Copy / new - on Unity data types e.g Transform

Unity Engine
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Hi,

There does not seem to be a constructor for the Transform class, i.e.

var myTransform:Transform= new Transform();

also if I have an existing game object myGameObj

and I do

var myT:Transfrom:Transform = myGameObj.transform;

myT.position.x=100;

Then I move myGameObj to position x=100;

i.e. myT is a pointer to the transform on myGameObj.

Can I make an instance of the Transform class, or do I need to create a GameObject so that I can get access to all the functions that the transform class has it it.

Thanks

2

You cannot have a Transform that is not part of a GameObject, or vice versa, and there is exactly one transform per GameObject.

3

OK. So if I want instantiate a GameObject “newObject”, 5 units ahead of another game object “existingObject”.

It looks like I need to instantiate the new object at the current position of “existingObject”. Then move the “newObject” 5 units foward (assuming that Ive got the rotations correct)

I was going to get the transform of “existingObject”, then calculate a position 5 units ahead of that position, then instantiate the “newObject” at the calculated position.
But doing it that way, I’d need to write a lot of code, if I can’t use the built in functions in the Transform class.

So it looks like I’ll need to do the instantiation first then move it. (somewhat counter intuitive)