Instantiate an object as child

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1

Hello,

I’m trying to make an overlay and i want to instantiate the hearts in the “Overlay” GameObject.
I searched on Internet (i actually tried things found in the first two pages of google) but nothing works.

Here is my code :

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Overlay : MonoBehaviour {
	public Transform CoeurPlein;
	public Transform CoeurVide;

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
	

		GameObject TCoeurPlein = Instantiate (CoeurPlein, new Vector3 (0,0, 0), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
		TCoeurPlein.transform.parent = GameObject.Find("Overlay").transform;

	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
	
	}
}

And the error message :

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Overlay.Start () (at Assets/script/Overlay.cs:13)

Thanks

2

The error is there :

TCoeurPlein.transform.parent = GameObject.Find("Overlay").transform;

The fact that there is a NullReferenceException on that line means that GameObject.Find("Overlay") returned null, so you’re trying to access the transform of a null object.
It appears that there isn’t an “Overlay” GameObject in your scene.

When using methods the likes of Find, it’s generally a good idea to check if it actually worked.

    void Start()
    {
        GameObject TCoeurPlein = Instantiate(CoeurPlein, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
        GameObject overlayParent = GameObject.Find("Overlay");

        if (overlayParent != null)
        {
            TCoeurPlein.transform.SetParent(overlayParent.transform);
        }
    }