Instanced Static Mesh, Removing Instance Issue

[Dealman]

@Chariots;546049

When you remove an instance, it doesn’t reorder the array, but rather shrinks it. So if you remove 123rd instance, 124th will become the new 123rd. You can either keep track of the removed instances and calculate the array place manually, or you can iterate through all the items in the instance by their transforms (get instance transform node), and remove the one that matches your case. Latter one is brute force approach, but it shouldn’t be a problem unless you are iterating through thousands of instances, and it separates your game logic from unexpected engine behavior, which is always good.

Ah, thanks for the clarification! Will check this out later today and return with results

Edit:

I decided to go with the easier method of comparing their transforms. Since I break the loop once a match is found - the performance is pretty nice, though I haven’t tried it with super large grids yet. I captured a quick little video to showcase the results;

- YouTube

Some more testing, then I need to re-create all the interfaces I made for 4.11.2 and hook everything up for multiplayer. Hopefully we can do some multiplayer testing in a few days :rolleyes: