Wrong transform when instantiating

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1

I’m trying to play an explosion animation on destroy, but the object just gets placed lower than it should., here’s what I have:

    private void OnDestroy()
        {
            Instantiate(enemyExplosion, gameObject.transform.position, new Quaternion(0, 0, 0, 0));
        }

The code for the moving object where the explosion should be gets moved withthe following code:

using UnityEngine;

public class BackAndForth : MonoBehaviour 
{
    // Transforms to act as start and end markers for the journey.
    public Transform startMarker;
    public Transform endMarker;

    // Movement speed in units/sec.
    public float speed = 1.0F;

    // Time when the movement started.
    private float startTime;

    // Total distance between the markers.
    private float journeyLength;

    void Start()
    {
        // Keep a note of the time the movement started.
        startTime = Time.time;

        // Calculate the journey length.
        journeyLength = Vector3.Distance(startMarker.position, endMarker.position);
    }

    // Follows the target position like with a spring
    void Update()
    {
        Vector3 x = Vector3.zero;        
        // Distance moved = time * speed.
        float distCovered = (Time.time - startTime) * speed;

        // Fraction of journey completed = current distance divided by total distance.
        float fracJourney = distCovered / journeyLength;

        // Set our position as a fraction of the distance between the markers.
        transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(startMarker.position, endMarker.position, fracJourney);
        if(transform.position == endMarker.position)
        {
            x = endMarker.position;
            endMarker.position = startMarker.position;
            startMarker.position = x;
            Start();
            transform.Rotate(new Vector3(0, 180, 0));
        }
    }
}
2

Create an empty gameobject and make it as a parent to your gameobject. Make the parent gameobject’s transform to your desired transform values. After that, reset the child’s transform, so that it falls along with the empty parent and then try running your script.