How do you add the nice InstancedStaticMeshComponent?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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using CreateDefaultSubobject<UInstancedStaticMeshComponent> adds one, but it’s all weird and non very nice to work with, especially since I can’t figure out how to change the material. Does anyone know how to add the nice looking one that you get when you add one in blueprints?

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Set the material on the static mesh…the C++ flow is :

  1. Add the component.
  2. Register the component.
  3. Assign the static mesh (using SetStaticMesh)
  4. Add instances with AddInstance
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Is there no other way to do this? I’d much rather just set the material in blueprints than make a copy of the mesh for each child. It seems like a stupid way to do things when you have to ability to set the material in the instance static mesh added in blueprints