Referencing a prefab | Official Unity Discord | Page 1

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:49 AM

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What does that mean?

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I just found something online about using the file path for the reference, so I'll use that

median root Dec 4, 2021, 3:50 AM

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If that's using AssetDatabase, that's editor-only.

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:51 AM

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what exactly does that mean?

median root Dec 4, 2021, 3:51 AM

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Which part are you failing to understand

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:51 AM

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"editor only"

median root Dec 4, 2021, 3:51 AM

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You will not be able to build the game if you use the AssetDatabase in runtime code

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:52 AM

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oh

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that's not good

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what should I do instead?

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addressables

median root Dec 4, 2021, 3:52 AM

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I have no idea why you want to reference things by path

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:52 AM

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I can't seem to reference them with GameObject.Find or with FindWithTag

median root Dec 4, 2021, 3:53 AM

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Because they are not in the scene

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Assets need to be referenced into the scene via a direct reference, or via an asset bundle, which Addressables would handle for you

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the simplest way is to just drag and drop the prefab into a serialized reference

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:54 AM

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median root the simplest way is to just drag and drop the prefab into a serialized reference

as far as I know that doesn't work with runtime references

median root Dec 4, 2021, 3:54 AM

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I don't know what you mean by that

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You can reference a prefab into an object in your scene, and pass that reference to whatever other objects need it

nova basin Dec 4, 2021, 3:55 AM

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oh I see

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Oh my gosh that's insanely smart

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