Transform values of prefab change when changing Transform of clones?

Unity Engine
1

Hi

I have a circular shape that I created in Blender which I have called Lane. In my code I also have a class LaneInfo which holds some properties for the Lane gameobject. In Unity I have then dragged the Lane object into the prefab folder.

In my code I want to instantiate multiple instances of this prefab with each one scaled differently. This is in order to form concentric rings around a common centre.

When I test the game the scaling seem to look fine, but when I go back to the prefab and check the Transform in the inspector the scale of the prefab has been changed to reflect the last scale values of the clones. I would like to keep the transform values of the original prefab constant while only manipulating the transform values of the clones. Can this be done?

I am using the following code:

    //List of LaneInfo objects. Each LaneInfo object holds info about width, color of lane
    private List<LaneInfo> resourceLaneInfos;

    public Transform laneTransform;


    public void SetupGameBoard()
    {
        float scaleValue = 1.0f;
       
        foreach (LaneInfo lane in resourceLaneInfos)
        {
            Instantiate(laneTransform, new Vector3 (), Quaternion.identity);
            laneTransform.localScale = new Vector3 (1.0f * scaleValue, 1.0f, 1.0f * scaleValue);
           
            scaleValue += 0.2f;
        }
    }

Kind regards.
Kobus

2

Hi

I see where I went wrong. I should use something like the following:

           Transform temp = (Transform)Instantiate(laneTransform, new Vector3 (), Quaternion.identity);
            temp.localScale = new Vector3 (1.0f * scaleValue, 1.0f, 1.0f * scaleValue);

Kobus