SetActive() not working

[Kurt-Dekker]

I prefer to write these GetComponent parts in the Reset method (and setup proper RequireComponent relationships), so it happens mostly automatically. I don’t like manually dragging and dropping references to other components…

Very smart… I admit to being too lazy most of the time… BUT… occasionally I have even stuck some #if UNITY_EDITOR code in my Reset()s to actually go digging for actual disk assets!!!

Since you mention it, I think I will try to make that a step from now on.

For others wondering what Lurk and I are on about…

Serialized properties in Unity are initialized as a cascade of possible values, each subsequent value (if present) overwriting the previous value:

• what the class constructor makes (either default(T) or else field initializers, eg “what’s in your code”)

• what is saved with the prefab

• what is saved with the prefab override(s)/variant(s)

• what is saved in the scene and not applied to the prefab

• what is changed in Awake(), Start(), or even later etc.

Make sure you only initialize things at ONE of the above levels, or if necessary, at levels that you specifically understand in your use case. Otherwise errors will seem very mysterious.

Here’s the official discussion: Serialization in Unity

Field initializers versus using Reset() function and Unity serialization:

Sensitivity in my MouseLook script.

Whatever value you set and save in your scene or prefab will wipe out the field initializer value you change in the code above. This is a common source of confusion: the object is created, so at that instant in time it has the value you set in code, but before the object is put into use, if Unity has a saved scene or saved prefab that this is already in, then the value saved is overwritten. It's best to remove the initialization value above and instead provide it in a Reset function: publi…

Crouch speed is faster than Movement Speed

If something is public: The instant you add that to your scene / prefab it is 10f … AND THEN IT GETS SERIALIZED. Now go change the value in code. Note that it has no effect: the serialized value writes over the code value. This is how Unity serialization works. If you want to define it in code, make the variable private. If you want to define it in the editor, make it public and DO NOT INITIALIZE IT. Instead, make a Reset function, which ONLY runs at the instant it is added: void Reset(…