koobas.hobune.stream
How to parent a prefab?
Im making a laser beam follow my ship after firing it by making the ship its parent. However I'm getting error: "Setting the parent of a transform which resides in a prefab is disabled to prevent data corruption."
My code: var blah : Transform; function Start () { transform.parent = blah; }
The beam instantiates from ship prefab.
Thanks in advance.
You are trying to assign the prefab itself, and not the object instantiated from it. Look here, this question is similar to yours, and it should help:
http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/341714/setting-the-parent-of-a-transform-which-resides-in.html
ok I this is my other code I decided to parent from that way.
var lazorObject : GameObject = Instantiate(lazor, Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y + 7, 5), Quaternion.Euler(0,0,180)) as GameObject;
lazorObject.transform.parent = transform;
And now I'm getting this error: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Once you instantiate the prefab then only you can assign the parent for that prefab. Making parent to prefab at runtime is not possible.
