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Question by godfreyidk · Oct 01, 2019 at 08:25 AM · scriptableobjectassetdatabase

How to "Lock" scriptable objects from losing their [SerializeField] values

Hello all,

I have several "parent" scriptable objects whose serialized field i occasionally assign via an editor tool. The type of the assigned value is also a scriptable object, and has only one instance since the type holds no state -it only has a void method. But every time i instantiate a "parent" scriptable object, and assign its serialized (scriptable object type) field with that one scriptable object instance, the earlier initialized "parent" then loses its assigned field value. Could this be because i'm trying to assign the same scriptable object instance to several instance fields? I thought this is one of the reasons for why you might want to use scriptable objects? Please help.

Here's a representation of the instantiation and initialization code:

 public static void Setup(string parentID)
 {
     string parentName = _parentNamePrefix + parentID + ".asset";
     
     string[] parentNames = Directory.GetFiles(_pathOfParents, parentName);
     bool parentExists = parentNames.Length > 0;
     if ( parentExists )
     {
         Debug.Log($"Parent Existed, Did Not Instantiate!");
         return;                
     }
     
     string finalParentName = _pathOfParents + _parentNamePrefix + ".asset";
 
     _parentScriptableObj = CreateInstance<ParentScriptableObj>();
     
     AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(_parentScriptableObj, finalParentName);
     
     
     if ( !_parentScriptableObj ) return;
     
     string scriptableMethodName = _pathOfValue + ".asset";
     
     ScriptableMethod scriptableMethod = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<ScriptableMethod>(scriptableMethodName);
 
     if ( !scriptableMethod )
     {
         Debug.Log($"Could not retrieve scriptable method!");
         return;
     }
     
     _parentScriptableObj.Method = scriptableMethod;
 }
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