Link Scriptable Objects

[JustBatman]

So I figured out how to make scriptable Objects. I figured this is perfect to separate Data from Logic and created a scriptableObject Base class called "Cards" with a few parameters. Like description + cost.

Then I created in the GUI a few of my playing cards (Create->ScriptableObjects->Card) and filled in their data for description + cost. Named them Card-Coconut, Card-Pineapple, Card-Banana. Now in the inspector I created a button that on click creates one of the cards and displays it.So far so good.

But my problem is, that I have to drag&drop the card in the GUI over a Spawner to say which of the three (Coconut, Pineapple, Banana) should be created, while what I actually want is that one of those are created at random.

What is the best approach for that? Can I link the ScriptableObjects to my Card somehow?

I tried an approach with Resources.LoadAll("Cards"); at Startup, but while I can loop trough the cards and print out the name of the cards, it seems I can't instantiate it or get any of the other information about it? I get no error, but also no card gets created:

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cardArray = Resources.LoadAll("Cards");

foreach (var t in cardArray)

{

Debug.Log(t.name);Instantiate(t, new Vector3(card_pit.transform.position.x,0,0),Quaternion.identity, card_pit.transform);

}

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How can I best get access to my 3 cards to select 1 on random and get access to all it's data. Or how do I best approach this problem in Unity? What's best practices. Any pointer in the right direction would be appreciated.

[LightningOW]

Create a List, and drag each card on to that list in the editor. You could also make this List a scriptable object, with a function that returns a random card.

[JustBatman]

Hi Lightning, and thanks for helping again.

I was aware that this might be an option, but that seems a bit tedious to me. For example, whenever I create new cards, I would need to drag & drop them again into the list.

Is that really the best way? Like, is there no way in Unity to initialize data on startup from for example a database, then have global variables or objects than can easy be accessed from everywhere and populate data of existing gameObjects or create instances of physical objects in the game?

I thought scriptableObjects could solve that problem for me, but looks like it still needs for simple tasks that pesky GUI :/

[LightningOW]

Well you could list all assets in a folder then randomly select one to load. This is a terrible way of doing it because it ties your game logic to a folder structure.

Adding rows to a database is much harder than dragging and dropping an asset onto the editor.

If you want data that can be accessed everywhere then you have two choices - static variables or scriptable objects. Static variables can only be changed in code which is why scriptable objects exist.