Instancing or replication

[art3mis]

Instancing vs replication question. I have a component based on a simple network which does 2 things
i) - updates the x and z coordinates of geometry,
and
ii) - changes the color based on a slider value

At runtime I need to ‘copy’ this component (up to 12 copies) and update the individual x,z and color values. The number of ‘copies’ will be constantly changing as well.

Should I be using replication only, or some combination of instancing and replication or?

instancing_or_replication.toe (4.6 KB)

[raganmd]

Instancing for sure

[art3mis]

Thanks!.Checking out your DAT instancing example

working with table DATs , and generating instances

Okay here you’ll find some examples of working with instances in DATs. Initial big picture ideas to hold onto are that your column headers are how you match values from a DAT to an instance. The first couple of examples show how you can drive instances from a DAT, then there’s a look at how you can manipulate those / update those values directly in a table. Following are some exploratory ideas about other ways to drive your instances with updating json data. Everything from putting in a point a…