#also mind if we continue this tomorrow
tawny wasp
Ok.
fast quiver
hello, are you currently avaliable @tawny wasp ?
fast quiver
@tawny wasp I made a delegate array for my skill list https://gdl.space/oxoyivayaq.cs
tawny wasp
<@209684227720085505> I made a delegate array for my skill list https://gdl.spa...
Why..?
fast quiver
didn't you say to make an array for my skills?
tawny wasp
Yes, but weren't your skills scriptable objects?
fast quiver
ah well....I decided that SO's aren't really helpful here
it felt like I was just over complicating everything
fast quiver
Yes, but weren't your skills scriptable objects?
that wont be a problem will it?
tawny wasp
that wont be a problem will it?
Well, it doesn't solve any of your problems does it?
Where are you gonna store skill data?
And what exactly do you plan to do with these delegates?
tawny wasp
I put them on the character prefabs
The delegates?
Do you understand what a delegate is?
fast quiver
function containers?
tawny wasp
Okay, let's say so. And how do expect them to hold any data?
fast quiver
the methods I made will hold the data
tawny wasp
Methods don't hold data. At best they hold temp data required for the method processing or hardcoded constants.
fast quiver
how do they not hold data? like my attack_one method
tawny wasp
That's the method yes. How do you expect to get a skill sprite out of it for example?
fast quiver
ah, it only holds at the moment data
and since its not in update nothing can be called over and over, only once when pulled
fast quiver
That's the method yes. How do you expect to get a skill sprite out of it for exa...
yeah this wasn't a good approach huh?
should I have done SO's?
tawny wasp
First of all, approach to what? What problem are you trying to solve with it?
fast quiver
skill storage
tawny wasp
skill storage
It doesn't hold a skil. It holds a method. At best it's the behavior of the skin. What about other type of data, like the sprite?
fast quiver
It doesn't hold a skil. It holds a method. At best it's the behavior of the skin...
oh I see, methods usually only do one thing, it doesn't have enough data to also hold image data or hypothetically animation
tawny wasp
Yes.
fast quiver
crap, what can I do?
tawny wasp
Well, you've been suggested to use SOs.
The other method is to define a plain class that contains the skill data and initialize it on the character prefab. In either way, you'll need to use interfaces of inheritance to define the actual behavior of the skill.
fast quiver
how would the SO's work?
tawny wasp
SOs are basically classes that you can serialize as assets.
Same as MonoBehaviour on gameObjects, but without gameObjects. They can live just as files in your assets folder. That's why they're useful for defining static data and referencing it from wherever you want.
fast quiver
So uh…I’ve actually decided on some design changes
fast quiver
SOs are basically classes that you can serialize as assets.
Same as MonoBehaviou...
I still will do SO’s for skills, but things are much more simpler
tawny wasp
Okay
fast quiver
Im throwing away the idea of a skill menu or item menu that generates buttons, too complicated
The buttons mainly just puts SO’s into queue
tawny wasp
So what's the difference with what you planned before? The buttons are preexisting objects now?
fast quiver
So what's the difference with what you planned before? The buttons are preexisti...
Bingo
tawny wasp
Ok, so what's the actual question?
fast quiver
Well it’s more about the SO’s since the Queue is just a gameobjecy array, I’m not sure on how to do the SO’s now
fast quiver
Just change the generic type of the queue🤷♂️
No I meant the SO’s themselves
tawny wasp
No I meant the SO’s themselves
What about them..?
Please ask whole questions. I'm kinda tired of playing the guessing game...
fast quiver
Well I’m not sure what to fill into the SO’s, my idea for the queue is to use empty game objects to represent the array and they would change if there was an SO was assigned, so from what I believe would I assign an SO to a gameobject in this case, and have it filled with just image data and on execute, or an SO not attached to anything and still have all that?
tawny wasp
Well I’m not sure what to fill into the SO’s, my idea for the queue is to use em...
Why do you need an empty go if your goal is to get access to the SOs in the end? Just have a queue of your SOs. And I don't understand the second part of your question. You add whatever data you need to the SO.
fast quiver
Why do you need an empty go if your goal is to get access to the SOs in the end?...
The Empty GO are meant to represent slots for the skills, to show what skills are selected and the order they will go in, the timeline will show an image of the assigned skill as well