Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials

Using Instantiate() to spawn objects

Now within this IF statement—meaning after the opening { and before the closing }, put the following line:

C#:

Rigidbody instance = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation) as Rigidbody;

Javascript:

var instance: Rigidbody = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);

Here we are creating a new variable named instance. Into this variable we are storing a reference to the creation of a new object that is of type Rigidbody.

The Instantiate commands requires three pieces of information namely, Instantiate(What to make, Where to make it, a rotation to give it);

So in our example, we are telling our script to create an instance of whatever object or prefab is assigned to the bullet ...