Add a child to a game object in a script

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Heya,

I’m just getting started with Unity, and it looks great so far. However, i’m struggling to do something that should be quite simple to do (it’s prolly just me being a failure :)) :

Let’s say I have a GameObject, called “Group” with a script assigned (or an instance of a prefab with just a script in it). What i want to do is to add a child to the Group (a child in the Hierarchy, not a Component) within my Start() function in the script.

When i tried to use Instanciate() to create a new object in my scene, it just puts it at the root of the Hierarchy, couldn’t find a way to add it as a child of Group.

Any clues ?

Thanks in advance,

Mael.

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Hey,

I’m new to Unity too and wanted to do the same thing. I stumbled upon this: Unity - Scripting API: Transform.parent

I haven’t tried it yet, since I’m not home, but it certainly looks like the right property.

(that is, obj = Instantiate(); obj.transform.parent = parentTransform)

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Aah cheers mate, it works :slight_smile: Issue fixed !