How do you duplicate an object and delete the old one?

Hi. So I'm making a flappy bird game and want to know how to duplicate a GameObject and

Destroy();

the old one in the update loop. Soooo, how do you do that? (BTW if you're making a flappy bird game and need the pipe moving script, follow this link: https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-make-2d-object-move-please-lock.911570/)

 

Is there a reason you aren't just using a prefab of the object? Also, duplicating and destroying seems rather pointless to me. Why not just keep the original around?

 

Because, they need to duplicate so it's infinite. When the old one moves off the screen, I want to

Destroy();

it so it doesn't lag.

 

So what do I do to clone them? Don't I use

Instantiate();

or something? If so, I knew that I should use

Instantiate();

but I don't know what arguments to put in.

 

You can change the sprite to a different pipe and teleport it back to the right side

 

Why you dont simply reuse the old GameObject? You should use a pool here like mentioned before.

Here's some kind of solution, but you can find more ...:
https://www.raywenderlich.com/847-object-pooling-in-unity

 

How?

 

I don't get it.

 

What arguments can I use for

Instantiate();

and

Destroy();

?

 

Oh BTW you can see what I have so far here: https://bost.itch.io/flappy-bird-improved/

 

Code (CSharp):

1. SpriteRenderer.Sprite = (your new sprite)
2.  
3. transform.position = new vector3 ( 1000, 0,0);//for example

 

transform.position

would move it, not teleport it!

 

ah but isnt teleport movement? just really fast movement, instantaneous wouldnt you say? Sounds like a teleport to me!

 

What is "your new sprite" supposed to mean?

 

well, if you want to change the pipe sprite thats how you would do it.

You can ignore it if you don't need to change the sprites

 

Ok brigas! So this will work if someone tells me how to use a coroutine to

WaitForSeconds();

.

 

Code (CSharp):

1.     void Start()
2.     {
3.         StartCoroutine(WaitAndLog(2f)); // starts coroutine
4.     }
5.  
6.     // suspend execution for waitTime seconds
7.     IEnumerator WaitAndLog(float waitTime)
8.     {
9.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitTime); // waits for x seconds
10.         Debug.Log("WaitAndLog " + Time.time);
11.     }

 

I'm guessing 2f is how long to wait?

 

yes, in the example 2 seconds

 

Ok, cool.

 

No, it's not. I just want to clone them to make the game infinite. But since it will lag if I don't delete the old ones, I want to

Destroy();

the old ones

 

IT IS NOT!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks but I haven't really been working on it also I'm hosting a game jam so anyone who sees this can join here: https://itch.io/jam/myfirstgamejam

 

wtf bro

 

What?

 

cringe xd

 

Uhh...

 

I'm so confused bruh