[Solved]Adding Universally Available Methods

Questions & Answers
1

There are several utility methods I have for things like calculating where a turret should aim (using factors like projectile velocity and target position), or finding the component of a Vector3 that exists in a plane of reference. I plan to use these methods throughout my game project, so it feels kind of inefficient to have to copy-paste these methods throughout the code, or add a script with these methods to every single object that uses them.

I’d rather have a way to make these functions available like the Mathf functions - as something automatically usable by every script in the project. Does Unity provide any way to do this?

2

There are several ways you can reuse code. If you want something like Mathf, then you want a static class.

Example of static class in C#:

// Static class.
public static class ReusablePackage
{
   // Static function.
   public static DoSomething()
   {
   }
}

Excellent Document on Static Classes

Simplified version of that document:

How do you call a static function inside a static class?

ClassName.FunctionName();
ReusablePackage.DoSomething();

What is a static class?

  • You won’t be able to instantiate that class.
  • You will have a global access point to that class.
  • The class object will exist through the whole execution of the game.