Question Performance and storing player transform/position data

Hello
I am building an inventory where you can drop the item out from the inventory. I want it to drop from the players current position. Is there a way to store the transform data globally or another performant way. so i dont have to reference it everytime i use it on a script.

And another question. If i want to instatiate a prefab i made etc a sword. What would be the easiest? to store the prefab on the "item" class or is there another method that i havent thought about.

In advance Thank you

 

Since a lot of things need to know player position, this is a good thing to put in a GameManager, either static or as a Unity singleton.

Simple Singleton (UnitySingleton):

Some super-simple Singleton examples to take and modify:

Simple Unity3D Singleton (no predefined data):

https://pastebin.com/SuvBWCpJ

Unity3D Singleton with Prefab used for predefined data:

https://pastebin.com/cv1vtS6G

These are pure-code solutions, do not put anything into any scene, just access it via .Instance!

If it is a GameManager, when the game is over, make a function in that singleton that Destroys itself so the next time you access it you get a fresh one, something like:

Code (csharp):

1. public void DestroyThyself()
2. {
3.    Destroy(gameObject);
4.    Instance = null;    // because destroy doesn't happen until end of frame
5. }

Code (csharp):

1. var newSword = Instantiate<GameObject>( SwordPrefab);

That's always easiest. Start with that. If you need more organization or choices, start building it up from there.

 

It works just as it should, thanks for the help