Serialized fields not saving during play

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1

So I’m using Serialize on classes that I want to appear in the inspector. But for some reason when I enter a value for a certain field in the inspector it doesn’t save when I press play.

[Serializable]
public class Items{
	
	public int cost;
	public string itemName;

}

public test : Monobehavior {
public Items potion;

Debug.Log (potion.itemName);
// this shows up as blank

}
2

try this as is (copy-paste). works fine.

SerializableCheck.cs

using System;
using UnityEngine;
[Serializable]
public class Items
{
	public int cost;
	public string itemName;
}
public class SerializableCheck : MonoBehaviour
{
	public Items potion;
	void Start()
	{
		Debug.Log(potion.itemName);
	}
}