Howto set main.camera as a parent when main.camera itself is a child of a prefab

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1

So with below code, I am trying to make an instantiated object the child of main.camera so it looks as if the person activating it is “holding it”

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Haxxor3000Behaviour : MonoBehaviour {
	private GameObject haxxorObject;
	private Transform cameraTransform;


	void SwitchState (bool setActive) {
		
		cameraTransform = Camera.main.transform;
		if(setActive){
			haxxorObject = Instantiate(this, cameraTransform.position + cameraTransform.forward * 2, cameraTransform.rotation) as GameObject;
			this.transform.parent = cameraTransform;
			
		} else{
			Destroy(this);
		}
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
	
	}
}

However this results in the following error:

Setting the parent of a transform which resides in a prefab is disabled to prevent data corruption.

I think this happens because main.camera is itself a child of the prefab player.

Is there any way to fix this? or maybe another solution to this problem I am not seeing?

All help is appreciated,

cheers Nopogo

2

Assuming this script is part of your prefab, don’t you mean

haxxorObject.transform.parent = cameraTransform;

?