MultiTags Released!

Multi Tags is a reimplimentation of the Unity tag system to allow for multiple tags on the same game object.
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60% off during December!
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Current Price: $5

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FEATURES

• Multiple Tags on Gamebjects
• Case insensitive tag checking
• Extends unity tags
• Fast
• Add tags at runtime
• Remove Tags at runtime
• Easy to use in-editor inspector
• Source Included
• PlayMaker Support! 5 Custom Actions New in 2.0
• MultiTags.FindWithMultiTag("string"); New in 2.0
• MultiTags.FindGameObjectsWithMultiTag("string"); New in 2.0
• MultiTags.FindGameObjectsWithMultiTagCount("string"); New in 2.0

CODE EXAMPLES

Code (CSharp):

1. void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
2. {
3. /* gameObject.HasTag(string) will be the most common method
4. use it anywhere you need to check the tag status. It will return
5. True or False.
6. */
7.    if (col.gameObject.HasTag ("Enemy")) {
8.  
9.     //Magic here
10.  
11.     }
12. }

Code (CSharp):

1. public void Start()
2. {
3. /*Note: During Awake() the standard unity tag is by default passed into the MultiTag List
4. automatically if MultiTags Is attached to the GameObject. You also have full source to
5. change it around anyway you like.
6.  
7. Note 2: When using AddTag() It will first check to see if the MultiTags Component
8. is Attached to the Gameobject, If it returns Null it will add MultiTags Automatically to the
9. GameObject and then pass through the new string to the list.
10. The new Local tag list will most likely contain 2 tags, the first being
11. the string you added and the second being the standard unity tag that
12. gets added on awake. Unity standard Tags were added out of
13. convenience to the developer, but feel free to ignore them.
14.  
15. */
16.   gameObject.AddTag("Hero");
17.  
18. }

Code (CSharp):

1. public void Death()
2. {
3.  
4.   gameObject.RemoveTag("Alive");
5.  
6. }

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. /* 3 New Lookup Commands in 2.0 */
4. public void Start()
5. {
6.  
7. //Returns One GameObject
8. GameObject go = MultiTags.FindWithMultiTag("ElderBeast");
9.  
10. //Returns GameObject Array - null if empty
11. GameObject[] gos = MultiTags.FindGameObjectsWithMultiTag("Beast");
12.  
13. //Returns GameObject Array Size
14. int amount = MultiTags.FindGameObjectsWithMultiTagCount("Beast");
15.  
16. }
17.  
18. }

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!
If you would love to try out MultiTags to see if it is worth buying send me a PM and I will send you the full package download.

SUPPORT
Need help? Have Questions? Have sweet feature request ideas?

Use this forum post, and/or
PM: charmandermon
Email: Dustin@base75DOTCOM

 

This seems very useful.

 

Thanks! I am in the process of loading code snippets to show the API. I don't know how many times over the years I have needed this exact tool...as they say..."Necessity is the mother of invention".

 

There's free solution that does the same thing: Tag frenzy
Can you describe advantages of your asset over it?

 

Never used Tag Frenzy, I will try it out and get back to you.

 

Alrighty so I have gone in depth through Tag Frenzy. While they do appear similar I feel they are both different and unique packages and I really like one of the features of it.

Pros of Tag Frenzy -
Enum Tag Generator (really cool idea to help make coding easier - instead of using strings as tags)(I would like to add this soon)
Cool Name

Pros of MultiTags -
Extends and uses unity's existing tag on a gameobject on awake
Extremely intuitive editor interface
Runtime Add and Remove Tags on objects
Doesn't need the component attached to add a tag at runtime
Can have tags exist on an object local list without existing on the Global list
Tiny 11kb package
Case insensitive tag searching (enemy == Enemy == ENemY)
Quality support (I can't imagine a free asset getting much support, nothing against tag frenzy)

 

Hello, so I am considering this asset, but I am wondering, is there a new "FindGameObjectsWithTag()" function (what is it/syntax?), or does it work with the old one?

Thank you

 

That is a great suggestion MastrrKoder, I don't have any of the look ups in the API yet because I haven't had a need for them yet but it should be a cake walk to add in the next version!

