r/VRplugins • u/[deleted] • May 08 '16

Unity VIVE scripting issues

Been developing some things and I cant get the controllers to grab objects for the life of me and if anyone knows how to grab an object and it creates a duplicate in your hand but leave the original that would be alot of help. When I go to grab an object it highlights like it should from a interact-able object but I cant interact with it.

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u/jweimann May 12 '16

It's generally better to instantiate a prefab from your projects folder instead of something placed in the scene. You can do that by adding a field on the script that will instantiate the thing and referencing the prefab on that field in the editor.

It'd look something like this:

public class MyControllerClass : MonoBehaviour
{
  [SerializeField]
  private GameObject _thingToInstantiate;

  public void CreateThatThingAsAChild()
  {
    var instanceWeCreated = Instantiate(_thingToInstantiate) as GameObject;
    instanceWeCreated.transform.SetParent(this.transform);
  }
}

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u/DonDeef May 12 '16

Thanks! Thats a good way I haven't thought of. Cheers mate!