Should I use an empty gameobject as container / root for each entity?

Question

Hi!

This is probably a total noob question, but I just can't seem to find the answer to it: When I crate a new entity for my game, say the player or an enemy, should I generally begin with an empty gameObject and attach sprite and scripts to it, or should I just drag the sprite itself into the scene, and use that as the root object of the entity?

I've seen both in tutorials, so I'm unsure if there is a clear best practice for it.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Best Answer

Answer by tormentoarmagedoom · Oct 08, 2019 at 07:27 PM

Hello there.

It doesnt matter.

When you create directly a new "3D Object" its 100% the same as create an empty object (wich always will have a transform) and adding manually a Mesh renderer, a Mesh filter and a collider.

I mean, all objects in scene are empty objects + other components.

Was this the answer you were looking for?

Add comment · Show 1 · Share

MothHunter · Oct 10, 2019 at 11:07 AM 0

Share

Thanks for the explanation!

Answer 2

Answer by MadAssau1t · Feb 19, 2021 at 08:04 AM

Im still pretty new at unity but In my experience, at least in 3d games, adding things to default 1,1,1 empties helps keep scales in check when importing different things from blender (scale is a challenge for me at times haha) and it also lets you "attach" stuff without unpacking the default import if that even matters?

Add comment · Share

Should I use an empty gameobject as container / root for each entity?

2 Replies

Your answer

Welcome to Unity Answers

Follow this Question

Related Questions