making prefabs at runtime?

Questions & Answers
1

Here i have an inventory script that i’ve been working on. It works fine, but when i drop an object, its dropping an instance of it (a clone), and when i go to pick it back up, i can’t re-drop it since its a clone, not a prefab. Can i make a prefab of it at runtime?
Here’s code:
function InventoryRay() {

var hit : RaycastHit;

Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.forward * rayLength, Color.red);

if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, hit, rayLength))
	{
		if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
		{
			if(hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "collectable")
			{
				Debug.Log("collectable");
				currentGameObjectName = hit.collider.gameObject.name;
				Debug.Log(currentGameObjectName);

				menuItems.Add(currentGameObjectName);
				itemToDestroy = GameObject.Find(currentGameObjectName);
				Destroy(itemToDestroy);
			}
		}
	}


}

function OnGUI() {
	
	buttonPosX = 10;
    
    buttonPosY = 10;
	
	if(openInventory == true)
	{
		
		GUI.Box(Rect(0, 0, Screen.width/2, Screen.height/2),"INVENTORY");
		
		for(items in menuItems)
		{
			if(GUI.Button(Rect(buttonPosX, buttonPosY, 100, 50), items))
			{
				openSubMenu = true;
				currentItem = items;
			}
			
			buttonPosX = buttonPosX + 125;
		}
		
		if(openSubMenu == true)
		{
			SubMenu();
		}
	}
	
}

function SubMenu() {

var btnHeight = 50;
var btnWidth = 50;
var boxHeight = 150;
var boxwidth = 250;
GUI.Box(Rect( (Screen.width/2) - (boxwidth/2), (Screen.height/2) - (boxHeight/2), boxwidth,boxHeight), "what do you want to do?");

if(GUI.Button(Rect((Screen.width/2) - (boxwidth/2) + 25, (Screen.height/2) - (boxHeight/2) +50, btnHeight, btnWidth), "Drop"))
{
	spawnPos = Vector3(player.transform.localPosition.x, player.transform.localPosition.y, player.transform.localPosition.z + 25);
	objectToDrop = Instantiate(Resources.Load(currentItem), spawnPos,Quaternion.identity);
	objectToDrop.name.Replace("(Clone)", currentItem);
	menuItems.Remove(currentItem);
	openSubMenu = false; 
}

if(GUI.Button(Rect((Screen.width/2) - (boxwidth/2) + 100, (Screen.height/2) - (boxHeight/2) +50, btnHeight, btnWidth), "Use"))
{
	Debug.Log("no function for this item");
}

if(GUI.Button(Rect((Screen.width/2) - (boxwidth/2) + 175, (Screen.height/2) - (boxHeight/2) +50, btnHeight, btnWidth), "Back"))
{
	openSubMenu = false;
}

}

2

I think you’re taking the incorrect approach. From what I understand the real issue is that your naming convention is broken by the fact that instantiated GameObject have “(Clone)” added to their name, right? Then don’t pollute your project with clone prefabs uselessly, just rename the instantiated objects so they match the original name.

In your Submenu() method, simply add this line after the instantiation:

objectToDrop.name = objectToDrop.name.Replace("(Clone)",""); //might be " (Clone)"
3

You can use Instantiate() to clone any object, whether it’s one from your scene or something you loaded in with Resources.Load(). It looks more like your problem has to do with trying to load a scene object from resources, which isn’t necessary if the object is already in your scene.