Switch between 2 Characters with one input

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I have looked for hours in the unity forms and on YouTube but i can’t seem to figure out how to switch between 2 character with their own scripts i made prefabs of the two models with attached scripts in c# first i tried doing it with the script that spawns the player by instantiate the prefab and destroying the first one but doesn’t do anything i need a script and someone to explain this I am a noob im not sure what im missing but all help is appreciated //cant figure out how to post my code

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Old discussion; but took me three days to work out “Character Switch” solution; so thought I would post my solution, in case it helps someone else. I am a beginner at coding; so it is possible my code could be more efficient; but it seems to work perfectly to switch between two characters. In my game, both players have a Main Camera and a Free Look Camera Rig. So those were some of the game objects that had to be switched. Here is the code I used…

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityStandardAssets.Characters.ThirdPerson;
using UnityStandardAssets.Cameras;

public class CharacerSwitch : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject player1;
    public GameObject player2;

    public GameObject cam3;
    public GameObject cam1;

    public GameObject rig1;
    public GameObject rig2;

    void Start()
    {
        player2 = GameObject.Find("Player2");
        player1 = GameObject.Find("Player1");

        cam3 = GameObject.Find("Camera3");
        cam1 = GameObject.Find("Camera1");

        rig2 = GameObject.Find("FreeLookCameraRig2");
        rig1 = GameObject.Find("FreeLookCameraRig");

        cam3.SetActive(false);
        rig2.SetActive(false);

        cam1.tag = "MainCamera";
        cam3.tag = "Camera 2";
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.O))    //"O" for "Other" or "Other Player" 
        {
            if (player1.GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>().enabled == true)    //collider arbitrary, but reflects object state
            {
                player1.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;
                player2.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = false;

                player1.GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>().enabled = false;
                player2.GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>().enabled = true;

                player1.GetComponent<ThirdPersonCharacter>().enabled = false;
                player1.GetComponent<ThirdPersonUserControl>().enabled = false;

                player2.GetComponent<ThirdPersonCharacter>().enabled = true;
                player2.GetComponent<ThirdPersonUserControl>().enabled = true;

                cam1.SetActive(false);
                rig1.SetActive(false);

                cam3.SetActive(true);
                rig2.SetActive(true);

                cam1.tag = "Camera 2";
                cam3.tag = "MainCamera";
            }
        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.P))   //"P" for "Player" 
        {
            if (player1.GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>().enabled == false)   //collider arbitrary, but reflects object state
            {
                player1.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = false;
                player2.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;

                player1.GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>().enabled = true;
                player2.GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>().enabled = false;

                player1.GetComponent<ThirdPersonCharacter>().enabled = true;
                player1.GetComponent<ThirdPersonUserControl>().enabled = true;

                player2.GetComponent<ThirdPersonCharacter>().enabled = false;
                player2.GetComponent<ThirdPersonUserControl>().enabled = false;

                cam1.SetActive(true);
                rig1.SetActive(true);

                cam3.tag = "Camera 2";
                cam1 = GameObject.Find("Camera1");
                cam1.tag = "MainCamera";

                cam3.SetActive(false);
                rig2.SetActive(false);
            }
        }
    }
}