Variables being initialized BEFORE Awake ()?? How is it possible?

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This is driving me crazy, and I'm not being able to debug it!!

A few variables declared in a class I've created for a game I'm developing are already initialized IN THE FIRST LINE OF AWAKE, before any code is run in that class!! How is that possible at all? I don't know what I have done wrong, but as an example I have declared an int variable [HideInInspector] public int m_NumberOfPlayers, which is set to "3" and also an Array called [HideInInspector] public PlayerCap [] m_PlayerCaps, which already has a count of "3" when Awake () kicks off.

How is this even possible? Can someone give me a clue or even some kind of hint on how I can debug this?

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Answer by tanoshimi · Nov 20, 2016 at 09:30 PM

public variables are initialised with values assigned in the inspector, not with values set in code. Take off the [HideInInspector] decoration and you'll be able to change that value.

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Owen-Reynolds · Nov 20, 2016 at 09:41 PM 1

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...and if you look in the docs, HideInInspector variables really are serialized. This seems to make no sense, since why would you want them saved if they can't be set in the first place? But you could have an Editor script secretely using them.

tugacoder · Nov 22, 2016 at 10:49 PM 0

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Wow. @tanoshimi can't thank you enough for your help. This was driving me nuts. The reason I declared these variables as public in the first place was because I needed to access them from other scripts. Since I didn't need to set them in the editor, I then added the [HideInInspector] modifier. What I was not aware is that once you set a variable to a value in the editor, even if you later on use the [HideInInspector] modifier and never see the variable again in the editor, it will keep the initial value it was set to anyway. Crazy! Again, kudos for your help!!!

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