So I've been working on a state machine for a player character in a Unity game, and thought a hierarchical system would work well. However, I'm having some trouble getting methods to traverse the inheritance chain. If someone could point out my mistake for me, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Here's my PlayerScript : Monobehavior script:
public PlayerState State;
public void Start() {
State = new StoppedState();
State.Enter(this);
}
public void Update() {
State.Update(this);
}
And here are the PlayerStates:
public class PlayerState {
public virtual PlayerState Update(PlayerScript player) {
Debug.Log("Blorp");
return null;
}
public virtual void Enter(PlayerScript player) {}
}
public class LowPriorityState : PlayerState {
public new virtual PlayerState Update(PlayerScript player) {
Debug.Log("Blop");
PlayerState newState = base.Update(player);
//Do state stuff, determine if state should change
return newState;
}
}
public class StoppedState : LowPriorityState {
public override PlayerState Update(PlayerScript player) {
Debug.Log("Blip");
PlayerState newState = base.Update(player);
//Do state stuff, determine if state should change
return newState;
}
public override void Enter(PlayerScript player) {
Debug.Log("Entered Stopped State");
}
}
The expected output after 1 frame is:
Entered Stopped State
Blip
Blop
Blorp
but instead I'm getting:
Entered Stopped State
Blorp
...which is completely baffling, because it's clearly using the overridden "Enter" method but not using the overridden "Update" method. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it?
