Comparing two gameobject prefabs or transforms on raycast?

How do I compare a prefab placed in my scene vs one assigned in the inspector?

I tried == and ReferenceEquals but the if statement is never true.

This is my setup:

1. A unit with a variable "public GameObject spawnPlane", I assigned the "spawnPlane" prefab to this slot

2. A prefab in the scene that is a "spawnPlane" (where the unit will spawn on)

3. I Physics.RaycastAll(transform.position, down, 50f) ... to look for this prefab in the scene. It finds it.

4. I try to compare the units assigned spawnPlane vs the raycast (this does not work)

Tried the following combinations:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. if (GameObject.ReferenceEquals(_hits[i].transform, unit.spawnPlane.transform)) { .. }
3. if (GameObject.ReferenceEquals(_hits[i].transform.gameObject, unit.spawnPlane)) { .. }
4. if (_hits[i].transform.gameObject == unit.spawnPlane) { ... }
5. if (_hits[i].transform == unit.spawnPlane.transform) { ... }
6.  

But it never resolves to true.

 

For item 1, did u assign the same spawnPlane GameObject from your scene (from item 2)? Or did u pull it from your prefab folder? Cos they are different instances.

 

Yes I dragged the prefab from the project into the inspector, then dragged the same prefab into the scene itself.

I am not sure you can compare the two because Unity thinks they are two different objects? I may be wrong, but I can't get it to work.

I did a work around, and added a script component to my plane and used GetComponent<SpawnPlane> on it to see if it was a valid target.

Maybe there is a solution for this problem however.

 

I think that adding a component was a good idea