SerializeReference doesn’t work in custom task

[veryhotshark]

Hi I have a problem with my interface/class field not serializing like in normal unity inspector.

I have a case where I have a base class called Skill and there are a lot sub classes inheriting from it.

I wanted to create one custom Task called Cast Skill with field type “Skill”. When using SerializeReference in normal unity script it serializes correctly and let me pick one of the all subclasses of Skill and edit their unique properties.

But when I have the same field inside my Task it doesn’t serialize it and I have to specify exactly what type of skill it is in order to modify it.

I know I can change them to scriptable objects and have them dragged but I didnt want to create so many assets and have them inlined as class.

My questions is, is there any way to bypass it or force NodeCanvas to use unity serializer  for SerialozeReference?

Thank you

 

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[Gavalakis]

Hello there,

Unfortunately SerializeReference is not supported in NodeCanvas serialization since NodeCanvas is using a different serializer and thus this kind of feature will need to be implemented in the NodeCanvas serialization anew if something similar is to be supported. I have noted your request to look at this. It should not be difficult to implement something similar.

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[veryhotshark]

Hi Thank you for reply,
Is there and ETA for an update supproting this or could you please help me implement somethjing similar right now? I quite need this since it woul make my setup 10 times faster
thank you

[veryhotshark]

Hi,
it’s been a long time and I wanted to ask again is there some ETA for that Update?
I really need this feature and I don’t know should I look somewhere else or wait for an udpate
Thank you

[Gavalakis]

Hello again,

I just created a Property Drawer which when used on a field, it will popup a selection of the field type implementations and create an instance of that selection. If you want to try it now please do the following:

1) Open up DrawerAttributes.cs and add this code somewhere within the namespace:

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[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field)]     public class ReferenceFieldAttribute : DrawerAttribute { }

2) Open up AttributeDrawers.cs and add this code somewhere within the namespace as well:

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public class ReferenceFieldDrawer : AttributeDrawer<ReferenceFieldAttribute>     {         public override object OnGUI(GUIContent content, object instance)         {             var options = ReflectionTools.GetImplementationsOf(fieldInfo.FieldType);             var selection = EditorUtils.Popup<System.Type>(content, instance != null? instance.GetType() : fieldInfo.FieldType, options);             if (selection == null){ return instance = null; }               if (instance == null || instance.GetType() != selection ) {                 if (!typeof(UnityEngine.Object).IsAssignableFrom(selection)){                     return System.Activator.CreateInstance(selection);                 }             }             EditorGUI.indentLevel++;             EditorUtils.ReflectedObjectInspector(instance, contextUnityObject);             EditorGUI.indentLevel--;             return instance;         }     }

You can then use the [ReferenceField] attribute on your custom task interface type fields.
Please let me know how this works for you.

Thank you.

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