Class Level

The scene manager that contains the loaded scenes collection and spawns/deleted actors.

Inheritance

System.Object

Level

Namespace: FlaxEngine

Assembly: FlaxEngine.CSharp.dll

Syntax

[Unmanaged]
public static class Level : Object

Properties

IsAnyActionPending

Checks if any scene action is pending

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool IsAnyActionPending { get; }

Property Value

System.Boolean

IsAnyActorInGame

Checks if any scene has any actor

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool IsAnyActorInGame { get; }

Property Value

System.Boolean

IsAnySceneLoaded

Checks if any scene has been loaded. Loaded scene means deserialized and added to the scenes collection.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool IsAnySceneLoaded { get; }

Property Value

System.Boolean

LastSceneLoadTime

Gets the last scene load time (in UTC).

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static DateTime LastSceneLoadTime { get; }

Property Value

System.DateTime

Scenes

The loaded scenes collection.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Scene[] Scenes { get; }

Property Value

Scene[]

ScenesCount

Gets the scenes count.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static int ScenesCount { get; }

Property Value

System.Int32

TickEnabled

True if game objects (actors and scripts) can receive a tick during engine Update/LateUpdate/FixedUpdate events. Can be used to temporarily disable gameplay logic updating.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool TickEnabled { get; set; }

Property Value

System.Boolean

Methods

ChangeSceneAsync(SceneReference)

Unloads all active scenes and loads the given scene (in the background).

Declaration

public static bool ChangeSceneAsync(SceneReference sceneAsset)

Parameters

SceneReference sceneAsset The asset with the scene to load.

Returns

System.Boolean True if action fails (given asset is not a scene asset, missing data, scene loading error), otherwise false.

ChangeSceneAsync(Guid)

Unloads all active scenes and loads the given scene (in the background).

Declaration

public static bool ChangeSceneAsync(Guid sceneAssetId)

Parameters

System.Guid sceneAssetId The scene asset identifier (scene to load).

Returns

System.Boolean True if action fails (given asset is not a scene asset, missing data, scene loading error), otherwise false.

FindActor(Tag, Boolean, Actor)

Tries to find the actor with the given tag (returns the first one found).

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor FindActor(Tag tag, bool activeOnly = false, Actor root = null)

Parameters

Tag tag The tag of the actor to search for.

System.Boolean activeOnly Finds only an active actor.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(Guid)

Tries to find actor with the given ID. It's very fast O(1) lookup.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor FindActor(Guid id)

Parameters

System.Guid id The id.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(String)

Tries to find the actor with the given name.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor FindActor(string name)

Parameters

System.String name The name of the actor.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(Type, Tag, Boolean, Actor)

Tries to find the actor of the given type and tag in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor FindActor([TypeReference] Type type, Tag tag, bool activeOnly = false, Actor root = null)

Parameters

System.Type type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type.

Tag tag The tag of the actor to search for.

System.Boolean activeOnly Finds only an active actor.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Actor Actor instance if found, null otherwise.

FindActor(Type, Boolean)

Tries to find the actor of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor FindActor([TypeReference] Type type, bool activeOnly = false)

Parameters

System.Type type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type.

System.Boolean activeOnly Finds only an active actor.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(Type, String)

Tries to find the actor of the given type and name in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor FindActor([TypeReference] Type type, string name)

Parameters

System.Type type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type.

System.String name The name of the actor.

Returns

Actor Actor instance if found, null otherwise.

FindActor<T>()

Tries to find actor of the given type in all loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T FindActor<T>()
    where T : Actor

Returns

T Found actor or null.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

FindActor<T>(Tag, Actor)

Tries to find actor of the given type and tag in a root actor or all loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T FindActor<T>(Tag tag, Actor root = null)
    where T : Actor

Parameters

Tag tag A tag on the object.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

T Found actor or null.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

FindActor<T>(ref Guid)

Tries to find actor with the given ID in all loaded scenes. It's very fast O(1) lookup.

Declaration

public static T FindActor<T>(ref Guid id)
    where T : Actor

Parameters

System.Guid id The id.

