Attatch one object to another

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Greetings! I wanted to check if Unity has any support for attaching one mesh to another. I'd like to be able to attach say a gun to a character's hand or put something on the characters back, etc. I've seen vague references to a parenting system, but not many details

Thanks

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Parenting is the easiest way to do it. Your code might be something as simple as:

var hand : Transform;

function Update () {
     if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire2")) {
          transform.parent = hand;
          //Attaches the gun to the hand.

          transform.position = Vector3.zero;
          transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
          //Since position and rotation are in local space, this will place
          //the gun on the hand joint facing forward. You can offset it as well
     }
}

This just sets the gun to the player's hand and then you do not have to worry about attaching it every frame.