Change the Parent of a GameObject in script?

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Is there any way to re-parent a GameObject thru script? (i.e. something like ThisObject.parent = SomeOtherObject? (not talking about AddComponent)

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Yes; you do it through the Transform component, not the GameObject itself.

gameObject.transform.parent = otherGameObject.transform;
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I tried that but got an error message: ‘Setting the parent of a transform which resides in a prefab is disabled to prevent data corruption’.

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Well, you can’t do it to a prefab, only to objects that have been instantiated in the scene.

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ah thats it! i was caching the original instead of the scene instance. thanks all round for the quick help!