Assigning Instantiated Tiles to Array

[anon87760195]

Here is what I am trying to do (here at least). I want to create a playing board called World, and have it made up of separate cubes (which are actually planes, but whatever). I have one prefab thats a generic cube, then a couple cubePrefabs that are different types. At runtime, I want to board to be created, then set all the cubes into an array. Then, during Update functions I will (either destroy or place over the top) add the cubePrefabs to change the World. I have created the world, and the cubes, and they all get named, but I can't figure out how to set each named Cube into an Array that I can call on to change during update. I am assuming I am calling in the array function at the wrong time, but I am not sure where to stick it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

public class MakeDaCubes : MonoBehaviour
{

    public int board_size_x_;
    public int board_size_z_;
    public Transform cube_prefab_;

    public GameObject[] cubePrefabs;
    public Transform[] boardCubes;

    // Use this for initialization
    void Start()
    {
        //Creates and instantiates the board
        GameObject board = new GameObject();
        //Names the board World
        board.name = "World";
        //math to make X variable grow to board_size_x
        for (int x = 0; x < board_size_x_; x++)
        {
            //math to make Y variable grow to board_size_y
            for (int z = 0; z < board_size_z_; z++)
            {
                Transform cube = (Instantiate(cube_prefab_, new Vector3(x, 0, z), Quaternion.identity) as Transform);
                cube.name = "Cube" + x + "," + z;
                cube.parent = board.transform;

                Transform[] boardCubes = new Transform[]{cube};

            }
        }        
    }

New Code resulting in multiple debug logs being posted:

public class MakeDaCube : MonoBehaviour
{

    public int board_size_x_;
    public int board_size_z_;
    public Transform cube_prefab_;

    public GameObject[] cubePrefabs;
    public Transform[] boardCubes;

    private int b;
    // Use this for initialization
    void Start()
    {
        Transform[] boardCubes = new Transform[(board_size_x_ * board_size_z_)];
        //Creates and instantiates the board
        GameObject board = new GameObject();
        //Names the board World
        board.name = "World";
        //math to make X variable grow to board_size_x
        for (int x = 0; x < board_size_x_; x++)
        {
            //math to make Y variable grow to board_size_y
            for (int z = 0; z < board_size_z_; z++)
            {

                Transform cube = (Instantiate(cube_prefab_, new Vector3(x, 0, z), Quaternion.identity) as Transform);
                cube.name = "Cube" + x + "," + z;
                cube.parent = board.transform;

                //pushes tiles into boardCubes array
                boardCubes[b++] = cube;

                //iterates through each newCube and debugs its name
                foreach (Transform newCube in boardCubes)
                    {
                        Debug.Log("Added Cube: " + cube.name);
                    }

                //iterates through each boardCubes and debugs its value
                //for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                //    Debug.Log(boardCubes[x]); 
            }
        }        
    }
}

[DaveA]

You might look into using Array or List, but I think what you want to basically do is stuff them in the array as you go, something like:

cube.parent = board.transform;
boardCubes[b++] = cube;

where b starts as 0. Using the array type you have, you may need to pre-size it to the number of cubes you'll be making (board_size_x_ * board_size_z_)