Question by lil_billy · Dec 07, 2012 at 05:18 PM · instantiate prefab prefab changing at runtime

how do i stop instantiate from changing a prefab

hehehe so this is a odd bug from what i understand instantiating prefabs should not change prefabs but it is sort of

so i have a prefab object with a list of prefab objects this list includes its own prefab (so yes it can spawn itself)

now when it spawns, its creations contain many variables and additional objects not assigned in the prefab (but are assigned/generated during runtime)

and this error replicates by generation

if I've seen spawned objects having clones of clones of clones (clone)(clone)(clone)

anyone know anything about this issue

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DoctorWhy · Dec 07, 2012 at 05:48 PM 0

What version of Unity? And where are you instantiating it (Awake, Start, Update, on PostProcess$$anonymous$$odel, etc)?

lil_billy · Dec 07, 2012 at 08:00 PM 0

the latest v3 pro

instantiation is happening in both an awake and a very heavy coroutine

the coroutine instantiates the main prefab while the awake is instantiating a sub object that is getting replicated by the coroutines instantiation

lil_billy · Dec 07, 2012 at 08:10 PM 0

I should probably add that its not necessarily changing a prefab but somehow the reference to the prefab is changing, even though I never change it (reference = something never happens)

lil_billy · Dec 09, 2012 at 04:36 PM 0

update: so i did a fix that hate with passion basically I put an if at the top of an awake that asks if the name is ... clone clone if it is i destroy it immediatly, which ofc throws lots of errors but is unfortunately all i can do because if i let it finish it will cause problems.

FYI still not answered