Confused about using enum in inspector.

Hi everyone,

I have a Weapon controller script which has an enum with the following values

Code (CSharp):

1. public enum WeaponUpgrades {PISTOL, SHOTGUN,  MACHINEGUN};

I've declared this outside of the class.

On another script which I've named UpgradeManager I have the following

Code (CSharp):

1. public WeaponUpgrades upgrade;
2.  
3. public void BuyWeapon()
4. {
5.        Debug.Log("Enum value passed in is: " + upgrade.ToString());
6. }

In the inspector I am attaching the UpgradeManager script to each UI button so that I can use the enum in a drop down list and pick the relevant weapon for each button.

However when I run the above code and look in the console. I find that that no matter what enum I select in the inspector I get the same result which is

Enum value passed in is: PISTOL

Does anyone know why this is happening? I thought by assigning the enum in the inspector it would be stored in my upgrade variable and then I could just convert to a string

Thanks

EDIT: Just to note there is more code that written there, I've just took what I thought was relevant.

 

It should work as stands. The bug is probably somewhere else.

 

I understand your post as "I've created an enum in another script and setting it to something, then on a different object I'm doing this:
"create enum,
print the enum string to console"
and it always returns the default value."

If I understand correctly, try this instead

Code (csharp):

1. public weaponController controller;
2. public void BuyWeapon()
3. {
4.     Debug.Log("Enum value passed in is: " + controller.upgrade.ToString()); //Or whatever you've called the
5. }

 

I've solved it and feel a right idiot. I had the same script attached to another object so I could use another function for a different button, sure enough the value of the enum was being set in that second instance. Woops. Thanks for help Baste, I was starting to go mad.

Edit: @ Vedrit, No I was setting the enum variable in another script. All sorted now , thanks for taking the time time to reply man