Unity 2D respawning Instantiate issue

Question

I am making a 2D Space-invaders style game and am having GREAT difficulty with respawning. What i want to happen is when the SpaceShip is hit, it gets Destroyed, e.x. Destroy();

But when i try to Instantiate() the Prefab of the SpaceShip it does the (clone)(clone) problem, so I am trying to Make an Empty GameObject run script that spawns in a Prefab of the SpaceShip, AND when it gets Destroy(); it respawns after 3 seconds. Much help appreciated, and i'm coding in JavaScript.

Answer 1

Have one class that instantiates every couple of seconds from a prefab. You will need to drag via the Editor the playerPrefab and you will need to specify the location for the spawn.

public class Spawner : Monobehaviour
{
    public GameObject playerPrefab;

    public void spawn()
    {
        Instantiate(playerPrefab, spawnPosition, spawnRotation);
    }
}

Then when your Player dies you can a SendMessage to the Spawner class.

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Update()
    {
        if(hp <= 0)
        {
             // Grab the reference to the Spawner class.
             GameObject spawner = GameObject.Find("Spawner");

             // Send a Message to the Spawner class which calls the spawn() function.
             spawner.SendMessage("spawn");
             Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
}

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Same code in UnityScript

Spawner.js

  var playerPrefab : GameObject;

  function spawn()
  {
      Instantiate(playerPrefab, spawnPosition, spawnRotation);
  }

Player.js

  function Update()
  {
      if(hp <= 0)
      {
          // Grab the reference to the Spawner class.
          var spawner : GameObject = GameObject.Find("Spawner");

          // Send a Message to the Spawner class which calls the spawn() function.
          spawner.SendMessage("spawn");
          Destroy(gameObject);
      }
  }