how to make a variable in a script that do not apply to all prefab istances

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1

hi,
there is a way to make a public variable in a script that when setted doesn’t aplly to all prefabs?

for istance: I have a prefab with a script with field “name”, if I put a string inside and I do some modification to the prefab I don’t want this field to be applied to every prefab instance. There is a specifica marker to put in the script or is just not supposed to work in this way?

thanks

2

That is naturally how it works(all fields applied to any instance that has this component). To prevent the field from changing a Clone you can add a boolean called clone

public var clone:boolean;

Then when you set the name of the object to the name field just add a conditional

function Start()
{
    if(!clone)gameObject.name=name;
}
function Clone() //when you instantiate the clone, set clone to true on that instance
{
    var instance=Instantiate(gameObject,Vector3.zero,Quaternion.identity);
    instance.GetComponent(MyScript).clone=true;
}