ScriptableObject allocates memory if the link is empty?

[unity_5fpsmegasupergiperprogramer]

Tell me how to do it in terms of memory optimization.

I have a vehicle script. Only one vehicle has a weapon. I want to make a script of weapons. How best to keep a link to it? What would the vehicles without weapons have, was not the allocation of extra memory?

As an option to make a script of weapons “ScriptableObject”. And I add the variable “public VehicleWeapon weapon” to the script of the vehicle itself. If the field is empty, will the memory be allocated?

[palex-nx]

It sounds like you just need a private variable and a prefab variant.

[Baste]

@unity_5fpsmegasupergiperprogramer

As an option to make a script of weapons “ScriptableObject”. And I add the variable “public VehicleWeapon weapon” to the script of the vehicle itself. If the field is empty, will the memory be allocated?

There’s no memory cost difference between that field having a value or not. In either case it’s just a pointer- either a pointer to the SO, or a pointer to null.

A pointer’s 8 bytes, so if you have 1000 of these vehicles, the additional memory cost of the public field is 8 kilobytes. Ie. you’ll live.

[unity_5fpsmegasupergiperprogramer]

@Baste

There’s no memory cost difference between that field having a value or not. In either case it’s just a pointer- either a pointer to the SO, or a pointer to null.

A pointer’s 8 bytes, so if you have 1000 of these vehicles, the additional memory cost of the public field is 8 kilobytes. Ie. you’ll live.

Thx!