Create prefabs on the fly

CiNiMoD · 4:12pm 3 Nov 2013

Hey guys,

So I've only been using Unity for a few days and have got a bit stuck. I have a prefab with some scripts attached to it, but now I want to create this prefab from code and draw it to the screen. It doesnt come up in the code so I cant use the Instantiate method :/

Thanks,
Dom

Rigormortis · 4:28pm 3 Nov 2013

There are 2 ways (that I know about) that you can do this.

The first, and probably the quickest, is to expose a variable in the inspector and use Instantiate with this reference.

public GameObject prefabToInstantiate;//the reference, drag and drop the prefab in here in the inspector

public void Start(){
   Instantiate(prafabToInstantiate);
}

The second is to drop the prefab in the resources folder in the project hierarchy then use Resources.Load to instantiate it.

public void Start(){
   Instantiate(Resources.Load("prefabName"));//there needs to be a prefab with name prefabName in the resources folder
}

Hope this was some help. :)

CiNiMoD · 5:15pm 3 Nov 2013

Awesome, thanks :) I kinda figured it out doing it the second way!

Create prefabs on the fly

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