Using Enums in Behaviours

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1

Hey,

I somehow can’t use an Enum in my Behaviour, although I’ve seen you guys making use of it in other components. I probably miss something obvious here?

export enum Zones {
  START = 0,
  NEWS = 1,
  SOLUTIONS = 2,
  MACHINE = 3,
}

// Keep list of all zones and provide finder
export class ZoneController extends Behaviour {
  @serializable(Object3D)
  public avatar:GameObject|null = null;

  @serializable(Object3D)
  public vrCamera:GameObject|null = null;

  @serializable()
  public zone: Zones = Zones.NEWS;

Results in:

// NEEDLE_CODEGEN_START
// auto generated code - do not edit directly

#pragma warning disable

namespace Needle.Typescript.GeneratedComponents
{
   public partial class ZoneController : UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour
   {
       public UnityEngine.GameObject @avatar;
       public UnityEngine.GameObject @vrCamera;
       // public Zones @zone; → Could not resolve C# type
   }
}

// NEEDLE_CODEGEN_END

Any ideas on that?

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by user 827095900392259645

2

You have to define the enum type manually in C# (e.g. outside of the NEEDLE_CODEGEN guards)

3

Because codegen does only generate types for components and not any other type at the moment

4

Alright, thank you!

by user 827095900392259645

5

@marwie1 :cactus: Sorry to tag you here - but seeing as youve answered before, could you please elaborate on this? Im facing the same issue and dont follow the response above.

by user 259070246382469121

6

If you created the enum in your typescript code you need to also create it in C# (if it didnt exist there yet).
Meaning: add for example a new C# script somewhere in your project and add the C# enum there. You might need to restart Unity once so the component generator is aware of the new type

7

Ah thank you, it was the restart that was needed.

by user 259070246382469121