject list and storing multiple values about each gameobject

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1

I am trying to get my AI to prioritize multiple enemies based on many different factors.

Right now I have a pretty basic setup. When the AI see’s an enemy it adds it to a generic list “enemyList” of type gameobject.

I have a coroutine that iterates through each element of “enemyList” with a for statement.

I check each element of “enemyList” for a bunch of stuff like distance, health, weapon type being carried, etc. Based on those values, I generate a priority value which I store in a new generic list “priorityLevel” of type float.

This works for now but I see this work flow getting very messy quickly. And if I want to store more info. about each element of “enemyList”, I am making more lists. And I don’t want to add a new list for every piece of info. I gather when I iterate through each element of “enemyList”

Is there an easier way to store all the info about each element of “enemyList” in 1 place? So I can easily look up and compare info’s about each element of “enemyList”.

From my research dictionaries and list are the way to go but I am really struggling with the syntax. I think I am suppose to create a separate class for the multiple variables I want to store but am struggling with syntax.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

IEnumerator Priority()
	{
		while (enemyList.Count > 0)
		{
			for (int i = 0; i < enemyList.Count; i++)
			{
				priorityLevel.Add(0f);

				distance = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, enemyList*.transform.position);*

_ priorityLevel += distance;_

_ rifleCheck = enemyList*.GetComponent<Animator().GetBool(“RifleState”);
 if (rifleCheck == true)
 {
priorityLevel += 10.0f;
}
}*_

* yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f);*
* }*
* }*

2

I think what you want for this is a mini class as you mentioned. Can also use a struct, which is basically a stripped down class, however changing variables inside is not as easy (structs require using temp variables).

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class EnemyTracker : MonoBehaviour
{

	public class StatsEnemy
	{
		public GameObject obj;
		public Enemy script;
		public Animator anim;
		public float priority;

		//Constructor, can use to set variables when using 'new StatsEnemy()'
		public StatsEnemy(Enemy newEnemy)
		{
			script = newEnemy;
			obj = script.gameObject;
			anim = obj.GetComponent<Animator>();
			priority = 0f;//All variables need to be set to something in a constructor
		}
	}

	public List<StatsEnemy> enemyList = new List<StatsEnemy>();

	void Start()
	{
		Enemy target = FindObjectOfType<Enemy>();
		enemyList.Add(new StatsEnemy(target));

		StartCoroutine(Priority());
	}

	IEnumerator Priority()
	{
		while (enemyList.Count > 0)
		{
			for (int i = 0; i < enemyList.Count; i++)
			{
				enemyList*.priority = 0f;*

_ float distance = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, enemyList*.obj.transform.position);_
_ enemyList.priority += distance;*_

_ if(enemyList*.anim.GetBool(“RifleState”) == true)
{
enemyList.priority += 10.0f;
}
}*_

* yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f);*
* }*
* }*
}