Overriding an initial value in a subclass?

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1

I’ve got a class like this:

class BaseClass : Monobehavior
{
    public int someValue = 5;
}

And so when I attach this to a GameObject, the default value displayed is 5.

Then, let’s say I have a subclass where I would like the default value of this variable to be some value other than 5.

class SubClass : BaseClass
{
    //how do you do this???
    public override int someValue = 10;
}

The above does not work, but is there a way to get this sort of behavior? My particular case is that each of several subclasses share a “speed” variable, but they each require this value to be different by default.

Thanks!

3

Yes you can…

class BaseClass : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int someValue = 5;
}

…

class SubClass : BaseClass
{
    public void Reset()
	{
		someValue = 10;
	}
}
4

I came here because while I knew how to override in inheriting classes, I couldn’t find a way to access the overridden value in the inspector. I just realized while reading the comments that all I had to do was not override the variable in the inheriting class. AS long as I don’t do this, it shows up in the inspector.

My former code:

Base class:
public abstract int ScoreValue { get; set; }

Inheriting Class:
public override int ScoreValue
{
get
{return 15;} //the value you want to set
set
{}
}

2

Subclasses have full inheritance, so you wouldnt need to declare it again. You can either assign it in a Start method as you would any other variable, or the easier way is to set its value in the inspector.

(Note that private variables are not inherited).