Unity destroy works at random ?

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Hey guys i have a little problem here: i have a gameobject (an enemy) that is supposed to get destroyed when HP reaches 0, but for some reason, when i write "DestroyImmediate(GetComponent());", nothing happens, but when i write " DestroyImmediate(rb.gameObject);" (rb is the object's rigidbody2D) it works perfectly fine, any idea why ??

PS: same thing when i declare a private gameobject "me" that is assigned in start as getcomponent gameobject

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Answer by gameplay4all · Mar 26, 2017 at 04:27 PM

GetComponent() without an argument returns`null`. I'm surprised you didn't get any errors.

Anyway, you should use Destroy() instead of DestroyImmediate(). (DestroyImmediate is less safe and can even destroy Assets I believe)

For the function arguments, take a look at these examples taken from the scripting reference:

 // Kills this game object
 Destroy (gameObject);
 
 // Removes this script instance from this game object
 Destroy (this);
 
 // Removes the rigidbody from this game object
 Destroy (rigidbody);
 
 // Kills this game object in 5 seconds after loading this object
 Destroy (gameObject, 5);

Good luck!

-Gameplay4all

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P.S. rigidbody, tranform & gameobject are all just short syntax for GetComponent<RigidBody>() etc.

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