Should I be changing controllers/game modes? If so

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I’ve been trying to figure out if I should be changing controllers and game mode whenever I open a new level.
The way its currently setup is: A menu level with its own MenuGameMode and MenuController. You type in some information and create a new game. A new level opens and it uses
ComputerGameMode and ComputerController. Now I have a problem where the MenuController contains variables with information I want to transfer to the ComputerController, and I can’t seem to figure out how to do that, so I’m starting to think the whole idea of changing controllers is not the play.
What do you guys think? How would I go about this?

Thank you.

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I don’t know why you want to keep changing game modes and controllers, but I guess you can always pass variables to the game instance.

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Well that pretty much tells me that I shouldn’t. Guess I still lack the understanding of it.
Thank you very much for your answer.

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Well, there may be a very good reason, I don’t know. But in the normal course of events, why bother? :slight_smile:

I -think- ( without experiment ), that even if you do have the same controller, and possibly game mode, they be reloaded anyway on level start.

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I don’t know why you want to keep changing game modes and controllers, but I guess you can always pass variables to the game instance.

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Don’t forget you can also add components to game mode and controller classes. I’m not saying it’s necessary but it might help you with whatever modularity you are attempting to achieve.

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Thanks for the comment. What I was trying to achieve was a gamemode/controller that handled the game menu and another gamemode/controller that dealt with the game it self. Thought to my self it being a good idea. Problem was feeding variables from the menu to the game. I did fix it with game instance. I however am still not sure if its good pratice. It feels cleaner, which is what i was going for

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