Not understanding GetComponent with prefabs

[ExplosionPills]

I copied a project and it creates players using:

player = ((GameObject)Instantiate(UserPlayerPrefab, vector, quat))
   .GetComponent<UserPlayer>();

UserPlayer is a script. This works, but I don’t understand the association between the script (filename is UserPlayer) and the actual game object. The project has prefab/UserPlayer which is a prefab that has a capsule mesh. I wanted to use a more complex character design, so I imported an fbx file, created a prefab from it, and added the UserPlayer script as a component. I renamed the original UserPlayerx and the new one to UserPlayer.

However, when I run the game, when the player is created, it’s still using the UserPlayerx prefab (i.e. drawing a capsule). There doesn’t seem to be any association between the UserPlayer script and the prefab except that the script is a component of the prefab, but the script is also a component of my new user player, so I’m at a complete loss.

How can I create a component using the new prefab?

[hd27]

Try removing the UserPlayer script from the prefabs and adding it to the Instantiated gameobject; What I mean is:

GameObject player = (GameObject)Instantiate(UserPlayerPrefab, vector, quat);

UserPlayer userPlayer = player.AddComponent<UserPlayer>();

This will create a new gameobject in the scene from the prefab and then it will add the UserPlayer component to it and will store the component in a variable so you can access it;

I hope this is what you wanted to do.

[guitarxe]

From a similar question I asked here, it looks like you cannot link anything external to the prefab. Thus you could try adding your scripts to an instantiated object from your prefab after you have instantiated it.