Is there a listener event to detect if an object is set to inactive from active state or to active from inactive state? I do not want to add it in Update as there will be multiple calls and it would affect my game's performance. So is there an alternative for this?
public GameObject Go_1;
public GameObject Go_2;
void Update () {
if (Go_1.activeSelf) {
} else if (Go_2.activeSelf) {
}
}
Yes, try with OnEnable and OnDisable.
// Implement OnDisable and OnEnable script functions.
// These functions will be called when the attached GameObject
// is toggled.
// This example also supports the Editor. The Update function
// will be called, for example, when the position of the
// GameObject is changed.
using UnityEngine;
[ExecuteInEditMode]
public class PrintOnOff : MonoBehaviour
{
void OnDisable()
{
Debug.Log("PrintOnDisable: script was disabled");
}
void OnEnable()
{
Debug.Log("PrintOnEnable: script was enabled");
}
void Update()
{
#if UNITY_EDITOR
Debug.Log("Editor causes this Update");
#endif
}
}
You could implement something using the Update method like e.g.
public class ActiveSelfWatcher : MonoBehaviour
{
private Dictionary<ActiveSelfProvider, bool> _lastActiveSelfState = new Dictionary<ActiveSelfProvider, bool>();
private void OnObjectBecameActive(GameObject obj)
{
Debug.Log($"{obj.name} became active!", this);
}
private void OnObjectBecameInactive(GameObject obj)
{
Debug.Log($"{obj.name} became inactive!", this);
}
private void Update()
{
// Iterate through all registered instances of ActiveSelfProvider
foreach(var provider in ActiveSelfProvider.Instances)
{
// pre-cache the GameObject reference
var obj = provider.gameObject;
// pre-cache the current activeSelf state
var currentActive = obj.activeSelf;
if(!_lastActiveSelfState.TryGetValue(provider))
{
// we don't know this provider until now
// TODO here you have to decide whether you want to call the events now once for this provider or not
// TODO otherwise it is only called for providers you already know and changed their state
}
if(currentActive != _lastActiveSelfState[provider])
{
// the state is not the one we stored for this instance
// => it changed its states since the last frame
// Call the according "event"
if(currentActive)
{
OnObjectBecameActive(obj);
}
else
{
OnObjectBecameInactive(obj);
}
}
// store the current value
_lastActiveSelfState[provider] = currentActive;
}
}
}
This is your watcher class you currently already have anyway.
Then on all the objects you want to be able to watch you use
public class ActiveSelfProvider : MonoBehaviour
{
private static readonly HashSet<ActiveSelfProvider> instances = new HashSet<ActiveSelfProvider>();
public static HashSet<ActiveSelfProvider> Instances => new HashSet<ActiveSelfProvider>(instances);
private void Awake()
{
// register your self to the existing instances
instances.Add(this);
}
private void OnDestroy()
{
// remove yourself from the existing instances
instances.Remove(this);
}
}
If this is "efficient enough" for you use case you would have to test ;)
If you want to go super fancy, someone once made a Transform Interceptor .. a quite nasty hack which on compile time overrules parts of the Unity built-in Transform property setters to hook in callbacks.
One probably could create something like this also for SetActive ;)
Note: Typed on smartphone but I hope the idea gets clear