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Attaching different prefabs via code?
I'm not sure if you can do this but I'm hoping it's possible. I'll use the current example although this isn't exactly what I am doing in game. Basically depending on a certain event (it might be a mouse click or if player hits a certain score or whatever) I want to be able to instantiate different Prefabs into my scene. Normally if I am working with once scene I would do something along the lines of the following:
public gameObject enemy;
....... later in code
private gameObject clone = Instantiate Object off enemy prefab;
I'd then drag the prefab onto the public gameobject in the scene view and things would work fine and I could then interact with "clone" from there on out without dealing with the prefab directly.
However I've run into an issue where I want to spawn a different enemy based on the situation. Lets say I have the following Prefabs in my Heirachy.
Enemy, Enemy_Special, Enemy_SuperSpecial
I'm making them up but go with me. How can I do something like the following?:
//This can be set to null initially that's fine
private gameObject enemy;
public gameObject getEnemy() {
//If certain condition is met pick the appropriate enemytype from the prefabs in my heirachy.
enemy = Whatever GameObject the scripts says is necessary
return enemy;
}
I realise I could add a whole bunch of public gameObjects and add the specific enemies to their respective slots in the inspector but it's probably going to be a little messy that way and I can't guarantee how many objects I'll end up having it could be 3 or it could be 20. Surely I can add a Prefab via code. If so can someone explain in simple terms how I've looked around for ages but just don't understand how to do it.
An alternative to set fields in the Inspector is to load the prefabs with Resources.LoadAll. I've not tested this, but suppose that you should place the enemies in a subfolder of Assets/Resources - say, Assets/Resources/Enemies - then get all of them in an Object array at Start.
Another possibility: save the enemies in Resources and simply load the enemy you want with Resources.Load - for instance:
string enemyType;
if (condition1){
enemyType = "Ogre";
}
else
if (condition2){
enemyType = "Dragon";
}
else
if (condition3){
enemyType = "Skeleton";
}
GameObject clone = Instantiate(Resources.Load(enemyType));
I've upvoted this as I think it will be the most useful but I'll wait until I get home to test that it works, I think this will be the most elegant but I'll work on a similar foundation and post back if I've had to make any changes.
You can declare an array of Prefabs and instantiate it
var Enemies : GameObject[]; // Array of different Enemies that are used.
var obj : GameObject = Enemies[1]; <--- put inside the [] the number of the enemy you want
Instantiate(obj, pos.position, pos.rotation);
just an example you could make your own changes
