Destroyed object stays in Hierarchy?

Unity Engine
1

I have a prefab with attached script that I am using as a projectile. The prefab contains a model, a rigidbody, a Trail renderer and a script that moves the projectile, and when close enough to the intended target, is suppose to disappear, and destroy the prefab

snippet from calling routine (shooter)

                    GO=(GameObject)Instantiate(Resources.Load("cannonballprefab"),
                        SHIPPREFAB.rigidbody.position,new Quaternion());
                    GO.SendMessage("RECV_TARGET",TARGETSHIP.POS.postion);

from the script attached to the cannonballprefab:

    public void RECV_TARGET(Vector3 V)
    {
        TARGET=V;
        DIR=V-rigidbody.position;
    }


    public void Update()
    {
        Vector3 V=DIR*.1f*Time.deltaTime;
        rigidbody.transform.Translate(V);
        V=rigidbody.position-TARGET;
        float DISTANCE=V.magnitude;
        if(DISTANCE<5)
        {   
            Destroy(this);
        }
    }

When the projectile meets the condition (DISTANCE<5), the script is detached from the prefab, but the object perisists inthe hierarchy.

shouldn’t destroy remove the entire prefab, or am I missing something here?

2

As far as I know “this” refers to the script itself you probably should use something like this.gameObject or this.transform to kill the GO.

3

that was it!

thanks.