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Question by maheroku · Jun 19, 2015 at 08:54 PM · gameobjectscenename

Incrementing Gameobject number when duplicating Gameobject

Few days ago I upgraded to the latest Unity - 5.1.0f3 from 5.1.0f2 and now when I duplicate game objects in the scene the naming convention has changed.

It used to be the following: duplicating enemy001 will give me enemy002 then enemy003 and so on.

Now it is the following: duplicating enemy001 will give me enemy001 (1) then enemy001 (2) and so on.

Is there a way to get the old behaviour back from a setting because I cannot find it.

It may seem like it is not a big deal but it is a lot of manual work for me to be renaming objects.

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avatar image OctoMan · Jun 19, 2015 at 09:15 PM 1
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Not sure why you need it, better use tags or layers to manage stuff, ins$$anonymous$$d of naming alot objects the same name.

avatar image maheroku · Jun 19, 2015 at 09:37 PM 0
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I just like to keep things organized in the scene and following the same naming convention. This aspect doesn't even touch the game code at all.

avatar image Sophophilia_Studios · Dec 20, 2015 at 05:49 PM 0
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I would also like to know this too! maheroku, have you figured it out yet?

avatar image maheroku · Dec 25, 2015 at 03:36 PM 0
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Nope, I ended up renaming them manually.

avatar image MistaGoustan · Jan 08, 2017 at 06:37 PM 0
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I know I shouldn't be posting a question but it won't let me contribute to it. what about if you control shift and rename all but you want to add the numbers at the end again?

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Answer by shieldgenerator7 · Dec 23, 2020 at 10:25 AM

To change how Unity auto-numbers duplicate GameObjects, go to

Edit->Project Settings...->Editor->Numbering Scheme->Game Object Naming

Select the option you want from the dropdown.

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It won't show up in my project settings, I've scrolled down and it's not there. I've searched the project settings for numbering scheme and nothing shows up. I'm using version 2019.4.17f1. Do you know what's wrong? alt text

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Answer by Sophophilia_Studios · Dec 29, 2015 at 01:32 AM

If you name the object gameObject (0) or and number inside the " ( ) " then unity will auto increment the next duplicate/clone of it

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