/// <summary>
/// Verifies that the selected projectile is properly configured
/// to be used in engine as a projectile
/// </summary>
/// <returns>true if the specified projectile prefab has been loaded by the GameManager</returns>
private bool VerifyProjectile()
{
if (Manager.ResourceCacheContains(ProjectileAssetName)) // the specified projectile prefab has already been loaded by the game manager
{
_Projectile = Manager.GetResourceCacheItemByName(ProjectileAssetName) as Projectile;
if (_Projectile == null)
{
Debug.LogError("Unable to acquire reference to projectile prefab from GameManager");
return(false);
}
return(true);
}
return(false); // for now. later we might want to trigger the GameManager to load this asset, possible asyncronously.
}