I made a pretty basic 2D game to learn. I have 2 Scenes, and switching between them worked great. I used empty gameObjects as Start/Exit point of the Scene, so that the game would know to put player on point X after exiting through point X (for example exit outside house if I walk out the door).
Then I added a "Scene0", to use for persistent general scripts like GameManager, Sounds, Music, etc. With just one object called "Controller" that I DontDestroyOnLoad().
After adding this Scene and then just switching Scenes right away to my MainScene, all of a sudden the game starts acting really strange;
the first time I move from my MainScene (Scene1), to my secondary Scene (Scene2), it works fine, but then when I leave Scene2 to go back to Scene1, the player spawns in the middle of nowhere.
And this ONLY happens if I launch the game from my Persistent Scene.
I have no idea what is wrong, I don't add anything that interferes with my scene transitions, all I've added so far is playerHealth, for testing.
Scripts attached to my (persistent) Controller:
DDOL:
public class DDOL : MonoBehaviour {
// Use this for initialization
void Awake () {
DontDestroyOnLoad (gameObject);
}
}
GameManager:
public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour {
public static GameManager manager;
public int playerMaxHealth;
public int playerCurrentHealth;
void Awake(){
if (manager == null) {
manager = this;
} else if (manager != this) {
Destroy (gameObject);
}
}
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
SceneManager.LoadScene("test_scene");
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
}
}
Scripts attached to my StartPoint:
PlayerStartPoint:
public class PlayerStartPoint : MonoBehaviour {
private PlayerController thePlayer;
private CameraController theCamera;
public Vector2 startDir;
public string pointName;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
thePlayer = FindObjectOfType<PlayerController> ();
if (thePlayer.startPoint == pointName) {
thePlayer.transform.position = transform.position;
thePlayer.lastMove = startDir;
theCamera = FindObjectOfType<CameraController> ();
theCamera.transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, theCamera.transform.position.z);
}
}
}
And finally ExitPoint:
LoadNewArea:
public class LoadNewArea : MonoBehaviour {
public string levelToLoad;
public string exitPoint;
private PlayerController thePlayer;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
thePlayer = FindObjectOfType<PlayerController> ();
}
void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other){
if (other.gameObject.name == "Player")
{
SceneManager.LoadScene(levelToLoad);
thePlayer.startPoint = exitPoint;
}
}
}
EDIT:
After moving all my DDOL gameObject to the Pre-Scene, it worked. So, I can assume the fault is inside Player or Cameras Start() functions since when they start in Scene1 they get called every time I enter the Scene (only DDOL).
I tried adjusting their Start()functions like follows:
Original camera:
void Start () {
Debug.Log("Starting camera");
if (!cameraExists) {
cameraExists = true;
DontDestroyOnLoad (gameObject);}
else{
Destroy (gameObject);
}
}
Changed Camera:
void Start () {
DontDestroyOnLoad (gameObject);
}
The exact same changes was made in Player.
Obviously this doesnt work because it creates a new Camera/Player every time I enter Scene1 (btw why does it not try to create them when I enter Scene2?, is it because they start in Scene1?). HOWEVER, the new player/camera do start at the correct position, and if I zoom out I can see the old player/camera at that same wrong position as before. So something weird happens when their Start() is called a second time it seems.
