GameObject.getComponentsInChildren() unexpected array order

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I just found that that order of the result will change if a child has an Animator component on it.
GameObject.getComponentsInChildren(this.gameObject, Camera);
All children are inactive but the first (top in hierarchy) and they all get collected in that order, until I add an Animator component to the last one, which then comes first in the result.

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by user 732122195614105653

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Is there a sibling order property that I can use to sort the result so that it matches the hierarchy set in Unity?

by user 732122195614105653

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The hierarchy order should always match the Unity hierarchy - is always the object with the animator first in the list?

4

i got the same problem, but no animator was involved, apparently it gets the order the children where created instead of the order in the hierarchy, my solution was to use a public objec3d array and manually set them in the inspector that way the order was respected

by user 528663425488781362

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Ok - personally i wouldnt trust or rely on any order when using methods like these too (e.g. if order is crucial)

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Thanks for clarifying too.