tweaks to line up with intended functionality

Assets/BossRoom/Prefabs/Player.prefab

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Assets/BossRoom/Scenes/DungeonTest.unity

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Assets/BossRoom/Scripts/Client/Game/Character/CharacterSwap.cs

+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace BossRoom.Client
+{
+
+  //DEBUG SCRIPT: Meant to serve as a placeholder to allow artists to quickly cycle through player models.
+  public class CharacterSwap : MonoBehaviour
+  {
+    [System.SerializableAttribute]
+    public class CharacterModelSet
+    {
+      public GameObject ears;
+      public GameObject head;
+      public GameObject mouth;
+      public GameObject hair;
+      public GameObject eyes;
+      public GameObject torso;
+      public GameObject gear_right_hand;
+      public GameObject gear_left_hand;
+      public GameObject hand_right;
+      public GameObject hand_left;
+      public GameObject shoulder_right;
+      public GameObject shoulder_left;
+
+
+      public void setFullActive(bool isActive)
+      {
+        ears.SetActive(isActive);
+        head.SetActive(isActive);
+        mouth.SetActive(isActive);
+        hair.SetActive(isActive);
+        eyes.SetActive(isActive);
+        torso.SetActive(isActive);
+        gear_left_hand.SetActive(isActive);
+        hand_right.SetActive(isActive);
+        hand_left.SetActive(isActive);
+        shoulder_right.SetActive(isActive);
+        shoulder_left.SetActive(isActive);
+        gear_left_hand.SetActive(isActive);
+        gear_right_hand.SetActive(isActive);
+      }
+    }
+
+    [SerializeField]
+    int m_ModelIndex;
+    int m_lastModelIndex;
+
+
+    public CharacterModelSet[] characterModels;
+    void Awake()
+    {
+      if (m_ModelIndex >= characterModels.Length)
+      {
+        m_ModelIndex = 0;
+      }
+      SwapToModel(m_ModelIndex);
+    }
+
+
+    public void SwapToModel(int idx)
+    {
+      if (idx >= characterModels.Length)
+      {
+        print("Index out of bounds");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      for (int x = 0; x < characterModels.Length; x++)
+      {
+        characterModels[x].setFullActive(x == idx);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Update is called once per frame
+    void Update()
+    {
+      if (m_lastModelIndex != m_ModelIndex)
+      {
+        m_lastModelIndex = m_ModelIndex;
+        SwapToModel(m_ModelIndex);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}

Assets/BossRoom/Scripts/Development/dgtest/CharacterSwap.cs

-using System.Collections;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Reflection;
-using UnityEngine;
-
-namespace BossRoom.Client
-{
-
-  //DEBUG SCRIPT: Meant to serve as a placeholder to allow artists to quickly cycle through player models.
-  public class CharacterSwap : MonoBehaviour
-  {
-    [System.SerializableAttribute]
-    public class CharacterModelSet
-    {
-      public GameObject ears;
-      public GameObject head;
-      public GameObject mouth;
-      public GameObject hair;
-      public GameObject eyes;
-      public GameObject torso;
-      public GameObject gear_right_hand;
-      public GameObject gear_left_hand;
-      public GameObject hand_right;
-      public GameObject hand_left;
-      public GameObject shoulder_right;
-      public GameObject shoulder_left;
-
-
-      public void setFullActive(bool isActive)
-      {
-        ears.SetActive(isActive);
-        head.SetActive(isActive);
-        mouth.SetActive(isActive);
-        hair.SetActive(isActive);
-        eyes.SetActive(isActive);
-        torso.SetActive(isActive);
-        gear_left_hand.SetActive(isActive);
-        hand_right.SetActive(isActive);
-        hand_left.SetActive(isActive);
-        shoulder_right.SetActive(isActive);
-        shoulder_left.SetActive(isActive);
-        gear_left_hand.SetActive(isActive);
-        gear_right_hand.SetActive(isActive);
-      }
-    }
-
-    [SerializeField]
-    KeyCode hotswapKey;
-
-    [SerializeField]
-    public int modelIndex;
-    public CharacterModelSet[] characterModels;
-    void Awake()
-    {
-      if (modelIndex >= characterModels.Length)
-      {
-        modelIndex = 0;
-      }
-      swapToModel(modelIndex);
-    }
-
-    void cycleModel()
-    {
-      if (modelIndex == characterModels.Length - 1)
-      {
-        modelIndex = 0;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        modelIndex += 1;
-      }
-      swapToModel(modelIndex);
-    }
-
-
-    public void swapToModel(int idx)
-    {
-      for (int x = 0; x < characterModels.Length; x++)
-      {
-        characterModels[x].setFullActive(x == idx);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Update is called once per frame
-    void Update()
-    {
-      if (Input.GetKeyDown(hotswapKey))
-      {
-        cycleModel();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-}