Loading external text files using the TextAsset public variable

A straightforward way to store data in text files and then choose between them before compiling is to use a public variable of the class TextAsset.

This technique is only appropriate when there will be no change to the data file after game compilation, since the text file data is serialized (mixed into) the general build resources, and so cannot be changed after the build has been created.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you'll need a text (.txt) file. In the 11_01 folder, we have provided two such files:

• cities.txt
• countries.txt

How to do it...

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