Resources.Load doesn't grab values of my child class

Question

I have a parent class Unit, and child classes melee unit/ranged unit. The parent class holds uninitialized fields such as health, damage, etc. the child class sets the values of these fields in an Awake function.

In another script, I have a Start method:

void Start(){
    gridX=5;
    gridY=5;
    for (int i = 0; i<(gridY*gridX);i++){
        allies.Add(new GameObject());
    }
    AddUnits();
    SetupGrid();


}

AddUnits looks like this:

void AddUnits(){
        allies[0] = (GameObject) Resources.Load ("Units/melee unit");
        allies[1] = (GameObject) Resources.Load ("Units/ranged unit);
        number = 2;
    }

The resources loaded are prefab gameobjects containing their respective melee unit or ranged unit script (both which derives from base class Unit)However, when I check the health value of the gameobjects allies, they're always 0. Can anyone help me figure out why?

Jeremiah Leslie · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 06:42:22Z

4

When a Resource is Loaded its not actually Instantiated and added to the Scene so Awake() is never called. Change your code to something like the following:

allies[0] = Instantiate(Resources.Load("Units/melee unit", typeof(GameObject))) as GameObject;

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answered Jun 16, 2015 at 6:42

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