Change parent of GameObject C#

Question

So lets say I got 2 cubes

Cube1 and Cube2

I wan't to assign Cube1 as the Parent of Cube2, can anyone give a code example of how that is done?

Convulsive

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– Maiden

Answer 1

Sure,

Cube2.transform.parent=Cube1.transform

Verecund

I tried looping through and adding all my asteroid game objects to a parent game object and they all appeared on top of each other. Not sure why this is happening tho.

– Sentience

have you tried to set the cube2 transform to a null first then add parent.

– Bonucci

Awesome.. my big problem was solved by your code :)

– Virgule

As this answer can be found on google: There is a SetParent method now. It keeps the local orientation. [ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.][1] [1]: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.html

– Gonick

I get the error "CS0103: The name `Cube1' does not exist in the current context" How do I find Cube1?

– Daub

Answer 2

Disquieting

Answer 3

parent = gameobject keeps the worldposition of the child while SetParent allows you the choice between world position or changing the position to be relative to the parent.

'cube2.transform.SetParent(cube1.transform, true);

'cube2.transform.SetParent(cube1.transform, false);

'cube2.transform.parent = cube1.transform;

You can see a demonstration of how these will all parent the object but have different results on the position here https://www.monkeykidgc.com/2020/12/tips-and-tricks-unity-set-parent.html

Chilon