Trouble setting a variable to a game object using instantiate.

Question

I'm trying to instantiate something and I need to set the instantiated object to a variable so that I can destroy it later. Here's the code:

public static Transform attackObj; (Had to make it static in order to edit in another script)

attackObj = Instantiate (attackRouteObj, attackingCity.transform.position, Quaternion.identity) as Transform; (Inside an if statement)

Debug.Log (attackObj);

The dbug log shows up null, even after the object has been instantiated.

Answer 1

Answer by Xathereal · Nov 06, 2012 at 10:09 PM

The reason is the "Instantiate" function returns an 'Object' not a 'GameObject' and I think an 'Object' does not have a transform.

Try this (it worked for me):

 Transform t = (Instantiate(attackRouteObj) as GameObject).transform;

Now we converted it to a GameObject and then got the transform from that.

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