Editting a custom javascript class in the inspector

Question

Hey guys! Is there any way to edit a custom class like

 var animals : Animals[];
     
 class Animals {
     var dog : Transform;
     var neighbour : Transform;
     var otherAnimal : Animals;
 }

because everything except the otherAnimal var works fine. I can edit the array trough the inspector, edit all of the elements separately but the otherAnimal variable is not visible.

David

Answer 1

Best Answer

Answer by Eric5h5 · Mar 10, 2012 at 06:39 PM

That's because it's infinitely recursive. Are you sure you want a class where one of the members refers to the class?

Add comment · Show 3 · Share

DavidDebnar · Mar 10, 2012 at 06:48 PM 0

Share

Well...I can do it without it anyways, but are you saying that there is no way to do that?

Eric5h5 · Mar 10, 2012 at 07:13 PM 0

Share

I'm saying I can't imagine why you would want to do that. ;) In your class Animals, otherAnimals is of type Animals, which contains dog + neighbour + otherAnimals, which contains dog + neighbour + otherAnimals, which contains dog + neighbour + otherAnimals, and so on forever. That can't be displayed in the inspector, because it's infinitely nested and so would require an infinite amount of memory.

DavidDebnar · Mar 10, 2012 at 07:30 PM 0

Share

Oh, I see. I just understood how stupid I was :)!

Editting a custom javascript class in the inspector

1 Reply

Your answer

Welcome to Unity Answers

Follow this Question

Related Questions