Change position directly

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I have it like this, when i press a button. In this case A or D, my cube (Children of my parent) has to move to the opposite side of my Player (Holding the cube). So the cube is the way, the character is facing / moving. 2D Platformer.

This is my code, that should work, but it doesn't.

 transform.GetChild(0).transform.position.x = transform.position.x - 1.5f;

Im getting the error:

`Cannot modify a value type return value of `UnityEngine.Transform.position'. Consider storing the value in a temporary variable`

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Answer by cfloutier · Oct 25, 2012 at 01:25 PM

You've got to add a temp var like this

 Vector3 pos = transform.GetChild(0).position;
         pos.x = pos.x - 1.5f;
         transform.GetChild(0).position = pos;

Because you can't change directly x, y z values of a transform position. but you can assign a new position.

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dkfister · Oct 25, 2012 at 03:15 PM 0

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After doing some research, and trying out your solution. I found out that this would be alot easier and do my work.

transform.GetChild(0).transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x - 1.5f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

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