Destroy all objects with same name

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I want destroy all objects with name "food(clone)" when i click Escape but it destroyed only one of that ...

 Destroy(GameObject.Find("food(clone)"));

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Answer by TheDJBuntin · Jul 09, 2017 at 01:25 PM

Have the game object created with a tag. Then in your code create an array of game objects using = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag. Then have a foreach loop that destroys all members of that array.

ie.

 GameObject[] foods;
 
 foods = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Food");
 
 foreach(GameObject food in foods)
 {
     Destroy(food);
 }

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TGamingStudio · Jul 09, 2017 at 02:47 PM 0

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thank you it works

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Answer by mugiwaraUnity · Aug 20, 2017 at 09:36 PM

i t$$anonymous$$nk it would be better for you to keep a reference of the object you instantiated, maybe in a list. and when you want to destroy them, you just loop into your list and destroy everyt$$anonymous$$ng then clear your list. Somet$$anonymous$$ng like t$$anonymous$$s

 List<gameobject> allTheFood = new List<gameobject>();
 
 private void CreateFood()
 {
     for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
     {
         allTheFood.add(Instantiate(foodprefab) as gameobject;);
     }
 }
 
 private void DestroyFood()
 {
     for(int i = 0; i <  allTheFood.count; i++)
     {
         Destroy(allTheFood[i]);
     }
     allTheFood.clear();
 }

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Answer by OLGV · Aug 20, 2017 at 09:26 PM

@TheDJBuntin doesn't seem to work on mobile :\ ,though it works on PC

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TheDJBuntin · Aug 20, 2017 at 09:55 PM 0

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Sorry I don't do mobile development and not in a position to look it up currently. Im sure unless the issue you are having is unrelated others will have this problem, have a search on Google might have some luck. Wish I could be of more help, sorry.

Ps. You posted this as an ANSWER to the Question. For future reference if you want to discuss something about a specific answer click the "Add Comment" button below that answer and then you can type your reply like how Ive done here.

OLGV · Aug 20, 2017 at 09:59 PM 0

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Thank you and no worries. Your previous help is much appreciated. At the moment I'm giving a try to @mugiwaraUnity 's suggestion and will update the forum once I get this working.

LuciusDesign OLGV · May 06, 2020 at 12:13 AM 0

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Sorry about replying in such an old post, do you still have trouble on mobile? I'm not catable of test it at the moment and I'm interested in knowing if you managed to fix it and if you did it on mobile too. thanks

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