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Question by jc_lvngstn 1 · Apr 29, 2010 at 02:29 PM · prefabchildrenduplicatecopy

How should I structure this in Unity?

Let's say I have have three models/prefabs:

Tank Body

Treads

Gun

Each one has a script attached, controlling its behavior depending on its type.

I want to be able to mix different body types, with different tread types, with different gun types. So, each one is a prefab. In my Hierarchy, I would create an empty gameobject, and assign these as children in this way:

Tank GameObject--->Treads ------>Tank Body -------->Gun

I have to parent these this way, because the treads turn the body, which turns the gun.

So this all works great, until I want to duplicate this for my scene . When I ctrl-D in the Hierarchy, or copy/paste, I only get this:

Tank GameObject ---->Treads

This is a bit of a pain if I want to put a lot of tanks on my scene...I have to recreate each one. I understand why this happens, but is there any way

  1. To have Unity not attempt to reestablish prefab links when copying, or
  2. Have Prefabs which can contain children more than one level deep?

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Answer by dhendrix · Apr 29, 2010 at 02:38 PM

The prefabs should go beyond one level deep. It will only show one level in the project window but the children are really still there, and it should show the real hierarchy in the Hierarchy window when it is instantiated.

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Thanks, I'll try this when I get home.

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This works great. Thanks very much.

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