Runtime Parenting

How do I make one object a child of another in JavaScript?

And, how do I then un-child an object in JavaScript?

 

myobject.transform.parent = otherobject.transform;

myobject.transform.parent = null;

*hopes he got his JS syntax right*

-Jon

 

Ohh, in the object's Transform properties.

Now, why didn't I look there?

:wink:

Thanks!

 

Yeah, I think it makes sense there when you think about it. I don't think they can just have the parent aliased so you could also do myGameObject.parent , because that'd assume every game object has a Transform component... which isn't totally the case.

hmm

-Jon

 

Yeah, it seems logical enough. After all, translating, rotating and scaling are the only things you do with whole hierarchies. I just never thought of that until now.

I wonder though, is there some non-transform-related thing we might want to do to a group of objects based on their hierarchical relationship?

Hmm ....