Adding Object Pooling

Author: LesserKnownThings

Assets/Scripts/ObjectPooling/IPoolActions.cs

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+namespace UnityHelper.Pooling
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interface to remind you to add the return to pool function
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IPoolActions
+    {
+        void ReturnObjectToPool();
+    }
+}

Assets/Scripts/ObjectPooling/IPoolActions.cs.meta

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+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using UnityEditor;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace UnityHelper.Pooling
+{
+    [Serializable]
+    public class Pool
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The objects that you want to add to the pool
+        /// </summary>
+        public List<PoolObject> objects_to_pool = new List<PoolObject>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// All the objects that were added to the pool
+        /// </summary>
+        private List<GameObject> pool_objects = new List<GameObject>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes the pool in your scene
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Start_Pool()
+        {
+            var pool = new GameObject("Pool");
+
+            foreach (var item in objects_to_pool)
+            {
+                var sub_parent = new GameObject(item.obj_to_pool.name);
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < item.amount_to_pool; i++)
+                {
+                    var _obj = UnityEngine.Object.Instantiate(item.obj_to_pool);
+                    _obj.transform.SetParent(sub_parent.transform, false);
+                    _obj.SetActive(false);
+                    pool_objects.Add(_obj);
+                }
+
+                sub_parent.transform.SetParent(pool.transform, false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the item from the pool and spawns it at the required position
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="type">The type of script in the pool that you need to spawn</param>
+        /// <param name="position">The position where you want the item to spawn</param>
+        /// <returns>A component of the needed type</returns>
+        public Component Spawn_Item(Type type, Vector3 position, Quaternion direction)
+        {
+            foreach (GameObject item in pool_objects)
+            {
+                Component comp = null;
+                item.TryGetComponent(type, out comp);
+
+                if (comp == null)
+                    continue;
+
+                if (item.activeSelf)
+                    continue;
+
+                item.transform.position = position;
+                item.transform.rotation = direction;
+                item.SetActive(true);
+                return comp;
+
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Brings the item back to the pool
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item to bring back to the pool</param>
+        public void Return_Item(GameObject item)
+        {
+            item.SetActive(false);
+            item.transform.position = Vector3.zero;
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Scripts/ObjectPooling/Pool.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace UnityHelper.Pooling
+{
+    [Serializable]
+    public class PoolObject
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The gameobject that you want to spawn
+        /// </summary>
+        public GameObject obj_to_pool;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The amount of objects that you want to spawn
+        /// </summary>
+        public int amount_to_pool;
+    }
+}