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c#unity-game-engineprefab

Load an array with prefabs programatically without inspector

I am following a tetris tutorial when it called for an array of prefabs as a part of the spawner object. The spawner would randomly create the shapes, such as the I shape, the T shape, etc. These shapes are prefabs.

public class Spawner : MonoBehaviour {
    public GameObject[] blocks;

    //...
}

This setup would make a custom field in the Inspector, where I can put in all the shapes that could spawn. However, this got me thinking, what if I have 1000 shapes? Surely there's a better way than filling in 1000 prefabs? Can I initialize the array without the Inspector?

Thank you for your time.

Solution

  • Using the Inspector this is actually pretty easy:

    Select your 1000 prefabs -> drag&drop them all onto the name of the list/array in the Inspector

    => they all get added as new elements to the list/array (afaik in the order they were selected) ... what could be easier than that? ;)