Creating an entity of type asset programmatically

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1

Just starting with PlayCanvas.
I am using the example ‘Creating entities programmatically’ and trying to change the rendered entity from a box primitive to an asset. I changed only this part of the code (script entity_creator.js) like that, changing the type to asset and giving the asset number of the model template but it fails.
Any suggestions?

// Add a new Model Component and add it to the Entity.
    entity.addComponent("render", {
        type: 'asset',
        asset: 111431946
    });
2

The asset needs to be a ‘render’ asset. What type is asset ‘111431946’?

Please post a public example project if you can, that will help a lot

3

Hi yaustar,

I am taking the asset number of the 3d model template
Here is a link to project with asset number 111432542 of the PalmTrees template asset.

https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1586137

4

That’s of type ‘Template’, not render asset:

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In this case, if you want to create one in the scene, you can do this directly from the template asset

https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/templates/#instantiating-at-runtime

5

Thanks.

I will try that.

6

It worked!
Thanks.