Question Clone prefab reference during runtime

So i have a GameObject with references via inspector to some prefabs i instantiate during runtime, ex:

Code (CSharp):

1. public GameObject prefab1;
2. public GameObject prefab2;

...

What i need is to COPY those prefabs during runtime because i need to modify some of their params depending on the scene WITHOUT instantiating it, something like:

Code (CSharp):

1. public GameObject prefab1;
2. public GameObject prefab1Clone;
3.  
4. void Start() {
5.     prefab1Clone = prefab1.Clone();
6. }

So i can do something like:

Code (CSharp):

1. ...
2. prefab1Clone.GetComponent<CircleCollider2D>().radius = newValue;

...without messing up the original prefab, otherwise changes persist.
And no i can't instantiate the prefab and then instantiate from that copy because theyr'e pretty complex GameObjects and i'd mess all the scene if i instantiate them to have them just as reference...

Thanks for the help!

 

After 3+ weeks i'm still interested and trying to find a solution, but i start thinking it's not possible...

 

Too late, but still..
Just make a builder class for those prefabs and a scriptable object for storing various settings for different states, so that you could feed a builder singleton with prefab reference, scriptable object and receive a reference of a newly spawned GameObject.
If there's a better approach, I would be glad to discuss that