/// <summary>
/// Function used by the GameManager to initialize the client's item database.
/// </summary>
static void LoadItemDictionary()
{
ItemPathSerial itemDataCollection = new ItemPathSerial();
try
{
string itemPathJson = CustomTextService.ReadJsonFromResources("JsonData/ItemPathData/itempaths"); //Take all of the item's filepath json file and convert to string
itemDataCollection = CustomTextService.DeSerializeJson <ItemPathSerial>(itemPathJson); //DeSerialize the json
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.LogError(e.ToString());
}
ItemList = new Dictionary <string, ItemBase>(); // Initialize the ItemDatabase Dictionary
foreach (ItemPath item in itemDataCollection.data)
{
ItemBase itembs = (Resources.Load(item.resourcesPath) as GameObject).GetComponent <ItemBase>(); //as simple as it gets
ItemList.Add(item.itemIdentifier, itembs);
}
DebugConsole.LogDev(string.Format("Item Database was succesfully loaded with {0} total items.", ItemList.Count));
}
