Instantiating a gameObject in an array is not working for me

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1

I’m making a game which lets you spawn units in a game, and to start spawning a unit I need to instantiate the unit prefab first to then get the necessary components from their individual variables. However I can not instantiate the gameObject into the array.

    public GameObject[] instantiatedUnits;
    float[] unitLastSummonTime = new float[5];
    float[] unitCooldowns = new float[5];
    float[] unitCosts = new float[5];

    public void InstantiateAllUnits()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            instantiatedUnits _= (GameObject)Instantiate(Resources.Load("Units/" + UnitManagement.unitsName*.ToString()), new Vector3(0, 3, 0), new Quaternion());*_

unitCooldowns = instantiatedUnits*.GetComponent().cooldown;*
unitCosts = instantiatedUnits*.GetComponent().cost;*
Destroy(instantiatedUnits*);*
}

}
When I try to instantiate outside of the array, it works. But I need it in the array so I can call select the unit from it. Any help would be great.

2

Well, i’d do this using List<> instead of array, here’s how i’d do it:

 //First, using List is way better for adding the units instantiated:
 public List<GameObject> instantiatedUnits = new List<GameObject>(); // Changed from array[] to List<>. !!REMEMBER TO ADD THE NAMESPACE: using System.Collections.Generic!!
 float[] unitLastSummonTime = new float[5];
 float[] unitCooldowns = new float[5];
 float[] unitCosts = new float[5];

 public void InstantiateAllUnits()
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
     {
     	//now here we create a GameObject named "UNIT" and we instantiate the unit you'd like:
         GameObject UNIT = Instantiate(Resources.Load("Units/" + UnitManagement.unitsName*.ToString()), new Vector3(0, 3, 0), new Quaternion());*

//then we add the UNIT GameObject to the instantiatedUnits List:
instantiatedUnits.Add(UNIT);
//DONE! Now you can access your instantiated Unit and its properties like in arrays: instantiatedUnits[Index]
unitCooldowns = instantiatedUnits*.GetComponent().cooldown;*
unitCosts = instantiatedUnits*.GetComponent().cost;*
Destroy(instantiatedUnits*);*
}
}