children not being despawned properly

[hybrid isle]

you need to use despawn_recursive(). despawn() only despawns the target entity

[untold grotto]

thank you, i'll try that. i thought when despawning an entity, all the children were automatically despawned as well?

[hybrid isle]

it would be intuitive to assume so, yeah. apparently the devs are planning to make that the default behavior at some point.

but I think the reason why it's a different method is because technically the hierarchy part of bevy ECS is optional (provided by bevy_hierarchy crate)

[untold grotto]

i asked chatgpt if children were despawned when the parent was despawned. I guess i shouldnt trust chatgpt on stuff like that then

[hybrid isle]

yeah, ChatGPT is often outdated, and bevy development moves relatively fast

[untold grotto]

thank you for this information (if true) ive been trying to solve this error for a long time

[hybrid isle]

always make sure to check the docs

[untold grotto]

yeah

very helpful, i think this might solve another bug i've had to deal witht oo

[hybrid isle]

in fact, it's implemented as an extension method, not part of the standard EntityCommands

[untold grotto]

i see

YES

it works

tysm @hybrid isle

valuable lesson learned, don't trust chatgpt

[hybrid isle]

you're welcome. you can check out the examples in the repo if you're looking for something specific and how it's actually done in the latest version

it's very well organized

[untold grotto]

thanks