Random generation in subscenes

Unity Engine
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I am using an asset that generates random three d levels at runtime.
I am trying to figure out how to take the level and have it be part of the subscene

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If this asset generates GameObjects at runtime, unless it can also generate them in the editor which can be saved in a scene, then unfortunately the asset is incompatible with ECS.

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If you really really want to do this at runtime, you can create renderer/collider entities based on the generated GameObjects: Runtime entity creation | Entities Graphics | 1.0.16

Keep in mind that this won’t be very performant, and it kinda misses the point of ECS, but it’s technically viable if you want to re-use that asset and you aren’t constrained by slow level loading.

As mentioned above, you could save yourself a lot of trouble by pre-generating your levels in the editor and saving them in subscenes. Obviously, that’s less flexible… and in turn it kinda misses the point of procedural generation.

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A few options:

  1. Break down assets into prefabs, bake prefabs, use prefabs to generate levels.
  2. Use runtime authoring for the required entities, it won’t be part of the subscene obviously.