Update() not called in GameObject's instantiated from GameObject

Hi when upgrading a project from 2.6 to 3.0 I noticed that Update() no longer gets called in several of my GameObjects. These were instantiated from an existing GameObject in the scene.

One solution is to convert the GameObject in question into a prefab and instantiate the prefab, this works both in 2.6 and 3.

I think this should have been mentioned in the release note. According to documentation the Update() function should be called, no matter how the object was created. A warning would have helped. Luckily I have seen something similar before ...

Cheers,
/Thomas

 

The Update function is always called, nothing changed, so there's nothing to mention in the release notes about that. The only way it's not called is if the script is inactive.

--Eric

 

You are exactly right - the script is actually disabled in the instantiated objects. So the issue is not why Update() is not called, but why Unity() handles components differently when instantiating from prefab or from GameObject. Prefab-instantiated GameObjects have the component active, GameObject-instantiated GameObjects has the component inactive - same code.
Cheers !
/Thomas

 

Instantiated objects are always active, regardless of whether they're instantiated from a prefab or from an object in the scene. You can set them to inactive by script after instantiating.

--Eric