TransformUsageFlags.Renderable still gets LocalTransform

[hushed tendon]

As per title, I have a prefab that I access in only one authoring script, like this:
GetEntity(authoring.PositionGizmoArrowPrefab, TransformUsageFlags.Renderable);.
Regardless, it still gets a LocalTransform component.

I dug through the code a bit and it seems the transform usage flags are completely ignored? It passes through BakedEntityData.CreateEntityForPrefab which always creates it with Dynamic. So what is the point of passing in any TransformUsageFlags for non-primary entities?

Is it possible to bake prefabs without forcing a LocalTransform on it?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1064581837055348857/1376186453653983263/image.png?ex=68346902&is=68331782&hm=82b3bd589f01cac5128c6cb4d6e5ef3a3d75ff148a11d068e3bd3c5880a56443&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

I suppose a similar question could be asked about LinkedEntityGroup, for prefabs that consist of a single entity

[opaque hinge]

Yeah all prefabs get dynamic. Adding a static entity optimised component might work but is been a while as I forked and changed this behaviour.

As for leg, also changed this in a fork 🙃

It's annoying

[restive widget]

Have you tried TransformUsageFlags.ManualOverride and seen if that somehow fixes it?

[hushed tendon]

yeah I remember you talking about this one in particular

[hushed tendon]

static entity optimised component
that doesn't ring any bells

[hushed tendon]

I will look through the code and see tonight 😄

[opaque hinge]

It's an authoring component to force an entity to be static, existed forever

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.entities@1.4/api/Unity.Entities.StaticOptimizeEntity.html

[hushed tendon]

hah alright, never seen it before ^^"
that sounds like a hack for this case, but hey if it works

[hushed tendon]

using ManualOverride works, but of course it doesn't have LocalToWorld either in this case, and I cannot add components to the non-primary entity
I tried a separate authoring component on the prefab: if I specify ManualOverride there, then add only LocalToWorld, it works (for this single-object case)

[restive widget]

Hmm, I don't think ManualOverride | Renderable will work, but might be worth a try? Though if you have two working solutions now then that's good too