Also if anyone is interested I would be totally happy in letting anyone try out the package to see if they want to buy a license. Just PM me and I will send you a full copy. I fully believe it will be useful in many many applications. I wish more software was try before you buy.

Thanks,
Dustin

 

Alright, I'll be glad to see it in the future, and will probably buy this asset after it has that functionality

I agree with you there, more stuff should have try before you buy functionality, I will probably PM to try before I buy it, but once it has FindGameObjectsWithTags() functionality, I might just outright buy it, it will then have everything I need from it

Thank you very much, I look forward to the next update!

 

FindGameObjectsWithTag
Returns a list of active GameObjects tagged tag. Returns empty array if no GameObject was found.

FindWithTag
Returns one active GameObject tagged tag. Returns null if no GameObject was found.


I assume you would like both ^ of these implemented. The first will return an array/list with no sorting. I can also have an option to search the scene for only existing MultiTag GameObjects or searching all combined GameObjects utilizing unity's tag system as well. Need anything else?

 

Yes, I would like both of those.
That sounds good.
Not that I can think of at the moment, that pretty much covers it I think.

Thank you

 

I think i have it done, going to do some testing and then get it submitted this week to the store.

 

Yay!

Thanks for the update, I'm looking forward to it

 

I assume I have to put the multitags folder into the plugins folder in order to using it with javascript. Is that correct ?

 

No clue haven't used JS in 2 years in unity. But I bet that is all you have to do, mainly for the compilation order.

 

Hello again,

I am wondering if you have got the FindGameObjectsWithTag functionality submitted yet?
If you have, would you please show an example of how it works with the MultiTags? (Might want to put the example in the main post text)

Thank you

 

Had to be a dad this weekend...I have one small road block then I should be able to submit it really quick, I will post examples of both new methods as soon as I submit it!

 

Could you post, also, the asset documentation, please?

 

You got it!

 

Where?

 

hi
does this work with playmaker? so for example, if i do a find game object with tag action, will it work the same as if it were searching for a unity tag?

many thanks

 

I think this asset has been abandoned by the author.

 

thats strange because its in the 24 hour sale and its only been released a short time ago - Version: 1 (Sep 18, 2014)

 

Definitely not abandoned by the author...lol?, it is spreading its own wings just fine. I haven't tested on playmaker yet but I do love playmaker and Don't see why not. Playmaker has a pretty fantastic get and set reflection engine. I may need to look at a deeper action system for it at some point if there is a need for it.

The main reason I haven't updated the project other than the initial release is my team and I were busy getting one of our games submitted! Which should "fingers crossed" be approved at the end of this week by apple.

 

This game has multi tags heavily integrated with it! It really made things easy controlling the ongoing state of the ball.

 

I guess it is time for me to put a bit of love back into Multi Tags and get the next version released. Anyone that is using the current version make sure and always back up your projects! That being said it should be a non breaking release. Just adding more API handlers to access the same data.

 

if you have playmaker can you do a quick test just to see if it does actually work? because i tried another similar plugin and it wasn't suitable

thanks

 

Just tested it and playmaker reflection is not able to get into the multitag component unfortunately, which means that I will need to write a few custom actions for it to work properly with it.

If there is some demand for it I will make them should take 1 - 2 days of work to add support for playmaker.

 

Hi there, I just bough the asset. What's the difference between local and global tags?

 

Hi there, can you implement either a bool, or another function that returns the array with the objects ordered by ObjectName.
I mean its simple to order the list yourself, but it wouldn't hurt to have that builtin.

At any rate, how is the performance for this on heavy load? have you tested it on a scene with many many objects?
I imagine the overhead is minimal or nearly non existent, but it is a script, being run on every gameobject, so its worth asking.

If this is performant it will save my day btw.

 

Awesome! well global means the current list of tags in the global list.
Local are just which tags are only assigned to that object and that object only.
Ill take some screenshots.

Notice the "Poodle Dog" has the tags Poodle and Red assigned.
But also you can see the global list for you convenience to easily add/remove tags available in the project.



Now notice the second game object has two different local tags assigned but I have a much larger list to choose from.




Hope that helps explain it.

