Instantiate as a Child of the Parent

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This is probably an easy question but I have tried all permutations I can think of and its not working.

I want to instantiate 'poisonSmoke' as a child of the game object being poisoned so the particle effect will follow the game object. But no matter what I try it wont parent it.

Any help would be appreciated.

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 Instantiate (poisonSmoke, Vector3(transform.position.x,transform.position.y, transform.position.z) , Quaternion.identity);
 
 poisonSmoke.transform.parent = gameObject.transform;

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Answer by whydoidoit · May 30, 2012 at 11:12 PM

You need to get the thing that is created by Instantiate and set that one's parent, at the moment you are setting the prefab's parent!

   var myNewSmoke = Instantiate (poisonSmoke, Vector3(transform.position.x,transform.position.y, transform.position.z) , Quaternion.identity);

  myNewSmoke.transform.parent = gameObject.transform;

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mabit · May 31, 2012 at 09:11 PM 1

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Thanks a lot for the easy answer

Suhrahj · Dec 08, 2016 at 02:28 PM 12

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Instantiate(Object original, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Transform parent);

isn't this a better solution now?

Cross22 · May 19, 2017 at 04:10 AM 5

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This might have been the only way back when this question was asked. Nowadays Instantiate() takes a parent object as a parameter. Do NOT use the above approach in new code as the reparenting costs performance and buys you nothing.

HydroxTV Cross22 · May 23, 2017 at 10:06 AM 1

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If you would have given an example of how t do it properly then you would increase your answers value a lot , as "newbies" like me dont get what you say at all :D So feel free to post one ^^ As I ran into that problem right now and dont know how to do it yet :)

BadSeedProductions HydroxTV · Aug 23, 2017 at 06:20 PM 5

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public static Object Instantiate(Object original, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Transform parent);

simon_hen_1 · Jun 10, 2021 at 10:30 AM 0

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Remember that it has to be new Vector3 since you dont have a vector yet

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Answer by Denaton · Feb 03, 2017 at 02:46 PM

You can add it at the same time you Instantiate it by doing this:

 Instantiate (poisonSmoke, transform);

I find this the cleanest way.

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g-hoot · Feb 09, 2018 at 09:11 PM 0

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Perfect. I like this because it doesn't mess with the scale of the prefab it the parent scale is different.

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Answer by d2clon · Aug 23, 2021 at 12:51 PM

The up to date solution is hidden in the comments so I post it here as an answer:

 Object Instantiate(Object original, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Transform parent)

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Answer by reptilebeats · May 30, 2012 at 10:39 PM

have a look at this on how to access children http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/GameObject.Find.html

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mabit · May 30, 2012 at 11:07 PM 0

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Yeah that is not possible as I have over 200+ objects all called the same name with the same tag.

ConsumerDev mabit · Aug 03, 2016 at 04:17 PM 0

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It's Extremely crude, but this may work (It did got me)

 this.name = "Tree" + Random.Range(-80000000.0f, 800000000.0f).ToString();

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