C# - Making all derived classes call the base class constructor

Question

I have a base class Character which has several classes deriving from it. The base class has various fields and methods.

All of my derived classes use the same base

Answer 1

I had the same problem, and I solved it by replacing my constructor with a factory method like this:

A is the parent class.

public static T getChild(int number) where T:A, new()
{
    T child = new T();
    T._number = number;
    return child;

}

You can create a Child class with

Child b = A.getChild(2);