Trouble using custom DLL in runtime scripts
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Hi, I have a simple runtime script that should use a method from my own DLL. I tried several things but it always says that The name ‘MyDLL’ does not exist in the current context. What do I miss here?
I tried it as a static class, as a plugin and put the DLL in the Plugins folder. According to the logs, it was also successfully loaded (
Finished plugin [MyDLL] setup with result: Succeeded)public static class MyDLL { ... }
public class MyDLL : PluginBase, ILocalization { ... }The idea is that the runtime script calls a method on Start() from the DLL.
using UnityEngine;
using WorldBuilder.Core.Components;public class AutoAdaptiveObject : DataComponentBase
{
void Start()
{
Debug.Log("!!! STAAAAAAAART");
MyDLL.DoSomething(this.gameObject);
}public override List<string> GetAssetReferences() { return null; }
public override void AfterDeserialization() { }
}The only thing that looks wrong to me is that you don’t have a namespace for your class. I’m not sure that’s the reason but you may want to try that.
Unfortunately not, with namespace I have the same issue :/
Do I need to inherit from PluginBase or should a static class work as well?
The MyDLL class should not be static. So, you need to create it first:
m_MyDLL = new MyDLL();
m_MyDLL.DoSomething();Then you should be able to access it. But why? You could put all the DLL code into the AutoAdaptiveObject Data Component. It would be more compact and less complicated.
The problem is that it can’t find “MyDLL”. DoSomething is a static method in a non static class. So that’s not the issue here.
Should I be able to use external dlls in runtime scripting at all?
Less complicated I see, but I wanted to have a more clean and more performant solution.
I haven’t played around with DLLs yet. Clearly, DLLs are the way to go if you wish to extend the World Builder user interface. Maybe it doesn’t work so well for runtime. What I can say is that functionality that’s supposed to run in the Hopper (nodes, Data Components, etc…) is better placed in scripts which are compiled at runtime.
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