Can't convert instantiated object to GameObject?

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1

For some reason, I can’t seem to save an instantiated object to a GameObject. My code looks like:

	public GameObject weaponPrefab;
	
	BoneHelper boneHelper;
	Transform weapon;
	
	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
		boneHelper = GetComponent<BoneHelper>();
		boneHelper.Init();
		
		GameObject weaponObj = (GameObject)Instantiate(weaponPrefab);
		
		print("Weapon Obj: " + weaponObj);
		
		weapon = weaponObj.transform;
		
		Transform rightHandBone = boneHelper.GetBone("hand.r");
		if(rightHandBone != null)
		{
			weapon.parent = rightHandBone;
		}else
		{
			print("Could not fine bone 'hand.r'");
		}
	}

The error “Cannot cast from source type to destination type” happens at the Instantiate line. If I use ‘as’ instead of the more common cast syntax, the weaponObj print out looks like "Weapon Obj: " with no object being shown and the next line will give a null pointer error.

I’ve never had this problem before and I’m pretty sure it should work. Anyone have any idea why it’s complaining?

2

I’m not really sure what the problem was, but I noticed that the prefab that had this script attached to it was showing Type Mismatch on the weaponPrefab param. I dragged the same prefab I had before onto the arg and tried again, but this time got no error.

I did have some compile time errors while writing this script. My best guess is that something didn’t clean correctly when rebuilding, after I fixed the errors, and that caused the issue.