Inventory System - Best practices

[Auran131 (Auran13)]

first i’d ask if you’re actually having performance problems because if not you could be over thinking it.

that said

@SherbyG

I tried having just one HUD and have only the middle overlay swap from gameplay to inventory, but the code starts to get spaghetti,

this is what i do, if you use childwidgets or a widgetswitcher it wont turn into spaghetti, as all relevant code will still be inside its own widget, ie inventory/stats etc.

@SherbyG

Not sure why but it doesn’t feel right to manage the HUDs via PC, though.

PC make sense to me but you could of course use the HUD class.

@SherbyG

How do i make sure i make use only of one instance of widgets

i guess its doable via the main HUD widget or HUD class but i dont think its worth it.

@SherbyG

Also, how do i destroy a widget from memory ?
Simply clear the reference to the widget and wait for garbage collection ?
Isn’t there another way more prompt ?

yeah this is only RemoveFromParent, you can force a GC but I dont think its worth it.

Really the only optimization i can suggest is ObjectPooling but it can be tricky since you’ll have to reset data/disable when inactive etc. ultimately i wouldnt worry unless profiling suggests a bottleneck.