[Solved] Storing a GameObject in a var and then instantiating it in a new scene?

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1

Hi. I’m creating a game in which a player can access a menu and jump between multiple scenes. I tried to use DontDestroyOnLoad (), but if I jump to another scene and back, I will have two players. My solution was to instantiate the player on the other scene. I wanted the player to have the attributes (position, rotation, etc) in the other scene. However, it didn’t work. This is my code:

public void LoadSystem (string name) {
		GameObject player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("Player");
		SceneManager.LoadScene (name);
		Instantiate (player, player.transform.position, player.transform.rotation);
}

Is there any way I can solve this problem? Or is there a simpler way to do this? Thank you in advance. :slight_smile:

2

You could go back to the version that was working except with duplicate players. Add a static bool called “PlayerInstantiated” or similar. In your method to instantiate the player, first do a check if that bool is true. If so, stop the function. Otherwise, instantiate the player and set PlayerInstantiated to true.

That way, the code will only ever run once.

3

If you are going to that yes there’s a simple way of doing it.

  1. Using PlayerPrefs you can save the position of your character.

By doing this:

//Saving the position of the player
PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("PlayerX", player.transform.position.x);
PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("PlayerY", player.transform.position.y);
PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("PlayerZ", player.transform.position.z);

Note: As for the rotation value just do the same as the position

  1. By making your character a Prefab.

  2. Instantiate the prefab then use the key of your playerprefs to reposition the Prefab you made then make a variable for setting its position.

    transform.position = new Vector3(PlayerPrefs.GetFloat(“PlayerX”), PlayerPrefs.GetFloat(“PlayerY”), PlayerPrefs.GetFloat(“PlayerZ”));

Hope it helps. Happy Coding
-Ginxx009