#Creating singleton data in a baking system.

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radiant charm
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Heya, how can I generate a singleton entity from a baking system? It doesn't work when I simply use the entity manager to create an entity, I assume that's because the entity is generated in a separate baking world. I was wondering if it's possible to create an entity in a baking system for runtime.

dawn fiber
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singletons aren't really a 'thing'

radiant charm
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Im well aware

dawn fiber
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it just means only 1 of this combination of components exist

radiant charm
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just creating new entities in general

dawn fiber
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so a singleton in baking is just, bake 1 copy of the entity

radiant charm
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is it not possible without creating another game object in the heirarchy to bake then?

dawn fiber
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if the question is actually, how do you instantiate entities in baking that's a very different question that is kind of complicated

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but is actually doable

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the problem is, how do you define what susbcene to put it in?

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unless your project only has 1 subscene it has to be linked to something

radiant charm
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true

dawn fiber
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if you its linked to something, easiest way is to just CreateAdditionalEntity and set it up

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it is possible to truly create an entity from scratch in baking systems

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you just need to add SceneSection

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    public struct SceneSection : ISharedComponentData, IEquatable<SceneSection>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Unique GUID that identifies the scene where the section is.
        /// </summary>
        public Hash128        SceneGUID;
        /// <summary>
        /// Scene section index inside the scene.
        /// </summary>
        public int            Section;```
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and writing the subscene guid to it

radiant charm
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Ah right