WHY won't this instantiate as a child of my canvas?!

Edit: got it. A simple google search helps... Sorry folks...

I'm tearing my hair out missing something simple I suppose... It pops up on play but in the root of the hierarchy. The console error is "Setting the parent of a transform which resides in a prefab is disabled to prevent data corruption."

Here we go. Thanks folks!

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2.  
3. public class EnemyHealthController : MonoBehaviour
4. {
5.  
6.     public GameObject canvas;
7.     public GameObject enemyHealthBarPrefab;
8.  
9.     void Start()
10.     {
11.         Instantiate(enemyHealthBarPrefab);
12.         enemyHealthBarPrefab.transform.SetParent(canvas.transform, true);
13.     }
14. }

 

You're attempting to set the transform of the prefab, not the transform of the instantiated object.

--Eric