Returns

T Found actor or null.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

FindActor<T>(String)

Tries to find actor of the given type and name in all loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T FindActor<T>(string name)
    where T : Actor

Parameters

System.String name Name of the object.

Returns

T Found actor or null.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

FindActors(Tag, Boolean, Actor)

Tries to find the actors with the given tag (returns all found).

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor[] FindActors(Tag tag, bool activeOnly = false, Actor root = null)

Parameters

Tag tag The tag of the actor to search for.

System.Boolean activeOnly Find only active actors.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Actor[] Found actors or empty if none.

FindActorsByParentTag(Tag, Boolean, Actor)

Search actors using a parent parentTag.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor[] FindActorsByParentTag(Tag parentTag, bool activeOnly = false, Actor root = null)

Parameters

Tag parentTag The tag to search actors with subtags belonging to this tag

System.Boolean activeOnly Find only active actors.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Actor[] Returns all actors that have subtags belonging to the given parent parentTag

FindScene(Guid)

Tries to find scene with given ID.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Scene FindScene(Guid id)

Parameters

System.Guid id Scene id.

Returns

Scene Found scene or null.

FindScript(Type)

Tries to find the script of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Script FindScript([TypeReference] Type type)

Parameters

System.Type type Type of the script to search for. Includes any scripts derived from the type.

Returns

Script Found script or null.

FindScript<T>()

Tries to find script of the given type in all loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T FindScript<T>()
    where T : Script

Returns

T Found script or null.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

GetActors(Type, Boolean)

Finds all the actors of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Actor[] GetActors([TypeReference] Type type, bool activeOnly = false)

Parameters

System.Type type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type.

System.Boolean activeOnly Finds only active actors in the scene.

Returns

Actor[] Found actors list.

GetActors<T>(Boolean)

Finds all the actors of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T[] GetActors<T>(bool activeOnly = false)
    where T : Actor

Parameters

System.Boolean activeOnly Finds only active actors.

Returns

T[] Found actors list.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

GetLayerIndex(String)

Gets the zero-based index of the layer.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static int GetLayerIndex(string layer)

Parameters

System.String layer

Returns

System.Int32

GetScene(Int32)

Gets the scene.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Scene GetScene(int index)

Parameters

System.Int32 index The index.

Returns

Scene The scene object (loaded).

GetScripts(Type)

Finds all the scripts of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Script[] GetScripts([TypeReference] Type type)

Parameters

System.Type type Type of the script to search for. Includes any scripts derived from the type.

Returns

Script[] Found scripts list.

GetScripts<T>()

Finds all the scripts of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T[] GetScripts<T>()
    where T : Script

Returns

T[] Found scripts list.

Type Parameters

T Type of the object.

LoadScene(SceneReference)

Loads scene from the asset.

Declaration

public static bool LoadScene(SceneReference sceneAsset)

Parameters

SceneReference sceneAsset The asset with the scene to load.

Returns

System.Boolean True if action fails (given asset is not a scene asset, missing data, scene loading error), otherwise false.

LoadScene(Guid)

Loads scene from the asset.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool LoadScene(Guid id)

Parameters

System.Guid id Scene ID

Returns

System.Boolean True if loading cannot be done, otherwise false.

LoadSceneAsync(SceneReference)

Loads scene from the asset. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static bool LoadSceneAsync(SceneReference sceneAsset)

Parameters

SceneReference sceneAsset The asset with the scene to load.

Returns

System.Boolean True if failed (given asset is not a scene asset, missing data), otherwise false.

LoadSceneAsync(Guid)

Loads scene from the asset. Done in the background.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool LoadSceneAsync(Guid id)

Parameters

System.Guid id Scene ID

Returns

System.Boolean True if loading cannot be done, otherwise false.

LoadSceneFromBytes(Byte[])

Loads scene from the bytes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static Scene LoadSceneFromBytes(byte[] data)

Parameters

System.Byte[] data The scene data to load.

Returns

Scene Loaded scene object, otherwise null if cannot load data (then see log for more information).

