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c#unity-game-engineobjectreferenceinstantiation
DoubeJungleMain
DoubeJungleMain

Reputation: 11

how do i access an object that i have just instantiated

So I instantiated an Object but i want to change some of its properties right after instantiating it. So i have to do something like:

Gameobject instantiated.GetComponent<>().property = "example Value";

Here is my code so far:

public void createObject(GameObject obj)
{
    //Debug.Log(pos + i*offset);
     Instantiate(obj, pos + i*offset, obj.transform.rotation).transform.SetParent(GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Canvas").transform, false); 
    i++;
}

if i try to do something like: Gameobject instantiated = Instantiate(obj, pos + i*offset, obj.transform.rotation).transform.SetParent(GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Canvas").transform, false);

it says: "void" cant be converted to "UnityEngine.GameObject".

Are there other ways to do it? Thx for every helpful advice

Upvotes: 0

Views: 445

Answers (1)

Amir H. Ebadatiyaan
Amir H. Ebadatiyaan

Reputation: 31

You need to cache it first, then you can apply any proper changes to it. Like this:

GameObject newObject =  Instantiate(YourPrefab);
newObject.someProp = something;

So in your case, do this:

public void createObject(GameObject obj)
{

 GameObject newObject = Instantiate(obj, pos + i*offset, obj.transform.rotation); 

newObject.transform.SetParent(GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Canvas").transform, false);
    i++;
    }

Upvotes: 2

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