Simple Prefab Instantiate "(Clone)" Question

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Is it possible to remove the "(Clone)" thingy that Unity adds to the GameObject name when i spawn a prefab?

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Answer by WillTAtl · Dec 03, 2011 at 11:06 PM

just set the name property of the object returned from Instantiate, like this...

 var obj=Instantiate(myPrefab,pos,rot);
 obj.name="NewName";

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Chesley · Dec 04, 2011 at 12:36 PM 0

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is it possible to do that with like: obj.name = name - "(Clone)"

because I'm working with SOO many prefabs that i need to get the name and change it ins$$anonymous$$d of just change it with a var which will take a long time since I'm working with so many of them

WillTAtl · Dec 04, 2011 at 03:56 PM 0

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No, you can't string arithmetic only supports +, not -. See aldonaletto's answer for a general way of just automatically stripping the "(Clone)" from the end. There's not going to be a way to just set the setting in one place and have it happen automatically, though; you will have to add code to every place you call Instantiate!

Bunny83 · Dec 04, 2011 at 08:32 PM 5

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Or just use this:

 var obj = Instantiate(myPrefab,pos,rot);
 obj.name = myPrefab.name;

WillTAtl · Dec 04, 2011 at 09:21 PM 2

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Today's award for seeing the obvious and simple solution everyone else missed is goes to Bunny83!

Tseng · Dec 05, 2011 at 03:02 AM 1

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You can of course put Bunny83 solution into a static public method, and call this ins$$anonymous$$d of the built-in Instantiate(...)

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Answer by aldonaletto · Dec 04, 2011 at 02:09 PM

You can use some Unityscript string functions to eliminate the (Clone) string

    var obj = Instantiate(objPrefab, position, rotation); // create the object...
    var pos = obj.name.IndexOf("("); // find the left parenthesis position...
    obj.name = obj.name.Substring(0, pos); // and get only the substring before it

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Answer by nastajus · Apr 14, 2014 at 11:29 PM

Had the following problem with the substring renaming. Dunno why it but permanently changed my prefab name, in such a way that didn't make sense, and wouldn't let me rename. I had to delete all my instances and recreate so they'd remain connected to the prefab... Now I'm afraid to assign names... Using latest Unity. alt text

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