Question by OriginalMeow · May 19, 2020 at 04:26 PM · c#gameobject transform parent-child heirarchy

Cant get setParent to actually set the parent for child.

I have a camera with a script that makes the camera look at whatever its parent object is:

 public class LookAt : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public Camera cam; 
 
     void Update()
     {
     cam.transform.LookAt(transform.parent);       
     }
     
 }

I am trying to use setParent with worldPositionStays as false so that the camera stays relative to the new parent as it was to the old parent.

 public class ParentSwitch : MonoBehaviour
 {
 
     public Camera child;
     public Transform currentParent;
     
     public Transform newParent;
 
     void start()
     {
         child.transform.SetParent(currentParent);
     }
     void update ()
     {
         if (Input.GetKeyDown("space")) {        
         child.transform.SetParent(newParent, false);
         }
     }
 
 }

The script doesn't throw up any errors but also change the parent either, I've been looking at the SetParent documentation and looking up SetParent examples online and cant figure how why its not working. I have also tried having