Bug Cloned objects won't get destroyed if created in a short period of time

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2.  
3. public class PlayerJump : MonoBehaviour
4. {
5.     //variants
6.     public GameObject explosionEffect;
7.     public float radius = 10f;
8.     public float force = 700f;
9.  
10.  
11.     void Update()
12.     {
13.         //User input key
14.         if (Input.GetKeyDown("space"))
15.         {
16.             Explode();
17.         }
18.     }
19.  
20. //Basically from now on when pressing space an explosive force will be applied, affecting the objects nearby and make the player jump as well, followed by a particle animation
21.  
22.     void Explode()
23.     {
24.         Instantiate(explosionEffect, transform.position, transform.rotation);
25.  
26.         //Applying force to rigidbodies nearby (correct me if I'm wrong)
27.         Collider[] colliders = Physics.OverlapSphere(transform.position, radius);
28.         foreach (Collider nearbyObject in colliders)
29.         {
30.             Rigidbody rb = nearbyObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
31.             if(rb != null)
32.             {
33.                 rb.AddExplosionForce(force, transform.position, radius);
34.             }
35.         }
36.  
37.  
38. //And this is supposedly where the cloned particles would be destroyed
39.  
40.         //Destroying the cloned object (particles)
41.         Destroy(GameObject.Find("Explosion(Clone)"), 1);
42.     }
43. }

 

Don't use GameObject.Find. It might find the explosion you just created, or it might find a completely different explosion. They all have the same name, so it just picks one at random essentially. It's also a very slow function because it searches the whole scene.

Luckily there's no need to use Find at all here. Instantiate returns a reference directly to the newly created object, so you can just use that. You just need to do this:

Code (CSharp):

1. GameObject explosionInstance = Instantiate(explosionEffect, transform.position, transform.rotation);
2.  
3. // other code here...
4.  
5. Destroy(explosionInstance, 1);

 

Thank you so much!!!! It works completely fine now