HasReceivedEvent call to SharedVariable<T>.SetValue(object) throws InvalidCastException

[Thing2]

I'm having trouble getting HasReceivedEvent to save the value of an event parameter in a SharedVariable indicating the MonoBehavior that sent that event.

The correct event parameter value makes it into HasReceivedEvent.ReceivedEvent(object), which calls storedValue1.SetValue(arg1). But that storedValue1 is somehow a SharedGenericVariable, whose type string field indicates "SharedGameObject". When SharedVariable<GenericVariable>.SetValue(object) assigns mValue = (T)value, it throws InvalidCastException.

My MonoBehavior subclass is called UserHost. Here I've defined a variable named hostSpeaking of type SharedUserHost:


And here I have a HasReceivedEvent conditional storing its event parameter in that SharedUserHost variable named hostSpeaking:


And here is the state of things when the typecast fails:


Why is the type I select in the Variables pane not the type that receives the value from HasReceivedEvent?
What do I need to do here instead?

Cheers,

 

[Justin]

Are you running the latest version? There were some changes to SetVariableValue which may fix this situation. If it doesn't can you list how to reproduce the problem from a fresh project so I have a better idea?

 

[Thing2]

Hey, sorry for not responding earlier; I was unavoidably delayed because of a winter storm.

I'm running the version that was current as of a couple of weeks ago, at least. If there's been no update since then, I'll see about getting you a minimal repro project as soon as I get a chance in the next week or so.

Thanks for the reply, and Happy New Year to you and yours.

 

[Thing2]

I'm pretty sure this issue is now resolved in my project, but I'm not clear on what I did that fixed it. While investigating potential workarounds, I created another shared variable of the same type, and eventually deleted the original one, so that may have corrected an issue. But my best guess is that I stopped doing something stupid workflow-wise with a BT in a prefab.