Panel with Values From Array

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Hello,

I’m attempting to create a character stats screen for a tactical RPG type game where you can look through all of your units and see their stats in one page.

I have the roster of the characters as below:

 public class Roster : MonoBehaviour {

public int characters;
public BaseCharacter[] characterRoster;

void Start () {
    characterRoster = new BaseCharacter[characters];
    
    for (int i = 0; i < characters; i++)
    {          
        characterRoster *= new BaseCharacter();*

//defining stats
characterRoster*.characterName = “name:” + i.ToString();*
}
* }*
}
and I’d like to make it so that a panel gets a child panel for each character in the roster with the various character variables I have and will be adding in:
public class BaseCharacter : MonoBehaviour {
public string characterName;
}
If anyone could help, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time.

2

First you cannot do new BaseCharacter(); because BaseCharacter is a MonoBehaviour class which is not allowed.

So you will either need to create a separate character data class which is used by the BaseCharacter class or make the BaseCharacter class a generic class.

You can however do this

public class CharacterData
{
    public string characterName;
    // add any other character stats here
    // e.g.
    public int strength;
    public int dexterity;
    public int intelligence;
    public int resistance;
    public int vitality;
    public int criticalHitChance;
    public int criticalHitDamage;
}


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

public class Roster : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int characters;
    public List<CharacterData> characterRoster = new List<CharacterData>();

    public GameObject parentCanvas;
    public GameObject characterPanelPrefab;

    void Start ()
    {
        if (parentCanvas == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("parentCanvas is not set in the inspector. Please set before continuing");
        }
        if (characterPanelPrefab == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("characterPanelPrefab is not set in the inspector. Please set before continuing");
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < characters; i++)
        {          
            CharacterData character = new CharacterData();
            character.characterName = "name:" + i.ToString(); 
            
            // add any other character stats here
            // e.g.
            strength = (int)Random.Range(20, 50);
            dexterity = (int)Random.Range(20, 50);
            intelligence = (int)Random.Range(20, 50);
            resistance = (int)Random.Range(20, 50);
            vitality = (int)Random.Range(20, 50);
            criticalHitChance = (int)Random.Range(20, 40);
            criticalHitDamage = (int)Random.Range(20, 40);

            characterRoster.Add(character);
            AddCharacterPanel(character);
        }
    }

    void AddCharacterPanel(CharacterData character)
    {
        GameObject spawnedObj = Instantiate(characterPanelPrefab);

        // make the spawned panel a child of the parentCanvas
	    spawnedObj.transform.SetParent(parentCanvas.transform, false);
        
        // you need to do this for each item in your CharacterData class that you want on the panel
        // e.g.
        
        // get a GameObject named "Name" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("Name"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("Name").GetComponent<Text>() = character.characterName;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "Strength" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("Strength"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("Strength").GetComponent<Text>() = character.strength;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "Dexterity" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("Dexterity"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("Dexterity").GetComponent<Text>() = character.dexterity;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "Intelligence" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("Intelligence"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("Intelligence").GetComponent<Text>() = character.intelligence;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "Resistance" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("Resistance"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("Resistance").GetComponent<Text>() = character.resistance;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "Vitality" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("Vitality"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("Vitality").GetComponent<Text>() = character.vitality;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "CriticalHitChance" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("CriticalHitChance"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("CriticalHitChance").GetComponent<Text>() = character.criticalHitChance;
        }

        // get a GameObject named "CriticalHitDamage" under the spawned prefab GameObject (must have a Text component attached)
        if (spawnedObj.transform.Find("CriticalHitDamage"))
        {
            spawnedObj.transform.Find("CriticalHitDamage").GetComponent<Text>() = character.criticalHitDamage;
        }
    }
}

Depending on your panel structure tou will need to create a UI prefab something like the one listed below (based on the data above)

UI Panel Object
    UI Text Object - name: "Name"
    UI Text Object - name: "Strength"
    UI Text Object - name: "Dexterity"
    UI Text Object - name: "Intelligence"
    UI Text Object - name: "Resistance"
    UI Text Object - name: "Vitality"
    UI Text Object - name: "CriticalHitChance"
    UI Text Object - name: "CriticalHitDamage"