Actions that Use GetComponent

[Rebooter]

Does it affect performance a lot in actions that call GetComponent from OnEnter? I'm thinking for example of NPCs that have lots of states with PathFinding actions, so you might start getting a lot of GetComponent calls if you have many NPCs at once. I made a few custom actions that work with NavMesh agents and I added an optional NavMeshAgent object field for specifying the agent object directly. Is it worthwhile to do this?

[Broken Stylus]

It is true that those Get/Set actions should be reduced to a minimum and you should prioritize the use of dedicated actions, but that means coding them.

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 yes, Broken Stylus is right. Cache all your components when possible by querying them at the start state, saving them into a fsmobject variable.

It's especially important in your game loop, for menu items and singular calls, you are fine though.

Bye,

 Jean