[SOLVED] Can't enable Clone if the entity it's cloned from is not enabled

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#1

here I have made a simple scene, where ‘Entity’ holds a script which is
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where this.box refers to an entity in the scene, the expected output is console.log(this.clone.enabled); would return true, but as seen here

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It does not return the expected output, and I am kinda stuck here

#2

Hello @agent178 ,

That is happening because your cloned entity doesn’t have a parent entity yet. Thus it’s not showing in your scene. A simple console.log(this.clone.parent) will show you what’s going on.

Try and add your cloned entity to a parent before enabling it! Here a simple code example:

Clone.prototype.initialize = function() {
 
    this.parentBox.enabled = false;

    this.clone = this.box.clone();
    this.entity.addChild(this.clone);
    this.clone.enabled = true;

    console.log(this.clone.enabled);

};

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#3

Thanks!!!, Weird because i never needed to reparent it before.
My old code stopped working and i didn’t know why :grin:

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#5

You have to add the clone to the hierarchy somehow. For example, you can also use the method below.

this.app.root.addChild(this.clone);