How To Use Scriptable Objects in Unity

In this video we take a look at how to use scriptable objects, what they're for and why you might want to use them.

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[TheNamesJT]

would love to see a more in depth tutorial series about scriptable object

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This is the most concise explanation of scriptable objects.

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[RaoulWB]

Wonderful video! It's surprising how much valuable information you were able to cram into 4 minutes. Extremely useful for those who might already know about the subject but don't know the neat more advanced use scenarios like nesting and doing more than just storing variables.

[halivudestevez]

This is the best tut about Scriptable Objects. Now I almost understand it.

[dekosoft]

It took me a while to grasp that a gameObject using SO has to reference it as public, but after inspecting your code I figured it out.

[ArtisticaD]

great simple and direct intro to the nature of SO

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[JonesSeries]

(new to unity) I would love to see more about Scriptable Objects, I have been thinking of an easy way to add, remove and organize content in a game idea I have.
Basic idea is that each character would be a scriptable object, all having the same required assets and info, then with a character manager scriptable object would store all of the characters in a single list that would make it easy to set the cost and if the character is visable in the store.
idk how far this could go, but I could also create a Store manager Scriptable object that connects all of the managers like character manager, weapon manager, banner/avatar manager, etc. this could have even more up level controls like 50% discount on all weapons.

[MrTybex]

Very concise!! That's good, but I would like to know more! Love your videos.

[huyopo]

Scriptable Objects can be used for components to talk to eachother if they have the same Scriptable Object.

Scriptable objects can also hold the logic of a Monobehaviour. Enabling you to share behaviours or quickly change between behaviours without changing the component.
Using Custom Property drawers and reflection you can make a popup field that shows all scriptable objects that derive from a given base scriptable and automatically creates that objects for you in a defined folder(that also saves you the tedious work of everytime creating an asset menu, even if you just need the object once)

Scriptable objects also can save Playmode Data (only in editor)

There are a lot more usecases than just using them as dataobjects, and it's quite a shame that not more people use them or just use them to a limited degree.

[LaCreArthur]

Really loved to see so much informations delivered in 4 minutes yet in an extremely chill way <3

[gavn]

I’m currently using Scriptable Objects for a dialogue system in my RPG game! I’ve made a custom editor for them, too!