Gather prefabs through code

Unity Engine
1

hey guys, i have a bunch of prefabs of (for this example, lets say) weapons.
so…

WeaponName
-> gameobject with mesh
-> whatever else is childed to it (attached scopes, etc!)

and all these prefabs are tagged with ‘weapon’.

is there a way to iterate through all objects with that tag and add them to a list? so that i can instantiate them later?

i know i can do this through the editor, by making a public List and putting all my weapon prefabs into that list by hang, but i want to do it through code so that i can just add weapons as i please and the game will just pick it up and add it to the list rather than me having to do it each time

2

The following method returns an array containing all the game objects with a particular tag.

3

I’d try:

Through that won’t work with prefabs … :frowning:

You could also look at Resources.

4

yes, i know about that function, but that only works on objects within the scene, and not on the prefabs as NPSF3000 has pointed out…this is what i need! :frowning:

i will have a look at resources now.

5

suppose i can use Unity - Scripting API: Resources.LoadAll and put all my weapons into a weapons folder :stuck_out_tongue: