Using the Sense class

The Sense class is the interface of our sensory system that the other custom senses can implement. It defines two virtual methods, Initialize and UpdateSense, which will be implemented in custom senses, and are executed from the Start and Update methods, respectively.

Note

Virtual methods are methods that can be overridden using the override modifier in derived classes. Unlike abstract classes, virtual classes do not require that you override them.

The code in the Sense.cs file looks like this:

using UnityEngine;

public class Sense : MonoBehaviour {
  public bool enableDebug = true;
  public Aspect.AspectTypes aspectName = Aspect.AspectTypes.ENEMY;
  public float detectionRate = 1.0f;

  protected float elapsedTime = 0.0f;

  protected virtual void Initialize() { }
  protected virtual void UpdateSense() { }

  // Use this for initialization
  void Start () 
    {
    elapsedTime = 0.0f;
    Initialize();
  }

  // Update is called once per frame
  void Update () 
    ...