How do I cleanly spawn a new prefab to replace my current player character at runtime?

[mikhail.b1990]

Hey guys! I'm in a situation where I want to implement the following:
1. Scene loads.
2. A generic player prefab spawns.
3. Player walks to an objective.
4. Player has to select a body type.
5. The generic player object is destroyed and a new player prefab is spawned based on the body type.

What would be the right way of doing this?

 

[ChristianWiele]

If your different characters all use the same avatar, you can simply switch the mesh on the skinned mesh renderer. Otherwise, there is currently no support for a clean switch of the character. Version 3 (released within the next 4 - 8 weeks) will support this.

 

[mikhail.b1990]

If your different characters all use the same avatar, you can simply switch the mesh on the skinned mesh renderer. Otherwise, there is currently no support for a clean switch of the character. Version 3 (released within the next 4 - 8 weeks) will support this.

I actually think I've somewhat figured it out, but still looking forward to your release In my case I've got different slightly different rigs for different body types, otherwise I would've gone for the mesh switch like you suggested.