How can you duplicate a prefab and sever all links to the original?
I have a prefab set up (a single game object with various scripts and other components attached). I would like to create a second prefab that is identical to the first, except for the shader. What is...
View ArticleChange Prefab Source/Change material on ALL prefabs in the scene
Hello everyone! I really hope someone can help me:) I have made an endless tunnel made out of different object. The player moves forward. By clicking I want to change these objects...
View ArticleHow to programmatically break prefab instance upon pressing Play
Is there a way to break a prefab connection in script when I hit the Play button (or when the game starts)? I'm using an asset from the asset store that does not work in play mode unless the connection...
View ArticleLinking a prefab to another prefab in deep hierarchy using Inspector
I'm trying to figure out how to have some UI Screen Panels link to one another. I'm considering each screen to be a prefab, and then I've created a script that attaches on a button that will connect a...
View ArticleNeed a script... Search 3 Enemy objects and build MG
So hey there i looking for a script... so i will search 3 objects and when i have found it... the MG is buildet
View ArticlePrefabUtility.ReplacePrefab overrides changes
Hi, I want to update a prefab programatically but somehow my changes get overwritten in the scene. When I delete a child transform in my prefabInstance in the scene and then try to update the prefab...
View ArticleLoosing sprite association when transferring prefab
Hey, it is me again (GlobalGameJam forces me here today) We are currently trying to transfer some of the prefabs we build from one machine to another. A prefab in this case is a main object with some...
View ArticleCreating prefab from instance of a GameObject loses materials
Hi everyone! I'm currently working on a project where we build a large world made of several tiles that I need to export in order to reimport them later on several distant devices. Each tile is made of...
View ArticleChanging a broken prefabs terrain material
I'm starting to try to use prefabs and I have a problem. My prefab has a terrain in it with a simple texture. I can't seem to get only one individual instance of the prefab to change its texture to...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to link prefabs?
I have read over some of the best practices regarding prefabs but it is all very wooly in the area around managing multiple prefabs via composition. So for example lets say you have a Player prefab,...
View ArticleBreaking connection between two fbx game object
Hi, I have a fbx file of a soccer player with animations and materials. I have created two game object with it (two soccer attackers), and whenever I change one of them's materials, the other changes...
View ArticleWhy did TFS Source Control break my prefabs/filesystem?
Facts: - I'm working on a multiplayer game in Unity and C# - As a requirement I need TFS Express for source control and ALM services. - The TFS server is locally managed. - I have a single test scene...
View ArticleLink to prefab breaks when recreating it
I have an editor extension that uses PrefabUtility.CreatePrefab() to create some prefabs. The problem is that I want to update a prefab without breaking links to that may exist in different scenes. Is...
View ArticlePrefab Path Issues
I'm currently having an issue in my project where some of my objects appear to lose their prefab links when I change the absolute path of the project. As in, my project was previously at...
View ArticleBreak Prefab Instance does not work in Unity 5.3.2.f1
Hello, I'm trying to create 2 similar prefabs, let's say a blue block and a red block. I have created the red block, added some scrips and a shader with red color. Now I need a new block just like this...
View ArticleInstances of the same prefab behaving differently
I am currently working on a dungeon game, in which the main enemies are skeletons. I have created a prefab with all the colliders, animator, script, etc. on it, but now it is not really working. By...
View ArticleMaking random map, how to do this well?
Hello, I'm actually making a "Isaac-like". I made a script who load all the map in my prefabs and then instantiate them with a procedural generation. I think this part is ok. But my problem come from...
View ArticleHow can I reference a prefab from within itself?
I have a GameObject with a bunch of children that is instantiated from a prefab. One of the children of that GameObject contains a reference to the prefab from which the parent was instantiated... at...
View ArticleAssigning public game objects to a script associated with a certain game...
In a hierarchy, I have assigned pause Button and instructional keywords to public GameObject variables ins_kws and pauseBtn in a script associated with a panel Chp9_Screen1. Now the problem is that...
View ArticleSuggestions for Prefabs which refer to other Prefabs
I understand that Unity3D does not support nested prefabs. While it confuses me as to why such support would not inherently be supported, I am willing to let that go and instead focus on how to achieve...
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