I can only adress the prefab of instantiated objects!

Hey everyone!

I want to Instantiate 2 random game objects from my game object list. However in the game, I can't address the components of my instantiated objects that are now in my game, but only the components of my Prefab. That's turning into further problems down the road, e.g. I can't address the Audio Source of the instantiated object, but only the one from its prefab. Do you know what I'm missing? Here is my code for the Instantiation Process:

Code (CSharp):

1. public class GameSetup : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     GameObject Bird;
4.     List<GameObject> AllBirds;
5.     List<GameObject> BirdsInGame;
6.  
7.     private bool BirdsInstantiated = false;
8.    
9.  
10.  
11.  
12.     void FixedUpdate()
13.     {
14.         if (!BirdsInstantiated)
15.         {
16.             AllBirds = new List<GameObject>(Resources.LoadAll<GameObject>("Birds"));
17.             BirdsInGame = new List<GameObject>();
18.  
19.             for (int i = 0; i < 2 /*laterLevelNumber */; i++)
20.             {
21.                 // Set the Position for the two birds somewhere Random.
22.                 float xPosition = Random.Range(-1, 1);
23.                 float yPosition = Random.Range(-1 / 2, 1 / 2);
24.  
25.                 //Get a random number between 0 and the Length of the AllBirds List
26.                 int randomBird = Random.Range(0, AllBirds.Count);
27.  
28.                 //Instantiate the Object
29.                 Instantiate(AllBirds[randomBird], new Vector2(xPosition, yPosition), Quaternion.identity);
30.  
31.                 //Then, Remove this Object from the AllBirds List and add it to the BirdsInGame List
32.                 BirdsInGame.Add(AllBirds[randomBird]);
33.                 AllBirds.Remove(AllBirds[randomBird]);
34.  
35.             }
36.  
37.             BirdsInstantiated = true;
38.  
39.         }

Thank you so much!

 

I'm a newbie, but I believe you need to assign the instantiated prefab to an object. Such as ;

Bird = Instantiate(AllBirds[randomBird], new Vector2(xPosition, yPosition), Quaternion.identity);

I do believe that the instantiate function returns an object. You can then reference any component on the instantiated object.

See here: Unity - Scripting API: Object.Instantiate (unity3d.com)

 

Thanks! That was a huge help. It's working now