[SOLVED] Creating Image Element at runtime

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I’m trying to generate some image elements on run time for a 2D game, and I don’t know if this is the best way to do it:

I tried cloning another element that I already have on the Scene.

  console.log('Spawning tile');
  const { tileWidth, tileHeight } = this.grid;
  const tile = this.prefab.clone();
  const localPos = this.prefab.localPosition;

  const x = 0;
  const y = 800;

  tile.setLocalPosition(new pc.Vec3(x, y, 0));
  tile.name = `tile x: ${tile.localPosition.data[0]} y: ${tile.localPosition.data[1]}`;

  this.entities.push(tile);

But it seems that the cloned element looses the screen reference and that is why I can’t see anything new on the game.

Is there a better way to do it ?

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Looks like you are cloning the entity but not giving the new instance a parent?

Assuming this.prefab is a child of the right parent entity, try

const tile = this.prefab.clone();
tile.prefab.parent.addChild(tile);
const localPos = this.prefab.localPosition;
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That fixed the issue, thanks!