SaveAllScenes()

Saves all scenes to the assets.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool SaveAllScenes()

Returns

System.Boolean True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

SaveAllScenesAsync()

Saves all scenes to the assets. Done in the background.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static void SaveAllScenesAsync()

SaveScene(Scene, Boolean)

Saves scene to the asset.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool SaveScene(Scene scene, bool prettyJson = true)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

System.Boolean prettyJson True if use pretty Json format writer, otherwise will use the compact Json format writer that packs data to use less memory and perform the action faster.

Returns

System.Boolean True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

SaveSceneAsync(Scene)

Saves scene to the asset. Done in the background.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static void SaveSceneAsync(Scene scene)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

SaveSceneToBytes(Scene, Boolean)

Saves scene to the bytes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static byte[] SaveSceneToBytes(Scene scene, bool prettyJson = true)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

System.Boolean prettyJson True if use pretty Json format writer, otherwise will use the compact Json format writer that packs data to use less memory and perform the action faster.

Returns

System.Byte[] The result data or empty if failed.

SpawnActor(Actor)

Spawn actor on the scene

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool SpawnActor(Actor actor)

Parameters

Actor actor Actor to spawn

Returns

System.Boolean True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

SpawnActor(Actor, Actor)

Spawns actor on the scene.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool SpawnActor(Actor actor, Actor parent)

Parameters

Actor actor The actor to spawn.

Actor parent The parent actor (will link spawned actor with this parent).

Returns

System.Boolean True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

UnloadAllScenes()

Unloads all scenes.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool UnloadAllScenes()

Returns

System.Boolean True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

UnloadAllScenesAsync()

Unloads all scenes. Done in the background.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static void UnloadAllScenesAsync()

UnloadScene(Scene)

Unloads given scene.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static bool UnloadScene(Scene scene)

Parameters

Scene scene

Returns

System.Boolean True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

UnloadSceneAsync(Scene)

Unloads given scene. Done in the background.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static void UnloadSceneAsync(Scene scene)

Parameters

Scene scene

Events

ActorActiveChanged

Occurs when actor active state gets modified.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Actor> ActorActiveChanged

Event Type

System.Action<Actor>

ActorDeleted

Occurs when actor is removed from the game.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Actor> ActorDeleted

Event Type

System.Action<Actor>

ActorNameChanged

Occurs when actor name gets changed.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Actor> ActorNameChanged

Event Type

System.Action<Actor>

ActorOrderInParentChanged

Occurs when actor index in parent actor children gets changed.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Actor> ActorOrderInParentChanged

Event Type

System.Action<Actor>

ActorParentChanged

Occurs when actor parent gets changed. Arguments: actor and previous parent actor.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Actor, Actor> ActorParentChanged

Event Type

System.Action<Actor, Actor>

ActorSpawned

Occurs when new actor gets spawned to the game.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Actor> ActorSpawned

Event Type

System.Action<Actor>

SceneLoaded

Fired when scene gets loaded.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneLoaded

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneLoadError

Fired when scene cannot be loaded (argument is error number).

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneLoadError

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneLoading

Fired when scene starts loading.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneLoading

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneSaved

Fired when scene gets saved.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneSaved

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneSaveError

Fired when scene gets saving error.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneSaveError

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneSaving

Fired when scene starts saving.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneSaving

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneUnloaded

Fired when scene gets unloaded.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneUnloaded

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

SceneUnloading

Fired when scene gets unloading.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action<Scene, Guid> SceneUnloading

Event Type

System.Action<Scene, System.Guid>

ScriptsReload

Fired when scene reloads scripts (scenes serialized and unloaded). All user objects should be cleaned up.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action ScriptsReload

Event Type

System.Action

ScriptsReloaded

Fired when scene reloaded scripts (new scripting is loaded). All user objects can be restored before scenes reloading.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action ScriptsReloaded

Event Type

System.Action

ScriptsReloadEnd

Fired when scene ends reloading scripts.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action ScriptsReloadEnd

Event Type

System.Action

ScriptsReloadStart

Fired when scene starts reloading scripts.

Declaration

[Unmanaged]
public static event Action ScriptsReloadStart

Event Type

System.Action