Cannot orient instantiated object

Unity Engine
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Hi,

Unity noob… this should be a simple one, but I’m buggered if I can get it to work!

I have a capsule shaped gameobject that is representing a projectile.

The mesh in the prefab is rotated 90deg about X, so the capsule appears to point forward/backward along the Z axis.

When I instantiate the capsule with the following, (From the main camera position - the script is on the camera)

var insProjectile = Instantiate(fabProjectile, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);

The capsule shape appears pointing up/down along the Y axis.

I have tried using Quaternion(90,0,0,0), and a few other variations instead of Quaternion.identity but the projectile always appears aligned along the Y axis, not along the Z axis as it is in the prefab.

Any help much appreciated!

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I found an answer here;

In essence, I changed the instantiate call to

var insProjectile = Instantiate(fabProjectile, transform.position, fabProjectile.transform.rotation);

The problem was basically that I thought the rotation set in the prefab would be used as a default. Now I see the solution, it’s obvious, and I’ve learned a little!