How to access an inactive gameObject with tag

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Hello. I have a gameObject called playerWeaponsPrefab which has 4 children, the first child is tagged as PrimaryWeapon, the second is tagged as SecondaryWeapon, the third is tagged as Knife and the forth is a grenade, I want to select these weapons in game by pressing 1,2,3 and 4 buttons ( while a weapon is selected others must be inactive). I put these weapon gameObjects in 4 variables and used GameObject.FindwithTag(exampleWeapon) for accessing to them but I can not access to them and it returns null because the gameObject is not active. I was shocked when I saw GameObject.FindWithTag doesn't work on inactive Objects. what Should I do to access my inactive weapon? thanks for help in advance.

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Answer by Safforn · Jun 15, 2016 at 01:12 PM

Leave them enabled in the editor, get them with Start() and after you have them disable them.

You could also try making 4 public gameObjects and just drag your weapons in there.

 private void Start()
     {
         weapon = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("tag");
         weapon.SetActive (false);
     }

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vernonfx · Jun 16, 2016 at 08:27 AM 0

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Thanks. that solved my problem.

Safforn vernonfx · Jun 16, 2016 at 11:28 AM 0

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Nice! Could you mark the question as answered and accept my answer?

Mmmpies Safforn · Jun 16, 2016 at 12:05 PM 0

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Accepted for you.

cmkkkz · Nov 11, 2021 at 10:42 PM 0

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THANK YOU from the future

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Answer by Arshd · Jun 15, 2016 at 01:37 PM

You should have a pre-defined array with the weapons or a list if you want to add more in the future, i think it's better than always using any GameObject.Find

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Safforn · Jun 15, 2016 at 01:42 PM 1

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Yeah I agree, that would be more efficient. He could also just make his gameobjects public and assign them from the inspector. Just drag and drop

Arshd Safforn · Jun 15, 2016 at 02:27 PM 0

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He could and that what i meant sorry if i wasn't clear :)

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