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eMulsie
eMulsie

Reputation: 33

Instantiate Prefab at position of parent

I am trying to instantiate a prefab as a child, and I want it's location to be the exact same as it's parent. Somehow the prefab is not instantiated on the exact same position.

The parent is also a child of another object. For clarity:

Object Structure

"Selectable(Clone)" is the instantiated prefab. I want the position to be the same as the "Lader" position.

My Code: 

        Vector3 position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

        GameObject obj = Instantiate(prefab);
        obj.transform.parent = parent.transform;
        obj.transform.localPosition = position;

Could someone help me with this? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 11234

Answers (5)

Angelo Gabriel Abrita
Angelo Gabriel Abrita

Reputation: 379

You can instantiate direct the child transform using the Instantiate()

try:

Instantiate(GameObeject, transformPosition, Quaternion.identity, transformParent);

Exemple:

Instantiate(popUpMsg, Canvas.transform.position, Quaternion.identity, Canvas.transform);

Now PopUp GameObject is Canvas' child

Upvotes: 0

G. Threepwood
G. Threepwood

Reputation: 474

Did you try to set the position before setting the parent?

    Vector3 position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
    GameObject obj = Instantiate(prefab);
    obj.transform.Position = parent.transform.position;
    obj.transform.parent = parent.transform;

Upvotes: 1

Ido Ben Shalom
Ido Ben Shalom

Reputation: 568

I think that's what you're looking for. Make sure both child and parent pivots are centered. 

GameObject obj = Instantiate(prefab);
obj.transform.SetParent(parent, false);

Upvotes: 2

Mikhail Efremov
Mikhail Efremov

Reputation: 101

Maybe you can try something like this:

obj.transform.position = parent.transform.position;

Upvotes: 0

cmprogram
cmprogram

Reputation: 1884

Here, you are not specifying that the new GameObject is to be a child of anything, so be sure to do this.

public GameObject parentLadder;
public GameObject prefab

Next, don't call a variable position, as it's already a unity global.

Vector3 pos = (0,0,0)

Then actually instantiate our object and set it to parent transform.

GameObject obj = Instantiate(prefab, transform.position, transform.rotation) as GameObject;
    obj.transform.position = parentLadder.transform.position;
    obj.transform.localPosition = pos;

Upvotes: 0

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