C#•4y ago

need help with properties and their setters

i have a property for a transform that holds several values, including position. and i have a setter block to handle logic that if the positional values were to be moved, any child object should move accordingly with it. however when i call

myObject.Transform.position = new Vector2(7, 2);

myObject.Transform.position = new Vector2(7, 2);

myObject.Transform.position = new Vector2(7, 2);

myObject.Transform.position = new Vector2(7, 2); it does not invoke the setter method of the gameobjects transform property.

any advice would be quite lovely. The setter method is not yet finished, but i got stuck with this.

ero•11/15/22, 8:56 AM

the set block is executed when you set the transform

ero•11/15/22, 8:56 AM

the transform's setter doesn't care about what you do inside the transform

ero•11/15/22, 8:57 AM

i'm not sure this is even how you're meant to do it

ero•11/15/22, 8:57 AM

i would imagine there's a built-in thing in unity that moves all children of a transform along with their parent

Pobiega•11/15/22, 10:12 AM

The transform setter is indeed not invoked when you do

myObject.Transform.position = new Vector2(7, 2);

myObject.Transform.position = new Vector2(7, 2);

the getter is however, and then the positionposition on that object is changed.

Tvde1•11/15/22, 10:35 AM

it's really dangerous to put odd logic in setters, people won't expect it

Tvde1•11/15/22, 10:35 AM

if you could, I would recommend to make transform get only, and create a method to update the transform with information

ero•11/15/22, 10:35 AM

nobody needs to expect it

ero•11/15/22, 10:35 AM

it's a unity game

ero•11/15/22, 10:35 AM

no one else is using this code

Tvde1•11/15/22, 10:36 AM

I wouldn't see that as a good reason to write code I think is "bad code"

Tvde1•11/15/22, 10:36 AM

just because it's likely no other human will see it

Eero i'm not sure this is even how you're meant to do it

TheSnowOwlOP•11/15/22, 11:58 AM

hmm, strange, as if I try to set a value within a get only property it says that I can ot assign values...

Eero it's a unity game

TheSnowOwlOP•11/15/22, 11:58 AM

it's not unity :) it's something I'm making for myself tho, so indeed no one else will use this

TheSnowOwlOP•11/15/22, 12:00 PM

anyway... if there is no build in way of doing this I'll find another way to do this. thanks a bunch everyone!

need help with properties and their setters

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