Added Mod Tool Physics Layers and Object Tags Synchronization

Author: bsmithcompsci

Game Demo/Assets/Scripts/Modding/Plugins/ModSDK-Editor.dll

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 %YAML 1.1
 %TAG !u! tag:unity3d.com,2011:
---- !u!78 &1
-TagManager:
+--- !u!78 &1\nTagManager:
   serializedVersion: 2
-  tags: []
+  tags:
+  - Vehicle
   layers:
   - Default
   - TransparentFX
   - Ignore Raycast
-  - Test
+  - _UNUSED
   - Water
   - UI
-  - 
+  - SelfPlayer
   - 
   - 
   - 

Game Demo/Assets/Scripts/Modding/Plugins/ModSDK.dll

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+using System;
+using UnityEditor;
+using UnityEngine.Assertions;
+
+namespace ModSDK.editor
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Mod Settings is a class that handle any type of settings that unity doesn't normally give access to.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class ModSettings
+    {
+        public static void SetupProjectSettings()
+        {
+            // Thank you for pointing this out! https://bladecast.pro/unity-tutorial/create-tags-by-script 
+            var asset = AssetDatabase.LoadMainAssetAtPath("ProjectSettings/TagManager.asset");
+            Assert.IsNotNull(asset, "TagManager is not initialized, possible Unity3d Corruption!");
+
+            if (asset == null)
+                return;
+
+            var sObj = new SerializedObject(asset);
+            var tagsProperty = sObj.FindProperty("tags");
+            var layersProperty = sObj.FindProperty("layers");
+
+            // Handle Tags
+            tagsProperty.ClearArray();
+            foreach (var tag in Enum.GetNames(typeof(ModObjectTags)))
+            {
+                tagsProperty.InsertArrayElementAtIndex(0);
+                tagsProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(0).stringValue = tag;
+            }
+
+            // Handle Layers
+            string[] layers = new string[32];
+            string[] unityLayers = new string[]
+            {
+                "Default",
+                "TransparentFX",
+                "Ignore Raycast",
+                "_UNUSED",
+                "Water",
+                "UI"
+            };
+            string[] userLayers = Enum.GetNames(typeof(ModPhysicLayers));
+
+            layersProperty.ClearArray();
+            for (int i = 0; i < layers.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (i < unityLayers.Length)
+                    layers[i] = unityLayers[i];
+                else if (i - unityLayers.Length < userLayers.Length)
+                    layers[i] = userLayers[i - unityLayers.Length];
+
+                layersProperty.InsertArrayElementAtIndex(i);
+                layersProperty.GetArrayElementAtIndex(i).stringValue = layers[i];
+            }
+
+            sObj.ApplyModifiedPropertiesWithoutUndo();
+            sObj.Update();
+        }
+    }
+}

Mod Demo for Game/Assets/ModSDK/Plugins/ModSDK-Editor.dll

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ private static Version SDKVersion
                 return _sdkVersion;
             }
         }
-        public readonly static List<string> global_asset_labels = new List<string> { "Scene" };
 
         private const string modToolProfile = "modtools";
         private const string build_script = "Assets/AddressableAssetsData/DataBuilders/BuildScriptPackedMode.asset";
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ static void ShowWindow()
             var window = GetWindow<ModTool>();
 
             // Initialize Mod Editor Settings.
+            ModSettings.SetupProjectSettings();
             GetSettingsObject(settings_asset);
             GetModEditorSettings(modsdksettings_asset);
 
@@ -254,21 +254,14 @@ static bool GetModEditorSettings(string _settingsAsset)
             // Apply globals everytime we load it successfully.
             if (m_data != null)
             {
-                global_asset_labels.AddRange(m_data.m_asset_labels);
-
                 var labels = m_settings.GetLabels();
-                foreach (var label in global_asset_labels)
+                foreach (var label in Enum.GetNames(typeof(ModAssetLabels)))
                 {
                     // Add user-labels that aren't in the global-list.
                     if (!labels.Contains(label))
                     {
                         m_settings.AddLabel(label);
                     }
-                    // Remove labels that aren't in the users-list.
-                    if (!label.Equals("Scene") && !m_data.m_asset_labels.Contains(label))
-                    {
-                        m_settings.RemoveLabel(label);
-                    }
                 }
             }
 

Mod Demo for Game/Assets/ModSDK/Plugins/ModSDK.dll

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace ModSDK
+{
+    /*
+     * In the Mod User Settings file, you can freely modify the enums to ensure that both projects will share the same physics layers, asset labels and game object tags.
+     * 
+     * Note: that you can no longer use the Tags & Layers Management tools provided via Unity, 
+     * in results of using Unity's toolset may cause corruption, which is easily fixed via opening the mod tool sdk ui.
+    */
+
+    [Flags]
+    public enum ModPhysicLayers
+    {
+        SelfPlayer
+    }
+    [Flags]
+    public enum ModAssetLabels
+    {
+        Scene
+    }
+    [Flags]
+    public enum ModObjectTags
+    {
+        Vehicle
+    }
+}