"Transform.parent" won't transform.

Unity Engine
1

Hello folks!

Apparently when i try to transform my Character with an moving Object (vehicle) it’s not transforming at all.
So the following script is being called once a Character tries to enter a Vehicle.

else if (playerInVehicle == false && whichcar != null)
                {
                    //gameObject.GetComponent(Shooting).enabled = false;
                    cameramain.transform.parent = whichcar.transform;
                    Char.GetComponent("PlayerMovement").enabled = false;
                    Char.GetComponent("MouseLook").enabled = false;
                    playerInVehicle = true;
                    cameramain.GetComponent(CarCamera).enabled = true;
                    cameramain.GetComponent(CarCamera).target = whichcar.GetComponent(CarController).centerOfMass.transform;
                    Char.transform.parent = whichcar.transform;
                    whichcar.GetComponent(CarController).iminside = true;
                    //Adam.SetActive(false);
                    //whichcar.GetComponent(SoundController).enabled = true;
                 
             
             
                }

Char is set to the current Character Clone.
whichcar is set to the nearest object he tries to enter.

EDIT: I just realized that the character is actually moving with the car, just really really slowly.The Character moves 1 inch in the direction the car is driving when the car moved already 50 meters.
Any ideas?

2

Is it possible that it just looks really odd because you’re not setting the player’s local position after parenting? Try:

Char.transform.parent = whichcar.transform;
Char.transform.localPosition = Vector3.zero;

And see if that works better?

3

The players position after parenting is where the player entered the Car.
I tried it with:

Char.transform.localPosition = Vector3(0,5,0);

This transforms the char on top of the car.

Vector3.zero made him transform under the car.

Apparently its the same issue again.

4

Do you have a collider or rigidbody you have to disable as well? I can’t seem to mimic your issue of the player just getting stuck or moving incredibly slowly.

And here’s how I parent, from inside the vehicle script with a linked Player transform:

    if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) == true)
     {
       if (player.parent == null)
       {
         player.parent = transform;
         player.localPosition = Vector3.zero;
       }
       else
       {
         player.parent = null;
         player.position = transform.position;
       }
     }
5

Disabling Rigidbody and changing the code order did the trick! Thank you so much :slight_smile: