Question by Geo_1997 · Apr 03, 2020 at 12:41 PM · c#gameobjects clone

Creating a clone of another game object at mouse click

Hi everyone, I am have some trouble, I have 2 game objects, 1 for lines and 1 for 3DBalls, in the Line script I want to create a clone of the 3DBall at the mouse location. I tried doing the following :

         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
         {
             

             Vector2 NewCirclePos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);

             GameObject NewCircle = Instantiate((GameObject)Resources.Load("3DBall"), NewCirclePos, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;



         }

This however, hangs indefinitely, am I doing this Instantiation completely wrong?

Thanks everyone

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SmokeyWitch · Apr 03, 2020 at 01:25 PM 0

Hi, So, what happens after clicking? did you make a prefab of 3DBall?

BBIT-SOLUTIONS · Apr 03, 2020 at 01:27 PM 0

Could you maybe give some more details? Where are you calling it? What is the exception or error message, and in which line?...

$$anonymous$$y very first guess would be, that your 3DBall Asset is maybe not inside a folder which is named "Resources", but there could be some other problem, too.

Geo_1997 BBIT-SOLUTIONS · Apr 03, 2020 at 01:50 PM 0

Oh wait you might be right, I have the 3DBall prefab saved in Assets -> Prefabs folder is that the mistake? I though resources was something else, do I change it to :

GameObject NewCircle = Instantiate((GameObject)Assets.Prefabs.Load("3DBall"), NewCirclePos, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;

or something along those lines?

BBIT-SOLUTIONS Geo_1997 · Apr 03, 2020 at 02:34 PM 1

No there is a difference between "Resources" and Prefabs (even, if Prefabs could also be inside the Resources, but that's a special case^^):

If you Load it from Resources with Resources.Load(), then your Asset has to be inside a folder called "Resources". It's just, how Unity handles it internally.

Alternatively you could make a public GameObject variable in your script and assign the prefab to it in the inspector. In this case you can simply call the Instantiate function for the variable name. $$anonymous$$g.: You name it "my$$anonymous$$odel", then call it Instantiate(my$$anonymous$$odel);

Hope that helps you a bit.