/// <summary>
/// Clones the object original, places it at position and sets the rotation to rotation, then returns the cloned object.
/// This is essentially the same as using duplicate command (cmd-d) in Unity and then moving the object to the given location.
/// If a game object, component or script instance is passed, Instantiate will clone the entire game object hierarchy, with all children cloned as well.
/// All game objects are activated.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="original"></param>
public static UnityObject Instantiate(UnityObject original)
{
if (original == null)
{
return(null);
}
GameObject clone = null;
if (original is Component)
{
clone = (original as Component).gameObject.Clone() as GameObject;
}
else if (original is GameObject)
{
GameObject toClone = (original as GameObject).transform.root.gameObject;
//GameObject toClone = original as GameObject;
clone = toClone.Clone() as GameObject;
}
else
{
return(original.Clone());
}
// NOTE: It is very important that this is done at the end otherwise we cannot find the correct object to return.
Dictionary <int, UnityObject> idMap = new Dictionary <int, UnityObject>();
clone.SetNewId(idMap);
clone.FixReferences(idMap);
Application.RegisterComponents(newInstantiatedComponents);
Application.AwakeNewComponents();
return(idMap[original.GetInstanceID()]);
}