 

Your first message you may need to ask in a different way I am not entirely sure what you are asking for. If you can help lay out exactly what you need I would be glad to add anything to expand as long as it doesn't break current existing projects.

As for performance. I have tested with hundreds of items at a time on iOS and it works really well. Originally I used integers as tags for super fast look up, but I could not tell a difference so I settled with allowing full string control. It does a lot of things internally that are clean in my opinion as I needed great performance on mobile.

I assure you it will save your day. I built it out of raw need for my own projects. Please test away and if you find any issues then I can see what I can do to speed things up.

One performance boost example I do case insensitive lookups and the way I do that is :

//this is the bad old way --- item.Name.ToLower() == tagToCheck.ToLower()

//this is the much faster way
if (string.Equals(item.Name,tagToCheck,StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))

 

you said that this:FindGameObjectsWithTag returns the objects in random order.(no sorting)

My question was if you could make another one which returned them ordered by GameObjectName, or possibly any user specified criteria btw.

Like list order by GamObjName: elemnt1(tagblue),elemnt2(tagblue),elemnt3(tagblue).
Where elemnt1 is an objects actual name and tagblue its tag.

About performance my game will have thousands not hundreds of objects, so i'll have to test it in the future.
I liked the asset so i bought it regardless.

 

hi, there is always 'huge' demand for assets that add playmaker support, from my experience apps that add playmaker support often become the most popular, especially things like this that playmaker users will undoubtedly use.

so can you let me know before the sale ends if you will add playmaker support, if so ill go ahead and buy it.

thanks

 

Hey guys, I just updated the price to extend the sale it should update as soon as unity approves the change. I dropped the price down to $5 for during the month of December. I will bang out the new features tonight and tomorrow.

-Playmaker Support
-FindGameObjectsWithTag Support (My current build on my computer has this pretty much down but will I will need to test it more. I will also add sorting options. That is a great idea.

Thanks Everyone!

 

Thanks for the answer, got it.

 

Ok so for the people interested in playmaker support the way I'm making it is it will be a zip in the package that can be opened as long as you have playmaker in your project. I am on the playmaker beta team as well so I am testing it in the latest versions. Should be really useful to people who use playmaker.

 

Good news got 3 new APIs done.

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GameObject go = MultiTags.FindWithMultiTag("ElderBeast");

GameObject[] gos = MultiTags.FindGameObjectsWithMultiTag("Beast");

int amount = MultiTags.FindGameObjectsWithMultiTagCount("Beast");
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They are fairly fast. I am afraid if I start doing any sorting on them that will slow them down. I will play around with sorting options.


Now to finish playmaker!

 

PlayMaker Support Finished!
Added 5 Actions
I would have added a 6th action but playmaker doesn't support GameObject Arrays.
I will submit this right now but it may take unity a week to approve it. Anyone want to try it out while it waits for approval?

 

2.0 Submitted!

 

Added info on original post at top for info on how to do the new lookups. They are fairly straight forward.

Thanks Everyone! Have a great Christmas!

 

2.0 released!

Make sure and grab it while it stays at $5 during December.

 

Thanks for the playmaker support. havent had chance to test yet but will do soon.

cheers.

 

No problem, I tested it pretty well, worked without a hitch. Let me know if you need any other methods added.

 

Almost went with All the Tags because of the way it displays it's tags, very clean!(like in websites). But yours got playmaker support which is more important (I also like how you made assigning very easy via the global tags).

My biggest issue though:
I do wish the custom editor gets updated with a better way of handling hows tags are displayed instead of a list. The problem with list is how it hogs down the drawer/panel too much. Most especially since tags get quite big too fast. Please make it super compact, it's just quite bloated. Otherwise, it's a 5 star for me

 

Ya I do really like the way all the tags displays their tags, but their system doesn't come close to the power of multi tags. I will say this I am almost positive the custom editor graphics takes up boats load more unity power to render them vs the standard unity editor gui. I will look into making it sexier at some point.

 

Oh sorry what I meant by bloat is how it takes up space in the inspector compared to inline tags

 

Oh ya I gotcha, and I agree.

 

Multitags is free this month!

 

Dang I just bought it haha, no regrets though! Looking forward to new updates!