instantiating a prefab from resources is missing child

i used to make my prefabs definitions in the script public and set up in the inspector, but i was getting publics bloat so i switched to this

Code (CSharp):

1.      _ArrowTOPrefab = Instantiate(Resources.Load<GameObject>("Models/Ammo/Arrows/Arrow/ArrowTO"));

and it instantiates the prefab ok, except the prefab has a child and that child doesn't get instantiated, the child count is 0

any idea why and how to fix it? (beside going back to the public)

thx

 

This sounds like a bug in Unity. But it may not be.
1. What version are you using?
2. Does it happen on other Unity versions?
3. (Most important) If you replace

Resources.Load<GameObject>("Models/Ammo/Arrows/Arrow/ArrowTO")

with the public prefab property pointing at the same object, you get the correct result? Try it now - maybe you've changed something else that caused it.
4. Last resort is closing Unity, deleting the Library folder and re-opening it

 

V 2019.2.19f1 personal
don't know about other unity versions, just tried it for first time
i've already gone back to the 'public GameObject thisThatAndTheOther;' and it works fine
i'll try deleting the Library folder i guess, is that ok? is it autogenerated?

thx

 

Yes, that's auto-generated. Just make sure Unity is closed. And also try it on other unity versions - maybe it's something buggy with just this one. Worth a shot.

 

hey steveh. I know this is late, but im running into this problem too! I tried deleting the Library folder as suggested. did you ever figure out the issue with this?

 

yes, i thought i posted something already. the problem is if you have an fbx file in the same folder as the prefab with, with the same name, unity will pick the fbx first. just rename or move the fbx file to a folder called model or something like that, and the problem will go away

 

Hmm i'm not sure I know what an FBX file is. Nonetheless, i do not see any .FBX files. However, I moved the prefab to a different folder instead of what you suggested (moving the fbs to a different folder) and tried again, but unfortunately, i'm still having my prefab not get instantiated with the child... this is bizarre

 

sorry, don't know then, the fbx file is the 3d model that the prefab is based on. check you don't have anything in the folder with the prefab that is the same name. if that's not it, then no idea, sorry

 

I'm shaking my head quite hard... turns out all of the advice of using GameObject.Find were true. My issue was that the game was adding (clone) to the string when it was creating it, and therefore my find did not work. so that's great. I was doing this in a try catch and forgot to uncomment my Debug.Log, so i was unable to see any error messages.

I do appreciate your time nonetheless, and hope this does help someone some day... be it your fix or mine, lol (avoid .Find())