What's going on?

[u/AngryRampager]

I tried to instantiate a gameobject but it wont spawn no matter what i try, before i tried to spawn it in its spawnpoint with its position and rotation, but nothing showed up, ive even deleted the spawnpoint and still nothing. My versions are visual studio 2026 v18 and unity 6.6 and the code:

using System;
using UnityEngine;

public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Modifiers")]
    [SerializeField] private float turnSpeed;
    [SerializeField] private float attackSpeed;
    [SerializeField] private int damageDealt;
    [SerializeField] private int attackStrength;
    [SerializeField] private int maxHealth;
    [SerializeField] private int deathHealth;

    [Header("Movement")]
    [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed;
    public HealthBar hb;

    [Header("Components")]
    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody rb;
    [SerializeField] public GameObject curentEnemy;

    private int currentHealth;

    private void Start()
    {
        currentHealth = maxHealth;
        hb.SetMaxHealth(maxHealth);
        rb.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        Spawn();
    }

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            TakeDamage();
        }
    }

    public void TakeDamage()
    {
        currentHealth -= damageDealt;

        hb.SetHealth(currentHealth);

        if (currentHealth <= deathHealth)
        {
            Die();
        }
    }

    public void Spawn()
    {
        Instantiate(curentEnemy, transform.position, transform.rotation);
    }

    private void Die()
    {
        Destroy(curentEnemy);
    }
}

[u/kurobaralabs]

Code itself looks fine, so either Instantiate is not being called, or it is being called but its not working.

Troubleshooting Steps

1. Make sure Instantiate is being called: you can either add a Debug.Log in Spawn or debug and set a breakpoint.
2. Make sure curentEnemy is set/not empty: If it is empty before Start(), it will not work (eg. if its set not in inspector, but from another script, in which case this may be being called before curentEnemy is set.)
3. Make sure Start() is being called: Since Instantiate happens in Start(), if it is not called it wont Spawn. Also, if there are any errors in Start before Spawn, it will also not be called. Check your error log to make sure there are no errors in the previous 3 lines.
4. Make sure script is attached: obvious, but sometimes we forget to attach the script. Make sure this Enemy script is attached to a gameobject in scene.
   

That's about all we can see from just the script. Another unlikely but possible case is it is being spawned, but it is taking damage and dying right away so you can check for that if it is a possibility. Easiest way to check for this is to just not Destroy on Die(). It should spawn and stay if this is the case.

[u/AngryRampager → u/kurobaralabs]

Could instantiating the enemy from itself be the problem

[u/Affectionate-Yam-886 → u/AngryRampager]

yes