Instantiate creating Empty GameObject.

[mint bolt]

So I wanna spawn a human or dragon on call but for that need to assign the spawned variable i'm using.

    {
        counter += increment * Time.deltaTime;
        spawnObject(counter);
    }

    private void spawnObject(float counter){
        if(rng == 0){
            rng = Random.Range(0, 3);
        } else {
            if(counter >= rng){
                counter -= rng;
                spawnFromTable(rng);
                rng = 0;
            }
        }
    }

    private void spawnFromTable(int r){
        GameObject spawned = new GameObject();
        switch(r){
            case 1:
                //        resourceWood
                spawned = allyHuman;
                break;
            case 2:
                spawned = allyWorker;
                break;
            case 3:
                spawned = enemySkeleton;
                break;
            case 4:
                spawned = resourceStone;
                break;
            case 5:
                spawned = allySoldier;
                break;
            case 6:
                spawned = resourceGold;
                break;
            case 7:
                spawned = enemyTrap;
                break;
            case 8:
                spawned = resourceMetal;
                break;
            case 9:
                spawned = allyEngineer;
                break;
            case 10:
                spawned = enemyDragon;
                break;
        }
        Quaternion rotation = new Quaternion(0f,0f,0f,0f);
        Vector3 position = new Vector3(Random.Range(transform.localScale.x * -5, transform.localScale.x*5), (spawned.transform.localScale.y / 2 + 0.1f), Random.Range(transform.localScale.z * -5, transform.localScale.z*5));
        safeSpawnFromTable(spawned, position, rotation);
    }

    private void safeSpawnFromTable(GameObject spw, Vector3 pos, Quaternion rot){
        if(spw.name != "New Game Object"){
            Instantiate(spw, pos, rot);
        }
    }```

this is my code.

after a while, this is what I get. Every time it spawns anything, the empty GameObject that's supposed to be overriten spawns too.

[silent island]

Instantiate method returns the cloned object, so you can get the reference from that

If I understood this whole thing correctly

I probably didnt

[prime marsh]

This is the problem line
GameObject spawned = new GameObject();
when you use new GameObject() it spawns an empty game object

Changing it to GameObject spawned = null; should cause it to work

[granite glacier]

First, you create a new GameObject and assign it's reference to spawned

spawned = new GameObject(); ```This will spawn an empty game object. Then, based on the switch, you assign ` spawned ` to another GameObject and later on use Instantiate ` to spawn that. So in the end, you spawn two different objects . . .