Alternative for accessing XP and Leveling

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Hi I personally don’t like everything related to experience being in stats I think it will lead to the progress SO(Scriptable Object) becoming a bloated mess, especially if it had multiple classes that can level up and I don’t view it as a stat.

So I’ve created an alternative.

First create a new SO:

  [CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "ExperienceToLevel", menuName = "Attributes/Experience To Level", order = 0)]
    public class ExperienceToLevel : ScriptableObject
    {
        public int[] XPRequiredArray;
    }

In Base stats create a public Getter for the level with a private setter, then a method for changing the level:

public int CurrentLevel => _level;
 public void SetCurrentLevel(int level)
        {
            _level = level;
        }

Then in Experience.cs add access to the new SO:
[SerializeField] ExperienceToLevel _experienceToLevel = null;
Make sure in the player prefab to attach the SO and to fill in the XP required within the SO.

Then back in Experience.cs:

BaseStats _baseStats;

        private void Awake()
        {
            _baseStats = GetComponent<BaseStats>();
        }

        public void GainExperience(float experience)
        {
            _experiencePoints += experience;
            CheckAndUpdateLevel();
        }

        void CheckAndUpdateLevel()
        {
            int currentLevel = _baseStats.CurrentLevel;
            for (int level = currentLevel; level < _experienceToLevel.XPRequiredArray.Length; level++)
            {
                int nextLevelInArray = level - 1;
                if (_experiencePoints >= _experienceToLevel.XPRequiredArray[nextLevelInArray])
                {
                    int nextLevel = level + 1;
                    _baseStats.SetCurrentLevel(nextLevel);
                }
            }
        }

This code makes it so you can manage everything related to experience except for the XPReward in the experience script and SO, I would ideally separate the XPReward as well.

The level is automatically updated upon receiving experience.

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