I'm really stumped here, I bet it's an easy fix but my problem is i'm trying to allow users to change the CalloutProbability from the config. Although I can't figure out how to set it in the code. The only way I think I can store the value is with a string, but transferring it to the CalloutProbability is not working.

 

//Settings class reading the ini file, here is just one callout peice to show it's storing as string. 

internal static string Animals = "Medium";

Animals = ini.ReadEnum<string>("Settings", "AttackingAnimal", "Medium");
//It stores the string fine 
          
  
// Ini file peice for this specific callout
          
[Settings]
AttackingAnimal = Medium
          
  
//Callout class
  
[CalloutInfo("AttackingAnimal", CalloutProbability.[Settings.Animals])]
  
  //This error shows up only under the first [.   (Identifier expected   'CalloutProbability' does not contain deffinition for ")
  

 

I'm assuming it's because Settings.Animal is a string, but what else could I do to make it work?

The callout probability is an attribute, which is a compile-time variable. It hence cannot be changed at runtime like you are trying to do. That being said, using reflection you should be able to modify the value, but that is a little it more complicated. First, get the attribute from your class at runtime (attributes are static and not instance, but type based). Once you have a reference to the attribute, you can use reflection to write to the CalloutProbability property, which has a private setter.

16 hours ago, LMS said:

The callout probability is an attribute, which is a compile-time variable. It hence cannot be changed at runtime like you are trying to do. That being said, using reflection you should be able to modify the value, but that is a little it more complicated. First, get the attribute from your class at runtime (attributes are static and not instance, but type based). Once you have a reference to the attribute, you can use reflection to write to the CalloutProbability property, which has a private setter.

 

Thank you, i'll see about attempting to get that to work, or just find a work around.