RAINAction Constructor Required?

[RAINLoverParticipant]

Question: Is the RAINAction Constructor Required? When I create a Custom Action, the RAIN template looks like this:

[RAINAction]
public class BlahBlah : RAINAction
{
  public override void Start(AI ai)
  {
    base.Start(ai)
  }
  public override .... etc etc.....
}

However, many examples show a constructor:

[RAINAction]
public class BlahBlah : RAINAction
{
  public BlahBlah() 
  {
    //WHY IS THIS REQUIRED?
    actionName = "BlahBlah;
  }
  public override void Start(AI ai)
  {
    base.Start(ai)
  }
  public override .... etc etc.....
}

Why do we need to define a constructor? What is the purpose of setting the inherited property actionName?

Thanks!

• This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by  RAINLover.
• This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by  RAINLover.

[SigilKeymaster]

It is no longer required. I removed them from the templates awhile back ago but the examples will still have them in many cases. I believe I changed it to automatically set it for you, and it is kind of a holdover from earlier versions of RAIN anyhow, so it isn’t really useful.

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