/// initialization
void Start()
{
/// We find the master XMLObject storing a ref of its script XMLSerializerScript by name, as it exists outside of the UI making heirarchy target impossible.
/// Performance heavy, naming dependent, no alternative to access something outside root.
MyXML = GameObject.Find("XMLObject").gameObject.GetComponent <XMLSerializerScript>();
/// Next we cycle through each character loaded by the XMLObject.
foreach (Character a in MyXML.MyCharacters.CharacterList)
{
/// we grab our prefab gameObject with the CharItemScript attached.
GameObject newCharItem = Resources.Load("Char_Item") as GameObject;
///newCharItem.GetComponent<CharItemScript>().CharItem = a; /// Doesn't Work here... UPDATE: too early in stack to call load data below.
/// set the name of the object for easier inspector identification at run time. no other affect.
newCharItem.GetComponent <CharItemScript>().CharacterName = a.Name;
/// bring the Object into the world at the position ofthe character list.
GameObject BuildObject = Instantiate(newCharItem, CharListTransform.position, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
/// pass the data to the sub component of our new UI character list object.
BuildObject.GetComponent <CharItemScript>().CharItem = a; /// works here ??? UPDATE: This component does not initialize until parent object instantiated.
/// set the parent of the new object to the character list transform to nest it into the UI panel.
BuildObject.transform.SetParent(CharListTransform);
/// keep running track of all objects.
CharObjects.Add(BuildObject);
}
}
private void Awake()
{
DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
if (!Ins)
{
Ins = this;
}
else
{
Destroy(this);
}
}