World position values are not correct (Is this a script problem?)

Scripting
1

I’ve run into a problem.

In the image I provided, 1 and 2 represent different areas. They are contained in an empty GameObject, and everything in the level is contained in that object. The GameObjects labeled 1 and 2 have normal positions in the world, but the objects contained inside them do not. They have absurdly large values like X:-19283274, Y:-3001.2. When I remove the objects, they appear to reset to normal values, but this will impede my project as it will be extremely cluttered and unorganized.

TL;DR Why do these values tend towards such large numbers (could it be a script conflict) and is there an easy way to organize these objects together while still keeping their normal world positions via editor or script? Anything helps, thank you.

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2

I can’t see your hierarchy, but are you sure you’re not looking at world vs local position? If your empty gameobjects are in odd positions and you move a child under them, you should be seeing the local position on them based on where the empty gameobject is at.

3

Is your parent object a RectTransform? If that the case the positions are expressed in the canvas space, which units are usually in pixels.

4

This seems correct, but is there any way to display the world position in the Transform instead of the local position? It would be a lot more efficient for myself.

5

I’m not aware of there being a way to show world instead of local. There may be some custom editor scripts that would do that.

6

I’ve been meaning to try writing something to do that.

[CustomEditor(typeof(Transform))]
public class UI_TransformGUI : Editor
{
    public override void OnInspectorGUI()
    {
        Transform t = target as Transform;
        Vector3 localPos = t.localPosition;
        Vector3 newLocal = EditorGUILayout.Vector3Field("Local Position", localPos);
        if(newLocal != localPos)
        {
            t.localPosition = newLocal;
            Repaint();
        }
        Vector3 newWorld = EditorGUILayout.Vector3Field("World Position", t.position);
        if(newWorld != t.position)
        {
            t.position = newWorld;
            Repaint();
        }
    }
}

I also tried the newer serialization-based approach (if anyone is interested in trying that, the transform serializes to values with names like “m_LocalPosition” and “m_LocalRotation”) but had weird dependency problems. (That approach would let you retain multi-component editing so it might be worth figuring out.)