[SOLVED] C# Keeping static variables set in/from Unity editor

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Hello there thanks for reading,

so yeah this is probably quite a beginner question since I only started using Unity very recently. I’ve worked with the c sharp scripting language before, so I’m not completely new to scripting.
Well now I’ve got a script set up on an empty gameobject in my scene in which I can change both several numeric values as strings for a custom editor I made that allows me to place 2d sprites in a tile-like manner. Things like: a String that holds a variable that defines the path where Unity would be able to fined prefab tiles for me to place them, several numeric values for like brush size and layerdepth… I can change these in the inspector of said gameobject and it manages to keep those while I’m editing my scene. But as soon as I try out my game by pressing the play game button I lose my static variable values…

I have the following in my script which is attached to my gameobject:

LevelLogic.tilePath = EditorGUILayout.TextField(“Tile Path”, LevelLogic.tilePath);

Where LevelLogic is a class with several other static variables I’d like to keep at all times. “tilePath” is a static variable in said class.

As I said it’s possible I’m just stupid and forgot something important, being a newbie at Unity as I am. I believe I can grasp why this is happening, but I don’t know how to look up this problem, sorry.

Extra:
-) I tried changing the LevelLogic class in a static one
-) the game object itself static in the Unity Editor

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OK I think Ifound a similar thread :

So editorprefs doesn’t give me the functionality Im looking for...I guess the best way to do this is to write all my "static" variables and objects to a file and load it back from it once I need them again. Any alternatives? Also I havent been able to look into the API yet but are there functions that are called when gamemode starts and ends, but I’ll search through the API right away. Thanks.

EDIT: Looks like I would be able to do this with a script with:
[Executineditmode]
The Start() function, gets called when both game AND editor starts in Unity
And last but not least with the bool Application.isPlaying

EDIT: 20/09 I pretty much solved this inconvenience by having my variables saved to a unique per scene file before I enter game mode and having it load again when I enter edit mode… So yeah I consider this solved :slight_smile:

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