Resolved Why can I set the position of one prefab when I instantiate it but not another?

I have 3 objects.
PlatformManager
Platform
Tile

My Tile prefab is just a sprite and a Box Collider2D
My Platform prefab is generated from n tile prefabs. Eg. 3 tiles.
PlatformManager spawns platforms on a timer as children and moves to the left.

If I Instantiate a Tile prefab directly, I can set it's position to that of a GameObject parented to the PlatformManager named spawnPoint.

Code (CSharp):

1. public GameObject tile;
2. public Transform spawnPoint;
3.  
4. void Start() {
5. Instantiate(tile, spawnPoint.position, Quaternion.identity, gameObject.transform);
6. }

That works as expected. The tile prefab appears positioned at the spawnPoint object's position. But if I use the same approach with the Platform:

Code (CSharp):

1. public GameObject platform;
2. public Transform spawnPoint;
3.  
4. void Start() {
5. Instantiate(platform, spawnPoint.position, Quaternion.identity, gameObject.transform);
6. }

The Platform prefab instantiates at the world origin.

This is the platform generation code:

Code (CSharp):

1. public class PlatformGenerator : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     public int platformSize; //in tiles
4.     public GameObject tile;
5.     public float tileOffset;
6.     Transform currentOffset;
7.     Transform myTrans;
8.  
9.     void Start()
10.     {
11.         for (int i =0; i < platformSize; i++)
12.         {
13.             Instantiate(tile, new Vector3(i * tileOffset, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, gameObject.transform);
14.         }
15.        
16.     }
17. }
18.  

Any ideas?

 

Because your platform will also Instantiate what it is made up of which does not use your platform origin?
'new Vector3(i * tileOffset, 0, 0)'
should maybe use platform as a starting point?
new Vector3(transform.position + i * tileOffset, 0, 0)'

 

That was it! Thanks bud.