BetterTags

A new tag system for Unity that gives you the flexibility you need.

Features over the built in unity tagging system:

Tags can be defined at runtime, no need to maintain a canonical list.
Objects can have multiple tags associated with them, leave layers for rendering & physics
Case insensitive

How to use it?

From the editor:

Import BetterTags into your project
On objects you want to tag, add a BetterUtils.Tag component
Add whatever initial tags you want to the Tag List property

From code:

Adding/removing/checking tags:

  using BetterTag;

  var go = <some game object>;
  go.AddTag("my_new_tag");
  go.RemoveTag("some_other_tag");
  if(go.HasTag("conditional_tag")) {
    DoSomething();
  }

Finding things by tag:

  using BetterTag;

  GameObject obj = TagSystem.GameObjectForTag("other_tag_to_find");
  List<GameObject> objs = TagSystem.AllGameObjectsForTag("tag_to_find");

License

All code available under the MIT license

Feedback

Questions/Comments? Hit me up on twitter: @rje

Fixes or feature additions? Send a pull request, happy to integrate them!

rje/BetterTags